Kate stepped out of her apartment building and it felt like she was the only one up at five thirty in the morning. Some coffee would kick start the day, plus the cute waiter at her favourite coffee shop always flirted with her every morning. What a plesant way to start the day. She knew her job was more important than her love life but she was still human and longed for him to ask her out. Today was her lucky morning, she parked the car around the back in the parking lot and slowly strolled around the front. It was six o' clock when she walked in the door and the warmth hit her. Her stomach did a somersault when the cute waiter smiled at her as she sat down, asking her out on a date was next on his list.
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"You're early, Dinozzo" Said Gibbs as he watched Tony enter the bull pen.
"Yeah, you don't start for another hour yet" Chimed in McGee.
"Neither do you!" He said sitting dow at his desk.
Gibbs desk telephone rang.
"Get your gear we're starting early" Said Gibbs already getting up and walking towards the elevator.
"Where to, boss?" Said McGee.
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The crime scene appeared to be nothing more than a brick building at the edge of an entirely empty field in the middle of nowhere. Gibbs indicated to where he had been told the body was and headed toward it.
"You two split up and start searching the area for a murder weapon" He said.
It belonged to a dead naval officer who had an obvious head injury, Gibbs didn't need Ducky to figure that one out, but routine dictated the rules and Gibbs called him anyway.
"Hey boss it's seven am, I'll call Kate and tell her to head down here" Said Tony.
"Didn't you already call her, where the hell is she?" Barked Gibbs
"I got her voicemail" replied Tony.
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The reality of Kate's bad timekeeping was her cute waiter, she had chatted to him too long. He watched her talk to her collegue on the phone and saw the panic on her face when she realised that time had ran away with her. He watched the panic turn to annoyance, maybe more at a bad joke the person she was talking to had made, she was so beautiful.
"When I get there, Tony, I swear I'll kill you."
Then she left.
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Tony crouched down in the grass searching for what ever instrument had been used to kill their navy captain when he heard Kate's car coming down the road. When it came into view she turned and headed onto the field. Tony noticed Kate's speed, and suddenly realised she was coming in his direction. Gibbs smiled to himself and laughed inwardly at Kate's attempt to scare Tony out of his wits. Tony would never admit that he was a little scared but knew she would stop before she reached him. Only this wasn't a joke. McGee felt sick as Kate's car hit Tony at about 70mph throwing him several metres and proceeded to smash into the small brick building with a sickening crunch of bending metal