The team all met back at headquarters and began going over everything they had learned.

"The children at the school could not tell us much," Ziva said, "They are not the… best of kids."

"They've spent most of the past four years high," Tim finished for her, being more blunt about it. "I can guarantee they were not going to outside to smoke a nicotine-based cigarette."

"Yes," Ziva agreed. "They basically just saw the body, one guy said "cool", and then they went to get a teacher."

"Same with the guy at the grocery store… I mean, he wasn't going out to get high, but he just saw the body and ran back inside."

"I agree with the ME's findings that the first two bodies had been at their dump sites for a couple of hours before they were found, and we both agree that the third body had just been dumped when it was found," Ducky chimed in.

"What did the kid you talked to say, Boss?" Tony asked.

"His name's Kurt and he was pretty upset. His boyfriend had to keep calming him down while he told me what he saw. He saw the body, went into sock, screamed, and is now traumatized by it."

"That is very understandable," Ducky replied, "I saw the body and the last one was, by far, the most injured. His face is unrecognizable. The ME said that they don't have an ID on him yet and are waiting to see how many young boys are missing in the area."

Gibbs nodded. "Kurt said he heard some trees and bushes moving and figured it was from the wind, but I don't think it was. Tim, look up weather reports from when the body was found and see if the wind was even blowing; if not, then I want protection detail on Kurt started immediately."

Tim nodded and headed to the nearest empty desk and sat down.

Julia came in with a handful of files and handed them to Gibbs. "This is all we have so far. My team and I are gonna head out and let you guys take over. After we all get some rest we'll be back tomorrow to start on a new case but, like I said before, if you need help, we're here and willing."

Gibbs nodded. "Thanks, we'll let you know."

Julia and her team left, leaving it all to Gibbs and his team.

"You think the killer saw... Kurt?" Ziva asked, hoping she got the boy's name right.

"Yes."

"You really think he'd come back just to kill him?" Tony questioned.

"He wouldn't have to "come back", Tony, he's already here."

"Looks like you're right, Boss," Tim said as he got up and joined the others once again. "There was no wind that day in the area… not even for a minute."

Gibbs sighed. "Tony, you and I are going back to the Hummel's place. You'll take first shift and we'll all four switch every few hours. Tim, Ziva, you two look over the files while we're gone."

"Yes, Boss."

"Yes, Gibbs."

Gibbs went to leave, then he turned back. "And get Abby here, I have a feeling we're gonna need her."


Kurt and Blaine were sitting on the couch, Blaine trying to distract Kurt with a movie, when someone rang the doorbell. Finn was sitting on the recliner chair, also watching the movie, but made no movement to get up and get the door.

"I'll get it," Burt said, coming from the kitchen. He opened the door to see a fairly large group of kids that he recognized. "Hey, guys."

"Hi, Mr. Hummel," Rachel began, speaking before anyone else could. "We heard about Kurt and we wanted to come check on him. We thought that maybe he could use some distractions for a while."

"That's very nice of you," He replied, a little surprised to see them all there, "Come on in."

One by one they stepped inside. First Rachel, then Tina, Mike, Artie and lastly Puck. "We wanted to call ahead," Puck said, "But bossy-pants wouldn't let us." He glared at Rachel.

"I thought a surprise would be better."

"A surprise is fine," Burt assured her. "Kurt, Blaine and Finn are in the living room, go right in."

They all either said a quiet "thank you" or gave a 'thank you' nod before heading into the living room.

Finn saw them first and his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "How'd you get here?"

Blaine and Kurt looked at Finn, then turned in the direction he was staring at.

"A little thing called a car, Finn," Puck replied sarcastically.

Finn glared at him. "I mean, I just got here three minutes ago and I had no idea you were coming."

"Talk to Rachel."

That was the last that any of their attention was on Finn. They turned it over to Kurt, "Hey, Kurt," Tina said, "How are you?"

Kurt smiled a little at the sight of some of his friends, "I'm a little better, thanks."

Everyone took a seat either at on the floor or at the empty spots on the couch. Kurt was holding Blaine close to him which made for some extra room on the couch.

"Everyone from glee club wanted to come," Artie began.

"Yeah," Mike took over for him, "But Santana and Brittany had Cheerios practice, and Mercedes and Quinn have a group project thing to work on."

"What are you guys watchin'?" Puck asked.

"When Harry Met Sally," Blaine replied. "It's one of Kurt's favorites."

"You like it too," Kurt said, taking the hand that wasn't wrapped around Blaine's and poking him in the stomach.

"Yes, I do. But, I can't recite the movie word for word."

They all continued talking with one another as they watched the movie; and, for the first time since Kurt found the body, he laughed… It wasn't a humorless laugh, it was a real laugh.

Burt listened from the kitchen, smiling at the sounds of all the kids and how they seemed to really be helping Kurt.


A few minutes later there was another knock on the door. No one even moved to get up so, once again, Burt went.

He answered it to find Gibbs and another man standing there.

"Agent Gibbs," Burt began, confused, "How can I help you?"

"This is Agent DiNozzo," Gibbs introduced.

Tony shook Burt's hand. "Tony."

"Burt."

"We need to talk to you and your family," Gibbs explained. "It's about the recent murders."

Burt nodded. "Come on in." He stepped aside and let Gibbs and Tony enter, then closed the door behind them. "My son and stepson are in the living room with their friends… they wanted to come over and try to cheer Kurt up a little bit. My wife's out of town, but everyone else is here."

