A man's back is turned to the camera, facing his muscular arms in a tank top and a gym bag. He's sitting on a bench, putting in his headphones and turning on his MP3 player. He puts on a jacket and leaves the locker room. On the way out of the gym, he says one word as he passes the front-counter: "Bye." The shot focuses on his legs and lower torso as he steps outside and his body twists both ways, his gym bag swinging in his hand as he turns, first to his right, then his left. Visibly startled, he nearly jumps backwards and takes off in a sprint to his right. A man following him sprints towards him with a pistol pointed in front of him. A shot is fired and the sprinter starts to stumble. Another two shots brings the sprinter to the ground. The shooter ducks into an alley as the camera pans to the slain man's face: Damon Werth.

[NCIS Theme]

[Tony, McGee and Ziva sit at their desks]
Ziva: "No, Tony, I really haven't seen it."
Tony: "Oh, man, Instant Classic: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page. That fight scene in the hallway? Wow... McSpecial-Effects probably McSploded all over the person in front of him when he saw that scene. Didn't you?"
McGee: "Very funny, Tony. To film those scenes, they actually..."
[Gibbs walks in and interrupts, Coffee in hand]
Gibbs: "...actually, Grab you gear. We've got a dead Marine gunned down outside his fitness club...
[Gibbs pauses for a moment]
Gibbs: "Corporal Damon Werth"
[Tony and Ziva look at each other, their thoughts hanging heavily in the air between them]
McGee: "Uh, boss, Corporal Werth was dishonorably discharged years ago."
Gibbs: "No such thing as..."
McGee: "...as an Ex-Marine. Right, boss."
[Ziva blinks heavily twice, in disbelief, and slowly slides open her desk drawer, producing her gun and badge as she stands up. Tony looks across the room at Ziva and gives her a nod while slinging his pack over his back. McGee solemnly locks his computer and heads towards the elevator. DiNozzo fiddles with his phone for a moment.]
Gibbs: "You coming, DiNozzo?"
DiNozzo: [slams his phone closed, fumbling it into his pocket] "On your six, boss!"

[In the elevator, Ziva's mouth gapes open for a few moments before she speaks, visibly distraught]
Ziva: "Why... Why would?"
Gibbs: "I don't know, that's what we're here for, Officer David."

[At the Crime Scene, A Police Officer briefs Gibbs and team as he leads them under the Caution tape.]
Officer: "Agent Gibbs?"
Gibbs: "Yes sir."
Officer: "Officer James McNamara."
Gibbs: "These are special agents McGee, DiNozzo and David."
McNamara: "Right this way."
Tony: "So what happened here?"
McNamara: "Shots were heard, the worker at the Gym's front desk came out and saw him lying here and ran over."
McGee: "Well, Where is she now?"
McNamara: "She's over in my car. Pretty shaken up..." [pointing over his shoulder to his SUV]
Gibbs: "Ziva, Witness Statement." [Ziva walks to the SUV readying her pad of paper. McNamara's cell rings]
McNamara: "I've got to take this. Hold on."
Tony: "Thanks officer."

[McGee, DiNozzo and Gibbs stand over Werth's body on the sidewalk, behind him as the blood pool grew towards the street.]
Gibbs: "DiNozzo, Sketch. McGee, you're with me."
DiNozzo: "On it, Boss."
Gibbs: "Looks like three gunshot wounds from the blood on his back." [McGee snaps about a dozen shots of Cpl. Werth, walking around his body. Three are shown rapid fire: his back, chest and face]
McGee: "If he was shot in the back, maybe he was trying to get away from his attacker? I'll check back here for slugs."
[Gibbs stares at the camera while walking away, turning it off and recapping the lens]

[Ziva stands in the open doorway of Officer McNamara's Car, questioning the Gym Employee who found Werth's body]
Ziva: "Special Agent Ziva David"
Employee: "Wendy Skinner. Nice to meet you."
Ziva: "So what happened?"
Skinner: "I was at my desk and the guy..."
Ziva [rudely]: "Damon. Damon Werth."
Skinner: "...Okay... Damon... walked past and said bye like he usually does. Always polite, a gentleman through and through. He walked outside and within minutes I heard a few shots."
Ziva: "How many?"
Skinner: "Three."
Ziva: "Are you sure?"
Skinner: "They were so loud, sounded like they were shot so close to the door. I'm sure."
Ziva: "Okay, and then what."
Skinner: "Well the front desk has a security cam of the front door, but nothing was in the way, so I walked outside, cautiously, you know? I didn't want to be shot, too. No one was out there, but I turned and saw Damon's body."
Ziva: "And what did you do?"
Skinner: "Well I went near him, but I was so scared, I called 911 and they came"
Ziva: "You work at a gym. Do you have any First Aid experience?"
Skinner: "Well all employees need basic First Aid knowledge... I mean I know CPR"
Ziva: "But you did not try to save him?"
Skinner: "Well, I mean, I..."
Ziva: [angrily] "He could have been saved with some pressure until the ambulance arrived. You could have tried to do something. Anything! You should have tried to save him!"
Skinner: [scared] "Agent David, I'm sorry. I guess Damon was your friend, you seem shaken up, too. I was scared and nervous. I didn't want to be killed, too. I did what I could... I..."
Ziva: "No, I'm sorry. You did what most people would do. It's fine"
Skinner: "But not what you would have done?"
Ziva: "I wasn't given the chance. We will need all security footage from the front desk."
Skinner: "I'll go get it now."
Ziva: "Thanks."

