Now that he had a statement from J.L. Gibbs had all the evidence he needed to take down the person who had really hurt J.L. and clear Tony's name. Upon entering the bullpen he was greeted by the hopeful glances of McGee and Ziva.
"Were you able to talk to J.L.?" Ziva asked.
"Please tell us you cleared Tony's name." McGee pleaded.
"I did and I know who really hurt J.L." Gibbs replied.
"Who?" McGee asked.
"I'd pack an overnight bag we're going to Scranton." Gibbs replied.
"Wait that's a real place? Jimmy and Tony told me they made it for The Office." Ziva replied.
"Yes Ziva it's real and it's where Emerson's best friend and J.L.'s rapist live but you aren't going somebody is going to need to be there for Tony." Gibbs replied.
"OK" Ziva replied.
Once he was done explaining the situation to the team. Gibbs returned to his desk and dialed the police station.
"Jethro Gibbs"
"I have evidence proving that Tony DiNozzo is innocent."
"A statement from the boy he supposedly attacked."
"Well if anything happens to my agent because of that it will be on you."
"What do you mean there was already and incident?"
"You stopped it before what?!"
"So you put him back in the cell with the man who attacked him?"
"Release him! He will stay at my house!"
Gibbs slammed the phone down and kicked his desk uttering a series of curse words under his breath. He turned around to see his junior agent watching with concern and shock on their faces.
"Boss what's wrong?" McGee asked.
"Change of plans you and Ziva are going to Scranton and I am watching Tony." Gibbs replied.
"How can he stay with you if the child he supposedly raped is there?" Ziva asked.
"I will keep them somewhere else. He needs me." Gibbs replied.
"What's this guy's name?" McGee asked.
"Wyatt Rodney" Gibbs replied.
"Are you sure?" Ziva asked.
"Yes J.L. said he was his dad's best friend Wyatt." Gibbs replied.
"It could be someone else." McGee said.
"No Emerson and Wyatt have been close since we were teens. I always suspected him when he was younger he would look at little boys even then." Gibbs replied.
"If you're sure." McGee replied.
"We'll get him Gibbs." Ziva added.
Once McGee and Ziva left Gibbs went down to Abby's lab to ask her if she could baby-sit the twins that night.
"Abby can I talk to you in private?" Gibbs asked.
"Sure." Abby replied.
Abby followed Gibbs to the elevator. Once they entered he allowed it to go up a floor before pulling the emergency lever. So that the twins wouldn't be able to eavesdrop in case they had followed them.
"What is it Gibbs?" Abby asked.
"Can you watch the twins tonight?" Gibbs asked.
"Oh I'm sorry it's my bowling night and I promised that I would come unless we had a case. Why do you need a sitter?" Abby asked.
"I was able to get Tony out of jail but he can't be around J.L. until there is proof he is innocent and I need to keep him with me." Gibbs replied.
"Why?" Abby asked.
"He was attacked." Gibbs replied.
"How bad?" Abby asked.
"I don't know." Gibbs replied.
Gibbs sat in the bullpen and waited for the police to come and drop Tony off so he could take him to his house to be under his care. When the cops arrived he was shocked by the condition his agent was in. It's not like he needed to be in the hospital or anything but he was noticeably beaten. He had a black-eye and several fist and scratch marks on his face and arms. Of course he also had a few defensive wounds.
"What did they do to you DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked.
"My cellmate wanted to rape me to show me how J.L. felt." Tony replied.
"He didn't right?" Gibbs asked.
"No the guards came before he could and I was able to fend him off." Tony replied.
"You OK?" Gibbs asked.
"Yeah" Tony replied.
Gibbs patted his agents shoulder "If you need me I'll be in the basement. Now let's go." He said.
"I can't be around J.L. though." Tony replied.
"They've been taken care of." Gibbs semi lied.
Gibbs took Tony to his house and got him settled. He needed to find an overnight sitter for the twins Abby had them but she was leaving soon. He knew Jimmy and Breena were on a date night and he needed to apologize to Jimmy before he called in any favors from the Palmer's anyway. He took out his phone and dialed the number.
"Hey Leon can I ask you a favor?"
"What do you need Gibbs?"
"Can you watch the twins?"
"Everything OK with Tony?"
"Yeah I just got permission to keep him at my place. How'd you know what happened?
"Jerome told me."
"So will you watch them?"
"Yeah uh I have to get Jared from school around eight but Kayla can keep an eye on them for a few minutes."
"Alright thanks."
Gibbs hung up his phone and went to work the beds. He had finished Liz's and had begun to work on J.L.'s he estimated that if he worked through the night he would have it done by morning. He figured they would enjoy the surprise and it would make up for the craziness of the past couple days.
Vance parked his car at NCIS it was weird to him to be parking in a regular space but Deputy Director Craig had not left yet. He went through the security check and went down to Abby's lab.
"Oh thanks Director! I need to go now!" Abby cried brushing past him.
"No problem Miss. Scuito." Vance replied.
"Why are you here Mr. Vance?" Liz asked.
"I am baby-sitting you guys tonight." Vance replied.
"Why?" J.L. asked.
"Tony has some grown–up problems that Gibbs needed to take care of." Vance replied.
"Is he OK?" J.L. asked.
"Yeah" Vance replied.
Vance took the twins to his house and got them settled into the guest room. Around seven thirty he left to pick Jared up. They had already eaten dinner and had their baths so all Kayla had to do was keep them entertained and maybe get them to bed at nine if Vance got delayed. She got them her babysitting kit and the book she had to read for English class. J.L. had selected Memory while Liz had picked up a friendship bracelet kit that was meant for slightly older kids. She did pretty well with stringing the beads but had trouble with tying the ends.
"Here like this." Kayla said taking the bracelet and demonstrating how to tie it.
"Thanks" Liz replied.
"You think you can do it now?" Kayla asked.
"Yeah" Liz replied.
She tied the other bracelet and handed it to Kayla. "Here you can have this." Liz said.
"Aw thanks." Kayla replied.
A/N: Originally I was going to include McGee and Ziva arresting Wyatt but I was stuck on that so I wrote the part about Liz, J.L. and Kayla instead. New chapter Monday it will jump to the twins first day of school and have a pretty sweet moment between Gibbs and Vance. I also made slight correction to chapter seven. I realized with the twins birthdays they'd be in pre-school not kindergarten. Please review.
