"What the hell is going on? I could hear screaming from the moment I walked in the door?" Gibbs spat as he walked into the viewing room.
"Some bitch named Ziva is trying to say that she was Tony's girlfriend and that her daughter belonged to Tony." Deanna said. She was red in the face, but this time not from crying but from being straight up mad.
"Ziva. You don't mean Ziva David do you?" Gibbs questioned.
"I guess that's her name."
Ziva heard her name while she was talking to Abby and walked back into the viewing room.
"Yeah that's my name what's it to ya?" Ziva spat.
Before Ziva could say anymore Gibbs gave her a swift slap to the back of the head.
"How dare you disrespect one of my agents especially when we are trying to mourn someone that you used to call your friend." Gibbs spat
"He was more than a friend to me Gibbs. So what I broke one of your petty rules about 'don't date a co-worker'" Ziva said doing finger quotes "but what about this thing he married she says she's a special agent and he went off and married her."
"They were dating before she become an agent Ziva. I can't believe you would come back to the states just to cause trouble. You listen to me…" Gibbs got right in her face and shook a finger "once Tony is buried you get your shit and go back to wherever the hell you were. If you were really a friend of Tony's you would have been there for him instead of running off."
"I can't believe you Gibbs. Out of all the people I figured you would be the understanding one."
"Get out Ziva. We have had more stress than we need already, we don't need you adding more to it."
Ziva stormed out and Abby and Tali followed her.
"How could he do this? How could Tony not tell me he had a daughter and a girlfriend?" Deanna's body began to shake as the tears started flowing.
Kate walked over and tried to comfort Deanna.
"He wasn't still dating Ziva, I can promise you that." Kate explained.
"They had broken up and she moved off to Israel and no one has seen or heard from her since. It is kinda strange she just popped back up." McGee added.
"Well she isn't returning to the force. It will be over my dead body." Gibbs spat.
After the room was cleared of visitors, it was only the four agents left. They gathered around Tony's casket. One of the best was gone too soon.
The morning of the funeral was hard on Deanna. It hit her that it would be the very last time she would ever see Tony's face. The pain was almost unbearable for her. She wore a black dress with a black veil over her face. Brenna Palmer helped her get the twins ready. T.J. was in a little suit and looked just as handsome as his daddy did. Deanna pinned her Special Agent badge onto his little jacket. It had the black strip that went across when they lost a fellow special agent. Tonya was dressed in a little black dress with ruffles.
Deanna and the twins got to the church early. The casket was open for viewing at the moment and she thought now is the best time as any to let the twins say goodbye. With the help of Brenna and Jimmy Palmer she would try to explain it to their young minds.
T.J. and Tonya looked into the casket. Tonya wanted to try and climb in so she could cuddle with her daddy.
"No Tonya. Daddy can't cuddle anymore. Daddy has gone on a special mission to where we can't see him but he will always be there to protect us." Deanna tried to explain.
"Daddy right there. Daddy wake up and play music?" T.J. questioned.
"No T.J. this will be the last time we get to see daddy so you need to tell him bye." Deanna cried. She was trying so hard to be strong for the twins.
"Bye daddy." T.J. said beginning to cry.
Tonya insisted on giving her daddy one more kiss. "Love daddy."
Deanna decided to also give Tony one last kiss. She wished it was like in Snow White where the prince kisses Snow White and she comes back to life. She wished that would happen to Tony.
As the funeral got underway, the funeral director had Team Gibbs walk in together and sit in the family seating. There was two missing however. Abby and Ziva were sitting at the back of the church. They didn't want anyone else in on their plan.
Deanna looked around and it was like everything moved in slow motion. There were two special agents that kept watch over Tony's casket, one at the head and the other at the feet. The church was full with people she didn't know. People from NCIS, FBI, the navy and Marines, even other police agencies. She was in a daze as the music played and the preacher read scripture. There were so many speakers, a lot in which Deanna didn't know. It wasn't until Director Vance got up to give the Eulogy that caught her attention.
