Hi, so this is my first fanfiction story, so if anything is wrong please tell me and I will change it when I can. Also I appreciate helpful criticism. And Kate is still alive and so is Jenny but is set in the future with Ziva so enjoy!

By Aliiahncisxx

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of the characters, apart from the ones I make up!

It was a Monday morning and the NCIS employees were settling into their work spaces, wondering what the day held for them. Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs strolled into the bullpen, coffee cup in hand, expecting to find all his team doing their paperwork, or in Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo's case playing games. His eyes glanced around the squad room noting Special Agents, Caitlin 'Kate' Todd, Timothy McGee, and Probationary agent Ziva David, all sat at their desks going through paperwork and trying to find cases. 'Ah. DiNozzo's late. Again' Gibbs muttered to himself. Right at the moment the elevator made the all too familiar. Ding. And out stepped a very smart looking Agent DiNozzo.

'Sorry I'm late boss ' DiNozzo called across the bullpen to Gibbs, who just looked up and replied with,

'I hope you didn't get stuck in traffic again like last week?' Tony let his eyes drift down to his watch. Only 20 minutes, he thought. His thoughts were interupted by Gibbs' cell buzzing throughout the room. As Gibbs answered it, the four other agents conversed amongst themselves.

'Good morning Tony' Tim, Kate and Ziva chorused. Tony opened his mouth to reply but was abruptly stopped when Gibbs slammed his cell shut and announced in his usual tone, 'Gear up we got a dead marine'. McGee as usual queried 'Where are we going boss?', which was followed by 'Shenandoah Park'. The team grabbed their bags and holstered their weapons and strode out the bullpen.

'So Tony why are you late again' Kate questioned as they waited for the elevator. 'Err…'

'Oh come on Tony surely you can tell us why you are always late. It's not like you get up and go for a jog before work like some of us.' Ziva pitched in. Ziva and Kate did this normally every morning to Tony. They enjoyed teasing him, making him embarrassed, or getting him in trouble with Gibbs. Most of the time McGee would join in too, but if it got to a point where Tony got angry with the three of them, he would stop. As Tony would make up a new nickname, like McGoggleEyes or Probie-Wan Kanobie. This was Tony's way of making Tim uncomfortable.

The elevator doors dinged and the five stepped in. 'Well actually Ziva I have absolutely no idea why I'm late. ' Tony said with some confusion. And with that Tony ran through his routine, with the times, until Gibbs gave him a famous Gibbs-slap to the back of the head.

'Ouch!What was that for? It reaaallly hurt.' Tony yelped and jumped up from where he stood in the tiny silver box. Kate, McGee and Ziva instantly tried to cover their amusement. They could tell where this was going.

'Would you like another one, DiNozzo?'

'Why would I get anoth-'Which Gibbs cut off with another slap to the back of Tony's head.

'For questioning me and talking back' Gibbs answered. This always amused him inside not that he would ever express it out loud or in any emotion. By this time they were at the garage filing out elevator, preparing the truck and calling Doctor Donald 'Ducky' Mallard, the medical examiner, and his assistant, Jimmy Palmer. Ducky was a Scottish gentleman, always ladies first. That type of person. His work, along with Abigail Scuito, the forensic scientist, was the way the team solved their cases. Abby provided the result to a swab taken from a crime scene or prints on a weapon and Ducky could say how and when the victim died. Which most of the time lead to finding the culprit.

Gibbs threw the keys for the truck in the air knowing, Ziva, Kate or Tony would have to drive it, because Gibbs and McGee took the car. As they all started squabbling over who should drive Gibbs knew they would be here for ages, so he placed a slap to the back of each of their heads and gave the keys to Ziva. Ziva was an ex-assassin and one of the worst drivers ever as Kate pointed out. Saying 'No offence Ziva but your driving is absolutely terrible'Ziva as usual took offense saying 'Because you say 'no offense', Kate does not mean I will not take offence.'

