Hunted and Protection
Chapter 2
A/N: Thank you for all the lovely reviews! Finished all my exams for now so my focus is on my stories.
Anyhow, hope you like chapter 2 – Haylee!
Airport:
Gibbs arrived at the airport 15 minutes before Tony was due to arrive. He wanted to scan the area and make sure Brooks wasn't waiting for Tony.
15 minutes passed and Gibbs was standing by the gate, waiting and watching.
Tony and Tali got off the plane and grabbed their bags and headed for the exit. When they got through Tony spotted Gibbs, standing with a cup of coffee waiting for them.
Tony looked down at Tali, who was holding his hand and looking around the surroundings of the airport while hugging her doggy with her other hand. Tony smiled at her and went over to where Gibbs was standing.
"Hey, Gibbs" Tony said as he reached him.
Gibbs turned to Tony and gave a small smile at seeing his former Senior Field Agent in person. The first thing he noticed was Tony's hair was shorter and he had lost a bit more weight, probably from Tali wanting to play a lot. "DiNozzo" he greeted.
"Gibbsey?" the voice of Tali said, causing Gibbs to look down at there. He noticed she had grown taller.
"Gibbsey?" Gibbs asked, glancing at Tony, who gave a nervous laugh.
"Yeah. I tell her stories at night about the team, and she came up with that. She's got names for everyone" Tony explained, watching as Tali smiled at Gibbs.
Gibbs just smiled at Tali "Come on, let's get going".
Tony nodded and gently pulled Tali's hand, making her smile up at him, and followed her father and 'Gibbsey'.
Car Journey:
Gibbs was driving with Tony in the passenger seat and Tali in the back, playing with her doggy and talking to it.
"So, what's this all about?" Tony asked, wondering why he was rushed to D.C.
Gibbs sighed and said "We got got a message this morning. A man named Sam Sullivan hired a hit man, named Jameson Brooks, to kill someone, but to wait a couple of days before making a move".
"Who does he want dead?" Tony asked, thinking they needed his help, knowing Reeves and Monroe were out training for the next month.
Gibbs took his eyes off the road for a second, glancing at Tony "You" he said before turning back to the road.
Tony turned to Gibbs in shock "Me!? What the hel…" he trailed off, suddenly thinking that Tali was in the back "What did I do?" he corrected himself.
"That's what I was going to ask you, DiNozzo. You know Sullivan?" Gibbs replied.
Tony shrugged "Sam and Sullivan sound familiar, but not together in the same name" he said and Gibbs gave him a look.
"So you don't know him?" Gibbs asked.
"No, never met him in my life" Tony answered.
Gibbs sighed "The only connection Bishop found between you two is that you both went to 'Remington Military Academy', but you started five years before him" Gibbs explained.
Tony sighed and ran his hands down his face. 'Who is this guy? What did I do to him?' he asked himself.
"Abba?" Tali's small voice pulled his from his thoughts.
Tony turned around in his seat to look at his daughter "Yeah, sweetheart?".
"Juice?" she asked, giving her father the begging eyes.
Tony gave a small smile and glanced to Gibbs "I don't know; you'd have to ask Gibbsey. It's his car".
Gibbs raised an eyebrow with a small smile and laughed to himself.
"Gibbsey?" Tali said.
"Yes, Tali?".
"Can I ave juice?" she asked, missing out the h in have.
"What do you say at the end?" Tony asked.
"Pweese!" she gave a toothy grin.
Gibbs chuckled "Of course you can, Tali".
Tali laughed "Fank you!" she said and looked at her father, waiting for her juice.
Tony laughed and reached into the bag by his feet and pulled out a bottle of juice and gave it to Tali.
While Tali was drinking her juice Gibbs glanced at Tony "You enjoying fatherhood?" he asked, even though he could see how happy Tony was with Tali.
"You know, I never thought I would be a father. It always scared me, thinking I wouldn't be a good enough dad for a child and I would screw up" Tony started to explain. "But, now I have Tali, I can't imagine my life without her. Yeah, I wasn't there for her when she was born, obviously because Ziva didn't tell me, and when I found out about her I was scared. I had things going through my head, like is she going to like me? What do I do when she asks for her mother?" he said staring at the familiar road ahead of him. "But then I got to know her and she's one of the best things that has ever happened to me" he said, looking at Tali through the side mirror as she drank her drink and talked to her doggy.
"It's amazing what a child can do to someone" Gibbs said, remembering how scared he was when Shannon told him she was pregnant. Then when Kelly came it felt like the most natural thing to him, and all the fear disappeared.
"Yeah" Tony agreed quietly, watching Tali.
Tony then looked up and saw the NCIS building. He gave a soft sigh 'Hello old friend' he thought as Gibbs pulled into the garage.
TBC.
A/N: Hope you liked it. Please review, I like them – Haylee!