Sorry for the EXTREMELY long update, I know you guys must really hate me right now! Between spending all day yesterday with my girlfriend and her friends, multiple pick-up games of basketball at a local basketball court, going on a long-ass run with my best bud Tyrone, and going to the movies with a bunch of my friends, I haven't really found time to update.
I started a new story a few days ago called Aliyah AU, so I've been working on that a bit. But alas, I know you guys have been itching for an update, especially with Nikolai dying and all that, so I decided that I would update this. And I did! :)
Please, if you have the time, take those twenty or so seconds to type up a quick review! It always brings a smile to my face to read them! So without further ado, here is the next chapter!
The conference room was flooded with FBI, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, NCIS, CIA, and Army CID agents as they discussed the plan of action on the gas.
"NSA satellite imaging confirms the gas attack on Nikolai's compound. We haven't been able to identify the gas yet, but from what we can tell, it is extremely deadly." Gibbs said, drawing nods from the agents.
"The DC area is upping security. The president has been informed, and we are to find and eliminate those directly linked to the attack with extreme prejudice. This will be a joint op with NCIS in the lead. Understood?" Jenny announced. Everyone nodded in understanding before packing up their things and leaving, Fornell sticking behind to talk to Gibbs.
"You said his cause of death was poison, right?" Fornell asked. Gibbs nodded as they walked onto the mezzanine and leaned on the rail, both observing the buzz of activity.
"We could trace the poison and try to track a purchase, no?" Fornell suggested. Gibbs chuckled as he slapped Fornell on the back.
"Already got Abby workin' on it. She said she would have results in about 30 minutes." Gibbs responded. Fornell nodded in understanding as he followed Gibbs down the stairs. As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Gibbs's phone rang. Gibbs sighed as he took out his phone and checked the caller ID: Ziva.
"Good morning, Ziva. What's up?" Gibbs asked.
"Tony and I are very bored and we have nothing to do. Can we come into NCIS to visit?" Ziva's voice emitted from the phone. Gibbs pondered it for a moment, but decided that no harm could come from a visit.
"Sure, Ziva! Bring Tony with you and I'll have one of my agents show you around." Gibbs responded, head slapping Tommy for snapping a picture of Lisa's butt as she was bending over to pick up a few of the wads of paper Tommy had been throwing at her.
"Thank you, Gibbs. We should be there in about 20 minutes." Ziva's voice responded before a click was heard, and the call was ended.
20 minutes later, the elevator doors dinged open, Tony and Ziva strolling in with visitor's badges clipped to the front of their shirts.
"Man, this place sure is bright! Look at that skylight!" Tony exclaimed as they both walked over to a smirking Gibbs. Tommy, Lisa, and McGregor looked up from their desks and did a double take upon seeing Tony again.
"Ziva, Tony." Gibbs said as he hugged Ziva gently and shook Tony's hand, or at least as well as one could when they were leaning on crutches. Gibbs looked at his confused agents for a brief moment.
"I need a cup of coffee. I'm sure you all can introduce yourselves, and then one of you can show em' around." Gibbs said before heading out of the bullpen. Immediately Tommy flashed a bright smile at the two of them and walked over, extending his hand.
"Very Special Agent Tommy DiNardo." Tommy said, shaking Tony's hand in his own.
"Tony DiNozzo..." Tony said awkwardly, noticing the striking similarities between their names. Ziva, Lisa, and McGregor all broke into fits of laughter, all three noticing the similarities between their names, not to mention the fact that they both looked extremely similar. Both Tony and Tommy scowled as Tony shot a glare at Ziva and Tommy shot a glare at Lisa, only causing the three of them to laugh even harder.
"You-you are practically blood related!" Lisa squealed along with Ziva. Both Tony and Tommy turned to each other with the same smug looks on their faces.
"And what about you two? You're both Israeli, same facial features!" Tony shouted in victory. Ziva and Lisa slowly turned to each other, both their jaws open in disbelief. Lisa punched Tommy in the chest while Ziva punched Tony in the arm, both of them yelping in surprise more than actual pain.
"See, look at that! Physical threats the two of them!" Tommy exclaimed, nudging Tony in the arm as he gestured to two fuming Israeli's. Tony laughed as he slapped Tommy playfully on the back. Before their conversation could continue, a bubbly and ecstatic Amy came bursting into the bullpen and pulled Tony and Ziva into a bear hug.
