Today was their last day in Stillwater. Tony wanted to say his goodbyes to his friends who were in the park before they left. Gibbs told him it was fine but he needed to be back in two hours.
"Hey Tony. I heard today is you last day here." Bruce said. He still had his arm in a sling.
"Yeah we leave in two hours." Tony said as he sat down.
"That sucks. When will you be back again?" Oscar asked.
"Don't know exactly. We work some crazy hours but when I am free for a couple of days I will try to come back here again."
"We would like that. You could say what you want but since you have been here there is more excitement." Bruce laughed.
"Hey that's not my fault." Tony said and also laughed.
"Oh relax Tony he is only joking. You were just catch in the middle and if some people knew how to grab some things..." Oscar said and looked at Bruce.
"Oh seriously! Again?" Bruce said.
"Ah that is right. I got high expectations from you now when I come back." Tony said and smiled.
"What you mean?" Bruce asked curiously.
"Well I expect you could grab something by the time I come back."
"And how do you expect me to prove that Sherlock?" Bruce asked with a grin.
Tony thought for a moment. "Ah what you say we do a climbing contest when I come back?"
"Oh that would be fun." Oscar said excited.
"You're serious?" Bruce asked and Tony nodded with a smile.
"Alright I'm in." Bruce said with a smile and gave Tony a hand.
"Good." Tony said with a laugh and looked at his watch. "It's time guys. I have to go."
"Alright Tony. Keep in contact alright?" Oscar said and gave him a friendly hug.
"You bet I will."
"I'm glad we met you Tony. It has been fun. And Tony? You should train also because I am so gonna win from you." Bruce said with a smile and gave him a hand.
"Looking forward to it." Tony said with a laugh and said his goodbyes before he left.
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"You got everything Leroy?" Jackson asked when Gibbs put all the bags in the car.
"Yes dad got everything. Well almost everything." Gibbs said with a grin when he saw his son walking to them. "And here he is."
"Huh what?" Tony asked confused.
"Now I got everything." Gibbs said with a smile and Tony shook his head. "Go check your room for the last time after that we can go." Tony nodded and walked to his room.
Jackson gave Gibbs a hug. "Thank you for bringing my grandson back Leroy. I love to be a family again."
Gibbs smiled. "I told you I would and I love it too. It has been great."
Soon Tony was back again. "Got everything." He said.
Jackson walked over and gave Tony a hug. "Thank you for letting me in Tony and remember you're always welcome here. I love you kid."
Tony smiled. "I will remember grandpa. I love you too." He said before he stepped inside the car.
"Remember to call when you are home!" Jackson said when Gibbs almost stepped inside.
"I will. Bye dad." Gibbs said and drove away.
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Next morning Tony woke up early. Today they would go back to work.
Gibbs was already in the kitchen making breakfast. Tony smiled and sat down. When breakfast was finished Gibbs kept looking at him that made Tony uncomfortable.
"Uhm something wrong dad?" Tony asked nervously.
"I need to talk to you before we go." Gibbs said seriously.
"Uhmm okay. What's wrong?"
"I know you want to go back to work full time again..." Gibbs begins.
"Yeah I know and today I will."
Gibbs kept looking at him. "I will not?" Tony asked confused.
"You know Ducky needs to clear you before you can work in the field again. You also know you had some lung problems this past week".
Tony sighs. He knew where this conversation was going. "He will not clear me for field duty is he?"
"I'm sorry Tony. I just want to prepare you. Maybe not now but in a couple of days. He needs to say. But that doesn't mean you can't do desk duty."
"I know. So today I will only go to Ducky so he could tell me when I can do field work again?"
"Yes. Also we need to set your personal record straight." Gibbs said and gave him a look.
"Oh Uhmm yeah. Forgot about that."
"Yeah I know that is why I remind you. Come on get your stuff. We need to leave. McGee and Kate will not be in today. So that gives us time to set everything right." Gibbs said.
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"What you mean you lied about your personal file?" Ducky asked curiously in autopsy after he examined Tony. He told him 3 more days desk duty before he could return to field work. After Gibbs heard that he went to the director to tell him the same story Tony was about to tell Ducky.
