One Year Later...
A man sat tied to a large metal chair, his head covered with a black bag, blood stains covered his white dress shirt, his tie cut off a few inches under the knot.
He mumbled underneath constantly, his head shook violently trying to get free, stopping only to gather himself.
An opulent dressed white male stood to the side of him sharpening a large knife very slowly, wearing blood-soaked black leather gloves. His hair slicked back, looking almost wet.
He extends his hand, ripping the bag off the man's head.
McGee sat bleeding from the nose; his mouth covered in duct tape...blood dripped down over the tape, rolling off his chin. He has a large gash on his forehead and multiple cuts and scrapes on his cheeks and nose.
The man moves the knife to McGee's eye, just inches away..."Who are you?"...
McGee continues to mumble as the man rips the duct tape from his lips, taking chunks of his skins with it.
McGee lets out numerous groans, blood drips heavily from the newfound cuts on McGee's lips.
"Who are you?"
McGee spits, getting blood all over the man's suit.
The man looks down and wipes his suit with his hand and brings it up to his face.
He slowly eases the tip of the knife into McGee's eye...McGee cries out in pain as the man twists the knife deeper into his eyes. Blood behinds to pour out of his eye socket as McGee screamed.
He pulls the knife out and moves 2 steps to his left, picking up a blowtorch from a small table; he lights it and moves his knife in front of the flame. He holds it there until it's glowing red. He then moves back to McGee and slides it back into his eye, searing the wound, McGee gasped as if all the air had left him, he barely held on to consciousness.
"I can't have you bleeding to death now."...He cleans his knife on McGee's shirt, he then grabs him by his hair and yanks his head back..."Think about that and who you are...next time, it's gonna be much worse."
McGee's head dropped, his chin against his chest, he passes out.
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10 tiny angels slowly swing and turn on strings, a soft melody comes from above them.
A baby gurgles watching them float through the air.
Ziva walks over to the crib, picking up the baby. She presses the child against her chest and moves and sits in a rocking chair. She exposes her left breast, the child clings onto her nipple.
"Aww, such a good girl."...Ziva supports her head with the palm of her hand, gently stroking her head with her middle finger.
"Mommy!"
Ziva looks up..."Shh, indoor voice, Sarah."
"Sorry."...She whispers..."Daddy wants you."
"Tell him I'm feeding the baby."
Sarah runs off.
"You sure are hungry, aren't you?"...Ziva smiled.
Tony walked into the room, his hair a bit more gray now; he has a full mustache and beard.
Ziva looks up..."You're getting shaved tonight, even if I have to tie you up first."
"You'll have to catch me first."
She grins..."I know, that'll be the fun part."
Tony smirks as he moves and kneels in front of her, he leans down and kisses the baby's head..."How's my sweet Tali?"
"Hungry."
"Heh. Just like her daddy."...He grins..."There's another pump open."...He chomps down 3 or 4 times with his teeth playfully.
Ziva shakes her head..."Get away, it's for the baby."...She laughs.
He lightly chuckles...he leans in and kisses Ziva on the lips..."Have you seen my keys?"...He kisses her again.
"Which ones?"...Between kisses.
Tony kisses her again...then moves his mouth to her ear, his hand cups Tali's head as he whispers something to Ziva.
Ziva grins..."You're ummm, very...ummm..."...She laughs.
He grins and she nods.
Tony stands, taking Tali from Ziva and walking her back to the crib, he kisses her softly on the forehead before softly placing her back into the crib. He runs his fingers over her tiny cheek.
"So beautiful."
Ziva moves to him, wrapping her arms around his waist, rubbing her face against his back..."Come on."...She pulls him towards the door.
Tony turns around picking her up, she wraps her legs around his waist and kisses him as he walks her out the door and towards their room.
"Daddy!"
Tony stops..."What's up, Sarah?"
"Gibby's here!"
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Tony sets Ziva down, running his hand down her back.
She tilts her head back..."God, I love that."
"I know, that's why I did it. Heh."
He kisses her..."Give me 10 minutes."
She nods and walks into her room.
Tony turns and moves down the stairs, grabbing Sarah and carrying her out the front door.
Gibbs stands by his car.
Gibbs holds out his hand taking Sarah from Tony, he kisses her on the forehead..."I need to talk to your dad for a minute, ok?"
Sarah nods and runs off to play.
"What's up, Gibbs?"
"Are you ever gonna call me, Jethro?"
"Nope."...Tony walks over to his garage and opens the door, he walks inside.
"Tony...I need your help."
Tony rubs the top of his head..."With what? Need money?"
"It's work related."
"No, I'm done, Gibbs...you know that, I have a wife and 5 children to think about."
Tony moves to the driver's side door and reaches through the window, popping the hood on his Cadillac, he moves to the hood and opens it.
"I'm sure McGee and crew can handle it, Gibbs."
Gibbs is silent.
Tony moves his head under the hood and reaches in, tightening a hose.
"Tony, it's McGee."
Tony turns his head..."What?"
"He's gone missing."
Tony lifts his head from under the hood..."What? Why? How?"
"He was undercover."
"What!? You sent Tim undercover? Why in god's name would you do that!?"
"He wanted to."
Tony shakes his head..."That doesn't sound like McGee."
"Believe it or not, he's a lot like you now."
"Our McGee? McGeek? Probie?"
"Yeah, except for one thing...your mental and physical toughness and humor...well, two, I guess. Wait, 3? Never mind."
"You ok, Gibbs?"...He pauses...Gibbs is silent..."How long has he been missing?"
"He's been off the grid 8 days."
"Are you fucking kidding me? 8 days? He could be dead or worse."
Tony slams the hood of the car, he quickly turns, kicking a stool..."Fuck!"
"It's not your fault."
Tony lowers his head..."I can't do it again, Gibbs."...Tony pauses..."I just can't."
"I understand, Tony. I really do."
Gibbs lays something on the hood of the car and leaves.
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Tony walks through his bedroom door and sits on the corner of the bed.
"Tony is that you?"
"Yeah."
Ziva walks out of the bathroom, wearing a pair of pink panties and that's it. She walks to the door, closing and locking it.
She turns to Tony and grins, she moves to him straddling him..."Definitely need to shave you."...She kisses him on the lips.
He doesn't respond...she leans back..."What's wrong, baby? I even wore the pink butt floss you love and I get no reaction?"...She raises his head with her hand under his chin..."What did Gibbs want, Tony? What's wrong?"
Tony sighs..."McGee's missing."
"What?"
"He disappeared while undercover."
"What the hell was he doing undercover!?"
Tony shrugs.
Ziva stands and grabs a hold of Tony' hand..."Come on."
Tony looks up at Ziva..."Come on, Tony."...She pulls him up off the bed and leads him into the bathroom.
She sits on the bathroom sink and pulls him close, wrapping her legs around his waist, holding him close..."Take your shirt off."
"What?"
"Take your shirt off."
Tony takes his shirt off as Ziva grabs a can of shaving cream, she squirt some into her left hand and starts massaging it into Tony's cheeks and chin. She turns on the faucet and grabs a razor with her right hand and slowly starts to shave him.
Tony stands in front of the front of Ziva, cleanly shaven. She rubs her hands together, then applies them to his face.
She smiles..."Much better."
She lets go out his waist with her legs and pushes him back and drops to the floor; she grasps his hand again and leads him into the shower.
She turns the water on, they both get in and she precedes to wash him.
Tony sighs..."I'm going back to work, aren't I?"
She nods..."Right after you make love to me, yes?"
He quickly picks her up, pushing her against the wall, he kisses her passionately.
She kisses him back..."He's..."...They continue to kiss..."Back."
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Tony stands in front of Tali's crib, T, LJ and Sarah all stand next to it. Ziva stands behind the cribs, her hand caressing Tali's cheek.
He kneels in front of LJ..."Don't pester your sister."
"I won't, dad."...He kisses him on the forehead.
Tony moves to Sarah..."Don't kill your brother, ok?"
"I won't daddy!"
"Indoor voice, Sarah."
"Sorry, mommy."
Tony kisses her on the forehead..."Good girl."
Tony moves to T..."You're the man of the house when I'm not around, you know what you job is don't you?"
"Don't let Sarah kill LJ."
"Heh. Good boy."...He kisses him on the forehead.
Tony stands picking up Tali..."My angel."...He kisses her forehead, caressing her head with his left hand...He kisses her again before setting her back into her crib, Ziva leans over the crib kissing Tony.
"Ewwww."
"Heh. Boys will be boys, sweet cheeks."
Ziva pulls away shaking her head.
Tony turns and moves towards the door.
"Daddy."...Tony turns as Sarah moves to him, he kneels as he hugs her..."I love you, daddy."
Tony hugs her tight then pulls back, he caresses her cheeks with his hands, then pushing her hair back..."My little princess."...He kisses her on both cheeks, the forehead and finally on the lips..."Be good for daddy, ok?"
She smiles...their foreheads touch.
"Good girl."...Tony stands and leaves.
"Bye, daddy."...Sarah waves.
"I'll show you ewwww, you little turkeys."...Ziva grabs the boys tickling them.
"Heh."...As Tony walks down the stairs.
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Tony stands waiting for the elevator, he holds up his badge, Gibbs left it on the hood of his car. He brings it up to mouth and breathes on it and wipes it off on the lapel of his jacket.
The elevator dings, he puts the badge into his pocket. The doors open and Tony steps on, a black woman stands on it already, she's talking on her cell phone.
"I have no faith in him, whatsoever. He keeps screwing up and he's the one in charge. He's a joke."
The doors open and she steps off into the squad room, she moves to Ziva's old desk and sits down.
Tony looks at her and shakes his head.
Tony turns and moves towards the stairs. He slowly starts to walk up them, making his way past MTAC into Cynthia's office.
