NCIS –Run Down
FallenQueen2: After the crazy amount of reviews I got for this story, plot bunnies attacked me so now this is no longer a 2-part story it will as long as I want it to be, so thanks for the support!
Part Two
Tony stretched his arms above his head as he leaned back in his desk chair. He was the 1st one in the bullpen the next morning. He had gotten an amazing night of sleep after he talked with Tobias; he personally thought that the older man had slipped some sleeping pills into the glass of water he had given him once they reached his house. He didn't really mind because he felt better than he had in a long time. Well if you forget about the knot forming in his stomach at the mere thought of his pending conversation with Gibbs about what happened yesterday. Truth to be told he really didn't want to explain how his friendship with Fornell came about. The elevator dinged and out walked Gibbs who spotted his SFA right away, making his way towards him.
'Moment of truth, let's see how loud his voice will get.' Tony mused as he settled down in his chair awaiting for his lecture and questioning.
"I'm sure you're dying to know why I left here with Tobias yesterday Boss so just let it out." Tony spoke up as Gibbs walked past his desk.
"It's your personal life DiNozzo, I don't care who you hang out with on your own time." Gibbs said shortly.
"Huh, alright if you say so Boss." Tony shrugged his shoulders trying to hide his shock as picked up some cold case files that were waiting for him. The tension only rose higher as the minutes passed. Tony kept throwing glances at his Boss, not liking how silent Gibbs was because it was very unnerving. McGee and Ziva joined the duo but Gibbs still stayed silent.
"So Tony how was your night?" McGee asked starting up his computers.
"Hot date?" Ziva smirked.
"No just went out for drinks with a good friend." Tony said truthfully.
"Since when are you and Fornell good friends?" Gibbs spoke up staring at Tony. So that was his game, wait until the rest of the team is here so it would be out in the open because there are no secrets in Team Gibbs. Yeah okay Tony might have believed that but there was always the Mexican Siesta and Franks to consider.
"Fornell? The FBI agent?" McGee asked in shock.
"Are you leaving us to be an FBI agent?" Ziva narrowed her eyes.
"No I'm not." Tony denied. "Not yet anyways." He grumbled to himself. "And Gibbs, since Mexico." He answered steadily.
"Agent DiNozzo, my office now." The director called from the landing behind him.
"Yes ma'am." Tony sighed wearily pulling himself to his feet trudging up to the director's office. He stood in front of her desk, hands shoved in his pockets as he had long ago decided that proper posture in front of Jenny was kind of pointless as he was working undercover for her.
"Tony I am doing the director of the FBI a favor and I think this will be a bonding experience between the two agencies. So for the rest of the day you are going to be working with Agent Fornell over in the FBI while Agent Sacks comes and works with Agent Gibbs and your team." Jenny informed him.
"Really?" Tony gaped at the redhead in front of him.
"Yes really, now go out there and show the FBI whose boss." She chuckled.
"Yes ma'am…" He nodded before walking out in a daze, he headed down to the bullpen to see Fornell and Gibbs facing off while Sacks was watching with an annoyed look on his face. Gibbs noticed Tony walking down the staircase and faced him.
"DiNozzo!" He growled and Tony sighed to himself as he made his way into the bullpen.
"Yes Boss?" he asked hesitantly.
"Actually for today that would be me." Fornell smirked at Gibbs before tossing a jacket at Tony. "Suit up Tony we have a case."
The jacket read FBI in yellow letters and Tony looked down at it. Swallowing he knew his NCIS team's eyes were trained on him as he pulled on the jacket zipping it up.
"Looks good on you DiNozzo, Sacks good luck. Agent Gibbs, McGee, David." Fornell grabbed Tony's upper arm and marched him to the elevator a moment after Tony grabbed his backpack.
"So do I want to know how you broke the news to Gibbs?" Tony gave Fornell a side-glance as they drove out of the parking lot.
"I think I did it wonderfully, actually I may have had too much fun with it." Fornell snickered. "I just walked in and asked 'where is my agent for the day?' Gibbs asked who I was talking about and I said 'Tony DiNozzo… Oh you didn't know? The director of NCIS and the FBI are switching agents for the day, Sacks will be your Senior Field Agent and DiNozzo will be mine.' Then you came down and here we are." Fornell reported smugly.
"Oh man I wish I was there for that." Tony laughed leaning against the headrest. "So do we actually have a case?"
"No, I just made that up to see their reactions to you putting on an FBI jacket. I think it worked well." Fornell grinned as he turned into the parking lot of the FBI building. "We are just going to hang around the bureau for a while until Sacks gets back."
"Isn't Sacks supposed to spend the whole day at the Navy Yard in my place?" Tony asked as he closed his door.
"Do you really think Sacks will be able to stand your team for a whole day? Nah he'll be back before lunch. Come on Tony, time for the grand tour and everyone is looking forward to meeting you in person." Fornell pushed a button in the elevator.
