A/N- Here he his guys. The long waited appearance of one... Leroy Jethro Gibbs! Appearances also made by Jardine, Abby and Ducky! Enjoy!
"DiNozzo!" Came the cry through the open car window.
"Yeah?"
"We got him! 37 Boulevard Road."
"Let's go!" The man jumped in the car and Tony kick started the engine to get the car moving. It had been thirteen years since Tony had last seen Kate, but only thirteen minutes since he had stopped thinking about her. After Kate left Tony had been broken inside. When he finally finished school he had hidden himself away until about five years ago when he decided to come out and be a Baltimore cop working for metro p.d.
Later that night, after they had caught the man they were after, Tony lay in bed and pulled a picture of fifteen year old Kate out from under his pillow. It wasn't healthy, he kept telling himself, to obsess over her, over this picture, but he couldn't bring himself to throw it away. Several times he had held it over an open flame but had snatched it back before the picture could catch on fire. To him the picture was his soul.
Tony had been looking around for a new job. He liked working for Metro P.D, but it seemed to him that he needed something new. A few weeks ago he had found a job that might suit him well and today was his interview. He got up and got ready then quickly walked downstairs to reach his car. On the drive he wondered what Kate was doing now, and what she would be doing if they were still together. This was a common thought that crossed his mind at least five times a day. When he finally arrived at the location of his interview he heaved a deep sigh.
Inside the building Tony began to feel a bit nervous. He wanted this job, why he wasn't sure, but he knew that he wanted it. He sat in a conference room with all the other applicants before an assistant called him into the office. Tony stood up and walked into the room. Sitting behind the desk was a man who wore a black suit and was half bald. Standing behind him was a man with gray hair and a more casual looking outfit, with a gray shirt, brown jacket and black pants. Tony shook hands with both men before taking a seat.
"Well Mr DiNozzo, I've been looking through your resume and I have to admit it is quite impressive," the man sitting down began.
"Thank you sir," Tony replied trying to sound polite. The interview went on for another ten minutes before Tony was asked to wait for a phone call. Tony stood up, shook hands with both men again and then left the room. Back at home he waited anxiously for a phone call, but it didn't come, at least not until the following Friday.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mr DiNozzo?"
"Yes."
"Hello my name is Jardine and I work for NCIS and it is my pleasure to tell you that you got the job." Tony froze. This was the job he wanted and now they wanted him. "You start work next Monday at 0700. Please be prompt. Any questions?" Tony had about a dozen questions but he decided to only ask one.
"Yes. On whose team will I be on?"
"You will be working for Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Please come in tomorrow so we can issue your badge and photo ID."
"I will. Thank you!"
"Good day." Jardine hung up and Tony put the phone down. He quickly walked to the computer and sent an e-mail to his boss at Metro P.D stating that he was resigning from his job. The rest of the day flew by and Tony was heading to NCIS to collect his badge and photo ID. When he arrived he headed inside and was met by the woman he took to be Jardine. Jardine had dark skin and even darker hair. When he stuck out his hand to shake hers she shook her head.
"I'm sorry, I don't shake hands." Tony pulled his hand away and looked towards the agent that was walking towards him. He realised that it was the same agent from yesterday. "Ah, Agent Gibbs. Agent DiNozzo, this is your boss Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs." Tony shook Gibbs' hand and it felt to him as though Gibbs' eyes were scanning him for weakness. Tony himself studied Gibbs. From the strength of the handshake, and the haircut, Tony assumed that Gibbs was a former marine. He wondered how many people who worked here were former marines. This was the Naval Criminal Investigative Service after all.
"Agent DiNozzo if you could just follow me through here, and we should be able to get your badge and ID no problem, then perhaps you would like a tour?" Jardine interrupted them.
"Yes thank you. Excuse me sir."
"Don't call me sir." As Tony walked away a puzzled look crossed his face. He would be working for Gibbs? By the time Jardine had organised Tony's badge and ID, two hours had passed. As they walked from the room, Tony clutching his new badge and ID Jardine looked at her watch and gasped.
"I'm sorry sir, but I am due in a meeting. Perhaps you could ask Agent Gibbs to show you around?" Jardine walked off without waiting for a reply. Tony decided he was not going to ask Agent Gibbs to show him around. He didn't think that Gibbs was the sort of person who guided tours. Instead, Tony began to walk in the direction of an elevator. When he got inside he looked at the buttons before pressing the basement button. He would find out what was down there sooner or later.
The basement turned out to be the autopsy room. The medical examiner Doctor Donald Mallard was very nice and offered Tony a seat. Tony sat graciously and looked around the room. His eyes zoomed straight to the body that was lying on the operating table.
"Doctor-"
"Please, it's Ducky to my associates."
"Ducky. I'm going to be working for Agent Gibbs and-"
"Agent Gibbs? Well then you'll want to meet Abby won't you?"
"Abby?"
"Our forensic scientist. Her lab is one floor up." Tony looked at the ceiling as if it was suddenly clear that he could see through it. "You'll have to go up to meet her." Tony looked back at Ducky who had a smile on his face.
"Right, thank you." Tony stood up and walked into the elevator. He pushed the button for the floor above and began wondering what Abby would be like. He didn't have to wonder long before the doors opened and Abby's lab came into view. The first thing he noticed was the loud music that was playing. When he knocked on the door and Abby came out from the ballistics lab to see who it was, he had to do a double take.
Abby had black hair that was pulled into piggy-tails, and had a spider-web tattooed on the side of her neck. On the neck itself she was wearing what looked to Tony like a dog collar with spikes. She was wearing a black shirt, black and red plaid, black belt with a large silver buckle as well as long white socks and large black boots that reached her knees.
"Who are you?" She asked. Her voice sounded kind of gravelly to him.
"I'm Tony DiNozzo, I'll be working on Gibbs' team, Ducky said I might want to meet you?" Abby stood back and studied him for a minute before turning to begin typing on her computer.
"Well you've met me now please leave I'm extremely busy." Tony nodded and then walked back into the elevator. By the time he got home he had met a range of different people that he might be working with, but it would be a week before he had to start seeing them on a day to day basis. Until then he decided to lay on his bed and stare at the picture of Kate, willing her to feel his undying love.