Chapter two
The one left behind...
The coffee was the shot his system needed to clear the doubts away. The search of the crime scene had offered nothing to change the story Gibbs had already been told.
Master Gunnery Sergeant Hurtz and the mystery woman arrived before or shortly after Corporal Garrison came home.
They spoke and Garrison lost his temper and emptied his clip before hitting the mystery woman then Hurtz.
What was bugging Gibbs enough to keep the case going, at least until Vance dropped another one on his desk, was he didn't know just what was said between the trio and Garrison wasn't going to speak any time soon which left only one person.
"Harrison Ford; one of our greatest exports" Tony's shocked voice called out as Gibbs stepped out of the elevator. Strolling quickly towards his desk Gibbs glared at Tony who was staring at Ziva with disbelief.
"I have not heard of him" Ziva declared without looking up from her computer before McGee glanced at Tony.
"STARS WARS" Tony exclaimed causing the agent to finally lift her head.
"Is not something do with this case DiNozzo" Gibbs stated dryly causing Tony to snap his head down and nod in agreement.
"Understood boss" Tony declared before Gibbs stood before McGee's desk.
"Give me something good McGee" Gibbs ordered ignoring the flinch from McGee and the chuckle from Tony.
"Garrison's laptop is with Abby and um... well I couldn't find out who the second victim was"
"Chloe" Tony called causing both men to turn towards him. It was Gibbs glare that wiped the smirk from his senior field agent's face.
"While waiting to charge in, the officers all stated hearing Hurtz ordering Garrison to spare Chloe" Tony explained as Gibbs raised an eyebrow.
"Might have been a third person" McGee offered causing Tony to shot him a dumb ass look.
"They heard two shots... raced in. No time for a third to hide or even get out the back" Tony declared.
McGee went to open his mouth but Gibbs lent forward and slapped him around the back of the head gaining his attention once more.
"The second victim McGee" Gibbs ordered as the younger agent nodded.
"Still in hospital. No ID, cards or even lip gloss found on her boss" McGee informed ignoring both Tony and Ziva's raised eyebrows.
Gibbs on the other hand was already turning towards his desk and quickly moved to his desk. Collecting his badge and gun he couldn't shift that feeling in his gut.
"McGee head to Garrison's base and track his movements" Gibbs barked knowing without turning that his team was snapping into action.
"DiNozzo head to the hospital and figure out who the hell she is" Gibbs barked turning to find Tony already standing and frowning at him.
"She's in a coma boss" Tony pointed out.
Silence descended as Gibbs stared at him and the other two agents glanced between the pair.
"You got some where you have to be DiNozzo?" Gibbs questioned gaining a confused look from Tony.
"No boss," Tony flinched back before racing around his desk.
"Yeah boss the hospital" Tony declared as he all but ran to the elevator while McGee shook his head.
"Ziva with me" Gibbs ordered already heading to the elevator followed closely by McGee and Ziva.
The screeching sound of heavy metal music hit Gibbs and Ziva as soon as they stepped out of the elevator and neither winched when they reached the door to the lab and found the lab tech dancing around the room.
Smirking Gibbs strolled in and raised an eyebrow as the gothic lab tech spun round and came face to face with Gibbs.
"Gibbs" Abby Sciuto exclaimed with a large smile before she waved to Ziva.
"Abbs" Gibbs started as he titled his head and Abby jumped on the spot. Racing to her computer she hit a button and the lab was filled with silence, with a skip she spun to smile brightly at the older man.
"So I've been this little busy beaver type thing" Abby exclaimed as Gibbs nodded still smirking at her.
"And this little busy beaver... no bee... has found something for you" Abby declared as she whirled round and grabbed a sheet of paper.
"The bullet that killed Hurtz was a match to the bullets from the wall" Abby explained as she spun back round and handed the paper to Gibbs who quickly skimmed the page before handing it to Ziva.
"And before you ask," Abby spun to her computer and typed quickly.
"I tested Garrison's gun and found the bullets from the wall and Hurtz came from his weapon" Abby threw over her shoulder as she pulled up two images of bullets before the word 'MATCH' appeared.
"Could it have been planted" Ziva questioned with a disbelieving tone.
"No; all side arms have issued papers. The gun was issued to... come on guess" Abby ordered as she spun to find Gibbs and Ziva both giving her a look.
"Fine be joy killers. Hurtz was clean and the blood from your mysterious woman was also clean apart from a high white cell count" Abby told them before she skipped over to her table where Garrison's laptop sat.
"Garrison's laptop offered answers I know Gibbs really want. He sent and received emails from some Doctor Julian McKilics" Abby told them as the pair turned to watch the chirpy woman.
"They didn't go into detail. It was just making appointments and reminders" Abby told them before Abby pulled gloves on and held the laptop up and waved it at the pair.
"McKilics?" Gibbs questioned as Abby tilted her head.
"Some GP" Abby told them before she went to open her mouth but Ziva shook her head.
"The base has doctors for all personal" Ziva pointed out missing the pout sent to her by Abby.
"As I was saying" Abby exclaimed regaining the pairs attention once more.
"Garrison encrypted all the information he found on McKilics which I have yet to decrypt but I will" Abby declared putting the laptop back down.
"It seemed Garrison didn't use google to find out about McKilics. He used The Government's system to find out everything there was about McKilics" Abby admitted as Gibbs frowned before glancing to Ziva.
"I have the blood from the mysterious woman so I'm running that but I need prints"
"Tony is getting them right now" Gibbs assured as Abby smiled brightly before skipping around the table.
