Well, here it is, the next chapter, someone asked to learn more about Eric and Tony's history, and I'm trying to write a back story for them, I'll post it eventually, when i finish it.

I don't own it, i don't get money for this, so don't sue me.

Nick's POV

I was standing in the layout room, Kate sitting across the table, Grissom had left, helping Warrick with part of his case, Kate and I were going over the evidence, she was comparing my pictures with the ones from the case files Gibbs had sent. "Have you found something, you've been staring at those two pictures for five minutes."

"It's just this spot, right here, seems strange," Kate said.

I moved over to where she was, and looking over her shoulder, saw nothing out of the ordinary. "Kate, what's up?"

I jumped, but Kate just turned around slowly. "Hey Tony, what took you so long?" she asked.

"Problems with airport security," the guy said, I recognized him from one of Gibbs' photo albums.

"I'm Nick," I said.

"Nice to meet you, this is Tim, and Kate, I'll be outside," he said, that's when I first noticed what he was carrying, a large duffle bag was on the floor inside the door, a smaller one beside it, and Tony had a rifle case on his back.

"What are you carrying?" Kate asked.

Tony got a guilty look on his face, "It's a little extra protection I had Abby send from home," the sound of laughter drifted in from the hall, "Real mature," Tony called.

"I thought so," Greg's voice drifted in.

Tony moved to the side, and Greg pushed his way into the room.

"What's going on here, why's everyone congregating?" Sara asked, from outside the door, "did someone get hurt?"

"No one's hurt," Kate called.

"Let me in," Sara said, and Tony moved aside, again, "Why is everyone congregating, Sara, you have a case, Greg, get back to your lab, you're not on break, and who are these extra people?"

"Tony DiNozzo, NCIS, and Tim Speedle from Miami-Dade crime lab, we're here for his protection, I'll help keep an eye out for Nick's protection as well."

"How does anyone know what's going on, if no one tells me what's going on?" Grissom asked.

"We don't have full information, but I think Tony has an update," Kate said.

"I do, I was driving to the airport, from the Miami crime lab, and a man fired six shots into the side of the jeep, and five into the rear, I suggested Eric might want to leave it at the airport, until this guy is caught, it was definitely our guy."

"You didn't call it in?" Grissom asked.

"I did, and that may not help much, I know it was our guy, the problem being, he was behind a tree, I slowed down, but didn't notice any vehicles parked nearby, he probably got into a car, and drove away."

"You pick up on a lot, but you didn't stay?"

"A man was shooting at me, probably for looking like him, of course I left," Tony pointed at me.

"What did I do?" I asked.

"Almost half his victims, that I know about, look like you, the other half look like him," Tony motioned to Tim, "I left someone, in Miami, against my will, I didn't want him to stay there, because he looks a fair amount like Tim, and I only look a little like Nick here, and I got shot at, connecting the dots, I think he's either here, or still in Miami, looking for Tim there, and I think that he may believe that Eric is Tim,"

"And the point of this is?"

"I wanted to draw the killer away from Eric, the purpose of Tim going to the airport separately, was for him to be protected, I wasn't planning on making the flight, that's why I was going slow, but then I thought, that if he thought I survived, he'd follow me, so I left, I'm not so sure that was a good idea, but I want more to protect my friends, than to protect myself."

"Messed up priorities, don't you think?" Warrick's voice came from the hall.

Tony turned, and glared at Warrick, "do I know you?"

"Tony, Warrick Brown, Warrick, Tony DiNozzo," I replied.

Tony's POV

I was meeting all new people, and was getting a little jumpy, wanting to talk to Eric again. We were grouped together after Warrick was kicked out, going over the evidence, at about noon, both Kate and I were ready to fall asleep, Tim and Nick however seemed to have endless energy, Greg came by, when he left, suggesting that Nick get some sleep, a suggestion which was ignored, I sat on a stool, next to Kate, looking at file, after file, that had come from the FBI, suggesting where this guy might go. "Kate, there is a cubby under that bench, you look like you haven't slept since you got here, go on, take a nap, I'll keep watch."

