Bishop knew she had really screwed up this time. She anxiously sat at her desk and waited for Gibbs to get off the phone with a detective at Metro. She could feel both McGee and DiNozzo looking on with sympathy. They both understood how it was to be in trouble with the boss and it wasn't something that either of them wanted to feel for a very long time. She jumped when the phone handle was slammed into its cradle.

"Bishop, with me." Gibbs demanded as he headed for his "office" on the other side of the stairs.

She was quickly out of her chair following his lead. As she approached, he was pacing back and forth reminding her of a caged lion ready to attack. He stopped when he she was standing in front of him.

"Explain." Was all he said as he glared down at her, daring her to disobey him. Suddenly, she felt sick and almost ran to the bathroom but knew it would only make it worse.

"We-well, I-I." She stuttered picking at her sweater. She was deathly afraid to make eye contact with him.

"Well you what!" He shouted, taking a threatening step towards her. She knew he was quickly losing his patience.

"Well, I went back to the crime scene because I had a feeling there was more. That Bennett wasn't telling us everything. I knew you'd say no if I asked and that we had all the evidence we needed."

"But you went anyway. With no backup." He continued.

"It does sound bad when you put it that way." She answered automatically without thinking.

"You think" Gibbs responded placing his hands on his hips. Bishop silently prayed he wouldn't kill her right here.

"Anyway, when I saw Bennett's brother take off when I opened the door, I guess instinct kicked in. I took off after him and I guess the bomb went off when I closed the door." She finished chancing a glance at him.

"Well, your "instinct" almost got you killed. Now I have not only the director on my ass but metro wants to know why we had an agent out there blowing the cover they had on Bennett's brother."

Ellie remained silent unsure how to respond. She knew that if she said she was sorry, Gibbs might actually shoot her with as angry as he was.

"I want you at your desk for the rest of the day. I have a mess to clean up." He instructed. As she turned to go back to her desk he whispered, "And don't think you and I won't talk about this later." Instantly, she felt tears well up in her eyes and took a deep breath.

Obediently, Bishop went to her desk while Gibbs went to see the director.

"Wow. I'm not sure I've seen Gibbs that pissed in a long time." Tony stated walking over to her desk.

"Leave her alone Tony." McGee tried to stop Tony before he landed in as much trouble. "She's in enough trouble."

Tony flinched as Gibbs landed a hard smack to the back of his head.

"Yeah, DiNozzo. Leave her alone unless you would like to join her later." Gibbs warned.

"No thanks Boss. I've got a hot date tonight. I'm busy." He answered quickly sitting at his desk.