Tim sighed as he was cornered in front of the last vending machine. Oh well maybe he could get some information from them. Had they noticed anyone acting peculiar yet? He reached over slowly and set the timer on his watch. Let's see how long this was going to take them.

He smiled up innocently at Tony and Ziva who seemed very surprised to have actually stumbled on him in such an innocuous place.

Tony narrowed his eyes "Hello Probie" as he spread his arms out in case he decided to make a dash down the hallway while Ziva side stepped across to cover the other side, pulling her gun out through still aiming low to the floor.

What did they think he was going to do? Pull out a gun in the middle of a Federal Building and start shooting? Please, he wasn't an idiot. Besides he didn't need a gun to get away from them. He smiled and stood up his arms full of salty snacks and chocolates he had stripped from the machine.

"Hi guys. Did you want a chocolate bar? Strange thing about this virus I can't seem to stop eating. Everything tastes so great. Really rich and just amazing" He licked his lips as Tony and Ziva quickly glanced across at each other warily.

Tim watched Ziva watching him and wondered again what she would taste like. Honey definitely but also maybe cinnamon? Vanilla? No too plain. Spicy nutmeg? They would all go marvelously with whipped cream. He made a mental note to add that to his list along with the velvet ribbon. Her hair was very thick and quite long. Maybe that's how she caught all the bees and made them her honey slaves? He just wanted to lick up her neck that would be enough for him to know what she….

"McGee!" Tim turned from ogling Ziva and realized that Tony had been talking to him the entire time.

"Snack?" Tim offered Tony a Mars bar helpfully. Maybe he was cranky because his bloody sugar was too low again. He really didn't look after himself very well. No wonder he was always getting blown up or shot at.

"No McGee. I don't want a chocolate bar. Thank you all the same. I do want you to slowly put the candy down on the floor and hold out your wrists. Then we are going to put handcuffs on you and take you to Gibbs. And no funny business." Tony spoke calmly and softly, urging with every fiber of his being that McGee would come peacefully, his gun held loosely but firmly in his hands, aimed towards the floor.

Tim looked innocently at them quirking his head on the side, visualizing snowy white angel wings sprouting from his back and his forehead bathed in the soft glow of his halo. A perfect angel.

"I haven't done anything!" Tim implored the two of them earnestly. "Well I did tie Abby up but that was because I overheard that they were going to take me away and experiment on me. And Abb's ok, isn't she? I was very careful. I have just been hiding out for a while until I could think of what to do! Please Tony I don't want to be locked up in a lab somewhere being poked and prodded and stared at for the rest of my life!"

Tim had been looking sadly at the floor and then he brought his head up and pleaded with his huge gentle eyes full force at Tony. Tony who hated being kept inside for too long, Tony his friend who knew he would never do any harm. Tony who told him he loved him when he had saved his life and pulled him back over the concrete barrier.

"Please Tony? Don't let them take me away?" Tim pleaded as pathetically as he knew he was capable of.

"McGee, Buddy I just…….." Tony felt terrible. McGee hadn't really done anything except tick a few people off so far and they might well cart him off in a sealed van never to be seen again. Wouldn't he do the same thing in his place?

Tim felt Tony weakening so he pulled out the big guns. He let his big bottom lip fall forward and tremble and he blinked as if he was about to burst into tears, all the while continuing to plead with his eyes and think of tiny fluffy helpless cute puppies……… about to be run over by a giant NCIS truck. Tony looked horrified and started to holster his gun.

"Tony!" Ziva snapped and raised her gun higher, pointing it at McGee. "until we know how he is affected by this thing we need to consider him dangerous. Now for his own safety we need to get him secured."

Damn. It appeared that Ziva was the one driving the NCIS truck. Tim sighed ok well he wasn't out of tricks yet. Besides the rest of his plan needed time to come to fruition anyway so he might as well hang out with the guys for a while.

Tony with an apologetic look at McGee watched as Ziva handcuffed McGee before making a call on his phone. Tim smiled, Ziva had made the very considerate move of cuffing his hands to the front rather than behind him. Now that was going to be handy. She wasn't as heartless as she pretended to be. Tony nodded while on the phone, snapped it shut and then turned to Ziva "We need to take him to Interrogation, Boss will meet us there."