They headed into the already full living room. "Kurt," Burt began, "Will you turn the TV off, please?"

"Why, Da-" Kurt stopped when he turned and saw both a familiar and an unfamiliar face by his dad.

Kurt turned back around, the small smile he had on his face had now faded. "Finn has the remote."

Finn quickly turned off the TV and sat up a little bit straighter, everyone else following suit.

"Hello," Gibbs said, greeting the room. "I'm Gibbs and this is Tony, we're agents from NCIS."

They all either nodded or said small, quiet hello's in reply.

"Maybe we should go," Rachel said as she began to get up.

"You're all Kurt's friends?" Tony asked, taking a step forward.

"Yes," They all replied instantly.

Tony looked back at Gibbs. "They're gonna find out soon enough," He said with a shrug.

Gibbs nodded in agreement. "You can stay, but we need you to listen very carefully."

"We're not babies," Puck replied. "Not to be rude or whatever, but we know how to listen to, like, really important stuff."

"Good," Gibbs returned, forgetting any need to treat them like children. "You all know Kurt saw the latest body that was dumped outside of Burt's car shop," He began.

Kurt shivered at the memory of the body.

"We have reason to believe the killer saw Kurt, and thinks Kurt saw him too."

Gasps were heard around the room. Eyes widened and then turned to look at Kurt, who seemed stilled by fear.

"What?" Burt said defensively as he moved closer to the agents.

"We want to start protection detail for Kurt immediately. One of my agents, or myself, will be with him at all times. When he's at school, outside, inside. Everywhere."

"Are you serious?" Kurt asked. He wasn't mad about the fact he needed protection, he just couldn't believe that he needed it.

"Boss isn't known for making many jokes," Tony answered him.

Gibbs gave Tony one of his famous glares.

Tony slapped his own head. "Thank you, Boss."

Gibbs turned back to Burt, "You're allowed to deny the protection, but I advise against that."

"Well, of course we want it if it'll keep Kurt safe, but I don't want him to stop having a life because of this."

Gibbs nodded. "We won't be hovering over him, we'll just be watching from a distance. When he's in his room, we'll be outside the door, not inside with him. When he's in school we'll walk a few steps behind in the halls, and remain outside of his classes when he's in class. All we ask is that visitors call ahead of time so we know someone's coming, and that Kurt doesn't try to dodge away from us."

Tony sighed. "A lot of kids do that last part… It's never fun."

"I won't dodge you," Kurt said. "I may not be thrilled with the idea of someone following me around, but it's not like I really have a choice and I don't want to die, so…"

"Well, Tony will be taking the first shift. It's," Gibbs looked at his watch, "Three fifteen now so Agent McGee will be here at ten to take over for Tony."

Burt nodded. "And you'll all make sure he's never hurt?" He asked, pointing to Kurt.

"Yes, sir."

Burt shook Gibbs' hand. "Thank you, Gibbs."

"No problem." Gibbs turned to Tony. "Don't be obnoxious."

Tony smirked. "You know I can't promise that, Boss."

Gibbs rolled his eyes and, after saying one quick goodbye to everyone, he left.

Burt eyed Tony for a moment. "I'm gonna go back into the kitchen. If you need anything to drink or eat, feel at home."

"Thank you, sir."

Burt left and Tony turned to the group of kids that were all staring at him.

"So, what were you doing before I got here?"

"Watching a movie," Blaine replied, holding onto Kurt's now sweaty hand.

"Ohhh," Tony replied with a big smile, "You're speaking my language. Turn it back on."

Finn turned the TV back on and they all tried to turn their attention back to it, finding it difficult to do.

Tony noticed the tension and decided to ease it by sitting on the floor, his back leaned up against the couch. "I've seen this movie eight times."

"I think Kurt's got you beat," Finn replied. He, oddly, was the first to figure out that Tony was trying to break the ice.

"Really?" Tony turned his head so he could see Kurt, "How many times have you seen it?"

"This would be the nineteenth," He replied, his sassy voice making a slight return.

"Nice." Tony turned back to the movie. "Did you know Molly Ringwald was offered the role of Sally but was-"

"Forced to decline because of a busy schedule? Yes, I did. Did you know that Albert Brooks turned down-"

"The role of Harry Burns? Yes. Did you know that Nora Ephron loved the way the film turned out but hated-"

"The name and says that if she could go back and change one thing, that would be it? Yes. Did you know…"

They continued back and forth with the trivia for a while and, while most of the time everyone else would find that extremely annoying, they were there to help Kurt out and this seemed to be doing the trick.

"Alright, alright, I surrender," Tony said, finally out of trivia. "Kurt, I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

Kurt smiled and, even though so much crap had seemed to be thrown at him in such a small amount of time, for the moment he felt he didn't need to be scared… Unfortunately that feeling couldn't last forever.


First of all, thank you guys so much for all the reviews! I honestly expected to get, maybe, three or four, so this was a very nice surprise.

Two, I know Gibbs seems a little softer right now and that the reason they went to Lima wasn't a very solid one, but that'll make sense later... Trust me.

Third, I don't know if the trivia for When Harry Met Sally is right or not. I found it on IMDBdotcom and put it on here. I've never even seen the movie before so, if something's wrong, my bad!

Lastly, I know the fact that Tony and Kurt seem to get along quickly and easily may seem odd for some seeing as how their so different, but this is just how it came out as I wrote it. I intended for them to sort of clash, or just not have anything in common, but as I wrote this came out instead and I liked it a lot.

Okay, I'll stop blabbering and you can start reviewing ;)