"5...4...3...2...1...Happy New Year!" A woman yells holding a microphone on stage.
Confetti and balloons fall upon thousands of people inside the hotel's ballroom. The camera flies over top the celebrating people following a man and a woman, he guides her through the crowd and out the large doors into the hallway.
"Happy new year."...she giggles and kisses him. She jumps into his arms and wraps her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck while kissing him some more. He walks into the elevator and struggles to press the right button as she laughs.
They continue kissing until the elevator doors open...he steps out..."What room was it again?"
"1001."
He carries her down the hallway, she laughs and giggles the entire way. "No more champagne for you, baby."
"Awww, just a little more?"…As they walk past an open door. She lets out a menacing scream, pulling hard on his neck, making him drop to his knees, she quickly starts to crawl away. He turns and looks inside and falls backwards in shock.
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A telephone rings in a darkened room...and again...and again..
The sound of someone picking it up...then a moment of silent..."Yeah?"
"DiNozzo, I need you downtown."...another moment of silence..."DiNozzo!"
"Yeah, Boss...I'm awake, I'm awake!"
"Tony, I need you and your team down at the Grand National Hotel."
Tony grabs his alarm clock and brings it up to his face and tries to focus, a green light is casted upon his face and hair..."Boss, it's 1:12, can't 2nd team handle this?"
"If 2nd team could handle it, I wouldn't be calling you, now would I?"
"I guess not, Boss."
Tony hangs up and lies back down.
The phone rings again...and again...Tony once again answers the phone.
"Now, DiNozzo!"
Tony quickly stands..."On it, Boss!"...Tony walks to his dresser grabbing his cell phone.
"What is it, Tony?"
"Nothing, Z...go back to bed."
Tony opens his phone and dials as he walks into the bathroom..."Abby? Wake the probie...all is not well in our fair city."...Abby's muffled voice is heard..."Abby, this isn't a prank call and no I don't like cheeseballs."
click
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Tony arrives at the Grand National Hotel, he pulls up next to an NCIS medical examiner truck.
"Ducky's already here?"
Tony walks into the lobby...Kimberly stands in a little black dress..."Special Agent DiNozzo."
"Interesting work clothes, Kim."
She looks down..."Oh no, I was at the party."
"Aww, I see."
"Anthony."
Tony turns...Ducky stands in a black tuxedo, his bow tie undone..."Ducky?"...Tony pauses..."Wait, you and Kim? My man! High Five!"
Ducky chuckles..."She's watching, Anthony."
"So? By the way, if you two were here together...who brought the truck?"
"Awww, it arrived? McGee must be here."
"Hey Boss."
Tony turns to see McGee walking towards him wearing a suit.
Tony looks down at himself in his NCIS jacket and black slacks..."Why do I feel under dressed for work?"
"What do we have, Boss?"
"No idea, haven't seen the crime scene yet."
Tony, Ducky and McGee walk into the elevator.
"What floor?"
"10th, Anthony."
"Where were you, Duck?"
"The ballroom."
"I can't believe it...you and Kim?"
"Really, it's nothing."
"Sure, I get it...you don't want to talk in front of McGee."
"What? Why?"
"He's joking, Timothy."
The elevator doors open..."Am I?"...as Tony walks out.
McGee looks at Ducky...he laughs..."He's joking."...as Ducky follows Tony out of the elevator.
McGee sighs…"I never get to hear any of the good stuff."...he finally steps out of the elevator.
Tony walks towards a policeman...Dr. Reid steps out of the door.
"You haven't solved it already have ya, Doc?"
"No, not at all."
Tony turns into the doorway and stops...a woman's headless body is tied to the headboard of the bed...the bed is completely covered in blood...the wall behind the bed has blood spray all over it.
McGee sees it and quickly covers his mouth and turns away.
"Good to have you back, McGee."
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"Why am I here?"
A woman walks up to Tony..."I'm Detective Lee, Metropolitan Police Department."
Tony shakes her hand..."DiNozzo."...he taps the bill of his cap..."What you got for me?"
"We received a phone call from security at 12:08, we arrived at 12:18, the person who found her is Stephen Jackson, 32, from Washington, D.C. and his wife, Sandra, 30, she's hysterical, there in room 1001. We called you after we found the victim's purse...she's Lt. Stephanie Miller, 31, she worked at the Naval Academy. Room is registered to a Bill Clinton."
"Of course, he's a lady killer."...Tony pauses..."Did you find the head?"
"No."
"Ducky!"
"I'm on it, Anthony...I'm signing for the body now."
"McGee, talk to the Jackson's...Reid, photos."
"On it, Boss."...McGee/Reid together.
"Thank you, I finally get to go home."...Detective Lee leaves the room.
Tony slides on some latex gloves and walks to the side of the bed...there are three 6-8" deep cuts behind the body...Tony walks to the door way...a cop stands next to do the door..."Where's the fire extinguisher?"
He points down the hall and Tony walks to it..."Reid!"
Reid runs out to Tony..."Yeah, Boss?"
"Photos...murder weapon came from here."...he points to the broken glass on the wall and ground.
"Fire Axe? Wow."...as Reid takes photos.
"I need security tape from his floor when you're done with that, Doc."...as Tony walks back into the room.
"Ducky, got TOD for me yet?"
"One second, Anthony, Kim just arrived with my bag."...Ducky slides in the liver probe.
"Who the hell is Sparkle?"...Tony looks at nametag..."Ducky, they have nametags after your shindig?"
"No."
"Interesting."
Ducky pulls the probe out..."97.5...An hour, tops."
McGee walks in..."Done with the interviews, Boss."
"Help, Reid...find me that fire axe."
"Fire axe?"
"Now!"
"On it, Boss!"
Ducky grabs a pair of tweezers and takes a hair off of her body..."Long and blonde."
"Vic was a brunette, Duck."
"Aww, I think I just cracked your case, Anthony."...as he puts it in a bag.
"Great, I'll go but an APB out on the Swedish bikini team right now."
Ducky laughs..."You wish."
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"Naw, Duck...I prefer dark hair."
"Aww, speaking of which, where is Ziva?"
"Where we all should be...in bed."
"Smart girl."
"She's still recovering."
Ducky nods..."May I borrow your light, Anthony?"
"One torch coming up."...Tony hands Ducky his flashlight...
"There's something in this cut."...Ducky takes his tweezers and grabs a piece from his neck region.
"What is that, red paint chips?"
"Looks to be...probably from the fire axe."...Ducky moves to her restrained arm..."Extraordinary...I haven't seen one of these knots in ages."
"What is it Ducky?"
"It's what they call, a monkey fist."
"What?"
"It's an sailor's knot...it's quite complicated."
"Good, maybe it'll have some DNA on it."
"This is quite odd."
"What?"
"It looks like someone scraped under her nails."
"Maybe she scratched her murderer."
"2 bags, Kimberly...just in case."
"Good thinking, Duck...bag her and get her back for a full autopsy."
Ducky nods
Tony's cell rings…"Talk to me."
"We found the axe, Boss."
"Where?"
"Someone dropped it down the garbage chute."
"Pho."
McGee interrupts Tony..."Photoed, dusted and bagged, Boss...we got a couple smudges."
"Maybe Abby can do something with it...how those security tapes coming?"
"Reid's doing that now, Boss."
"Good job."
click
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Early the next morning
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Tony walks into Uni hospital and rides up to the 3rd floor and gets off, he walks down the corridor and into a room.
"Hey...dad."
Tony's father lies in bed sleeping...looking very weak. Suzy sits in a chair next to him.