"Ah Tony can you grab a couple of the snacks and bring them with you? We could all be in there a while. Pays to be prepared you know"

Tony looked up suspiciously at McGee's grinning face. A split second ago Tony had been sure McGee was going to have big fat wet Probie tears rolling down his face and he was going to be embarrassingly sobbing into his shoulder.

"You don't seem very upset all of a sudden." Tony glared at McGee suspiciously and wondered if he, the Great Antonio had been about to be tricked.

Tim smiled "I'm with you guys. You'll keep me safe from any Dr Evils'." He smoothed his hair down and straightened his impeccable jacket before leering at Ziva.

"Besides Ziva can put me in handcuffs any time she likes!" Ziva huffed at him while trying to bite back a smile and grabbing his arm started dragging him down the hallway while Tim threw back his head and laughed.

Tony began to wonder who was going to need to be kept safe from whom. Although bonus points to McGee for the gratuitous movie reference

Gibbs strode into Interrogation Room One and suddenly ground to a halt.

"What the hell is he doing DiNozzo?"

"Uhhh smoking Boss?"

"I can see that Tony. Where the hell did he get a cigar and lighter from?"

Gibbs glared at his currently most troublesome agent. At least they did seem to take turns when they were up to something. If they all decided to reveal there MOAS's all at once Gibbs suspected the entire agency wouldn't be able to cope.

McGee was currently on the table in Interrogation. That is he was sprawled out across the top of the table not sitting neat, tidy and polite beside it. He was laying on his back, one knee bent and the other ankle resting on top of it. He was also smoking a cigar, slowly filling the room with a soft haze.

As Gibbs watched he sucked deeply from the cigar, once twice and then with a soft 'poof' of his lips blew a perfect smoke circle up into the air above him. He then reached leisurely up and drew the cigar through the top of it turning the circle into….a love heart?

Gibbs rolled his eyes. Oh my God love hearts seriously? Some scary super agent McGee was turning out to be. Gibbs turned to Tony who was watching with some interest.

"You've got to admit Boss that's pretty cool"

"No DiNozzo, it is not pretty cool! He is a possible threat to the Agency. How on earth did a cigar and lighter get past your pat down before you locked him in there?"

"Um well Boss he seemed to be …..well… ahh enjoying it a bit much." Tony squirmed while Gibbs just glared. "And he was teasing me about well…. wanting to touch him… and so I just did the basics and shoved him in there." Tony shivered and grimaced as he remembered how McGee had laughed as he had checked down his trouser legs for 'concealed' weapons.

Gibbs shook his head and sighed. "Not good enough DiNozzo. For four years McGee has had you hassling him everyday and you couldn't handle five minutes teasing from him? Go get Dr Jacobs from the Directors office so she can come and talk to him" Tony shot out of the room before a head slap could make an appearance.

He sighed "Right Ziva. Get in there and get that cigar, lighter and any other contraband he might have off him. If he keeps that up he is going to set the sprinkler system off and I will not be chasing him down wet hallways just because DiNozzo is a bit squeamish."

Ziva nodded, momentarily transfixed. McGee looked so different. He was just so confident and she had to admit sexy. He oozed charm and Alpha Male or would that be Alpha Geek? He still looked immaculate even after theoretically being on the run for a few hours and he smelled fantastic. The consideration that he was at this point in time a bit unpredictable and even a bit dangerous just seemed to add to his allure. He turned his head and seemed to smile at Ziva through the glass, his eyes heavy lidded and sensuous. He reminded her of a tiger she had once seen at the zoo, seemly asleep except for the continual strong swish, swish of its tail, patiently waiting for an opportunity to pounce.

Just get the stuff and get out Ziva. It is just McGee. She took a deep breath and walked through into the room.

"McGee I need you to give me the lighter, cigar and anything else you have with you." She was direct and to the point. She watched as Tim and he definitely seemed more like a Tim than her familiar old McGee at this point, slowly sat up and watched her, smiling with dancing eyes.

"Hello Ziva. How nice to see you again. Isn't it a pleasant day for an Interrogation?" He grinned at her cheeky and warm and gorgeous and she found herself taking a step towards him.

"We just need the cigar and lighter and anything else you have McGee. Please"

"Certainly." Tim patted down his jacket and pants for her benefit and then turned out all his pockets to show they were empty.

