Ok folks, back to Gibbs and the team…just to see how they're getting on. Slight crossover with some of the info from CSI:NY due to the fact that they have a least one mob family that we know of, and hence, the easiest thing for me to do was nick the name…blink and you'll miss it.

When Gibbs returned to the bullpen he was met with a barrage of questions. He held up his hands.

"Be quiet!" he barked. "Tony's a little shaken that's all. Now, we have to find the girls. What's everyone got?"

"Not a lot," Sophia sighed as she dropped a file on her desk. "FBI sent over a file on someone they think was trailing Luce. However, it was only a 'think'. They weren't sure. Dante Sassone. Why the hell he's in DC is anyone's guess. He's a small time mobster in NY. Connections to the major mob families down there."

"Contact NY, get anything on him you," Gibbs ordered. Sophia nodded and started work. "McGee."

"There's very little on the Dinozzo company network. There is a few rather incriminating mentions of ships leaving ports with supposedly half cargoes."

Marko piped up. "Lucia planted a bug in the mainframe, you should be able to use that to gain further access."

"Good with computers?"

"No, just viruses."

"I'll have a look."

"Kate?" Gibbs looked at his other agent.

She frowned slightly. "From what I've been able to see and information I've been given, I'd say Anthony Dinozzo Senior has anger management issues, a drinking problem and is a bit of a control freak."

"Tell me something I didn't know."

"He has close ties to the Messer-Sassone family in New York and it is possible that he uses them and the gangs as runners."

"Alright…"

Just then Gibbs's phone went off. He picked it up.

"Gibbs."

"It's Abby, I have something I think you'll want to look at."

"Excuse me?"

"I don't want to say it over the phone, just come down, and don't bring anyone else. Not even Tony."

"Abs, what's going on?"

"Just come down and see me. You'll understand when you've had a look at this I promise."

"Seriously Abby, what is going on?"

"Come on!!" Abby was getting frustrated and upset. "You never ask these questions!! Will you just come down? You need to see this! Don't bring anyone else. Trust me."

Gibbs hung up the phone and looked at the working agents around him. If Abby was getting frustrated and upset like that something big had to have happened. He started walking towards the elevator.

"Boss?" McGee had looked up from what he was doing.

"Yes McGee?" Gibbs turned slightly.

"Erm…nothing."

McGee ducked his head and went back to work. Gibbs smiled to himself. The kid still hadn't got the guts up to ask whether Gibbs himself was alright, even though he was obviously dying to do so. Gibbs let it slide and headed down to Abby's lab. Their forensics expert was bouncing around nervously when he joined her. She looked at him.

"You're not going to like this," she told him. Gibbs put an arm around her shoulder.

"Abs, just show me," he ordered gently, giving her a direction to go in.

She picked up a print out and handed it to him. He looked blankly at it.

"What does this even mean?"

"It's a DNA comparison on the blood that was found in Luce and Mari's flat. There's three different individual's blood in that apartment. One is definitely Luce's. The other is male and parental, the third I think is Mari's. But look at how many alleles Mari and Luce have in common."

Gibbs looked at her. "That's impossible."

Abby shook her head. "Forensics don't lie Bossman. DNA can't be faked."

"How sure about this are you?"

"One hundred, they sent me the results and I asked if I could redo the test."

"This is…I didn't think…"

"Does Tony know?"

"I really don't know."

"How do you tell him something like this?"

"I wish I knew Abs…I don't even know if we should tell him."

"If he doesn't know we should…shouldn't we?"

"And hurt him even further? He's already…worried, we shouldn't worry him any further. Tony has too much to deal with."

"I still can't help but wonder if we should tell Tone."

"Tell me what?" Tony asked as he walked in with Ducky.

Abby and Gibbs looked at each other.

"Nothing," Abby grinned brightly. A little bit too brightly.

"Don't lie to me Abs," Tony appealed to her. "Please. Not now."

Abby looked at Gibbs. Gibbs looked at Tony.

"Tony," Gibbs wanted to prepare the younger man for this in someway. Although he was fairly certain that there was no possible way to do that in this case. "These are the blood comparison results."

Tony took them when they were offered. He looked at them and went sheet white. "No way, this is impossible."

Ducky looked at the sheet Tony was holding in trembling hands. "Oh my…this is…?"

Abby nodded. Ducky and Gibbs shared a grim look as Tony sat down heavily.

"No…" he whispered. "This is just…no." He shook his head violently. Abby put her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder.

"She never…" she murmured.

Tony was shaking now. This was just too much, after everything that had happened. Ducky put a hand on his shoulder.

"Why don't we go back downstairs?" the Englishman asked gently before leading Tony away. Abby let go reluctantly and then attached herself to Gibbs.

"Promise me we'll kill him," she begged. "Promise me he won't get away with this one!"

"He won't Abs," Gibbs promised kissing her forehead. "I swear that to you."

He hugged her for a while longer before returning to the bullpen.

"What did Abby want?" Kate asked.

"It's not important," Gibbs told her. "She just needed someone to talk to. She's stressed."

"Is she alright now?"

"As alright as anyone can be when her best friend is missing. Back to work."

Gibbs wondered whether or not he should tell the team, but figured that Tony would tell them if he wanted them to know. For now, it wasn't really important to the case.

Done and done, for now. Please review...i really do appreciate it!!