NCIS Fanfiction: Strange Bedfellows - Chapter 3

[dragonheart]

Title: Strange Bedfellows
Author: kytivafan
Character(s): Tony DiNozzo and Trent Kort
Rating: PG - a few swear words
Spoilers: Season 8
Word Count: 922
Summary: Sometimes those you think of as enemies turn out to be allies

Tony DiNozzo was frustrated.  It had been almost a month since Trent Kort’s early morning visit and no matter how much they poked, prodded and dug, he and Gibbs had been unable to find anything even slightly incriminating against Ray Cruz and to make matters even worse it seemed as if Trent Kort had fallen off the face of the planet.  The only thing that kept him sane was the fact that Ziva was worried that she hadn’t heard from Ray – it was a poor pay off, but one Tony was willing to accept.

Gibbs had already sent Ziva and McGee home so they were free to talk openly for the first time that day.

“I feel so damn useless, why can’t find anything on this guy?” snapped Tony

“Don’t know” answered Gibbs “He just may be that good or could be there is nothing to find.  How confident are you that Kort was telling the truth?”

Tony processed the question for a minute before answering “I know this is Trent Kort we are talking about and normally I wouldn’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth, but my gut tells me he is on the level with this”

“Good enough for me” replied Gibbs “go home, get some sleep.  Tomorrow is Saturday – we have the place to ourselves – maybe we will catch a break.  Are you sure you don’t want to bring McGee in on this? He can make do with the computer do dah faster than we can”

Tony grinned at the inside joke and Gibb’s uncharacteristic attempt to lighten the situation “I would like nothing better, but until we know more – I don’t want to involve anyone else”

Gibbs nodded “Your call”.

o O o

On the way home, Tony stopped to pick up a six pack of beer and a pizza, he debated calling Ziva and asking her to come over for dinner and a movie and then decided against it- he had been trying to keep his distance for the past few weeks because he knew if they spent any amount of time alone together the dam would burst and all the details and questions about Ray would come rolling out, and he couldn’t take the chance that she would become more involved than she already was.

Tony unlocked his apartment door and went straight to the kitchen to put the beer in the refrigerator – after grabbing a beer and two slices of pizza he walked into his living room carefully balancing the pizza slices, the bottle of beer and the TV remote  - only to drop them all on the floor and reach for his gun when he saw a man slumped on his couch.  He squinted in the dim light immediately recognizing Trent Kort and reholstered his weapon, instead of being angry that Kort had evidently picked his locks  and once again made himself at home uninvited, Tony was relieved and more than slightly pleased to see him.

“Agent DiNozzo – do you always work this late on Friday evenings?” asked Kort as he sat up and smoothed the wrinkles from his pants.

“Kort – where the hell have you been?”

“Most recently?  Miami”

“Did you find Cruz?”

“I wasn’t looking for him “

“Then why go to Miami?”

“Agent DiNozzo, do you really want to know my travel itinerary or would you rather I tell you why the CIA is after your Agent David?”

Tony sat in the armchair giving Kort his full attention “I am all ears”

“The CIA wants Agent David to take over the Reynosa drug cartel”

Tony couldn’t help it; the idea was so absurd that he laughed.

“I assure you Agent DiNozzo, I am quite serious.  The CIA was using Paloma Reynosa and her brother to help shift the balance of power in the Mexican government – if you need to know anything about Mexican politics  know this – the real power belongs to the cartels - and the Reynosas were the largest and most ruthless, but Paloma’s ruthlessness was her undoing – she became hard to control and the CIA was looking to replace her – and Ziva David is the name at the top of a very short list – it was not happenstance that your investigation of the cartel led to Miami and it is no coincidence that Ray Cruz bumped into her there”

Tony laughed again “If the CIA knew anything about Ziva, they would know how far off the mark they really are”

“On the contrary Agent DiNozzo – on paper Ziva David is the ideal candidate: she is a newly minted American citizen eager to prove her loyalty to her new country, she speaks multiple languages, she is a trained assassin and would have no problems killing if someone needed killing and she is quite beautiful.  Men will lie, steal and murder in the service of a beautiful woman. Her reputation from Mossad precedes her and her name can still incite fear in some circles.  Actually if the shoe were on the other hemisphere so to speak, I would be pursuing her myself; her talents are wasted at NCIS.”

Tony growled “If you think that, then why are you here?”

Tony was startled as a voice behind him said “Because we need your help”

Tony couldn’t believe his ears, as he turned and saw Ray Cruz standing in the doorway between his living room and bedroom; he couldn’t stop the profanities from slipping from his mouth as he turned back around to face Kort “What the hell is going on here?”

Comments

[alidiabin]

Ooh ... cliffy.

And the stupid CIA, Ziva would never do that but good plotline. I like it, very unique.

[dragonheart]

thanks Sweetie!

[whiteink]

More? Now?

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Ooh, intriguing!

That's a twist and a half.

[proseac]

Wow! Very neat idea to link up the Reynosa Cartel with Mr. Miami. Me likey!

So Kort and Cruz are in on this together, huh? Didn't see that one coming.

Update soon, please?

ETA: Okay, you just freakin' freaked me out there - I hit "Post Comment" and your theme changed! You are a chameleon, woman!! XD