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Ok Sorry everyone that this took so long to release, I got slammed with school, and my work hours got totally flipped on me. I am finally back in the "groove" so I should be releasing on a steadier basis now. Thank you for waiting! Please Read, Reflect, and Review because it keeps the literature troll happy.

Las Vegas Police North Precinct

Ziva sat in the lobby area waiting for Tony to finish gathering all the files from the detective who was in charge of the man hunt. She watched as Tony grabbed the box and started walking towards her.

She was always trying to understand her partner, but every time she thought she knew him he would surprise her. Since they have been in this city they have walked by hundreds of woman all easily Tony's "type". And yet he had yet to make one comment or even approach one. He noticed them; she knew that, sometimes his head would turn as one pasted by, but nothing after that. No comment about their legs, lack of clothing, he didn't even comment on the stewardess in the jet.

"Ziva you ready?" Tony asked setting the box down and sitting next to her.

"Yes, I was ready ten minutes ago. What took you so long?" Ziva asked.

"Well cops have their own language Ziva, and taking over a case is a very delicate process." Tony said back. Ziva noted that he was making no moves to get back to the Montecito.

"So what so you think about this case?" Ziva asked looking over at her partner.

She saw Tony's face become more serious. He turned looking straight ahead after she asked the question. Not an annoyed or anger face, but a deep in thought look. This surprised Ziva. She had noticed a slow change in how Tony was behaving during cases. He used to be the fun goofy guy all the time. Now she was seeing him have moments of intense thought. She had started to enjoy this. It showed that he was maturing.

"I think this is going to end badly." Tony said turning back to his partner. "I feel like we might be too far behind to catch up. With this much military C4 missing along with a missing Marine who is an expert at using explosives it means it was planned. There are just to many connections. We don't know where or what he is going to be using them for." Tony finished his thought and stood up.

"Lets go find out Ziva" Tony said as he picked the box of files up and headed for the door.

Ziva followed Tony out the door. She walked behind him to hide her face. She couldn't help but smile and look at the man she respected and was starting to love. Of course his butt was also something worth looking at as well.

Montecito Employee Entrance

"Man if I have to see one more tourist tonight I think I am going to loss it." Jake said as he opened the door and walked into the ally.

"Dude you live in Vegas. There is like a 1:60 ratio of locals to tourist here. You just need to take a few days off to let the stress off." Eric said as he followed his friend out side for a smoke. "Besides didn't you say you and Amy were going to go to the beach or something?"

"Yea we were but then her mother decided it was time for a surprise visit and kidnapped her. Now I have to wait on her hand and foot." Jake said. Lighting a cigarette he put it to his mouth and breathed deep.

"Have you told her mom about the well…?" Eric said as he took a cig from Jake and grabbed his lighter from his pocket.

"Are you kidding me? No I'm not going to have that conversation anytime soon. Besides Amy said she wants us to keep it a secret until we sit and talk about it." Taking another hit from his smoke Jake let out a sigh. "I don't know man it's just getting so real."

Eric smiled at his friend. "Jake its Vegas, nothing is real here." He said. After the two laughed they headed for the door. Eric threw his cigarette and opened the door.

"Eric come on don't do that. If you start a fire we both get fired." Jake said running over to the trash can.

"Come on man I didn't throw it into the trash its just ally what's go to happen?" Eric looked over and saw Jake standing staring at the dumpster's side. "Jake what's wrong with you man? What is it?"

"I think its blood." Jake said pointing to the side of the wall.

20 Minutes Later

Gibbs stood next to the police tape and took a sip of his coffee. He looked up at the trash shoot and then back down to the dumpster. With one more sip he ducked under the tape and walked over to the blood pool.

"From what I can tell there looks to be something caught in the shoot on the 30th floor Boss." McGee said walking up behind Gibbs. "I think it's a body."

"What makes you say that McGee?" Gibbs said as he turned to his junior agent.

"Well the obstruction is large enough to be a body and the blood started at floor 29 but not at 31." McGee said. It suddenly dawned on him that Gibbs was just testing him. "The forensic team is removing the obstruction now."

As soon as McGee finished his sentence a loud banging started in the shoot. If got louder and louder and the shoot started to shake back and forth. With a final crash a bag fell down from the shoots end and landed in the alley. After everyone calmed down Gibbs and McGee walked over and looked at the bag.

"Looks like I was wrong sorry Boss." McGee said in a defeated tone.

"McGee what do I say about apologizing?" Gibbs said as he bent down and put his gloves on.

"It's a sign of weakness"

"That's right." Gibbs said as he grabbed the zipper and undid it. "So then why do you still do it McGee?"

Gibbs and McGee looked down and what they saw surprised one as the other one just flashed a smile. They found their missing marine.

