Abby sighed, while making her way back down to her lab. She briefly wondered if this had anything to do with what Gibbs was working on last night, but quickly dismissed that thought. After all, in the past few years they have worked on multiple cases that had involved the internet and pornography, so it was nothing new. Besides, Gibbs was…inept…when it came to dealing with computers; therefore, it made sense to Abby that he would need help searching the web.

She was very preoccupied with the idea that she had to keep a secret from Gibbs. How she was going to accomplish that…she had no idea. Upon reaching her lab, her first move was to call Fornell.

"Agent Fornell, this is Abby Scuito. I um…well, the Director told me to call you so I can get started on the undercover assignment."

"Yes, hello Ms. Scuito. If it is all the same to you, I'd like to request that we meet after-hours to discuss this matter. I can either come there this evening or we can meet somewhere in between. Do you have a preference?"

"Um, it'd probably be better if we met somewhere else. It would cut down on questions, you know?"

"Good, Jethro did always tell me you were smart. Why don't we meet at the diner down the street from the naval base. Say 7 o'clock?"

"Ok, see you then."

The rest of the day went by slowly, since they weren't currently working on any active cases. Luckily, she didn't receive any of her usual visitors, so she didn't have to make up excuses as to why she was jittery. Finally the clock got around to 6:30 PM. Grabbing her things, Abby began shutting down her computers when--

"Still here, Abs?"

"Ahh! Gibbs. I'm so gonna put a bell around your neck if you keep doing that!"

"Whatcha doing here so late?"

"I was actually on my way out. I was following up on some cold cases and got caught up. But now I'm late to meet with some friends, so I'll um, see you tomorrow, ok! Bye!"

Abby quickly made her escape, not wanting to lie to Gibbs anymore than was necessary. She arrived at the diner and found Fornell was already there.

"Sorry I'm late, I almost got caught by Gibbs. Look, I need to ask a question before we do the whole 'information swap' thing."

"I'm guessing it is something along the lines of, "Why did you get chosen for this assignment"?"

"Yeah, actually."

"We needed someone who was good with computers, who was not an FBI or regular field agent-that way it would hopefully lessen suspicion, and someone who is…comfortable with the, um—"

"Freaks?"

"I was going to say 'unconventional extra circular activities'."

"Oh, yeah that's a better term for it. Ok, temporary boss-man, what do I have to do?"

The next two hours consisted of a breakdown of her assignment. Fornell gave her the website address, her predesigned screen name and password, and asked to start tonight. Abby, who was at the beginning extremely wary of this case, soon found herself more at ease since it was within her realm of expertise. Besides, she was just gonna be talking to guys on the internet…nothing could go wrong…right?