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Hearing a noise from the front door McGee and David both stand ready do to what ever is necessary to control the next few minutes. Ziva lets her hand hang naturally not letting it get too far away from the weapon on her hip.

Seeing four extremely fit agents, each standing over six feet, holding a weapons as they enter the house, it is Tim who reacts first. He holds his hands out in front of him so the men can see that his weapon is holstered on his hip.

"Ziva don't pull your weapon. They're agents look at their badges on their belts."

"Then they should identify themselves to us. How do you know they are not here to kill the person that owns this house. They could be spies or hired killers."

Hearing this makes the lead agent chuckle before he says anything. "Not us, we know where our loyalties lie. Put your hands on top of your head, kneel on the floor and lock your ankles together now."

"I will not follow your orders. You have no right in this house." Ziva tells them defiantly.

McGee needs no further orders he knew they going to get into trouble eventually. Ziva and her picking tools. They already had three cases kicked out of court because she picked a lock and all of the evidence that was gathered was deemed inadmissible .

"You will comply or we will be forced to make you comply." One of the other men tells her.

"You will fail." She tells them with venom lacing her voice.

"Ziva don't be stupid, you've already been shocked by touching a door, don't push your luck." Tim tells her seeing one of the agents holding a taser.

"You were also shocked McGee." she tells him as he stares at the men as she readjust her stance.

"Not as much as you, when I pulled you away I grabbed on to your shirt mostly after the first tingle of electricity. You forget I get small electric bites when I work on computers in the field. I know what to look for." He replies as he kneels on the floor making sure to keep his hands in front of him the entire time.

"I for one will not follow orders."

"Tom, a little out of your way aren't you?" Gibbs asks him.

"Not really. Tony is an important asset to us. He has solved more than few cases for us, he has also done a lot of work for Peter preventing more than one headache from happening. We're the ones that wired his house. Keeping tabs on our asset so to speak."

"So who broke in that you need this much security?"

"Judging from the car parked out front, members of your team."

"What!" Gibbs spits out as he drops the lumber.

"You can't interfere Jethro, if you do I'll arrest you too."

He glares at his former boss as they quickly make their way to the house. Tony unlocks the backdoor then disables the alarm. Gibbs pushes his way into the house first going straight toward the front rooms.

He is angry at what he is seeing; McGee on the floor with his ankles locked and his hands behind his head. While Ziva stands in a striking pose ready to take on all of the agents in the room rather than just follow orders.

"Stand down." Morrow tells them. They each holster their weapons and take a step back but still keeping their position in an alert state. Hearing this Ziva half turns as she sees the men come into the room.

"Ziva, knock it off." Gibbs orders.

"Gibbs, why are they here and why do they want to arrest us? We did nothing wrong."

She sees DiNozzo standing there a step behind Morrow with a completely calm expression on his face.

"So this is were you ended up, you didn't run far enough away. We still found you."

"I didn't run officer David, I retired on medical grounds. How did you get in my home?"

Without blinking she answers calmly. "The door was not locked. We rang the bell there was no answer."

"Mmmm. I see that you can still lie with the best of them."

"She picked the lock, like she always does." McGee tells him from his position on the floor.

"Get up McGee." Gibbs orders.

Quickly getting on his feet Tim makes sure he keeps his hands in plain sight.

Director Morrow shakes his head slightly. "I'm releasing Agent McGee into the custody of Agent Gibbs, as for liaison officer Ziva David, you are under arrest for espionage. Transferring classified data to a foreign country without the knowledge or consent of the state department."

Hearing this Gibbs turns and lifts his hand to hit DiNozzo, but Tony is quicker he takes a step back out of his reach.

Morrow calls his name sharply making Gibbs look at him."He had nothing to do with it at all. As soon as it became known that Sheppard hired a Mossad officer, I called meeting between some of the alphabets. We got a court order to track her computers at work and her home. She did it to herself Jethro. Sending information back to her father was a given, she has always been a threat. We just gave her enough rope to make her own snare."