She rises..."He hasn't been able to talk since they took the tube out of his throat.
"How did the surgery go?"
She sighs..."As well as can be expected. Removing the prostate can not only physically draining, but also mentally."
"I'm glad you're here for him, Suz."
She smiles..."Could I ask a favor?"
"Sure."
"Could you bring the kids by, he'd really like to see them."
"Yeah, of course."
She kisses him on the cheek…"Thank you, Tony."
"You have my cell number, in case you need anything right?"
"Yeah."
"Ok."
Tony moves to his father's side and pats his hand..."Gotta go, Suz."
She raises her as Tony leaves the room.
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Tony steps off the elevator and walks into Abby's lab
Abby's machine beeps..."Whoa, you're becoming more and Gibbs all the time, Tony."
"What you got me for, Abs?"…handing her a caf-pow..."You're drinking these again, right?"
She take a drink..."Guess so."
"The blonde hair Ducky found had traces of Sodium and calcium hypochlorites."
"English, Abs."
"Bleach."
"So, our donor wasn't a blonde."
"Nope, it also had traces of tetrahydrocannabinol."
"Pot, huh?"
"Weed."
"Mary Jane."
"Grass."
"Marijuana."
"Hash."
"Herb."
"Reefer."
"Chronic."
"Cannabis."
"Ganja."
"Skunk."
"Skunk?"...Tony pauses..."Skunk?"
"What can't think of anymore?"
"Heh. Abby, I was a phys-Ed major in college, of course I know more."
"Uh Huh."
Tony thinks for a minute...then starts to walk out..
"I knew it!"...she laughs
Tony steps out the door, then back in quickly..."Wacky Tobaccy!"...he points at her..."HA!"...he quickly quiets down..."Sorry, where's Katie?"
"Sleeping in the back."
"Give her kisses for me when she wakes?"
She smiles..."Of course."
Tony kisses Abby on each cheek..."And one for you."
Tony leaves.
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Tony arrives in autopsy
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"Special Agent DiNozzo."..Kim said as Tony entered the room..."I hope...never mind."...as she walks out.
Tony walks over to Ducky..."What with her, Duck?"
"She's worried she's gonna get fired."
"For what?"
"Rule #12."
Tony laughs..."If that was true, we'd all be fired except McGee."
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"Did you do the rape kit yet, Duck?"
"Yeah, while she did have sex, no tears or such...so, I would rule out rape."
"Find any semen?"
"Nope, he must've used a condom."
"Or it wasn't a man, Duck."...Tony walks out.
"Aww, yes, the Swedish bikini team."
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Tony steps off the elevator..."Found something, Boss."
Tony moves to his desk and sits..."Are you gonna tell me or just look at me all day."
"I ran a search for the name Sparkles on the internet and got a hit, she's an escort in the Washington, D.C. area."
"What's the name of the escort service?"
McGee looks up..."Star Escorts, Boss."
"Heh. Our Lieutenant was a high-priced call girl."
"I thought we shut down Star Escorts after the last time, Boss."
"Where there's men...there's a way, McGee."
"Head over there and find out what you can...take Reid with ya."
McGee and Reid leave via the elevator.
Tony picks up his phone and dials...it rings..."Hello?"
"T, why did you answer the phone?"
"Sarah is beating up LJ again."
Tony laughs..."What did he do this time?"
"He called her a poopyhead."
"That'll do it...put mom on."
"MOMMY! Daddy's on the phone."
Ziva picks up the phone...She sighs..."Tell me again why we had kids?"
"To love and cherish...hell, I got nothing."
"I'm coming back to work tomorrow."
"No, not until you're one hundred percent."
"If I can take care of 3 kids, a dog and a farting pony, I can handle terrorist."
"I know you can, sweet cheeks...just relax...I'll be home after awhile, I'll take the kids off your hands, you can take a nice long bath alone...no kids, no dogs, no farting ponies."
She exhales…"Ok...I love you, baby."
"I love you, too."
"Oh, Jericho Granger called...he said he wants to meet about the package."
"Heh."
"What package, Tony?"
"I'll tell you later...in person."
"Promise?"
Abby's face comes up on the plasma..."I promise...I gotta go, Z."
"Tony..."
"Yeah?"
Tony's cell beeps...Tony opens it
"Oh, you little she devil!"
She laughs evilly...then hangs up.
"Hurry up, Tony!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"...as he rises to his feet.
"Must've been a really, really good picture, Tony."...Abby chuckled.
Tony looks at her..."Heh. I'll be right there."
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Tony steps off the elevator and walks into Abby's lab.
"What you got for me, Abs?"...handing her a caf-pow.
She sets it down..."I got a hit in CODIS on the rope."
"Ducky was right about the monkey ball."
"Monkey ball? Do you mean monkey fist?"
"Hell if I know, Abs."
She shrugs and clicks her keyboard..."Ta-da!"...she quickly turns around.
"Umm, Abs, nothing came up."
"What!?"...she quickly turns back towards her computer..."I don't have high enough clearance!? What the hell!?"...she takes a drink of caf-pow..."I'll show you clearance!"...she starts typing rapidly.
"Abs?"
"Not now, Tony!"
Caitlin wakes and starts to cry..."Can you get her, Tony?"
"Sure."...Tony walks into the back and picks her up...he walks back over rocking her as he goes..."Is it Homeland Security, those guys have a hard on for us."...holding her head to his chest and covering her ear with his other hand.
"Aww, that is still so cute. You covered her ears when you cursed."
"Heh. Well, it is the right thing to do."
She picks up her phone..."Gibbs, it's telling me I don't have high enough clearance, can you help me out!?"
She listens then hangs up..."He'll be right down."
"Is my clearance higher than yours, Abs?"
Abby laughs.
"I'll take that as a no."
She continues to laugh.
A few minutes pass...Gibbs walks into the lab handing Abby a caf-pow.
Tony looks at Gibbs..."Force of habit, huh?"
Gibbs shrugs..."You know you don't need me down here, Abs, you know my password."
She smiles..."I know, but I hardly see you anymore."
She touches her cheek...and Gibbs kisses it.
"Put it in, Abs...lets see who this mystery person is."
Abby puts in Gibbs clearance..."Whoa. Wasn't expecting that, Boss."
"You aren't the only one, DiNozzo."
The camera pans to Abby's screen...there's a picture of Tobias Fornell on it with a CIA insignia by it.
Gibbs leaves.
Abby looks over at Tony, who's looking at Caitlin as he rocks her…"You ok, Tony?"
"Yeah, I'm ok."...he brings Caitlin's head up to mouth, kissing her on the forehead..."Time to go back to mommy, Angel."
Abby takes her from him..."Tony, where's mine?"
"Gibbs kissed you there. Ewww!"
Abby turns around..."I have another cheek."...Tony leans in and kisses her cheek.
"You actually have 2 more, Abs...and I've kissed them, too!"...he sticks his tongue at her.
Abby laughs...Tony pulls his hands away from Caitlin's ears and backs out of the room waving..."See ya, Katie."
Abby waves Caitlin hands..."Bye, daddy!"
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Later that day...
Tony steps off the elevator into the squad-room...7 scantily dressed women stand in front of McGee's desk.
"What the hell is going on here, Probie!?"
Reid starts to say something.
"Not now, Doc...McGee, I told you to find something out, not bust up a plumber's convention."
A woman quickly turns around..."Hey, I take offense to that!"
"Said the hooker angrily."
"I'm not a hooker...we prefer to be called...pleasure providers."
"Madam Star is in interrogation #1, Boss."
"Put 'em in the conference room or something, McGee. Jeez."...Tony jogs up the stairs.
