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They exited the elevator Abby was in the bullpen waiting for Tim to take her to lunch.
Tony came out last with his son clinging to his leg feeling rather shy.
"Hello…?" Abby said to the little boy who hid even more behind Tony. "I thought kids hated you?" Abby said to him.
Tony shot her a look and moved him to his desk.
"Luca, Sit here and color while I go and talk to my boss ok?" Tony said pulling out a coloring book and pens from Lucas' backpack.
Luca nodded and started to color.
"Are we calling child services?" Abby asked.
Tony shot her a look. "No."
Ducky walked up "Luca?" he said as the small boy ran up and hugged Ducky.
"Ducky! I saw my Grandpa today." He smiled as Ducky lifted him up.
"That's nice Luca is Noemi with you?" He asked.
"No daddy says she's to wait at home," Luca giggle, "Daddy still gets her name wrong." He confided giggling.
"I think maybe daddy does it on purpose." Ducky said conspiratorially as the little boy laughed clearly comfortable in the elder man's company.
Ducky turned to Tony, "I'll take him to the break room for some lunch, you go and do what you have to Anthony," the M.E said.
"Thanks Ducky and no sweets this time." Tony said and smiled as he saw Ducky wink at Luca and knew his son would have some sweets by the time he next saw him.
Ducky went off with the boy and Gibbs rounded on Tony.
"Ducky knew?" he said with more venom than he meant to.
Tony's face went blank. "He's my doctor and Luca's since his mom died."
"Luca's your son?" Abby asked surprised.
Tony raised an eyebrow, "Nothing gets past you lot does it." He said starkly.
"You didn't tell us, you didn't tell me!" Abby said upset.
"Why in the hell would I tell you lot it's not like you trust me!" Tony got more agitated, "You think with the way you all treat me I'd let you anywhere near him."
Abby stepped back her mouth open in shock and tears in her eyes.
"I know this day sets you on edge…." Gibbs began, about to tell Tony to calm down.
Tony slammed his bag down and sat heavily in his chair, "God! Of all the days for this to happen." Tony looked at Gibbs distraught. "He picked this day on purpose,"
"Why Tony?" Gibbs asked.
"Jeanne died two years ago today." Tony said as a stray tear ran down his cheek.
"She was your assignment under covers yes?" Ziva asked.
"Undercover….." Tony corrected her,
"And you are sad because she died while you were protecting her?" she prompted.
"She was my wife," Tony admitted. "She was Jain-Luca's mother and I loved her."
"I would never let myself get so involved with a target." Ziva admonished.
"Yet another way you are better than me then." Tony spat and stalked off to the Directors office. Leaving Ziva and Tim standing in his wake.
Tony walked into Director Vance's office with Gibbs behind him,
"Ok, what have you got on Rene, he was at Luca's school, and I want him gone." Tony said coldly.
"Can you fill us in on your assignment with Jeanne Beniot?" Vance asked.
"Jenny asked me to get close to her and find out anything I could on her father." Tony said sinking into the chair beside Gibbs. "She had no contact from him but Jenny was convinced…" He paused
"Did she suggest you make your relationship more intimate?" Vance asked.
"Well, yeah it kinda ended up that way and I fell for her anyway, she never knew who I really was." His voice dropped as he fought back the bubble of sadness welling within him.
"She got pregnant and I married her, Rene cut her off and refused to acknowledge Jain-Luca when he was born, He came to her funeral though told me he knew who I was and that he'd make me pay….I haven't seen him since."
Gibbs looked at him, "Why didn't you say anything when Jenny died?" he asked.
Tony pulled himself up and essentially looked like a sullen teenager, "Jenny knew how tired I was when we went on that protection detail, Luca wasn't sleeping through and she gave Ziva and I the afternoon off so I could rest up, I couldn't tell you the truth as it was classified. Then she died and YOU had me shipped off as Agent Afloat." He shot Vance a pointed look.
"What about when you got back." Vance asked.
"It was a joint NCIS/CIA mission, you never brought it up and I wasn't told you were read in." Tony looked at him incredulously, he could not believe he had to explain classified to his boss. "Look, Do I really need to explain myself!" He snapped. "Rene is after my son, we need to stop him."
"It's ok Tony we will all be there for you." Gibbs said
Tony laughed, "That'll be a change." He snapped.
Gibbs glared at him, "what do ya mean DiNozzo?"
"If you had told us…" Gibbs started.
"I could just see that conversation, hey Boss, I slept with my target and got her pregnant and we eloped and she got blown up because her father was trying to kill me and she took my car. You'd have headslapped me into next week!" Tony stated.
"The team haven't been here for me since you took off to Mexico, Hell I even had to lie to you to get time off when Rene's thugs blew up my car and killed her and I had to bury her myself." Tony stormed out of the room.
Vance looked at Gibbs, "We need to bring La Grenouille down and you need to get your team in order, or DiNozzo could walk."
Rene Beniot sat outside NCIS with Trent Kort in his limousine, "We need to take the boy he is not safe with his father."
"And you think he would be safe with you?" Kort questioned.
"I can keep him safe; I made a mistake not taking him when Jeanne died. DiNozzo is arrogant he will get killed and then there will no one to take care of him, and having Jain-Luca to take over the business when he is older is just a plus." Beniot said
He knew had he been having this conversation with any other CIA Agent it would get back to Agent DiNozzo, but Kort was as dirty as they came, he used his CIA contacts as needed but was at heart Rene's right hand man.
Kort smiled sadistically "I will find out where they are taking them and we will get the boy." He promised