A/N: I know this is really not as detailed as it might need to be, but my brain and my fingers just weren't connecting. LOL I hope you enjoy it still. Thank you to smush68 for your help. (Read her stuff, especially NoOne Goes Through Life Without Scars, its about yours truly, and its AWESOME! Just every other one of her stories.) Anyway, hope you enjoy.

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Six months later…..

Tony and Trege were still going strong, and they were still keeping it a secret. Luckily for them, they both were able to lie pretty convincingly, so no one was of the wiser.

The team was all sitting at their desks, looking at emails, filling out paperwork that needed to be done, and going back and forth with foolish banter.

Then Gibbs walked in, "Gear up, dead body at Rock Creek." He announced as he grabbed his things and headed for the elevator.

The team gathered their things as well and ran after him.

Time elapsed….

When they arrived at the crime scene, they noticed Fornell and his team there. (Yes, that meant Ted as well.)

Trege let out a huge sigh as they approached.

Tony leaned into her ear. "You ok?" He whispered.

"Yeah, just didn't expect to see HIM here." She stated quickly pulling herself together.

Time elapsed…

Trege came storming into her apartment with Tony and McGee in tow.

"How dare that bastard think I couldn't get my emotions in check?" She yelled throwing her stuff down.

"Baby, this isn't exactly keeping your emotions in check." Tony pointed out.

Trege whipped around and glared at him. "Not helping!" She sneered beginning to pace. "I can keep my emotions in check if I want to. I DID keep my emotions in check! I could have slit his fucking throat."

Josh came out of his room with all the yelling. "What's going on?"

"Ted is working the case with us and he requested that your aunt be taken off of it." McGee explained.

"HE should be the one to be taken off the case, not me." Trege snapped. "I did NOTHING to that…. That…. Boy. And how could Gibbs let him do that? I mean I know I'm still pretty new to the team, but I thought I was making some progress with everything."

"Trege, it's just one case." Tony stated standing in front of her to stop her from pacing. "There'll be plenty other cases."

Trege broke into tears and buried her face into Tony's chest. "I just don't understand." She sobbed.

Tony wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back. "Shh… It's ok, hun; I'll talk to Gibbs in the morning and see what's going on, ok?" He soothed. "I'm sure he just wants everything to run smoothly and Fornell apparently can't operate without Teddy there. Gibbs wouldn't take you off the case without a reason, Trege, that much I can promise you."

Trege just sobbed into Tony's chest.

Tony pulled away and cupped his fingers under her chin to look her in the eye. "How about we just order some Chinese and watch a movie? I promise I'll talk to Gibbs in the morning." He tried again.

Trege nodded softly and gave him a peck on the lips. "Thanks, Tony." She whispered.

He smiled and hugged her once more. "Tutto è il gonna sta bene." He told her. "Besides, he asked for the wrong one to be taken off the case." He then laughed.

Trege let out a weak chuckle. "Don't do anything to get fired, Tony." She scolded pushing away from him and going to the couch.

Tony called for the Chinese and thirty minutes later it was there. McGee, Tony, Josh, and Trege all sat and watched a movie while enjoying each other's company. And when the movie ended, McGee went home while Tony stayed over and 'comforted' Trege some more.

The next morning….

Tony walked into the bullpen and walked straight to Gibbs' desk. (Which he was actually at for once.)

"Boss, can I talk to you?" Tony asked respectively.

Gibbs looked up at his SFA, nodded, and pointed to towards the elevator.

Once they were inside, Gibbs flipped the emergency stop on.

"What's going on, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked.

"Why did you take Trege off the case, Gibbs?" Tony spat out. "Is it because of De Luca? Because I'll have you know she can handle this, boss."

"I know that, DiNozzo." Gibbs stated.

Tony went to continue but stopped, "Then why take her off the case?" He then questioned.

"Because the killer is targeting her." Gibbs explained. "He left a note at the crime scene saying so."

Tony was shocked. This was information that he didn't know. "Why is he after Trege?"

