As Tonya sat at her desk she kept reading over the card. She thought of all the guys she worked with. It was too nice to come from her twin brother. Ducky and Gibbs was really too old, however she had always heard that Gibbs liked red heads, she wasn't blessed with the hair of her father and T.J. she was blessed with reddish brown hair like her mother. The more she was out in the sun, the redder it would get and right now it was more red with highlights of brown. She thought about McGee but he was married. So it only left Autopsy Gremlin Jimmy Palmer or the nerdy Sebastian Lund. Both were actually pretty attractive. She had never heard Sebastian say anything about having a girlfriend. Jimmy was now single. His wife and daughter was killed a few years back in a car accident and he had joined the single men of NCIS club. All of the guys there were older than her. She looked up at the wall that held her mom and dads pictures on it. Her mom was about 20 years younger than her father when they got married. Bull was 23 years older than her mom and she fell for him. I guess she would be like her mom in that sense and could go for an older guy. Sebastian was 27 years older than her and Palmer was 37 years older. What's a few years? But would any of them date her with being DiNozzo's daughter? T.J. seen his sister lost in her thoughts. He wheeled over to her desk and snatched the note out of her hand.
"Ooh sisters got a secret admirer." T.J. teased.
"Give me that." Tonya said snatching the note back. "I don't know who sent them."
"Whoever it was must not know you're a DiNozzo. Or know about Bull. Bull won't let either one of us date till we're 30."
"Ha ya that's just for you T.J."
"I have had my share of girlfriends thank you."
"Oh yeah when was the last one."
T.J. had to think on that one for a moment.
"It was before the accident there was.."
"Having a one night stand is not a relationship T.J."
"….ok I got nothing."
"See exactly my point. I am going to make my crush fall in love with me and then we will get married and have little NCIS babies."
"Actually that's Gibbs rule number 12 never date a co-worker." McGee popped up.
"Well McGee, rules were made to be broken." Tonya said with a smirk.
McGee just shook his head. She was going to break rules just like Tony did. He did marry her mom and have her and T.J. They were both co-workers when they were married. So what's the difference between her and her parents?
Tonya and T.J. went to Gibbs house that night and to their surprise Jason and Marissa Bull was there.
"Mom, dad, what are you doing here?" T.J. asked.
"We wanted to surprise you on your first day of work." Jason responded giving both of his adopted kids a hug.
"How long have you guys been in town?" Tonya asked.
"Just a few hours. We flew down after the trial was done." Marissa answered.
"What was the trial about?" T.J. asked eager to listen. He liked working under McGee at NCIS but he felt like he didn't belong. He couldn't go out and do field work like his sister was doing. He wished a thousand times he would have never stepped foot out of the hospital when his sister had tried to commit suicide and Bull had his heart attack. Was this his punishment for not being right there with them? He felt like he would be of better use at TAC then he would be at NCIS. That's why he was still planning on going to Harvard.
Tonya drowned out the talk of the trial with her own thoughts. How desperately she wished she could tell her parents Tony and Deanna about her first day on the job. How she was successful in getting dirty marines and navy guys off the streets and how she almost died. Instead in front of her stood her adopted parents. She knew she could talk to them about it but it wouldn't be the same. They had never worked as special agents. Jason would just analyze everything she would say and try to counsel her on how dangerous it was to work as a special agent and try to talk her into going to Harvard and working at TAC. Her real parents would have been proud of her first day. Would have given her tips on what to do better. But she felt like she was denied that privilege.
"Why don't you guys come on in here. I have steaks sitting on the table to celebrate the kids first day of working for me." Gibbs said
Much to both of the twins surprises the whole NCIS team was there including the autopsy folks and lab. Tonya was anxious. The guy that liked her was sitting in the same room as her and she couldn't figure out who it was. She just wished someone would come forward and confess their love for her. She didn't want to wait like her mother did and be in her lover's arms as she died before he would propose to her. As they sat around the table, Jason asked the kids how their first day at work went. The twins looked at each other. T.J. gave his sister a look of 'well you had more fun than I did so go ahead and talk' so Tonya spoke up first.
