Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; they are the property of DPB and CBS. No money is being made for their use.
Spoilers: Twilight, slightly. Which I have actually seen this time.
A/N: I'm not even sure where this is going, but what the hell, why not. I'm not at all good at writing characters I haven't invented myself, so this is an interesting challenge, even though I know I'm way off.
Oh and no flames, they will be ignored, I don't see the point in saying something sucks without some concrete reason as to why and how its bad and how it could be improved.
Self-edited and an un-guaranteed work in progress, read at your own risk, there might be more soon, if I ever get around to it.
Director Morrow sighed as he looked at the files sitting open on the desk in front of him. He had hoped this day would never come, but with Gibbs gone he had to make a decision about his team.
They were the best, a team assembled by Gibbs himself, with the highest solve rate of any of the teams in the whole of NCIS. But the question was what would happen without Gibbs there to guide them?
There is so many things I could do, he mused silently. Sitting up straight he sighed again and pulled one of the files towards him.
He could bring someone in, put them in Gibbs' place but from what he knew of the others it would not go down well at all, DiNozzo in particular would be more trouble than anyone could handle.
He could upgrade Agent McGee and bring in another probationary agent, heck he could upgrade him anyway, forget about the newbie. He didn't think he could bring in anyone new, he didn't want to put any new agent through the sort of thing that team would do, all in good humor he knew, but still.
Well that settles that, he thought, I wont bring in anyone new, the team is only required to have three members anyway. Besides Gibbs functioned just as well when he only had DiNozzo with him.
He could promote either Todd or DiNozzo to team leader, but that presented him with yet another set of problems to deal with.
Todd was an outstanding agent with two years experience at NCIS and years as a Secret Service agent, during which she had been a key part of the Presidential Protection Detail. She was well proven, driven, a good leader, an excellent profiler, and was more than willing to learn.
But the problem then was DiNozzo.
Not only did DiNozzo have seniority over Agent Todd, but he was also well proven, a damn good investigator, an innovative agent, and he had a thirst to prove himself.
If he put Todd as the leader of the team then DiNozzo would have every right to object, not to mention the hassle he knew DiNozzo would give Todd through out the process of their day. Todd also had less time at NCIS than DiNozzo and was still learning a lot of the goings on.
But if he put DiNozzo as the lead, while he was a good agent, he had a penchant for being immature, overconfident, and sometimes unreliable.
Sighing yet again in frustration, Morrow threw the folder back on his desk and leaned back in his chair.
He mused silently for a few minutes before making up his mind. Leaning forward he rang through to the morgue and asked if he could see Ducky in his office for a few minutes when he was free.
Getting an affirmative he sat back and resumed his work. Maybe with Ducky's help I might actually get somewhere, and if not I can always ask Abby. The Director raised his eyebrows and chuckled at his own thought, not unless I'm desperate.
"You know, sir, your dilemma reminds me of one time back when I was in medical school. You see, the professor of my…"
"Dr. Mallard, please, I need to make a decision about the team before the end of the week and I would really appreciate your input."
"Of course, sorry sir, but why don't you just talk to young Anthony and Caitlin about it? I am sure you could come up with a solution." Ducky replied, fighting to hide his grin, he knew that the two young agents already had their solution.
The two had argued shortly after returning to work and they had come to see him for advice. Ducky had suggested instead of killing each other over the lead why didn't they work the way they always had. As partners. He reminded them that they had worked best that way, and there was nothing to say they couldn't both lead the team. Having not thought of that, they had both agreed it was a good idea. But no one had told Director Morrow.
Ducky chuckled as he replayed his conversation on the way back into autopsy, "Now my boy, where were we?"
Palmer looked up at him and smiled, "Agents Todd and DiNozzo just stopped by Doctor, they wanted to know if we had anything on Petty Officer Shepard, so I gave them your findings."
"Ah, excellent. You did remember to tell them about the unusual shape of the wound?"
"Of course, they went to see Abby about that, and the tox results."
Ducky looked at the intake form sitting on his desk and turned back to Jimmy.
"Alright Mr. Palmer, should we start on Petty Officer Miller, I think she needs our attention right now."
Jimmy walked over to the cooler and pulled one of them out of the wall. "Certainly Doctor, where do you want me to put her?"
"Right over here should be fine," Ducky replied, gesturing to the table in front of him. "You know the name Miller reminds me of the time I spent somewhere overseas when I was a boy, I believe I was in, ah yes that's right, it was…"
A/N: That's all for now. TBC……maybe.