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"Help I have to go to the shooting range with your father today."
"Tony?"
"Of course who else would it be that would be going to the shooting range with your father.
"Well it could be Kate."
"I'm going to tell her you think she sounds like a guy."
"Maybe you just sound like a girl."
"now that's cold Tim."
"Maybe so and if you told Kate how would you explain us talking?"
"Don't know I'm sure I could come up with something."
"Ah I'm sure you could Tony but you better get going don't want to be later. Last time my father made you shoot at your favorite tie I hate to think what he'll make you shoot this time.
"Don't remind me." Tony groaned. "Okay I'm here I'll talk to you later love you."
"Yeah love you too."
"Did you just say love you to a flavor of the week are you coming down with a cold?" Kate put her hand on Tony's forehead checking for a fever.
"Kate now isn't the time to joke we have to fire with Gibbs and he can get sadistic."
"Oh come on he can't be that bad."
"It's you're funeral if you don't believe me." Tony loaded his gun and set to firing.
"Hah I won."
"You shot her ear."
"she can live without an ear." Tony pointed out.
DiNozzo, Kate not bad. Gibbs looked at their shots but not great either. "Tony give me your hat."
"Ah come on boss not the hat this is going to be like the tie last year isn't it?"
"Not if you don't shoot it." Gibbs smirked taping the hat to the target.
"Kate give me your blackberry."
"Gibbs." She was horrified. "My whole life is on that thing."
"Then don't shoot it." He shrugged taping it up. Just as they reached the front of the shooting range his phone rang. "Gibbs. Hey we're on it."
"What was that Boss."
"Woman buried her husband and is now getting crank calls."
"Since when do we investigate those?"
"Since he claims to be her dead husband now shoot."
Tony swallowed and shot. "Damn it." He pulled the hat off seeing the two holes in the brim. "I just broke this hat in." he scowled shoving it into His pocket.
"Well maybe you'll learn to shoot straighter."
"I say we sneak into his basement and burn his boat." Kate muttered looking at the bullet hole through her black berry.
"I heard that and I already burned one boat I'll just rebuild. Kate you're with me. DiNozzo go back to the yard and try and find anything you can on our dead marine.
Tony waited until they were both out of his sight before he grabbed his phone and typed in a text to Tim.
Tony: My hat is ruined
Tim: Ha ha oh he is evil you loved that hat.
Tony: At least it wasn't as bad a Kate she shot up her blackberry. She's threatened to burn your father's boat.
Tim: Oh I'd pay to see that.
Tony: don't think he'd care, not like he locks his doors. Said he's already burned one boat.
Tim: Yeah the Diane don't remind me
Tony: Yikes sorry
Tim: Ah never mind but shouldn't you be working?
Tony: On my way back to the yard now. Kate and your father are out interviewing a widow. I'll talk to you later.
Tim: Yeah later.
Tony shoved his phone into his pocket and made his way back to the navy yard. Sitting down at his desk he tried to get into the information about the dead marine.
"Hey Abbs can you help me?"
"Sure Tony what seems to be the problem?"
"I can't get into this file,"
"Well that's because you don't have high enough Clearance remember they think you're dead."
"Don't remind me stupid HR." Tony grumbled. Tossing his now ruined hat on the table in frustration.
"Oh cool can I have this?"
"Yeah sure knock yourself out now can you please get me in this file?"
"Sure." Abby bent over him and typed in a few keys. "That's hinky I don't have the clearance either.
"Great I'm just going to love explaining that to Gibbs. "Why do you smell like gunpowder?"
"New perfume I made you like?"
"Uh sure." Abby was so strange sometimes. He though as she shoved his shot up hat on her head and went back to her lab.
"What did you find out DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked as he and Kate walked back into the bull pen an hour later.
"Nothing boss not high enough clearance remember I'm dead until I do my physical next week. Abby's didn't work either"
"Dead?" Kate walked around him to put her own password in.
"Agent died in a car accident for some reason HR thought it was me a bunch of mixed up paper work and red tape don't remind me."
"I can't get in. Gibbs I can't get in and I was cleared for air force one.
"Let me try move both of you." Gibbs tried to type in his own password. Getting a glaring sign. "Someone's blocking us.
"Okay Mr. Paranoid. Kate rolled her eyes as Tony started to choke. Not believing what Kate had just said to Gibbs.
"Really because that was the CO of the two dead marines and we are being blocked. Gibbs said putting down his phone.