"It was actually a lot of fun. We worked a case that..." Tonya started then she looked at Gibbs and then ducked her head. "I mean we can't talk about our cases. However, I did get to go work on the street corner today."
Marissa about choked on the roll she was eating and Jason about spewed his coffee all over the rest of the NCIS team.
"You what?!" Jason answered.
"I got to go work the street corner today. I was trying to find me a boyfriend dad."
"I thought I raised you better than that. I didn't let you come down to D.C. to work as a prostitute. If that's all you are going to do young lady is sell yourself than go pack your things and you will be going back to New York City with us tonight." Jason spat.
"Dad it wasn't like that."
"Yeah dad she was trying to sell herself for only $5." T.J. popped up.
Marissa about choked again half out of shock and half out of trying to keep from laughing.
"T.J. you're not helping." Tonya said giving her brother a look.
"It's not at all what the kids are portraying it Jason. We were trying to catch a killer that had picked up a prostitute before he killed her. We decided the best way to do that is to send someone under cover and Tonya was the best one to do that." Kate explained.
"Oh ok that makes a lot more sense now." Marissa understood.
"Are you going to tell dad how you almost died?" T.J. asked. He was good at instigating trouble. He wasn't much like Tony except for his looks, and of course trying to get his twin sister in trouble.
"Again T.J. not helping." Tonya said. Since she was sitting right next to him she elbowed him in the side. He gave her a look of what was that for.
"Wait I didn't hear that you almost died! That would have meant you would have come and seen me…of course you wouldn't know about it because you would be dead…and I would have to do an autopsy on you…but still it would have meant you would have come to see me!" Jimmy Palmer popped up. Tonya found his quirkiness endearing and cute.
"Ha I will come see you while I'm still alive Jimmy." Tonya responded.
Jimmy blushed at the idea which made Tonya wonder if he was the one who sent her the flowers.
"So tell me of this near death experience." Jason questioned.
"Dad it wasn't that bad. I had gotten in the truck with our killer. He wanted to know if I was a cop. He found my wire and tried to strangle me. I hit my head on the passenger side window and was knocked out. But it wasn't that big of a deal. Kate, McGee and T.J. came and got me while Gibbs got our killer. The big thing is we got a killer of the street." Tonya tried to explain.
"But you could have gotten yourself killed." T.J. said. He really was more like a big brother even if he was born after Tonya by a few minutes.
"I'm proud of you and if you need to talk about your feelings and need a session…" Jason tried to convince his daughter.
"Dad I'm fine really. Anytime I walk out of headquarters there is that chance that I may not come back alive." Tonya explained.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Marissa said taking a sip of her coffee.
"We had her six sir, we would make sure she was as safe as possible." McGee tried to assure the Bull's.
"Tonya was really good at getting the crime scene evidence down to the lab to where we could identify who the killer was too." Sebastian said smiling at Tonya. Tonya smiled back. Could it of been him that sent the flowers? She thought. As the night started to wind down Tonya and T.J. talked to their parents about the things they were learning from the team at NCIS and slowly one at a time the team was leaving. That night Tonya went to get her shower and noticed the bruising around her neck from where the killer tried to claim her life as well. That night she found it hard to sleep for he thoughts running through her head about her first day on the job. When exhaustion finally took over she had an experience that she wished was real.
"Great first day sweetheart." Deanna said giving her daughter a hug.
"We are so proud of you!" Tony said also giving his daughter a hug.
"You knew about my first day?" Tonya asked.
"Of course we did, we were right there with you the whole time." Deanna answered.
"Sorry about your outfit. You got to admit though that it was pretty hilarious to see you go tracking through the mud in high heels. Kate did the same thing on her first day as an agent." Tony laughed.
"How about catching that killer. Very well done!" Deanna added.
"Well I tried." Tonya said.
"We hear our baby has a crush!" Tony smirked.
"Maybe just a little one." Tonya said.