"Really? Why?" Tony questioned amused at the thought of Sacks being stared down by Gibbs all day disapprovingly.
"You're always a topic here at the bureau Tony and the Director wants to meet you face to face." Tobias smiled and pulled him off the elevator at the correct floor.
"Everyone! This is Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, our NCIS guest for the day." Tobias made an announcement and Tony gave a jaunty wave at the FBI agents, suddenly they all started to clap and cheer for the young man.
"Why are they clapping for me?" Tony hissed at Tobias as they made their way to the director's office.
"Like I said, your always a topic here and almost none of it is bad. Face it DiNozzo you're a star!" Tobias smirked.
"Huh." Tony nodded to himself, filing away this information for later.
-Navy Yard-
Sacks gritted his teeth in frustration as he sat silently through the verbal abuse coming from McGee, David and Gibbs. It wasn't all even aimed at him; most of it was either aimed at the bureau or Tony. That last one surprised Sacks as he thought Tony was everyone's golden boy. Sacks tried to focus on some cold cases when the FBI and NCIS crossed over. It was getting harder and harder by the second to do so. How DiNozzo managed to put up with this everyday was beyond him, he was surprised the man hadn't burst into flames from all Gibbs' steely glares as Sacks skin was already on fire at the moment.
Sacks sighed to himself and pulled out a piece of paper that Fornell had given him with all the duties that DiNozzo had to do as a senior field agent and what credentials that were needed for that position. Sacks had to admit that it was a very long list and he had no clue how DiNozzo still managed to find time to joke and now he could see why he did so. The atmosphere around the bullpen was heavy and tense and really needed a few good jokes or moments of teasing to lighten the storm cloud brewing overhead. He managed to sit through their words and glares for at least half an hour more before he threw in the towel. He grabbed his jacket and bag before storming up to the director's office.
"Yes Agent Sacks? Is there a problem?" Jenny was trying very hard to keep the smile off her own face at the look on Sacks' face.
"You could say that. I don't even know how DiNozzo stands being part of that team and still manages to get all his paper work done while solving cases. I've been here for." He looked at his watch. "Two hours and I'm done! I'm going back to the bureau, don't be surprised if DiNozzo quits! I sure as hell wouldn't blame him."
"Good to know, thank you for at least trying. Gibbs is not an easy man to get along with…" Jenny nodded.
"That, Director Shepard is a gross understatement." Sacks shook his head before leaving the office.
"Sacks get back here!" Gibbs shouted at him.
"Hell no! I'm done here and don't be surprised if DiNozzo quits soon! You don't treat anyone with respect and honestly I'm surprised DiNozzo hasn't gone insane yet." Sacks shouted back as he entered the elevator.
He muttered to himself darkly all the way to the bureau where he exited the elevator at his floor to see DiNozzo sitting at his desk by Fornell talking and laughing with his feet up on the table.
"Oh hello Sacks, how long was he gone Tobias?" Tony looked at the older man.
"Two hours, damn. You win Tony." Tobias sighed and handed $20 over and Tony grinned widely before kicking a chair over to Sacks who slumped down in it and took the offered coffee from Tobias.
"Looks like you had a rough few hours." Tony snickered.
"How you can stand that everyday is beyond me DiNozzo, I have a whole new level of respect for you." Sacks massaged his temple. "I wouldn't even complain TOO much if you joined the bureau."
"Wow Gibbs, McGee and Ziva really did a number on you huh?" Tony said in awe and pity.
"Understatement of the century… Wait didn't you say you had a case?" Sacks looked over at Fornell who smirked. "Oh, I get it, you wanted to see their reaction to DiNozzo in a FBI jacket. Well it worked as that was the first thing they started on."
"Let me guess, Ziva was thinking I was going to join the FBI full time, McGee was agreeing with her and Gibbs was glaring angrily at you." Tony suggested.
"Sounds about right." Sacks nodded. "You go through that everyday?"
"Yes I do." Tony nodded putting his feet back on the floor.
"How are you still sane? My trigger finger itched about 20 times in the last 2 hours." Sacks drank another gulp of coffee.
"It takes years of experience, besides they have actually toned it down since Gibbs came back from Mexico." Tony said thoughtfully.
"That was toned down? Jesus." Sacks grumbled.
"Hey Tony, mind going to get us some more coffee?" Tobias asked shaking his empty cup.
"Will do Toby." Tony said cheerfully standing up arching his stiff back.
"Do you know where the coffee machine is?" Tobias asked trying not to whack the younger man for the use of his nickname.
"No idea, but hey I'm Tony DiNozzo I'll find it and have an adventure along the way." Tony grinned before he set off down the hall, winking and smiling at the females along the way leaving giggling masses in his wake.
"How does he do that?" Sacks shook his head before taking up his seat at his desk.
"How bad was it?" Fornell asked Sacks suddenly serious.
