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Chapter 14

Tony was briefly confused when he woke up the next morning. The walls and the furniture seemed strange and unfamiliar, until he remembered the events that took place yesterday. His home was destroyed. His home that was his sanctuary and only certain people had admission to enter. It was destroyed, his and Jo's privacy violated, simple as that. The only thing that he was thankful for was that nothing happened to his daughter. As much as it had hurt to see their home in such a state, it was just an apartment. A closed space with many walls and furniture, whereas his daughter was more important, way more important than the apartment. If something would've happened to her, he wouldn't be just sad and angry, he'd be destroyed. It was hard enough when Joan died but Amelia, his little princess; nobody would've been able to get him out of that rabbit hole he'd fall if something had happened to her.

Tony got distracted from his line of thought when he smelt coffee and something suspiciously of fried bacon. Was it possible that Gibbs cooked? He didn't think of Gibbs as someone who knew his way around the kitchen. The only thing he knew Gibbs could cook was a steak but even that was being made over the fireplace. He looked at the clock next to his bed and was surprised that it was just 05:20am.

He didn't think he'd be able to go back to sleep, so that he got up and pulled on a shirt. He considered looking after Jo, though decided against it. He didn't want to accidentally wake her. Not after a day like yesterday and certainly not that early. When he went down the stairs he saw how Gibbs approached him from the living room. Gibbs slept on the couch, although Tony repeatedly insisted that it was his home and that he should sleep on the couch, but he told Tony that he often sleeps on the couch and that it was normal for him. Gibbs also had a confused look on his face, regarding the smell. If Gibbs wasn't the one in the kitchen, then who was making breakfast…?

Gibbs and Tony slowly entered the kitchen to see who was making breakfast.

„Jo?" Jo turned around and smiled at the two men. „Good morning dad, Gibbs. Does somebody want breakfast?"

„You made breakfast? In the morning at half past five? I thought you were still deeply asleep in your bed." replied Tony baffled by his were talking about his daughter after all and even if they have to get up, they always stay in bed until the last possible minute and Jo could have easily stayed in bed for another two hours.

„I couldn't sleep anymore and I thought I could make us some breakfast."

„And coffee?" asked Gibbs.

„I know you well enough to know that you can't function without coffee, uncle Gibbs." Amelia looked mischievously to the two men. "Even though I don't know how you can drink this stinking liquid."

„You just wait. There'll come the time in which you can't live without this 'stinking liquid' anymore."

„Never! I'll remain with my tea."

The three sat down at the table and ate their breakfast. Tony would've never thought that there'd be a time he was sitting with his daughter at half past five at Gibbs table eating breakfast. Dinner yes, maybe even lunch but not breakfast. Even when it got late sometimes, they always went home.

„My school ends at 12:00pm today. Normally I would go home, but after what happened it's out of question. Should I go over to Lu's then?"

Before Tony could answer his daughter, Gibbs made already the decision for him. „Why don't you come to NCIS after school? I'm sure Abby would be glad to have some company."

„Yeah! That would be so cool."

„Erm, hello? Dad's speaking. Do I have any say in this?"

Now his daughter turned her head to him, on her face one of the widest grins he ever saw. „Sorry Dad, but the boss has spoken."

If it would've come down to it, he wouldn't have been able to tell her no anyway.

„Excuse me, I'm looking for Special Agent Gibbs. Is he here?"

Tony looked up and saw a man in his mid thirties. He was wearing a tailor-made, black suit, a white shirt and a light blue tie. Tony rolled his eyes. Lawyer. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw how Gibbs rose from his seat to speak to the unknown man. „I'm Special Agent Gibbs. What can I do for you?"

„I'm Larry King, Mr. Hayes' Lawyer." He offered his hand to Gibbs, but Gibbs showed no intention to shake hands with him and took instead a gulp from his coffee. Tony had to suppress a grin. It had nothing to do with King but more with his job. He just didn't like lawyers and Tony doubted that he'd ever will. Besides it was extremely interesting to watch how this small action seemed to intimidate the young man. Apparently he hasn't been long in this business. Now Tony was really sorry for him. He'll never forget the day he met Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

„I'm here to inform you that Mr. Hayes is now ready to make a deal."