"Let's take a look at your options within headquarters. There's Sebastian and there's Palmer." Deanna said.
"Ha autopsy gremlin and a nerd" Tony laughed.
Tonya couldn't help but laugh either. Her alarm went off before she could ask her parents who it was. 'dang it now I have to figure it out on my own.
Once she got to headquarters, she was tasked with finding out the cause of death of the petty officer which meant going down to autopsy and finding out from Ducky or Palmer. When she got down there she found a body lying on the table and a tall man with his back turned to the body. The man was taking off his scrub top and turned around when he heard the autopsy doors open. Palmer stood there with no shirt on. Tonya didn't realize that Palmer was so hot. He had abs that would put many guys to shame. Why was he always hiding his hotness under those scrubs? To say she was attracted to him in that moment was an understatement. He had his glasses off and his brown hair was loose without his scrub cap on.
"Can..Can I help you?" Palmer said nervously trying to find his shirt to cover up.
Tonya bit her lip. "I don't know. Is Ducky here?"
"No he took the day off. What can I help you with." Palmer responded taking in her beauty. He knew he had to be professional but it was going to be very hard at the moment.
"I was needing to know the cause of death of our petty officer." Tonya said distracted by his abs.
Palmer couldn't take it any longer. He knew if Tony was still alive he would kill him for what he was about to do. He threw his scrub top on the table. Tonya gave him a look of pleasure. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around him. He began to kiss her passionately as she ran her fingers through his curly brown hair. He laid her down on one of the autopsy examining tables and climbed on top of her. Never in her life did she think she would be making love among the dead and especially on an autopsy table. She rubbed his amazing muscles and abs. To say he was gorgeous was an understatement. Without his glasses he didn't look as nerdy, in fact she found him very hot and attractive. Once they were done, they both had a smile on their faces. It was going to be really hard to work after that. She would be daydreaming about her time with Palmer and wish she could do I again.
"By the way she was strangled to death." Palmer said as the two of them got their clothes back on.
Tonya returned to the bullpen with a smile on her face.
"DiNozzo what did you find?" Gibbs asked.
"Our petty officer was strangled." Tonya answered.
"Tony get our petty officer in here for questioning." Gibbs said to T.J. T.J. just looked at his sister. 'Why was Gibbs always calling him Tony?' he wondered was it just a slip of the tongue because he looked so much like his father.
"Boss I'm T.J. remember?" T.J. said trying not to be rude.
Gibbs rubbed his face. "I am so sorry T.J. you remind me so much of your father I guess it just slipped. With you sitting at his desk and looking just like him it's almost like I have Tony back."
"Tonya will you go down to the lab and find out what all Sebastian has for us. We know this is the killer but we have to have evidence to prove it." Gibbs said.
"On it boss." Tonya answered.
She got down to the lab and found Sebastian hard at work.
"Hey there beautiful." Sebastian said catching her off guard. He walked over to her and laid a passionate kiss on her lips that she was not expecting.
"Well hello to you too." Tonya responded in a daze.
"What can I help you with?" Sebastian asked.
"Gibbs wants to know if we have any evidence that have come back positive."
"Patients is not one of Gibbs virtues. Tell him I will have it back up in an hour."
"Will do."
As Tonya went to walk away, Sebastian slapped her butt.
"Got a nice ass there." Sebastian said. That of course made Tonya blush. She had always been self-conscious about her butt. She knew it was big. She knew one thing for sure, she would never have to go and have work done on her bump to make it look like Kim Kardashians.
She was conflicted now. Who was her secret admirer that sent her the flowers? It was a dream come true to have sex with Palmer, yet Sebastian was showing interest as well. She felt so confused.
"I got a letter here that is address only to NCIS special agent." McGee said.
"That would be mine." Tonya said grabbing the card.
"How do you know?" McGee said.
