The next week, McGee was heading into the Hoover Building with Jethro in tow. As promised, he had let Fornell know Friday afternoon that he would assist the FBI with their problem.

Jethro however had other plans. He obviously didn't like that Tim was heading off to somewhere unknown to him and invited himself along. He hadn't liked riding the train with Tim but as Tim had no other way to get to work at that moment he had dealt with the strangers looking at his and cooing. He hadn't minded the pets as much but some of the younger humans had strange ideas as to what pets were. There were some spots on his body that still hurt where he was poked and not petted.

"Hello, Agent Fornell, where do you want me today?"

"Hey, Agent McGee. You'll be working in the office next to mine. Our cyber-crimes division has brought up everything they thought you would need for the case." Fornell took a glance at the dog sitting at McGee's feet. Jethro was looking at him with an almost glare. It reminded Fornell of the day last week when McGee had brought the dog to lunch and he had stared at him in a similar manner.

Tim had noticed Fornell's look at Jethro. "Sorry, he kept getting in my way this morning and wouldn't let me leave without him. It's almost like he knew I wasn't going into NCIS this morning."

"Huh. Well he can stay for today since you're already here but don't bring him tomorrow. I need you to get started right away." Fornell looked a little nervous at having Jethro there the entire day. Those stares had really got to him the other day and he didn't want to look like a fool in front of all his coworkers. It was one thing when complete strangers witnessed his stare down with Jethro but his coworkers saw him every day and could make his life even more miserable.

"Don't worry. I think he just wanted to scope out the place. He sniffed out NCIS when we got him and since he was a former drug dog, he is really protective." Tim was trying hard to hide his smile. He knew Fornell wasn't happy about Jethro being here but he couldn't help it. Jethro had gotten in his way every time he tried to walk out the door alone. He'd even tried to trick Jethro by talking him for a walk and then taking him back to his apartment but when Tim tried to leave again Jethro blocked the doorway.

Fornell hadn't noticed McGee's attempt to hide his smile. Instead he was surprised that McGee was in possession of a drug dog. "You've got a drug dog in your possession and Jethro never said anything about it? How did you get him? I know you didn't train him yourself."

"We don't usually get drug cases. But when we do, I'll try to bring him in to help. Usually, we get there too late for Jethro to help out anyway. As to how I got him, Jethro attacked me when we were searching his previous owner's house during a case. I was injured, he was injured, we both got patched up by Ducky and then Abby got a hold of him. Suffice to say, Butch no longer belonged to the Navy after she got her hands on him." Tim shook his head as he recalled the case and the events surrounding the case.

Jethro on the other hand laid his head down onto his paws and whined as if he knew Tim was recollecting the very first time they had met. The dog knew however that Tim had forgiven him and now loved him very much. Jethro also knew that Abby was still not quite forgiven for the way she had treated Tim on the case and that was one of the reasons why he never saw her. He didn't mind however. Abby hugged him a little too hard and too often. A hug every once in a while was nice but with Abby, it was all the time and he had quickly gotten tired of her when all the drugs in his system had worn off.

Fornell shook his head. He couldn't believe Jethro was hardly ever used at NCIS. But considering the majority of Gibbs's cases were of missing and dead sailors and Marines, it made sense. "Alright, McGee. Let's get to why I've borrowed you for this week. We've been having some difficulty tracking down a hacker we believe is trying to enter the FBI database and obtain access to secure files. We don't know what he is trying to access yet but in the last three weeks, there's been almost a dozen attempts to enter our records. We don't know if he has tried before to gain access to our files. What we want you to do is track him down. We'll have agents on stand-by at all times so that when you find the guy, we're ready to catch him. Also, we would like you to update our security system so that any future attempts will be stopped immediately. Anything else you would like to add is fine as long as we are informed of it first and approve of the idea."

They headed into McGee's temporary office. It looked like the entire cyber crimes department was crammed into the little office with how much stuff was in there. The only space Jethro had to lay down was under the desk at Tim's feet.

"If there is anything else you need, don't hesitate to come over and ask. I'd rather you bother me every ten minutes than have this done inadequately because you're missing something."

Tim sat down behind the desk. There was barely any desk room to even put down a cup of coffee. "I'm sure I have everything I need right here. Except probably another desk to put all this stuff on. I think your cyber crimes department must be empty by now. I'll let you know when I catch the guy."

AN: The next chapter will be the last one. I only intended this story to be a oneshot.