Ok, so time for the next chapter…-sighs- I'm sorry but it seems you have to read this note, so you know what's happening. Ok, so since last time Gibbs has gotten back to the office and no social worker has arrived to get the girls so he has to keep close track of the girls. Which leads to the following scene. Gibbs has to go down to the autopsy room with the twins. Here we go -sigh-
Gibbs watched both the girls as the elevator door dinged open slowly announcing their arrival. Ren was defiantly the quiet one. She barely spoke at all and if she did it was only one-word answers. She signed more then she spoke and even then it was the random jibberish she and her sister had made up.
Izzy on the other hand couldn't seem to hold in her talking. She seemed much happier now, more relaxed now that her sister was talking too. Albeit in small short sentences. "Gibbs, will Ducky like us?" Izzy asked jumping up and down happily her pigtails bouncing as she clung to Gibbs hand.
"Of course he will, now stop bouncing." Gibbs chastised lightly receiving a squeeze on the hand from Ren. "What? She needs to calm down. Autopsy is a serious place." Gibbs argued as the taller twin shook her head at Gibbs. How did I end up with this? Gibbs wondered to himself as he sighed and led the girls into autopsy. "Ducky, you better have our man away!" Gibbs barked as the door opened.
"Ah, Jethro." Ducky said turning with a smile as Gibbs came in with the girls. Ren scooted back slightly her grip tightening on Gibbs while Izzy beamed brightly up at Ducky. "Just the man I wanted to see." Ducky continued walking forward quickly to greet Gibbs not even noticing the girls. "Now, I looked over the wounds and from what I can tell the cuts were in fact caused by the razors you found, but there's no trace of any anti-depressants in his system and-"
"Ducky!" Gibbs barked cutting him off easily about to raise his hand, but it of course came up short due to the tiny hand still clinging to him. "No, discussing the victim." Gibbs ordered. Izzy smiled brightly waving her hand happily up at Ducky as he blinked in surprise. "This is Izzy and the one behind me is Ren." Gibbs stated quickly as Izzy grinned up at Ducky.
"Oh, well," Ducky hesitated not sure exactly what he was supposed to say as Izzy reached out and tugged on his green apron. Ren shifted nervously tucking herself even farther behind Gibbs. "Now, I guess I ought to introduce myself." Ducky said gently as he unhooked Izzy's hand gently shaking the tiny hand. "My name is Dr. Mallard, but you can call me Ducky. Everyone else does." Ducky said smiling warmly at Izzy.
"Hi, Mr. Ducky!" Izzy said with a giggle as she shook Ducky's hand happily grinning up at him. Ren poked her head out slowly peeking at Ducky as Izzy giggled happily. Ducky slowly started to stand up and then noticed the other twin.
"And who is this lovely little lady?" Ducky asked trying to sound comforting as he slowly moved forward his hand out to shake Ren's hand. One little green eye peeked out at him watching him carefully before a small pale little hand stretched out to shake his hand.
"Je m'appelle Ren." Ren said softly her little eyes locked onto him as he shook her hand gently.
"Oui? Je m'appelle Dr. Mallard o Ducky." Ducky said with ease grinning down at her as she pulled her hand quickly ducking back behind Gibbs.
"Ducky, Seems these two have no record of going missing and neither knows their house number. No identity or anything. So, we have these two in our custody till someone from child services shows up." Gibbs complained trying to get Ren to come out from behind him. "Think you guys can help out? I wanted to leave her with Abby, but she's doing some labs." He said still trying to wiggle Ren out despite her determinedness to stay hidden.
Izzy giggled and snuck behind Gibbs to tickle at her sister causing Gibbs arms to get wrapped all the way around him. He sighed and spun trying to get the girls out from around him. Ducky started laughing slightly as Ren began to whine trying to wiggle out of Gibbs hand as Izzy chased after her still holding Gibbs hand tightly.
"Girls!" Gibbs yelled suddenly pulling both girls up by their hands as they wiggled and giggled. "Cut it out." He barked holding them out and off the floor.
"Sorry, Gibbs…"The girls said in perfect unison. Ducky blinked in surprise at the ease with which the girls were able to unify their voices. "Sorry, Ducky…" They continued as Gibbs lowered them both to the ground.
"It's ok." Ducky consoled as Izzy leaned close to Ren to hug her close. Ren shifted shyly as her sister cuddled up close. "You two are both forgiven. I'm sure your both going to warm up to me eventually." Ducky said gently patting Ren's head making her blush.
"Gomen nesai…*" She mumbled softly, bowing her head with shame. "Mr. Ducky…" She mumbled looking up at him with the cutest little kicked puppy look that Ducky had ever seen.
"Oh, you cute little thing!" Ducky said smiling warmly at her as he ruffled her hair before looking at the door as Palmer walked in nervously glancing at the twins before rushing to Ducky.
"Dr. Mallard?" Palmer asked softly as the twins looked up at him. "Abby got the test results." He mumbled trailing of as the twins hurriedly began to sign to one another. Ducky blinked in surprise his eyes going up to Jethro for explanation.
"They do that some times." Gibbs grumbled watching their hands move. "But they're not signing in actual ASL or using English signing. Their just moving their hands in their own language." He continued as the two both began to giggle wildly hands still moving. "I have no clue what they're saying." He said with a sigh and gently nudging them over to stand on the other side of the autopsy room. They of course started complaining through sign asking for some paper.
"Ok, Ok, hold on!" Gibbs barked reaching over to Ducky's desk and pulled out a pad of paper and pencil. Both twins quickly sat down close to one another as Ren began to write swiftly across the paper. "So, What'd Abby find?" Gibbs asked softly as he came back over to Ducky and Palmer.
"Well she says the print on the blade is the victim's, but there's another print underneath." Palmer whispered. Ren stopped writing for a moment glancing over her shoulder with wide eyes. "She says it's a little small, but she's going to try and separate it from the other print, but it's going to take awhile." Palmer explained quietly the three men not noticing Ren watching them. Ren turned back to her writing and quickly pointed at her thumb and moved her forefinger down over her wrist moving it back and forth. The sign would've meant nothing to anyone else except that someone was cutting their wrist. But Izzy knew what it meant and her eyes went wide and she lifted her fist and moved it in a circular motion.
Ren nodded and spelled out b-u-t before pointing at her thumb again and pointing at Palmer. Izzy nodded and lifted a hand to her ear and then pointed to the paper.* Ren nodded and went back to writing.
"Also, Tony says that there's no record of Petty Officer Falhourn ever having any type of suicidal thoughts." Palmer explained. Gibbs nodded and sighed.
"Looks like it was murder then." Gibbs said with a sigh looking over at the twins vaguely. "And they saw who did it, and lied for them." Gibbs said with a sigh looking over at the twins hunched together.
*Ren signed, "They found a thumbprint on the blade."
Izzy: But it was clean!
Ren: But they still found a thumbprint. He (Palmer) Said so.
Izzy: You keep writing, I'll listen in for you.
Ren agrees.
Ok, so that's all the twins did. Everything I else I think I explained pretty well. Ok, so that's Chapter 2, down. And for those who are wondering, yes these two are the same one's featured in Dirty Tony, Shawn's Hope(?I forgot what I called it?), Naughty Neal, and Wilson's New apartment. There's more to come so leave a comment. ~D.A.