Caught in the Act

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: Characters (other than Kevin) do not belong to me, no copyright infringement intended.

Summary: Kevin's horseplay with DiNozzo ends up getting him into deep trouble with Jenny and Gibbs. Continuation of A Minor Inconvenience.

A/N: Although this could be considered a stand alone story it will make more sense if you read my first story A Minor Invonvenience… that will set up who Kevin and provide background on his relationship to the Team and Gibbs.

Twank… twank…

The small missiles hit the metal file cabinet. DiNozzo ducked behind his desk.

"Hey… what the heck was that?" He peered around the side of the desk and saw the boy duck behind the cubical separator and scramble down the other side of the squad room.

"Like that…?" Kevin said with excitement. "Picked it up yesterday. Sure beats rubber bands."

"What is that? One of those air pellet guns? That's not fair"

For weeks now DiNozzo had been ambushing Kevin when Gibbs wasn't around. First it was just with wads of paper, then spitballs, but lately he had stocked his desk with rubber bands and had hit Kevin half a dozen times with them.

But Kevin was ready for him today. Yesterday he had found the soft-air pellet gun, the kind that shoots plastic pellets, at the local department store and figured it was finally payback time. Gibbs was down in the lab with Abby, and being a Saturday, the rest of the office was pretty much empty.

Skirting around the side of the desks DiNozzo peeked around the side. "Hey, you could take an eye out with that." He moved quickly to the other side of the desks.

"Oh… and a rubber band shot at warp speed won't," Kevin said going around another set of file cabinets. He hesitated for a second then started crawling to the other side of the office.

Just then DiNozzo stood up and pulled back on the rubber band hooked on the end of a finger on his other hand. Taking quick aim he shot the rubber band at the fleeing boy hitting him sharply in the leg.

Turning quickly Kevin fired the air pellet gun twice but it was too late, Tony had already ducked and moved off back towards his desk.

Kevin stopped and looked down the hall that led towards interrogation. He decided to circle around the back side of the building, knowing that it would bring him back out on the other side of the squad room. If figured he could then sneak up behind Tony. He took off at a run and vanished around the corner of the hall.

Just then the elevator door at the other end of the hall opened and Director Shepard walked out. Hearing the ding, DiNozzo stood up and standing over McGee's desk he pretending to look through a report that was sitting there.

"Agent DiNozzo, have you seen this?" the Director said walking up to Tony and handed him a file. Being a Saturday, the Director was dressed casually in jeans and a sweatshirt.

"Um… afternoon Director," Tony said looking around but not seeing Kevin. "Is this the intel on the smuggling ring we requested from the FBI?"

"Yep, I took a quick look and I think we may have enough for a warrant. What do you think?" Tony tried one more time to look around for the boy, but the Director's gaze made him began to flip through the files.

Kevin was in stealth mode. Though he had heard the elevator ding, he was sure that DiNozzo had pressed the button to distract him, so he swiftly came out from the hall and went the opposite direction, creeping to the row of desks that were located just behind the teams. He hesitated behind one of the desk's for just a second and heard Tony rustling some papers. Peeking between a small gap in the desks he looked towards the sound. He couldn't see much… only the backside of a pair of jeans. "Gottcha," he thought to himself, took aim and let go of two quick shots.

He smiled as he heard a very loud "Yeowwww…!" as his pellets found their mark. Then the smile faded his brain registered the fact that it hadn't been Tony's voice but one more feminine… not like Ziva's or Abby's but more… more like the Director's. His heart froze in his chest as he realized someone had actually gotten off the elevator – the Director. He sat back against the desk in shock and considered for a moment running for his life.

"What the Hell?" came the Director's voice. He could hear Tony try and stutter something inane. "Who did that?" the Director's voice boomed as it began moving around the desks.

He closed his eyes and held his breath trying to meld into the desk and disappear. The footsteps came closer and rounding the side of the row of desks. He took a deep breath and opened his eyes. His eyes focused on the Director's legs in front of him. He slowing looked up. She stood there with her hands on her hips, face red with anger. Her stare froze him worse than a deer caught in headlights. Suddenly realizing he was still sitting against the desk he jump to his feet, ejected the magazine, then the small plastic pellet from the chamber of the pellet gun and took another deep breath. He opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out.

The Director's jaw was set and she simply reached out her hand. Kevin placed the toy gun in her hand, never moving his eyes from her stare. He held his breath again.

"My office, now." She said in a low deadly voice. He had never heard her so mad. He opened his mouth to try and say something. Her gaze bit through him like a razor. He decided against saying anything, closed his mouth and almost ran up the stairs towards her office.

As he scrambled up the stairs towards the Director's office he took a chance and glanced back down at the bullpen of desks. DiNozzo had relocated himself back at his desk but was watching Kevin's assent with eyes that relayed how sorry he was.

"Agent DiNozzo, where is Gibbs?" the Director asked pinning him with a gaze that indicated she was in no mood for any of his typical joking.

"I believe he's with Abby Director."

Without a word she turned and heading towards the elevator.

TBC...