"Special Agent DiNozzo...you're back!?"
Tony shrugs as he moves past her into Gibbs' office.
Gibbs chuckles..."I knew you couldn't stay."
"Ziva made me come, even shaved me...I think she's just tired, easier to take care of 4 kids, instead of 5."
Gibbs laughs..."True."...Gibbs opens his desk and takes out a set of keys and tosses them to Tony.
"Boss?"
"New desk."
"Who's the new agent?"
"Melinda Smith, I'll introduce you."...Gibbs stands.
"That won't be necessary, Boss."...Tony turns and starts to leave..."I'll be back in a few, you can debrief me then."...Tony walks out the door.
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Tony moves down the stairs.
"Smith, stand up."
Smith looks up..."Who are you?"
The elevator dings..."Boss?"
Reid steps off the elevator and walks towards the stairs shaking Tony's hand.
"Hey, Doc."
"It's so good to see you...you've really been missed around here."
"Boss?"...Smith said while standing up.
Tony leans against Smith desk and stares directly into her eyes..."If I EVER hear you talking about anyone on the team like that ever again, no matter who he or she is...you will be shitting out pieces of my boot for a week, do you get me Agent Smith!?"
She struggles to talk..."Y-y-yes, sir."
"Reid, tell her what happens to people who sir me?"
"Slapped, Smith."
"And don't think I won't do it to a female, Agent Smith."
"Reid, I need everything McGee was working on. My desk, 30 minutes."
"On it, Boss."
"Smith, shut up, sit down and maybe one day you'll gain my trust, but until then, you are Reid's bitch."
Tony moves towards Reid..."I'll be in armory if you need me, Doc."
Reid nods as Tony enters the elevator...the doors close.
"Jeez, what is his problem?"
Reid raises his head and looks at Smith.
"He's the best."
"The best? I've never heard of him."
"I see your mouth moving, Smith...but the only thing coming out of it is crap."
"Hey, I was the #1 agent out of FLETC."
"So?"
"What do you mean so?"
"I didn't even do FLETC...Ziva didn't do it either."
"Wait, who's Ziva?"
Reid smiles..."I'm praying you get to meet her."
"Ziva's a her?"
"Yep."
"I bet I can take her."
Reid laughs.
"What?"
Reid continues to laugh.
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Tony picks up the Sig from the counter and places it into his holster…"Thanks, Pete."
"No problem…you sure you don't need a new Dragonskin?"
"Nope, still have a couple in my trunk."
"Ok….hey, say hi to Ziva for me, she was always my best customer!"
Tony nods, he turns and leaves the armory.
Tony stops and sighs…"Been gone an hour and already missing them."
Tony takes out his cell and moves to home on his contact and hits send as he walks towards the elevator. It rings….and again…
"Hi, daddy!"
"Heh. How did you know it was me, Sarah?"
"Calling ID, daddy…DUH."…She laughs.
Ziva grabs the phone…"Stop acting like your father."
"That hurts, Z."
"You'll get over it…what's up?"
"Just missing you guys."
"Aww, that's sweet…but honestly Tony, you've been gone all of an hour, yes?"
"Yeah."…softly.
"Whipped."
"Indeed."…Tony walks into the elevator, clicking a button…"I've never been away from Tali."
"Baby, she's fine, she's asleep. She sleeps like you, like a scone."
Tony rubs the top of his head…"Stone, Z."
"What did I say?"
"Scone."
"Must be hungry."
"Must be."
"Speaking of which."
"Yeah, I'll let you go."…Tony sounds depressed.
"What's wrong, Tony?"
"It just seems wrong."
"What?"
"Everything."
"Well, that narrows it down…to everything."
Tony closes and rubs his eyes with his free hand…"I love you, Z."…The elevator doors open, Tony puts his hands on the side, holding the doors open.
"Ditto."
"Heh."
"Daddy?"
"Yeah, pumpkin?"
"I love you, too."
Tony smiles…"Love you, too, Princess."
"Bye, daddy!"
Click
Tony walks off the elevator and moves to his desk, he sits in his chair and takes a few minutes to soak it all in. He looks around the bullpen.
Melinda Smith kneels in front of Reid's desk…"What do I call him?"
Tony slowly moves his head to his left…watching them.
Reid shrugs…"Boss, Special Agent DiNozzo."
"He's DiNozzo?"
"That would be him."
"Wow…I heard about him in FLETC."
"Still think you can take his wife?"
Her face goes plain..."You don't mean?"
Reid smiles and nods.
Tony stands and moves towards the stairs..."I'm 6'2, Smith...and my wife could kill you 18 different ways with a paperclip."
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Tony walks into Gibbs' office and closes the door.
"I want Smith gone."
Gibbs looks up..."I see you're making friendly with the new agents."
"I don't care...transfer her, promote her, hell, I'll throw her out the window and I'll pay to replace the damn thing…I just want her off the team."
"Remember when Ziva got pushed on us?"
Tony is silent.
"Work with her, DiNozzo. She's not going anywhere."...Gibbs nods his head.
"Are you telling me this is a racial decision?"
"Call it what you want."
"I don't care if she's white, black, yellow or fuckin' purple...I will not have anyone being disrespectable towards their teammates on this team. My team."
"You have to get to know her."...He pauses..."That is an order, Tony."
"This is complete bullshit!"
Gibbs stands up…"You think I like being grabbed by the balls and told what to do by the SecNav!?"
Tony turns and walks towards the door..."Not unless you've switched sides and now are batting for hometeam, Boss."...Tony opens the door.
Gibbs sits back down…"Give it a week, if it doesn't work, I'll transfer her to second team.
Tony pauses…then leaves through the door.
"Close it, DiNozzo!"
Tony grabs the door and slams it shut.
Tony leans against the railing as Gibbs door opens and he limps out to him…"What, want to push someone else on me?"
"Sucks, doesn't it?"
Tony nods.
"McGee went undercover in the Russian mob."
"What? Does McGee even speak Russian?"
Gibbs nods..."Indeed, for his lately book."
"He wrote another book?"
"You're the main character Tony."
"Agent Tommy finally got his own team?"…Tony looks up…"Probie."…Tony rubs his head…"I'll find him, Boss."
Gibbs starts walking away…"I know."…He stops, turns and tosses Tony's a flash drive.
"Shit, this is old school, Gibbs."
"If you hadn't noticed, I am old school."
"More like prehistoric school, Boss."
Gibbs shakes his head…"Have you seen Abby today?"
Tony shakes his head no.
"Go."…Gibbs walks back into his office.
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Tony walks into Abby's lab, Caitlin stands in her playpen.
"Aww, Katie, you're standing!"…He moves to her, setting the caf-pow on table, he picks her up…"You're such a big girl."...He hugs her.
Abby smiles watching from the across the room, standing at her masspectrometer.
"Tony."
"Talking too? Wow."
Abby laughs.
Tony looks at Abby…"Oh. Heh."
"What are you doing here?"…She moves over hugging them both, holding on…"I've missed you, Tony."
"I saw you 3 days ago, Abs."
She scoffs…"So?"
Tony shrugs…"How are things with you and Reid?"
She smiles…"Very good."
"I'm happy for you two."
"What are you doing here, Tony?"…She notices Tony wearing his gun…"Oh my God, are you back!?"
Tony nods.
"No way, is it about McGee?"
"Yes."
"Oh, taking over his role while he's undercover?"…She smiles…"Very sweet of you."
Abby walks over to her computer, Kate lifts her arms out, reaching for her…she starts to cry.
Tony starts rocking her…"Shh, it's ok, Katie."
"McGee is."…He shakes his head and stops…"What are your thoughts on Smith?"
"She's ok, I guess. Very cocky. Very. Ziva times 10, Tony, minus the crazy ninja skills."
Tony sighs…"Great, something else to worry about."
"Feelin' rusty?"…She grins…"I could lube you up."
"Heh. I'm married and you're in a committed relationship."
"I won't tell if you won't."…She grabs Bert and squeezes him…"He may be farting, but he's not talkin' either."…She laughs.
She reaches and grabs her caf-pow…she takes a drink…"I am glad your back, McGee was terrible when it came to caf-pows, I usually had to get my own!"
"That bastard!"
"I know."…She laughs then smiles…"You still do that thing where you cover the kids ears when you curse? That is sooooo cute."
Tony hands Caitlin to Abby…"It's good to have you back, Tony."…She hugs him with her free arm.
"Abigail…Anthony, how are you lad?"…Ducky said as he walked through the door.
"What's up, Ducky?"
"Just searching for Kim."
"Heh. Don't they usually get lost outside of the building, Duck?"
Duck chuckles…"Indeed, I sent her down her 10 minutes ago and she hasn't returned."
"She left about 5 minutes ago, Ducky."
Ducky nods his head…"Good thing you're here…I need to talk to you."
"Of course."
"I'll talk to you later, Abby."
Tony and Ducky leave and walk into the elevator, the doors close…"What do you know about McGee?"
"You mean, him being missing?"
Tony nods.
Ducky nods back…"I know."
"Do you know if Ruby knows?"
"I don't believe she does, Tony."
"Did you do anything for him…any bodies, etc?"
"Sorry, I didn't…I believe Reid and the new girl, I always forget her name….umm, Linda."
Tony shrugs…"Asking the wrong person, Ducky…I just see a junior probie."
"Aww, off on the wrong foot, eh?"
Tony nods.
The doors open…Ducky grabs Tony's arm…"There is one last thing you need to know about Timothy."
"What's that Ducky?"
"He…umm, really started to hit the bottle recently."
"What?"
"Vodka."
"Bad?"
"Real bad."
"McGeek?"
Ducky nods as he lets go of Tony's arm.
Tony stands in the squad room as the elevator doors close…"What the hell happened to this place since I left?"
