Chapter 1

Gibbs woke up early. He took a bath and made coffee. In his way to the office he stopped for another coffee when his eyes accidentally saw the front page of the newspaper that a guy was reading. He paid for his coffee and he bought a newspaper. Once he entered his car he started reading it.

'The Shadow strikes again.

The fifth victim of the well known vigilante The Shadow was found dead late last night at his house. The police was investigating the victim for human trafficking. At the victim's house were found evidence proving that the victim was actually guilty, something that the police couldn't prove. Once again The Shadow proved to be more effective than law enforcement people who have our confidence. So is he really an avenger or is he fighting for justice?'

Gibbs was angry. He couldn't believe what was happening. If that was true then people would lose their faith in the police and they'll begin to trust only this avenger guy. Gibbs went to his office and found the team already there working.

"Morning Boss", "Morning", "Morning Gibbs" McGee, Vivian and Ziva said.

"Morning. Start working on cold cases after you finish your reports. I want them in my office in an hour." He said and sat down.

"Did you hear the news? The Shadow appeared again." Vivian said exciting.

"Yeah, they say he has killed five people till now." McGee said.

"They weren't exactly innocent. And the police couldn't catch them. It's good to know that there is someone out there protecting us." Vivian said.

"Do you really believe he has any kind of powers?" McGee asked interested.

"I don't know. But that would be way cool. What do you think Ziva?" Vivian asked.

"In Mossad we've learnt to believe that everything is possible." Ziva said.

Gibbs observed interested the conversation when his phone rang. He answered it and when he closed it he asked from his team to grab their gear and headed out.

The victim, petty officer Samuel Wells, according to his license, was found dead in a park.

"Cause of death Duck?" Gibbs asked Ducky.

"Well it's obvious that he died from the bullet in his head but it appears that the poor guy was beaten before he died." Ducky said showing the bruises to Gibbs.

"Time?"

"From his temperature I would say around one in the morning. I'll know more after the autopsy. Let's go Mr. Palmer." Ducky said heaving the body into a body bag and then onto the gurney.

"Thanks Duck. Get to work." He ordered and went to look for any evidence. By the end of the day they hadn't found much but Gibbs ordered the team to go home and sleep and he himself headed to Abby.

"What do you have Abs?" he asked.

"Geez you scared me bossman. And I know I'm good but I'm not that good. I don't have anything yet. It will take a few more hours." Abby answered while typing at her computer.

"Abs I need a favor. Can you search the evidence, the police reports and any article that there is for this guy?" Gibbs said and handed her the newspaper.

"The Shadow? The guy is what the name says Gibbs. A Shadow. How do you expect me…?" Abby started but Gibbs interrupted her.

"Abs."

"Fine. I'll do it. I'll find anything there is about this guy. I'll call you when I have something."

"Thanks Abs. I owe you a Caf-Pow." Gibbs kissed her forehead and headed to the elevator.


Once Gibbs was gone Abby dilated a well- known number by now.

"It's me. We may have a problem… ok. I'll see you there. Be careful." She said and ended the phone call.

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year...! i hope you like this. i promise next chapter will be longer.