The Bright and Dark Sides of Life

Chapter 6

...you gonna see

A/N: Well well, some ideas about Gibbs´ idea weren´t bad... but they aren´t as mean as the one I have in mind... you´ll read in this chapter ;-)... Thanx again for the reviews! Can´t get enough of them LOL !

IT´S GETTING MEAN THIS TIME!

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"Dinozzo!" Gibbs yelled through the bullpen.

Slightly annoyed by the interruption - he´d been typing a rather ambigious message to Kate - Tony turned around "What´s the matter, boss?"

"There´s something we have to discuss. Now." Months ago, the whole team would have been curious about what Tony had done this time but nowadays nobody even raised the head. It probably was about this Gregori again, and everyone, except for Kate, had gotten over it.

Tony left and joined Gibbs. Kate raised her head and looked after the two men. Maybe it was because of the fact that she felt sick that she had a bad feeling about this. She couldn´t explain it, it had become a usual thing that Gibbs and Tony spoke alone, but this time she had a strong feeling that something was wrong. Terribly wrong.

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Gibbs closed the door and sat down next to Tony "We have to talk. And I doubt you´ll like it."

"Are you going to fire me?" Tony joked and wondered what was so important that Gibbs wanted to talk to him in private. It didn´t seem like it was about the Gregori case. Maybe it was, but somehow it seemed to affect Gibbs personally.

Gibbs shook his head "It´s about Gregori. Not about the case, but... Tony, you know he has tried to kill you before and you had more luck than brain that you´re still here talking to me. The director spoke to me and he made clear that Gregori has improved his "skills". In other words: We haven´t heard anything of him lately and I´m worried he might try again. What am I babbling about? We KNOW he will try again, but this time we have no idea what his sick mind made up. Therefore it´s way too dangerous for you to stay here."

Tony gave him a look "So you ARE going to fire me!" he couldn´t believe it.

"No. That wouldn´t stop him from killing you."

Having no clue what his boss intended to tell him, Tony raised and eyebrow "So what are you trying to tell me?"

"I´m trying to tell you that we have to be... drastic... kind of." Gibbs still wasn´t sure he wanted to tell him what he had to do. It was the only possible way to protect Tony´s life, which didn´t make it easier to him, especially when he thought about what effect it would have on his team. He didn´t even want to think of it.

"Drastic? Somehow I don´t like how you make that word sound." The younger agent was getting nervous. This was so not his straight-to-the-point boss that it worried him.

"Okay." Gibbs sighed "I´m going to have to tell you eventually anyway: The director and the other agencies agreed that it´s way to dangerous for you to stay here or to get a new identity, as we don´t know how much he knows and if he´s even in our computer systems."

"Gibbs..." Tony interrupted impatiently.

Gibbs was silent for a moment, then looked his agent straight into the eyes and said "They think it´s the safest way to fake your death and hide you somewhere in the middle of nowhere."

Being speechless, Tony looked at him. He had to be kidding. They couldn´t do this to him. To Kate. To them. Gibbs had no idea what the said meant for him. Should he beg him to convince the director and the agencies to drop it? Should he tell him about his and Kate´s relationship? No. It would get Kate into trouble. Into much trouble. They would probably give her details of his "death" to make her grief and sadness appear more real - and not even Gibbs could do anything about it. "You cannot be serious."

"I´m afraid so. Believe me, I tried everything to find another way. But there´s none. Only 7 people know about the plan, including the director and me. It IS the safest way."

"I´m not playing along."

"You have no choice, Tony..."

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Kate felt sick. She wondered why, as she couldn´t remember having eaten anything wrong. It had been like this for almost a week now and she was starting to be in a very bad mood, as Tony stated. Maybe it was a good idea to see a doc and get some medicine. Kate sighed. Going to a doc wasn´t such a big deal, she knew that. But she had been afraid of all kinds of doctors, especially dentists, since she was a little girl and therefore only went there when absolutely necessary.

"Are you okay?" Abby asked when she saw her friend grimacing once again.

Kate gave her a sarcastic smile "I couldn´t be better."

"You should really go and see a doc. You know, there are these hinky guys that had this illness beginning with a stomachache..."

"Gee, Abbs, you sound like Ducky."

"Has anyone told you that you´re in quite a bad mood when feeling sick?"

"Yeah, Tony did."

"C´mon, you can´t be that afraid of docs. Do you want to keep this stomachache until you die?"

"Nah, it´ll be gone in a few days, I´m sure."

Abby took her friend by the hand and pulled her out of the lab "You´re going to see a doc - and if I have to tie you up and get you there. Oh, and even if Gibbs is gonna fire us because of leaving without permission by the great one."

Kate finally surrendered and drove to her doctor.

She skipped through a few magazines while waiting and thought of Tony. She had never thought that their relationship would actually work this well. Feeling so loved and understood ,so safe and comfortable when being with him. She smiled. She knew Tony would be there for her whenever she needed him. Thinking about it, Kate realized she had never been this happy and in love before.

"Miss Todd?"

Kate stood up and followed the nurse into the next room on the right side, where the doctor waited for her.

"Miss Todd, nice to see you again..." he grinned, knowing Kate avoided doctors in every possible way.

"Nice, yeah." she smiled. The doctor was a nice guy - he simply had the wrong job.

"What problem do we have, Miss Todd?"

"I´ve been feeling sick without any reason for a week now. I mean really sick. And I can´t remember having eaten anything wrong."

"Excuse my question, but are you having a boyfriend?"

"Huh?" Kate was confused "Yes, why are you asking?"

"Have you thought about the birds and the bees?"

Kate´s eyes grew wide. She hadn´t thought of that. "Well actually I´m late... Looking at it now, more than late."

"Then congratulations might be in order... wait a moment, we´ll check." he went out of the room for a minute and left a stunned Kate.

"Wow." she whispered and carefully touched her belly "Maybe-hello little Tony..."

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I TOLD YOU IT WAS GOING TO GET MEAN... To be continued asap!