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The brilliantly dressed man yelled in Russian cleaning the front of his suit, his cell rings, he takes it from his inside jacket pocket.
He answers while walking towards McGee, he's started to move again.
The man paces in front of McGee talking on the phone, occasionally raising his voice.
The man closes his cell..."Good news, Mr. federal agent."...He backhands him and starts to leave.
McGee starts to yell and the man laughs..."No one hear you!"
McGee turns his head, his eye socket is swollen, dried blood stains his cheek...he looks around the room, he shakes his entire body, back and forth, until his chair walks to the side.
The man hears this and comes back into the room. McGee lies on his side.
The man walks over to him and kneels..."Fall and go boom?"
The man stands and unzips his pants and starts to urinate on McGee's head, the whole time the man laughs.
"You fucker!"
He continues to laugh.
"I hope you get your dick caught in your zipper, you motherfucker!"
He finishes and zips his pants..."Nyet!"...He laughs again.
The man walks back towards the door..."You should glad I didn't have to take shit!"
McGee continues to struggle trying to get loose.
"Now have more fun...at your expense."...He opens the door and leaves.
"You're dead, asshole...I don't care if I live or die, but you're FUCKING DEAD!!"
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"They're up, Boss."
Tony stood from his chair and looked at the plasma.
Reid moves to the side of the plasma..."This is Vitali Popoff, he's the leader of Russians, he heads the Popoff organization. His nickname is the Wolf."...A short grayish haired man, superbly dressed standing by a stretch limo. He has expensive taste, beluga caviar, Cuban cigars, etceteras, etceteras.
Reid clicks a button…"Other members of the 'Wolf's Den'…include this man, he's Popoff's enforcer…Oleg Volka, he's hardcore. Known drug dealer, extortion, prostitution…has a thing for blondes."…He clicks the button and pictures of multiple women with their throat's cut are seen.
"Damn."…Smith expressed as she looked away.
"What else, Reid?"
"He has at least 50 soldiers, referred as the Wolfpack. All ex-Russian army, including a few ex-KGB. Volka, was Russian Spetsnaz."
Tony shakes his head…"Of course. What does this have to do with us!?"
"DiNozzo."…Gibbs makes a come here gesture with his right hand.
Tony moves up the stairs.
"1200 pieces of Dragonskin body armor was stolen from Naval supply ship on it's way to the Middle East 7 weeks ago, about 4 weeks ago, a Russian man by the name of Marko Zinkova was killed in a bank robbery, he was wearing a suit of it. Before he died, he revealed he was part of a group of freedom fighters who stole them…his last word was one word…'Wolf'."
"Ducky told me there weren't any bodies."
"There wasn't, it was all part of McGee's cover…I brought Ducky in the same day as you."
"Have you told Ruby about anything?"
"No, she's totally in the dark."
Tony turns and heads down the stairs.
"Reid, go get Ruby and Timmy."…Reid grabs his gear and moves towards the elevator.
Tony heads towards his desk…"What the hell you waiting on Smith, go with him."
"Me?"
"No, the other agent Smith!"
"Oh…uh, what?"
"Move your ass, Probie!"…Reid yelled from the elevator.
She quickly makes her way into the elevator.
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Reid and Smith arrive outside McGee's house.
They walk up to the front door and knock; the door opens as Reid hits it.
Reid draws his weapon..."Federal Agent!"...Reid opens the door wider with his right elbow, the place is totaled.
"Ruby!? Timmy!?"
No response.
Reid enters the house and walks through the living room; there's a blood smear on the wall leading into the kitchen.
"Ruby? Timmy!?"
Reid moves into the kitchen, there's blood on the counter...a butcher knife is missing from the cutlery block.
Smith walks into the kitchen..."No one is here, Spencer."...she lowers her weapon.
Reid takes out his cell and dials..."Boss, bad news."
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Tony walked out of McGee's front door, he runs his fingers through his hair.
Smith stands outside talking to a Metro police officer.
"Boss?
Tony looks down at his feet, he looks up into the sun and slides on his shades.
"Boss?"…Reid walks up behind Tony…"Are you ok?"…He hands him a bag.
"No, Doc."…Tony just stood there…"You two go see if Timmy was at school."…He pauses…"Please be at school."
Reid nods his head, he then walks towards Smith. He taps her on the shoulder and moves his head towards the car.
They get in and drive off.
Tony brings the bag up to his face…inside are swabs of blood samples from inside the house.
Tony shakes his head…"You weren't meant for this, McGee."
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Volka sat in front of McGee eating a bowl of borsch.
He turns his head and looks down at McGee…"Eat some?"
"I hope you fucking choke on it."
"You not very nice."
"Fuck you, asshole."
A man yells from the other side of the door in Russian.
Volka laughs as McGee's eye widens.
"Ah, me forget, you speak Russian."
The door slams open and the man pushes Ruby into the room.
Volka grabs her by the hair and yanks her into him.
He smells her hair…"Good."
He nods to the man…"Pick him up."
The man moves to McGee and lifts him up.
Volka grips Ruby by the hair and moves her so she's looking at McGee…"Look!"
She starts to cry…"Shh, its ok, baby."
"Cut out his other eye!"
"Nooooooooo!"…Ruby yelled.
Volka turns her and smacks her face…"Cut her then."
"Don't you fucking touch her!"…McGee face turns a darker red, tears start to fall from his eye.
The man takes out a combat knife and moves to Ruby, he places the knife to her neck and slightly moves it, drawing some blood.
"Stop it!"
Volka moves his finger to Ruby neck, gathering the blood on his finger, he brings it to his mouth…he smiles…"Where is it?"
McGee lowers his head, he doesn't respond.
"H-h-help me, Tim."
Volka smiles…"Bring me the boy."
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Tony steps off the elevator.
"Anything DiNozzo?"
Tony looks up, Gibbs stands on the balcony drinking his coffee.
"Just dropped off the samples to Abby, sent Reid to see if Timmy was at school."
"Don't beat yourself over this, DiNozzo. I thought he was ready, too."
"He was ready, Boss…just not for that."
"Then he wasn't ready."…Gibbs turns and walks back into his office.
Tony moves to in front of his desk, he stops…"Fuck it."
He moves to the elevator and pushes the button. The doors open, Reid and Smith stand inside.
"Timmy wasn't at school, the principal said his mother pulled him out earlier this morning."
"Damn."…Tony gets into the elevator, pushing them back.
"We going somewhere, Boss?"
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The man moves over to Volka and whispers something in his ear.
"What!?"
McGee looks up at him eagerly.
"Your boy is dead."
McGee lowers his head…"No, no, god no."
"He's not dead, Tim."
McGee looks at Ruby.
Volka yanks on her hair hard, she screams.
He moves his left hand around her throat…"Where is he?"
"N-n-never!"…She spits in his face.
He lets go of her hair and wipes the spit from his face, then licks his hand…."She tastes good."
He quickly turns her around so he's looking into her eyes…"Where is he?"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck me?"…He laughs…."No, fuck you!"…He grabs her by the throat and pushes her against the wall.
He looks down at her skirt…"I love easy access."…He moves his hand under her skirt and grabs her panties and rips them off.
"Don't fucking touch her!"
"Shut 'im up, Nikolai."
The man punches McGee in the face, then again, then again…"R-r-r-r-ube."…He punches him again, McGee's head falls.
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Tony and crew arrive outside a fenced gate.
Tony pushes the button...Tony then looks up at the camera that's on the fence.
"May I help you?"...A muffled voice from the speaker.
"I'm here to talk to Vitali Popoff."
"One moment."
A few minutes pass.
"He told me to tell you he's not home right now."
"How could he tell you to tell me he's not home right now if he's not home?"
"Umm, sir, I'm not exactly sure."
"Who are you?"
"John Hopkins Williams III, the butler, sir."
"Ok, go tell popfuck if he doesn't let me in, I'm gonna blow up his fucking house."
"Sir?"
"Remember to use the work fuck, Jeeves."
"One moment, sir."
"You're gonna blow up his house? With what!?"
"Don't you know Smith, Boss has an RPG in the trunk."
"Really!?"
"Yeah, it's right next to the nuclear reactor, which powers the car."
Tony turns to Reid..."Wow, when did you get your degree from Smartass U, Doc?"
Reid smirks..."Too much time with you, Boss."
Tony leans over..."By the way, I might have an RPG in the trunk."
"Really?"
Tony chuckles.
The gate starts to open.
"Wow, that actually worked."...Smith said shockingly.
"There is no greater power than fear, Probie."
Tony shrugs..."I dunno, Doc...the word fuck had a lot to do with it, I think."
Reid nods..."I'll remember that, Boss."
"You two are crazy."
"Don't you mean you two are fucking crazy, Smith?"
Tony laughs as he drives through the gate..."Nice one, Doc."
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Volka turns zipping up his pants, Ruby lied on the ground, her knees into her chest, her whole body shaking.
"Wake him."
Nikolai grabbed a bucket of water and poured it on McGee's head.
"Wakey wakey."
McGee gasped as he awakes. He spits out blood and water.
"For last time...where is it?"
"Go to hell."
Volka moves to Ruby, grabbing her hair and pulling her up by it, her legs shake and are extremely weak. He grips more of her hair and yanks her up, she drops to her knees.
"Where is IT?"
"Ru-by."...Tears flow from Tim's eye..."I don't have anything, I swear to god."
Volka pulls back on Ruby's hair and moves his head down kissing her lips.
"Nikolai, come...hold her."
Nikolai moves to Ruby and grabs her around the neck from behind.
Volka moves to behind McGee, he places his knife on McGee's throat.
"Where is boy?"
Ruby's head falls, Nikolai pulls hard on it...she groans as he holds her head up with his free arm.
"Where is boy?"...Volka starts to slice into McGee's throat.
"Please stop! Please!"
"Where the fuck is boy!?"
