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"Good morning everyone", Tony happily greeted everyone in the bullpen the next morning, acting as if he was never gone.
"Good... morning", Ziva slowly greeted back, confusion in her voice.
Tony walked to his desk, the others watching his every move. He sat down and started his computer, just looking at the screen.
"So...", McGee finally broke the silence.
Tony looked at his long-time colleague "So what?"
"I thought you were part of a mission?"
"They're on a small break", Gibbs explained, not looking up from his screen.
"They", Ziva curiously looked over at Tony.
Tony looked at her, confused, "What? Never heard of a group mission? People are mostly not alone on missions."
"I hope for whoever you work for that you're not working with a woman."
"What's that supposed to mean, Ziva?"
"It means that would not work."
"It works perfectly fine, thanks."
Ziva grinned smartly, "So it is a woman you are working with."
"Yes", Tony shortly replied.
"Is she hot?"
Tony smirked at the brunette, "Why, are you interested?"
"Are you?"
"I am interested in the goal the mission has."
"That's not what I was talking about."
"Well, unlike you I can concentrate on work instead of checking out my co-workers and falling for them."
Ziva gave him a funny look, "Oh, really?"
"Really."
"Good that we talked about it, now you're done", Gibbs interrupted the two, "Ziva, McGee go and talk to the victims father again, ask him about the relationship between the victim and her step-brother."
"On it", McGee and Ziva said in unison before getting there things together and heading for the elevator.

It was exactly like Tony planned. He would go to work, not spend too much time on the mission he was on and definitely not talking about it for too long. All he had to do now, was to wait for no one of the team except McGee and him to be in the bullpen to hack into the Mossad's computer. Of course waiting for him and McGee to be alone could take hours, if not days. But they would eventually be alone. In case they wouldn't end up being alone, Tony wouldn't have a choice but to meet McGee at the bullpen in the middle of the night.

She only worked with Tony for one day, but it felt like eternity. Now she mostly had to work without him again and she could feel herself missing his presence. But how couldn't she, it was Tony she was without after all. The talkative Anthony DiNozzo she worked with for a few years. Those were the days. She often found herself remembering the time she had at NCIS and knew that she missed it. Sure, she had worked as a Secret Service Agent way more than she had as an NCIS agent, but there was a huge difference between those two jobs. NCIS, or rather the team she was in, was so close and it was always like a family to her. To give up on that was hard. But one of the reasons she had to fake her death was to protect this family, which made it seem worth it to Kate.
A knock on her bureau door interrupted her thoughts, "Come in."
"Hey", a good-looking male smiled after opening the door, stepping inside and closing the door behind him.
"Hey", Kate shortly greeted him back, not taking her eyes off of the papers in front of her.
The man who was a few years older than Kate sat down on a chair in front of Kate, "So how did it went yesterday? Who is it you're working with?"
Kate shortly looked up into his eyes before looking on the papers again, "You asked me that already yesterday morning."
"I know, but you didn't wanna tell me, so I'll ask you again."
"It's not important, is it?"
"Well you were so nervous about who it would be, which is logical since it's someone from NCIS, so who is it? Is it someone you already knew?"
Kate sighed, "Yes."
"Wait, really? I thought they weren't allowed to find out about you being alive?"
Kate looked up into the pair of green eyes starring at her, "Too late now."
"So... who is it?"
"Tony."
"That womanizer Tony?"
"Don't call him that, John", Kate defended her former co-worker.
"Why not? When you told me about him you mentioned he was always going out with women and stuff so he is one, isn't he?"
Kate looked at him, "Doesn't mean you have to label him for it."
"Whatever. So, how'd it go yesterday?"
"Fine", she simply answered, looking down on the papers again.
"Just 'fine'? Come on, Kate, I want details! Tell me how'd he take the fact that you aren't dead?"
"He was disappointed that I'm still alive", Kate ironically said after looking at the blond again.
"So he was glad, huh? How about you?"
"I am feeling annoyance due to the fact that someone is distracting me from doing my job."
The blond raised his hands in innocence, "I was just being curious."
"And I was being serious."
"Were you successful yesterday?" John now seriously asked after taking his hands down again.
Kate shook her head, "Not really. The Director send him back to NCIS, hoping that we'd be able to hack into the Mossad's computer from there."
"Let's hope that works."
"I'm sure he will", Kate nodded.
"So the womanizer is a nerd as well? That's an odd combination."
"John! No, he is most definitely not a nerd. Unlike you he doesn't really know anything about computers, besides how to use the internet. Anyways, I've told you about McGee, haven't I? He probably knows computers better than he knows himself so I'm confident that he'll make it work."
The blond looked at Kate for a while, "Does that mean that McGee knows about you being alive too?"
"No, and he won't know. He does know that Tony is part of some mission though and he will help him, no question."
"If you say so."
"They may not seem like it, but Gibbs' team is a goddamn good team, no need to question them."
John nodded contentedly, "But we both know who else is in the team..."
Kate sighed, "Yeah..."
"Have you told him yet?"
"No way. He doesn't need to know. The reason we collaborate with NCIS is because we need them for access to the Mossad's computer and for support, especially for delivering the terrorist back to his home country."
"If the mission turns out successfully, he'll find out sooner or later. So why not telling him now?"
Kate stayed silent for a few seconds, "Because I want to give him some time processing the fact that I'm still alive. This is the second day of him working together with us, so I don't want to demand too much of him already."
"If you think that's the right decision..."
"I am going to tell him. Or maybe he'll find out by himself, I don't know. Either way, I am not the one responsible for telling him."
"I know, but he might want to know something like that, and it's only fair for him to know, don't you think?"
"Yes, but we also have to think about the fact that we can't blow our cover, or rather, he can't blow his cover. If he was to know, he might not be able to control his feelings and his colleagues at NCIS would probably recognize that and you know what happens then."
John nodded, "I guess you did think this through."
"What else did you expect?"
"To be honest? I thought you might be distracted by the fact that you used to work together and all, you know?"
"Well, I'm not", Kate answered.

What might Kate be doing now?, Tony asked himself while sitting at his desk, not having anything to do.
The case Gibbs' team was working on was nothing special and Gibbs spend his forenoon by telling Tony about the case. Gibbs was almost done explaining, when Ziva and McGee returned, telling Gibbs about the results they made, talking to the victims father. Tony didn't have much to do, except doing some research. While doing so, he kept thinking about Kate. It made him a thousand times happier just knowing that she was breathing and somewhere out there. Of course he was also concerned for her, not knowing what she was doing right now. But he knew her too good to worry too much. He knew she could take good care of herself and that she was doing alright. Still, he couldn't think of a reason for her to fake her own death. Especially since she was shot in the head by Ari Haswari. How could she have possibly survived that? There was no way. There was only one way, but Tony couldn't believe that that would be possible. Kate would have never asked Ari to help her fake her own death... right?

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