I make no money for this at all. The characters belong to other. I promise not hurt them too badly as I write this, I will put them back so that others can play with them as well.

This is a long time coming but I finally have a sequel. I hope you like this one as well. The updates will come in time, but the story will not have a slow death in fan fiction limbo. This I do promise.

He hadn't been home in two days, two long days. He missed her, waking up next to her and feeling her warm breath on his chest as she snuggled in closer, as she tried to ignore the alarm clock.

He can't help but smile as he looks at the photograph sitting on his desk. Mandy his wife, yes wife, he couldn't get over the fact that they had been married almost six months. They had met by chance and soon discovered that they shared a similar history of neglect and abuse as children. They each carried scars both physical and emotional. But together they found peace and happiness.

"DiNozzo, You'll won't be going home tonight if you don't get back to work." Gibbs threatens. A threat without heat.

Gibbs knew just how much Mandy meant to his SFA, she was his soul mate just Shannon was his. He would never purposely keep Tony from his home or wife unless it was important and right now finding the man killed the Naval officer was important. They knew who he was they just needed to find him.

Each member of the team was working hard trying to find where the man was, Tim was trying to locate him through his electronic trail, Ziva though her contacts, Tony though his network of cops and agents throughout the alphabets. While Gibbs called his Marine buddies. They put the search net out and it was wide an encompassing.

Three hours they worked steadily not leaving the bullpen except for trips to the head or to get coffee. It was Tim who found him hiding in a small hotel off the beaten path. It didn't take long after that before the suspect was in the interrogation room with Gibbs.

Try as he might Gibbs couldn't break the man. Gibbs growled, stared and gave him his best gunny stare. But nothing he tried worked, the suspect asked for a lawyer then didn't say another word.

It was cases like this that no one liked. It meant more paper work, for the lawyers to fight over, for the courts and for the bureaucracy of the agency.

Tony picked up his desk phone while he was still writing. "DiNozzo." he says quickly.

"Tony, are you busy? I can call back." Mandy says softly.

He smiles and puts his pen down wanting to give her his full attention.

"No, I can talk for a few minutes, What's up?"

"Well, something happened today."

He interrupts her quickly. "What happened are you hurt? Do I need to leave? Do you need Ducky?"

Hearing the panic in his voice Gibbs looks over and is prepared to grab his weapon and badge if they need to leave.

"Calm down Tony. I'm not hurt." Hearing this Tony waves to Gibbs to stand down.

"Okay now that my heart rate is back to normal. What happened?"

"I was a the Vet with the cats, they needed a check up after being fixed. You know how they have an open room for some of the animals to play in? There was this dog our cats were climbing all over him and the dog let them. In fact the dog groomed them too. It was the funniest thing. I know long story." She says when she hears him exhale sharply. "The dog is a Bullmastiff, the Vet tech told me that they were going to put the dog down as they owner was killed in Afghanistan and the people who were caring for him brought him in last week, they didn't want him. As far as they knew the owner had no other family to give the dog too. They said that the dog is too big and they can't find a family willing to adopt him."

Tony asks her with a laugh. "Mandy are we the proud owners of a dog now?"

"Well, yes. Tony he is only two years old, so young I couldn't just leave him there. I was hoping that you could use your data base to see if the marine had any family."

"Did they by any chance tell you what marine's name was?" Tony asks getting ready to write it down. "I need the name of the dog too."

"The marine's name was Steven Bell and the dog, well his name is Gunny. From what I gather the marine was only a year short of getting out of the Corp, he had done his twenty."

" Gibbs is going to love that, oh and Mandy you're sounding more and more like the people I work with, with all the right phrases."

Hearing his name Gibbs raises his head and waits for Tony to finish.

"Can't help it if I pay attention to you when you talk to me."

"I'm glad you do. Where is the beast anyway?"

"Sitting on the patio sunning himself."

"And the cats?"

"They are on top of him knitting his fur."

"Did you buy anything for him?"

"Not yet, I have the small bag of food the Vet gave me, his leash and collar."

"I'll see what I can do. And Manilow you are not allowed to go to the Vet by yourself anymore."

"Come on Tony you would have done the same thing and you know it. Just so you know I'm making lasagna for dinner."

"You're not playing fair."

"I now and you love me anyway."

"I'll find out about the owner and I'll let you know. Don't fall in love with that beast we might not be able to keep him." He hears her take a soft breath then a sigh. "Too late huh?"

"Yes I admit it he is so smart and according to the vet and the papers that were left with the dog he is trained."

"Mandy" he starts to say only to have her talk over him. "I love you Tony bye." he is left listening to a dial tone. Laughing to himself he hangs up the phone.

"Trouble?" Gibbs asks.

"Maybe, I don't know yet." Tony replies. He looks at Gibbs and tells him the important facts, a marine killed in action, and about how is dog was abandoned.

"McGee look up the marine see if he had any family."

It only takes a few minutes for Tim to find the right information. He clears his throat before says anything. "No family, Sgt. Bell was an only child, his parents died five years ago house fire, his wife and child died in childbirth. The records say that the child was born to early and his wife had a stroke, that was ten years ago."

"What about funeral any details on that?" Gibbs asks.

"According by this Sgt. Bell had everything arraigned in case anything happened to him. He is being buried next week next to his wife and son."

"I guess he is my dog now." Tony says softly. "I wonder how much a dog that big eats?"

"What kind of dog Tony?" Ziva asks.

"I'm sorry didn't I say, he is a Bullmastiff and his name is Gunny." Tony answers, he swallows as he waits for Gibbs reaction.

"Finish up and go home." Gibbs orders.

Not long after Tony is gathering his things to leave, he says goodnight to Gibbs as he starts to leave the Bullpen.

"I'll follow you. Well I'll need to see how big he is in order to know how big to make his dog house don't I?"

a/n: more?