Author's Note: You mah peeps! What's up? I got a new chapter coming at you! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Time for my half cooked plots… because you all know I don't think about my stories ahead of time… HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!

Chapter: Dearest To My Heart

The elevator doors opened to reveal an arguing Tony and Izzy. She was poking his chest angrily and he was flailing his arms around, their shouting reached Jethrow's ears and he sighed impatiently then walked over, unnoticed to the other two and slapped the backs of their heads.

"I saw that! You gave her the soft tap! What is that boss?" Tony complained as their heads throbbed sharply. Izzy rubbed the back of her head. It was about a week after the letter had arrived and she had been switching homes every few days, moving from Tony's to Gibb's to McGee's houses with Crimson.

"Something you deserve and she doesn't." Jethrow replied with a smile as he took a swig of his coffee. McGee said something to Izzy and she laughed. Tony glared at him.

"What was that Probie?" Tony asked and McGee shut his mouth.

"Tim was just telling me about your nickname. Sex Machine." She laughed. When she did that she seemed so much like Kate he wanted to slap her. Even McGee saw a little of his other coworkers in her. She had Kate's sense of humor with Ziva's zealousness. A strange combination but it worked for her. Jethrow's cell phone rang and the other three looked at him.

"Get the car DiNozzo, he's struck again." Jethrow's face was grim and as Tony and McGee left with confused looks on their faces Izzy walked alongside Jethrow.

"Jethrow. Don't let them touch anything until I get there." She told him and rushed after Tony and Timothy as Gibbs called the crime scene.

When they arrived it was a mess. The media was siphoned off to the left of the apartment building, filming them as they walked through.

"Agent Gibbs! Agent Gibbs is it true that you have the original Agent that dealt with these crimes five years ago?"

"Agent Bouquet! Is it true that this is a copy cat murder or is it that he's really returned?" The questions continued until someone dumped Gibbs' coffee all over Izzy. Both of them glared at the woman who had done it. She shrunk away.

"Get these morons out of here!" Izzy shouted and several of the marines walked over, pushing the media back. Izzy stepped under the police tape and pushed open the door. What met her eyes was something beyond her dreams. The girl's body was stretched eagle spread on the floor, her eyes opened wide in terror. Her blood was trailed all across the room in loops.

"It says Isabella." McGee gasped, tracing the writing with his gloved finger.

"Someone really is out to get you Izzy." Tony watched her. When she turned and looked at him over her shoulder he remembered her first year. She had worked with he and Gibbs. After a while she convinced him to give up his lifestyle and date only one woman. He dated that woman for an entire year before she left for Chile five years ago. Gibbs had known of the relationship but had only warned that if it conflicted with their working habits then he would shoot them both. Her coy look said that she was giving him some thought.

"I know. He's been after me for years." She picked up the envelope and look up. On the wall in front of her were the two jacks as usual but there was something different about them. They were stuck in the wall with a notched army knife, the weapon used to kill the girl.

"He's getting bolder." Ducky stated as he walked into the room. "But certainly not nicer." Ducky and Jimmy Palmer, his assistant, loaded the girl up to take her back to autopsy.

"Time of death Duck?" Gibbs asked.

"Oh… a few hours ago. Perhaps three or four." Ducky replied. "I'm afraid our friend is getting craftier and craftier.

"This is just getting better and better." Izzy threw her hands up in the air and stormed out. DiNozzo took a signal from his boss and went after her. He caught her as she was opening the letter out behind the truck.

"Isabella." He cooed, walking over. If Kate and Ziva were here I would never live it down that I treat her better than I do the rest of my coworkers.

"Would you just leave me alone?" Tears welled up in her eyes again. Tony opened his mouth to say something and she buried her face in his chest. "He wrote another letter." She whimpered and handed it to him as he leaned on the truck to counter balance himself.

"Dearest To My Heart Isabella,

Ciao! That's how your kind says it yes? This one was a beauty. Like the others. I have always had a great taste in women. Like you my dear. I just thought I would let you know. She's like the one… number eight I think it was. Her name was Gabriella. A beautiful name just like yours. You could look it up in that little book of yours.

But on to business. I wanted to know… does Jethrow really think that if he moves you every few days that I won't find you. I know that you're going to HIS house this weekend, all weekend. How long as it been since you've spent a whole weekend at his house. Since you lived with him? Do you still love him dear? If you do then I'll just have to take care of that won't I? Because I can't have anyone else coming in between us.

Love,

The One Eyed Jack"

"Izzy?" Tony looked down at her. She looked up. "Is he telling the truth?" He questioned and as and answer she simply buried her head in his chest again as he wrapped his arms around her protectively.

HAHAHA! I get to write a sex scene! dances not sure why I'm happy about that but now we know about Tony and Izzy's past… they dated… and were in looooooove! HAHAHAHAAAAA! I'm sorry Tiva fans… but I'll give you this… I'm writing a Tiva fanfic right now so unbundled your panties.

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