Don't own NCIS sadly…don't sue. This is purely for fun.
Parings: TATE
Spoilers: None really…Twilight never happened
Summary: Two tragedies in one day. One major one for Kate and another shocking one for the team. What happens when there world is shattered and all the evidence is lost?
Rated: T for references and bad language.
Chapter five-undercover time
"Tony…are you sure about this?" Kate moaned from the passenger seat in the van. "Yes Kate, for the last time, I'm sure this is going to work." With a quick side glance at Kate, and turning back to the road, he added a quick note. "I think." Kate heaved a sigh. This was probably the worst case they've had, because like the Pacci case, this too was personal.
"Run through the information for me once again please." Tony said from the wheel. Apparently after doing this five times before wasn't enough to break the ice cold silence. "Ugh! Fine…your Dean Kebble and I'm your girl-friend.." Tony's mouth broke into his famous 100 watt smile. "…Carol and we are looking for halls for our wedding. We will be staying at a hotel. Your 28 and I'm 26. We met at a friends wedding where you were the chef and I was there cuz she was my best friend." Kate finished off. Abby had to go and make it like a romance novel. She sighed in her head, but she couldn't help feeling that it would be fun to pretend this whole thing. "Katie?" Tony asked in a pleading voice. Sighing, knowing he was never going to stop calling her that, she let him continue. "Does this mean I have to cook?" "You don't know how to cook? TONY! Your supposed to be a chef!" Tony began laughing…Kate, I do know how to cook. It's gonna be okay. I promise." He laid his free hand on hers and held it tight till they go to the hotel.
After parking the car, the two got out and went through the front lobby. It was a nice quaint little hotel, with dim lights as you entered. Tony went to the front desk, still holding onto his bag as Kate plopped herself down on one of the couches, her bag under her feet, looking tired. "Hi. I'm Dean Kebble. I reserved a room for me and my girlfriend around last night." "Ah yes! Here it is. Have a swell visit. Breakfast is from 7-10 in that room." With that, Tony placed the two sets of keys he received in his pocket, and led the way to their room. Kate followed, glancing each way, trying to figure out if someone was going to kidnap her or kill her for that matter. Tony noticed her hesitation through each turn they made. He took her hand in his, giving it a reassuring squeeze.
The hotel room, had one giant bed, a TV, and a nice marble counter top and a big couch. The view was of a huge outdoor pool with hot-tub. Tony dropped his back by a table next to the windows and took Kate's bag and did the same with that. A bedside table clock showed the time to be 1 in the morning. "So…um…we should probably be getting some sleep huh?" Tony asked suddenly getting shy and red in the face. "Tony…we can sleep in one bed. We are adults. Just no funny business." 'I wouldn't think of it Kate. Not with you.' Tony thought to himself. His whole life had flipped when he met little Kate Todd, and there was no way it was going to get back to normal.
Kate had slipped into an NCIS t-shirt and a pair of shorts in the time it took Tony to realize his life was now complete with her in it. He glanced at her as she snuggled beneath the layers of blankets and fell asleep as soon as she hit the pillow. Tony slipped into the bed next to her, face up, looking at the ceiling and wondering what would happen next.
"Boss…they are asleep now." McGee spoke up from Abby's lab, wishing he could do the same. "Great work on the surveillance McGee." McGee smiled through the phone. "thanks boss." "You guys keep an eye on them, let me know what's up." With that Gibbs cut the line off. "I really hope that Kate's okay." Abby called from her "office" in the lab. "She'll be fine Abs. She's got Tony." They both looked at each other and let out a forced laugh. No matter how girl-crazy Tony was, they knew that Kate would be well protected. Now if only they could get the guy and take him out.
Ari stood in front of a wide screen TV, four others surrounding it. The middle one, he could see Kate and Tony fast asleep. The one to left of it, he could see Gibbs pacing around in the bullpen. The one above it, he could see McGee and Abby play-fighting each other and giving casual glances to their TV monitor and their two computers. The one to the right of the middle, he could see his guys playing a card game in their room towards the back of the house Ari was currently in. The last one stayed blank, only giving a static fuzz now and then.
Truth be told, Gibbs was right. Ari did have inside connections and eyes in every corner…
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