All Gibbs and McGee could hear as the three climbed in to the van was

'My driving is not that bad Kate'from Ziva, a

'Yes it is' from Kate and a 'This is going to be torture' from an annoyed Tony. Tim and Gibbs were both glad to be going in the car, as these three were terrible at not arguing.

When they arrived at the crime scene after driving for over two hours, the girls weren't talking, and Tony was whining about having a head ache and begging for Ziva and Kate to be separated on the drive home. Gibbs was not having it though. The marine was lying on the ground in the middle of a track at Shenandoah Park, with a gunshot wound to the head.

'No shocker what killed him' Tony said thinking out loud. All four other agents sent glares towards Tony's direction. 'I said that out loud, didn't I?' Tony thought.

'Kate, photos. DiNozzo, sketches. Ziva, bag and tag. McGee witness statements'

'Umm boss. Don'tcha think I should be doing the witness statements'

'Tony you would not be saying that if it was a guy' Kate said noticing the witnesses were two rather attractive women.

'Ooo, remember when Tony tongued that guy' McGee added rather excited.

'Reaaalllly? I have not heard this story.' Ziva said eager to know more.

'No Kate, McGee. Ziva really doesn't need to know about that.'

'Well Tony we need to know everything about each other, don't we? And you always look through mine and Kate's purses so I think I should know.' Ziva said rather annoyed about him looking in her purse, but still clearly wanting to know more. But Gibbs had had enough. By this time Ducky and Palmer had arrived and Palmer had joined the conversation.

'Hey!' Gibbs shouted above the agents, who were acting like teenagers. 'Get back to work. Now. Or you will all find my hand making contact with the back of your head.'

After Gibbs had finish his speech he walked over to Ducky, where Palmer dithered around trying not to get in anyone's way. 'What have ya got, Duck?' Gibbs asked the M.E, who was taking a liver temperature.

'Well Jethro, cause of death is most probably what appears to be a gunshot wound to the head. And as for time of death, I approximate, around 4 and a half hours ago, but as usual I will know more when we get back.'

'Thanks' Gibbs replied, before wandering off to find out how the rest of his team were doing.

'McGee. Witness statements.'

'Umm, well they only said they found the body and called the cops, who then found I.D and called us. Marine is Lance Corporal James Baker, stationed out of Quantico. So the witnesses gave us nothing on the victim, but did say they are here for the 2 day camping event , which is still going on, so I thought I could go see if Baker signed in.' Gibbs gave a confused look on the words 'signed in'. At which point Kate butted in.

'What McGee means is all the campers had to sign in, so the park rangers knew how many people there is on the site, which is just on the other side of the clearing, and there are numbers for each tent. This means we have the names of everyone who is at the camping site.'

'Good. Ok now we have something. McGee, take Kate with you and get a list of all the campers names and addresses. Also there is not enough blood for Baker to have been shot here so see if you find any blood.'

30 minutes later Ducky had gone and the team had finished packing up the equipment and were ready to find McGee and Kate, when Gibbs's phone went. Buzz Buzz. The I.D said McGEE. Finally. It was McGee going to update them on what they had found out. Gibbs answered his phone to reveal a rather worried McGee saying 'Umm boss, Kate and I are at the camp ground and we have a problem…'

'Well yeah, McGee, we have a death to investigate and you two are taking your damn time, and we are ready to go!' Gibbs replied. 'Haha, poor Timmy and Kate are going to get in trouble!' Tony sniggered to Ziva, who returned it with an elbow to Tony's abdomen. 'Tony' Ziva started, before being interrupted by Gibbs saying,

'DiNozzo, David. McGee and Kate have a situation at the campsite. Get the truck. I will meet you there' Gibbs said in a rush as he stepped in to the car. Tony and Ziva put the rest of the kit in the truck before setting off to join Gibbs at the camp site.

As they pulled up at the campsite a couple of minutes later, they could not believe what they saw…

So I've finished my first chapter. Please review and tell me what you liked about it. I will probably have the next chapter up in a couple of days, cos I already have it planned in my head.

If you review I will give a piece of my imaginary chocolate!

Aliiah xxxxx