Five Things That Never Happened To Kate Todd.
TITLE: Five Things That Never Happened To Kate Todd
AUTHOR: Calleigh J
FANDOM: NCIS
PAIRING: vague Kate/Tony leanings, but nothing specific – I just can't write them without writing them together in my head, if that makes sense
RATING: K+
SPOILERS: none for NCIS; as for the other shows, I'm pretty certain there's nothing specific. If you see something and go 'Argh, I didn't know that was gonna happen in the show', let me know
DISCLAIMER: Bellisario and others own NCIS: any other characters you recognise belong to their respective owners; any coincidences are purely…well…coincidental; I'm making no money from this (unfortunately)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Written for the NCISflashfic 'crossover' challenge. Five parts, each a crossover with a different show, to be posted every couple of days or so, depending on how much time I have. Crossover shows will be listed at the end. Feedback is greatly appreciated
SUMMARY: Five things that never happened to Kate Todd
1. Time And Relative Dimensions In Washington D.C.
"What do you make of those two?" Tony asked, leaning over Kate's shoulder as she tried to focus in the dusky light on a fragment of glass.
"I don't know – there's something a little…off about them." 'Them' was a young British couple standing at the far end of the narrow street. The girl – she didn't look older than nineteen or twenty – had her blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail and wore jeans and a hot pink t-shirt. Her companion, a man in his mid-twenties, was wearing a brown pinstripe suit with a heavy coat over the top, and a pair of worn Converse trainers.
"Neither of them seem that bothered about finding a dead Marine." Tony commented accurately: whilst the girl shot the occasional anxious glance in their direction, the man had barely looked at them.
"Plus, they're in a strange city, and they're surrounded by cops – if that was me, I'd be a little worried," Kate added, finally snapping the shots she needed and straightening up.
"DiNozzo; Kate – go and talk to those two. McGee and I are going to talk to the Gunny's wife." Gibbs called for McGee, and they got into the sedan, pulling away with a screech of tyres that made both Kate and Tony wince. Putting the camera away into its case, she followed her partner down to the end of the alley where the British couple was waiting.
"Hi, I'm Special Agent DiNozzo, this is Special Agent Todd: NCIS."
"NCIS?" the girl repeated predictably.
"Naval Criminal Investigative Service," Kate replied, "We're investigating the death of Gunnery Sergeant John Green – the man whose body you found."
"Sure," the man replied easily, not seeming at all bothered by the recent events.
"Did you see anyone else in the alley before you found the body?"
"Nope. It was pretty quiet around; we walked past; saw the body; called the police." His answer was nonchalantly given, as if the whole situation was nothing more than a minor inconvenience.
"Ma'am, is that what happened?" Kate pressed, turning to the young woman.
"Yeah. There was no one else around; just the…the body."
"Did you touch the body at all?" Though she knew the couple had already been questioned by the police, Kate knew from experience never to accept a second-hand witness' statement, and that Gibbs would ask her about the witnesses later.
"No – I've watched 'CSI'," the girl replied with a nervous smile.
"Ok, we need a phone number we can contact you on in case we have any more questions."
"Will a mobile number…um, a cellphone number do – we're travelling."
"Sure." The girl wrote down a number on a piece of paper Tony handed her. Kate gave her a card and asked her to call if they thought of anything else, and the pair headed off down the main street, ducking into a narrower street on the left. As Tony and Kate stood at the end of the alleyway, checking they had all the evidence they needed, they heard a strange noise coming from the street their two witnesses had just gone down. Weapons drawn, they ran down the street, following the sound, and dashed into the side street.
It was completely empty. There were buildings on all three sides with no doorways or windows.
"Where did they go?" Kate asked, walking down the entire length of the alleyway and seeing no possible form of exit apart from onto the main street.
"They must've gone down a different street."
"No, it was definitely this one, and they definitely didn't come back out this way – I was watching this street the whole time." She looked back up and down – there was nowhere they could've gone.
"Well, I'm pretty sure they didn't do it, and they told us all they knew…and we do have a cellphone number," Tony pointed out optimistically.
"But where did they go?" Kate repeated, clearly irritated at apparently having two witnesses vanish into mid-air.
"Maybe they flew away?" Tony suggested, walking back out onto the main street, "Maybe they're invisible…Kate, you must've seen wrong. People don't just vanish without a trace like that." Kate sighed.
"I guess." Reluctantly, she followed her partner.
"Hey, maybe one of them got bitten by a spider…or had their DNA altered by an explosion…or maybe…"
"Shut up Tony."
"Just suggestions Katie."
"Shut up. I must've seen wrong." Trying to convince herself, Kate took one last look down the alleyway. It was absolutely completely empty, and she walked away.
If they'd run a little faster; got there a little quicker, it wouldn't have been so empty. As it was, the blue police box vanished just before they rounded the corner, leaving no trace that it, or its two occupants had ever been there.