AN: Yay now we finally know what Tony's power is. Off to find out the nonesense going on in Abby's lab, and the squadroom...

Tony POV

"Why'd you freak out like that?" I asked Kate, throwing away the melted office supplies as the Director and Ziva went down to Abby's lab. She glanced at me, then quickly looked away, as if she were afraid to say anything.

"Come on, you can talk to me." She let out a shaky sigh. I took her hands and pulled her toward me.

"I was six years old," Kate started. "It was not long after summer started. I was playing with some friends in an old abandoned house. Back then, my parents didn't cared who I was with or where I played as long I was home in time for dinner and didn't get into trouble, despite my Catholic upbringing. They were more free-range parents than strict traditionalist parents you find in most Catholic families.

Anyway, it was pretty sunny outside, with a major heatwave in my honetown. You know, hundred degrees on average, air conditioning is never working hard enough kind of must have left a lit cigarette or something, I don't know. All I remember is while playing freeze tag in the place is just suddenly, these orange flames come out of nowhere, eating up the dry wood like nobody's business. I was in the upstairs room, trapped. I screamed for help over and over, but nobody came...last thing I remember is all this heat..."

"So, what happened?" I asked softly.

"I woke up in the hospital," Kate continued. "My parents told me if it wasn't for the fact that the firefighters were already doing their round patrols of wildfires, I wouldn't have survived."

"So, that's it? Just childhood trauma?"

"There's more. When I was twelve, I used to have a friend that would burn herself every time her parents fought. Seeing fire being used like that, plus remembering my own experiences of it...that made seeing you like that earlier pretty hard. It brought back memories I hoped that I'd never have to relive again." She wrapped her arms around me and didn't say anything more.

"Sorry I scared you," I said.

"You couldn't have known. Nobody else here does."

"You know, Abby got involved in a fire the other day," I told her, trying to change the subject. She pulled back a little.

"Yeah, I caught glimpses of something, so I figured Abby was up to something in her absence."

"After all that, she probably won't really like my power all that much anymore..."

"Well, now we know why you have been getting so hot lately, Special Agent Anthony Dinozzo," Kate teased. I rolled my eyes and leaned down to kiss her.

Ziva POV

"Where is the snow?" Gibbs asked.

"If I knew I would tell you," I responded, scanning the area. It still felt remarkably cold in here. But the thermostat read a normal temperature.

"It's not even cold in here," Jenny murmured, examining the thermostat. It was currently room temperature. But it felt like an Artic wind was blowing in here, coming from..somewhere... I shivered, despite my efforts of acting like nothing was wrong.

"Where'd that wind come from?" the Director wondered, looking around. I shurgged and ventured further into the lab. Another shiver. Was I the only one who thought it was beyond freezing? Gibbs gave me a strange glance. He could tell something strange was going on with me. I ignored him and continued looking around for signs of strangeness. Nothing was out of the ordinary in here.

"I did not imagine this," I said as Gibbs and the redhead exchanged a glance. They were having a conversation without words. Something Tony claimed he could do with me, but I could never tell what he was trying to say. Then again, I do give him the benefit of doubt more often than I should. But, if it all was in good fun, why regret it? I brought my hand down and sighed. I didn't need anymore of these...complications. Tony had Kate, Abby had McGee, Gibbs had Jenny, and I had-

"Look!" Jenny breathed. She pointed at the table, where everything liquid had frozen solid.

"You sure it was snow that you saw?" Gibbs asked with an amused look on his face.

"No," I muttered, still thinking of Tony. I left the lab, hoping for a minute alone. Nobody noticed me leaving. And, of course, the second I was back in the bullpen I almost left again. For right there, Tony just had to show off his love for Kate in front of me, which was hardly fair, because everyone else knew her before I did. I had nobody...even Gibbs had someone! Tony pulled away from his girlfriend and saw me standing there. Without thinking, I launched my trusty knife at my target. Tony just barely managed to catch it. I stared at him for a long moment, trying to speak to him without saying a word. Then I took off at a run, not even bothering to take the elevator this time.

Abby POV- twenty minutes later...

McGee and I walked in to see Gibbs and the Director standing there, looking out of place in my lab.

"What happened here?" I exlaimed, seeing the frozen water bottle, the frozen blood samples, and frozen Caf-Pow! sitting on the table.

"No idea," Jenny replied. "Ziva took off before she could explain things. She looked upset about something."

"Maybe Tony knows where she went?" McGee suggested, kicking into agent mode. We went into the bullpen, but Ziva was not there. Tony sat at his desk, typing away, but in reality playing an RP game. Kate was sitting on the floor playing Sodoku.

"Hey, what happened with Ziva?" I asked. "I'm gone for five minutes and Tony already does something stupid?" Tony winced. Ouch. I hit a nerve. Kate glanced at him, then returned to her number game. I seifted through his emotions and could see that he felt guilty about something.

"Tony, what happened?" McGee said, taking over for me, since I was being so helpful with my inconciderate comments.

"She...walked in and saw us, threw a knife at me and left," Tony replied, being unusually brief and serious.

"Doesn't sound like anything unusual...what'd you do to piss her off?" McGee interrogated. Tony and Kate looked at each other. Why is it that everyone found the sudden need to have silent conversations today? I glanced at the elevator door. Ziva stepped out, leaning on Daniel's arm. Tony tore his gaze away from Kate to look at her the moment she entered the bullpen.

"Thank you, Daniel," Ziva said. "You are a...good friend." She hugged Daniel and went to go sit at her desk. McGee gave her a strange look, but decided to just let it go.

"Timmy," I said. "My binder with all the wedding plans is in my lab. Could you go get it and hand it over to Kate?" He nodded and went to the elevator. Daniel sat down next to Kate and started giving her pointers on Sodoku.

"But shouldn't a six go here?" Kate asked, pointing at her booklet of puzzles.

"No, because then there's no place for an eight," Daniel answered. "Looks like you'll have to start over." Kate sighed and started scrubbing out numbers with her eraser. I watched Ziva carefully. Every now and then she looked at Tony, and whenever he looked at her she quickly returned her gaze to the computer screen and continued working as if nothing had happened. I noticed a knife was sitting on Tony's desk. Ziva's knife, to be precise. Finally, after ten minutes of this, Tony sighed and left the bullpen without saying another word.

"I'm going to relay all this to Gibbs," I told McGee. He nodded, looking slightly distracted. Something was going on with Ziva...what was her problem, anyway?