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"So do you think there is any possibility she could be alive?" Tony asked. He had finally gotten in touch with Mike Franks but it had taken some jumping through hoops. The man lived in some remote part of Mexico and had almost no way of communicating with the outside world, except for the one day every week he received phone calls. On the other end of the phone Mike hesitated and sipped his beer "I think it's unlikely but I suppose it's a possibility." Mike consented. They had talked for almost three hours about the particulars of the case but the most important fact at least in Tony's mind was that there had never been a positive identification of Kelly's body. After the accident the car had exploded and Kelly's body had been so badly burned they were unable to get any DNA to do a positive identification and she was so young that dental records were almost useless. However they had been able to positively I.D Shannon's body and the little girl in the car was the right age and had been discovered with the "Kelly" necklace her father had given her for her eighth birthday. So there really hadn't been any doubt that the dead girl had been Kelly Gibbs. Finally Tony spoke again "what should I do Mike?" He asked "Get a DNA test done on this Katelyn Geer but do not tell Gibbs anything if it isn't her and you give him false hope well let's just say it wouldn't end well." "Tony nodded "Thanks for your time" Mike nodded then remembering Tony could not actually see him said "Give me a call if it is her I'll fly up there and help ya out with telling Gibbs."
Kate walked in to the coffee shop her blonde hair swinging across her blue jumper as spotted who she was meeting, smiled then took a seat opposite him. The call from Tony had caught her off guard, she couldn't possibly imagine what Izzy's Aunts co-worker could possibly want with her,but she had to admit shed been very intrigued to see what the handsome agent wanted. They chatted for a while about nothing in particular until finally Kate asked "why am I here?" Tony smiled at her "just wanted to make a new friend." he said winking. Kate rolled her eyes then she tossed her hair and her sapphire eyes narrowed "I don't like it when people lie to me" she said crossly. Tony backtracked quickly "I wanted a favor actually Abby says your great with little kids, I need a baby-sitter." Kate blinked in surprise "You have kids?" she asked she hadn't thought he was old enough for kids or mature enough to be married. He shook his head "No I'm not that old geez it's a friend of mine Wendy that would need the sitter." Kate smiled "Ok I suppose I could do that." Kate consented as Tony wrote down all the information then handed the pen to Kate and asked for her number. Kate suddenly checked her watch "O I have to go she exclaimed as she gathered her things and left the shop. Tony watched her leave admiring the way the light glittered off her hair then shaking himself out of his reverie pulled of gloves and put the pen into an evidence bag.
Tony walked into the bull pen sidestepped Gibbs and walked straight up to Abby's lab he handed her a calf pow "Abby would you do me a big favor no questions asked?" Abby laughed " Tony sounds like a pick up line... but yes what can I do for you? He handed her the bag "can you pull the print of the pen and tell me whose it is?" Abby nodded "If it's in the system consider it done." You're the best Abby!" Tony said as he walked out the door
The next morning Tony woke early because his phone had been ringing for ten minutes. At first he'd ignored it but finally Wendy had rolled over next to him "Shut that damn thing off I don't care who is calling you promised you would have the day off today!"Tony not wanting to get in another argument got out of bed and answered the phone. Before he even got a word in Abby said "Tony we need to talk!"He looked over at Wendy and nodded I'll be there in an hour" he said. As soon as he hung up Wendy started yelling "all you care about is work you never have time for me anymore!" Tony tried to give her a hug "it's an important case babe." She pushed him away with tears in her eyes "I'm sorry I don't think I can do this anymore" she said and before Tony could stop her she had grabbed her purse and run out the front door. He sat there in stunned silence for a moment he couldn't believe it. Wendy had been the most serious girlfriend he'd ever had and although it had been rocky for ages Tony truly thought she might be the one. An hour later he walked in to the nearly deserted NCIS office still bitterly mulling over his fight with Wendy. Abby appeared almost out of nowhere "Kelly Gibbs was the match but I except you already knew that what the hell is this about Tony?"Abby looked extremely upset so Tony guessed she had done her research and found out just what Kelly Gibbs story was. "Abby I-" Tony started to explain when he got a call from Gibbs. He looked at her apologetically "I have to take this but i will explain later just don't tell anyone delete the search please Abby." Tony asked imploringly. She looked angry but nodded and turned to walk back towards her lab.
The next few hours flew by very fast Gibbs had called to tell him about a hostage situation at Anacostia. A marine experiencing severe PTSD had finally snapped and was now holding his wife and baby boy at gun point. There were hostage negotiaters mulling about trying to get everyone out alive;But as the hours ticked by it appeared this was not going to had the closest position to the left rear door and he suddenly saw the marine come into view he saw him shove a pretty brunette across the floor he slowly advanced on her then raised his gun preparing to thinking Tony pushed though the door and jumped in front of the girl just as the shot rang off.