"Don't tell him, Ruby!"
"I will fuckin' kill him!"
"Then kill me asshole!"
He starts slicing McGee's throat...blood starts to seep out of the wound.
"Ziva has him...Ziva."
Volka stops..."Ziva? Who this Ziva?"
Volka puts his hand on McGee's throat, blood runs on his hand...he moves to Ruby, he kneels in front of her, he places his hand on her face, smearing blood over her face..."Where?"
Ruby is silent.
"WHERE!?"
Ruby remains silent.
"Nikolai, kill her."
"NOOOOOOOO!"...McGee yelled.
Volka turns and looks at McGee..."Where?"
"Don't hurt her!"
"Where!?"
McGee starts to stutter.
Volka stands and moves to the side of McGee..."Last chance...where?"
"No. NO!"
"Nikolai."
Nikolai pulls a knife and slices Ruby's throat, blood pours and sprays out, hitting McGee in the face.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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Tony knocked on the door.
"Wow, that door is bigger than my apartment."
Reid turns to her..."Probably nicer, too."
She gasps..."You can't say that to me!"...She grabs Tony's jacket and pulls on it..."Can he?"
"He just did."
She sighs.
A man opens the door..."May I help you?"
"Jeeves?"
"Pardon me?"
"You're excused."...As Tony walks into the house.
"Sir!"
Tony walks straight, looks right, then takes a left..."A man could get lost in this piece of shit."...Tony knocks over a lamp..."Just a note guys, to find your way out, follow the destruction."
"Got it, Boss."
Smith shakes her head..."He's fucking insane."
"Now you're catching, Melinda."
Reid and Smith follow the line of destruction...Tony stands in a large room looking at a picture.
"Who's that, Boss?"
"I dunno, but he sure is one ugly motherfucker."...Tony said in an Austrian accent.
Reid laughs..."Love that movie, Boss."
"What movie?"
Tony turns his head..."Get to da choppa!"
Reid laughs.
"What!?"...Smith looks really confused.
"Damn probies."
"What is the meaning of this?"
A man dressed in suit walks into the room..."Who are you?"
"Vitali Popfuck?"
"Popoff."
"Popfuck, Popoff...same difference."...Tony moves to him...he leans into him..."Where's my agent?"
"Excuse me?"
"What, are you deaf, too? Where is my fucking agent?"
"Get out of my house!"
Tony shakes his hand in front of his face..."Fine, anything to get away from your ass breath."...Tony moves towards the door..."I'll always been around, Popoff...always."
Reid and Smith follow Tony as he turns left, the sound of something breaking is heard... "Oops, wrong way."
Tony walks back past the doorway..."Yes, yes...there's it is."...Reid and Smith follow closely behind.
Popoff bring his hand to his mouth and breaths into it and sniffs, then curses in Russian.
"Get me Volka!"
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"Where is the microfilm!?"
McGee lowers his head...tears flow from his eye..."Damn you. Goddamn you."...He softly repeats over and over again.
Volka backhands McGee and moves to the table. Ruby's body lays motionless on the floor, a large pool of blood spread out from under her head.
Volka grabs the blowtorch and lights it.
He brings it over to McGee..."Where is the microfilm?"
"Fuck you."
He moves the blowtorch under his chin and holds it there.
McGee flexes his neck muscles, trying to fight the urge to scream.
"Smell that, hmmm?"
"I don't fucking have it!"
"Liar! We have film of you takin' photos!"
There's a knock on the door, Volka pulls away the blowtorch and sets it on the table..."Nikolai."
Nikolai moves over the door and slides open the eye slot.
The butler stands there..."Mr. Popoff wants Mr. Volka immediately."...He slides the opening shut.
Nikolai says something in Russian to Volka.
"Watch him."...He moves to the door and leaves.
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Tony sits on the hood of his car watching as Volka watching towards the front of Popoff's house.
"Who is that, Reid?"
"I think that's Oleg Volka."
"His name is Vodka? What a fucking asshole."
"It's Volka, Boss."
Tony shrugs..."He's still an asshole."
Tony's cell rings..."DiNozzo."
"I just got a call...please tell me you just didn't go into Popoff's house and harass him, Tony."
"I just didn't go into Popoff's house and harass him, Boss...it was more like I pissed me off, wouldn't you say that Reid?"...Turning his head to Reid.
Reid nods.
"Yeah, Reid agrees with me, Gibbs...I definitely pissed him more off than harassed him."
"What the hell are you doing?"
"When you get mad, you do things you normally don't do."
"Are you trying to kill McGee!?"
"I'm trying to find him, Boss."
"Then do it."
Click
Tony lowers his phone and sighs..."Where the fuck are you McGee?"
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Several hours pass, Tony continues to sit on the hood of his car, his arms crossed. He looks down at his watch. 9:48 p.m. He raises his head and stares at the house.
"Boss, Smith is missing."
Tony turns his head..."What?"
She went to go to the bathroom and hasn't come back.
"Maybe she had to number 2, Reid."
"For an hour?"
"Maybe she had Mexican for lunch."...Tony stands..."Have you tried calling her cell?"
Reid nods.
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McGee sobs looking at his wife on the floor.
"Shut up already!"...Nikolai yelled.
McGee's entire body shakes.
Nikolai moves over to McGee pulling out a gun and holds it against his head..."Shut up!"
McGee continues to sob.
Nikolai cocks the gun..."Now!"
Smith walks along the exterior of the guest house...she moves to a door and tries the handle it's locked, she smashes one of the pane of glass with her elbow..."Maybe now, I'll get some respect."
Nikolai hears this and moves to McGee; he backhands him with the gun, knocking him out.
Smith moves through a corridor, she looks down, a red-light shines on her chest.
"What the hell is that?"
She looks up, Nikolai stands in a doorway, his laser-sighted gun pointed at her.
He yells at her in Russian.
She puts up her fists.
He smiles, then shoots her in the chest, knocking her back. She falls.
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"What the hell was that?"...Tony and Reid run quickly to the guesthouse.
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Nikolai moves over to Smith, he points his gun at her. She opens her eyes and kicks his gun out of his hand.
She quickly gets to her feet and does a spinning back kick, knocking Nikolai into the wall.
She laughs..."You messed with the wrong person."
She kicks him in the stomach and he doesn't flinch, he quickly stands...she kicks him again.
He smirks...He grabs her by the throat and shoves her into the wall and starts choking her, she tries to kick him, turning her body, he grabs her in a full choke hold and snaps her neck, killing her.
Tony kicks the door in; Nikolai lets go of Smith and goes for his gun. Tony fires hitting Nikolai in the chest 3 times, killing him.
Tony moves over to Smith, her eyes wide open. He kneels by her.
"God."...He runs his fingers over her face, closing her eyes. He lowers his head.
"Boss, I found McGee."
Tony stands and moves towards Reid's voice...Tony moves into a door and sees Ruby lying on the floor...he kneels, pushing her onto her back...he lowers his head, he takes off his jacket and lays it across her upper body.
Reid leans over McGee, he lifts his head, checking for a pulse..."He's alive, Boss...he's in really bad shape."
Tony takes out his cell and dials...
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Tony hangs up his phone and kneels behind McGee cutting away the plastic restraints from his hands, McGee falls forward, Reid catches him.
"Shh."...Tony stood up.
Several men speaking Russian are heard outside the door. Tony draws his weapon, he pushes down with his hand. Reid lies McGee on the ground and goes for his weapon.
Tony points at Reid and then at McGee, he grabs the blowtorch and moves towards the door, the voices getting louder.
Tony tosses it out the doors, automatic weapon fire fills the guesthouse quickly followed by an explosion. Tony quickly moves out the door, 2 men lie on the ground, bleeding and burned.
Tony moves over to them, firing twice, 1 in each head.
Tony moves back in the room..."I'm done fucking around, lets go, Reid."
Tony picks up McGee and carries him over his left shoulder.
"If you see anything that looks like a Russian...shoot it, Reid."
Reid draws his weapon and moves out the door, Tony follows him closely behind.
They move out of guest house as a limo drives off.
"Shoot it, Reid."
"Boss?"
Tony sidesteps Reid and fires upon the limo, striking it multiple times...Reid then opens fire as 2 Russian bodyguards come out of the front door of the main house.
Tony quickly turns, he steps towards them, he fires striking one in the chest, he's pushed back into the doorway.
Tony continues moving forward, he fires again, striking one in the neck, dropping him to his knees, he gurgles, his mouth filled with blood. Tony moves to him, pressing the muzzle against his forehead, he fires.
Tony kneels, letting McGee slide off his shoulder. He moves to the man in the doorway, he kicks away his weapon and grabs him around the throat, pulling him into the doorway.
"Where did they go?"
The man is silent.
Tony positions the man's head in the doorway, he holds him by collar of his shirt, he grabs the door with his other man.
"Where did they go?"
"You won't do it!"
"Oh, really?"
Tony slams the door into the man's head, then again.
"Fuckin' crazy!"
"Where the fuck did they go?"
"I don't know."
Tony slams his head again, then again, then again until his there's a sickening crack and blood everywhere.
Tony lets go of his collar and moves to McGee picking him back up, he moves towards Reid.
"What was that?"
"IHOF."
"IHOF?"
"International house of FUBAR."
"FUBAR?"
"Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition."
An ambulance is heard in the distant..."I definitely don't want to eat there, Boss."
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"Hang in there, Tim."…Tony stands behind the ambulance; Reid sits in the back next to McGee.
"Don't let him out of your sight, Reid, even if he's in surgery. I'm serious, if he's in surgery, your ass in his surgical scrubs standing next to his ass, got it!?"
Reid nods, Tony then slams the door of the ambulance and bangs on it with his fist, the ambulance speeds off.
Tony turns; Tony looks at his blood soaked hands. The cell rings, he slowly answers it.
