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A/N: Just one more Part 'til KIBBS…

Part 6

Even Max didn't need much sleep, Tony was the first to get up. Carefully he waked her up.

"Morning Logan." she said smiling.

"Morning my darling. Are you on heat or is it just because you have missed me?" he asked, referring to last night.

"I don't know. I wasn't on heat since the last time I spent at Manticore. Perhaps I'm just happy to see you."

"Or they are returning but I like the first better. I'm happy to see you, too. I love you, Max."

After getting dressed they joined Gibbs and Todd for breakfast at the hotel restaurant.

"Boss, still alive?" Tony asked smiling.

For his remark he was swatted on the head by Kate. "I'm sure we haven't had as much fun as the both of you."

Max flushed. "Yeah, but we are a couple and haven't seen each other in two years. We got much to catch up."

Being finished with their usual banter they went to work. Max and Tony were going to watch Lydecker. Gibbs and Todd were going to get more official information about him.

Lydecker was just leaving when they arrived, so Tony followed him with his rented car. He drove out of New York, stopping at a security fence.

"This surely looks important but not like a military training camp." Tony said.

"I never thought he would work for one. He never was a friend of doing the teaching personally. He had his bimbos for doing it. He just supervised all of it. So, are we going inside? You know I can do it."

"No, I don't want you to go alone. Let's see what 'Eyes Only' can find out." Tony set his laptop up and started a satellite program. A few moments later they had a clear picture of the area.

"That's the best I can do. It looks just like a training camp, Max."

"That's supposed to be. Manticore looked alike but we both know it was no training camp most of the American would think of. And this place looks too similar to Manticore. The way the buildings arranged and even the way the soldiers doing their exercises. It's a kind of scary."

"So you think this is something like a second Manticore?" Tony asked not sure if he would like the answer.

"I think so. Lydecker won't just stop following his dream of the perfect soldier. Even we destroyed all of his work that night. He must have found a way to copy them. And with the knowledge he has, I don't want to meet one of the new soldiers. We were just the first test units. We had had much of problems like the seizures. And now they know how they can build soldiers without them and they now know which genes are most efficient. I think this new generation will be hard to fight, even for an X 5."

"That would explain why Claire was pregnant. I think they had used her as birth mother. And my guess would be Alec was the father."

"But we don't know for sure if they were even here. It just can be a coincidence."

"I know the thought of a new Manticore is freaky. Why don't we get something Abby can test? Perhaps she can tell us if Alec and Claire had been here."

So they went to gather some sand from the near beach and a sample of the water. Tony sent it to Abby on high speed. Then he called her via satellite.

"Hi Abbs."

"Tony, I heard you headed up to New York. You know I would have liked to come with you. You know I love this city."

"I know, but I need you at the office. But I will bring you a gift, okay?"

"It's just like every time. I'm stuck at office while you get all the excitement. Who is the girl next to you? I don't think we have met."

"Sorry Abby. This is Max, my girl-friend. Max, this is Abby the best forensic I know."

"Thanks, Tony. I didn't know you have a recent girl-friend."

"Abby, we are a couple since a long time. We just had needed a break to take care of some problems."

"Oh, she is that girl-friend. Nice to meet you in real after I worked with your DNA for a while. You are quite a puzzle for me, but I love puzzles."

"Abby was the one who found the anti-serum and repaired my broken spinal cord." Tony explained to Max.

"Tony, by the way why are you calling? Surely not because you miss me."

"In about an hour you will get some things we gathered here. I want you to test it to Alex and Claire to tell me if one of them had been here. We need this information ASAP."

"Got it. I'll call you."

"So what are we doing now?" Max asked, not liking to wait.

"I think we head back to the hotel and see if Gibbs and Kate have some news." Tony said and started the car. When they got back to the hotel they went straight to the others room.

"So, what do you have, Boss?" Tony asked entering the room.

"Does the word knocking have any meaning to you, Tony? It's kind of polite to knock before entering someone else room."

"Why should I knock? Do you both have something to hide? You know, Rule 12." he grinned.

"DiNozzo, stop right now. I would like to finish this case as soon as possible. I have a bad gut-feeling and I don't like that. And there are too much secretes I have learned about you. I'm not sure if I would like to hear more about your past."

"Oh Boss. I know you are dying to hear more about my past especially some 'Eyes Only' stories. If I had known previous that you are one of my fans I would have told you sooner. Perhaps you would have paid my any attention after that."

"DiNozzo, I have paid attention to you. Why do you think I haven't?" Gibbs asked.

"Well, you never said a word when I solve a complicated case or when I have found important evidence. But you tell Kate that she did a great job. Is it because she is a woman or is it because you don't like me?"

"Tony, I do like you like the son I never had. I always thought you knew perfect well that you did great work."

"I know Boss, your communication skills aren't the best. Perhaps that is one reason for your divorces. Your wives just didn't understand you. But back to the case. What have you got?"

"Not much. We went to the FBI and had a look at Lydecker's file. We didn't find something wrong. What about you two?"

"Well, we went to that training camp that wasn't really a training camp. Max thinks it is some kind of second Manticore. We took some ground and water I sent to Abbs. She will call as soon as she can. Then we can tell if Alec and Claire had really been here." Tony explained.

"A second Manticore? Why do you think so?"

Max answered. "Lydecker had tried for years to build the perfect soldier. When I was captured by his guys Logan tried everything to free me. Since than we tried to destroy it. And one night we burnt Manticore down with all its test results. We thought Lydecker would stop. But I don't think that is the way he is. I think he came to New York to build a new lab. Just this time he is going to use the already living Transgenic. He already tried to make new Transgenics with breeding. This would explain Claire's pregnancy. Alec wasn't the guy to fall in love with a girl and start a family."

"Sounds logic. So, any idea what we are doing now?" Kate asked.

"What about sight-seeing? Ever been in the 'Big Apple'?" Tony asked. He knew that at least Max had never been in New York.

"Tony, we don't have a guide. I have been here before, but I don't know how to get to the places." Kate said.

"No guide needed. I have spent many years of my childhood in New York. I know this city like my pocket. So anyone interested?"

Everybody got up and together they went for a walk through the city. It was a nice evening. It was later that night when they got back to the hotel. After looking at the city for almost three hours they went into a restaurant for dinner. Each of them had have too many of the wine. Especially Gibbs and Kate.

So when they got back, each couple went straight to their rooms…

Hold on guys. Next part is KIBBS, promise.

But first tell me, how you liked this one.