A man with greying hairs at the temples and a rumpled suit is found dead in his mansion. In which room did he die, who killed him and with what? That is what NCIS has to work out…

A/N: I do not own anything about NCIS. I only own my plot.

I like short chapters by the way, so don't moan!

Chapter 2 : Mrs Peacock and Reverend Green in the Study.

"So are we going to play or what?" Tony was slumped in his usual position at his desk looking extremely bored.

"No Tony, we are not." McGee was playing a war game on his computer. They hadn't had an assignment for 3 days now. Their theory was that Director Shepherd was trying to avoid Gibbs.

"You'll get square eyes Probie." McGee looked at Tony pointedly and turned away, completely ignoring him again.

Tony picked up Reverend Green. He was staring at the figurine so intently he hadn't noticed Gibbs was 2 inches away from his face. He looked up slowly into his boss's face and grinned. "He looks like you boss!" Tony pointed at the figurine.

Gibbs stood up, his piercingly blue eyes still fixed on Tony. "I don't have grey hair." At this he turned to his desk and sat down, sipping his coffee slowly. Tony was still standing in the middle of the bullpen, a very confused look on his face. Gibbs grinned and started to laugh.

"DiNozzo, you're worse than Elf Lord!" Gibbs was still laughing at the look on DiNozzo's face when Ziva reappeared. She looked curiously at the pair. Gibbs laughing his head off and Tony shooting daggers at him. Deciding it was best not to ask she headed towards McGee. "What is going on?"

McGee chuckled. "Gibbs seems to be in an unusually good mood."

"Oh." Ziva decided she really didn't want to know.

They all stood gathered in the Director's office. Gibbs, Tony, McGee, Ziva, Abby, Ducky and Palmer. Gibbs was back to normal and looked intimidating as ever, Tony had stopped shooting disapproving glances at his boss and McGee had stopped smiling every time he saw Tony's face.

They all stood facing Director Shepherd. She had a very determined expression on her face. "This is a big one. An ex-marine has been found dead in his large mansion home in Virginia. I need you Gibbs, and your whole team to investigate. And before you ask, this has got nothing to do with La Grenouille." She had expertly read Gibb's blank face like a book. She smiled slightly at him. She could see that familiar sparkle in his eye. "His name is Montgomery Black." At this Tony and McGee glanced at each other curiously. The director continued, "His mother was English, hence the name Montgomery."

"My uncle's name was Montgomery." Ducky said. "He had a curious obsession with discovering the Loch Ness monster. That was where he met my aunt, in the Loch castle. She was sight seeing and he was doing research."

"Thank you Ducky." The director smiled at him. He understood, he was well known for his ramblings.

"Now, I want you to go straight away. Find who killed him. He was a well respected man with a lot of family. They are expecting results. Go."

They all filed out of her office except for Gibbs who shut the door behind them. He stood over her desk where she was sitting. His ice blue eyes bored straight into her. "What do you want Jethro?" She smiled gently.

"You've been ignoring me. Why?" Gibbs didn't avert his gaze from her face.

"I've been busy Jethro. But then you knew that. You just want to think it is for some other reason." She put her glasses on and started reading some reports. "Go, find who did this. We can discuss this after you have found the killer."

Gibbs stared at her for another few seconds and then strode out her office, his mouth pulled into a wonky smile.