"Hey, you're kind of cute."...a fairly attractive black woman said twirling her hair with her finger while looking at Reid..."How 'bout a freebie?"
"Help me, Tim."
"On your own there, Dr. Reid."
"Oooh, you're a doctor? Wanna give me an exam. I love to be put in stirrups."
Reid looks at her with a blank look on his face..."That's disgusting."
"Don't knock it, until you try it."...she fans herself with a newspaper..."It's hot in here! I think you're doing it to me, doctor!"
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Tony walks through Cynthia's office..."Cynthia."...and he nods as he walks past into Gibbs' office..."I thought you were gonna fire her?"
"What!?"
"You're a bastard, DiNozzo."
"Heh. Learned from the best."
"What do you want, Tony?"
"What's the word on Fornell, Boss?"
"Why not ask him yourself."
A chair turns around...Tobis Fornell sits drinking a cup of coffee.
"When did you get in the spook business?"
"Classified."
"Of course, it is."
Tony leans against the wall..."Here's a simple question...why is your DNA on rope found on my dead Lieutenant?"
Fornell looks at Gibbs..."He's not gonna save your ass, Fornell."
Fornell stands...he takes a drink of his coffee and walks up to Tony...he reaches into his trench coat and pulls out a manila envelope and hands it to Tony, then leaves.
Tony opens the envelope and pulls out photo...Tony stares at the photo..."We've got big time problems, Gibbs."
Tony extends his hand and turns the photo around.
"Is that who I think it is?"
"Looks like it to me, Boss."
Gibbs picks up his phone..."The shit is definitely hitting the fan with this one."
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Tony and Gibbs stand outside of the interrogation room #1
"You wanna do this one for old time sake, Boss?"
"Naw, go ahead, DiNozzo."...Gibbs walks into observation, Fornell stands by the 2-way mirror..."We need to talk."
"You have no idea, Jethro."
They turn and look towards the interrogation room, a petite, black-haired woman sits by herself, her arms folded across her chest.
The door opens and Tony walks inside.
She stands..."Finally!"
"Sit down and shut up."
"Excuse me!?"
"Which didn't you understand..."sit down or shut up?"...Tony pauses..."Both it seems...SIT YOUR ASS DOWN!"
Her eyes open wide as she sits.
"Good, now you're listening."
Tony sets the manila envelope on the table in front of her.
"Tell me about Sparkle."
"I have no idea who you're talking about."
Tony points to his left...a picture of Lt. Miller comes up on the plasma, it's from Star Escort's website under the name "Sparkle."
"Oh...that Sparkle."
"Yeah, that Sparkle."
She laughs.
"Is something funny...hmmm? Think she'd be laughing if that was your picture up there and you were dead!?"
"I...I...didn't mean."
"You disgust me...first it was Mary Anne Ferguson, now Stephanie Miller...don't you have security for your girls?"
"U-usually clients want their privacy and don't want m-much attention."
Tony sighs..."I'm shutting you down and if you don't cooperate completely, I'm charging you with conspiracy to commit murder and anything else I can think of."
"You can't! I know names, I'll bring Washington, D.C. to it's knees!"
"To your level, huh?"
She swings and slaps him in the face.
"That's assault on a federal agent, that's at a minimum 18 months in jail."
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'll do anything...anything!"
"Tell me about Stephanie Miller's last John...and don't give me any of that...hooker/John confidentiality bullshit!"
"Just some rich guy."
"YOU'RE LYING!"
"What!?"
"Stop dicking with me, lady! I'm a federal agent, not one of your whores."
"I can't...alright!"
"Why?"...Tony takes the picture out of manila envelope..."Because her last John was actually a Jill and she's the President of the United State's wife?"...Tony slams down the photo in front of her.
She looks up at Tony...then at the picture...then back at Tony.
Tony bangs his fist into the table..."Speak!"
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McGee answers Tony's desk phone..."Tony's in interrogation, Abs...yeah, I'll be right down."
McGee stands..."Get those statement releases done so the girls can sign them, Reid."
"No problem, Tim."
McGee steps into in the elevator and rides it down to Abby's lab.
"What you got, Abby?"
Abby looks at him and curls her lip..."No caf-pow?"
"Sorry, Abby."
"Work on that, would ya! Anyway, got a hit on CODIS for the hair, it from a Michelle Florence, she got charged with possession of Marijuana in 1982 in North Carolina. That is odd, though...why would they take her DNA for that?"
McGee stares at her photo on Abby's monitor.
"What are you doing, McGee? You better not let Ruby catch you looking like that at girls."
"Don't you know who that is, Abby?"
Abby looks at her photo..."Nope."
"That's the first lady."
"The first lady? You don't mean.."
Abby turns her head back towards as McGee nods.
McGee quickly leaves...the elevator doors open.
"Next time remember the caf-pow!"
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McGee walks into observation..."Gibbs, Abby got DNA from the hair."
"It's the first lady's, McGee...we know."
McGee stops..."Oh."
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Reid walks into the conference room
"Ladies, I need you to sign and date these statements you've made."
The attractive black woman rises from her chair..."Are you sure you don't want that freebie?"
"No, that's ok...there's a 9.2 chance of catching a STD from a prostitute even when using a prophylactic, plus I'm dating someone very special."
"I'm clean, baby. One hundred percent chocolate delicious!"
Reid leaves the room and shudders..."And I thought Abby's voodoo doll collection in her bedroom was hinky."...Reid sighs..."Abby is started to rub off on me."
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The Madam sighs..."I don't know what to tell you."
"Start with the truth...how long has the first lady been hiring your escorts?"
She shakes her head..."I...I don't know, couple years now...I see her maybe once or twice every two months."
"Was it always Lieutenant Miller?"
"Lately, yes."
"What do you mean...lately?
"She saw another girl...Sapphire, but she vanished."
"Vanished?"
"Yes, she didn't come back one night from a date with her."
"You didn't find that...odd?"
"Yes, but she was with the first lady for christ sake...how much safer can you be?"
"What was Sapphire's real name?"
"I don't know."
"Cut the sh!t, lady!"
"I really don't know, I didn't even know Sparkle's real name until you told me."
"You got a picture of her?"
"No."
"Did the first lady hire any other escorts?"
"No...but her personal bodyguard dated a couple girls."
"Let me guess, you don't know his name either?"
"She called him...'Razor'...whatever that means."
"Description?"
"Big, big white guy...I mean HUGE. He was bald and wore shades all the time."
Tony stands and leaves the room and walks into observation.
"Fornell...did you know about Sapphire?"
"Absolutely not."
Tony gets in his face..."What in the hell were you doing there? You're CIA, not secret service."
"Jethro, back your dog off."
"Maybe you should answer the damn question, Tobias."
"It's classified."
Tony sighs..."Permission to classify my foot his ass, Boss?"
"Denied. Tony step out. Tobias and I need to talk."
"Boss?"
"Now, DiNozzo!"
Tony reluctantly leaves, slamming the door behind him.
"You should be proud of him, Jethro."
"I am...now what in the hell is going on, Tobias?"
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Tony walks into Abby's lab, followed by McGee..."I want to ask you two a question about the internet."...Tony hands Abby a caf-pow.
Abby takes it from him and looks at McGee..."See!"
McGee sighs..."I'm not Tony."
"I never asked you to be."
"Good, because I'm not!"
Tony grabs the caf-pow from Abby..."Ok, what the hell is going on?"
McGee starts to speak, but Abby talks over him..."I was just giving him a hard time about his lack of getting me caf-pow's."
