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Now, let's check in with Tony shall we?
Tony gave a quick look around, it was strange, but he kinda missed the orange, the office was a fairly nice shade of light blue, but he hadn't gotten used to it yet. He wondered though if Vance had a hand in designing this office layout, because like DC, the squad room & conference rooms was on one floor, with MTAC and the offices of both Tristan & Gibbs on the level about. The interrogation rooms were on the level below, it definitely helped them adjust to their new work environment, especially with their bullpen area at the foot of the stairs.
He turned back to the pile of paperwork on his desk, he'd forgotten that being a Supervisory Special Agent came with this much paperwork, it was one of the reasons he was in the office so early.
He had to admit that adjusting to life in Naples was pretty easy, but then again, the team or family as he now considered them, was all around him, they helped each other settle in. Helping each other through the initial phase of requirements & introduction sessions that were mandatory, it was daunting at first, he'd never really 'deployed' before, so all the forms, visas, ID's, information sessions, it was so vastly different to when he was an Agent Afloat. they'd even all had to take driving tests, that was a fun experience!
As Tony worked away he glanced to the desk across from his, Ziva's, it was empty, she was currently undertaking a TAD on the USS Seahawk, their Agent Afloat had to suddenly get back to the US for a personal matter, so she'd gone to take their place over three weeks ago & would be aboard until the vessel made port in Naples, that's when the new Agent Afloat would take over, in just 2 days. He couldn't help but miss her, things had been going great & they were managing the work/relationship balance fine.
Tony then considered how the 'team' had changed, with Gibbs overseeing all teams he was now leading one of the Naples MCRT Teams, with both Ziva & McGee his Senior Agents. Both of them though were currently on TAD to help other offices, Ziva was on the Seahawk & McGee was due to arrive back from Frankfurt in an hour or so where he'd had to help with IT intel issues. He'd been assigned a Junior Agent too, one Sharaz Silva, a former navy Lieutenant & NCIS agent of 3 years, standing at 5"7 with blonde hair & hazel eyes and emanating from Spain originally, she had been previously posted at the Marseille office before being transferred to Naples under him. While they'd hadn't had a whole lot of time all together, she seemed to be fitting in quite well, well, except for one thing. Lifting his head he saw her walk in & here it came..
"Morning sir" Silva said coming into the squad area.
Tony sighed "Silva, how many times do I have to tell you, don't sir me! It's Boss or Tony" sir was his dad, not him! and he didn't really want his junior agent calling him DiNozzo.
Silva smirked "can't call you boss, Deputy Special Assistant Director Gibbs, is boss & I'm not calling you Tony, sir" she couldn't call him Tony, that wasn't showing enough respect.
Tony just glared at her.
"I'll get onto my report" Silva suggested.
"Good idea, I want that threat assessment by the end of the day" Tony said.
"Yes sir" Silva agreed.
Tony just shook his head.
"SSA's!" Gibbs called walking through the squad room.
Tony, along with the half dozen other SSA's currently in country all called "coming boss"
All the SSA's followed their boss down the hall to the conference room. It was time for that lovely weekly debriefing meeting.. yay?
Gibbs sat down, was this all his job was now, meeting after meeting? He needed action!
Tony sat down next to Gibbs, he saw him give a slight wince as he sat, he smiled "who won this morning boss?"
Gibbs just eyed him "you wanna join us tomorrow?"
"You run on Saturday's?" Tony asked surprised.
"Nope, but you keep going & we will" Gibbs replied.
Tony smiled "I'm good"
Gibbs nodded "Donnelly, your on the minutes"
Donnelly nodded "yes boss" she took the obligatory notebook, where'd they taken all their notes.
Gibbs huffed "Where's Duncan?"
"Here boss... sorry...I.. ah... never mind" Duncan replied, having just remembered his new boss's rule against apologies.
"Donnelly, pass Duncan the notebook. He'd doing the minutes" Gibbs ordered.
Donnelly smiled as she passed it "With pleasure boss"
Duncan nodded, late arrival, always meant being the minute taker.
Gibbs listened as each of his SSA's went through the cases/duties their teams were currently working on, he only interjected comments where necessary, preferring to let them talk things through with each other. Once that was over, it was his turn.
Gibbs let them chat for a minute or two about who knew what before he drew it back to focus "ok!"
All SSA's went silent.
"Duncan, your tray is pretty empty & you're at full complement, I've got a good one for you" Gibbs remarked.
Duncan, was as experienced as Tony but had been in Europe for 5 years now, in Naples for 2 of them, getting used to Gibbs had been a major adjustment, especially after all the stories he'd heard "a good one boss?"
