This is the sequel to Rosie. Remember the NCIS episode Heartland? Oh, yeah…

Petty Officer Dakota Whitley ran as fast as she could down the main street of Deer River, Iowa. She stuffed her class ring in her pocket as she went. She was not deluding herself, she knew she was going to die tonight, but maybe they would catch her killer if they knew where she had been killed. He had told her with sick glee that he was going to move her body far away and that he would never be caught. She had spit in his eye and wriggled away, taking off down the deserted street. She now leapt and scrambled over a small memorial wall into a tiny, concrete courtyard and skidded to a stop. He was waiting.

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Probationary Agent Rosalind White let her head hang to the side, giving her boyfriend better access to her neck. She moaned appreciatively, and he smiled against her throat. Agent Timothy McGee stood up reluctantly and gave her a hand up as well. They would be late for work if they kept this up. Tim had been careful not to give Rosa a hicky, so they strolled out of the alley beside their favorite coffee shop without much worry. They were stopped, however, by the sight of Tim's friend and Rosa's surrogate brother, Agent Anthony "Tony" Dinozzo. Tony just shook his head at their guilty faces.

"If Gibbs catches you…" They all winced at Tony's warning, then looked around to make sure their boss, Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, didn't come out of the woodwork like he was prone to do.

The three of them walked across the street to NCIS headquarters, meeting with Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David along the way. As they all piled into the elevator, Tony turned to Tim and said in a rather evil voice, "I now find myself obligated to give you the 'Big Brother Talk', Probie." Tim groaned.

Gibbs waited for his team impatiently, pacing the bullpen. They were not technically late, yet, but, goddamnit, they had a case! The elevator dinged and he watched as his entire team tumbled out of the small cube. Tim was staying as far away from Tony as he could manage, and Rosa was restraining Tony from seemingly attacking Tim. Ziva offered no explanation, and only watched on in amusement. "Grab your gear; we got a dead Petty Officer in Quantico!" Gibbs hollered at them as they dumped unnecessary items at their desks, did an about face, and headed toward the elevator again. He joined them in the elevator this time.

"So anyone want to tell me why Dinozzo wants to kill McGee now?" he asked, very blasé about it. You could've heard a pin drop. "So Dinozzo finally found out about Rosa and McGee, hmm?" There was spluttering and shocked faces all around.

When they piled into the NCIS truck, Gibbs noticed they were all still staring at him, Rosa and Tim very nervously. "What? I saw you kissing at the Ostara party. And rule twelve was made to be broken," he said, referring to a Christian Wiccan celebration Rosa had held three months ago and one of his rules stating, "Never date a co-worker." There was a great sigh of relief.

They arrived at a nondescript street on the naval base, and were directed down an alley by local LEO's. They ducked under the yellow tape as Gibbs issued orders. "Dinozzo, witnesses. McGee, perimeter. Ziva, Rosa, with me."

Rosa, Ziva, and Gibbs came upon a rather grizzly sight. A young woman, about Rosa's age, seemed to have been raped and then had her throat cut viciously. Ziva winced in sympathy and got to work. Rosa simply stared. In her three months with NCIS she had seen a few nasty things, and this was no different. But something about the victim bothered her. The brown hair, the small face, the slightly upturned nose… "Gibbs." Something in her voice made him look up at her. She had gone pale. "What's her name?" Her voice was harsh and grating, but quiet.

"Petty Officer Dakota Whitley. Why? You know her?"

"We went to high school together."