Once again, DiNozzo found himself standing on the recording side of the glass to the interrogation room. Inside was their latest suspect for the murder of the Navy Lieutenant. All the evidence was in and Gibbs was making the suspect sweat it out. DiNozzo's anxiety was not in waiting for the dirtbag to admit the crime, it was in waiting for Ziva or McGee to enter the room so he could interrogate them on the latest edition to the staff in the NCIS building.
Tony had been out with Gibbs the entire day and could not read his emails to see if there was any mention on a building wide level. He knew his buddy at the door would have sent him a message about anyone strange or exceptionally good looking had come through. This Kahl had him thoroughly perplexed.
Just as he flipped open his phone to text McGee, the door opened to admit Gibbs, Ziva, and the mystery woman Kahl. Ziva and Kahl were talking in low tones as women with secrets typically did. Tony wasn't worried; he would get the information about their secret from McGee later. Hallway tapes also came in handy with a little leverage from another friend in the video forensics unit that could read lips.
Gibbs left just as quickly as he entered, leaving Tony alone with the recording officer and the two women who did their best to ignore his presence. Tony smiled his award winning smile only to get eyebrow raises from both silent observers. Tony refuses to give into their questioning gaze by admitting he had no idea who this woman was. He also wasn't going to breach his boss' privacy by admitting he knew she was staying at his residence. Tony's quest for information would have to wait.
Tony attempted some information gathering by trying to get a word in with his friend in Human Resources. He gave his team a slight nod as he headed to the head, only to take a detour the moment Ziva and McGee turned their heads back to their computers. His favorite hiding spot was in the alcove next to the stairs. It always gave him a birds-eye view if his boss was on his way in. It helped Tony to avoid the head slaps.
He was once again thwarted on his grand plan due to his space already being occupied. The strange woman and Gibbs were standing next to the stairs in a very quiet and close conversation. Tony stopped to study the body language of his two suspects. However, Kahl nor Gibbs was acting as anything more than two coworkers stopped for a quick conversation. He expected some flirtatious giggles and slight touches of hands making the event even more personal but saw none.
He knew his casual observance of the two was over when Gibbs' radar started to warn him with a tick of his ears. Tony quickly backtracked to the head before his boss could find him standing there gawking. It would earn him the hardest head slap ever if Gibbs saw him.
"Good night, Tony," said Ziva as she finished gathering her things to leave for the evening.
"Good night," answered Tony as he watched McGee leave with Ziva. Again, he wasn't able to get a moment to find out more information. With the case solved, there was a million things to document and regardless of taking those typing classes with the sweet college instructor last quarter, his typing skills were not much improved. It may have had something to do with Tony doing more observing of the beautiful blonde rather than the typing, but he didn't think typing would ever be one of his strong suits.
Now that everyone was gone, maybe he could get to those emails that he had missed all week, thought Tony. He opened the email client, only to hear a throat clear itself from behind him. Tony all but jumped from his seat to see the Director standing there.
"Evening Director," stammered Tony. "I was just finishing some reports to hand into Gibbs first thing…"
Director Vance didn't say a word, but that was because his attention was drawn to the two people walking down the stairs from MTAC. Gibbs and Kahl were on their way from briefing the Navy Lieutenant's commanding officer of the findings before heading out for the night. Neither the Director nor Tony said anything as the strange couple walked past but nodded a good night.
As soon as Tony thought they were out of hearing range, Tony started to ask the Director who Kahl was. Instead, the Director cut him off with "It must be nice to finally relax."
"Sir," Tony questioned the Director completely missing the context of the phrase.
"Oh, Gibbs and Kahlshira. They go back a long ways. I think most of Gibbs' gut instincts come from her instruction."
"But, she looks so much younger than Gibbs, how can she be his teacher?" Tony asked the Director.
"She's older than she looks. She also happens to be the best profiler in the nation. Some think it borders on telepathy. At any rate, Gibbs knows he can't hide anything from her so he doesn't even try. The pressure to keep things silent is lifted. I'm not sure if I envy him in that regard or not. Good night, DiNozzo. Go home, finish in the morning," the Director finished as he headed towards the elevator after the doors closed on the couple in question.
Tony couldn't move. His mouth was once again hanging down to the floor. Someone as old as this Kahlshira certainly couldn't be as old as Gibbs, she was way too hot for that. He quickly jumped back to his emails to see if anything could be gleaned from them. An email from Human Resources mentions the visitation of the famous profiler for only that week. The Director mentioned the far fetching possibility of telepathy and wondered if she knew in advance that her help would be needed to solve the case. It was a mystery that Tony would never figure out. His building manager called and left a message earlier that day stating the power had been restored, and Tony didn't have any excuse to return to his boss' house that evening. Instead, Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo shut off his computer screen and grabbed his gear bag. As long as the team was happy, especially the boss-man, then Tony was happy.
FIN
