McGee walked through the sliding doors of Abby's lab. "Got us an I.D yet Abbs?" he asked.

"Any minute now McGee," she replied. She did not turn away from the computer running their victim's fingerprints to try and find an I.D.

McGee walked up behind Abby. He placed one hand on top of her desk on either side of her. Whenever he did this he tried to convince himself that it was simply because it was the easiest way to watch the computer screen, and that was what he would have said if anyone had asked. However, the truth was simply he liked to be close to her. Cocking his head slightly to the side, he asked. "Why didn't you narrow it to the armed forces database?"

"Just because he's dressed like a petty officer does not mean he actually is a petty officer. And we have an I.D. Our victims name is Hector Mirendez."

Since they had an I.D McGee instinctively took a step back. Gibbs would be here any second to ask if she had anything, and with as overly protective of Abby Gibbs was it was best for McGee to maintain a safe distance. "I'll go tell Tony and Ziva." McGee said.

"I take it that means we have an I.D." Gibbs said.

McGee spun around to find his boss standing just inside the sliding doors of Abby's lab. How he managed to get in without either of them hearing remained a mystery.

"Yes we do," Abby said, "Hector Mirendez is his name."

"I am going to tell Tony and Ziva," McGee said, "Now that we have a name we might be able to find someone who'd want him dead."

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Palmer and Ducky were looking for an injection point for the lethal amount of morphine that Abby had found in their victim's blood. After all normal injection sites had been check and nothing had been found, they proceeded to check the entire rest of the body.

"Dr. Mallard, I can't find one," Jimmy Palmer said, "Maybe it was given to him through an I.V."

"When Abigail gives us an I.D we will check hospital records." Ducky replied.

"And in the meantime?"

"In the meantime, Mr. Palmer, there is one place we have not checked yet. Open his mouth please."

Palmer did as instructed.

Ducky lifted the victim's tongue and shone a flashlight inside his mouth. "We have ourselves an injection site, Mr. Palmer." he said pointing to a pinsized hole under the victim's tongue.

"How'd you know to check there?" Palmer asked.

"It's an interesting story actually I was-" Ducky stopped short when he heard the door to his autopsy room open.

"What have you got for me, Duck."

Palmer and Ducky turned toward the door to find Gibbs standing behind them. "Well," Ducky began, "There is a sizeable head wound, but it only knocked him out. His actual death was brought about by a lethal amount of morphine injected under the tongue. Has Abby found an I.D for the poor boy yet?"

"Petty Officer Hector Mirendez."

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Normally when any of the teams at NCIS found a lead or an I.D on a victim Director Leon Vance did not give it a second look. He had more important things to do. However, today when he learned that Gibbs' team had I.D a murder victim as Petty Officer Hector Mirendez, the director paused. He was sure he had heard that name before.

When he saw a picture it all came flooding back. He had met with this murder victim once. When he was in the D.C area because of the internal investigation the FBI put NCIS through.

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Leon Vance looked across to the young petty officer sitting before him. "I hear you know Jenny Shepard." Vance said.

"Met her once or twice. She grew up just down the street from my mom," the petty officer replied, "Why do you ask, sir?"

"Because, I want you to kill her."

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A/N: How's that for a cliff hanger? Fun isn't it.