I was early at the office the next day, nobody from the team was there. Good!

First a coffee and then fresh to work.

„You are early!" a loud bang and my mug smashed into pieces, god he scared me to death.

„Agent Gibbs, I thought nobody is hear. Sorry for the mess."

„No, Im sorry I did not mean to scare you. Wait I help you clean that up."

„No, no Agent Gibbs, please it was my fault. Ill do it."

But he was real fast and came back with a bucket and a mop in no time.

„Thank you!" I said with a flushed face. „Not a big deal." he smiled.

„Agent Gibbs!" I said hesitantly „I think I found something on one of the files you gave me."

„Show me!"

„I dont think the killer is a hitch-hicker, neither could the truck driver do it. The crime scene was relly clean, I mean there was nothing important found. The truck driver is not able to keep a crime scene so clean, as much as I saw in the photos he is a hairy, filthy guy, If it would have been him they would have found something. He has not the skills to do so.

I read, one of the victims was gay. What if the others were too? They could have been secretly gay!"

„Ok, but I dont get what you wanna say." Gibbs answered with a bleak face.

„What if all the victims were looking for a hustler and this could be our killer? It would make sense, they all were foud on remote places, in their cars."

„But why would he kill his clients and there was no trace of intercourse, that makes no sense neither." Gibbs said.

„Yes it would, if the killer had somekind of a twisted psyche."

„What do you mean, explain it to me!" he demanded.

„Maybe the killer is gay himself but he was raised very religious and thinks it is wrong what he feels and made it his mission to kill all the others who feel that way, to made it up to god, his…. well in his opinion his sin! Or he is a chaplain who wants to punish the sinner."

„This is pretty far-fetched in my opinion, but you are here because you think outside the box, so I give it a shot. Your theory would mean we investigated in the complete wrong direction the whole time." Gibbs said with a annoyed look.

„Ill call Agend Fornell, we will have a meeting and start over with this case again."

Two hours later I found myself in the conference room with Agent Fornell from the FBI and the whole Team Gibbs and even Director Vance joined us.

I told them my opinion about this case.

„What would be your nexts steps?" Agent Gibbs ask me. But I feel he is testing me.

„I would ask friends of the victims, if there is a possibility that they were homosexual, friends know mostly more than family in relation to this topic.

And if I am right, you should go to the hot spots where these people provide their service and show some pictures. Or we use someone as a decoy, I would suggest Tony, with a hidden camera.

When I see him I will know who it is."

"Why the hell me?" Tony looked lost „Do I look like I swing on that side? Why not McGee?"

-Head slap from Gibbs-

„Boss what was that for?"

But the answer was just a look from Gibbs.

„You dont know anything about this guy." Agent Gibbs said „How can you say you will recognize him when you see him?"

„Because Im good at my job." I said and regret it in the same second. What if Im wrong? Oh my god why did I say this.

„Lets do it that way talk to friends and family again, tell them this detail is important to find the killer. And if that is the connection between these men, DiNozzo will be our bait."

Director Vance decided.

Gibbs knocked on Director Vance office and stepped in without a word.

„Leon, are you sure about the way she will handle this case? I mean we have nothing that points in that direction and now she will concentrate all our investigations towards this."

„Gibbs, do you have any other theories or suspects?"

„No, not yet but….."

„Then there is no but, just give her a chance, I hired her, not because she is beautiful, I hired her because she is smart and is able to see things different. You cant deny this is a complete other point of view and not a bad one Gibbs, whats the problem?"

„There is no problem, I just dont know, she makes me some kind of nervous." Gibbs said a little bit unsettled and leaves the office.

Vance smiled and shaked his head.

I went back to my office to try to calm my nerves.

„Why does the NCIS hide you in the basement?" Agent Fornell asked with a smirk.

„I dont think they hide me!" I answered with a smile „It is probably the only office space thats available and I dont have a problem with it. Abby is next door and she seems to be a very sweet person."

„A very special person I would say." he laughed.

„You brought your own coffe machine?" Fornell asks bewildered.

„Yeah, I'm a coffee junkie and very picky about that."

„Well then make sure Gibbs doesn't move in here as well." Fornell laughed.

Gibbs stopped his tracks just as he heard his name.

„I don't think this will ever happen, I have the impression he doesn't like me very much."

„No, it's just you are new, he doesn't know anything about you, about your line of work.

It's typical Gibbs it will be easier." Fornell said.

„Would you like to go to Dinner with me friday night?" Fornell asks out of the blue.

Gibbs thought he did not hear right. What the hell is wrong with Fornell, that cant be.

For some reason the thought of Catherine and Tobias got his nerves.

„Thank you very much for the invitation, but I have to refuse." I said politely.

„Oh sure, you probably have a boyfriend or a husband and probably a young one."

„Nope!" I answered „No boyfriend, no husband. Just me. But I just moved here and I have a lot of things to do in the house and the garden is a mess too."

Gibbs was relieved, no boyfriend no husband and most important no Fornell! "And why the hell am I happy that there is no man in her live?" Gibbs asked himself! There is something about this woman, he thought, but couldnt really tell what it is.

The next days I read the file again and again, I dont want to miss a thing. The team and the FBI talked to friends and family again and it turns out at least four man were gay.

They decided to give a try to the the DiNozzo bait. Abby staged him with fake glasses with a tiny camera in it, so I can watch live from the MTAC and give some suggestion to Tony.

„Show them your interest Tony, let they come to the car, I need to see them."

Tony drives slowly along the street, some boys came to offer their service.

„Its none of them drive to next." I instruct him.

Tony drives along the whole street until the end.

„He is not there today! You should come back." I said.

„Come back? He can try it later again." Gibbs said angry.

„No." Now I lost my patience, „That would be too obvious, what if he is there and watches the scene, we cant risk that. Tony should come back and try it in a couple days again."

„Boss, what do you want me to do?" Tony asked unsure. „Come back DiNozzo."

The next morning in the autopsy.

„Jesus Christ! Jethro you almost scared the living out of me! Why the hell do you lay on one of my tables?"

„Its so peaceful here Ducky, I needed a place to think!"

„And you think the autopsy is the right place for that? What keeps you thinking anyway?"

„Its the case with the seven strangled guys."

„Only the case Jethro or is there something else?"

„Its the girl Ducky."

„The girl, Jethro? You mean the profiler, Vance hired?"

„Yeah!"

„Whats wrong with her? I talked to Abby yesterday and she is really fond of her. She said she is a very educated, polite and nice woman."

„I didnt say something is wrong with her, but her methods……."

„Are different." Ducky finished.