Chapter 1

On a road heading from Washington DC, the Ladybug was heading towards a destination where a recovery job was assigned to Ban Midou and Ginji Amano.

"Finally a recovery job in so long!" Ginji exclaimed.

Ban nodded and said, "This time we'll finally get some money to save to get back home."

"Yeah, also trying to pay off the rest of that one damage bill we made during the last case." Ginji said.

"Don't remind me, didn't know that Jubei's needles would cause glass to break so easily."

"Well, he is known to do that with his skill."

Then Ginji remembered how the director was acting a bit cryptic with Shido a few days ago.

"Hey Ban."

"What is it?"

"I wonder why the director was talking to Shido lately and why they went off somewhere?"

"I don't know, I tried asking Monkey Boy myself and he didn't tell me either."

"I bet Nodoka is worried about him since he's off somewhere doing some kind of work."

"Yeah, probably and on top of that, it seems that Tony and Ziva are also missing."

"Them too? I wonder what's going on with all of them."

"I don't know but it's not our affair."

"I guess you're right."

"Now, let's focus on our job at hand."

Ginji nodded.

Meanwhile, Shido was keeping watch outside the door of a secret location that he and Director Sheppard were brought to after meeting a man somewhere.

"Man, I don't like this at all! My animal senses even got a strange feeling off of that guy. I don't get why the director didn't want Gibbs, Ban, or Ginji around?" he asked.

He kept guard for a while until he heard gunshots blasting inside.

"What the hell!"

"Shido! Call for help!" he heard Director Sheppard yell from inside.

"Let me help!"

"No! Call Ziva and Tony!" she yelled and then he heard her firing off shots.

He ran off and tried to dial Ziva's and Tony's numbers but didn't get anything.

"Damn!" he exclaimed and then whistled and a bird came down to his shoulder. "Search for Tony and Ziva and hurry!"

The bird nodded and flew off.

Tony and Ziva were getting lunch when the bird found them. It flew around Tony's head as he held the sandwich.

"Hey! Not today! Shoo!" Tony yelled as he wrestled the bird.

The bird tried to tug on his jacket to lure him back to the car.

"Tony? What's with the bird and why is he pulling you towards the car?" Ziva asked as she watched.

"I don't know! Probably trying to trick me to leave the sandwich behind so he can take it to Doolittle again!" he answered and hit the bird. "I said shoo you damn bird!"

The bird gave up and flew away and headed back to Shido and told him what happened.

"Damn it Tony, when will you ever get over that one time?" Shido asked. "Maybe I should try and reach Gibbs."

He dialed his number.

Gibbs was on the phone with Shido and Shido told him what happened to Director Sheppard.

"What? Did you try to get Ziva and Tony at all?"

"Yes! They didn't answer, I even tried sending a bird to get them."

"Damn! Try again!" Gibbs told him and hung up.

"Is something wrong Jethro?" Dr. Mallard asked.

"Jenny's in trouble." He answered.

"What?" Palmer asked.

"Shido heard gunshots from the place he was with her and was told to try and get help. He tried reaching Ziva and DiNozzo and didn't have any luck." Gibbs answered.

"Oh dear." Ducky said.

Gibbs started to make some calls.

A few minutes later, Ziva noticed her phone had a message saying "Missed Call."

"What is it Ziva?" DiNozzo asked.

"Missed Call." She answered and took a look and saw Shido's name. "It was from Shido."

DiNozzo took his phone out and saw Dr. Doolittle in his and said, "Same here."

"Looks like something went wrong." Ziva said.

DiNozzo dialed the number and got Shido.

He explained what happened and described the area to them and they drove off and found Shido waiting for them.

They went into the place and found Director Sheppard's body.

"No way!" DiNozzo exclaimed.

"Damn it! I should've helped!" Shido exclaimed as he punched the wall.

"I guess we have to tell Gibbs." Ziva said.

DiNozzo nodded and dialed the number.

Later on that day, both Ban and Ginji returned all covered in scratches and bruises.

"Man, all that trouble for a missing cat?" Ban asked.

"Hey, we did get paid." Ginji said.

They arrived on the floor and found Gibbs, Ducky, Palmer, and Abby with pale faces.

"Whoa, did a funeral happen or something?" Ban asked.

"You can say that." Abby answered.

"Huh?" Ginji asked.

"Shido, DiNozzo, and Ziva found the director dead."Gibbs answered.

Author's Commentary

Hey everyone, I know this was a short first one but guess what? Your favorite recovery boys and naval investigation team have returned! I know it's been a long time since the last one but my boyfriend wanted me to do a third and this time with them dealing with Director Sheppard's death and meeting Director Vance. Will there be a lot of zaniness? Yes, later on though. For now, just having them going through the director's death point since this chapter shows what if Ginji, Ban, and Shido went through this ordeal. Of course, everyone has seen the Judgment Day episodes so that is why I forshortened most of the scenes to show where were Ginji and Ban during it and of course, why not have them go on a recovery job and have Shido with Sheppard. Next chapter will show the reactions and etc. Stay tuned!

And also, can't forget the disclaimer! I don't own the rights to these series. NCIS is a property of CBS and USA Network. While Get Backers is a property of TokyoPop and ADV Films. So, support the official releases.