OMG i cant believe i wrote this so fast! lol. but then again, sadly its mainly the episode...
Set during 6x18 Knock Out
Chapter 53 – Skip
Tony sat in the conference room with their witness Tara. Acting Director Vance had an old friend Tyler Owens who was apparently an ex marine. Owens had died and Vance had gone to Chicago with Kate and McGee to find Tara. They sent Tara to DC for Tony to protect until they themselves got back.
"The last time you saw Tyler Owens was at an exhibition bout at the South Side Gym?" He asked,
"We were checking out the fighters."
"The 'we' you are referring to would be...?"
"I was escorted by Joe Banks." Said Tara,
"Joe Banks. That name sounds so familiar."
"Well, your acting Director seems to think he's a notorious crime boss."
"Must be from a movie, maybe. Well. What service do you perform in the employ of Joe Banks?"
Tara lent forward over the desk, "I think you know."
"I need you to be explicit."
"The same as you do for your boss. …Anything he asks."
"Yeah. Well, my boss doesn't really ask for things. We're supposed to figure it out on our own before he gets really angry. He gets very... angry."
"What happens if you don't figure it out?"
"We get a smack to the back of the head. That hasn't happened for a while, actually. Maybe we're getting better at our jobs."
Tara chuckled lightly, "I know I am. …You know, Anthony, I could help you with your problem... if you'd like."
"My problem?"
Tara lent forward a little more, "My job, is to read men. To know what they want, and what they need. And I... see a man in need."
The door of the conference room suddenly opened and Ziva walked in.
"Hi, Ziva. Hey, look, it's Ziva. Ziva, Tara. Tara, Ziva."
"Nice to meet you." Said Ziva, she turned to Tony, "I am here to relieve you."
"Well, then, I'm relieved." Said Tony and He got up and walked to the door,
"You look it."
Tony left and Ziva frowned after him,
"I will never understand him." Ziva said, looking at the closed door,
"Men are impossible to understand, yet so simple."
Ziva laughed, "Yes I guess you are right, food and sex, the two things hat are always on a man's mind."
"Well that man certainly has the later on his mind."
This time Ziva laughed; "The first time I met Tony he was imagining his recently deceased partner naked."
"My man is different. All work, no play."
"That sounds like Michael."
"Michael?"
Ziva pulled out her phone and showed Tara a picture of Michael Rivkin,
"He's a good-looking guy." Tara looked at Ziva's swollen stomach, "You two are serious?"
"Not like that. He does not live here. He travels a lot."
"Long-distance relationships are impossible."
"Relationship? Ha! Michael is like my brother, my relationship is with my husband."
"Something a little closer to home?"
The door opened again,
"Deputy Director." Said Ziva before excusing herself,
"I trust everyone's treating you all right?" Vance asked Tara,
* * *
Tony, McGee and Tara were in the sedan on their way to drop Tara at a safe house.
"Okay, Tony, clear to approach. I'm on the street." Tony heard Kate say through his earwig,
"Door-to-door service." Commented Tara,
"Check and make sure you didn't leave anything back there." Tony told her,
"What's this?" Said Tara, pulling a wallet from under the buckle in the back seat.
"Tony, I think she found-"
"My wallet!" He made a grab for it,
"Can you prove that it's yours?" Asked Tara,
"Yeah. If you open it up, you're going to see my big fat smiling head on the driver's license."
Tara opened the wallet and looked, taking note of the picture of Ziva, Kate, Abby and Jenny.
'There seems to be something else here. You're making a circular crease in the leather."
"That would probably be a-"
Tony cut McGee of as he snatched his wallet from Tara, "I think she knows what that is."
"Now, why don't you want me to see it? Could it be that it's nearing its expiration date?"
Tara got out of the car leaving McGee to smirk at Tony.
"She doesn't know anything. Ziva and I are fine. Unlike you."
McGee glared,
"Get out of the car McIncest."