"Fine maybe you were right." Kate through up her hands.
Fake Colonel's the run around and just plain headaches led Tony to helping Abby in the lab okay maybe helping was a strong word him and Gibbs were making a face of a young Ducky. "There that's it."
"Sure is." Gibbs nodded.
"Young ducky impressive." Kate said. "Well you two were playing I drew our Fake Colonel."
"You draw impressive." Abby said staring at the drawing.
"Yeah great." Tony snatched the sketch book from Kate and flipped through the pictures.
'Hey That's private." Kate tried to snatch it back. His heart stopped at the caricature of him drooling over a girl.
"Is that really how you see me." The picture pierced his heart.
"Hey if the picture fits." Kate snatched the book back. "Though after this morning I'm not so sure. "
"What happened this morning?" Abby asked.
"Heard him say I love you as he was hanging up his phone.
"Really?" Abby twirled in her chair. "Interesting.
"It was my cousin." Tony scowled. Wanting to tell them the truth tell them about Tim but knowing he couldn't it wasn't the right time and it certainly wasn't the right place.
Tony drug himself home. He was exhausted he didn't know which way was up. He just wanted to crawl into Tim's arms and collapse but he couldn't because Tim was in Norfolk and Tony cursed the distance between them.
He picked up his phone and dialed the familiar number. "I wish you were here." Were the first words out of his mouth.
"You don't even know how much I wish that too." Tim said pausing his game and stretching out in his seat. "I want to be with you every second of every day but my work is here and your work is there."
"it suck."
"I know, how was your day."
"Okay, Strange." Tony crinkled his nose even though Tim couldn't see it. "Kate can draw."
"Yeah how did you figure that out?"
"She drew a picture of our fake Colonel it was an amazing likeness."
"Uh Fake Colonel."
"Yeah we're being blocked every which way on this investigation and someone is impersonating a Colonel."
"Odd."
"More than odd. I just wanted to hear your voice I'm going to crash now, your father expects us in bright and early tomorrow."
"Okay Tony rest I'll talk to you later love you."
"Yeah love you too." Closing the phone Tony collapsed on his bed his dreams filled with many odd things.
Tony walked into the bullpen the next morning to find Kate frantically trying to get papers together. He snatched a few from her. "You really should have had them fax these in order.
"Thank you Tony." She snapped. "I've been here all night trying to get these around.
"hmm."
"Excuse me." They both looked up to see one of the widows with another man.
"Can we help you?" Gibbs came in with his coffee.
"There's been another phone call." The man held up a tape.
"Tony get them down to Abby."
"On it boss." Tony went to reach around Kate and ended up knocking over a cold cup of Coffee that had been sitting on her desk.
"Oh good Going Tony."
"Gross." He shook his sleeve off. "Luckily I keep a spare shirt around here." He stripped of his blue button up and pulled a black pullover from the filing cabinet slipping it on he motioned for the others to follow him down to the lab.
Except death really did come to the missing marine and Kate shook her head. "Well we really messed that up. Did you see that poor women."
"Explain the phone calls then Abby matched them to Kidwell's voice. Does your phone plan include the after life Kate."
"Voice recognition isn't an exact science."
"Gibbs Gut says their something going on."
"And we're just supposed to believe his gut?"
"It hasn't been wrong yet."
"Oh Yeah the man's been married like four times."
Tony sucked in his breath he stared at Kate not daring to breath not daring to say anything because as far as the general public was concerned Gibbs had only been married three times. Did Kate know." He shook his head, no she couldn't know.
"Well there is that." He tried to gain back his composure.
"What's you're melfuntion." Kate poked him.
"Nothing but doubting Gibbs gut not smart. Hey boss." Tony waved sitting down.
"Kate get me those LES's"
"Right I'll just.. I'll get them in order." She stuttered hurrying to her desk.
"And Kate it was three times not four."
Lier, lier thought going through his own paper work. Sometimes he wondered how Tim handled his him his mother and sister basically being erased from his father's past. They had talked about the pro's of Tim not having to live in his father's shadow and they'd talked about him leaving when Tim was a kid but they never really touched on the here and now.
"Yeah Gibbs." Answering his phone Gibbs was confused. "I have no idea what you're talking about maybe you can tell me who you are, okay Mrs. Peary I assure you Agent DiNozzo isn't there. Try to stall the man okay. Thank you Mrs. Peary.