Tony looks at McGee..."Is this true?"
"Yes."
"Behind you, McGee."...Tony points.
McGee turns his head and Tony smacks him in the back of the head.
"Hey!"
"You know Abby needs multiple caf-pows to be all the forensic specialist she can be!"...Tony pauses..."Now say you're sorry."
McGee sighs..."Sorry, Abby."
"Apology accepted!"
Tony hands the caf-pow back to Abby and lightly pulls on one of her pigtails..."Lighten up on my senior field agent, wouldja?"
"I'm sorry, McGee."
"It's ok, Abby."
"Damn, I forgot what I came down here for now."
"Internet, Boss."
"Right...I almost feel bad for smacking ya now, McGee...almost. Anyway, what's it called when they save things after there gone?"
"Boss?"
"You know, pictures of old sites and stuff?"
"Have you been looking at porn again, Tony?"
"Yeah, of course, but that's not what I'm talking about."
"Does Ziva know that?"
"Heh..." Tony stops. "No."
"I think you mean cached, Boss."
Tony touches his nose..."What McGee said, Abs."
"I need you to look up the name Sapphire on the website."
"Anything in particular, Tony?"
"Photo would be ideal, but anything, Abs."
Tony lightly tugs on Abby's other pigtail..."Heh. I didn't want one to be jealous of the other."
Abby laughs.
"What are you waiting for, McGeek...move your highly computer skilled ass!"
"On it, Boss!"
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Tony sits on Abby's table eating a huge greasy burger.
Abby turns around and looks at him...Tony takes a huge bite..."Wot sum, Ab?"...Tony continues chewing.
"No thanks...how you coming, McGee?"
"Buffering, Abby."
Abby turns around again...Tony takes another bite..."Wot?"...Tony swallows..."2 patties, half-pound each, 10 strips of lovely bacon, oh heavenly bacon...cheese, glorious cheese!"
Abby interrupts Tony..."Stop! You're making me hungry!"
"Yeah, I better stop...I'm making myself horny."
Abby looks at him oddly...then laughs.
"Heh. I said that out loud didn't I?"
Abby shakes her head and turns back around.
"Boss, I found a jpeg with the name of Sapphire...trying to recover it now."
Tony hops down off the table and moves over to McGee...digitized pixels come on-screen, more with each passing second.
"Come on, thingamabob...DiNozzo needs a lead!"
A face of a dark hair woman is coming into focus.
"I think I love you, McGee."
"Boss?"
"In a manly way, of course."
"Of course."
Tony moves his right hand quickly in a circular moment..."Rápido! Veloce!"
Her entire face is almost in focus...then it starts slowly disappearing.
"What the hell, McGee? My love for you is slowly dying!"
McGee starts typing faster...but it continues to disappear..."I don't know, it's like someone is deleting it."
"Tony, the site is being erased as we speak!"
"Stop 'em, Abs...McGee, print that picture, while you can!"
"Too late, Tony...it's gone."
"Abs?"
"Sorry, Tony."
"What do we have?"
"Absolutely nothing, Boss."
Tony lowers his head..."McGee, you saw the face...I want you to go through all the missing person cases in the Washington, D.C. area, maybe we'll get lucky."
"I'm sorry, Boss."
Tony quickly smacks him in the back of the head..."On it, Boss!"...McGee leaves quickly.
Abby walks over to Tony..."Are you ok?"
"Yeah...just do want you can, Abs. See if they left any kind of trail you can follow."…Tony spoke softly.
"What are you gonna do?"
"What I should've done in the first place."
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"For the last time, DiNozzo. No!"
"Come on, Boss...let me take Reid, he can probably talk us in with his superior knowledge of anything and everything...unless you want me to kick the door in, which would totally kick ass, Boss."
"Are you trying to get fired?"
"Heh. Like you're gonna fire me, Gibbs."
"Oh, I dunno...you kicking in the front door of the White House might get you killed...screw being fired."
"I take it...that's a no, Boss?"
"Ya think, DiNozzo?"
Tony sighs..."What the hell am I suppose to do then?"
"Do your job."
"It's just a tad more challenging when someone has ya by the balls, Boss."...Tony walks towards the door..."This is complete and utter bullsh1t, Gibbs."
"You think I like not being able to question a suspect? It pisses me off!"
"NCIS saved the President's life for christ sake, we can't even go through him?"...Tony sighs..."Then there's Fornell, what the hell is he doing in the CIA, Boss?"
"He's not, DiNozzo."
"Come again?"
"He's undercover."
"For what?"
"By the President, he knows about his wife, he's suppose to be watching her."
"Why Fornell?"
"President Riggs was the Director of the FBI, he and Fornell were friends."
"Watching for what?"
"Political suicide."
"He's worried about votes, because his wife is a two timing lesbian slut?"
"You could say that."
"Why not just divorce her?"
"That would be even worse. This is all about family values."
"Don't want to mess with the conservative vote, huh?"
"You're catching on, DiNozzo."
"Too bad, I don't give a shit...I want this bitch on a silver platter."…Tony turns and starts to open the door.
"DiNozzo, wait."...Gibbs picks up his phone.
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Tony and Reid sit in Tony's car across the street from the Metropolitan Public Library.
"What are we doing here, Boss?"
"It's on her itinerary...she's suppose to read to…"
Tony's cell rings…"DiNozzo."
"I found her, Boss…Sapphire."
"Go pick her up then."
"She's dead."
"Smack yourself, McGee."
"Boss?"
"Now!"
McGee smacks himself in the back of the head.
"Go on."
"She died of an overdose, Boss….6 months ago, her name was Rebecca Moak, she was 30."
"Address?"
"It burned down."
"What?"
"She lived at the Sea Crest Apartments, the day after she died, the entire apartment complex burned to the ground."
"Figures. Anyone die?"
"Nope."
"Relatives?"
"Her mother lives just outside of D.C."
"Send the address to Reid's PDA."
"What do you want me to do, Boss?"
"Go help Abby track those bastards."
"On it, Boss."
"Nice job, Tim."
Click
Twenty minutes later… A limo drives up and stops in front of the library.
"She's here, Boss."…Reid opens the car door and quickly moves across the street.
Tony stands on the sidewalk talking to a man in a suit…"I'll catch you later."…Tony turns around and walks to the limo's back door and opens it…"DiNozzo, NCIS."…He shows his badge.
"What is this?"
"I need to ask you a few questions."
"What is this about?"
"The murder of Lieutenant Stephanie Miller."
"Who?"
"Sparkle"
Her face quickly changes…."Razor, help me."
A large shadow engulfs Tony…he slowly turns around.
"My, you're a big boy…what are you 6'6, 6'7?"
The large man breaths heavily…"6'9, 345 pounds."
"I didn't think it was true, but I'll be damned…they do stack shit that high."
"What did you just say?"
"What, do you need me…to…talk…slower?"
He puts his hand on Tony's arm…"Move, before I move you."
"Fine."...Tony steps aside…"Mrs. Riggs….we will chat again, I promise you that."
Tony walks towards Reid…he stops and turns around…"Oh, big guy…by any chance are you related to that one guy…what his name? Mr. Clean? Naw, never mind, my mistake."
Tony and Reid walks towards the car..."Was that smart, Boss?"
"Probably not…but hey, fuck 'em!"
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Cynthia walks into Gibbs office..."Your appointment with the SecNav has been pushed back until 2:30 tomorrow...and I have a few things for you to sign."...She hands him 2 files.
He looks at the first name..."DiNozzo."...he opens it up and looks inside.
He rises and moves to the balcony above the bullpen..."DiNozzo!"