"I Uhmm. I lied about my age. I Uhmm I am younger than it said I was." Tony said nervously.
"What you mean? Why?" Ducky stopped himself before he over asked the boy and took a deep breath. How did he not see it. "How much younger are you then Anthony?"
"Uhmm like six years younger." He said sheepish.
"You what?? You just turned 24?" Ducky said and raised his voice.
"Uhmm Ducky could you lower it down. And yes I am 24."
"My boy you are so young. Why did you change your age? And why are you telling me this now?" Ducky asked as he sat down in the front of him on a stool.
"You know about my childhood right?" Ducky nodded his head. "Well when I was 14 everything went from worse to well uhmm a lot.. lot more worse. I uhmm ran away. I had an ict friend who helped me changing my age so I could disappear. I did a lot undercover work for multiple agencies before Gibbs found me and brought me to NCIS."
"My dear boy you were just a child when you did those dangerous things. How could they let you?" Ducky said he was angry that agencies let a child do undercover work.
"Because I was older on paper remember. I always changed agencies when I noticed I changed too much. You know getting taller and all those things."
"It was not only your work at that moment it was also your life." Ducky realized.
"Yep. A big part of my life is a big cover up."
"Is? As in it still is? Why are you telling me this Anthony?" Ducky asked curiously.
"Jackson had his suspicions when I was with a couple of friends who were the same age. That also made Gibbs wonder..."
"That's why he needed the number of Doctor Willis."
"Yep. He needed somebody who could confirm their suspicions. And the only one besides me and my father was her. Gibbs confronted me with it and I told him the story. He told me you needed to know the truth just like the director. It can't be put in my personal file. It's need to know."
Ducky sighs and shook his head. "You're still on the run are you not? That is why this is need to know."
Tony jumped off the table. He needed to move a little. "That and there would be too many questions asked how I could be an agent at this age."
"That I could understand my dear boy but let me ask you one thing." Tony looked curiously at him.
"How long do you think you could live like that? It must be exhausting for you to always pretend you're someone else. Well an older version of yourself."
"You, the director and Gibbs know now. I don't have to pretend by you." Tony said and raised an eyebrow. Where was Ducky going with this, he wondered.
"Yes I know that now. But what about Timothy and Caitlin? You're much younger than they thought. You're their partner. They also need to understand you."
"It was never a problem before. If I didn't tell you, you would never know. I am only telling you because Gibbs found out and he thinks you should know because you are also our doctor." Tony said a little irritated.
"Anthony..." Ducky begins.
"It's my life we are talking about here. Every person who knows is one person too many." Tony said frustrated.
Suddenly he cellphone rang. "DiNozzo." He said. "Yeah I'm done coming right up." He said before he ended the call.
Tony runs a hand over his face and looked at Ducky. "Look I have to talk to the director now. See this as a doctor-patient confidentiality." He said and turned around.
"Anthony..." Ducky begins to say but Tony ignored him and walked out of autopsy to the elevator.
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"There you are." Gibbs said when he saw Tony. Gibbs was waiting outside the directors office. Gibbs expected any emotion from Tony but angry was not one of them.
"How did it go?" Gibbs asked careful.
Tony gave him an irritated look. "Shall we go?"
"That bad Huh?" Gibbs said and leads Tony to the director's office.
"Ah agent DiNozzo glad to see you back with us." Director Morrow said as both Gibbs and Tony sat down at the table.
"It's good to be back sir." Tony said.
"Well let's talk about about your personal record. Agent Gibbs already told me some things. If I understand right you changed your age because of your father?"
"That's right sir. I was too young to enter the academy so I had a friend who changed it."
"And you still are young. You understand what you did is a federal crime? Not only did you lie to your former employees you also lied to NCIS. You never took any step before to set your record straight."
"I know sir but I had my reasons and still have." Tony said.
"Yes agent Gibbs told me." Director Morrow said.
"Sir we like to file this as need to know. Only us, my father and Doctor Mallard are to know." Gibbs said.
