Title: Too Little, Too Late
Author: Christy
Rating: FR13
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or NCIS- Buffy belongs to Joss Whedon and NCIS belongs to Bellisario, though I would like to borrow Abby for a couple hours sometime :P
Genre: Gen
Fandoms: Buffy/NCIS
Word Count: 521
Timeline: After the end of Season 7 of Buffy; right after "Kill Ari Part 2" for NCIS
Written For: twistedshorts Fic #3
Summary: Someone else wants to say goodbye to Kate Todd
Gibbs grinned as he followed Abby and her Dixieland music out of the cemetary. Abs always seemed to have good timing with that sort of thing,he thought as he happened to glance behind him at Kate's grave. He saw a pretty young redhead leaning against a tree. She watched them begin to lower the coffin into the ground and then look up to see Gibbs watching her. She smiled, though it didn't seem to reach her eyes, tossed him a salute and disappeared around the tree.
Mentally cursing himself for leaving his gun in the car, Gibbs made a note of her physical appearance and told himself to look her up once he got back to headquarters.
"Jethro! My office," was what he heard when he and his team returned from the funeral. Jenny must have headed back to work ahead of the rest of ushe assumed, but when he reached the office to find the redhead in question in one of the chairs in front of Director Shepard's desk, he guessed something else might be up.
"This is Willow Rosenburg. She asked to see you privately after finding out about Agent Todd's funeral," Jenny Shepard informed him before walking out of her office, closing the door behind her.
Gibbs took a sip of his coffee before saying anything. "Does this have anything to do with what you were doing at the gravesite?"
"Sort of. We weren't sure exactly who would have been the one in charge, and whether or not you would be the best one to approach or if we should just do what Giles suggested and go through official channels. But then we weren't sure if you guys would think we were callous for doing it the official way, so that's why they sent me out to do the mini-spy thing and figure out who would be the best to talk to about Kate and then-" Willow started to explain, but Gibbs put up a hand to forestall her mid-babble.
"So, let me see if I get this straight- you weren't sure who to come to about something to do with you and your friends and Agent Todd. Is that correct?" he clarified.
"Yeah, that's about right. See, Kate wasn't just working for you guys at NCIS. She'd been recruited back when she was Secret Service to be a backup Watcher, just in case we needed help training some of the local Slayers, but then again, you guys don't even know about Slayers and Watchers and things that go bump in the night, and now I've gotta start all over and go through the Giles spiel and-"
"Actually, Miss Rosenburg, I have friends who were part of that unit out of Sunnydale, so I do actually know a bit about Slayers, Watchers and vampires. However, I do understand why Kate wouldn't have talked to us about this."
"Oh, okay, that's good then. That makes the rest of my request a little easier then. Would you happen to know anyone in or around NCIS who might be able to help the Watchers out if we needed it?"
