A/N: Story 2 of 6 based on The Curse. Hope you like it…;oP

Disclaimer: Not mine :'(

The Mummy and His Money - Chapter 1 - Finding Mummy

Currently he was up a tree. Literally. He was up a tree. His favourite way to relax was to go out deer hunting. His wife hated it but it got him out of the house for a few hours and kept him happy. He waited patiently. Man was he hungry. He surveyed the area below him intently. He scoped to his left, then to his right,' what was that?' 'a rustling?' he swung his weapon back to his left. It was in his sights now. He waited a few moments for the deer to near him, as it did he made a shot at it. The arrow hit the tree next to the deer. Startled by it, the deer sprinted away through the trees. "Shoot!" Rick said as he scurried down the tree to the floor. He made chase but tripped over something. At first he thought it could be a rock but realised that he had tripped over something metallic. Carefully he placed his weapon on the ground and started to clear the leaves away to reveal a missile like shaped object. His eyes searched all over it for some clue as to what it could be. He stopped when he saw the hatch. Pulling out his penknife he care fully unscrewed the screws and opened the hatch. He saw a bag first. He pulled it out the pod and looked at it. 'Some sort of navy gear'. He read the name printed on the bag 'LCDR Farnsworth'. He was about to open the bag, something caught his eye. He wasn't expecting to see that. Mummified remains. "Arrgggh!" he yelled, falling back and tossing the bag to one side. He certainly didn't expect that.

Gibbs strode off the elevator, coffee cup in hand, his second cup today. Caitlin was trying to make him cut down on his caffeine intake. It was because she wasn't allowed to so he had to cut down for her sake. She'd been working solely with him and DiNozzo for the past 6 weeks and he could see that she was enjoying it too. They had agreed to keep both personal and professional life separate, well until she started with her new team. They worked so well together. Kate would profile the scumbags and the boys did the dangerous stuff. Gibbs was, however, concerned about her welfare. He silently wished sometimes that she would have agreed to take the job and start sometime after the baby was born. But no, she wanted to start straight away, 'get a feel for the job' she had said. He walked into the bullpen. Caitlin gave him a stern look when she saw the coffee cup. He ignored the look and simple ordered his team, "Grab your gear."

Tony jumped up from his paperwork. "My three favourite words."

Kate rolled he eyes, he'd been complaining all morning about all the paperwork and no case, to which she stated, "Tony, you have all that paperwork because of a case and once this case is over there'll be more for you to complain about." He was going to reply but couldn't think of a thing to say back, his mouth opened and closed, a lot like a fish. She chuckled at him and resumed with getting on with her paperwork.

"St. Mary's River State Park." he said grabbing his weapon.

They joined him at the plasma. "Right here."

"Maryland." Tony stated.

"Good guess." he turned to leave. "Think you could guess on how to drive there?"

"I'd say the fastest way would be….the beltway to Highway 235 south." Gibbs and Kate were already half way to the elevator, "…take that to Route 50 and then…" he realised that they'd already gone, "…punch it into the nav system when we get lost." he rushed after them as quickly as he could.

"So…what's in the park?" Kate asked the question on her and Tony's mind.

"A deer hunter stumbled on to an aircraft drop tank. Navy markings"

"We're driving to Maryland for a aircraft drop tank?" Tony queried.

"There's a body inside of it, DiNozzo."

"Oh, well that's different." he looked over at Kate when he said that.

"Yeah, I thought so." Gibbs said smirking at his wife. "You pick up Duck. Tony, you can gas the truck."

"Gibbs, most agencies have people who do that sorta thing." he hated gassing the truck. He always had to do it.

"Mhmm and so do we." he looked at Tony. Tony looked back at Gibbs, "Shutting up." Caitlin laughed at the two men. She loved working with these guys.