"Pretty bad, I have never heard someone get put down so much and Tony wasn't even there. If that was toned down I really don't want to know how he was treated when he was team leader." Sacks started up his computer.
"You now know why I want him to join the FBI?" Tobias asked, before whenever he would have mentioned it to Sacks, the man would wave it off and say 'he's NCIS, not FBI.'
"As much as it pains me to say it, but yes I understand now." Sacks sighed leaning back in his chair. "So do you have a plan?"
"Not me, but the Director does have one in the works." Fornell locked his fingers together and put them behind his head.
"Are you going to tell me what it is?" Sacks raised an eyebrow.
"Later, Tony is on his way back." Fornell promised as the NCIS agent waltzed down the hall with three cups of coffee, nodding and smiling at the agents who greeted him.
"Have an adventure DiNozzo?" Sacks smirked as Tony handed out the coffees.
"Actually yes, somehow I ended up in Autopsy and met your ME. Diane is interesting and actually let me help with identifying a slug she pulled out of the victim before she pointed me the right way to your coffee maker." Tony said with a proud smile as he fell back into his chair, sipping his coffee.
"Diane actually let you look at one of her bodies?" Fornell raised both eyebrows impressed.
"Yeah… Why? Is that weird?" Tony asked concerned.
"Not weird, just Diane is very protective of her bodies and hardly even lets me near them." Fornell informed Tony.
"Huh, guess I'm special then." Tony said cheerfully.
"Excuse me… Special Agent DiNozzo?" A new voice asked and Tony spun around in his desk chair to see a group of agents, Probies from the look of them gathered in front of him.
"That would be me, what can I do for you?" Tony raised his coffee cup.
"We were wondering if you could give us some advice." The man who spoke before asked with wide eyes.
"Advice giving is one of my specialties so ask away my friend." Tony beamed.
"Well we have to track a wanted felon to try to find his partner and all the items they stole, we were wondering if you had any ideas about how to go around doing that?" He asked again.
"Well never let your team leader talk you into going undercover, handcuffed to the felon alright? I know from experience that doesn't end well." Tony said seriously.
"That actually happened?" One of the women gasped. "We just thought that was a rumor…"
"Nope 100% true, too bad the guy I was handcuffed too turned out to the be killer, and he slit his partner's throat before trying to slit mine as well." His hand unconsciously going up to the scar on his neck. "My suggestion would be to somehow get an under the skin GPS tracker on your target before you 'let' him get away, say there was a prison fight before he got on the transport bus." DiNozzo finished with a grin.
"That might actually work, thank you Agent DiNozzo!" The man from before stated happily after tapping something out on his tablet.
"You are most welcome, now go solve that case." He gave the group two thumbs up before they nodded happily at him then they scurried off. Tony sipped his coffee and spun his chair back around to see Sacks and Fornell staring at him wide eyed. "What?"
"I don't think I heard this story before." Fornell said tightly.
"Actually that was one of the easier cases we had, at the time it was nerve racking but that was nothing looking back." Tony shrugged his shoulder because sadly he was telling the truth.
"What else don't we know?" Fornell asked seriously.
"Uh did you know I had the plague?" Tony asked hopefully.
"YOU HAD THE PLAGUE!" Fornell shouted gaining the whole floor's attention.
"Yes?" Tony raised an eyebrow.
"The plague from the 14th century?" Sacks eyes were so wide Tony was surprised they weren't popping out of his skull.
"Well not the bubonic plague, I got infected with an genetically enhanced pneumonic plague." Tony tried to clarify, but it didn't seem to have the effect he hoped for but it did start a crowd of FBI agents.
"What was it enhanced to do Tony?" Fornell asked slowly.
"Do you really want to know?" Tony asked steadily, the whole office seemed to nod in sync. "Alright, it was enhanced so it couldn't be treated with antibiotics."
Deadly silence covered the office now as the whole floor of FBI agents stared in wonder and awe at the somehow still alive NCIS agent sitting in front of them calmly sipping his coffee.
"How did you survive?" A random agent asked loudly.
"Well there was a 15% survival rate and I decided I wanted to be in that 15%, that and my Boss kind of ordered me not to die and stubborn as I am I decided to follow that order." Tony explained.
"Kid, you are going to give me a heart attack." Fornell groaned leaning back in his chair, rubbing his forehead wearily as Tony grinned brightly.
"Well now that we are all gathered, ask anything that has been on your mind and I shall regale you all with stories of my life." Tony waved his arms in a sweeping gesture at the crowd of FBI agents.
For the rest of the day Tony spent time going around to each team of FBI agents, helping out whatever way he could and telling stories of his adventures, he couldn't help but feel more at home than he ever had been before. His mind didn't even consider that maybe he should be back at NCIS with Team Gibbs since Sacks was back at the bureau.
Hey Jenny did say that it was the FBI's for the day and who was he to disobey an order, after all he did have some thinking to do about what the Director of the FBI talked to him about before in his office.