A/N: This story happens during season 9, sometime before ep22, but there is a line from that episode that I've used in this story! (Not directly, of course.)

I'd say there are some spoilers in this story and that maybe I should call it an AU since things didn't go this way on the show and there's nothing about what really happened in the last 3 episodes.

Also, these lines might come in handy in later chapters: (Just in case you've forgotten them!)

- "What's he building in his basement, now?" ... "Don't know. Haven't been down there in a while." ... Episode 22.

- "You can't put that kind of weight on yourself, 'cause if you keep piling it on, one day, you can't move. Take it from me; I carry a lot, every day." ... Episode 20.

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Hope you enjoy this story. :)

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. Loss And Gain .

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Gibbs heard the sound of his house's front door opening and closing very quietly, and then somebody stumbled through the hallway. It all sounded normal since he was used to having unannounced visitors all the time and at every hour of the day; and he wouldn't have been alarmed at all... If it hadn't been almost 4 in the morning and his gut wasn't churning.

That was why he reached under his pillow and grabbed his Sig and waited for the visitor to show himself. It took a bit longer than he had anticipated but finally the visitor came around the corner and stood right in front of the couch that he was sleeping on.

In a fraction of a second Gibbs had his gun aimed at the intruder and then turned the light on.

He was shocked for a second, though. He'd literally expected anyone but the person who had been standing there.

Standing right in front of him was Anthony DiNozzo Senior, looking very disheveled and distraught.

Lowering his gun, Gibbs tilted his head to one side and waited for Senior to tell him what the hell he was doing there, in the middle of the night!

This time, he didn't have to wait long, because a few seconds later, DiNozzo Sr. finally looked up, got his eyes locked on Gibbs' and said, "I... I think I killed my son."

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... TBC ...

A/N: Let me know what you think? :)

Sorry for any mistakes.

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