Tony walked over and looked at the body stuffed inside the bag. He bent down and started taking pictures. After he documented the body he started to inspect it. Tony started patting down the bag until his hands found something hard. Opening the side pocket Tony reached in and took out the object. Smiling he called out. ""McGee!"

McGee ran over to Tony at the sound of his name. "Is that the murder weapon?"

"Well it's a bloody knife next to a body with several stab wounds so yea, McGee I think it could be a possibility." Tony said as he dropped the knife into an evidence bag, taped it, and handed it to the junior agent.

Danny watched as he saw the two NCIS agents walk around the bag with the body in it. The whole thing was making him stress out. His head was already trying to think of damage control. Finding a dead body in Vegas was nothing new. Finding a body stuffed in a bag shoved down a dumpster shoot, on the other hand would get national attention, and cause people to go elsewhere. Danny saw Tony talk off his gloves and start walking towards him.

"Hey Tony." Danny said as he walked over to Tony.

"Danny what going on?" Tony said with a smile.

"Aaa there's a dead body in the alley of my casino." Danny said as he walked with Tony. "And I was hoping we could keep that out of the paper." Opening the door the two men entered the casino.

"We are going to try to do that. This case is more delicate then just a missing marine. I can't go into any more details." Tony said as they walked the floor of the blackjack tables.

As they walked past table 12 they ran into Ziva who was returning from interviewing the two employees who found the blood. "Tony" She said as their eyes met.

"Gibbs and McGee are still in the alley. I think Gibbs is going to want you in 2 minutes." Tony smiled. He had heard Gibbs ask where Ziva was about 5 minutes. But why have her stress it. "You get anything form those two guys?"

"Not really, they were on break and when out to smoke. When they were walking back in one of them saw the blood." Ziva said stopping in front of Tony.

"So can I get my two dealers back?" Danny asked. He had his hands in his pockets and looked from one NCIS agent to the other.

"Yea just tell them not to leave town" Tony said with a smile.

With that horrible joke Ziva headed for the crime scene. As she past Tony she brushed next to him. Tony's head turned and followed her. He couldn't help watching sometimes. He was snapped back into reality by Danny speaking to him.

"So how long have you worked together? Danny asked smiling at Tony's late reaction.

"About 6 and a half years. She is a liaison officer from Israel." Tony said turning his head back.

"And how long have you been dating"

Both men turned and looked at who had asked the question. Their eyes landed on a tall blonde. Tony was dumbstruck for a split second. The woman was beautiful. She was easily a 10 if not 11.

"Hey babe" Danny said reaching over and kissing the woman. "Is it 2 already?"

"No but I though I would come early to see Piper and Sam." The woman kissed Danny back and then turned back to Tony waiting. Tony was unsure if she was waiting for an introduction or an answer to her question.

Danny suddenly realized the silence and spoke. "Tony sorry, this is my wife Delinda. Delinda this is NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo."

"Call me Tony. Nice to meet you." Tony said.

"Nice to meet you too." Delinda said back. "So how long have you two dated?" Delinda asked returning to her original conversation.

"Excuse me? No we are partners we work on the same team. It's not … I mean she can kill me." Tony said. What the hell was that? She can kill me. What does that mean? Tony thought to himself.

"I'm sorry my wife has a habit of being nosy." Danny said smiling nervously.

"It's not a habit. It's a hobby." Delinda said with a smile. "I'm going to go find Sam. See you at 2" And with a kiss on the cheek for Danny and a devilish smile at Tony she walked off.

"Sorry about that. She can be like that" Danny said as they started to walk again.

"Don't worry about it." Tony said. His mind still beating it's self up over his reaction to her question.

Ok here is the end of Chapter 4. Just so you know I had this written before the last episode so the body down thw shoot idea was mine. Its the secound time the show has mirrored me YEA! Please Read, Reflect, and Review. Like I said earlier I will be trying to update on a more regular schedule. So I have the plot line all drawn up and the side stories finalized. That being said I will be moving to a more case driven story. This does not mean I will neglect character development in the least. It just means it will happen while the case is going. With the addition of Delinda that raps it up for introduction to the main set of characters. I will try to have Abby in this story but I am not sure if it will be a major role. Don't get me wrong. The idea of her in Vegas is funny in and of its self but I'm not sure they would send her there. She does have other teams in DC working on their own cases. At the least I will have her help with the case through cool technology. I might have to have her come though because I just remembered her love for bowling is shared with A.J. Cooper. O no my mind is a ragging torrent of possibilities (Blazing Saddles- anyone?) But like Corvette Lead warned me. I can't go in to many directions. And thank you for reading Special thank you to Rosebud26 for her constant support. Bye for now.