"I stand before you today with a heavy heart. It is never easy to say goodbye to someone who meant so much to so many. This much is clear: we have lost a beloved husband, father, friend, colleague and public servant. But Tony DiNozzo lives on, in the deeds he performed, in the thoughts, the feelings and the memories of him that we hold dear.
Today, as we honor the memory of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo, we recall the words engraved on the national law enforcement memorial in Washington D.C. "its not how these officers died that made them heroes; it is how they lived."
Anthony D. DiNozzo Jr. was born in Long Island New York.
After high school Tony attended Rhode Island Military Academy. He later attended Ohio State University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education. During his time at Ohio State, he was on the varsity basketball team and made it to the final four before losing to UCLA. He graduates Alpha Chi Delta in the class of 1989.
Tony became a detective and spent two years in Peoria and Philadelphia before moving to Baltimore. Tony eventually joined NCIS and began as an NCIS Probationary Agent before being promoted to the rank of Senior Special Agent.
He married his wife Deanna Carter on July 22, 2016 and have since welcomed into the world twins Anthony Jethro DiNozzo and Tonya Deanne DiNozzo.
Tony you will be missed by all of us at NCIS." Vance said and then walked off the stage.
"That son of a bitch didn't even mention me or Tali!" Ziva said. It was like Ziva had been wiped clean off the slate of Tony's life.
As the viewing started Ziva slipped out. How could they not realize she was the one that loved him first. He had a daughter that he loved and no one seemed to notice.
The ride to the cemetery was long. Deanna and the twins rode in the limo behind the hearse. As they rode, Gibbs put his arm around Deanna "It's going to be ok." Gibbs words broke off.
"Nothing is ever going to be ok again Gibbs." Deanna cried.
She looked out the window and seen people lining the streets. They held up flags and signs that said rest in peace Special Agent DiNozzo. She didn't realize in all her grief that people were actually backing the agency and supported the family. What would normally take a 15-minute drive turned into 2 hours by time all the police vehicles got to the cemetery. They seated Deanna and the twins right in front of the casket, Kate sat on one side of her and held Tonya and Gibbs sat on the other and insisted to hold T.J. McGee stood behind the agents and Abby stood next to him with her head leaned over on his shoulder. Ziva was toward the back. She couldn't believe they didn't treat her like family anymore. As the bagpipes played Amazing Grace it was almost as if Deanna could feel Tony's presence with her as the wind began to blow. T.J. went over to his mother when the pallbearers removed the casket. Gibbs, McGee, Ducky, Jimmy, Vance and believe it or not Fornell all carried Tony's casket to its designated spot. Tony would roll over in his casket if he knew Fornell was carrying him, Deanna thought and for the first time smiled a tiny bit. It was the final radio call that got her. She had heard them when she was a news producer but to hear one for a loved one made her break down.
Gibbs got up and done the Final radio call holding his radio and it went over all radios within the area. "Special Agent Tony DiNozzo. Last Call for Special Agent Tony DiNozzo you are clear to go 10-7. End of Watch August 8th, 2017. May you rest in peace we will take it from here." Gibbs tried so hard to fight the tears. Two service men folded the American flag that was draped over Tony's casket and presented it to Deanna. She held it close to her heart. Vance presented Tony's badge to the twins. It pissed Ziva off. That should have been Tali's. As the 21-gun salute started it made Deanna jump she couldn't help but cry. All this was happening because of her. She should have done more to save him. As the funeral ended, the pallbearers placed their flowers on the casket with the twins and Deanna placing a flower on there as well. After most everyone left Gibbs tried to get Deanna to go to the limo, but she just sat there. She knew this would be the closest to Tony she would ever be again.
"I have to stay Gibbs. I have to watch them lower him into the ground. I can't do this Gibbs…I just can't." Deanna cried.
Gibbs grabbed her face and looked into her crying eyes "You can do this. Those babies need you and the team needs you. You don't see it now but things will get better and Tony will always be with you." She leaned her head over on to Gibbs shoulder and cried as they watched Tony's casket be lowered into the ground.