"I recognize the hand writing." Tonya responded. She walked back over to her desk and smelled her flowers. She read the back of the envelope that read 'your secret admirer'. As she opened it and blew away the wrapping it was like in slowmo Kate telling her to not open the letter and to not inhale anything. But it was too late she had already opened the letter and inhaled the powder that was inside.
"Dang it Tonya you have to be just like your father don't you." Kate said tossing Tonya a bottle of water.
"Tonya, T.J. are you up on emergency precautions?" Gibbs asked the twins.
"Yeah we take blood, sanitary showers and they burn our clothes." T.J. answered.
"And I win a free trip to the Bethesda." Tonya said.
"They have turned off the air. Let's hit the showers." Kate yelled.
"I thought you would never ask." T.J. said wheeling right in behind Kate.
"Sorry boss I didn't mean to open the letter. I didn't know…" Tonya tried to apologize to Gibbs.
"All I know is you are definitely Tony DiNozzo's daughter. I just hope it's not the same thing he had. If it is, I hope we can find a cure in time." Gibbs said.
That didn't set to well with Tonya. Hadn't her Tony told her not to open letters that had some kind of powder in it? How was she supposed to know?
"Who would send me something like this?" Tonya asked as they took a shower.
"Pick a guy Tonya any guy" T.J. said picking at his sister.
"That's not funny T.J. this is serious. Right now someone is burning my Steve Madden shoes, my Michael Kors dress and my Louis Vuitton purse." Tonya said.
"Ah poor baby. I'm sure Chunk can hook you up with a whole new wardrobe." T.J. responded.
"But what could have been in that letter." Tonya asked getting all lathered up.
"When your father did this exact same thing, it was y-pestis better known as the bubonic plague." McGee answered.
"Ah if dad made it through then so can I. I'm sure it's just foot powder or talcum powder." Tonya said.
"Yeah but when your dad had it he almost died. It was genetically altered to resist antibiotics and it had a suicide gene. I just pray you are as lucky." Kate said almost feeling sorry for Tonya. She was about to endure the pain and suffering that Tony did with his bout with the plague.
When the team got to the lab, Ducky and Palmer started drawing blood.
"What happened?" Palmer asked Tonya while drawing her blood.
"I opened a letter that had some type of powder in it. I should have never opened it. It was signed on the back as 'your secret admirer' so I opened it." Tonya said feeling defeated.
"I would never send you white powder." Palmer smiled at Tonya. He looked a lot nerdier now with his glasses back on, but she could still remember the hotness and the passion they had just hours before.
A group from the Bethesda walked in to take their subjects to the hospital.
"Who opened the letter?" one asked.
"He did." Tonya said pointing at her brother.
"No…no I…I" T.J. stuttered.
"I'm just kidding I'm your pin cushion." Tonya said hoping off the autopsy table she had passionate love on not long ago.
"Did you breathe in any of the powder?"
"I might have." Tonya responded.
"T.J. I think you should go as well my dear boy." Ducky suggested.
"Why do I have to go?" T.J. protested.
"If it is anything like the bout your father had, she will need you T.J. you guys are the same blood type and she will need a blood transfusion." Ducky tried to explain.
"Go ahead and go T.J. just to be safe." Gibbs said.
"My sister safe? Ha she is the most accident prone person you would ever want to meet." T.J. said.
"She's just like Tony." Kate whispered to McGee.
T.J. and Tonya was transported to Bethesda. A Dr. Brad Pitt met them there which both found hilarious what his name was.
"I remember when you two were born in this hospital. Didn't think you would have to be kept in isolation like your father was." Dr. Pitt expressed.
"Yeah I didn't either." T.J. spat.
"We will go ahead and get you on some antibiotics while we try to figure out what you guys have. This is my nurse Ethan Harvey who will be taking care of you guys." Dr. Pitt said. "I need you two to be separated so that you won't affect the other one. As soon as we know something we will let you guys out of here. I'm sure it won't be as bad as your father had it."
What will be revealed by the blood tests? Will anyone show up to support the twins while they are in isolation? Could Palmer or Sebastian come through and express their love for Tonya? New chapter up soon! Please review!