"While she was on homicide at Baltimore, she put away Mark Perrira, a drug lord and serial killer." Gibbs told Tony. "Fornell is thinking his brother's out looking for revenge."

"So this has nothing to do with Agent De Luca?" Tony asked one more time. "This has to do with someone looking for revenge on Trege?"

Gibbs nodded. "I want you and McGee to keep a close eye on her." He then ordered. "Don't let her out of your sights."

Tony nodded as Gibbs flipped the switch again to move the elevator. When they got off, they both headed to the bullpen.

Tony stopped by Trege's desk.

"So, what did he say?" Trege asked.

Tony snapped out of the trance he was in and looked at her. "It's not because of Teddy." He stated.

"Then why did he take me off the case?" She quizzed.

Tony stood and walked over to McGee's desk and whispered something.

"Tony, what's going on?" Trege almost screeched. "What aren't you telling me?"

Tony let out a huge sigh. "Go down to Abby's lab with McGee and stay there." He told her.

"Why?" She whined.

"Because as the senior field agent, I said so." Tony barked.

Trege glared at him and then stormed to the elevator. "You coming, McGee?" She yelled holding open the doors.

"Yeah, be right there." McGee hollered back.

"McGee, don't say a thing to her." Tony ordered. "I don't want her knowing just yet."

McGee nodded and walked to the elevator with Trege.

Time elapsed….

Tony was walking Trege to her car. Trege hadn't talked to him since the morning, but he still kept an eye on her.

"Trege, you're going to have to talk to me sometime you know?" Tony stated.

"Hmm." Was all Trege said.

"Baby, come on." Tony begged. "You can't stay mad at me forever."

Trege stopped walking and turned to look at him. "Why won't you tell me what's going on, Tony?" She barked. "I know something's going on, you and McGee hadn't let me out of your sight since you talked to Gibbs this morning."

Tony let out a heavy sigh. "Alright, but you got to promise to not freak, ok?" He finally gave in.

Trege walked closer to him. "Tony, I won't freak, I promise. I just wanted to know what's going on." She declared.

Tony opened his mouth to tell her, but he heard something that sounded like a car door slamming. He pushed Trege behind him and began to walk in the direction of the noise, gun at the ready.

"Tony, what's wrong?" Trege whispered, worried.

"Shh…" Tony hushed. "Just stay behind me." He ordered.

Trege put her hand on her gun as well, but stayed behind Tony.

Just then a man in a black hoodie stepped out from behind one of the pillars. "So nice to see you again, Officer Trege." The man said looking at Tony and Trege.

Trege looked at the man's face and recognized him immediately. "Chris Perrira?" Trege asked. "What are you doing here?"

"You put my brother in jail, Officer Trege; I think it's time you paid for that mistake." Chris spat, pulling out his gun and pointing at her.

Tony stepped in between them and lifted his gun higher. "Put the gun down, Chris." He yelled. "You don't want to end up like your brother do you?"

"What difference does it make?"Chris hollered. "We all die sometimes."

"Chris, he wasn't on death row, he just went to jail." Trege told him, trying to calm him down.

"He got stabbed last week by another inmate! And you know what you're little justice system did for him? NOTHING! He died in his cell and NO ONE came to him for hours." Chris fumed. He then trained his gun on Trege's head sticking out from behind Tony.

"Look, Chris, I'm not going to tell you again! Put your gun DOWN." Tony ordered.

The next thing Tony knew, he was on the ground and a fire had been shot. He got up and looked around, but Chris was nowhere in sight. "Damn it!" He screamed. Tony then turned to see Trege on the ground with her chest bleeding.

"Trege!" He yelled running up to her. He checked her pulse and it was there, but it was faint. Her eyes were slightly closed and fluttering. "Trege, baby, open your eyes, that's it." He encouraged. "Come on stay with me."

Tony whipped out his cell phone with one hand while he applied pressure on her wound to stop the bleeding. He called an ambulance, and then once he was through with that, he dialed the one number he knew would be pissed.

"Hey, boss, Trege's been shot…"

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