"Can't...breathe..." They both croaked out, amused by the extreme affection.
"Oh, sorry!" Amy exclaimed, jumping up and down as she released them.
"Amy Sutton, Chief Forensic Specialist!" Amy introduced herself, sticking her hand out.
"Tony DiNozzo." Tony replied, giving Amy's hand a firm shake.
"Ziva David." Ziva replied politely, reluctantly shaking Amy's hand. Amy didn't seem to notice as Tommy's phone began to ring, and he jumped up in victory.
"Lunch break! Finally, 4 hours going through cold cases and case reports are finally over!" Tommy shouted, sticking his fist in the air. Lisa playfully jabbed Tommy in the side, causing him to jump in surprise, bumping into Tony who held his ground firmly.
"Not so fast, DiNardo." Gibbs said, strolling into the bullpen with his signature coffee in hand. "Ya gotta show Tony and Ziva around, remember?" Gibbs smirked at Tommy's expression as he put his backpack down. Gibbs went down to check on Ducky for a friendly chat, leaving Tommy with an annoyed expression on his face. Lisa chuckled as she patted Tommy's chest.
"Don't worry, Tommy. I'll be sure to bring you back something. That is, unless I get...distracted." Lisa teased. Tony's eyes widened as he grabbed Lisa by the arm.
"Not so fast, Lisa! I still got that favor you owe me, remember?" Tommy smirked. Lisa sighed heavily as she put her own backpack down, turning to face an amused Tommy. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and put her mouth dangerously close to Tommy's ear.
"You are doing the tour with me, or I'll kill you with a paperclip!" Lisa growled. Tommy gulped in fear as he stumbled back. Lisa turned towards Tony and Ziva with a big smile on her face.
"Shall we?" Lisa asked, gesturing around the bullpen. Tony and Ziva shared an amused glance before nodding their heads, chuckling as Tommy growled something about Mossad and crazy ninja chicks.
One of the agents from the other side of the bullpen spotted Tony and Ziva, and his eyes widened in surprise. The agent played it cool as he strolled into the elevator, all the while his eyes lingering on Tony. He got into the elevator, pressed the emergency stop button, and took out an encrypted cellphone from his pocket. Dialing a secure number over a secure phone line, he waited for a few seconds before someone picked up.
"Sir, Tony and Ziva are here at NCIS. Should we get an exfiltration for them?" The agent spoke into the phone. A few moments of dead silence were heard before a grunt was heard.
"No, it is imperative that your cover be kept intact. Go about your usual day, and I'll let you know when I want them for extraction." A gruff voice responded before the line went dead. The agent hummed to himself as he got off at the bullpen, flashing a smile to a random agent from Human Resources before returning to his desk.
NCIS
The tour was fairly extensive, lasting around 30 minutes before finally returning back to the bullpen.
"Well that was about everything there is to show!" Tommy announced, sighing happily as he plopped down into his seat, spinning around a couple times. Lisa smirked as he went to her own desk. Oddly enough, both Tony and Tommy's stomachs growled at the same time, and they both turned towards each other, bemused looks on their faces.
"Food." They both uttered simultaneously, already heading towards the elevator doors. Ziva and Lisa laughed as they followed them to the elevator. Once inside, Tony and Tommy started shooting idea's off of each other.
"Five Guys." Tony suggested. Tommy shook his head.
"Silverado." Tommy suggested, earning an almost identical head shake from Tony. Both of them widened their eyes as the perfect idea for lunch occurred to them.
"Chipotle!" They both shouted in glee. Ziva and Lisa chuckled as they nodded their heads in agreement. They stepped off the elevator and got into their cars as they all headed for the Chipotle about five blocks away.
They were all seated at a table, eating burrito bowls as they enjoyed light conversation.
"So, how long have you two been working at NCIS?" Tony asked. Tommy and Lisa shared a meaningful glance before Tommy responded.
"12 years so far. Lisa's been here for 8 years, coworkers the whole way." Tommy said, sharing a deep look with Lisa, not going unnoticed by Tony nor Ziva. Tony grinned as he leaned in to whisper in Ziva's ear.
"Do you think they're dating? They seem to act like they are." Tony whispered, earning a chuckle from Ziva.
"I do not know, you should ask them." Ziva replied, pecking Tony on the cheek. Tommy and Lisa both raised their eyebrows.
"Wait, are you two dating?" Lisa asked. Tony and Ziva both nodded as Tony wrapped his arm around Ziva's shoulder. Ziva smiled as she leaned into Tony's body.
