Tony had barely stepped off the plane before his phone was ringing. It was the director. There was an important case that he needed to get started on right away.

It was now late afternoon Tuesday. They had two separate cases they were working. He put Vardigo and Jardine on the second case and Tony and Mannon worked on the case the director called him about.

Tony was looking for anything to help crack this case.

"Mannon!" Tony shouted.

"Yes, Boss!"

"Pull up the surveillance tape again."

"Sure thing boss."

Just as he pulled it up Vardigo walked in and sat down at his desk. Tony turned and gave him a quizzical look. "Vardigo. Where is Nikki?"

"I don't know."

"Wha…." Just then a very angry and beaten up Nikki came storming in.

"You son of a bitch!" She screamed and charged at Vardigo. Tony stepped in and blocked her. She fought against him trying to get past. Tony picked her up and sat her down in her chair.

"You sit. What happened?" He turned her face to look at the gash.

"I finally found James. I called asshole over there to meet me so we could bring her in. I waited an hour and half for him to show! She went to leave. I couldn't spend another six hours searching for her so I went to bring her in. And she took a swipe at me."

"Where is she now?" Vardigo asked.

"Down in interrogation NO THANKS TO YOU! YOU SWINE!" She shouted.

"Nikki go down and see Tracy make sure you don't need stitches." He said and then turned and walked over to Vardigo. "And you. Where the hell were you? RULE ONE IN NCIS MANUAL NEVER LET SOMEONE PICK UP A SUSPECT BY THEMSELVES. ESPECIALLY ONE THAT COULD BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS! I assigned you to this case because I thought you could handle it Vardigo. You could have gotten her killed. That would have been on your head. WHAT THE HELL WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BRINGING IN THIS SUSPECT?" Tony was pissed. How could he let his partner bring in a suspect by themselves.

"I….I." Vardigo stuttered.

"You are suspended until further notice. Turn in your weapon. You will be doing paper work until I say otherwise." Tony turned and went downstairs to check on Nikki.

Thirty minutes later, Mannon looked up to see Ziva and two scary guys walking in. He remembered what Tony had told them earlier. And thankfully Vardigo had been sent home or he may have said something to be spiteful because he was mad at Tony for suspending him.

"Hey Ziva." He said cheerfully. The two men looked at her quizzically.

"Hello Blake. Where is everyone else?" She asked. Realizing that he was the only one here.

"Well you came on a very interesting day. We have two cases going on right now. But Tony suspended Vardigo because he broke protocol and completely screwed over Nikki. Let her bring an armed and dangerous suspect by herself. Never good as you know. So now Tony is having to work both cases. So he is down in interrogation with Nikki. And Michael was sent home for the day." He explained.

"Wow. It seems you all have your…pans full." She said.

"Uh I think you mean plates." He said confused.

"Yes I think you are right."

Just then Tony came storming in from the stair case cussing and kicking things. He had a wash cloth pressed to his forehead. Ziva's eyes widened but she quickly regained her composure. She was a little hurt when he walked right by her and didn't say anything. Just then a pretty blonde came rushing in.

"Tony at least let me take a look." She begged walking up to him and pulling at his arm.

"I am fine Tracy. Don't you have a couple of dead bodies to take care of?" He pulled away from her and sat down at his desk. Ziva walked over the where Nikki was standing and whispered. "What happened Nikki?"

Nikki was startled by her presence. Not having seen her beforehand. "Oh. Hi Ziva. Um well we were in interrogation. And you know when he does that thing where he gets really close to them to try and intimidate them?" Ziva nodded. That was his favorite way to get information and it usually worked too. "Well the bitch decided to hit him over the head with her glass of water and threw her chair at him." Ziva threw a worried glance at him and then looked back at Nikki. "We think he might need stitches but he is being his stubborn self. And won't let Tracy take a look."

"I am fine. Look bleeding stopped." He said removing the cloth.

"Just because it stopped bleeding doesn't mean you don't need stitches Tony." Tracy said.

"Fine. Take a look." He said finally giving in. Mostly because Ziva was giving him a look that said let them look.

"Yeah you need stitches. Come down to autopsy. I have the supplies to do it for you." She said.

