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Chapter Four:
Four years earlier:
Gibbs sighed. Only a month ago he had hired a detective from Baltimore, mostly on a whim, but a little bit because he noticed the talent and abilities that the detective's bosses seemed to overlook. He had to admit that the kid, named Anthony 'Tony' DiNozzo, had yet to let him down. He was quick as a wink and knew what he was doing. For Gibbs, he had never met anyone that he learned to trust completely like Tony. After almost a week, Gibbs was not only feeling like he could trust the younger agent with anything, but also feeling a little fatherly affection that seemed weird to him.
Tony was currently sitting at his desk diagonal to Gibbs' own reading something. Gibbs wasn't sure how he did it, but Tony always managed to get things done while barely even trying when it came to accessing information. Not to mention the young agent's seemingly photographic memory. There was something about Tony, though, something that Gibbs couldn't quite put his finger on. Every once in a while when he thought that Gibbs wasn't looking, Tony would pull out a framed picture from his desk and would just stare at it with sad eyes. Gibbs had once gone to find the picture only to find that Tony kept that particular drawer locked. So for now, Gibbs wasn't sure who was in that picture.
The phone brought Gibbs back to his senses as he reached forwards to pick it up.
"Gibbs," he said.
"Special Agent Gibbs, this is Gunnery Sergeant Henders, we have a body."
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"So, it all started with, 'we have a body'?" Kate asked skeptically, looking at Tony with unsure eyes.
Tony sighed and gave her a little push on the shoulder, jokingly. "Would you let me finish, I've barely even started."
"Sorry, it just better get good soon or I might fall asleep." Kate huffed, leaning back into the couch cushions.
"As long as you don't drool over all of my nice pillows," Tony laughed.
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"Was the body moved?" Gibbs asked, eyeing the park around them before setting his eyes once again on the male marine laying dead on the grass. There were trees all around and a pond close by; it was really a beautiful spot.
"Of course not, Agent Gibbs," Gunnery Sergeant Henders replied, annoyed, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Standard question, Sergeant," Tony smiled, clapping Henders on the back, "No need to be offended."
Henders smiled a little at the young agent and his stance relaxed right away. Gibbs smiled, that was Tony- he always seemed to be able to calm people down.
"So, I'm assuming that we have no witnesses?" Gibbs said dryly as Tony started to take pictures of the body with his camera.
"No, Agent Gibbs, none that have come forward as of yet," Henders replied as he watched the guys do their jobs.
It was a second later when Tony noticed a small flash in the trees, and the yell to take cover barely left his mouth before he felt a sting in his stomach, followed by two more and he fell to the ground.
Gibbs, upon hearing Tony's cry of cover, had immediately jumped to the ground, and his eyes widened as he saw Tony get gunned down by three bullets. Gunnery Sergeant Henders pulled out his gun and in seconds the gunman was lying, bleeding, on the ground in the trees. But that was not what Gibbs was worried about, he was worried about his agent lying, bleeding, and rushed over to him, pulling off his jacket and pressing it against Tony's stomach in an attempt to stop the blood.
Tony gulped as he looked up at Gibbs. "You need to…" Tony sputtered, trying to remain conscious as Ducky ran over to them.
"Anthony, an ambulance is on its way, try not to talk, alright," Ducky said, taking over from Gibbs.
Tony shook his head, "No, Gibbs, you need…" he drew in a deep breath, "You need to go to my house…" he gulped, "You need to take care of…everything."
Gibbs furrowed his brow, "Of course, Tony," he said, not really sure what the young man meant but wanting to keep him calm.
"Please," Tony said, before he closed his eyes.
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"You were shot three times at once!" Kate shrieked, "Oh my God!" she held her hand firmly covering her mouth in shock.
"Yeah, that was probably one of the shittiest things work-wise to ever happen to me, second only to, well, you know the plague," Tony nodded. "Now would you let me finish?"
"Oh, right, sorry," Kate replied, "Continue. At least I know that this story can't possibly end with you dying."
"Ah, Kate, you ruined the ending."
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"He said that I needed to go to his house and take care of everything." Gibbs said with a furrowed brow. He, Ducky, and Abby were in the waiting room at the hospital. Tony had been rushed to surgery almost as soon as he got here, having flat lined three times in the ambulance. Ducky said that they would be lucky if Tony didn't end up with severe heart damage if he did survive. Unfortunately, Tony's father had refused to consent to surgery when Gibbs had called him. Gibbs had a few choice words for the man who said 'what do I care if he dies, I'm not going to sign anything'. If Tony weren't dying, then Gibbs would find DiNozzo Sr. and beat the living crap out of him. In the end Gibbs had forged DiNozzo Sr.'s signature and Tony had been rushed into surgery. That was five hours ago.
"What did he mean by everything?" Abby asked, wiping away the tears from her face.
Gibbs sighed and shook his head. "I don't know, as much as I want to be here when he gets out of surgery, I have a feeling he would want me to do as he asked, you know?"
Ducky nodded. "We will call you the second we know anything."
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"You're father actually said that?" Kate asked, dumbfounded.
"Yeah, the guy doesn't care if I live or die. After this all happened Gibbs made me change him to my emergency contact and Next of Kin." Tony replied with a smile.
"Gibbs is your next of kin?" Kate asked.
"I just said that didn't I?"
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Gibbs was a little unsure when he got to Tony's house. A) why did Tony need a huge house just for himself and B) what was he supposed to do, knock?
Feeling like an idiot, Gibbs rapped on the door, and was more then surprised when it opened to reveal a young, around ten or eleven, year old blonde haired little girl.
She frowned, "Who are you?" she asked, looking at him sceptically.
"I'm Special Agent Gibbs…" Gibbs started, beginning to think that he had the wrong house.
"Oh, I'm Katalina DiNozzo, you can call me Nikki," she said with a smile, "You work with my daddy."
Gibbs stared at her wide eyed. This little girl was Tony's daughter. No way! He gaped at her, before smiling. "Honey, your daddy has been hurt, you have to come with me."
Her eyes widened and tears started welling up. "Is he okay?" she squeaked.
Gibbs reached forward and the little girl took his hand. "Let's go see,"
Suddenly what Tony had asked him made sense. He needed someone to find Nikki if he was in the hospital since no one at work knew about her, and when he asked Gibbs to take care of everything, that everything was Nikki. Tony asked Gibbs to take care of his little girl if he died. Gibbs sighed. He was not about to lose Tony, but if he did then as sure as he was standing here he would take care of that little girl.
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Okay, guys that is chapter 4. The next chapter will be the continuation of the story about how Gibbs, Abby and Ducky found out about Nikki. Please review, One-Two.