The Bright and Dark Sides of Life
Chapter 5
... Do you feel the rain starting slowly!
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"Kate?" Tony listened, but got no answer.
"Kate!" this time he almost yelled. Where could she be? Her flat wasn´t that big.
"I´m over here." the young woman´s voice suddenly sounded from the living room´s direction.
Tony turned around and opened the door to see his girlfriend sitting on her sofa, dressed in her pyjama, eagerly typing something into her laptop.
"What are you doing there?"
"Research." Kate answered and continued typing.
Tony was starting getting suspicious "About what?"
"Wouldn´t you like to know!" a smile appeared on her face as she playfully pretended to close her laptop. She saw his face getting dark and serious when he sat down next to her and took her laptop.
"Hey! That´s mine!" Kate complained and tried to get it back. Unfortunately for her, Tony was way stronger than she was and so she finally gave up and gave him a look "What´s wrong with you?"
After taking a deep breath, Tony spoke "You did research about Gregori, didn´t you?"
Kate bit on her lips. Now, she had a feeling that she shouldn´t have done it though it had felt right just a few seconds before. Worrying about your boyfriend and curiousity does that to you, she thought before she admitted "Only because I was worried... and maybe a little curious."
"Damn it Kate, we told you not to."
His face was unreadable. This fact worried Kate even more than this mysterious guy, she was used to looking into his eyes and knowing in what kind of mood he was. "I´m really sorry Tony, but you two didn´t even give me a real reason why I am to stay out of this. I´m worried. I don´t want anything bad to happen to you." the last sentence wasn´t more than a whisper.
Wrapping his arms around her, he whispered back "I know that. I don´t want anything to happen to you too, and that´s why I want you to stay out of this... Please, Kate." he added when she shook her head.
"Tony I can´t do that. If he is as dangerous as you say, I just can´t accept not knowing about what is going on!"
He smiled "You´re cute."
"I´m not cute. I´m worried." she mumbled and tried to find a comfortable position in his arms.
"Back to topic, Kate: You have to stay out of this!" Tony stated once more, hoping Kate would eventually get how serious he was about this. He was afraid of what might happen to her if Gregori found out about her. And if she, in addition to being his girlfriend, knew about Gregori´s identity, she was as good as dead. He would never let that happen. Never.
"I told you I can´t."
"Please Kate..." he begged but was stopped when Kate placed her fingers on his lips.
"Give me one good reason why I should let my boyfriend, who I´m very much in love with and have a relationship with since - oh wow - about one day, go chasing someone who´s probably some psycho mass murderer and on top of that after this certain boyfriend."
"I know you don´t want to hear this Kate, but he´s more than just a little dangerous. You don´t know this guy like Gibbs and I do. We´re very likely the only ones who have a decent chance of getting him instead of him getting us. If you got involved into this, you´d be an easy target, no matter whether or not you were trained to protect the president."
"So you´re telling me you and Gibbs only have a decent chance of getting, which I understand as killing thinking of Gibbs, that guy and that he has higher chances of "getting" the two of you? Was that meant to calm me down?"
"We got him once, so I´m sure it´s gonna be harder this time but it´s not impossible."
"Very encouraging, Anthony."
"With getting involved into this, you endanger all of us even more. It actually is that simple: As long as he doesn´t feel threatened he keeps writing his warnings, but as soon as he feels threatened...well... kinda "booooom"."
"I don´t really have a choice, do I?" Kate was tired of arguing.
"Katie..."
"But you have to promise me something: be very careful and never challenge your luck! I don´t want to lose you. I can´t lose you. Promise you won´t get killed or something..."
Tony didn´t like to promise such things, especially because it was ridiculous when being NCIS Special Agents, but he nodded and said "I promise."
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4 months later
Gregori was still on the loose, sending his warnings, which were getting more and more cruel. Gibbs and Tony tried to figure out a way to get him while Tony and Kate still had their relationship going on without anyone knowing. Unfortunately, things with Gregori were getting serious for Tony. Gibbs figured out a way he didn´t like at all to protect his young agent´s life...
TBC TBC TBC TBC...
I´m sorry it wasn´t longer again, but the fact that my laptop refuses to work as I want it to and I´ve got my exams coming kinda keeps me from writing longer chapters... Hope that´ll change in the easter holidays...
To give ya something to wonder about till I update the next chap:
What could Gibbs´ idea be?
What does this idea have to do with the hints I gave ya earlier?
HAVE FUN ;-)...