Tony looks up..."Yeah, Boss?"
"What is this about exhuming a body?"
"She was murdered."
"Get your ass up here."
"Boss, you told me to do my job and I'm DOING my job."
"Now!"
Tony gets up from his desk and moves to the stairs slowly.
"Move your ass, DiNozzo."…He retreats back into his office.
DiNozzo jogs up the steps and walks through past Cynthia into Gibbs' office.
"Close the door, DiNozzo."
Tony closes the door.
"What are you trying to do to me? Huh?"
"Boss?"
"First I get a call saying you questioned the first lady...now you want to exhume the body of a hooker!?"
"I'm not stopping, Gibbs...so if you want me to stop, you better fire my ass."
"Tony...these aren't the people you want to anger."
"Boss, if Ducky can't find any wrong doing with Rebecca Moak, you have my word...I will drop this case faster than 4th period French."
Gibbs sighs..."I think I need my head examined."...He signs the file..."Do it, DiNozzo!"
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McGee walks up to Tony, who's sitting at his desk..."We're back with the body, Boss."
"Good."
"What did you get from her mother?"
"Just the location of where she was buried...unfortunately, she hadn't seen her daughter for 10 years before she identified her the night she died."
"That had to be tough."
Tony rises and pats McGee on the back..."Go on home, McGee...Ruby's probably worried about you."
"You sure, Boss?"
"Yeah."
McGee gathers up his things and heads towards the elevator..."McGee."
He turns around and looks at Tony..."Yeah?"
"Good to have you have back, Tim."
"Good to be back, Tony."
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Tony walks into autopsy.
Ducky has Rebecca Moak laid out, her chest has been opened.
"Aww, Anthony...bad news."
"What, she really did commit suicide?"
"Oh, I'm not sure...but Kim has ended her relationship with me."
"I'm sorry Duck."
"It's fine...I'm too old for her anyway...I could be her grandfather."
"Hell, great-grandfather."
"You're not helping, Anthony."
Tony grinds his teeth together..."Sorry, Duck...didja...at least get to...ummmm, ya know?"
Ducky starts laughing...which quickly stops..."Unfortunately no."
"Now that really sucks."
Ducky sighs..."I'm better with the dead, anyhow."
Ducky puts his hands on her face..."It's sad...so young...so beautiful."
"You ok, Duck?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."...he picks up her medical chart...he reads it, looks at her body...then looks back at the chart...he moves to her side and grabs her arm and turns it over..."She was murdered, Anthony."
"Wow, that was quick."
"Her medical report says she died from slashing her wrists."
"Yeah, so?"
"Look at her wrists, Anthony."
Tony moves in..."Not a single blemish...is that bruising?"
"Yes, she was restrained by her wrists."
"Is there anyway you can get an imprint of the bruising? Like if it was called by the monkey fist knot?"
"It's possible, but I doubt it...but I will look for it."
Tony's cell rings...
"Thank you, Ducky."
Tony answers it..."DiNozzo."
"Hey..."
"Hey, baby...how are you?"
"I'm good...I ordered pizza, didn't feel like cooking."
"I'm coming home soon, want me to bring anything?"
"Just you."
"I think that can be arranged. Are you, ummmm, still wearing the pink butt floss? Heh."
She laughs..."I can be."
"Mom! Someone's at the door!"...T yelled.
"I gotta go, Tony. Love you."
"Love ya. See ya. Bye!"
Click
Ziva walks down the stairs..."They dropped off this package mom."...T holds a square box.
"Who opened the door?"
"Sarah."
Ziva walks up to Sarah..."Don't do that, ok?"
"Why?"
"We don't open to door to people we don't know and because mommy said so, ok?"
"Ok, mommy."
"Good, go back and finish your pizza."...She runs back to the kitchen.
Ziva walks over to T and grabs the box..."This must be the package from Mr. Granger."
She moves to den and sets it on the desk and leaves.
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Tony pulls into his garage and clicks a button above his head, the the garage door starts to close. He turns off the car and steps out.
He unlocks the door and goes inside, he moves to the alarm and punches in the code, he grabs the mail and looks through it…"Bills, Bills, Bills"...he then tosses the envelopes back on the table by the front door.
He moves to the kitchen, grabbing a slice of pizza. He takes a bite and heads into the living room, then upstairs. He looks in on the kids, the boys first, then finally Sarah, he walks into her room, he holds the crust of the pizza in his mouth as he pulls up her blanket covering her. He lightly strokes her hair, then leaves.
Tony walks into his bedroom...several candles are lit, some of them are almost completely melted...Ziva lies in bed..."Aww, she fell asleep."
"Naw, I'm awake...I just got done watching Dave."
She sits up in bed...pulling the cover up to her neck..."Come here."
Tony slowly walks towards her loosening his tie..."No, leave it on."
Tony moves to the side of the bed as she reaches out and grabs his tie and pulls him down to her, their lips meet..."I missed you today."
"Ditto."...as he kisses her again.
"What did you do at work today?"...she said between their numerous kisses.
Tony pulls away..."Nothing you need to worry about."...as he pulls the covers back..."Heh. You're wearing them."
She smiles..."Of course, I am."
"Come on."...he holds out his hands to her.
"Where are we going?"
"Your husband is a dirty boy...he needs to cleaned.".. She extends her arms and he quickly picks her up, she wraps her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist and he carries her into the bathroom.
He sets her on the kitchen sink...he kisses her as she lets her legs drop...he runs his hands up the outside of her legs to her hips, his fingertips slide under the thin silk of her panties, he stands up a bit, lifting her butt of the counter, as he slowly slides her panties past her thighs, he leans down, her butt makes contact with the counter...she kisses him and laughs.
He pulls back, she lets go of his neck..."What?"
"The counter is cold."...she chuckled.
"Oh."...he picks her back up and places his hand under her butt..."Better?"
"Uh huh."...she kisses him..."I thought you wanted to be cleaned first?"
"I lied."
She giggles..."I see that."
"Here, let me get those pants off you."
"No need."...as he kisses her.
"Why's that?"...she then moans into his mouth..."Oooooh."
"They're already around my ankles. Heh."
"You are a...dirty boy."...her eyes quickly close and her head falls back and everything fades to black...
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The alarm sounds..."Oh god."
Tony grabs it and yanks it out of the wall.
Tony starts to snore...but is awaken by a knock at his door..."Mommy!"...Sarah opens it and moves to Ziva's side.
Tony sits up..."Mommy's asleep, Sarah."...as Tony rises grabbing a pair of pants and putting them on.
Sarah moves over to Tony..."Are you hungry, princess?"
She nods...Tony holds out his hand and Sarah grabs a hold of his pinky and ringfinger..."What do you want?"
"Pancakes!"
"Maybe we should wake up, Mommy."
"Daddy!"
"Heh. I'm coming, I'm coming."
Sarah pulls Tony out the door and down the stairs.
"Are you sure you want my pancakes?"…As they walk into the kitchen.
She smiles and nods and jumps up and down.
"Ok...ok."...he moves to refrigerator and grabs the orange juice, he grabs a glass from the cupboard and pours her a glass..."Drink this while you wait."
She holds out both of her hands and grabs the cup..."What do you say?"
"Thank you, daddy."
Tony lets go..."Good girl!"...he kisses her on the top of the head.
"I'll be right back, I have to get your brothers up."
"Ok."...as she swings her legs as she sits in the kitchen chair.
Tony walks out of the kitchen yawning...out of the corner of his eye he sees a box on the desk in his den...he stop and moves towards it...on top of it, it reads..."To: Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo."...Tony moves to the other side of the desk and opens the drawer taking out a knife...he cuts along the tape and then pulls the box flaps apart...then the other set of flaps.
