Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or any of their characters, plots ect… If I did, Twilight would never have happened. I am in Twilight Denial…. I do however, own Tiana…
At NCIS headquarters Tia waited as Gibbs disabled the child-lock and opened the car door for her. She slithered out of the car and then brushed a lock of hair behind her ear, the unfastened handcuffs swinging from her wrist. "Uh Tia, how did you undo the handcuffs?" Kate asked and Tia froze "Sorry Kate, I didn't even realize I'd undone them, it's an automatic response" she said and put her hands back behind her back and waited for Kate to do them back up "I don't even want to know" she said and waited as Gibbs joined them before heading into the building.
In the interrogation room Tony was going stir-crazy, wondering what was going on with Tia. He knew she would give Gibbs a hard time about her whereabouts for last night, just like she'd given him when he'd asked her this morning. Normally she was upfront about the skips she reigned in, but she'd been oddly secretive about the events of last night. All he'd known was that she'd received a brief phone call at about 7pm last night and then she'd gone out soon after. Tia had called at about midnight and told him that she probably wouldn't be home until really late, but because she sometimes worked well into the early hours of the morning he hadn't thought anything of it. Tony took a deep breath and began to pace the interrogation room when McGee opened the door holding a steaming cup of coffee "Hey Tony" McGee said and set the cup on the table "How are you holding up?" he asked and Tony sat down and reached for the coffee gratefully "I'm only going out of my mind slightly, but other than that McGee, it's all good" Tony said and McGee shifted slightly in his chair "What's wrong?" Tony asked and McGee blushed slightly at stared at his feet "Nothing" McGee mumbled and Tony grinned, he knew exactly what was wrong with McGee "Tia blocked her files, didn't she?" Tony asked and McGee's face reddened as he nodded "Abby and I both tried and failed, so she sent me up here to ask if you knew Tia's password" McGee admitted uncomfortably and Tony laughed "Believe me Probie, even if I knew the password you still wouldn't have a chance. Tia's incredibly sneaky and devious, a trait she unfortunately seems to share with her father" Tony added and felt the hairs stand up on the back of his neck "Is that so, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked softly from the entrance to the interrogation room.
Tia was hustled through security by Kate and then settled in an interrogation room "Can I get you anything to drink, Miss Bradley?" Kate asked officially and Tia smirked "A Coke, thanks Agent Todd" Tia replied sweetly as she sat down in the uncomfortable chair provided and pulled some bridal magazines out of her backpack, then settled down to read.
In the hallway, McGee was being grilled by Gibbs "What do you mean, you can't access her files? You graduated from MIT and you can't break the code?" Gibbs demanded angrily and McGee tugged on his tie "Technically it's not a code, it's an encryption" the words slipped out before McGee could stop them. McGee was saved by Kate walking down the hall, can of Coke in her hand "Is that for Tiana?" Gibbs asked, brow furrowed as he remembered that caffeine was not good for pregnant women "Uh-huh" Kate mumbled and Gibbs reached out and grabbed it "McGee, go and get Tiana a bottle of water and maybe on the way there you'll find some inspiration on how to crack the code" Gibbs ordered and McGee scurried off, relieved.
"You didn't have to do that, Gibbs" Kate said as she stood facing Gibbs "Just keeping him on his toes, Kate" Gibbs said cheekily and walked towards the interrogation room where Tony was waiting.
"Where were you last night, Agent DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked as he sat opposite Tony "I was at home" Tony replied, somewhat defensively "Alone?" Gibbs asked slowly and Tony once again felt his anger peak "Of course I was alone, Tia was at work" Tony defended and reminded himself that Gibbs was only doing his job "Your fiancé sure works odd hours, DiNozzo. Do you know where she was working last night?" Gibbs asked quietly "No I don't. When can I see Tia?" Tony asked impatiently "When we're done here. So how did you meet Miss Bradbury?" Gibbs asked and Tony shook his head "That's not her real name. I met her at a bar in Georgetown. She beat the crap out of some bikers, and I helped her get them to the police station. Things sort of went from there" Tony recalled with a wistful smile on his face "Walk me through what happened last night" Gibbs ordered quickly "I was at home, alone. Tia and I had pizza at about 6.30pm, then the plan was to just hang out at home, maybe go through some wedding stuff. Tia got a short phone call at about 7pm, and she headed out soon after. I watched some TV, then my mother called to grill me for information on Tia. We talked for about thirty minutes, then I watched some more TV and went to bed. Tia called at around midnight to tell me she'd be later than she'd anticipated so I went back to sleep. Can I see her now?" Tony asked again and Gibbs shook his head "Not yet. We'll confirm your alibi then we'll see. It depends on how cooperative she is" Gibbs answered as he gathered up his files and left the room.
In the hallway Gibbs leaned against the wall for a minute with his eyes closed. Sometimes, he really was a bastard.
Tia was making some notes about potential wedding dresses when McGee let himself into the room "Well hello handsome" Tia teased, just to watch him blush. Her eyes narrowed when Tim set the unopened bottle of mineral water in front of her "That's not coke" Tia pouted "Gibbs' orders" McGee replied and sat down "You want the password" Tia said matter-of-factly and McGee stared at his feet "I'll do you a deal, McGee. You leave the room and come back in here with a Coke and something chocolatey and I'll quite happily unlock the files" Tia bargained, edgy from caffeine withdrawal "Okay" McGee agreed and left the room in search of chocolate.
Ten minutes later McGee let himself back into the interrogation room and set a can of Coke and a Snickers bar on the table in front of her "Do not ask me how I got those past Gibbs" he said and Tia grinned as she reached for the snacks "We had a deal, Tia" McGee reminded her. Tia reached into her backpack and retrieved her phone. She punched a number from memory "It's Tia, unblock the files for McGee, Special Agent Timothy, NCIS. Then enforce standard restrictions. Talk later" Tia hung up and smiled sweetly "The files will be accessible for you, and you only for the next twenty minutes. After that, they'll be relocked." Tia informed the young agent who jumped out of his seat and hurried from the room.
McGee sat at his desk and carefully worked his way through the system. Where there had been security blocks and passcodes just an hour before now let him slide through the security encryption like a warm knife through butter. As he finished printing a hard copy of the files a warning flashed on the screen "TIME'S UP MCGEE, SPECIAL AGENT TIMOTHY" the computer warned and then bounced McGee out of the system. McGee shook his head and made a mental note to ask Tia a few questions, then he realized he didn't have too. He had all data recorded on Tia/Allysia from her birth up until today. With that thought McGee walked over to Gibbs' desk and dropped the files in front of his boss "Tia's file, boss" he said and returned to his desk "Good work, McGee" Gibbs said and turned his attention to the life of his daughter.