Gibbs smirked "Yeap, the Director has asked for a team to head over to South Africa, there have been a few too many incidents involving the marine core with locals, from theft to assault & there's just been a homocide. It will be a joint investigation with the local team & South African Authorities. You & your team leave on the first available flight"
"Yes boss, but we're still tying up some loose ends..." Duncan began to say, it had been a while since he'd sunk his teeth into something like that, bring it on!
"Pass it to DiNozzo" Gibbs interjected.
"Yes Boss" Duncan & Tony both said at once.
Gibbs handed out new assignments before speaking again "I want you all to remember that the Seahawk is due in on Sunday, so..."
"We shouldn't make plans for any early nights next week?" Donnelly suggested.
Gibbs smirked, he actually like Donnelly, former marine & NCIS of some time, he'd even crossed paths with her when she was a probie "yeap, I have no doubt, some of them will get into trouble"
Gibbs was about to move on when a knock came a door.
Deputy Assistant Director Tristan came in "am I right on time?" she asked Gibbs
Gibbs nodded "right on time"
Tristan smiled as she sat down at the other end of the table to where Gibbs was "I trust you've all been briefed on your coming assignments?"
"Yes ma'am" came the chorus of SSA's.
"and you all know by now, that those must be juggled with anything that comes up requiring immediate investigation" Tristan remarked.
"Yes ma'am" came the chorus of SSA's again.
Gibbs hid his smile, this lady wasn't one to be pushed around or messed with, Tony had learnt that, they'd all learnt that. It was kinda funny, she wasn't an imposing looking woman, at 5"3 with cherry blonde hair, she looked a lot younger than she was, but as a former navy officer she was as tough as they came & he respected the hell out of her.
"Good, well to help the load & the constant TAD's that yourselves & your SFA's have, we're getting 2 probationary agents to add to the Naples team. I'm assigning them to Wu & DiNozzo" Tristan said looking at the pair.
Wu, of Asian origins had only come to Naples shortly before Tony & the others, but had been with NCIS a good 8 years, & had spent most of his time in the Asia-Pacitic Region, before NCIS he'd been in the police force. He himself had 1 SFA & a junior agent. "A probie ma'am?" he asked, the last thing he wanted was a probie right now.
Tony couldn't help but share Wu's feelings, wait, he was to have 4 agents under him? Geeezz!
"Yes Agent Wu, since you've been here, 2 weeks have barely gone by where you or Jonus haven't had a short TAD, you need the man power. The same goes for you Agent DiNozzo, you currently have both your SFA's away, you need an extra man" Tristan answered.
Tony nodded, knowing that was true, he wanted to say McGee was due back like.. now & Ziva would be home in 2 days.
"Agent DiNozzo, your man is arriving today, Wu, your woman is arriving first thing tomorrow" Tristan stated, as she passed them both files on their new agents.
Tony opened the folder & looked at the image & details, his eyes widened "boss?" he said a little shocked.
Gibbs smirked, he knew why Tony was shocked "Guess the kid wanted to do more than just the full internship"
Tony looked back at the documents, there it was in black & white. New NCIS Probationary Agent Conrad Zuse. It was the kid who did the internship on the case that started with a gas leak at Quantico & ended with the granddaughter of a former spy needing rescuing & the grandfather getting in the way. The kid though was the least interested out of the 3 interns they had, until the very end that is. He knew that Gibbs had arranged a full internship for him, but he was shocked that he'd decided to take the path of NCIS over private sector. The kid after all said 'you could make a killing in the private sector'.
Tristan smiled "The director did tell me how you know the young man & Gibbs filled me in on the rest. I suppose this will be an opportunity for you to expand his horizons even more"
Tony nodded.
"Good, well that's all I wanted to say, so unless any of you have questions that Gibbs can't answer?" Tristan asked.
"No ma'am" came the reply from the group.
"Good, Duncan, good luck in South Africa, and the rest of you, good luck with the arrival of the Seahawk. I've also just been told that a marine unit from Frankfurt will be here next week for a joint exercise, so I'm sure that will keep everyone busy" Tristan smirked, she knew a ship coming in & an extra unit being in the area always meant increased incidents.
Gibbs gave an internal sigh.. great!
A/N: So, some new additions to the team & a brand new ass-kicking title for Gibbs! Not to mention promotions for the others too. For those wondering about Zuse, he was the character in Season 8, Ep 2 - Worst Nightmare, he was a kid I could see getting why they choose the field & would change his direction too.
Sounds like lots could be happening with the Sea Hawk & marine unit coming in, but at least Ziva will be back, right? I have to wonder though, Tony's got to get Zuse collected, but who else will they find when they do?
I know this chapter was short, but the next one is almost ready to load, so it will be up soon! I always love to hear your thoughts/comments, so review away!