Tony takes a step back..."Ziva!"
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Tony move back into the living room and into the kitchen grabbing Sarah..."Daddy's taking you out for breakfast."
He moves back into the living room, Ziva is now at the top of the stairs, a blanket wrapped around her..."What's wrong, Tony?"
Tony quickly moves up the stairs, he sets Sarah down..."Go get dressed, baby."...he lightly taps her on the butt. She runs off to her room.
Tony moves to his room grabbing his gun..."What is it, Tony!?"...she grabs his arm.
"There's a head in a box down stairs."
"What!? You mean the box from Jericho Granger you got last night?"
"Why would I get a box from Jericho Granger."
"Remember the package?"
"That's a computer chip that Ducky found in Viv Blackadder, Z."
He grabs a shirt and moves towards the door...she again grabs his arm..."Tony...slow down."
"Get dressed...I'm gonna go get the kids dressed."
"Tony...where are we going?"
"IHOP."
"IHOP?"
Tony moves to boys' rooms and wakes them up..."We're going out to eat, wake up, guys...you ready, Sarah?"
Tony moves back to Sarah's room..."You ready Sarah?"
"Pancakes!"
"That would be a yes."...he picks her up and carries her to Ziva and sets her down.
"Mommy, what's wrong with Daddy?"
"He's hungry, sweetie."
"Me, too!"...Ziva smiles at her.
Tony knocks on one door...then the other..."Boys, move it or lose it."
"Aww, dad...it's only 6:30, we don't have to get up for another 30 minutes for school."
"No school today."
"Yay!"...both of them together.
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Ziva and the kids sit at a round table insider IHOP..."Can I have Dad's bacon?"
"No, he'll be right back."
"Pass the syrup please."
Ziva hands Sarah the syrup..."Can you do it or do you need help?"
"I can do it."...Sarah slowly pours syrup on her pancakes.
Tony walks to the table and sits...he leans into Ziva..."McGee and Ducky are at the house now."
"Ok, who stole my bacon."...Tony looks at T and LJ...they both have their mouths closed and mumbling.
Sarah points at LJ.
"Tattle-tale!"
Tony pats her head..."DiNozzo's don't snitch, Sarah...but I'll let it slide this time, you don't steal a man's bacon!"
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Ducky stands over the box, he carefully opens the inner flaps and picks up the head.
"Poor, dear...quite beautiful you are."
He brushes her hair from her forehead revealing the words: "back off"
"Kind of rude, don't you think?...and don't worry, I can get that off...I'll fix you up nice and proper...it really is a shame, though...30 years old."...Ducky sighs.
"Awww, 30...I was with ANZAC unit in Vietnam...field surgeon, my dear...imagine MASH with weird accents."
He runs his fingers over her face..."Savages, nearly ever bone in your face is fractured...they really did a number on you. I do hope you went fast...and your suffering was at a minimum."
"Who you talking to, Ducky?"...McGee wondered as he walked into the room.
"Lieutenant Miller, Timothy."
"She answer back?"
"They never do."
"I'm sure they appreciate your fine conversation, Ducky."
Ducky pats McGee on the back..."Kimberly, dear...bring me that cooler, if you would."
"Of course, Doctor."
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Tony, Ziva and the kids arrive at NCIS
Gibbs stands on the balcony..."Come to Gibby!"
The kids start running up the stairs.
Tony looks up at Gibbs..."Thanks, Boss."
Gibbs nods..."Welcome back, Ziva...Ducky should be back by now."...Gibbs holds out his arms as the kids grab and hug him...he then leads them into his office.
Ziva leans against her desk..."Not exactly how I wanted to come back to work."...her shoulders slouched and her head down.
Tony moves to her and rubs her back..."Are you ok, baby?"
"Yeah, I'm just tired."...She pauses..."I guess you wore me out last night."
"Heh. Thanks for the ego boost."...Ziva hands him her cup of coffee and he takes a drink.
"Or I'm pregnant again."
Tony spits out the coffee...and coughs and gags.
"Are you ok?"
"Are you pregnant?"
She laughs..."No."
Tony lets out a sigh of relief.
"I scared you, yes?"
"Just a little."
She looks at him.
"Ok, A lot."
They start walking towards the elevator..."What if I told you I wanted to have another one?"...the elevator dings and the doors open.
They step inside..."I would say...lets conceive him or her in the elevator right now."
She laughs..."I'm too tired."...she brings her right hand to his face and caresses his cheek..."And it's a her."
"Wha..."...the doors close.
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Ziva steps off the elevator..."Come on, Tony, I was just teasing you."...Tony finally steps off the elevator.
They walk through the sliding doors.
"Aww, Ziva...it's good to see you! I'd hug you if I could, but..."
"Understand completely, Ducky."
Ducky opens the cooler and lifts the head..."You're whole again, my dear...sorry it took so long."...He sets her head next to her body.
"You find anything, Duck?"
"I'm just about to take a look."...Ducky moves the light, so it's directly over him..."Let's see."...he opens her mouth..."Her teeth has been recently bleached and her hair smells like it's been washed...I believe that's Prell...yes, yes...I'm sure of it."
"So someone washed her head before putting it in box and delivering it?"
"Delivering it?"
"What is it, Z?"
"Sarah saw the man who delivered it."
"The UPS man?"
"No, I guess he just handed it to her and left."
"Are you telling me Lt. Miller's killer came into contact with out daughter!?"
"It's possible."
Tony quickly moves to the elevator...Ziva quickly follows him.
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Tony and Ziva walk into Gibbs' office..."Sarah, we need to talk to you."…Sarah runs over and Tony picks her up and sits her in a chair and kneels in front of her.
"Never open doors for strangers, Sarah. Never."...Sarah starts to cry.
"Tony!"
Tony wipes away her tears..."Daddy's sorry, baby. Daddy didn't mean to yell at you."...he caresses her face with his hands and kisses her on the forehead..."I'm sorry, angel."
Ziva brushes Sarah's hair behind her ear..."Sweetie, what did the man who gave you the box look like? Was it a man?"
Sarah nods..."No hair."
"Was he big like Daddy?"
She raises her hands..."He was bigger?"
She nods again..."He had a weird ear, Mommy."
"Weird ear?"
Suddenly Tony quickly rises and moves out the door.
"Tony!?"
Ziva quickly goes after him.
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Ziva grabs the railing..."Tony! Not another move!"
Tony stops on the 3rd from the bottom step.
"Where are you going?"
Tony is silent.
"You know who Sarah is talking about, don't you?"
"And he's a dead man."...as Tony continues down the stairs.
"OH HELL NO, you are not gonna leave me to raise three kids by myself."...She quickly moves down the stairs..."Tony, if those elevator doors close you are never getting laid ever again."...The doors start to close..."Forever, Tony."
Right before they close Tony reaches out his arm and elevators open...she moves into the elevator...Tony turns towards her..."You're evil, you know that, right?"...as the elevator doors close.
Tony pulls a gun from his waist and holds it by the barrel and moves it towards Ziva.
"My Sig Sauer P231...Toda!"...she takes it from him, pops the clip out, checks the chamber, then pops the clip back in and pulls back on the slide.
"It's actually the P232...we just got them in 2 days ago."
"9mm or 45?"
"Heh. 45 for you, sweet cheeks...I know how much you love power."...the elevator doors open.
"About me not having sex with you forever?"
"Yeah?"
She steps off the elevator..."I lied."
