The Cascade Effect

Author: Sinopa

Beta: not betaed yet, waiting on the return from her, will post the beated version when it comes back. Any mistakes are mine.

Rating: R(Will Go Up to NC-17)

Warnings: CharDeath(minor)(past), Comedy, Get-Together, Romance, Slash, AU/AR/AT, OOC-ness, Angst, Family,

Pairing: Tibbs(future) Mentions of(Tony/Wendy(past))

Summary: One Event, One Minor change in the way something happens can change a lot of events in the future.

Spoilers: Seasons 1-9. Various Movies and Music.

Disclaimer: I don't own so no sense suing.

Chapter Ten

Tony awoke to his alarm clock blaring and someone pounding on the door across the hall. He got up and headed to the bathroom. Turning on the water as he passed so it could heat up whilst he took a piss. He knew it would take a bit to heat up so he headed for his kitchen and a cup of coffee. He stared in puzzlement for a moment until he realized that the power must have gone out sometime last night. He reset his coffee maker and got that going before heading back to the bathroom to grab a shower before heading in to work. Once he'd showered and shaved he headed to his bedroom to get dressed. He was a little more awake but it was the clearing of a throat that had him jumping.

"Kelly! Do you mind? Wait a minute…what are you doing here anyway?" He asked as he grabbed his clothes and headed back to the bathroom, shutting the door and yelling through it.

"Well I was hoping that I could borrow the Bronco?* Please?"

"Why?"

"Well, we're going on a trip for my geology class and it's really muddy where we're going. I don't trust the bus driver's not to get the buses stuck and I'd rather have a way home instead of having to either wait forever or call you or dad. Please, Tony?"

Walking out of the bathroom fully dressed he gave her a scrutinizing look, "I guess. Give me a minute to get some coffee and rustle up the keys okay."

"Sure!" she said bouncing out of his room and into the living room. He shook his head at her antics, she was like an energizer bunny sometimes. It was enough to give him grey hair.

He made his coffee in one of his extra-large travel mugs before fishing the keys to his Bronco out of the jar that held all of his vehicle keys. He walked into the living room of his apartment and tossed the keys to Kelly, who caught them and gave him a huge smile.

"Thanks Tony!" she exclaimed bouncing over to him and hugging him before pecking his cheek and heading for the door. "I promise I'll be careful and I'll bring her back tonight or tomorrow depending on how late it is. Bye!" she called as she shut the door. He shook his head at her exuberance before glancing at his watch and cursing. He needed to get a move on himself unless he wanted to be late to work. He went back to the kitchen and grabbed the keys to the Supra** for a change of pace before heading out.

On his way to the Navy Yard he reminisced about how this car came to be in his possession.

%Flashback-Late 2002 Early 2003%

Tony and Gibbs had been on a case for a week and had just closed it up when Tony got a call from an unknown number.

"DiNozzo." He answered, his voice portraying how tired he was. There was silence on the other line so Tony just hung up.

A few hours later he arrived at his apartment building to a very familiar car in his spot. He knew that car, he just couldn't place where. He pulled in on the other side of his Bronco and warily got out. He kept his hand on his gun as he passed the familiar black car and an unfamiliar bright orange car, seeing no-one in either he headed in and up the stairs to his apartment. As he walked down the hall he saw a hulking figure and a lithe figure standing to either side of his door. He made sure his gun and badge weren't visible as he got closer and kept his hand on the butt of said gun as discreetly as he could with a shoulder holster.

"Gonna let us in Tony?" the slightly shorter figure said, his deep baritone rumbling like a jet engine even at a normal decibel.

A deep sigh left him as he recognized that voice, "Dom I thought I recognized that hulking behemoth of a car. You scared the crap outta me, though." He said as he grabbed his keys and opened the door to his apartment. "C'mon in, make yourselfves comfortable. Whose your friend?" he asked as he shut the door and toed his shoes off. Dom and the other man sat down on the couch and Tony plopped down on the recliner, not even bothering to shrug out of his shoulder holster or pull his badge from his belt.

"Dom man he's a cop! You tryin ta get us killed or somethin'!?" the other guy exclaimed moving away from Dom and him.

"Bri, calm down. Tony's family." He said, gaining an incredulous look from this Bri guy.

" 'M not a cop. Federal Agent, NCIS." Tony said, hoping to ease the blonde's discomfort.

"Yeah, sure." Bri mumbled.

"Brian meet my cousin Tony DiNozzo, Tony, my…lover, Brian O'Connor."***

"Cousin!?" Brian exclaimed in shock.

"Yeah Dom's my cousin. Who do you think taught him how to avoid cops? Cause he certaintly didn't learn that in Lompoc. I still need to give you a lecture on that Dom."

