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Apollo rising
Chapter one
It had all started innocuously enough, with Gibbs making Tony start off by ordering their gear within days of his hire. And then start doing the truck. And while he was doing the truck, he noticed that the truck needed more gear than was available. So, he started organizing the gear for the trucks and then ordering for there. Getting that paperwork signed off on by a relieved head of that division. And then started doing the supply closet for the agents. With, again, getting the signatures needed to do the ordering.
After Ari, with the stress of everything, it was easy to pick up doing Abby’s closet as well as Ducky’s morgue closet with the aid of newly hired Palmer. Who had needed the help. And Palmer just sliding that paperwork in the pile to be signed, ala MASHs Radar style to Ducky. From there, it was just the two of them working very early mornings doing the supply closets. Organizing them, then ordering them. All the while Palmer was helping Tony do casework. Bouncing ideas of Palmer to get his mind going. Or Tony helping Palmer do his homework for studies, by helping him with his memorizing of everything for tests. And using his Kinesiology background to show him how things fit in overall.
Then after Madam Jenny took over and they noticed that things weren't getting ordered for things like the vending machines, they just took those over there. Including either doing the routine maintenance for the machines, or calling it in. Making sure they were properly stocked with things the personnel would and could eat or drink and in a timely manner. All the while, bringing the money from the machines to security for the representatives. If any. Or have the security do the triple count of their double count. To make sure it was all there. And use those funds to restock the machines. And definitely making sure Gibbs’ coffee was available. Tony even made sure a brewer was in the room Gibbs preferred and labeled it as just for him. With the other brewer for everyone else.
As the cases and stress levels raised under the new dictator/director, Tony was seen by security as coming in more and more in the early hours. And when asked, he always gave the same answer, “I do my best work in the quiet of the morning.”
Something he tried to show his new 2iC so he, too, could get the things done that needed it. But it wasn’t to be. So, he and Palmer continued to do the work. With his no longer even going home to sleep or eat, And Palmer just taking and bringing in his cleaning so that the team wouldn’t say anything.
Coming in after Jeanne had gone to do her early rounds at the hospital to log in to his notes on what was going on there for the dictator. Ccing himself copies of everything, including the recordings he taken to making of the meetings with her over the assignment. And putting those safely where they wouldn’t be found and destroyed by either her or her hench, Ziva.
When the inevitable happened, he made sure his copies of everything, including the recordings of his “Meet the Daddy,” after his car blew-up, were saved as well. And during the time lapse between being dropped off and deciding to make his entrance at work to show he was alive; he had already dictated his notes for the end of the mission and saved a copy for himself. While he was at it, he transcribed his recordings at the safehouse he hid himself at, did his report for Madam General, and CC’ed everyone it needed to go to. Including SecNav and SecDef. Just to cover his own ass. Making sure his full report included everything he had to the above people.
This included his full expense report for the op. Including the replacement for his mint condition vehicle…. again. With transcribed and original recording of her statements on the forced use of said vehicle for a company op. And his full hours, total, and unpaid for so far, of time used in the op., and total for non-compensated time of office use to be placed as PTO (Paid Time Off) time. And accrued time in.
And, just to piss her highness off, the receipts showing he had bought literally everything for the op. Including the housing she had insisted he get. And as such was claiming it to sell and make his money back.
Actually, he had his accountant pay off his newly formed DeNardo account from one of his shell companies with orders to go in and pack everything of his up and place it in storage, then renovate to the needs of another safehouse. And then transfer the whole of the DeNardo account over to his savings account and close those accounts down. And make sure to pay the taxes on everything.
Passing everything of this to his law team to hold in case of problems. As he had already learned she would not have his back.