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Tony and Ziva sit inside Tony's Cadillac.
"What are we doing watching a Chinese restaurant."
"It's in her itinerary, it says she eats here a lot."
"Who?"
"There she is now."...as Tony opens his door.
Ziva quickly follows suit..."You mean the limo?"
Razor gets out of the car and goes inside the restaurant..."I'll be right back."
"Not a chance, Tony."...she quickly follows him around the back.
Tony pulls out his lock-picking tools and starts picking the restaurant's backdoor..."You know, this is probably against the law."
"I would've never guessed."
"Heh."...Tony unlocks it and goes inside.
They walk towards the front...when a kitchen worker sees them..."Who are you?"...in a strong Chinese accent.
"We're like totally lost...where's the bathroom?"
He points.
"Xie xie."
He nods...as they walk towards the front.
"You speak Chinese, Tony?"
Tony holds up his index finger and thumb..."A little."
She stops..."You slept with Mi Suki didn't you?"
"Huh?"...he quickly moves back, pulling Ziva against the wall.
"He just went into the bathroom."
Tony moves quickly into the bathroom, Razor stands at the urinal...he zips up and flushes, he starts to turns around when Tony knees him in the balls...he drops to his knees.
"Howdy there Razor, it's me again."...Tony pulls his gun and aims it at his head.
Ziva slides through the door..."Two more secret service men coming, Tony."
"My, my...who is this sweet piece of ass?"
Ziva locks the door and walks over to him..."Is this the guy, Tony?"...Tony moves around to his side, the muzzle of his gun against the side of his head.
Ziva reaches for her knife, then realizes she doesn't have it..."Aww, too bad."
Ziva pulls her gun from the back of her pants..."Open your mouth."
"Fuck you, bitch!"
Tony applies pressure where his jaw and neck connect with his thumb..."She said open your mouth."
His mouth starts to open..."Aww, that's a good boy."...as Ziva shoves the barrel of her gun into his mouth.
She cocks it..."If you ever come near me or my family ever again I will cut your fucking balls off and shove them down your fucking throat."
Tears escape from his eyes...
"What the hell...why is this door locked!?"...they start pounding on it.
Ziva pulls her gun from his mouth and backhands him with it...knocking him out.
"Time to leave, Z."...Tony opens a window as she comes towards him, he lifts her and she crawls out the window...Tony grabs the windowsill and pushes himself out the window.
They walk around the corner just as they break through the door..."Razor!"
One of the men looks out the window..."Nothing."
Tony and Ziva gets back into their car..."Answer the question."
"What question?"
"Did you sleep with Mi Suki?"
Tony sighs.
She grabs and twists his right nipple.
"Ow! No, I didn't sleep with her!"
She smiles evilly..."Thank you."
"Christ, Z...that's gonna leave a scar."...He hits the gas.
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Tony walks into Abby's lap...he holds a caf-pow in one hand and a bag of evidence in the other.
"Tony, Tony, Tony!"
"I just had flashbacks of a really awful music group."...Tony shakes his head.
"Are those for me!?"...Abby asked with a smile on her face.
"What?"...Tony raised each of them in tandem, one right after the other..."These? Heh."
Abby looks at one, then the other, then back and so forth.
"What are you, at a tennis match?"
"Gimme!"
"Which do you want first...caf-pow."...He holds it up..."Or evidence?"...He holds it up.
Abby grabs her caf-pow and sucks on the straw, only getting air..."caf-pow me!"
"Heh." Tony hands Abby the caf-pow and she takes a huge drink.
"Energized and ready to go!"...She sets the caf-pow down as Tony hands her the evidence bag.
"I need a rush job on this saliva, Abs. Check it against CODIS and open cases."
Abby opens the bag..."From what? It's a gun."
"Check around the barrel and muzzle, Abs."
"Do I want to know why someone was sucking on a gun?"
"Probably not."
"Ziva, huh?"
Tony nods..."How long?"
"4 hours."
"Make it 2."
Tony starts to leave..."What, you aren't gonna bribe me?"
Tony stops...he walks back and kisses her on the cheek, then the other. "2 for 1 sale, Abs. 2 for 1."
Abby smiles as Tony promptly leaves.
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Tony steps off the elevator..."DiNozzos!"
Tony and Ziva both look up at Gibbs on the balcony..."You called Boss?"
"Please tell me you didn't shove a gun into a secret service agent's mouth?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Boss."
"I did it, Gibbs."
"Ziva! What have I told you about lying."
"Do it only when you do it specifically."
"Well, one of those times was now, sweet cheeks."
Gibbs sighs..."What is it with you two?"
"What can I say, Boss...a couple that eat together and sleep together also torture together!"
"Smack yourself, DiNozzo."
"Allow me."...Ziva quickly smacks him in the back of the head.
"Eeeeeeek, she's good, Boss...but not as good as you."
"Gibbs, Sarah identified him as a man who delivered the box."
"Why didn't you just say so."
Tony rubs the back of his head..."DiNozzo!"
Tony looks up...'Yeah, Boss?"
"No more torturing today, ok?"...Gibbs retreats into his office.
"You got it, Boss."
Tony moves to his desk and sits on the corner..."Zee-vah! Get your cute little ass over here."
Ziva walks over..."What?"
Tony whispers something in her ear...she smiles..."No."...she tries to grab his left nipple, but she can't.
"Heh. Dragonskin."
She turns..."Yeah, but you won't be wearing that tonight."
Tony swallows hard..."I will now!"
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Sarah sits on Tony's lap, her long dark hair lies softly down the front of her shoulder. They're sharing a cheeseburger.
Tony pulls her hair back..."If you get food in your hair, your mom will kill us."
She reaches up holding a couple fries, Tony takes them into his mouth
"Ewww, you got my hand wet!"...she laughs.
Tony grabs a napkin and dries off her hand..."Better?"
She smiles...she reaches out and grabs the cup, holding it with both hands..."You need help?"
"No, I got it."...as she brings the straw to her mouth.
Tony looks at Ziva watching them..."What?"
She smiles..."Nothing, just watching."
Sarah places the cup back on the desk...Tony kisses the top of Sarah's head..."Good girl."
Abby pops up on the plasma..."I got those DNA results, Tony."
"Hey, Abby!"...Sarah waves.
Abby waves back..."Hi, sugar plum!"
"We'll be right down, Abs."
"Don't worry about it, Tony...eat, I'll go."
Ziva moves to the elevator and goes down to the Abby's lab.
Ziva walks off the elevator and into Abby's lab...Abby is looking at her plasma.
"What ya watching, Abby?"
Sarah is clapping her hands together as Tony brushes her hair..."B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was name his name."...Sarah sang.
"O!" as Tony finished it off.
Abby and Ziva both laugh.
Ziva shakes her head..."What were the results from your mass spectrometer, Abby?"
"His name is Robert King and his DNA came back as a match to blood and seminal samples on 3 unsolved rapes and murders...all 3 prostitutes."
3 mug shots come up on Abby's monitor..."Cindy Heath, Giada Nunzio and Jackie Gerber."
"We got you, you bastard."...She pauses..."Print those upstairs for us, Abby."
"You got it...where you going?"
"Armory...I need a new firearm."
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"It's about time we got the new earwigs, Boss."
Tony sidles up against a wall near the backdoor..."They were still in R&D, McGeek...you know how that is."
"In position, Boss."...McGee moves to side house.
"Z?"
"Reid's in position at the front door."
"Go, Doc."
Reid knocks on the door...Robert King answers the door..."What is it? I ain't buying shit."
Tony moves to the backdoor and picks the lock..."I'm in...McGee come to me."