"Gibbs you can't let them do this to me. My father will cut ties with your government."

"Tom can't she stay with me until all of this is worked through?"

"Not possible Jethro, the State department has been kept informed the entire time, it's out of our hands."

Morrow looks at Ziva so harshly that it sends a shiver down her spine. "Officer David, you will comply and not resist as my agents handcuff you. If you fight at all, then the two female agent in my detail will strip search you and then hogtie you. Do you understand?"

"This is ridiculous I have done nothing wrong. But I will comply for now." She responds though clenched teeth.

Tony stood there and watched as the cars left it looked like a funeral possession with all of the black cars following the sleek Town car assigned to Director Morrow. Shaking his head he locked up his home then returned to the the vegetable patch to finish the trellis.

He was not worried as his hands were clean as far as he was concerned, if asked he would write a report as to what happened in his home.

Hanging up her desk phone Director` Sheppard is curious as to why she is being ordered to be at the Attorney Generals office within the hour. She wastes not time in getting there as she knows his schedule is full and his time is valuable.

Licking her lips before she enters the conference room she is surprised to see the directors and some of the deputies directors of almost all of the federal agencies. Moving towards the large table and the empty chair she places her hand on the chair to pull it out.

"Don't bother sitting Director Sheppard you are suspended until we finish are investigation. "Officer David has been taken into custody, for espionage for starters."

"I don't believe it, Ziva would never do anything of the sort."

"Don't go back to the NCIS buildings, we'll let you know the outcome of our investigation. Your secretary will pack up your personal things." He pushes a button on the table, within seconds the door is being opened by an agent.

She shakes her head slightly. "But Sir,"

"That will be all. The agent will show you to your car."

Tony didn't asks and no one told him, four investigations fell into his lap that needed his complete focus and attention. Working steady for three weeks, two of then were completed to the satisfaction of both Directors. He left the country for two weeks taking one of the NSA agents with him to go sightseeing to gather information and set a trap.

The forth still ongoing as the people of interest were being very careful and not leaving much to give them a lead on.

Still it was nice to be home, stepping out of his back door with a cup of coffee and a small basket and a knife he stops at what he is seeing. Gibbs in his garden tying the vines onto the trellis.

"Jethro." He says a he stops a few feet away.

Seeing the cup in his hand Gibbs takes two steps then takes the cup out of his hand.

"Just milk in it, no one steals my coffee here. Or so I thought."

"It's good, even with the milk."

"So why are you here? Not that you're not welcome."

"I retired, thought I'd come and see you, Tom told me you were back."

They worked for a half an hour in comfortable silence weeding and pruning. Harvesting some of the vegetables. "Come on in we can cook and talk."

It didn't take long to cook and clean, sitting on the back deck with coffee cups and a full carafe between them with nothing pressing Tony waited. He knew from experience that Gibbs will eventually talk and tell him what happened.

"You're not going to ask?"

"You're here and you'll tell me once you've gathered your thoughts and diluted your blood with coffee."

Hearing this brought a small smile to Gibbs. He sighs softly. "McGee has been demoted, he's no longer a filed agent, just a full time agent in the cyber unit. Jenny is on probation, she has to share with Hetty from L.A."

"And Ziva?" Tony asks softly.

"She went to Gitmo for two weeks then she was put on a plane back to Israel. She is permanently banned from stepping foot into the country. If she ever comes back she goes to federal prison fifteen years in solidarity confinement."

"She got off lucky, from all of the scuttlebutt I was hearing it could have been worse. So, what are you're plans?"

"You need a compost box, a garden shed and. . ."

"A partner that I trust completely."

"Yes." Gibbs answers then sips some coffee.

"The garage has a loft, not big enough for a boat but big enough to build toys for Christmas. And I have an extra bedroom that is empty."

"I should have listened and trusted you more."

Tony reaches for the carafe filling the cups he smiles as he looks at Gibbs. "Water under the bridge, Gibbs. So let me bring you up to speed, and then I'll call Morrow and get you your new ID and badge."

The end.