"Tony?"
Tony swallows hard.
"DiNozzo?!"
"They're dead, Boss."
"What?! Who? What's going on?"
"They're gonna pay, they're all gonna fuckin' pay….I'm gonna get 'em…I'm gonna get 'em all."
"What in the hell are you talking about DiNozzo!? Get who!?"
Tony moves towards the guesthouse…"I'm gonna get 'em and I'm fuck 'em! Fuck 'em SO good!"
"Tony, please don't do anything stupid."
Tony sighs…"Send Ducky."…Tony said softly and then slowly closes his cell.
Tony's cell rings again, but Tony doesn't answer it as he walks back inside the guesthouse.
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Reid's cell rings…"Where the hell are you?"
The paramedic looked up at Reid…"Please turn that off, it could interfere with the medical equipment."
"Medical equipment!?"
Reid clears his throat…"McGee's in really bad shape, Director."…He pauses…."Agent Smith is dead, so is McGee's wife."
"W-w-what…what the fuck happened?"
"Sir!"…The paramedic yelled.
"All hell broke loose, Director."
Click
Gibbs sits at his desk and shakes his head. He picks up his phone and starts to dial.
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20 minutes later…
Tony kneels to the side of Ruby's body…he extends his hand and places it on her forehead…"I'm sorry."
A vehicle pulls up outside, Tony draws his weapon and moves through the door towards the front of the guesthouse.
"Anthony!?"
Tony puts away his Sig and moves out the door. Ducky and Kim stand in front of the house…"You called, lad?"
Tony nods…"Good, got a couple LEOs with you."…A police cruiser pulls up behind the NCIS truck.
Tony lowers his head…Ducky moves over to him…"What is it, Anthony, you've seen dead bodies before."
Tony sighs…"Gibbs didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"Ruby's dead."
"Heaven's no! How!?"
"Smith is dead, too."
Ducky shakes his head as Tony starts to walk past them, Ducky grabs his arm…"Where are you going, Anthony?"
"I think you know, Ducky."
"Tony."…Ducky moves a finger to Tony's forehead…"Make sure that's clear."
Tony looks down at Ducky…"I don't want it clear…I want to unleash it."…He pauses as Ducky finally lets go of his arm.
Tony walks a few steps and stops…"Ducky…thanks."
"Be safe."
Tony clears his throat and turns around, taking out his wallet…he pulls a photo out of it and moves to Ducky and hands him it.
"Aww, Tali."…He smiles…"What a beautiful little lass."
"Toda."
Ducky smirks…"Good thing she gets her looks from her mother, hmm?"
Tony puts away his wallet…"I'll be back to get a photo of Vanessa from you."
Ducky takes off his hat…"I'm keeping you to your word, Anthony."
Tony turns and quickly moves to his car.
"Kimberly, my bag…if you would, my dear."
"Of course, Doctor."
Ducky walks into the guesthouse and stops, he takes off his glasses and takes out a handkerchief from his pocket and cleans them…he sighs.
"Are you ok, Dr. Mallard?"
"Aww, of course… it's just you never do get used to that smell."
"Smell?"
"Death, Kimberly. Death."
"Oh."
Ducky puts his glasses back on and continues on into the guesthouse.
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Several hours later, a extremely bloody Tony walks into the hospital and walks up to the front desk, a woman is sitting behind it..."I'm looking for Tim McGee."
"Sir, are you alright?"
"What?"
"Sir, you have blood all over you."
Tony looks down..."Oh, it's not mine."
"Sir?"
Tony takes out his badge to her..."Tim McGee, please."
"He's in surgery."...She looks at his badge..."Mr. DiNozzo."
"For what?"
"He had a stroke, brought on by a broken blood vessel in his brain."
Tony lowers his head and runs his fingers through his hair..."I need to talk to his doctor."
"I'll page the MD on call. One second, please."...She picks up the phone and presses a button..."Dr. Clatta please report to the ER front desk, thank you."...She hangs up the phone..."She should be right with you, Sir."
Tony starts to pace back and forth in front of the front desk.
"You called me, Jess?"
A redheaded woman walks to the front desk..."He's wanting information on the NCIS agent who came in hours ago, Doctor."
She turns to Tony..."How can I help you?"
"What happened to him?"
"Intracerebral hemorrhage."
"I know that, but what caused it?"
"It seems he was struck in the head numerous times, it could've been caused by any of them...with each hit he received his blood vessel became more fragile and it finally let go."
"This surgery will repair this?"
"I do believe we caught it in time, Sir."
She puts her hand on his arm and pulls away quickly..."Sir, are you bleeding?"
"No, it's not mine."
"Sir, you're gonna need to take those off immediately if you plan on staying in the hospital."
"Jess, if you would."
"Right away, Doctor."
"No need, I'm not done yet."
"Sir?"
"Personal matter."
Tony pauses..."Take good care of him."
"We will, Sir."
"Treat him like he's the President of the United States."
"We treat all our patients the same."
"Like the President of the United States."
Tony turns and leaves, he walks through the circular hospital doors, his face goes from plain to anger instantly.
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Tony sat in his car, he takes out his Sig and sits it on the passenger seat, he moves his hands in front of him, palms up...he stares at his blood stained hands, he closes his eyes and sighs.
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Tony stood in the moonlight, the light shined on his graying hair. He stood in front of a large rundown building, only a couple lights littered the whole complex.
He takes out his cell..."I'm here, Abs...you sure about this?"
"Yeah, Popoff owns Club Kiev, Tony."
"Thanks, Abby."...Click..."It looks like a shithole."
Tony walks up to the door, a large man stands at the door.
"Private party."...He bellowed in a Russian accent.
Tony moved forward, the man put his hand on Tony's chest. Tony slowly moved his head down looking at his hand.
"I said private party."
Tony grabs his hand and yanks it back and pulls him back towards the wall..."Do...not...touch...me."
The man reaches out with his left hand and grabs Tony's hand.
Tony moves his left hand to his neck and squeezes his carotid artery.
"I said don't fucking touch me."
Tony moves his hand to his head and swiftly snaps it, breaking his neck.
The man falls to the ground; Tony steps over him and opens the door.
Loud music escapes from the door, the interior is colored in a red tint.
Tony walks up to a waitress..."Popoff?"
She gestures to the back with her head, saying nothing.
Tony moved slowly in that direction, another large man stood at the door.
Tony moved to in front of him..."Move."
He laughs.
Tony shoves his thumb into his throat, dropping him to his knees. He grabs his hair and smashes the back of his head into the door over and over again until there's blood all over the door.
The door opens, the man falls through the door.
"Malikai!"
He kneels checking on him, the muzzle of Tony's gun presses against his head.
"Where's Popoff?"
The man looks up...the muzzle of the gun is now on his forehead.
"Don't make me ask again."
"P-p-please, don't kill me."
Tony cocks his gun.
"No, no...please."
Tony pulls the trigger.
A gun falls to the ground out of the man's hand.
Tony kicks him down and walks past him.
"Popoff...where are you?"
A man yells in Russian...the bolts of AK-47's are heard loading.
Gunfire blasts through a door.
Tony kneels behind a wall, he looks up as gunfire continues to fire, seeing a fire extinguisher. He grabs it and moves back against the wall, the fire stops and he turns and tosses the fire extinguisher at the door and he opens fire on it, it explodes blowing the door off the hinges, he walks through the door and fires twice, hitting both AK-47 wielders in the head.
The fire alarm goes off.
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Tony stood looking up at the wall, the deafening screech blared from red rectangular box.
Tony aimed and fired at it, the sound evaporates in the immediate area.
Tony now looking at the ceiling..."No sprinklers? Tsk, tsk, tsk...that's a violation, I'm gonna have to get the fire department to shut you down."
Something moved in the corner, Tony raised his weapon..."Come out with your arms raised!"
"Don't shoot!"...A woman yelled.
Tony strafed to his left, his firearm still aimed into the corner..."Come out now!"
A woman with long black hair rises from the corner with her hands raised above her head.
"What's your name?"
"Anna, I'm a waitress."
Tony continues to aim his weapon at her..."Why don't I believe you?"
"What!?"
Tony moves to her..."If you lower your arms, I will kill you."
Tony grabs her by the wrist and tosses her into the wall and presses his body against hers. He grabs her skirt and rips it off and quickly turns her around."
"Love the thong, just not the gun."
Tony reaches into the front of her panties and pulls out a small gun.
She looks down at him..."You found my hiding spot."...She quickly kicks him, Tony flips backwards, rolling back to his knees.
She holds a knife in her hand.
"Heh. Do I want to know where that was hidden?"
She takes a step forward as she twirls the knife between her fingers, Tony just smiles.
She stands straight up..."You're the first person who's ever smiled at the thought of me with a knife."
Tony stands..."Heh."
"What?"
Tony shakes his head and just grins.
She laughs..."I like you, it's sad that I have to kill you."
"Aww, that's too bad, we were just getting to know each other."
She smiles..."How come I never meet men like you?"
Tony continues to grin..."Oh, I dunno...gun plus vagina equals scary? Heh."
"And yet it doesn't frighten you?"
Tony shakes his head left to right...he chuckles..."Nope...in fact, it turns me on."
She sighs sweetly.
"So...umm, where's your boss?"
"Do you really need to talk about him?"
"Yeah, sorry...but he has information I need, plus...he has to die."
"Oh really?"
Tony nods.
"Are you dating anyone?"
"Heh. Umm, I'm married."
"I repeat...are you dating anyone?"
Tony laughs..."You don't scare me, babe...but my wife does."
"You're not scared of a woman with 10 years of Spetsnaz training, but you're afraid of your wife?"...She laughs..."Afraid she'll kill you in your sleep?"
Tony thinks for a second..."Great, something else to worry about!"...he pauses..."Thanks a lot."
