Observation Room

"What kind of deal do we really plan on giving this guy for turning in his boss?" Vance asked Gibbs as he re-entered the observation room. Gibbs just tilted his head and grinned. Vance nodded and left the room but once again eyed DiNozzo on the way out.

Gibbs looked over Tony, who now looked ready to literally fall over from exhaustion and from the scrutiny he seemed to be under.

"Did you talk to McGee?" Gibbs asked, as he continued to notice how bad Tony looked.

"Yes, Boss." DiNozzo responded, remembering back to Vance's reaction.

"And, Director Vance now knows too." DiNozzo added a little snarky.

"There was no reason to hide it from him anymore, Tony." Gibbs snapped back.

"We have a confession, too." Gibbs added before signally for Tony to follow him out.

"It is time to take you home." Gibbs ordered, once again looking over his agent. When the elevator started, DiNozzo slipped back having to grab onto the bars to steady himself. Gibbs reached over to try to keep him steady too.

"Yeah, you need to go home." Gibbs said. They headed out the garage to the parking lot. When DiNozzo had made it as far as the car, Gibbs was pretty confident that he could get Tony home without him passing out. Gibbs let him sleep in the quick ride to his apartment. After parking along the street, he called out to Tony to wake him up for the walk up the apartment elevator.

"Tony?" Gibbs said. "You're home. Come on, let's go." Gibbs shook his head as he watched DiNozzo stumbling to the elevator.

"Hey, are you going to make it, Tony?" Gibbs asked.

"Come on." Gibbs ordered again, guiding him to the apartment door. Tony almost fell into the door, when he keyed it.

Gibbs suspiciously started to wonder if this was more than just exhaustion. He watched Tony walk into his bedroom.

"Thank you, Boss." Tony yelled from the other room. Gibbs nodded and then shook his head, as he sat down on the couch and turned on the television. After an hour of sitting on Tony's couch while he slept in the other room, Gibbs answered his ringing cellphone.

"Yeah, McGee, what did you find out?" Gibbs asked.

"The bug that is in my apartment is actually registered to the FBI, but Agent Carlos Hernandez is the person that put the bug in my apartment. I found a way to deactivate them, by sending an audio signal to the chip inside the bugs."

"Deactivate yours, as well as Ziva's and Tony's, McGee." Gibbs ordered, trying not to use the word bugs, while in Tony's apartment building, in case Hernandez was listening in.

"And yours?" McGee asked.

"No." Gibbs answered. He now watched the movement from down the hallway closely.

"Go back to bed, Tony." Gibbs ordered. DiNozzo continued to head toward Gibbs. Gibbs threw up his arms in annoyance, treating Tony with a scowling glare.

"Boss, I can't sleep." DiNozzo almost whined to him. Gibbs stood up and approached him closely. DiNozzo winced anticipating a head slap from an annoyed Gibbs.

"If you start to sway at all. . ." Gibbs started to say sharply. Looking him over, Gibbs backed off for a moment and focused on their situation. He directed Tony into the apartment building hallway, where they could talk freely.

"Okay, we have another member of the Reynosa cartel, who has FBI access and is set on revenge against us. What are we planning to do?" Gibbs asked, watching DiNozzo closely as they stopped near the elevator.

"Wait for him to make a mistake, like Alejandro did?" DiNozzo offered quickly as Gibbs moved next to him even closer than before. He could feel Gibbs standing closely examining him critically as he answered. ". . .maybe bug his place?" DiNozzo added with a nervous laugh as he tensed up from Gibbs' close proximity.

"Hmm-Mmm." Gibbs said still looking him over. There was now sweat rolling down the back of Tony's neck, and he was trembling.

DiNozzo looked at Gibbs out of the corner of his eye, waiting for a head slap or a lecture.

"Tony?" Gibbs said again. "Go eat something, if you are not planning to sleep."

"I'm fine, Boss." DiNozzo responded unconvincingly to Gibbs.

"McGee will be stopping by to take care of the bug in your apartment." Gibbs said looking at his watch.

"I need to go talk to Fornell in person." Gibbs said once again looking over DiNozzo.

"Okay." DiNozzo said ready to go get his coat.

"No. You stay here and eat. If you can't sleep, I want you to at least sit down. Even watch some television!" Gibbs ordered, shaking his head in distaste of DiNozzo's untraditional appearance.

"Here, this is your new cell." Gibbs pulled it out of his pocket before leaving in the elevator. "Don't you forget, Tony, that you have an appointment with Dr. Cranston tomorrow morning." Gibbs said in a stern, fatherly tone.

"Boss, are you. . .going to be okay?" Tony asked, concerned about Gibbs safety knowing that a member of the Reynosa cartel was once again gunning for Gibbs. Gibbs held the elevator door back preventing them from closing. "I'll be with Fornell, trying to learn more about Carlos Hernandez.

Squad Room

"Hello Gibbs." Ziva said, sitting at her desk typing away on her computer.

"Ziva, you are still here." Gibbs said smiling.

"Yes, well I have my computer back, Gibbs." Ziva said proudly. "How did everything go with Fornell?"

"He said Hernandez is exercising his power well beyond is authority. When McGee returns, Fornell wants the bugs to try to have Hernandez reprimanded."

"Where is McGee, anyway? I am surprised he isn't back yet." Gibbs asked.

"I will call him." Ziva quickly dialed his new cell number. "I think his phone is off."

"Call DiNozzo then. McGee was supposed to stop over at his place." Gibbs ordered, now with concern in his voice.

"Tony? I am sorry did I wake you?"Ziva asked. "Is McGee there? We are trying to reach him."

"Tony said that McGee still has not come to his place." Ziva said. Gibbs asked for the telephone receiver.

"What? Oh, no he should have been there by now." Gibbs said. "I'm coming back over with Ziva to retrace his steps."

"Do you want me to go to his place, Boss? I could get there quicker than you from this location." Tony offered.

"All right, Tony. . .be careful." Gibbs said, second guessing his decision but also worried about McGee.

McGee's Apartment

In the dark of night, Gibbs' slammed on the brakes as he approached McGee's car parked on the street near his apartment building. The keys were in the car with the door not completely closed. Ziva reached in and grabbed the keys. They both ran up to the apartment. There was no sign of a struggle, but there was also no sign of McGee.

"Where is DiNozzo?" Gibbs barked. They ran back down to the street.

"I do not even see his car." Ziva pointed out. "I will call him." Ziva quickly dialed Tony's new cell phone number. To both their surprise, they could hear a cell phone ringing coming from underneath McGee's car. Ziva bent down under the car and picked up the loose cell phone.

"This is Tony's cell phone." Ziva said, giving Gibbs a dumbfounded look. "What is going on?"

Gibbs grabbed the phone from Ziva's hand to check for himself. He started to look franticly around.

"Let's get out of here Ziva." Gibbs said in concern for her.

"Here you drive to Tony's place. I am calling Fornell." Gibbs said as he handed her the keys.

"You do not believe that Tony will be there though, do you?" Ziva asked curiously.

"No, but I still want to check." Gibbs said as he dialed Fornell's number.