NCIS ~ No Infringement intended
Title ~ Keep Your Friends Close
McGee's POV
When I heard Tony say, "It's my old partner," I knew we were in for a bumpy ride. I mean, I'd like to think that I'm his partner now. I know, I know … Ziva too. She did say that I'm not just any partner … I feel the same about her and Tony, we're a team, Gibbs' team. The thing was, there was that damn fortune cookie, you know the one … Keep your friends close and THEN, the double constrictor knot in Ducky's note that didn't say "double" and the knot wasn't a double constrictor knot. Breath McGee … we thought we had the guy, a computer geek like me, no, not like me, he was, what's the nice way of putting it? Oh hell … how about the DiNozzo way … whacko. Birthday clown copy cat killer … I think knot … not! So, it was Tony's ex-boss. At this point, you're probably wondering why I'm going on about this copy cat case. It resonated with me because of the partner thing, the loss of touch thing, which I now of course understand and the friendship thing.
You see, Abbs, Tony, Ziva, Ducky, Palmer … even, myself and our fearless … truly fearless leader, Gibbs … we are friends, partners and family. I'd like to say that I can't foresee anything tearing us apart. I certainly can't see any of us doing anything illegal or immoral … except maybe Palmer, he did have that affair with Special Agent Lee and we all know what happened with her … yes, she did redeem herself, but there's still the murder of Special Agent Langer. Okay, off track. I know you all want to make a joke about Tony and something immoral … I kind of do too, but it's always with a consenting and just legal adult … see what I did right there? Back to the point of my story, at any given point, given our occupation, something bad could happen and has to any one of us … my gut doesn't usually talk to me like Gibbs' and Tony's does, but this case has made me very unsettled. The Port to Port killer is out there … someone is out there … I don't like what I'm feeling … something or someone is about to try and tear this family apart … I feel it … my gut is telling me. So if you still don't get the point of my musings, re-read the first part of the fortune … Keep your friends close.
Thanks for reading ~ Judy