***Hey guys this is kind of fluffy in places. My sister Kayla (ncisneworleans) helped me write this...hello sis. Well please comment. I hope you like it! :)***
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Special Agent Meredith Brody awoke to the sound of her phone ringing. She slowly sat up and reached for her phone. Brody groaned as she read her message.
"Really? Did it have to be at 2:00 in the morning?!" She mumbled, rather annoyed.
She quickly slipped on her pants and a blouse. Ugh why can't I have a normal job where you get an amazing little thing called sleep. She thought as she hopped into her car and drove to the NCIS office.
"Good morning Lovely Agent Brody." The wide eyed Chris LaSalle said in his normal cheery voice.
"Yeah right" Brody scoffed "You know, it's probably very unhealthy to be this chipper at-" Brody yawned "-2 a.m."
"LaSalle, Brody, suit up. There's a dead marine in the swamp." Pride interrupted as he walked in the office.
The Swamp-
The team was sloshing through the swamp when they came upon Loretta.
"What`cha got Loretta?" Pride asked as he approached the scene.
"A dead marine, late twenties, time of death was approximately 12:00 a.m." Pride thanked Loretta and went over to see what his two junior agents were up to.
"We just finished baggin` the evidence King." LaSalle said.
"Okay. Thanks." Pride said as he looked at his two exhausted agents.
LaSalle and Brody got in the backseat of the truck while Pride got in the front and they drove back to the office to what looks like a long day ahead for them.
"Coffee?" LaSalle asked as he looked over at his half-awake partner.
"Mmm yes." She said as they pulled up to the drive-through.
A few minutes later the woman handed Pride the coffee and he passed the other two cups back to LaSalle. LaSalle glanced over and couldn't help but smile at the agent that was sleeping in the seat beside him.
"Psst King, look at Brody."
Pride looked back and smiled at the sleeping agent.
"Wake up sleepy-head, coffee's here." LaSalle teased. "Man, she's a sound sleeper."
"Shake her shoulder?" Pride suggested
"Hey" LaSalle said as he shook her shoulder.
Brody immediately grabbed the man`s hand and was about to use her aikido.
"Whoa! Brody! It's me, LaSalle." He said as he took her other arm. "Now I know never to startle you"
Brody shook her head and became aware of whose ass she almost kicked. "Oh LaSalle. I'm sorry" Brody said, feeling embarrassed.
"It's fine Brody, if I had to have my ass beaten. It would be a pleasure to have it beaten by you." LaSalle said jokingly with his hand on her shoulder.
Pride laughed at his two junior agents as he pulled up to NCIS.
-15 minutes later-
"Breakfast. Come and get it!" Pride yelled from the kitchen. Both agents got up and hurried into the kitchen and scooped up some eggs and bacon. They both thanked him and quickly went back to work.
The hours passed as they all researched, trying to find the marine's killer.
"Dennis Woodley, 24 years old. He's our suspect. Brody and Christopher go to this address and bring him in for one of Brody`s little chit-chats." Pride said "I'll go check in and with Loretta"
"Alright King." LaSalle said as he and Brody walked out the door.
Suspect's house-
LaSalle and Brody pulled up to the house and knocked on the door. The man answered the door "NCIS" Brody stated "we wanna ask you a few questions" and with that, the man took of running.
"Damn" LaSalle cursed as they both ran after the man. They ran as fast as they could, being as tired as they both were. Suddenly LaSalle tripped and Brody kept chasing after the suspect.
"Stop!" She yelled breathlessly. She was easily a couple yards behind the guy. She used all of her strength and was now only about a yard behind him. She then lunged and tackled him to the ground. He cried out in pain as she put his handcuffs on him.
"That's...What you get...for running" Brody said as she leaned up against a wall, trying to catch her breath. LaSalle ran up and glanced at the man and then at Brody.
"Nice job" LaSalle said as he offered his hand to the exhausted agent. Brody laughed as LaSalle helped her up.
