Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS, or any of these characters, bar the dead guy. The wonderful Donald Bellisario does.
Former Special Agent Caitlin Todd walked down a street in DC. Her former team thought she had died, but the gunshot had only ricocheted off her skull and she hadn't cracked her head. She had gotten away from her "funeral." She missed her friends, though and knew they were all deeply affected. She wondered what the new Probie was like. She tripped over something suddenly and turned around. She saw a man hidden partway behind a bush. He had several knife wounds in his back and a bullet hole in the back of his head. He was clearly dead. He was wearing a Marines uniform. Kate stared at him in shock for a minute before dialing 9-1-1.
The police looked at the body and called NCIS. They kept Kate there, since she had found the body to answer some questions. She saw Gibbs and the team pull up and felt a pang in her stomach. Tony, McGee, Ducky, Palmer, and a woman who she assumed was the new agent, because she didn't recognize her. Kate was sitting far enough away that even though the team was close, they wouldn't recognize her as who she was before. They would hopefully just think she looked similar. Gibbs talked to them for a minute before the woman approached her.
"Hi, I'm Special Agent Ziva David," she said. "Mind if I ask you a few questions?"
"Not at all," Kate replied. "My name's Caitlin Thomas."
"Nice to meet you," Ziva said. "You found the body?"
"Barely," answered Kate. "I wasn't looking where I was going and I tripped over his leg, then saw him behind the bush."
"Thank you," said Ziva, nodding and pulling out a card. "You can contact us here if you remember anything else strange about this. We may have to keep in touch."
"Thanks," said Kate. "Am I free to go now?"
Ziva nodded. Kate got up and stared down at the phone number that used to be her desk phone. She sighed, and took one last glance at the team before walking back the way she came.
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