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McGee started stuttering as soon as Gibbs was out of range, and Kate and Tony shared a knowing look, they could make this so much worse.
"Er, Kate, do you think you could...?"
"Help? No can do McGee, he asked you, I need to write my report." McGee nodded and looked down at Tony with apprehension. The baby smiled his most charming and sweet smile, which actually made McGee relax slightly, and stand up slowly, terrified of dropping him.
"Don't worry so much Probie," Tony said conversationally, as McGee set him down at Gibbs' desk, "Just so long as you don't hurt me in any way, or if I'm too cold, or hot, or tired..."
"Or hungry, or uncomfortable, or angry, or anything like that to make him cry..." Kate added,
"Then Gibbs probably won't kill you." Tony finished, eyes glittering as he saw how nervous McGee looked. At least this was one sport he could do in his current situation. McGee reached into the bag Gibbs had in the office with shaking hands, and pulled out what looked to be some baby wipes, that he started wiping Tony's face with. It showed just how much he usually got teased by the senior field agent as he kept stopping and glancing down, sure he'd be shouted at.
Tony was instantly bored by the procedure, gazing around, the energy he had felt from that morning not having been used up properly in the park. He start to fidget some more, and got prodded in the side slightly,
"Will you stay still?" McGee asked, annoyed. Tony grinned a slightly evil grin and kept still as a rock - which caused something of a dilemma as McGee had to change his clothes,
"Ok Tony, very funny, but you can move again alright? I need to get these clothes off," He paused, and idea hitting him, "If you don't behave, I'll have to get Kate to come over here and change you." The baby froze for a second before shrugging and whining,
"It's uncomfortable." There was a mock intake of breath from the desk nearest to him and he heard Kate say,
"You'd better make it better McGee, Gibbs won't like it if he came down and found that Tony had suffered under your care." McGee scoffed and replied,
"I'm the one suffering here Kate, he seems to find a way to annoy me even when he's a baby." Kate shrugged and answered,
"You should be nicer then Tim, babies can be devious little things when they want. I'm sure if you're mean to him again, he'll find a way to... slip off..." McGee had no idea what Kate meant by that, missing the flash in her eyes and the small knowing smile she'd given to Tony, who was smiling back. They'd have fun with this, he thought, as McGee start to hesitantly change him.
Changing didn't bother him now. He'd gotten to terms with the fact it would happen whatever, and what Gibbs had said to him had made sense. There was nothing to be embarrassed about, he was only a baby to be fair. Even having the Probie clean up down there wasn't a bad as it could have been, though he had no idea what they'd say when he was back to normal.
Nothing was better, in Tony's opinion that pranking McGeek. If it got him into trouble with Gibbs it was even better. And if Tony himself wasn't in trouble it was incredible. And Kate had given him a good idea. Now he was dry, clean and ice cream free, it was the perfect time to strike. While McGee bumbled around under the table, looking for the spare clothes, Tony very neatly and gracefully hopped off the table. He'd managed to slide off onto Gibbs' chair, and then onto the floor, only stumbling slightly as he landed. As he ran off (And Kate was sure he would have yelled 'Freedom!' if he wasn't in a room surrounded by Federal Agents who thought he was a normal child), getting to finally use all that pent-up energy, Kate couldn't help but chortle at the sight.
"McGee?"
"Yeah?" he answered, standing up from where he'd been bent over, rummaging through the bag. His face turned a very unusual colour that Kate thought belonged in a carpet shop somewhere, as he realised Tony was no longer sat on the table,
"Kate, erm... what... when did... I..." She took pity on the young agent, who was clearly worried about the wayward toddler and was babbling, running a hand through his hair,
"Relax McGee, he's just probably really bored, you can't blame him, stuck with Gibbs for most of the weekend tends to do that to you." This did nothing to calm McGee down, and he said to her,
"But what if he gets ill? It's not really that warm in here, and he was only wearing a diaper..."
"What?!" A voice from behind him screeched, and Abby appeared from nowhere, hearing the conversation, "Tell me it's not true McGee," She glared at him, a murderous glint in her eyes, "Tell me, you didn't let a baby wearing nothing but a diaper run amok around the office? What if he gets lost?" McGee really wasn't a very nice colour at this point, causing Kate to stand up and say,
"Tim, go sit down, me and Abby will handle this."