NCIS, Interrogation room
"You guys are Feds. I don't like Feds" the man said as he looked back and forth between Brody and LaSalle.
"Do you know this man?" LaSalle asked.
"I'm not telling you anything until that lowlife whore gets me a cup of water" the man said, grinning at Brody.
"Excuse me!?" Brody said, obviously angry.
"Don't call my partner that!" LaSalle said.
"I can call that stupid bitch whatever I want, you good for nothin`agent."
"Where were you the night of the murder?" Brody asked, ignoring his previous comments.
"I was out buying flowers for my girlfriend" the man said
"is that all you did that night?" Brody asked as she rose from her seat "because I have a witness that says that they saw you in the swamp-"
The man rammed his chair back into her hip, knocking her off balance. He pulled her onto his lap. LaSalle got up.
"LaSalle it's fine I got this" Brody said.
"Listen here doll face, I didn't kill that marine." The man said, his face almost touching hers. She tried to get off of the man but he wouldn't let go. Finally she elbowed him in the collarbone and quickly got to her feet.
"Okay. Then what were you doing" Brody questioned as she walked behind the man. "There had to be some reason for you to be in the swamp.
"I was meeting my drug dealer okay?" The man said
"You know you could have had a shorter sentencete...but you have no respect for me and my partner. And that move you just pulled...Well that can technically can be classified as assault." Brody said as she paced behind the man and laughed a little.
The man suddenly stuck out his leg and tripped Brody. She fell and hit her head on the table. She groaned as she got back up.
"You son of a bitch" Brody said, her voice raiseded, as she held her bleeding temple. Before she knew it, LaSalle leaned over the table and punched the man in the face.
"Get him out of here" she said to the cop waiting outside. "Oh, and I'll be having a talk with the prosecution man." Brody told the man as he was taken away.
"Are you okay Brody?" LaSalle asked
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's only a little cut" she insisted
"Oh, well tell that to the blood running down the side of your face. Come on let's go get you cleaned up" LaSalle said as he put his hand on her back and took her to the bathroom.
"Here", he said as he put his hand on her shoulder and dabbed away the blood with a cloth. She winced and tried to back away. "It's okay Brody.", He said as he rubbed her shoulder. When he was done wiping the blood away he took out the peroxide and another clean cloth and rubbed the peroxide on her cut. She took in a sharp breath and felt LaSalle grip tighten on her shoulder. "Sorry Brody, I don't mean to hurt ya."
"Thank you LaSalle" Brody said as he placed a bandaid on her temple, which was already forming a huge bruise.
"No problem Brody." LaSalle said as he patted Brody on the back and walked her out of the bathroom.
-10 minutes later-
"Okay so he obviously was not our guy." Pride said as he walked in to the office. "Brody? What happened to your face?"
"Long story" Brody said as she looked at LaSalle and smirked.
"Okay? Well, Loretta recently found DNA under our victims fingernails. Here's the address. Go catch this guy."
"Are you up for it Brody? With that bruise, you could have a concussion" Pride said, looking concerned.
"Oh yeah. I'm good" Brody said
"Alright then." Pride said as he patted her on the back.
Brody and LaSalle climbed in the truck and started driving.
"Ugh. I can't wait until I can crawl into bed and sleep! How about you?" Brody asked.
"Nah. There's a party tonight. I was thinkin of going."
"Oh? Who are you going with" Brody asked, looking at LaSalle
"Well I thought... maybe I would ask you." LaSalle said confidently with his southern charm.
"I-I don't dance." Brody said, as she looked out the window so he wouldn't see her blush. And with that, they pulled up to the house.
"Door`s open" Brody said as she flashed a suspicious look at LaSalle. "NCIS! FEDERAL AGENTS!" Brody went into the living room as LaSalle made his way in the dining room.
"All clear in here." LaSalle said. Suddenly he heard a faint choking noise from the other room. He slowly looked around the corner. He was shocked to see their suspect choking Brody with a gun to her head.
To be continued...