* * *
"That Ms. Kole sure has a one-track mind. Sure wish her boss would come get her."
"The elusive Joe Banks. You think that's Vance's plan?"
"I don't know what do you think?"
"They pull a knife, you pull a gun." Said Tony, "They send one of yours to the hospital; you send one of theirs to the morgue. That's the Chicago way." He grinned, "Its Connery. Untouchables."
"Excuse me. I was told I could find Tara Kole here." Said an older looking man,
"Are you Joe Banks?" Asked McGee,
"Wait." Said Tony, "I got it! Joe Banks, Tom Hanks. Joe versus the Volcano."
McGee went to get Mr. Banks settled, by Gibbs' order. Tony turned to Gibbs. "John Patrick Shanley, who wrote and directed Joe versus the Volcano, won an Academy Award for Moonstruck. He also wrote and directed the movie Doubt, which came out recently, it was pretty good but in the middle there, clearly, there was a goofy phase."
Gibbs slapped him.
"I forgot what that feels like. It's been a while since-"
"I know." Said Gibbs,
"Physical contact."
"I. Know." Gibbs said more pointedly,
"You know?" Asked Tony. Realisation hit him. Gibbs had a daughter. Kelly. Which meant at some point he had a pregnant wife. Of course he knew! "You know. Any advice?"
Gibbs slapped him again.
"Snap out of it."
"I have no response to that."
* * *
McGee, Tony, Ziva and Kate were looking at crime scene photos on the plasma,
"Blood on concrete?" Asked Ziva,
"Chicago PD thinks this might be the crime scene." Kate said,
"It's a couple blocks from the South Side Gym, en route to Tyler Owens' residence." Added McGee
"He never made it home."
"What about Joe Banks?" Asked Tony,
"Tara says they spoke that night, but that was all. Director Vance let him go. Still holding her." Ziva told him,
"Big boss was wrong." Said McGee,
"So far. But you can't make an omelette without breaking some legs." Ziva walked to her desk,
"You're never making me omelette's." Tony muttered,
"That is the truth."
"It's supposed to be 'eggs'."
"Cook them yourself."
* * *
"You're driving all the way back to Chicago?" Ziva asked Tara as they headed to the elevator,
"Oh, it's not so bad. Joe's good company."
Tony ran forward, "I'll escort Ms. Kole out."
"Okay." Said Ziva, slightly confused,
"I need to speak to you." Tara and Tony stepped into the elevator and Tony pulled the emergency stop. "For some reason, you can see right through my disguise."
"How bad's the dry spell?"
"Five weeks."
"Never been a problem before?"
"You kidding me? Not since Lisa Mullen taught me to play doctor in the second grade."
"What's changed?"
"My wife."
"Commitment messed you up pretty bad, huh?"
"I've tried everything. But then she goes on about being fat. Or she says something, or I say something, or I just. I want to, I really want to, but we're just not! It's driving me insane! It's like there's a saboteur in my head."
"Crying?"
Tony laughed, "DiNozzo men don't cry."
"You'd be surprised how many of my clients just want a shoulder to cry on. Opening up is the first step."
"Let's skip to the last step."
"That's easy." said Tara, "You have the right women. Now tell her that." She flicked the switch and the doors opened, revealing Ziva looking at the elevator in confusion.
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah. It's perfect." Said Tony,
He walked out and grabbed Ziva's hand and pulled her to the other elevator.
"Tony?"
The doors closed and Tony flicked the emergency stop.
"I love you Ziva."
Ziva frowned, "I know Tony. And I love you."
Tony lent forward and pressed his lips to hers, his hands roaming her body.
Ziva gasped, "Tony if you do that I'm going to have to skip you right here."
"Jump." Tony corrected, "And that's kinda the plan."
With a moan Ziva pushed Tony off her, "Not here. Let's go home."
"What about…"
"How about we go to my apartment, the baby sitter…"
"Yes." Tony kissed her again then pulled back and they made there way home.
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