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All was dark in the neighborhood full of small suburban homes before the blinding flash and deafening boom of an explosion tore one of them apart. With debris of a once tidy little house now tossed hap hazardly across its manicured lawn neighbors lights came on and sirens sounded in the distance. In no time the whole area was ablaze in lights and buzzing with people. As small fires were tended to the search for victims began. Many flash light beams swept the bits and pieces searching until one came to rest shakingly on a small bloody hand sticking out from under a pile of rubble.
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Gibbs had been the first on the scene of course followed shortly by DiNozzo and Ziva with McGee arriving right before Ducky. By then a perimeter had been set up to keep the on lookers out and preserve the scene. Gibbs had already handed out assignments to his team and they were hard at work when Ducky and his assistant Palmer got a gurney over to Gibbs and two tarps on the ground.
"What unfortunate souls are we working with Jethro?" Ducky asked as Palmer stooped down to lift the tops of the tarps so Ducky could have a look.
"We don't know yet Duck but that is where you come in." Gibbs sounded very impatient and gestured down at the now uncovered tarps.
"Oh my" Ducky's brow furrowed in confusion as he saw the charred remains of two people. "I can see why there was no immediate ID. Who are they supposed to be?"
"Well the house that exploded is registered to a Ms. Holland, widowed who is currently in Florida. She rented the house out. As far as we know it was currently occupied by a woman named Rachel, her Navy officer boyfriend Harold and her daughter Selene."
"But there are only two bodies here," Ducky looked back to Gibbs.
"The girl survived" Gibbs pointed at an ambulance still on the curb alongside the scene. "They are still patching her up. From what I hear she is being very uncooperative."
"Perhaps I could get a look at her when I am done with these two." With that Ducky slowly stooped down for a closer look at the bodies. Gibbs waited while Ducky lifted the tarps in different places and put on gloves and poked at the bodies. "Well we are at least dealing with a male and female but I will of course need a full autopsy to give you identity and a positive cause of death." Ducky stood back up and nodded at Palmer. "Can you get these two into the bags and on the gurney without me Mr. Palmer?"
"It might take me a few minutes but I'm sure I'll do fine" Palmer answered already pulling a body bag from the gurney.
"Good Lad, now if you will excuse me Jethro I am going to have a look at our survivor." With that he started towards the ambulance. As he walked over Gibbs followed him with his eyes before turning his attention to Palmer. The man had already gotten half the female body into the bag tarp and all. Confident that he was doing fine he went over to watch his team. DiNozzo was sketching quickly on a large pad as Ziva snapped pictures with a camera. McGee was over in a more burned out part of the debris collecting evidence and placing the pieces he found in various evidence bags. Walking around surveying the area Gibbs spotted a LOE off to one side by one of the last remaining patrol cars on the scene. Quickly making his way over the cop spotted him and seemed a bit apprehensive as he approached. The cop must have heard of him, otherwise he wouldn't know what was coming, this cop did.
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Tony was sketching as fast but as accurately as possible in order to keep up with Ziva and to get this over with. He hated being woken early in the morning for a case and knew that their boss didn't like it either even know he would never complain or let on. But this was worse as this case involved a kid. Every case that involved a kid was bad, worse than other cases they worked. Gibbs would want it solved quickly so he could get his hands on the perpetrator. As he flipped the page in his large sketch book Ziva approached with her camera.
"I think this will be an open and close case yes" Ziva took a picture of something close to Tony, blinding him momentarily and making him blink.
"Open and shut, and why do you say that?" Tony corrected as he continued to sketch and take a few notes.
"There is a survivor who can tell us what happened. There seems to be plenty of evidence" Ziva glanced at McGee who had moved to another spot but was still bagging bit and pieces and taking swabs.
"True but you know as well as I do some things are never as clear as they seem."
Ziva nodded and walked away to take more pictures leaving him to finish sketching this corner of the scene.
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Ducky reached the ambulance just in time to see a stethoscope go flying out the back open door.
"AGH!" a cry followed and a grunt and some banging. Ducky peered inside the back to see a harried paramedic trying to hold a young girl as another tried to look her over. The girl squirmed as the paramedic in front of her reached behind her to pull the stethoscope from his partner's neck. Once he had it he places the buds in his ears and slipped the disk under a blood pressure cuff on her arm. He was leaning away as her hands flailed to reach him but his partner held her in a tight hug. After a few moments he let out a loud sigh and shook his head pulling the stethoscope away.
"This isn't working Mark I'm gonna have to give her a sedative" the paramedic told his partner. He turned to one of the bins attached to a shelf next to his head and pulled out a syringe. He scooted over and reached a small metal door on the wall. Opening it to show a small cooling unit, he pulled out a tiny round bottle full of clear liquid. He checked the label before gently rolling it in his palm a moment then turned it upside down. Sliding the needle in he withdrew a half dose and returned the bottle to the unit closing the door. He slid back over to his partner and the girl who redoubled her efforts to get away from them. She whined as the paramedic Mark holding her tightened his grip. The other took her arm in one hand to steady it and pushed the needle into her arm, and thumbed the plunger down. He pulled the needle out and grabbed a tissue to hold over the dot of blood that welled up. Within a minute the girl's struggling slowed before stopping completely and she sagged in Mark's arms. Reapplying the stethoscope the lead paramedic listened to her heart rate and took a blood pressure reading. Ducky cleared his throat to get their attention as the paramedic was writing down the information.
"Can I help you?" The lead paramedic turned to Ducky and he could see the name Jacob on his uniform.
"I'm the ME for this unfortunate case and I wanted to talk to the girl. Was it really necessary to sedate her instead of waiting for her to calm down?" Ducky was somewhat stern as he questioned them.
"I think so, she has been struggling since she woke up. As for talking to her I wish you better luck then we had. She hasn't said a word, just yells and screams." Jacob looked Ducky over and turned back to his writing.
"I see, well then permit me to take her off your hands. If you, Mark, would be so kind as to carry her over to my van." Ducky backed up but held a hard gaze on them silently telling them he disapproved and there would be no argument from them. Mark looked back and forth between Ducky and Jacob for a moment before moving with the girl towards the door and carefully getting out. "Over there and be careful" Ducky pointed out his van to which Palmer was at the back of loading one of the gurneys into it. As Mark started off Ducky looked around for Gibbs spotting him with a stammering LEO. He arrived at Gibb's side just as the flustered looking cop was dismissed. "Jethro I do believe we have a slight problem."
Well that's it for the first chapter, what do you think? Please review and I will update soon.