"Thanks, Tony, but I'm fine," she replied.

"Kate, even I've slept since Gibbs sent us out, I got about six or seven hours, but I know you haven't, go on, lay down."

Kate did as I suggested, without another word, I turned back to the files, "Who's in our lab?" a strange and angry voice caused my hand to drop to my weapon.

"Ecklie, they're here on assignment, Tony DiNozzo, from NCIS, and Tim Speedle is from Miami Crime Lab." Nick glanced at Kate, but obviously decided not to mention her.

"And who's that sleeping, in the lab?"

"That's my partner, Kate," I told him, "She hasn't slept since oh-four hundred yesterday, you wake her up, and I'm sure I'm a better CSI than anyone on your team, and no one would ever find you."

Nick snickered, as the Ecklie guy turned, and marched out. "I've never seen him give like that, how did you do that?"

"Do What?" I asked.

"I'm not sure whether you sounded more like a mob boss, or military, but you actually scared him, even if just a little."

"I've got some experience in the military business, I do interrogate witnesses, sometimes, and they cooperate better when they think you are a superior officer."

I jumped, when my cell rang, "DiNozzo."

"Hey, Tony, where's my car?" it was Eric.

"Didn't I ask you to stay away from the airport?" I asked.

"I want my car, Tony, I was going to ask Calleigh to pick it up for me."

"No one goes near that car, until I know this guy isn't in Miami, he knows the car, and he may look for it."

"Everyone he's after is in Las Vegas, why would he be in Miami?"

"Eric, I'm just trying to protect you," I told him.

Omniscient POV

"You're just trying to protect me? I can take care of myself, Tony," Eric said.

Tony slipped out of the layout room, and lowered his head, as he talked, he looked back through the window, at the guys working, "Eric, I didn't mean it like that, I know you can take care of yourself, but I worry, I've always worried about you."

"Why, because I'm younger?"

"Eric, I've fought for everything I've had since I was twelve, ok, now that things are given to me, with a lot less fighting, I expect it to go to shit, at any moment."

Greg walked down the hall, on the other side of the room, Ecklie's office was between the room, and the hallway he was in, there was a ticking, from the desk, he was right out the door, when the ticking stopped, there was a sharp scent, for a second, then "BOOM" All four walls of the office moved out, the force of the blast, not slowed by cement, carried Greg, sideways through the single Glass wall of the layout room, on the other side of the office, the cement wall threw Tim and Nick to the ground, the force of the blast threw glass into Tony, and Tony into the wall opposite, sending him through the bullet proof glass, of the ballistics lab. "Tony, Tony, talk to me, what's going on?" surprisingly, the cell phone still worked.

There were running footsteps, down both hallways, from the reception area, and from the labs. Voices started to call Nick's name, and Greg's as soon as they realized he'd been around too, when the explosion happened. Paramedics, and firefighters were let into the building, and they began to move among the rubble. Greg, Kate, Nick and Tim were the first ones taken care of, Tony rolled over, from where he lay, causing one of the Paramedics to jump, "I've got another one over here," He called.

Another paramedic came over, and they checked Tony over, he was loaded up into an ambulance, and taken to the hospital. "Grissom, this is the second time the lab has been blown up on your shift," The sheriff walked up to Grissom.

"I've got two of my men, one man from Miami who was here consulting on a serial killer case, which our evidence is gone from, leaving only FBI evidence to work with, and Two federal employees who were here protecting the guy from Miami and one of our own, all in the hospital, I'll put Cath and Warrick on the explosion." Grissom replied.

"Nick and Sara too," the Sheriff said.

"No can do, Sara is on leave, and Nick is in the hospital, I'm going to head to the hospital, and see what I can find out about my team," Grissom said.