"For what?"
"Now I have to sleep with one eye open all the time now."
"Huh?"
"Exactly!"
"You've lost me."
"Hey, you speak English well...better than the other 4 or 5 Russian dudes I've killed."
"I'm a spy, it's what I do."
Tony laughs..."You could be a Bond girl or something."
She smiles..."You do know my boss is probably getting away."
"It's ok, you're gonna tell me where he went."
She laughs..."Oh am I?"
Tony nods..."Shall we begin?"
"Oh, I'd hate to mess up that face."
"Yeah, your blood is gonna be all over the place."..."Heh, I'm a poet and didn't know it."
"You know, you never did answer my question."
"Which was?"
"Are you dating anyone?"
Tony laughs..."You don't give up easily...do ya?"
"Un uh."...She pauses..."Well?"...She smiles.
"Sorry, my manwhore days are over."
"Aww, too bad."…She takes a step forward…"I will end your life quickly."
"Thanks."…Tony holds up his gun…"I'm at a clear advantage here."
She moves the tip of her knife to the middle fingers and pokes it, drawing blood…she lightly sucks on her finger.
"Ok, that was a little odd."
She continues to suck on her finger…she slides it out and quickly throws her knife at Tony, Tony turns as the knife flies past him and sticks into the wall. He quickly turns back towards her, she knocks the gun from his hand, her other hand now on Tony's face, her blood drips down his cheek as she pushes him back, he falls, putting his foot in her stomach, he tosses her backwards, she slams into the wall, then falls on her head.
"Ow, that had to hurt."…Tony stood and turned towards her.
She rises moving her head side to side, cracking her neck. She moves towards Tony throwing punch after punch, Tony dodge and blocks all of them.
She takes a step back and rips off her top, she stands wearing only bra and panties.
"Problems?
"No, why do you ask?"…She said winded.
"Need to take a break?"
She grabs he knife from the wall…"Nope."
"You sure? Maybe you wanna suck on your finger again?"…He pauses…"Or do you want to suck on something else?"
"You offering?"
He looks down at the ground at his gun…"Sure."…He leans down to pick up his gun as she charges in, knife in hand. She slashes aggressively numerous times, cutting Tony on his chest.
She backs up and smiles…"Got ya."
Tony pulls open his white dress shirt revealing his Dragonskin…"Sorry, Annie."
"What, you're military!?"
"Kinda."
"Kinda?"
"NCIS."
"Oh."…She pauses…"No wonder Volka."…She catches herself and stops.
"Don't stop on my account."
She laughs…"You almost got me…almost."
"Out of curiosity aren't you a little cold?"
"I was born in Siberia."
"My condolences."
She looks down and sees Tony's gun…"Fortune smiles upon me."…She kneels and starts to extend her hand.
"I wouldn't do that, if I was you."
She stops…"And why is that?"
"Ok, do it then."
She moves her hand to the gun and places her palm on the handle, suddenly a knife penetrates the top of her hand.
She quickly moves her hand up and pulls the knife out.
"What, you're not gonna lick that, too?"
She stands, holding both knives…blood pours down her arm.
"You might wanna get that looked at, it might get infected."
"Shut up."
"I was just thinking of your well being."
"Are you for real?"
"Hey, don't come running to me and complain when your hand is infected and oozing out green puss."
"Who are you?"
Tony face goes plain…"Pain."
"Pain?"
Tony moves forward, she raises her hand…"Stop!"
Tony continues moving forward…"I said stop!"
Tony grabs her around the throat and pushes her back into the wall and squeezes, she stabs both knives into his gut, he squeezes harder.
Her mouth opens as she stares into his eyes in disbelief. She attempts to pull the knives out, but they're caught in the Dragonskin.
"Next time, goes for the thigh or face when someone is wearing body armor…oh wait, there won't be a next time."
Tony quickly turns her away from the wall and drops her to the ground next to his gun, he picks it up as he continues to squeeze her throat. He lets go and sits on her chest, his inner thighs grasping her head tightly.
She finally gets a breathe of air as Tony aims the gun at her head.
"Where is Popoff? Volka?"
She struggles, kneeing Tony in the back…he pushes up on her chin with his other hand, her neck cracks… "Where. Are. They?"
"You wanted to suck something, didn't ya?"…Tony forces the gun into her mouth.
She continues to knee him in the back.
He cocks the gun.
She stops kneeing him…he pulls the gun out of her mouth…"Fuck you."
Tony shoves the gun back into her mouth, breaking her front teeth…he pulls the trigger twice, a massive load of blood engulfs Tony.
"No, fuck you, lady."
Tony rose from her body; the front of him covered in blood. He stands over her…"No, I'm not dating anyone."
Tony walked towards the back of the room and opened the door. A man cowered in the back corner.
"Aww, Mr. Popoff."
"Where's Anna?"
"Oh, she had to go, something about needing some iron in her diet."
"What do you want from me?"
Tony takes a step forward…"Aren't you suppose to be a ruthless Russian gang lord?"
He raises his hands up above his head…"I'm unarmed."
"That's too bad."
"What?"
Tony fires through his right hand, it bleeds all over his suit as he pulls it to his body, holding it with his other hand.
"What the fuck are you doing?"
"Where's Volka?"
"W-why?"
"Hold out your other hand."
Popoff lowers his head…"I said hold out your other fucking hand!"
Tony moves to him, holding the muzzle of his gun to his forehead.
"Please, don't do this."
"You have 3…2...1."
"Stop, I'll talk…I'll talk."…He extends his hands, grabbing Tony's Dragonskin.
Tony grabs his left wrist and yanks it upwards and moves his gun quickly and fires through the palm of his hand.
"Fuck!"
Tony kneels…"This is your last chance…where…is…Volka?"
"S-s-s-stop man, he went after someone name Viva or something!"
"Do you mean Ziva!?"…Tony moves the gun back to his head and cocks it.
"Yes, yes, that's it."
"Thank you."
Popoff lets out of a sigh of relief as Tony stands.
"Popoff?"
Popoff raised his head looking at Tony, Tony unloads the rest of his clip, shooting him in the face over and over again, blood splatters all over the room. Tony pops out the expired clip and slides in a new one; he pulls back on the slide and fires another round into his face.
Tony turns, walking out of the room; he takes out his cell…he dials…
Tony moved swiftly through the club back towards the way he came in.
Tony is tackled by a man yelling at him in Russian, he drops his cell phone.
The man holds a riot stick, he presses the handle and a spark jumps from the end, he laughs deeply.
Tony lied watching..."You speak English?"
The man doesn't acknowledge him.
Tony rises to his feet...the man starts spin the riot stick around his hand, swinging it through the air with much grace and flair.
Tony nods to him, then pulls his Sig and fires, striking him in the head. The man falls backwards, Tony moves to him, picking up the riot stick..."Sorry, I don't do any tricks."...He shoves the riot stick into his mouth and turns it on, the man's body shakes and convulsives.
Tony turns and moves to his cell, he picks it up...he flips it open, it's broken..."Damn it!"
Tony runs out the front door, the sound of police closing in on his location. He moves to his car and jumps in and pulls out backwards, then quickly turning left and throwing it into drive, he peels away quickly.
Tony touches a button on the center console, a computer screen pops out..."Connecting..."...is shown on the screen.
"Come on, come on."
"Error."
"Son-of-a-bitch!"...Tony hits the screen..."Work damn it!"
Again it says, "Connecting..."…But yet again it says..."Error."
Tony slams shut the screen and hits the accelerator.
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Tony turns onto his street; police and ambulance are outside his house.
Tony slams on the brakes and jumps out his car.
"Sir, this is police business."...As Tony walks his house rather quickly.
"I live here, get out of my way."
Tony runs through the police line into the house.
"Sir!"
"Tony!"
Tony looks to his right; Ziva sits on the couch wearing a towel.
Tony moves to her..."Are you hurt? The kids!?"
"We're fine, Tony."...Tony hugs her, transferring blood to the towel.
"What's going on!?"...He hugs her again and kisses her..."I thought I lost you."...Tony voice starts to crack.
"Sir, are you ok?"
"What?"...Tony said softly.
"You're covered in blood, Sir."
Tony looks down... "Oh, it's not mine."
"What did you do Tony?"
Tony lowers his head..."I made them pay."
"Pay for what!?"
"Ruby's dead."
"I know."
Tony looks up..."Huh?"
She nods..."Gibbs told me and before you ask, Timmy is fine."
"What!?"
"He's in the kitchen."
"But how?"
"Ruby dropped him off this afternoon."
"Why are there police here then?"
"A man attacked us."
"Are you ok!? The kids!?"...Tony hugs and kisses her again.
"We're fine, Tony. Calm down. Shhh, it's ok."
"Sir, he's in the backyard."
Tony lets go of Ziva..."Who's in the backyard?
"I killed him, Tony. He attacked me in the pool."
"Killed who?"...Tony looks back at Ziva.
Tony moves towards the back of the house, he moves into the kitchen.
"Daddy!"
All the kids sit at the table..."Stay, I'll be back."...Sarah dropped from her seat with Tali in hand. She quickly moves to him.
Tony kneels, "Sarah."...He reaches out his hands, but pulls them back seeing his blood stained hands...he moves his lips to her forehead and kisses her..."Take care of everyone, ok?"
Sarah nods.
"T"
"Yeah, Dad?"
He nods to him.
"I know, Dad."
Tony walks through the back door, a man lies in the pool, face down.
"Turn him over."
"Sir?"
"I need to know who he is."
A man in a wetsuit turns him over...Tony just stares at him..."It's not Volka."
"Sir?"
Tony leaves through the house, he walks past the kids and into the front room, he moves to Ziva.
"I'll be back, baby."...He kisses her.
"Where are you going?"
"To finish it."
"Tony!"
