Jethro Gibbs was in no mood for bickering as he over heard Kate and Tony, via exiting the elevator.

"Go to your corners." He barked as he parted in between them and headed for his desk.

Tony nodded but as he went to sit down, couldn't resist sticking his tongue out in her direction.

"Do that again DiNozzo and I'll cut it out…what do we got?"

Tony took to massaging his tongue a bit, ignoring the fact that Gibbs back was completely turned and there was no way he could have seen that. Kate stood up, grinning ear to ear.

"Abby is analyzing the chemicals found at the scene…she' been here all night." She ended the phrase in a sympathetic tone. "She really didn't need to stay over night Gibbs."

"Well apparently she thought she did…now, tell me that you two did more than fight over who I am dating the whole night."

Tony stood up at this point and joined them. "I wouldn't call it fighting boss…it was more of a…uh…brainstorming session."

Gibbs lifted his eyes of his screen and stood up. Tony smiled in return. "Uh, looks like the suspects were in fact part of a sleeper cell here in good old D.C. I'm running the known aliases right now…"

"Why has that taken all night?"

Tony shrugged. "Busy server?"

"Get McGee down here…we don't have time for busy servers, whatever the hell that is…"

Just as they turned back to their desks, the building itself stammered a bit, and Tony reached at Kate for balance. "Earthquake?"

Gibbs was already half way to the stairs. "Earthquakes don't begin with loud explosions DiNozzo." Kate and Tony exchanged glances before following. "Abby's lab…now!"