„And what does he want in exchange for information?"

„Full immunity for all criminal offences you will uncover during your investigation."

„And what information does he exactly have to offer?"

„He is ready to describe the profile of the man who was with your victim. He's quite sure that he saw his face."

„'Quite sure'?"

„Erm, I mean he's 100 percent sure, Agent Gibbs." It wasn't hard to notice that the lawyer had a hard time being self-confident around Gibbs, but he stood no chance.

Gibbs grinned. „DiNozzo, since Team Manager Cole wants to be informed about everything, why don't you show Mr. King the way to his office? The two of them can discuss the deal that is offered."

Now Tony had to grin, too. „My pleasure."He got up and indicated for Mr. King to follow him. „You should know that the Team Manager Cole makes all important decisions for the MCRT. So you should always just contact him in the future."

„Alright, thank you." So gullible… But it suited him.

They walked through the corridor until they arrived at the third last door. „So, here we are. No need to knock, just enter the office."

„Thank you very much, Agent DiNozzo."

„No need to thank me. It was my pleasure."

He returned to the bullpen with a wide grin. When he saw that his daughter was waiting at his desk for him, his grin got even bigger. „Jo! How fast the time passes. You want to go to have lunch with your old man?" He greeted her with a kiss on her forehead.

„Sorry Dad, but Abby and I will be going to buy some clothes. Ziva is coming with us, too."

„You want to go shopping with Abby?"

„Yes, why should we not? We'll surely have a lot of fun. And you know that the most of our clothes were destroyed through the break in. I would go shopping with you, but I think that a woman could give better advice. No offense, Dad."

„None taken, but Abby? I won't come home tonight and see my daughter in black pants, black T-Shirt, a dog collar and pigtails, will I?" Tony mentally pictured his daughter as a copy of Abby and shuddered. His little angle wouldn't wear such things, would she? He has nothing against Abby and her style of clothing, on the contrary, he thought that the clothes suited her character, but his daughter was a very colorful person.

„Cute, Dad. But don't worry. Like I mentioned already, this is not my style." Tony exhaled relieved. „But who knows, maybe I'll see something of Abby's style that I'd like to wear."Now Tony hoped with all of his heart that she just wanted to mess with him.

Gibbs and Ziva arrive in the bullpen, both smiled when they noticed Jo's presence. „Are you annoying you father again, Amelia?" asked Gibbs.

„Only a little bit, uncle Gibbs." replied Jo with a face of pure innocence.

Gibbs chuckled lightly. „Good girl."

„You know that I'm still around and heard everything, don't you?" It was nothing new to Tony that Jo sided with Gibbs to tease him.

Jo smiled briefly at him and then turned to Ziva. „Abby told me that you'd accompany us on our shopping trip."

„Yes, Abby asked me if I would like to join you two and I think it will be funny."

„I'm starting to believe that you'll be the one behind the wheel, so please drive like a normal American citizen. I'd like to see my daughter tonight, preferably alive." teased Tony his partner.

„Very funny, Tony. I want you to know that your daughter will never be safer than in my car."

„Ha! That's one of the least places I'd associate with safety!"

At that moment, Abby joined the trio. She seemed like she couldn't wait for them to go and start their shopping trip, because Tony didn't think that her grin could get any bigger. „Gibbs, McGee is still in my lab. He tries to follow Hayes movement of the night of the murder with the help of different surveillance cameras." She turned to Tony. „However he found that the small shop opposite your apartment has a surveillance camera. He tries to find anything suspicious and maybe even the one who broke in your apartment." After that, she finally faced the two other women in the bullpen. „Are we ready, ladies?"

While Ziva got up and put her jacket on, Jo turned to her father. „I need some money, Dad."

Tony got his wallet and handed his daughter 20 Dollars, but instead of taking it she just rolled her eyes. „I think we can both agree on the fact that this isn't enough." He looked at his wallet again and lifted an eyebrow when he realized that he hadn't more with him. Nothing but credit cards. He knew that he could trust his daughter. He already borrowed his credit card to his daughter once or twice and she knew when to stop, even when she saw something she'd liked. Still, he briefly hesitated before he gave her the credit card. „Please don't forget the fact that our apartment has just been destroyed."