Gibbs opened his home up to his agents and the DiNozzo family. He felt none of them should be alone tonight. It had been a hard day on all of them.
Ziva and Abby were the two that didn't make it over to Gibbs house to mourn. Instead they were working on their plan. Abby ran the prints on the gun which turned out to be the gun Deanna used on the force. The bullet matched perfectly to the one they found in Tony's chest cavity. With this and her not calling 911 they could put her away in prison.
"So what do we do now?" Ziva asked
"We make it look like she was mad at Tony because she found a picture of you." Abby said.
"How do we do that?"
"We will put blood on the picture of you and Tony in Paris. We can also say that there was no way the shot came from outside in had to of come from inside the house."
"You are devious"
"Thank you" Abby said with a smile.
The next day Deanna went to the reading of the will for Tony. She didn't expect to get anything expect for to keep the house they were in.
The lawyer sat her down and the rest of the team. Ziva sat at the back of the room hoping to get the estate.
"In the last will and testament of Anthony D. DiNozzo it reads as follows. If I die before my twins are born my wife, Deanna DiNozzo is to have full legal guardianship. If something happens to the both of us the guardianship is to fall up on Kate Todd.
My apartment which I have had for many years I give to Deanna DiNozzo for her to do with as she sees fit. My property I have in the hamptons I give to my wife Deanna DiNozzo. My beloved car I give to my wife Deanna DiNozzo. All the money in the bank account under my name is to go to my wife Deanna DiNozzo. Heirlooms which I have stored in the basement of my house is to go to Jethro Gibbs so that when the twins get older he can pass it along to them. My life insurance in the event that I die of natural causes goes to Deanna DiNozzo. If I die in the line of duty it goes to my wife Deanna DiNozzo. In the event that my wife Deanna DiNozzo is unfit whether it be in jail and is found guilty of crimes she has committed, Deanna DiNozzo will forfeit all rights to my estate, children and insurance policy and it will go to Ziva David."
Ziva just found the way to get back and get what she wants.
Abby called the team down to the lab after they got back.
"Guys I hate to break it to you but I think we know Tony's killer on a personal level." Abby said
"What do you mean Abs?" McGee asked
"I mean look the finger prints on the gun are Deanna's."
"Dammit Abby would you stop trying to accuse Deanna of something she didn't do." Gibbs yelled.
"Geez Gibbs forensics don't lie. Plus look at this. From the angle he was shot it was at point blank range and he was shot inside the house. And Look who the gun belongs to."
"That is Deanna's agency issued gun. Gibbs what are we going to do?" Kate questioned.
"Something I dread doing." Gibb said heading for the DiNozzo house. Kate and McGee was close behind.
Abby called Ziva. "The plan is in motion. They are going to arrest her now. Looks like you get everything by this afternoon."
"Great job Abs" Ziva said. She couldn't help but chuckle everything was about to be smooth sailing.
Deanna was in the house trying to get the twins settled down for a nap. They had just had lunch and were anything but tired. Gibbs strong knock on the door made her jump. She hated being by herself, especially after Tanner came into her apartment and beat her nearly to death. Tony had always promised he would watch after her and make sure she was never alone. Now look at me she thought, all alone. She went to the door surprised to see Gibbs.
"Gibbs why don't you come in, hey Kate and McGee." Deanna said.
"Deanna I hate to do this to you, but you have to go with us." Gibbs sternly said.
"Why what's going on?"
"You are being arrested for the murder of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo." Kate popped up.
"What are you talking about? I didn't kill Tony! I did everything I could to try and save him!"
McGee turned her around and put the handcuffs on her "You have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."
"Gibbs you got to believe me I would never kill Tony. I loved him! Please you've got to believe me!" Deanna screamed and cried.
It was hard for Gibbs to not just take her into his arms and tell her everything was going to be ok. Just as Abby said however forensics doesn't lie and her fingerprints was all over that crime scene.
What will happen with Deanna being in custody? Do the other agents really believe she killed Tony? New Chapter Up Soon! Please Review!