"Was corporal Garrison on any type of medication" Ziva questioned as Abby pursed her lips and shook her head.
"If he was taking anything the major would have found it" Abby admitted before Gibbs stepped forward and kissed her cheek.
"Good work Abbs" Gibbs offered before he turned and strolled out of the lab with Ziva flashing Abby a smile before following her boss.
"May I ask where we are going now Gibbs" Ziva questioned keeping in step with Gibbs.
"Talk to Garrison" Gibbs ordered ignoring Ziva's confused look.
Tony shuddered as he stepped into the hospital room followed by the doctor on call.
"Not a fan of hospital's agent DiNozzo" Doctor Colin Keats questioned as he smirked at the agent.
Tony just smiled in response knowing he had to keep his mouth in check, seeing as Gibbs was not around.
"How is she" Tony questioned as he focused his green eyes on the blonde laying still on the bed.
No doubt she had pale skin before but it now seemed deathly pale on the verge of turning grey, her golden blonde hair was matted with blood and her face was covered in small puffy cuts from the glass. Tony noticed the edges of the adhesive tape attached to the back of her neck.
"Apart from being a coma?" Keats questioned and Tony shot the young man a dirty look. No doubt straight out of medical school he had caught the short end of the shift game. Not that Tony blamed his bosses, the guy was a smart mouth.
"She's actually healthy. We removed the bullet from her chest and found no major damage there. The bullet is waiting for you to collect," Keats declared as he went about checking the IV connected to the blonde.
Tony forced himself to look at the woman laying in the bed because he was really growing to dislike Keats.
"The shard of glass wasn't too deep, she got five stitches" Keats broke off to stare down at the woman with a frown on his young face.
"Which is great because a woman like this... I mean wow right" Keats glanced to Tony and if he didn't see the disapproving look that was etched across Tony's face then it was decided.
He was a dumb ass.
"The glass is also waiting for your guys" Keats admitted as he moved to the end of the bed and grabbed the chart.
"The cuts to her face and arms will heal, no scarring" Keats admitted looking over the chart before looking to Tony.
"She has a high fever but we couldn't find any sign of infection in her blood work" Keats stated.
"Any idea who she is" Keats questioned as Tony shot him a look before walking over to the chair at the head of the bed and unloaded his gear.
"I'm really hoping she wakes up because you know once she walks out of here I can technically ask her out" Keats admitted waggling his eyebrow.
Tony counted to ten before turning and glaring at Keats who still didn't take any of Tony's glares to heart.
"Want to go get me my samples" Tony demanded as Keats slipped the chart back into its place and shove his hands into his pockets.
"I'm not really meant to be running errands" Keats stated causing Tony to breath in deeply through his nose before standing up straight enough to show off his gun.
"Go get my samples" Tony reordered with a tone he hoped sounded like Gibbs.
When the doctor gulped and nodded like a bobble head toy Tony felt pride at knowing he was getting that tone down to a fine art.
Keats spun on his heels and raced out of the room, almost going head first through the door. Tony simply drew in a deep breath and grabbed some gloves from his bag. Trying hard not to look at the still form on the bed because he knew Ducky had said she might not make it through the night.
Luck had spared her long enough to make it to the hospital but it didn't mean it would hold out any longer. Shaking his head Tony didn't want to think like that because his luck must be running low.
"You know blondes aren't really my thing" Tony declared with a feeling of ease running through him. He hated silence and even if he was talking to himself it was something.
"I bet your a little spit fire" Tony admitted as he grabbed the ink blot and turned to the woman's hands.
Placing the blot on the bed he grabbed the woman's hand and was surprised by how hot she felt. Frowning Tony noted he would speak to a better doctor once he was finished because the heat radiating from the young woman was unnatural.
"Promise not leave any marks" Tony whispered feeling himself flush a little knowing it was Ducky's job to talk to the dead. He would have slapped himself for thinking that.
After several seconds Tony discovered that there was no way he was going to be able to take her prints with the gloves on and the heat pouring out of her.
Gently putting the woman's hand down on the bed Tony ripped his gloves off and tossed them into his bag before grabbing her hand once more.
Without the gloves Tony swore the heat took at least three notches upwards the moment his hand connected with hers. Before he could even press her first finger into the ink he froze when the room seemed to grow brighter.
Just as suddenly as her temperature rose it seemed to go down. Tony shook his head knowing he would need a lot of sleep because he clearly wasn't getting enough.
When his inked the first finger and went to grab a finger card the hand in his grip twisted and clutch his own hand tightly.
Nearly jumping ten feet in the air Tony spun round still being held firmly in the grasp of the woman on the bed. Vivid green eyes burned into Tony's and for a second Tony worried if she would do something to him.
"It's OK miss" Tony assured attempting to hold his free hand up.
"I'm an agent with NCIS; I'm here because of the accident" Tony assured surprised by the strength in the woman's hand.
"I'm going to get the doctor in five seconds OK" Tony declared as the woman finally turned her green eyes away from him and looked with panic around the room.
"Your safe" Tony declared before green eyes snapped back to him.
"Who am I?" the woman questioned in a frightened voice that caused Tony to swallow hard.
He didn't have the first clue how to answer that question.
This has been posted quickly because my internet has decided it likes to play a nice little game with me. Guess when it's going to turn off. I'm still working the little plot bunnies out of this but hopefully you are liking it so far and in response to one review I doubt Clark or anyone else from Smallville will be appearing in this but like i said I'm still working out the plot bunnies so who knows.