„Don't worry, Dad. I haven't planned to buy that many things anyway." She gave him a quick kiss on his cheek and turned with a beaming smile towards Abby and Ziva who watched amused the exchange between father and daughter. „Now we're ready."

The three went in the direction of the lift and Tony couldn't hear what they're saying anymore. Tony looked a little bit uncertainly to Gibbs who sat at his desk the whole time. „Do you think that I need to worry?"

Gibbs just shrugged with his shoulder. „If they'll keep receipts you can return it again." Gibbs phone rang and he reached for it, but before he answered the call he looked back to his agent. „But if they aren't back in an hour or two, I'd call the bank." With that, he accepted the call. „Gibbs?"

Tony glanced back at his screen. He worked on Fallon's financials at the moment. He looked back up to his boss when he heard that Gibbs ended his phone call. „News, boss?"

„That was Team Manager Cole. Hayes gets his deal. I'll go to Hayes and inform him of the good news. Time to see what he has to give us. Continue on the financials."

„Sure, boss." he replied and was once again alone in the bullpen, but that didn't bother him. He worked best when he wasn't disturbed by anyone. He looked back at his screen and groaned. Another ten or so pages filled with numbers were waiting for him to be looked over. From the corner of his eye he saw movement and when he glanced up he noticed how Cole went to the lift, eyes on the documents he was carrying and not paying attention to his environment.

Tony got up and followed Cole without another thought. When another agent wanted to enter the lift after Cole, Tony sent him an evil glare that showed its affect when the said agent backed away from the elevator. It was no secret that you should avoid the elevator when one of the agents of the MCRT wanted to enter it. All this went unnoticed by Cole. Tony entered the lift, waited until the doors were closed and pushed the emergency button. As soon as the elevator stopped, Cole looked up confused but it was already too late to react to anything and he was pressed against the elevator wall. „Was it really necessary to break into my apartment and destroy it, Cole?"

Cole stayed calm. „I don't know what you're talking about."

„You know exactly what I'm talking about. If my daughter would have been hurt by this action you wouldn't be able to breathe by now."

„Whatever happened with your apartment was not my by doing. I was in my office from 08:00am to 11:00pm for the last two days and worked through some files."

„That proves nothing at all. You have enough people who'd do such things for you."

„Even if what you said would be right, you have nothing to prove that and now I suggest, Special Agent DiNozzo, you let go of me before I feel the need to report this incident. Then you would have no apartment and be suspended. But then you'd have at least time to look after your domestic problem."

Tony let go of Cole and hit the emergency button to get the elevator to move again. Before leaving the lift he turned back to Cole. „We're not finished yet."

Cole watched after Tony's retreading figure and grinned. „We're not anywhere near finished, old friend."

Gibbs came back to the bullpen the same time like Tony. He passed a phantom sketch to his agent. „What's this, boss?"

„This is the man Hayes saw with Fallon around the time of death. Apparently the two had quite a violently argument. Let it through the database. I want to know who this man is."

„Do you really think that Hayes could have anything useful for us?"

„We'll see when we've got a hit. At the moment, our John Doe could very well be just some passant Hayes uses to get us to agree to his deal."

Tony viewed the sketch more closely. „He looks a little bit like Jake Gyllenhaal in Source Code."

„I don't care to whom he looks similar to. I want him in interrogation. Preferably yesterday!"

"On it boss. Oh, before I forget it, I'll be busy tonight. I'll meet with a broker and we'll look at some real estates. That means you and Jo will be alone tonight."

„So soon? That means you won't rebuild your apartment?" asked Gibbs.

„We'll never feel the same there. Jo and I wanted to look at some bigger homes anyway. She isn't a toddler anymore and needs a little more space."

„Are you looking for a apartment or a house?"

„No idea. I'll look at both and when I find something that I and Jo would like to live in, I can tell you if it's a house or an apartment."

„Can you afford something like that at the moment? If you need help whether with financials or handiwork, just say the word and I'll be there."

„This is nice of you, boss. I really appreciate this, but I have enough savings and some of my mother's inheritance to get through that. Thank you though."

„No need to thank me. That's what family is there for."

Amelia spends time with our favorite NCIS Team :)

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