"Handle what?" All three of them gulped and turned to find Gibbs stood behind them, cup of coffee in hand and a face that clearly said 'Don't mess with me, I've been with the Director too long for that'.
"Gibbs! Funny story, I just came up here to tell you the most amazing thing I found in the lab!"
"Where's Tony?" He asked quietly, noticing the baby wasn't in the office, not deterred by Abby's 'amazing' news. They looked at each other, and Kate, knowing Abby would stumble and Tim wasn't in any fit state to talk to Gibbs, stepped forward,
"McGee was cleaning Tony up and when he was... looking for fresh clothes, Tony got, kinda bored and... wandered off." She squeezed her eyes shut for a moment as the loud,
"WHAT?!" Echoed around the office. Only seeing Abby's frightened face calmed him slightly, and he said, in a quieter voice, "Are you saying you let him run off somewhere, without clothes, and he could be anywhere in this office now?"
"He was wearing a diaper," Abby added helpfully, and also, "He could've gotten in the elevator." At the black look he gave them, all three jumped up and chorused,
"We'll find him Boss." Before darting off in directions. He ground his teeth and grabbed the spare clothes, not very hard to find Elf Lord, he thought to himself sourly. He stalked up and down the various desks, ignoring the odd looks he got from the agents when they thought his back was turned - they were all scared of Gibbs.
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Tony had had a whale of a time. The look on the Probie's face was priceless, he stayed around just to see that and then he was off. Ok, not quite 'greyhound' standard yet, he still stumbled slightly, but he was making good time. He knew he was being looked at, the agents would've been pretty poor agents if they hadn't realised the baby running around the floor, wearing nothing but a diaper.
At least he was finally able to use his energy, he practically tore down the corridors. He soon bumped into someone and fell over completely, only amazed he hadn't done it sooner. Looking up, he gasped somewhat to see he'd banged into the Director. Thankfully, he was on his own, not having an important discussion or anything, but Tony knew that Morrow knew it was him, so he just said,
"Hi Sir." Morrow spluttered and started to laugh,
"A baby with manners. How quaint. Tell me DiNozzo, why aren't you dressed?" Tony looked down himself as if only just realising, and replied,
"I was playing about with the Probie Sir, and ran off before he could put clothes on me." Morrow nodded in interest and asked,
"Is Agent Gibbs not looking for you?" Tony blushed slightly and looked down, saying,
"Don't tell him! He'll just be angry, and he's got a lot to deal with. On the case, I mean..." The Director bent down so he was almost level with Tony and brought his chin up with his fingers,
"I won't tell him, but you can't just wander round here you know, you're going to be extremely cold, and Gibbs is never pleased when you get ill." This small statement gave Tony a very warm feeling inside, but asked, politely and shyly,
"Will you take me down to Ducky please?" The older man nodded, a smile reaching his eyes as he picked up the first baby in god knows how long and walked over to the elevator, snorting slightly to see Agent McGee scuttling about, an earnest look on his face.
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"Director! What can I do for you?" Ducky asked, not having turned around, but the Director had been talking just as he walked in through the doors,
"Tony!" Abby cried happily from where she had been stood next to the ME. Ducky pulled a face and said,
"My dear, I don't believe that will be Tony, he doesn't talk like that and certainly can't press the elevator button." On getting no answer, he turned to find Abby taking Tony out of Morrow's arms and thanking him profusely, before running off to get Tony dressed.
In the small wait, Morrow asked Ducky a few questions about the case, and then decided it would be best to go back to his office. Ducky nodded his understanding and bid him goodbye, just as Abby came back in with Tony, now wearing trousers and a cardigan over a tee-shirt, it was cold in autopsy. He was also wearing socks, but no shoes, although it wasn't really a priority,
"Really Tony, don't you dare do that again! You hear me? Seriously, you know how worried Gibbs was? How worried we all were?" Abby was almost hysterical, not hearing when Tony quietly croaked,
"Sorry Abbs, I..." Tears started to build in his eyes,
"Abigail, I think you should be less harsh. He's back now, and that's what matters." Abby looked down and saw to her horror that Tony was sobbing in her arms, stuttering out how sorry he was,
"Hey baby I'm sorry, but you got us all worried. Here, I'll call Gibbs, and then..."
