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Chapter 23:

Tia knew that the minute she asked Luke for a favour that it would come around and bite her on the ass...

A Day Earlier:

"Why do you need a favour?" Luke asked as he leaned back in his desk chair, intrigued. Tiana rarely asked for help, but when she did it was usually interesting "Until NCIS work out exactly who was taking potshots at the General, I'm... discouraged from leaving town. And I need something picked up in New York and delivered here" Tia crossed her legs, knowing perfectly well the effect she had on her boss. It had been that way since they were fifteen years old, and nothing had really changed in ten years. "What sort of package?" Luke asked suspiciously and tore his eyes away from Tia's sexy legs "The breathing kind" Tia winced slightly, expecting Luke to say no "Is the...package illegal to transport over state lines?" Luke asked and Tia shook her head "It's not a kid, don't worry about that. It's just not going to be a very cooperative package. This is a huge favour I'm asking for here I know, Lukey" Tia held her breath and suddenly Luke had the solution to one of his own pressing problems "Okay, I'll arrange to have the package delivered here. I'm assuming you already know where it needs to be picked up from?" Luke asked and tapped a few keys on the keyboard in front of him as he caught Tia's nod out of the corner of his eye. He leaned back in his chair again and studied Tia carefully "So Ally, do you still like heights?" Luke asked playfully. And that was when Tia knew she was in trouble, because whenever Luke wandered into the past and called her Ally, she really was in for it.

The Next Night:(or early morning...)

Tony was going to kill her. Gibbs too, if she got busted doing this. She just had to hope that nobody looked up and rang the cops. "Are you ready, Tia?" Lukey's voice echoed in her ear and she leaned over the edge of the twelve storey apartment building and looked down "Remind me never to ask you for a favour again, Luke" Tia grumbled as she swung her legs over the edge of the building and tossed the rope down to where Luke waited "I don't get why you couldn't do this, Luke" Tia mentioned as she waited for his signal "You're the one trained for all of this stuff, Tia. My strengths lie elsewhere" Luke replied smugly and looked up as he secured the line "Yeah, and I was always the one stuck up in the air. Okay, here goes" she murmured into her earpiece and began repelling down the side of the building.

Tony was in the office working on the 'Three Of Eight' case when Gibbs walked into the bullpen carrying two cups of coffee "Late night, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked as he deposited one of the cups in front of Tony who blinked in surprise "Thanks, boss. Yeah, I thought I'd put in a few more hours tonight, see if I can find our girl here" Tony admitted and watched Gibbs boot up his computer "Me too. Where's Tiana tonight?" Gibbs asked and Tony unconsciously smiled "Doing surveillance with her boss. And no, I didn't get any more information. Tia likes to keep her work life and her home life separate" Tony admitted "Which is fine with me, unless she comes home with bruises" he added. Gibbs watched the icons appear on his desktop and idly glanced over at his future son-in-law "It doesn't bother you that your fiancé is out in the middle of the night with another guy?" Gibbs questioned curiously and Tony shrugged as he typed "Not really. I mean, if something was going to happen it would have already, Tia and Luke have been friends for years. Besides that, Luke's married" Tony told Gibbs before turning back to his computer. For ten minutes there was nothing but the sound of slow typing through the office "I had McGee and Abby run the fake license we found near our Jane Doe through the DMV files, using the photo as comparison as well as Kate's age approximation. Hopefully we should have something soon" Tony announced into the silence. Gibbs who was stunned "I'm impressed, DiNozzo. Did that information come through from the FBI on the like-crimes?" Gibbs asked and Tony shook his head "They're stonewalling me-" Tony stopped mid-sentence as Gibbs' cell rang "Gibbs" he greeted "You should tell Agent DiNozzo to keep his fiancé on a shorter leash" a familiar voice informed him gruffly "Fornell? What are you talking about?" Gibbs asked somewhat angrily "Agent DiNozzo's fiancé, Tiana Bradley, was spotted by a thermal imagery scan on an FBI training exercise fifteen minutes ago" FBI Agent Fornell said and waited for Gibbs' reply. He actually liked playing these games with Gibbs and his team, he felt it kept them on their toes "So what? Last time I checked, Tiana didn't have to ask for FBI approval to be out at night" Gibbs defended, getting angrier by the second "Oh we don't have a problem with Miss Bradley being out at night, we have a slight problem with what she's doing. Three teams thought she was a terrorist doing surveillance, as it's not everyday they see a Peeping Tom, or in this case Peeping Thomasina, dangling off the side of a twelve story building. Once she was spotted and identified, and we realized that she works for a private security firm, we left her alone. Just thought I'd give you a heads up" Fornell was grinning evilly as he quickly hung up on Gibbs.

Tia slowly repelled down the building, counting windows as she went. When she was three floors down she stopped and swung herself onto the nearest ledge "Are you good?" Luke's voice filtered into her ear "Am all good, hide the line" Tia ordered him as she unsnapped the line from her d-link and began pulling equipment out of her backpack "Explain to me why we couldn't just set up video and then go, instead of me sitting up here peeping in the window?" Tia asked and Luke sighed "Michelle got this thing off of the internet that sweeps the room for concealed surveillance equipment" he admitted sheepishly and Tia laughed as she flicked the heat sensor on and pointed it at the next building "And besides, I have to know in real-time, so I can burst in and confront the lying cheating wench" Luke rubbed his hand over his face and sat on the bonnet of his car.

Gibbs listened to the dial tone buzzing in his ears and slammed his cellphone shut. As Tony glanced over, obviously concerned about the phone call that had caused Gibbs' face to go all scary and stone-like, Gibbs realized the buzzing was continuing in his ears, like a swarm of really angry bees. Gibbs tried a few of the deep calming breaths that had been recommended by Kate, then gave up and stood up, holstering his gun and stuffing his phone in his pocket. "Problem, boss?" Tony asked lazily as Gibbs walked over towards Tony "Where's Tia tonight?" Gibbs asked and Tony looked confused for a minute "I told you already boss, she's doing surveillance with Luke. Is there something wrong?" Tony asked and sat up straight in his chair "I meant where is she, like her location" Gibbs said through gritted teeth "That I don't know, she didn't tell me" Tony said and stood up "What's wrong? Who just called you and what did they say about my Tia?" Tony asked as he holstered his gun "I'll tell you on the way. Do you know where she might be? Like a bar or a club maybe?" Gibbs asked and panic began to slide through Tony's veins, as they made their way out of the building to Tony's car. Tony held up his cellphone "I had McGee put a GPS unit in Tia's phone, and a receiver in mine" Tony admitted sheepishly and Gibbs looked impressed "So where are we going?" he asked and Tony rattled off the address and Gibbs sped out of the parking lot towards Tia's GPS signal.