"I'm not where?" Tony looked up from his desk.
"The park I have a feeling the fake Colonel is now playing at being a fake NCIS agent.
"Lovely." Tony scowled
"I'll be back in a bit don't kill each other I don't want to have to train anyone new. With that he stormed out of the building.
"Well I guess we know where we rank."
"Ah he loves us and he knows it." Tony smirked.
Twenty minuets later he wasn't so sure. "Uh Gibbs are you okay?" Kate asked looking up from her computer.
"Got shot up by our fake Colonel."
"Oh great now People are going to think I'm dead and that I shoot at my boss. Ha I'm a bad Ass."
"DiNozzo." Gibbs growled. Autopsy now Ducky wants to talk to us."
"Wow he's really mad."
"Well you do have that effect on people Tony." Kate smirked following Gibbs out of the room.
Four hours later and a major migraine and some creepy grave yards Tony wanted to scream. He grabbed his phone and typed in
Tony: Going to Colombia can't say anything else. I'll contact you when I get back.
Sending that he just off his phone and angrily shoved it into his pocket. He had just enough time to get home grab some clothes and meet Kate and Gibbs back at the plane. He had no idea that when they got back on the plan two days later they'd be bringing back a Gibbs who had been grazed by a bullet. He had just switched his phone on as he got off the plane and put Gibbs into his car to Drive him home. He cringed seeing all the missed messages from Tim.
Tim: Colombia. Why?
Tim: I hope you're safe
Tim: It's been almost two days
Tim: Okay now I'm really starting to worry. Do I need to call the director?
Tony ducked away out of hearing range of Gibbs and Kate and dialed Tim's number.
"Tim I'm fine we're back in DC but your father was silightly injured nothing major a sling for a few days but I'm going to drive him home. You want to meet me there or at my house.
"I'm already at your apartment I was going crazy but I'll meet you at my dads. You're sure he's okay right Tony?"
"Yeah Tim he's fine."
"Okay Gibbs lets get you home." Tony said coming out of his hiding spot and getting behind the wheel waving good bye to kate as they drove away.
"Thanks for the Ride DiNozzo."
"No problem boss." He pulled into the driveway seeing Tim's car in front of him. "Hey Mcgeek what are you doing all the way over here.
"Oh I heard something about someone being shot on the MCRT and I thought I'd check out if everyone was okay." Tim lied badly earning a look from his father.
"Yeah everyone is fine but I'll just help bossman into the house and them I'm out." Tony said.
"Here let me help. Tim came around the other side helping to support his father as both men got Gibbs into the house and on the couch.
" I'm not invalid." Gibbs grumbled.
"We know that boss." Tony placed. "Okay I'm off. McGee don't you think you should leave too."
"Oh uh yeah." Tim looked around. He sighed as soon as he saw Tony leave the driveway sitting down beside his father.
"So you got yourself shot did you?"
"Yes but how did you even know?"
"I have my ways are you okay? Do you need anything someone to go guard your boat from Kate's matches?"
"Okay seriously how did you know about that?"
"People like to gossip." Tim chuckled. Tony especially.
"Why would Tony tell you that?"
"I told you he likes to Gossip."
"About me."
"Yes I think you're his favorite subject well that and Kate. He's been calling me ever since I worked the sub case with you guys." There that was a good way to explain him and Tony without putting supicios on them.
"So Tony told you I was shot."
"Yeah." Tim shrugged.
"He dosen't know does he?"
"Nope." Tim popped the P. "I'm going to cook you a steak and then head back to Norfolk. Tim got the food around and when it was finished placed it in front of his father. "Okay well I'm on my way out. Call me if you need anything."
"Okay, Thanks son and don't fall for any of Tony's crap he's a prankster that one."
"Got it dad." Tim chuckled shaking his head leaving the house and heading towards Tony's apartment.
"Hey." Tony said looking up from the food in front of him. "You hungry there is plenty."
"Yeah sure." Tim took some of the food and settled in. "You can't talk about it can you?"
"I can but it's just too much for me to process right now. I just can't but I want to talk to you later about a lot of things about this and about you and your father."
"Oh okay. I told him you and me are friends or more I told him you like to call me and gossip about him."
"Lovely thanks for that Timothy."
"You're welcome." Tim smirked. There was a lot of things that needed to be said between the two of them but in that moment the calm silence between the two of them was enough.
A/N thank you for all the reviews please keep them coming.