"I'm sorry."...He kisses her again...he leans into her eat and whispers something...then quickly leaves.
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Tony continued to stare at his blood stained hands.
His cell rang...and again...and yet again...he finally answers it..."I found Volka, DiNozzo."
Tony clears his throat..."What's the address, Boss?"
"DiNozzo, wait for back-up."
"What back-up?"
"I'm coming."
"Boss?"
"You are not going to war alone, Tony. Not this time."...Gibbs pauses..."Pick me up outside of NCIS in 10 minutes."
Click
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Tony's car came to a sudden stop, he revved the engine.
A knock on the passenger window made Tony turn his head, Gibbs stood wearing a set of Dragonskin armor. Tony rolled down the window.
"What's the word, Boss?"
"Don't make me Dukes of Hazzard the door, DiNozzo."
Tony clicks the unlock door switch and Gibbs opens the door and climbs inside.
"What happened at Club Kiev, Tony?"
"Never heard of it, Boss."
"Cut the shit, you killed civilians!?"
Tony turns his head..."What?"
"They found a dead woman."
"Oh."...Tony pauses..."Anna."
"Anna?"
"Believe me, Boss...that bitch was not a civilian."
"Come again?"
"She was ex-Spetsnaz."
"She was Russian special forces?"
"So is Volka, where the fuck is he!?"...Tony pauses, shaking his head..."Sorry, Boss."
"Go straight, get on the beltway."
Tony puts the car into gear and drives off.
Gibbs pulls out his Sig and pops out the clip.
"When's the last time you fired that, Boss?"
"A long time ago, DiNozzo."
"Remind me to get you something when we stop."
"What would that be?"
"You'll see."
"How many fuckin' people did you kill at Club Kiev?"
"Not enough, Boss."...Tony floors it, passing cars like they're standing still.
"Where we going, Gibbs?"
"Uni-hospital."
Tony turns his head..."You shitting me?"
"We have to pick up, Reid."
"Why?"
"Volka has 30 or so men."
"Yeah, so?"
Gibbs shakes his head..."You know you're fuckin' crazy, don't ya?"
"It's part of my job description."
"You're full of shit, DiNozzo."
"That's in there too, Boss."
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"Where is he Gibbs?"
"Seems the FBI put a tracker on his car."
"And?"
"He's at a bathhouse."
"What? They still have those?"
"It's fortified, at least 20 men around the perimeter armed with AK-47s."
"How? Isn't he just the muscle?"
"Seems he was the leader from the beginning."
"Makes sense."
"What does?"
"Popoff was a pussy, through and through."
"Was?"
"Yep, Club Kiev."
Gibbs cell rings…he looks down at it, it's from Abby, he answers it, putting it on speaker…"Talk to me, Abs."
"Just got some info about Volka, it's not good."
"What is it?"
"Anna Volka."
Tony lowers his head.
"That's great, that's fuckin' great, Tony."
"Sorry, guys."
"How was I supposed to know she was his wife!? She hit on me for Christ sake!"
"What?"
"Umm, Ziva?"
Ziva scoffs.
Tony sighs…"I'm sorry for my manwhoring ways, please forgive me.
"Lock it down, Abby."
"Already did, Gibbs."
"Ziva, go to armory…get a weapon."…The sound of a gun slide is heard.
"Already have one."
"The good ol' 45, huh?"
"Shut up, Tony."
"Shutting up, sweet cheeks."
"If we live your this, I'm shooting you."…As the sound of another weapon loading is heard.
Tony is silent.
"What the hell happened, Gibbs?"
"It seems our Italian manwhore has started a war with the Russians."
"They started it, I'm just finishing it."
"Enough, Tony…call Jenny, Ab…"
Abby interrupts him…"On her way with a NCIS security escort, Ducky and his mother are here, as is Kimberly. Only ones missing are you two, Reid and McGee."
"Reid has that covered, Abby."
"Are you sure, Tony?"
"You have my word, Abs."
"I'll send some LEOs over there just in case, Abs."
"Thanks, Gibbs."
"Tony?"
"Yeah, Z?"
"Come home to me."
"Heh. So you can shoot my ass?"
"Tony…please."
"I promise you, Ziva."
"And you never break a promise, yes?"
"Never."…Tony moves his hand over and closes Gibbs' phone.
Click
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"How you at shooting on the move, Gibbs?"
Gibbs looks towards Tony..."Why?"
"The place is fenced in, isn't it?"
"Yeah, so?"...Gibbs pauses..."An Ak-47 will eat your car for breakfast."
"Will it? Heh."
"Umm, do you know something I don't?"
"Maybe."
"Well?"
"This car is bullet-proof, Boss."...he laughs..."I also have a LAW in the trunk."
"What!? You're joking, right?"
"Nope."
"Why in the fuck do you have an anti-tank rocket in your trunk, DiNozzo!?"
"Never know with assholes, Boss."
"A fucking LAW rocket!?"...Gibbs shakes his head..."Where did you get it?"
Tony is silent.
"I also have a Barrett M468, M107, a AA-12 shotgun."
"Wait, you have an AA-12? Our service men don't even have those yet. How!?"
"303rd Logistical Studies Unit."
"Who?"
Exactly."
"Take a right up here, it'll be a mile up the road."
Tony turns and stops on the side of the road...he gets out of his car and moves to the trunk, he pushes a button on his keys and his hidden weapon's compartment opens.
"You build boats, I don't."...Tony takes a gun from the rack and loads it with a clip and hands it to Gibbs.
"I've only seen it on TV, the fully automatic assault shotgun."...Gibbs moves it up and down..."It's pretty light...how many rounds?"
"8-round box or 20-round drum."
"Which do you have?"
"Both, the 8-round box mags are frag, highly-explosive."
"Shit, you ready for World War III?"
"Aren't you?"
Gibbs shakes his head.
Tony takes the M468 assault rifle off the rack and pulls back on the slide..."This is what I was thinking, you'd have the LAW..."
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"Where in hell did you get this stuff, DiNozzo?"...Gibbs asked as he looked through night vision goggles.
"I told you, Boss."
"You have 3 people just on the inside of the front gate, Tony."
"Yeah, I see them."
"Where are you anyway?"
"About 100 feet to the left of that location, see the old shack?"
Gibbs moves left and scans the area, Tony kneels behind a shack holding..."I got ya."
"Do it, Gibbs."
"Are you sure about this, Tony?"
"The more they're distracted, the easier it is for me."
Gibbs puts down the goggles and picks up the LAW rocket and moves to the middle of the road and lifts it onto his shoulder.
"Aim right for the front gate, Boss."
"I can't believe I'm doing this."...Gibbs flips the safety off and pulls the trigger, the rocket's booster ignites and flies towards the front gate of the bathhouse. The rocket goes right through the gate and slams into the bathhouse, a huge explosive rocks the area.
"Heh. Nice shot, Gibbs."
Gibbs stands there stunned..."Boss?"...No response..."Boss!"
"Y-yeah?"
"Sniper support."
Gibbs moves to the back of Tony's car, dropping the LAW rocket launcher and picks up the sniper rifle and moves in front of the car and lies on the ground as gunfire goes off inside the perimeter of the bathhouse.
"DiNozzo!?"
"What's taking you so damn long, Gibbs? You getting old or something? I've already taken out 4 guys, you're following behind."
More gunfire goes off..."Make that 5."
"This isn't a game, DiNozzo."...Gibbs aims and fires, striking a man in the head.
"So, that's what they meant by pink mist, huh, Boss?"...He pauses..."That's 1 for you."
"It's actually 4, got the 3 standing by the front gate, remember?"
"I thought you weren't counting?"
Gibbs fires again..."Make it 5, DiNozzo."
"I guess you aren't blind after all, Boss."
Tony grabs a man by the face from behind with his left hand and shoves his knife into the back of his neck, pulling him down onto the ground.
"I wish Ziva was here."
"Why's that?"...as Gibbs scans the area with his scope.
"I miss her, of course."
"You've been back at work for 1 day, Tony."
"What can I say, Boss...I'm whipped."...Tony pauses..."That's 6 for me, by the way."
"I'm a little worried, Tony."
"About what?"
"Why more of them haven't come out of the bathhouse."
"Would you come outside during a fire-fight, Boss?"
"Probably not."
Tony runs to the front of the bathhouse..."Did I give you a pic of Tali, Boss?"
"Nope, sure didn't."
"Remind me to do that when we get back."
"Keep your mind on what you're doing, Tony."
"Boss, anything in this window above me?"
Gibbs moves the scope above Tony and fires, a man's upper body breaks through the window.
"Not anymore."
Tony reaches up and pulls the man out of the window..."Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
Tony jumps up and crawls into the window..."We're tied again, Boss."
"Be careful, Tony."
"I always..."...A gunshot goes off.
"Tony!?"
"Wow, that was close."
"Damn, Tony!"
Tony kneels over a man, blood slowly trickles from his chin down his throat, forming a pool around his adam's apple, Tony's knife still stuck under his chin. He slowly pulls it out, blood pours from the gash.
"Damn, got blood all over my watch...Ziva gave me this, it was an anniversary present."
Tony kneels trying to clean off his watch.
"Where are you Tony?"
Tony looks around..."It's pretty hot, maybe the steam rooms?"
Tony cleans off his knife and puts it away, he takes out his Sig and screws on a silencer.
"What's the sound, DiNozzo?"
"Just getting ready, Boss."
"For what?"
Sweat pours down Tony's face..."Definitely a sauna of some kind, I'm sweating my balls off."
Tony pulls back the slide on his gun..."I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left, Gibbs."
"I understand...you were burnt out, everyone burns out, Tony."
"This ends now...I'm going silent."
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Tony holds a man around the neck with his left arm holding him tight against his body, he bring his muzzle of silencer to his forehead and pulls the trigger, blood and brain splatter against the wall. Tony lets go of the man's neck and he falls lifeless to the floor.