"No you can do it up here. And none of that numbing shit either. Drugs and I don't do well and I still have two cases to solve." Tracy gave him a pointed look. "Look it's either this way or I don't get them at all." Tracy walked off in a huff.

"Mannon pull up the surveillance again for the La Grenouille case." He said turning back to the plasma.

Mannon pulled it up and said "Tony, uh."

"What Mannon? Spit it out." He said angrily.

"Well there are three people who are waiting to talk to you." He said and pointed to Ziva and the two scary looking guys.

Tony turned and looked at them. "Oh hey sorry about that. I would shake your hand but mine is covered in blood. Not sure that is very pleasant." He started to laugh but then noticed all three of them glaring. "Okay. What can I do for you guys?" He asked.

Just as they were about to say something, Tracy came back in with a medical tray. "You can sit down and let me stitch you up." Tony pulled his chair out into the middle and sat. Nikki pulled a chair out for Tracy. Ziva noticed that she scouted the chair closer to Tony so that she was positioned in between his legs. She felt a twinge of jealousy but then just thought she is just stitching him up.

"I would prefer if you would let me numb you first Tony. No need to be a cowboy here. Because I know this is going to hurt like a bitch." She said before starting.

"No Trace just do it and get it over with." He said then directed his gaze to Ziva. "So Officer David. What are you all doing here?" He really had no clue. But he hoped that he was doing a good job at pretending he and Ziva hadn't spoken in months. Just then Tracy put in the first stitch and he flinched but kept from crying out. Ziva saw he was in pain and took the few steps forward to stand next to him.

She decided she would try and distract him since she couldn't hold his hand. "Well, Agent Dinozzo. Director David and Director Shepard feel that it would be a good change for me if I transferred here to Rota." She watched his reaction hoping he wouldn't show too much excitement. He didn't, in fact exact opposite, he showed pain because Tracy had done the second stitch.

"That's good. Because I had to suspend one of my agents for being a dumb shit. At least I know you would never do something that stupid." He winced again. Tracy did one last stitch and back away.

"There all done. I still think you are a dumb shit for not letting me drug you first but whatever cowboy." She stood up and grabbed her stuff.

"Thanks Trace." He swiveled his chair to face the plasma. "Mannon roll the tape."

"What are you looking for?" Ziva asked.

"Shhh." He said and continued to watch. He knew she was glaring at him but he didn't care. He was counting the number of times the same car passed by. "STOP!" Mannon froze the screen right as their victim was stabbed. "Zoom in on this car right here." He said pointing to a car in the back. "The same car passes by a total of six times. They were waiting for him. Can you get a clear read on the license plate." He said walking over to Mannon's desk.

"Boss it's.." Mannon started.

"The wife. Of course it's the wife. It's always the wife." He said. "But a bolo out on the car. Did she report it stolen anytime recently?" He asked.

"No boss. The car was at the house when we went to talk to her. I remember it being there." He said.

"Let's go pick her up." He walked to his desk and grabbed his jacket and gun and badge. He headed for the elevator but turned around and walked backwards. "Waiting for an invitation David?" He asked smirking slightly at her. He turned back around and faced the elevator.

Ziva looked at her father as a confirmation that he was done with her. He nodded and she walked towards the elevator after him. The two men joined them on the elevator. So Tony and Ziva kept their distance from each other.

Director David glanced at them out of the corner of his eye. Ziva was in one corner and Tony in the other with Blake in between them. Blake looked a little nervous around the two scary looking Mossad agents. They stepped off the elevator and headed to the car. Eli grabbed Ziva's arm. "I will be in touch Officer David. Take care of Michael. Remember he is the most important thing right now." She nodded and headed to the car after Tony and Blake. After the car pulled away he turned to Michael. "Keep an eye on her Michael. They are most definitely hiding something."

A/N: hehehe PLEASE REVIEW!! I am so mad there were NO TIVA moments last night!! GRRRRR but I must say at the end Ziva looked really pretty!! SO REVIEW PLEASE OH PLEASE! In fact I'm saying no new chapter until I get 5! That's right I went there! :)