When Tony returned to the trailer Tim and Ellie were still gathering evidence. He had a bad feeling that something was going to happen and wanted to keep an eye on them. Tony didn't think that they had to worry about Tim but sometimes he got an uneasy feeling about Ellie's abilities. Tim's phone rings and he saw it was Gibbs.

"Hey boss, we're still gathering evidence here at the trailer. Tony joined us so I'm guessing he found Rebecca." Tony nods,

"Yeah, she's already at NCIS." Gibbs sighs,

"I need you and Ellie to come to my location for a crime scene but don't tell Tony. I need him to go back to NCIS and wait for me."

"What about …?"

"Forget about it for now. I'll make an excuse for Tony to return to NCIS but there's a …"

"Boss?" Tony and Ellie look at Tim.

"Diane's dead, that bastard shot her just as Ari did with Kate. Don't you dare say anything to Tony; I have to be the one to tell him." Tony didn't like the look on Tim's face.

"McGee, what happened? Is Gibbs okay?"

"Yeah, he uh …" Gibbs groans knowing Tony would know better.

"Give him the phone McGee." Tim hands Tony the phone and motions to Ellie to go outside with him.

"Hey boss, what's up? Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm okay but I need you to meet me at NCIS. I need Tim and Ellie to meet me somewhere else but it's important that you meet me at NCIS."

"What happened? Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine." Tony's gut churns.

"Where's mom? You said you were going to go meet her."

"I'll tell you when I see you Tony."

"No, tell me now or I'll just follow Tim and Ellie to wherever you are." Gibbs doesn't say anything and Tony gulps. "Mom's dead?"

"I'm sorry Tony, it was a trap and they got her like they did Kate." Tim and Ellie jump when they hear Tony kick something in the trailer. "Tony, we're going to get this bastard but I need you to meet me at NCIS. Dorneget is getting Emily from school and I don't want her or your dad to hear this from anyone else."

"I want to … he can't get away with this boss. Dad and I have to be there for the take down. I don't care about protocol or procedure I'll go by the rule book but I need …" Tony collapses on top of the mess he made.

"Are you okay?"

"I hurt my foot when I kicked the fridge." Gibbs sighs and Tony gets up. "I can walk on it and I'll have Ducky look at it. How bad is it?"

"Just like Kate." Tony looks up to see Tim and Ellie looking at him.

"I'm going to head in but I have to be the one to tell dad. He has to be the one to tell Em and …"

"Okay but tell him to wait for me. I told him to meet us at NCIS but I don't know if he got the message or not." Tony hands Tim his phone.

"Just go to the crime scene, I'll clean this up later."

"Are you okay?" Tony shakes his head and Ellie looks at him.

"Your dad … he married Diane? Gibbs and Fornell's ex?" Tony takes a deep breath.

"Fornell is my dad … they adopted me when I was 8 when Senior was arrested for numerous stunts to give me a child hood mom wanted me to have. Senior has only been trying to get into my life more recently but … I have to go." Tim stops him.

"We're sorry for your loss Tony."

"Thanks," At NCIS Dorneget told Tony that Fornell and Emily were waiting for him and Gibbs in the conference room. "Hey dad, Emily." Emily ran to him and Tony could tell they had been crying.

"Did you hear about mommy?" Tony nods,

"I came to tell you."

"We were given condolences as soon as we got here. Do you know what …?"

"No, just that it was like uh a previous case. McGee and Bishop are on their way and Gibbs is trying to get here but I don't know he usually drives faster than me."

"It's okay, are you okay?"

"No I kicked a refrigerator and hurt my foot. I was going to get it checked out but Ned told me you were here. I didn't want to risk someone else telling you but I didn't know others knew. No one mentioned it to me." Vance walks in.

"Agent DiNozzo, that's not something one would normally inform you of. Condolences are normally given to family members and others on need to know." Tony doesn't say anything and Emily looks at Vance.

"Tony is our family, he's my big brother."

"Is this true?"

"I wanted to prove I belonged here by my work not because my dad's with the FBI and Uncle's … someone else."

"Your Uncle's Gibbs? Emily calls him Uncle Gibbs so …" Tony nods,

"He helped them to adopt me when I was 8 and it was out of respect." Vance smiles,

"I tried to find out who adopted you because you seemed awfully chummy with Gibbs but as there's no biological relation I think we can leave your team in tact. I just wanted to come and express my condolences and ask if there was anything we could do for your family?"

"I want in on the … capture of this bastard." Tony nods,

"Me too, by the book or whatever but I want to be there." Vance looks at them and nods.

"By the book or I'll pull you both off and assign it to another team." When they go to the bullpen Emily's still clinging to Fornell who sits behind Gibbs desk.

"Agent Fornell, Emily … I'm sorry for your loss."

"Thank you Bishop." He looks at Tim who was standing around awkwardly. "Honey, go sit with Tony I need to talk to McGee." Tim follows Fornell to the elevators.

"Agent Fornell I really am sorry about Diane. There was never …" Fornell holds up a hand.

"I know I was just messing with you to get under her skin. I know there was nothing there, I just thought I'd let you know."

"Thanks." Later when Tony took Emily to Abby's lab to sleep on her futon she of course heard of Tony's other family and they gathered in there.

"Tony, I just need to know something … why didn't you ever say anything?"

"You need to know this?"

"Well not need to know but I thought you hated Fornell so …"

"I wanted to be here under my own two feet. Gibbs pulled me on to get me from moving even further away from my family. We agreed that I didn't have to be Fornell's son or his nephew to prove myself. Mom wasn't too happy about me joining but she said I better come home at night."

"So your Uncle?"

"It's Gibbs, he helped mom and dad adopt me and I called him Uncle out of respect." They sat down and Tony sighs. "I can tell you what happened if you want."