Chapter 5

Gibbs leaned back in his chair and studied his team, after their lunch they all had calmed down and was doing their work. He looked at his watch, it was time to let his team go home.

"That's it, it's time to go home."

"Thank God, boss. I was starting to grow roots in this chair." Tony said grabbing his gear. Ziva and McGee did the same and walked over to the elevator. Tony stopped outside the bullpen and turned to Gibbs. "Are you coming boss?"

"Yeah." Gibbs grabbed his things turned off his computer and followed Tony to the elevator.

The team made their way thru the main entrance, Ziva was the first one to say goodbye as she moved over to the bus stop.

Gibbs looked around as he, Tony and McGee made their way towards the parking lot, the two younger men engrossed in a conversation. It was dark outside and just a handful of people were moving around, he only listened with one ear to Tony and McGee as he kept looking around. He had a strange feeling in his stomach but he couldn't really understand why so he kept looking as they moved into the parking lot. There were only a few cars left, he recognized everyone except one black GMC Yukon that stood just at the exit of the parking lot.

He nodded to McGee as the younger agent said good bye and jumped into his car. Gibbs and Tony's cars stood just a few spaces from each other so they walked together the last bit.

The older NCIS-agent glanced at Tony, the younger man was very quiet and he looked like he was ready to jump into action.

"Something wrong, DiNozzo?" Gibbs frowned at the younger mans actions.

"You tell me, boss." Tony said. "You went into a total sniper-marine mode as soon as we stepped outside and I can't really see why but I know you."

Gibbs nodded and smiled a very small smile, that was one of the reason he had hired Tony, the young man noticed things.

"So, do you want to tell me what is bothering you?" Tony asked as he reached his car.

Gibbs took a last look around, McGee had driven off and the dark GMC stood in its place a few meters away, he looked a little closer but the windows were tinted so he couldn't see if anyone was in it.

"Nothing. See you tomorrow, DiNozzo."

"Okay, boss. See ya." Tony got into his car, waved to Gibbs who got into his car and drove off behind Tony who turned left at the exit of the parking lot, Gibbs took a turn to the right. As he looked back he thought he saw a black GMC Yukon in the review mirror, but he wasn't certain.


Vinnie hung up the cell phone, turned around and was met by Marco and Emilio looking at him expectedly.

"It was Al, he is on the move and Al will call us when they stop." Vinnie said with a small smile, it was fun to see the twins so excited. Their younger brother's disappearance had taken a toll on them, they were good at hiding it but he knew them to well.

"Good, so maybe we can go over to his place tonight?" Emilio asked, grinning.

"Emilio…" Vinnie said in an exasperated voice. Emilio was known for doing rash things, for act first think later. Marco on the other hand was the thinking one.

"We have to watch him more, so we don't do anything rash." Marco said.

"You two are no fun." Emilio said, pouting.

"Maybe but you will have to listen to us or maybe daddy will blow this whole thing off."

"Alright you win."

After they had eaten dinner that evening Emilio just happen to pass Vinnie's room when he heard the older mans phone ring, so of course he had stopped to eavesdrop a little.

It was Al, calling in and telling Vinnie the address he had followed Antonio to Vinnie wrote it down, hung up and walked out.

Emilio snucked into the room and using one of his oldest tricks that he had learned as child. Taking a pencil, rubbing it against the note book Vinnie had used and he got the address that had been written down.

He considered to go and talk to Marco about it but decided not to. His brother would only try to talk him out of it, so Emilio snuck out of the house, called a cab from his cell phone and made his way to the address. Well outside the building, he saw their black GMC Yukon and he walked over to it, jumped in next to Al.

"Have you been inside?" Emilio asked Al, who just looked at the blond man next to him.

Emilio and Al didn't always see eye to eye, they didn't really like each other after an incident that had happened when Daniella and Antonio had been living with at home, but they got along most of the time now.

But after that incident Emilio couldn't make himself to trust 100 in Al. He couldn't really point out why but a main thing he thought was that Al had been one of Daniella's bodyguards, they had been close, maybe even lovers if you asked his point of view. And Marco had the same thoughts.

"Just in the hallway on the entrance floor." Al said looking outside. "The name board said that an A. DiNozzo is resided on the third floor."

"Good work, Al." Emilio said looking out the window at the apartment building. They sat there quietly in the car for about half an hour and then Emilio started to get restless. Seeing a lady walking towards the entrance he looked over at Al before quickly jumping out of the car.

"I'm just going to check it out." He said.

"But…" Al said but Emilio was already walking towards the lady holding the door for her after she had punched in the security code.

Emilio looked at the name board, indeed it stood A. DiNozzo apartment 33 on the third floor and he knew that he was right. He looked at the staircase and suddenly a feeling he knew very well rushed thru his body.

I'm just going to take a quick look, he told himself as he climbed the stairs. Coming up on the third floor he walked to apartment 33 and stopped. So close but so far away at the same time, he reached forward and grabbed the door handle.


Tony stepped out of the shower and walked into the bedroom with a towel around his waist, he was really tired so hopefully he would sleep thru the night without any nightmares about her. He lay down, fell asleep almost right away but suddenly something brought him back to full awakeness.

Tony sat up, looked around and the sound that woke him sounded again. He got up, grabbed a pair of sweatpants, his gun and moved towards his front door. Someone had tried to open his front door.

He looked thru the peephole, seeing no one. He waited for a couple of seconds before opening the door and stepped out into the hallway, it was dark, only the night lights turned on and he saw nothing.

Tony stood there in the hallway for a couple of minutes, his gun ready but there was no one there. He shook his head, walked into his apartment and closed his door.

Man, was he getting paranoid or what? Gibbs mood in the parking lot had rubbed off on him more than he had thought. But he looked thru the peephole one more time before locking all his locks. He made his way into the bedroom, lying his gun down on the night table, just in case and after a few minutes he fell asleep.


Emilio let out his breath that was close. He had tested the front door but it was locked then he tried it a second time, why he didn't know and he heard someone move around inside.

Emilio ran around the corner, pressed himself against the wall and held his breath. He heard the door open and dared to sneak a peak.

The young man they had followed earlier today stood in the hallway with his back towards were Emilio stood, a gun in his hands and as he turned slowly Emilio pressed himself against the wall again. He could hear the other mans breathing and he was just about to show himself when he heard the door close.

He shook his head and smiled to himself as he slowly walked down the stairs and outside. He jumped into the car Al was sitting in, Al just looked at him and another car pulled up next to them. Al raised his hand and drove off and Emilio sat next to him staring out the window with a smile on his face.

TBC

AN: So there was chapter 5! I hope you like it! Many BIG thanks to all the reviewers, without out you I wouldn't keep going. So review more if you want ;).