"It's just the cigar and the lighter, Ziva and you can have them uncontested if you do one thing for me."

Ziva watched him suddenly alert, suspicious "What do you want?"

"Not much. Just something simple you can give me. A kiss" Tim stood and smiled down at her and she resisted the impulse to run her hand up his chest and feel the softness of his silky fine shirt.

"A kiss? I don't think that's a good idea." She physically opposed her words by taking another step towards his gentle alluring warmth without realizing it.

"Why not Ziva? Don't tell me you have never thought about it?" McGee's voice was rich and smooth like sweet caramel flowing through her ears, wrapping sticky fingers around her. Tim continued holding her soft gaze "I know I have. I've just never had the guts to ask. But now…." Tim shrugged and then looked down holding her eyes with his full lipped lopsided smile on his face "who knows where I'm going to end up so I'm just going to take my chances. Carpe Diem Ziva, seize the day."

Ziva was by this stage standing just in front of him looking up at him, seriously considering his offer. Of course she had thought about it. They had worked together for years. He had always been so gentle and considerate to her. He had been the first to reach out to her and she had never forgotten it. What harm could a little kiss do? She did need to get him to give her the lighter and cigar. She was under orders. She could still handle him if he decided to play rough. He might be stronger but she was still more experienced and knew what moves to use against a stronger opponent. No one who had looked at that bottom lip of his couldn't help but wonder just how soft it would feel pressed up against….

Tim took his chance as Ziva seemed to stare up at him mesmerized and he bent down and kissed her. Gently at first and then as she didn't resist he deepened the kiss, opening his mouth, teasing her lips and pulling her close. He wrapped one arm around her back while the other crept up the back of her head and ran his fingers through her hair loosening all her pinned back curls.

"Damn it David!" Gibbs banged on the window. What the hell was she thinking! He just turned around for a moment to check his phone and all of a sudden it had turned into the Unexplored Kingdom in there.

Tim pulled away and smiled as Ziva inadvertently made a tiny regretful noise before she came back to her senses. She blinked and then suddenly stepped back and drew her hand to her mouth as if surprised at the taste of Tim on them.

Tim smiled and licked his lips, grinning cheekily. "Thank you Ziva. I believe this was what you came for "and he held out the lighter and cigar to her. She snatched them out of his hand and bolted to the door only to nearly collide with Gibbs about to come in. He slammed the door shut, locking it firmly, grabbed her arm and dragged her down the hallway around the corner away from Interrogation. He preferred not to be interrupted when giving one of his agents a thorough dressing down.

"What the hell did you think you were doing?"

"I don't know Gibbs. I'm sorry I thought that it would be….."

"You thought? You actually thought that kissing him was good procedure here?"

Ziva hung her head as Gibbs continued to vent his frustration at her. She deserved it. It had been foolhardy and potentially dangerous to both her and McGee. She had been arrogant in her abilities and overly confident that McGee wouldn't harm her. She had fallen for the very thing she had warned Tony against.

What she didn't admit to herself was that she would do it again.

Tim smiled as he pulled the two hairpins he had collected out of Ziva's thick tresses and started to work on the lock on the door. Man Gibbs was going to be pissed!

He really wouldn't want to be around when he discovered him gone. Poor Ziva! The cigar and lighter was a more than fair trade for the hairpins. And as a bonus he got a kiss.

Tim stuck his head out checking the empty hallway and heard Gibbs having a very firm discussion with Ziva down the hallway. He smiled, quietly shut the door and disappeared.

He checked his watch and stopped the timer, 20 minutes. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Gibbs' head shot up at the first sound of the ever present music suddenly changing in the middle of a song. Suddenly his eyes grew round and he ran down the hallway and threw the now unlocked door open. To an empty room.

"Damn It! Ziva how the hell did he get out!"

I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady
till the boys told me somethin' I missed
then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor
so I gave her just a little kiss
like this!

walk this way, talk this way
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, talk this way
just gimme a kiss
like this!

(Come on people and review and let me know what you think. Do you like? Any ideas you would like to see included? It does encourage me to write more even if you just let me know your reading!. Thanks to everyone who has supported and reviewed this rather silly but likeable story already!!)