Tony sneaks towards the front of the house.
"Sir, it's for charity."
"I told you, I'm not buying shit."
"It's just a dollar, Sir."
"For the last fuc."...the muzzle of the Tony's gun presses the against the back of his head.
"Guess who? Hands behind your head! Now!"...King puts his hands behind his head.
"Boss!"...McGee yells from inside the house.
"What McGee?"
"There's a girl back here tied up."
"What?"...Robert King starts to turn around...Tony cocks his gun..."Please move again, I'm beggin' ya...I'd love to redecorate your front door."
Ziva moves past them and into the back...she find McGee untying a woman..."No, no...don't hurt me!"
"Shhh, we're the good guys."
Her hands are set loose and she starts smacking and clawing at McGee...Ziva kneels, grabbing her wrists..."It's ok...it's ok."
"Reid cuff his ass."...Reid moves around to where Tony is, Tony's gun still aimed at his head...Reid takes out his handcuffs and grabs his arms..."Won't fit, Boss."
Tony stands on the back of Robert King's knee dropping him to his knees...he puts his gun away and grabs Reid's handcuffs and his own and handcuffs them together.
"Fuck, they're tight!"
Tony tightens them some more..."Better?"
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Robert King sits cuffed in interrogation #1. Ziva sits across from him with McGee leaning against the door.
Tony stands in observation, his cell rings..."DiNozzo."
"DiNozzo get your ass in my office now!"
Tony knocks on the 2-way mirror as Ziva turns around...she rises and comes to the door as Tony steps out of observation..."Gibbs wants to see me."
Ziva nods..."I'll take care of this."
Ziva walks back and sits back down.
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Tony walks into Gibbs' office..."What's up, Boss?"
A man stands in a 3-piece suit next to Gibbs' desk..."You illegally took King's DNA?"
"Boss?"
"I'm Seymour Livingston, Mr. King's personal attorney."...he hands Tony a piece of paper.
"Hey...aren't you the President's lawyer."
"Yes, he's also one my clients."
Tony looks over the paper..."Let him go, DiNozzo."
"Are you fucking kidding me!?"
"DiNozzo!"
"Boss, he had a woman tied up in his house for christ sake."
"Your search was illegal."
"How was it illegal?"
"Sir, you stuck a gun into my clients mouth, how isn't that illegal?"
"What proof do you have of that?"
"His DNA was taken from the barrel of a gun, that's how."
"The guy's fucking weird...some guys like collecting knife, he likes sucking on gun barrels."
"That's enough, Tony. Let him go."
"This is bullshit, Boss."
"Just do it, DiNozzo. Take him to Mr. King."
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Tony and Mr. Livingston walk down the stairs and turn down the hall towards the interrogation rooms.
"How can you defend scum like that?"
He's silent.
"Do you have any kids? What if one of women killed was your wife? Daughter? Niece?"
"Sir, please...pair me the guilty trip."
"Oh, I see...you're an A-hole."
Tony grabs the doorknob and turns it, but it doesn't open..."What the hell?"
Tony knocks on the door..."Ziva?"
Nothing.
Tony moves to observation and opens the door...just then King smashes Ziva against the 2-way glass cracking it, he has a hold of her throat.
"What was that again...you were gonna cut my balls off? Huh, bitch!?"
He turns around and slams her on the table...Tony moves to 2-way mirror, a chair is pried up against the door, an unconscious McGee lies next to it. King continues to choke her.
Tony reaches for his gun, but it's not there..."Ziva!"...as Tony runs and leaps through the mirror slamming his shoulder into the back of King, knocking him down.
King rises and looks down at a Tony, he has cuts on his arms and few scrapes on his face. He moves to Tony and grabs him around the neck with his left hand and picks him up..."I'm glad you're here, now you can watch me fuck your wife."...He tosses Tony into the corner..."Then I'm gonna break her fucking neck."
King moves back to Ziva...he leans down, grabbing her hair, he pulls it up to his face and breaths in..."Mmm, he back hands her."
"Hey."...Tony rises
"Oh, you want some more?"...King lets go Ziva's hair and brings his hand to his face and licks Ziva's blood from the back of his hand..."Sweet...hmm, I wonder what her pus..."
Tony interrupts him..."The only thing you'll be eating is my fist, bitch!"...as Tony punches him in the face.
It doesn't phase him...he picks up Tony and touches him into the wall, making a huge hole.
Tony rises...he moves his neck around, it cracks..."Hey, needledick...come get some."
King walks towards Tony...he grabs him around the neck and squeezes...Tony closes his eyes...then reaches up and puts his right thumb into King's left eye...he pushes so hard that his eye pops up, Tony squeezes his hand as hard as he can.
King lets out a scream then lets go of Tony's neck.
Tony drives King's head into the side of the table.
He continues to slam his head into the table..."You fucker! I will skullfuck you!"
Blood pours from an open wound on the side of King's head.
"Fuck you!"…As Tony continues to smash his head into the table.
Ziva comes to, she sits up and drops from the table and moves to Tony, who's still smashing King's head against the table.
"Tony..."..Ziva puts her hand on his shoulder..."Stop!"
Tony pulls his thumb from King's eye socket and lets him fall...Tony backs up against the wall...his breathing quickened, his whole body shakes, especially his right hand...which is covered in blood.
"He's dead, Tony."
Tony closes his eyes...he takes a deep breath.
"Damn you...God damn you."...as Tony slowly slides down the wall holding his left arm.
"Tony!? Are you ok!?"
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"Tony, please stay down."
Tony attempts to get up..."I'm fine, Z."…He gets to feet and falls back down.
Tony starts laughing..."So, this is what it feel like to have a heart attack?"
"Why are you laughing!? Stop it!"
"Shhhhh, ani mitzta'eret, ani ohevet otcha, Ziva."...he brushes her cheek with the back of his fingers.
"Tony, are you ok?"…McGee stands over him with a split lip.
"What the hell happened anyway?"
"It was my fault, Boss."
"It wasn't anyone's fault...he broke the damn handcuffs."
"Then it was my fault...I put the handcuffs on him."
Ducky walks through the door...and kneels next to Tony..."What are you feeling right now, Anthony?"
"Tingling situation in my left arm...slight pressure on left side of my chest...it's actually a lot better than it was, Duck."
"Can you stand?"
"Help me up, we'll see."
McGee and Ziva help Tony to his feet..."Just stand there for a moment, Anthony...let your blood circulate some."
Tony stands..."Let go of him, Ziva."
"What?"
"Lets see if he can stand, dear."
Ziva lets go and Tony continues standing..."Like I told you, Z...I'm fine, I promise."
"I do want you to go to the hospital just in case, Anthony."
"Don't worry...I'll make sure of that, Ducky."
Ducky kneels next to Robert King..."What happened to his eye?"
"Over to your left, Ducky."
"Oh my...that must've hurt."
"God, I hope so."...Tony starts walking towards the door, Ziva moves under his arm...helping him.
Gibbs stands just outside the doorway.
"Boss?"
"Yeah, DiNozzo?"
"Heart attack at age 44? Damn. Is that normal?"
"No clue"
"I can tell you one things for certain, Boss."
"What's that, DiNozzo?"
"I'm getting too old for this shit."
Gibbs cracks a smile.
"That was from one of your stupid movies, yes?"
"Stupid? Lethal Weapon 2 is not a stupid movie, Zee-vah."
"He was suicidal."
"He lost his wife."
"Were you suicidal when you thought I died?"
"No."
Ziva punches him in the arm.
"Ziva!"
"Shut up, it was right arm."