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It was 8°clock when McGee walked into the bullpen. He had spent the morning in Abby's lab going through evidence for another case she was working on. As usual he had arrived early, hoping to spend some time helping his favourite forensic scientist he certainly hadn't expected Tony to be sitting at his desk with his hair and clothes ruffled and looking like he had only gotten two hours sleep. And Ziva. Ziva was usually at work at 5am and as McGee looked around at 6 that morning she was nowhere to be seen.
Now at 8°clock Ziva had miraculously appeared, but something felt different. Both Tony and Ziva remained silent, not even lifting their heads to acknowledge McGee's entrance. Their silence, especially Tony's, was somewhat eerie and McGee couldn't help but wonder what had caused this. After about five minutes, McGee couldn't take it anymore.
"So..." McGee started, gazing over to Ziva "Ziva where's that guy that has been hanging around lately. Michael isn't it?"
Ziva lifted her head ever so slightly muttered "Michael has gone home, back to Israel". Tony's head shot up at this, it was clear he had been listening to the whole discussion. He refused to make eye contact with either one of them and then slowly continued with his work.
"Oh" McGee replied, deciding not to push the issue any further. He then quietly slinked back to his desk.
***
Later that day the elevator chimed and Gibbs walked in, only after he sat down did Ziva stand up and come to the front of his desk. "Gibbs, I would like to say something. To you and the team". As she said this Gibbs remained sitting but summoned the other agents to him.
When they were all assembled Ziva began "I have been holding out on all of you" she sighed "For some time I have known about Mossad's involvement in this case and I have not told any of you." She glanced around the small group only to see Tony starring at his shoes. "The petty officers wife, Sarah Doices, is a Mossad operative in America. Her assignment was to get close to and gather in tell on Katelyn Wilson and the arms dealing operation she was associated to."
"So she was spying on her husband's lover" McGee concluded
"Essentially yes, although we suspect that she told him, maybe about being Mossad or maybe about the whole operation, we cannot be sure. Either way, Mossad think that Katelyn somehow found out about their agent and started an affair with and then killed John Doices to find out everything he knew about her."
"But there was nothing on the body to indicate that he was tortured for information" McGee commented
"There is more than one way to torture someone, McGee"
McGee nodded understandingly just as Gibbs phone started to ring.
"Jethro, come down to autopsy. It's urgent" Ducky's voice came through the cell phone.
Gibbs hung up and headed to the elevator before motioning for Tony to come with him. Obediently Tony followed. They stood silent in the elevator until Gibbs reached for the emergency stop button. As if this was a cue, Tony began to speak, slowly at first but then gaining momentum.
"Its rule number 1, Gibbs. Never screw over your partner!" Tony fumed "Then Ziva comes and hides information relating to the case from me. From all of us!"
Gibbs nodded and Tony took this as a sign to continue.
"You trust your partner with your life and then if they hide things..." he sighed "How do I know if I can trust her?"
"Is this even the real issue DiNozzo?" Gibbs said simply. He wasn't one to give hours advice and talk about everything that was bothering people but after weeks of Tony being miserable he knew he needed to step in.
"What? Of course it's the real issue" It took a minute of thinking before Tony continued "I don't know. I mean, it's been different around here since that Michael guy showed up." "He's a piece of work" Tony chuckled. "You know since he came, Ziva doesn't come over to my place after work anymore and she hides everything from us now. She used to tell me all those things"
"It sounds to me like you are jealous, Tony"
"Jealous? Jealous of who?"
But, before Gibbs could answer the elevator lurched back into life and the doors suddenly opened.
"Figure it out" Gibbs said before stepping out, leaving a very dumbstruck Tony behind.
***
"Jethro" Dr Mallard greeted his long-time friend. "What took you so long?"
"Don't ask Duck." He replied "What have you got for me?"
"Gibbs, I have solved the mystery!" Ducky exclaimed "I have discovered how this Ms Katelyn Wilson managed to get information from Mr Doices without notable signs of torture.
A confused look from Gibbs prompted Ducky to explain further. "I was just talking to Timothy, he explained Ziva's theories and that's when I finally made sense of what I had found earlier. Needle marks, Gibbs. Between two fingers on his right hand. I have sent swabs off to Abby but I think you'll find the result will come back positive for 'truth serum'. As if by a sign Gibbs' phone started manically ringing in his pocket and both old men laughed when Abby's voice came through.
"It's truth serum, Gibbs!" she said as excited as ever.
***
After proving Ziva's initial theory correct Gibbs and the NCIS team decided that their first duty was to call in Sara Doice and warn her of the danger she was in now that the gang of arms dealers knew about her mission. Sara Doice quickly confirmed this and told the team she had told her husband about everything . They recommended that she move into a safe house at least until they could locate the remaining members group. She had agreed to this and now McGee was escorting her back to her house to pick up her supplies.
***
Tony lay his head on one of the cold metal benches in Abby's lab. He groaned as his mind tried to make sense of Gibbs' last words. Jealous. Who was he jealous of?
"Abby, who am I jealous of?" Tony whined. He had told her the story when he came in but she had decided to let him think about it for a while before she stepped in.
"Poor baby..." The cheerful goth said coming over to Tony and stroking his head. "It's so obvious" she whispered.
Tony groaned again and Abby just rolled her eyes and continued. "Ok then. Who has annoyed you ever since he came here?"
"Umm that Michael guy I guess" Tony moaned. "But why would I be jealous of him?"
"Because you're in love with Ziva!!" Abby cried "God, it's so obvious! It seems like everyone can see it but you two!" She took a deep breath and stared at Tony who was still trying to process this outburst. He didn't say anything, he merely stared into the distance. Abby was right. There was no denying that fact. The real question was: What was he going to do now?
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