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Tony snatched the paper out of Gibbs hand. "Leave it alone boss."

"Do I look brain dead to you, or just stupid?" Gibbs replied.

Tony shook his head. "You don't really want me to answer that do you?"

Gibbs followed him behind his desk. "Tell me what's going on…who put you up to this?"

"What makes you think someone put me up to it?" Tony shot back, but felt pretty dumb for asking that, knowing full well that someone had.

"Tony…" Gibbs said flatly.

He peered around at all of the eyes focused on him around the office. "Can we go some where private?"

Gibbs nodded. "Yeah just as long as you don't plan on killing me there."

Tony scoffed slightly and proceeded towards the elevator and down to interrogation. All the while neither of them said a word. As the door closed behind them, it was only seconds before Gibbs stare burned a hole into Tony.

"Listen…"

"Oh I'm listening, and I'm sure all the viewers at home are too Tony…"

He smiled at his attempt to relate to him, and shook his head. "That sheet of paper was waiting for me when I walked into my apartment last night. I accidentally stepped on it when I came in…it says what it says…that's all I know."

"Were you planning on having Abby take a look at it?"

Tony put his arms up. "Naw I was just going to kill you and get this whole mess over with."

Gibbs didn't find his response amusing. "So you did then?"

"Was planning to at lunch, just had to get the nerve up."

"Well its lunch time…" Gibbs pointed towards the door. Tony started towards it but Gibbs stood in his way. "Why didn't you come to me with this?" His voice was shallow, and it came off like Gibbs was hurt that Tony had chosen not to tell him.

Tony sighed. "I know you'll find this hard to believe boss, but you're not the easiest to talk to…

"You're not my wife, you can't use that excuse." He shot back.

He sighed once more. "What would you have done? If you had to choose between killing me or they would kill your Father?"

"I would've talk to you about it…"

"Who you kidding boss? We both know you would've stewed over it forever, trying to think of a way out of it before you told me. So don't kid a kidder."

Gibbs shook his head. "You sure you're not my kid?"

Tony smiled. "What makes you say that?"

"Cuz you sure as hell act like it…" Gibbs stepped aside and allowed Tony to reach for the handle. "We're gonna find a way out of this DiNozzo."

He looked at his watch. "Well we better in the next hour, cuz I really don't wanna have to take you out boss."

And with a swift smack to the back of the head, they were through the door and on their way to down to Abby's lab.

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"Hope your good ole boy comes through pops." He said with a wry smile.

The older man looked up. "Anthony never could do what he was told."

"Well you better hope for your sake, he's grown up some through the years."

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