"Hmph, yeah whatever Tony. Look we're heading back to LA soon and we can't take the Supra with us. It's too noticeable there considering the LAPD still holds a grudge against me for turning one of their own from them, despite the circumstances."

"Oh? And just what circumstances were those…wait a sec…YOU'RE the one that Fornell was laughing about? Hell Dom! I thought you knew better than to get caught up in anything like that, inadvertently or not." Tony said, laughing.

"Who?"

"Agent Tobias Fornell, FBI. He was laughing about some FBI guy that had someone pegged for some semi-jackings out in LA, even sent an LAPD cop UC but got screwed over 'cause he wouldn't listen. Something about blaming the guy cause of a violent record and the guy's sister and his UC cop going at it. Hell it seems the only thing he had right was his UC was compromised in that he was banging the mark not the mark's sister." Tony laughed so more. "If I'd have known the Feebs were trying to pin something like that on you I'd have set them straight. Though you might not've met blondie there if I had."

"Yeah, hence the LAPD not liking me or Bri. They see that Supra they're gonna get us for the most inane of violations. Neither me or Brian want that nor do we want to sell it. It IS a ten second car after all. Figured you could use it. I know you miss the scene and don't participate much for obvious reasons but I figured if you ever decided to you'd have a recognized vehicle. One that would have mouths wagging." Dom gave Tony a look that said a lot.

"So you want to give me a ten second car? What's the catch?"

"For once there's no catch. Car's clean, not hot and it's only had a few races but is known cause of Race Wars."

"I see. The car goes in my name and under my insurance and you've got a deal. It'll be nice to have another car other than the Corvette." Tony knew Dom wouldn't lie to him, never could lie to him considering that Tony had risked his career for the younger man.

"No problem."

They continued to sit around Bullshitting and he let Dom and Brian crash on his couch while he headed to bed. It was a good thing that they had 24 hours off otherwise it would have been a long day at work.

%End Flashback%

He wasn't paying much attention to his speed and before he knew it he was driving more dangerously than Gibbs. His Uncle Nico(4*) had taught him well, which explained why he was able to adjust to Gibbs' driving rather quickly and Ziva's didn't really faze him as much as he'd pretended it did. He pulled into the yard at alarming speeds even for those used to Gibbs' driving. When he got out of his car he smiled and waved at the wide-eyed security guards before jogging to the front entrance and making his way inside.

Their first case after Kate returned was a confusing one. A Petty Officer had been shot in his car on his way to work. They had found out that Petty Officer Smith had switched places with a friend after having slept another officer's wife. The man had caught Smith and his wife and when Smith was transferred to from Pearl he was happy, until he'd found out that he'd slept with with his soon to be new CO's wife. They found out that the man who had taken Smith's identity had been doing something illegal but they weren't sure what illegal substance he had been transporting.

It wasn't until they realized that Petty Officer Smith had tried to tell them who had killed him that they really got the case moving. Their first suspect after having identified the smears that Smith had left was his CO. It turned out that the CO hadn't left his office nor would he have been able to sneak out another way to commit the murder. Smith's CO didn't even know that Smith was the one that had slept with his wife. After reviewing the smears they realized they weren't the letter M but instead, because of the Petty Officers contorted Position were the letter W. They confronted the Petty Officer's wife and found out that she had killed him because he had cheated on her on their wedding day.

Once they had closed the case Abby showed up and told Gibbs that the bomb squad had gotten a little carried away and had blown the case and it's unknown contents to less than smithereens. Ziva had said something to Abby that had Kate smirking. She knew that Abby didn't like Ziva and the reason why. When Abby left to go put the pieces back together Ziva followed her and offered to help Abby.

TBC…

*The vehicle I had in mind is an '84 Bronco II; bucket seats, roll cage, 3" Body Lift, 4.5" Suspension Lift, running on 32's. My brother had one and it was dead useful when it came to muddy areas. Not to mention four wheel drive and is a great vehicle to take mudding…or for scaring the shit outta people by doing 360's on a small road right next to a cliff ;) My opinion is that Tony would have more than one vehicle especially living on the east coast. Muscle Cars and/or Classic Cars, especially well cared for ones, are NOT to be driven in snow, so most people have another vehicle or two for the fall and winter months. Me, I tend to drive my Cavalier RS all year round, including taking it mudding :D because gas is expensive as all fuck and the '82 Chevy Silverado is a gas hog.

** '94 Toyota Supra, Targa Top, 2JZ Engine modified, bucket seats w/ 5 point harnesses for racing, standard transmission, NOS and everything else. Think Brian O'Connor. ;)

*** Yes I AM talking about Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Connor. The Fast and The Furious. As if I need to tell you that. They may or may not show up again, I haven't decided yet. If they do it won't be as a major part of the story line.

****Dom's father is never mention specifically by name and so I came up with my own -_-'