The director looked at them both for awhile before he took a deep breath. Tony looked a little worried now. "I agree. There would be too many questions asked why I have a 24 year old as a senior field agent in my top Major Case Response Team. That being said. Agent DiNozzo are there more things in your personal file that aren't right? I would like to know now."
Director Morrow stood up and gave Tony an empty file. Tony looked at him confused.
"I want you to fill in your personal informatie again so that we have a good file. I don't want any more secrets and I don't want my agent hiding anything. Agent DiNozzo I recommend that you do that. I can safe you now with this lie I can't protect you for an other. And Tony remember this file is need to know and will be kept secret." The director said.
Tony looked at Gibbs for confirmation who nodded. Time to come clean. Tony sighs but begins to write. The director and Gibbs talked a little while Tony was filling in his personal information.
Half an hour later Tony was done and nervously he gave Gibbs the file first. Gibbs looked at it and starts to read. Gibbs was surprised by some information. Like Tony was working undercover but at the same time he was finishing school. After he was done reading he gave the file to the director.
The director read it before he finally closed it. "Well that is a whole different file. But I must say I am kind of impressed. You have enough experience. You can see that in your work no doubt."
"Thank you sir." Tony said.
"I still must ask you a question. Can your father be a problem in the future?"
Tony looked at him for a moment before he took a deep breath. "He could be. I don't know. I haven't had contact with him since I was 14. However this is the first job that I can be myself and not be an undercover agent all the time."
Director Morrow nodded his head. "I understand. Don't forget you are safe here Tony and that we will protect you if necessary."
"Thank you Director. Uhmm can I go now?"
The director smiled. "Yes you can go now."
Gibbs and Tony both stood up and walked to the door but before they opened the door, the director called them.
"What about agent McGee and Todd?" He asked.
Tony turned around. "Need to know for now. They don't."
The director nodded. "I could understand that. But don't forget they are your partners. It's still your decision though. They could help you but it also could turn out the other way and they would lose their respect for you."
Tony nodded before he opened the door to leave. Gibbs thanked the director before he followed his son downstairs.
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"Hey wait up!" Gibbs yelled at Tony who was already outside the building.
Tony sighs but stopped. Gibbs quickly walked to him and gave him a headslap. "That is for not waiting for me. Sit at that bench over there by the tree. I will get us some coffee." Gibbs said.
Tony nodded and sat on the bench. He waited patiently for Gibbs and looked around the area.
"Here" Gibbs said as he handed him his coffee. Tony said thanks and Gibbs sat down next to him.
They sat in silence for a moment. "So what happend with Ducky while I was away?"
"I told him the truth."
Gibbs raised an eyebrow. "And that left you in a fight with Ducky? I don't believe that. What made you so angry?"
Tony sighs and looked away. "He had questions how long I thought I could keep this lie going on and then he said I needed to tell Tim and Kate because they are my partners but like director Morrow said it could turn out both ways." Tony said irritated.
Gibbs nodded in understanding. He could understand why Tony got angry. "And what did you say then?"
Tony took a deep breath "I told him it was my life and that it was never a problem before. I then told him he could see it as a doctor-patient confidentiality and then I left." He said sheepish. He now realized how badly they left the conversation but he was still a bit angry at Ducky.
Gibbs rolled his eyes. He didn't knew the conversation got out of hand that badly. "So when I asked 'that bad' it was indeed that bad. Seriously Tony..."
"Hey! I can see that now. I didn't left that conversation that well." Tony said.
"You think? I would be worried otherwise. You and I would have a good conversation at home if you didn't see that."
"But tell you one thing, a conversation has two sides. I am not the only one to blame." Tony said angry.
Gibbs puts a hand on Tony's shoulder. "Calm down. I know there are two sides. Why don't you go home. Blow off some steam. I will talk to Ducky. It was a busy morning. We are not on rotation till tomorrow."
Tony looked at him nervously. "What will you say to him?"
Gibbs ruffled his hair and stood up. "Don't worry. Like you said there are two sides and I know yours. Now go. I will see you at home."
Tony nodded. Said goodbye and left.
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