Tony turns and looks at the trail of his destruction, numerous bloody bodies fill the blood-drenched walls of the wide hallway. Tony turns back around and hears a click, he drops to his back as a shotgun blast through the door, Tony fires through the door, a man falls forward, his head now position against the door, his face clearly visible through the rough hole made by the shotgun.
Tony rises to his feet, the man moans and speaks softly in Russian. Tony kicks the door, knocking the door off the hinges, Tony walks onto of the door, onto of the man. He points down with the gun and fires 3 times, the slides stays back...Tony pops out the clip and inserts a new one, he pulls back on the slide and steps off the door.
"My my, aren't you a big one."...A woman's voice said.
Tony turns, his eyes open wide..."Didn't I kill you already?"
A blade drops through her hand, she grasps the hilt as it falls.
"Really, I killed you...you were definitely dead."
The woman quickly brings the katana up and points it at Tony, then down and back by her side, the tip of the sword touching the ground.
"Let me guess? Quick plastic surgery?"
She takes a step forward, the sword dragging behind her on the stoned floor, making sparks.
"OOH, AH, OH!"...Tony raises his Sig towards her..."When can I expect the grand finale?"
She stops and twirls the sword in front of her, slashing the air in front of her.
Tony smacks his left hand against the chestplate of his Dragonskin, applauding her..."You were cloned, right? Voltron wanted another hot Russian bitch, huh? So he makes another one exactly like it, right?"
Tony shakes his head..."Heh heh."...Tony lowers his side arm..."Heh. Sorry, I was just thinking about what it would be like with 2 Ziva's. Oh man! Oh man! Heh."...Tony shivers..."Whew!"...Tony wipes his brow..."Man, NOW that is scary!"
The woman tilts her head and looks at Tony confused.
"Oh, you probably don't know who Ziva is, do ya?"...Tony moves to her, pulling out his wallet, he pulls out a photo of Ziva and holds it up for a good 10 seconds..."Beautiful...isn't she? Sexy, too. I mean WOW. Heh. The things she can do, honestly, my toes are curling as we...or should I say...as I speak."...Tony pauses, putting away the photo..."You don't talk much do ya? Ziva talks all the time, she's been in America for about ummm, 14 years now? Minus the 7 where I thought she was dead and she tried to kill me, but hey...the past is the past right?"
She tilts her head a little more.
"Sorry, I must've confused you a little more, huh? It's a long story, but I'll give you the cliff-notes version. She's ex-Mossad, hell...I guess she could still be in Mossad, truth be told."
Tony extends his hand..."I'm Tony, by the way."...He holds his hand out, but she doesn't shakes it..."Your prerogative."
Tony moves back..."Where was I? Umm, Mossad? Yeah, well...when she went missing, I kinda went a little batshit, just a little crazy...woohooo! But, uh...she's back now and we have 4 kids...yup, the big D has 4 kids...well, actually I have 5, one of them with another woman...but you can't blame that one on me, I thought she was dead!"...He sighs..."Caitlin, one of the daughter...she's a adorable, she was named after one of my late partners. Kate Todd, man...she was nice, a little bitchy, protected the President, by the way...just a little added bonus for ya...but anyway."
"Will you shut the FUCK UP!"
"Umm, was that a threat or promise? I can never tell."
"Who in the fuck are you?"
Tony walks towards her.
"I've finally figured it out! Twins!"
She rushes at Tony, straightening the blade and moving it upward. She slashes with it, Tony grabs her wrist, he puts his forearm into her face driving her back, he forces the katana between 2 stones in the floor and kneels, snapping it off mid-blade.
"The katana is a two-handed weapon, never attack using just one, it throws off all your balance.."...Tony pauses..."I'm sorry, I don't know your name...can I call you...Anna #2?"
She breathes heavily and dashes at him...she leaps into the air, he catches her by the throat and quickly chokeslams her onto the broken blade. Blood gushes from the massive hole in her chest, blood seeps into the cracks of the stone floor, flowing from her dying body.
She gurgles on her own blood, her hands move to the blade, trying to pull on it, she shreds her hands as Tony kneels over her..."Who am I? Just the man who fucked up your family tree."
Tony rises..."God, I hope they weren't triplets."
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Tony moved to a set of large doors, he breathed in deeply and started to push them, they slowly started to move. He let out a sigh of relief, like he knew this was the last room; the end of this so-called war was near. He pushed hard, his face in pain; darkness was in his heart…his only thought was revenge.
The door flew open; two guards stood helplessly as Tony entered the room with weapon raised.
"Drop 'em!"…Tony yelled.
One of men raised his AK-47 and was greeted with a slug to the head.
"Do I need to speak Russian, asshole!?"
The other man dropped his AK-47 on the ground, a shot blared out, the man falls on top of his weapon. Volka sat in the heated pool holding a smoking gun…"Worthless."
Tony swung his Sig toward Volka…aiming it at his head.
Volka raised his hand and tossed the gun backwards against the wall.
"Vodka, we meet again."
"Volka."
"Fuck you, Vickhead."
Volka laughs…"I like you."
"Thanks and my bullets would really love to visit your brain."
Volka chuckles…"I'm unarmed."
Tony takes a step up…"Sucks to be you."…He fires into the pool, right in front of Volka.
"Hey!"
"My finger slipped. Honest."
Tony fires again, this time closer to Volka.
"What the fuck you doin', man?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm trying to hit that tiny thing you call a dick, Polka."
"I'm unarmed! You can't do this!"
Tony fires again…"What next…you have diplomatic immunity?"
"Shut up, pig."
"Stand up!"…Tony yelled.
Volka starts to rise, his upper half exits the water, followed by the rest of him.
Tony laughs…"Did you get two circumcisions or something?"
Volka takes a step forward.
"Whoa big fella, you could cause a tsunami with that thing!"
Volka stops and yells something in Russian.
"No wonder you need twins, I mean…wow, just look at it."
Tony laughs…"Ok, ok…I'm done…I bet horses are like….damn, he's hung like a Volka!"
Volka swipes at Tony.
"Heh. I bet you're regretting you threw away your gun now, aren't ya?"
Tony slowly starts to move around the edge of pool, it's the middle of three circular pools in the room, he gripped his Sig tightly moving cautiously.
"Why?"…Tony moved a step…"Why did you kill her?"…He moves another step, until he's at the side of the pool, Volka turns to him…"Why? Why did you torture him!? Cut out his eye!? Why!?"…Tony screamed.
Tony knelt, placing the muzzle of his Sig against Volka's forehead…"Why?"…He said softly.
The door popped open, Tony quickly swung his gun towards the door, Volka splashed water towards Tony, hitting him in the face. Tony rolled to his left, falling into another small pool. A man with an AK-47 unloaded his magazine towards Tony.
The man pops out a banana clip and quickly grabbed a new one from his pocket…Tony rose from the water, firing, hitting the man in the chest 3 times. Volka now standing behind the pool grabs his gun and fires at Tony, he falls back into the water, a red mist slowly starts to rise to the surface.
Volka walks towards the pool and watches blood bubble up to the surface. Tony explodes out of the water, stabbing Volka in the foot...Volka leans to his left, he drops the gun, Tony catches it in mid-air and grabs his arm, pulling him downward, Tony fires, the bullet passes through both of Volka's eyes.
Volka screams as he falls backwards. Tony steps out of the water, rubbing the side of his face...a trickle of blood from a bullet graze covers his right cheek.
Another man rushes through the door, Tony promptly shoots him..."Jeez, how many fuckin' Russian to have to kill!?"
Volka continues to scream, he's crawled back to the wall. Tony moves over to him and grabs him by the hair and pulls him towards the middle pool. He tosses him into the pool and steps back into the water, he holds Volka by the back of the neck and holds his head underwater.
He pulls his head up… "Stings don't it?"
He shoves his head back underwater and holds it there for about 30 seconds, then lets him up.
"Don't blame me, you're the one soaking in salt water."
Tony slams his head back underwater and holds it there for at least a minute, Volka fights like crazy, but Tony holds onto him.
He lets him up.
Volka spits out water…"What do you want!?"
"Revenge!"
Tony shoves him under the water once again and holds him there.
"Tony!"
Tony doesn't response as Gibbs yells at him from the doorway.
"DiNozzo!"
Tony looks up at Gibbs.
"No, Tony."
Tony stares at Gibbs and lets up, he pulls up Volka by the neck and bang…a gunshot goes off.
Blood splatters on Tony's face as the bullet enters Volka's forehead. Gibbs stood with his Sig raised. Tony lets go of his neck and Volka's body plummets into the pool.
Gibbs walks over to Tony and reaches out his hand…"Lets go, DiNozzo…it's over."
Tony grabs Gibbs' hand and steps out of the pool.
"Good thing I was standing in water, Boss."
"Why's that?"
"I think I pissed my pants…a little warning next time, would ya?"
Gibbs chuckles…"I think this is a new record for you, DiNozzo."
"What's that, Jethro?"
Gibbs stops and looks at him.
"Yeah, it doesn't work, Boss."
Gibbs nods and they walk out the door.
"I'm gonna have to go to anger management aren't I Boss?"
"Ya think, DiNozzo?"
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The next day…
Tony sat next to McGee reading his new book.
Tony laughs…McGee's heavily bandaged head moves and turns towards Tony.
"Probie! You're awake! This is some good stuff, McGee…good stuff."
McGee half-heartedly smiles and falls back asleep.
Hours later…McGee's awoken by a slap on the back of the head.
Tony stands looking at him…"Not funny, McGee…not funny at all! Special Agent Tommy is addicted to flower arrangement and loves musicals? What next…he'll come out of closet?"
McGee reaches for the book slowly.
"You're dead, Probie!"