"Aww, that is sweet. You two certainly look like a happy couple." Lisa commented, earning a chuckle from Tommy and an amused look from Tony.
"Are you two dating? You both certainly act like you do." Tony asked. Tommy and Lisa both widened their eyes in panic, their jaws agape as they stumbled over their own words to answer.
"N-no, against rules." Tommy stammered.
"Definitely not." Lisa said, her mouth still moving but no words coming out. Tony and Ziva both raised an eyebrow, but decided not to comment on it as Tony fed Ziva some of his burrito.
When the four of them got back to the bullpen, they were surprised to see a random agent looking through Tommy's desk.
"What the hell are you doing?" Tommy asked, annoyed that some random ass agent was at his desk. The agent looked up in surprise as he held up a file.
"Sorry Agent DiNardo. I tried to put this file on your desk, but it fell to the ground. I went over to pick it up and couldn't help but look at the various things at your desk. Won't happen again." The agent said before scurrying off.
"Strange." Tommy commented as he plopped back down onto his chair to read what the file was. Expense Report for Special Agent Tommy DiNardo: 2004.
Tommy's gut churned as he simply stared at the expense report. Something isn't right here. I know for a fact that I left that report under my desk because I never bothered to pick it up. Something's fishy about that agent, and I'm gonna find out what.
"Lisa, come with me, we have to talk to Gibbs, this is important." Tommy said, standing up from his desk as he headed to Autopsy with Lisa in tow. When they got to Autopsy, Ducky was regaling Gibbs with a story about when he met the Queen of England.
"Boss, there's something you need to know." Tony said as he walked up to Gibbs.
"What's going on, DiNardo?" Gibbs inquired, taking a sip from his coffee. Tommy silently handed Gibbs his expense report. Gibbs looked at it for a second before smacking the back of Tommy's head.
"We're in the middle of a high-priority investigation. Now's not the time to talk to me about a faulty expense report." Gibbs berated Tommy.
"I'm not worried about a damn expense report, Boss! When we got back from lunch, some random ass agent I've never seen before was snooping around my desk. As soon as I asked him what he was doing, he made some lame ass excuse that he put a file, this file, on my desk. He said it fell and on the way to picking it back up, he couldn't resist the urge to snoop around my desk. Boss, this expense report was under my desk, it always has been! Something isn't right with him!" Tommy exclaimed.
Gibbs, Lisa, and Ducky all thought about the situation, all coming to the conclusion that something was off about him.
"Boss, think about it, doesn't it seem a little strange? We come across a high profile case and a few hours later a random agent none of us really know gets caught snooping around my desk, an agent that is working the case, and then he lies as to why he was snooping around? Somethings not right about him, he's suspicious!" Tommy exclaimed.
"Yes, I must agree with you, Tommy. Something is definitely suspicious about that agent. Suggestions, Jethro?" Ducky asked. Gibbs rubbed his hand over his face, exhaling as he thought about what to do.
"We bring him into interrogation and question his ass until he cracks or we're convinced that it was a coincidence." Gibbs declared. Gibbs was about to take a step towards the doors of Autopsy when the doors clicked, signaling that they were locked. Everyone looked around to see the very same agent they were just discussing with his service weapon pointed at them.
"I don't think so, Agent Gibbs." the agent said as he pulled back the hammer of his Sig Sauer, readying it to fire. Lisa reached for her knife in the waistband, but stopped when the agent took a few steps towards Tommy, aiming it right at his head.
"Ah ah ah, I wouldn't do that if I were you. Any of you do so much as take a single step towards me or go for a weapon, and Agent DiNardo gets a bullet through his brain." The agent said evilly.
Oh no! Cliffhanger!
Anyways, how did you guys like Tuesday's episode? I thought it was really good in my opinion, especially the part where Ilan died. To be honest I expected him to die in the last episode, but I guess CBS has different plans for our favorite team of federal agents, or at least my favorite team of federal agents.
Also, did you see that promo for next Tuesday's episode!? Man! I love the part where the DOD Investigator was in the interrogation room with Ziva and asks her if the slept with...somebody...probably Tony. And then right after Tony bursts through the door angrily, practically shouting at him that the interview was over :0
Also that last part where the DOD investigator suggests that he isn't going after Ziva, but another agent...hmm...
Anyway, hope you liked this chapter, and farewell!