[Gibbs sighs heavily, kneeling over Werth's corpse. Voices behind him cause him to turn his head as the camera fades to...]
Palmer: "I'm sorry, Doctor, I swore I was going the right way."
Ducky: "It was a one-way street, Mr. Palmer, and all the other cars were going the _opposite_ way. you're lucky we're not the ones being examined!"
Palmer: "I'm sorry, Doctor. I've asked Director Vance for a GPS twice now."
Ducky: "And?"
Palmer: "He said that Special Agent Gibbs said no."
Ducky: "Jethro! Is this true?"
Gibbs: "Is what true, Duck?"
Ducky: "That you've twice not declined our request for the acquisition of a Global Positioning System for our vehicle?"
Gibbs: "Can we deal with this later?"
Ducky: "Ah, yes, a friend. Let's see what lead to his unfortunate and untimely demise."

[Ducky and Palmer lean down next to the body, with Gibbs.]
Ducky: "Liver Temp is about 98.2."
Palmer: "That would mean he hasn't even been dead for 30 minutes, assuming his resting body temperature was the normal 98.6"
Gibbs: "Corporal Werth just finished a workout, Duck."
Ducky: "Well then there are a lot of variables. What kind of workout he did would determine what his temperature would have been... I'll know more when I get him back to the lab."
[Ziva walks up and interjects]
Ziva: "Gym Employee says Damon walked through the turnstile to leave the gym at about a quarter after 8 this morning and that she heard gunshots within minutes."
Palmer: "It's 9:57. His temperature should be about 96.8."
Ducky: "Like I said, Jethro, we'll know more when we get him back."
[Ziva begins to walk back to the truck]

Gibbs: "Ziva?"
[Ducky in the background: "Lay out the plastic, Mr. Palmer. Let's wrap him up and take him home."]
Ziva: "What?"
Gibbs: "Corporal Werth was a good Marine, and a good man. We'll find whomever did this."
Ziva: "Thank you."

[McGee comes running from down an Alley next to the gym]
Gibbs: "Nice of you to join us, McGee."
McGee: "Sorry, boss. I found a trash can lid a few yards from the trash can it belonged to. Our shooter likely grabbed the lid, tossed his shells and ran. I found one on top, I guess the others fell through the trash."
Gibbs: "Go grab the trash can, put it in the back of the truck, let's go."
McGee: "Yes, boss."
[As the doors close, McNamara walks up to Gibbs' truck as it pulls away]
McNamara: "Goodbye, then?"

[Back at NCIS HQ, the team sits at their desks. McGee places a few documents relating to Cpl. Werth on the flatscreen]
McGee: "Obviously, this is Ex-Corporal-"
[Gibbs stares down McGee]
McGee: "...Corporal... Damon Werth. Dishonorably discharged in 2007 and then was until recently employed by Colonel Merton Bell's First Defence Incorporated."
DiNozzo: "Hey, Boss, We can't call Werth an Ex-Marine but we still call Bell 'Colonel'? Why is tha-"
[Gibbs headslaps DiNozzo]
Gibbs: "I call him dead."
Ziva: "Go on, McGee..."
McGee: "Born in Monroe, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. Potential enemies are countless..."
Gibbs: "We looked into Marines who might have been at odds with Werth a few years ago, dig up that file DiNozzo."
DiNozzo: "On it, boss."
Gibbs: "McGee?"
McGee: "Credit Cards, Bank Statements, GPS Coordinates."
Gibbs: "Ziva: You're coming with me"
Ziva: "Where are we going, Gibbs?"
Gibbs: "Apartment. Then Detroit, Michigan to talk with his mother."
Ziva: "I'll grab my things"
McGee: "How are we going to get information about Werth's potential enemies he made while at FDI? You've been banned from their campus ever since you turned Bell over to the Federales. I doubt Bell's henchmen have higher opinions of you."
[Gibbs pulls out his cell phone, punching a few numbers into it]
Gibbs: "Let me handle that, McGee."
[Gibbs speaks into his cell]
Gibbs: "Allison? Yeah, I have a favor to ask of you..." [smiles]

[Cut to greyscale of Gibbs smiling on the phone; commercial break.]