"No need Abbs." Gibbs strode into the room, his eyes dark and when he looked over at Tony they flashed slightly and brightened up. He went over and eased the baby out of Abby's arms, who looked rather nervous,
"Hey, don't do that again ok?" Abby's mouth fell open at the tiny telling off Tony had gotten. It wasn't even a telling off, more a suggestion to stop something. Although Tony didn't stop crying, and Gibbs looked up to the other two and said, rather apologetically,
"He's worn out, he'll be happier when he's slept." With that he went out, bouncing Tony up and down until the elevator doors closed and they couldn't see them anymore,
"Did you see that?" Abby asked, her mouth still open,
"I do believe our Jethro is fully into the joys of parenthood," Ducky said to her, "It's better to stay away until he's less..." He waved his arm to help him think of the word,
"Soppy? Gooey? Soft?" Abby offered, making him chuckle,
"Yes," He answered, "Exactly."
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"You did what?" Kate asked. Gibbs had sat Tony on her lap and told him not to move as he went to get some food. So Kate used this time to asked Tony about his small adventure,
"I ran into the Director," He answered, shrugging. He felt much better after a small sleep and missed all their talk about the case, "He was quite nice, taking me down to Ducky, I hadn't seen him in a while."
"The Director?"
"Ducky, idiot."
"Hey!" Kate admonished, jumping him up and down on her knee as she did so, "Be nice." He rolled his eyes and asked,
"So what's the plan?" She gave him an odd look to show she had no idea what he was on about, making him sigh and say, "With Lacey? Did'ya get any evidence on him yet?"
"The blood on the knife matched the victim's, his cousin's, so that's definitely the knife that killed him. Abby managed to pull prints off the knife, but there weren't any hits."
"It's not his?" Tony asked, a sinking feeling in his stomach. Kate shook her head,
"This guy's clean, never even gotten a parking ticket. We need to get his fingerprints." Tony thought for a while, before saying,
"But if it isn't him he'd get suspicious, and Abby said he was related to the Mafia in someway, so if it was their doing, they'd know we were onto them..." He had been thinking so hard he hadn't heard Gibbs approach,
"Hey, if you can't even use the toilet, you're not going to help with the case." Tony stuck his tongue out moodily, and Gibbs incredibly laughed and ruffled his hair slightly. He placed a muffin in front of the baby who grinned happily,
"Have I ever told you how much I love you Boss?"
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After having to be cleaned up again, Tony was told what was happening tomorrow,
"Kate called Lacey and asked if he wanted to meet at the nursery tomorrow," Tony frowned, but Gibbs continued, "And you're going to get his prints, Kate you need to interrogate him, maybe ask what he did yesterday or whatever, you know what I mean."
"A casual investigation," Tony mused, chewing his fingernails, "Sounds more fun than anything we've ever done Boss," His grin faded at the look Gibbs gave him and he hastily added, "I- I mean at work Boss, we have plenty of fun normally, of course we do..."
Kate snorted and asked,
"What do you do to have such fun Tony?" He answered without thinking,
"Read stories, almost playing catch, play games, or it's nice at night, when I'm about to sleep, and he gives me a drink, but..." Gibbs rolled his eyes and passed him George, saying,
"Play for a little while kiddo." Kate was amazed Tony suddenly got on with it, sat on the floor with his teddy,
"That was weird." She stated, and got a look from Gibbs,
"Me and Abby worked out how to get him to go to 'Tony Junior' as Abbs calls it." Kate smiled at the baby,
"How do you get him out?"
"Just talk to him normally." She smiled again and jumped as Gibbs seemed to just swoop in and pick Tony up. The baby squealed happily and started to giggle as Gibbs casually rubbed his back,
"It's late," He announced, "The kid'll still be tired from your little stunt." He glared over at McGee, who busied himself with his computer and Kate straightened in her seat and said in a serious voice,
"To be fair Gibbs, it wasn't just McGee's or my faults, Tony was the one who ran off." Gibbs growled at her and walked off, making Kate feel sorry for the baby in his arms that was still cooing and pulling at his bear's ears.
Aw, not as long as some of the others, but I didn't know what to put in after the whole escaping scenario lol ;P Review? xx