Alternately Yours - Episode One Pt 3


The team arrived back and began sifting through the Lance Corporals life.

"McGee." Gibbs said.

"Financials, on it." He replied.

"DiNozzo." Gibbs continued.

"Contacting next of kin." Tony replied.

"Ziva." The elder agent looked at the desk next to his.

"I will check with my contacts." She replied.

"Gibbs." Director Vance called over the discussion between the team. "I'm assigning you a rookie."

Agent Gibbs frowned. "Assign them to some other team."

Leon continued, ignoring the silver haired agent. "Special Agent Addison finished FLETC last week. Former Marine, served in Afghanistan and received an early honorable discharge due to a severe injury taken during combat. Youngest and one of the brightest agents I have ever seen."

"My team has our probie." Gibbs motioned with his head towards Ziva.

"Special Agent David hardly fits the usual profile of a probationary agent. I think this assignment will be very beneficial to both your team and Agent Addison." Director Vance stated.

Gibbs looked to start to protest but Vance stopped him. "It's just temporary."

"Director Vance. Sorry I'm late. Security gave me a hard time." Eyes focused to the person that had walked up next to the Director.

"Hi you must be Special Agent Gibbs; Samantha Addison." She said sticking her hand forward for a handshake. She was around average height of 5'6' and had dirty blonde hair that rested just below her shoulders. She donned a pair of black slacks with white pin stripes, a dark purple quarter length shirt, and black Sketchers.

Gibbs shook her hand while Tony, McGee, and Ziva congregated around him. "I'm Tony DiNozzo." He flashed his bright smile.

"Tim McGee." McGee waved slightly.

"I'm Ziva." The brunette stuck her hand out to shake the other females. "It will be nice to have another female around here Samantha."

"Sam." She corrected.

"Director, a word." Gibbs stated and headed up the stairs following Vance.

"Wow. He hates me." Sam responded.

"That's just Gibbs." McGee explained.

"So Marine Corps?" Tony asked. "What made you sign up for that?"

"My father was a Marine. I never met him but I wanted to serve my country like he did." Sam explained.

"Honorably discharged not long after you went to Afghanistan?" McGee questioned.

Sam pulled the shoulder of her shirt down slightly showing a very noticeable scar. "An inch lower and I wouldn't be here."

"Director Vance said you're one of the youngest Agents he's ever seen." Ziva stated.

Sam nodded. "Joined the core right out of high school. Shipped out almost immediately after boot."

"So you're what 20?" Tony asked.

"19." Sam responded. "Being young isn't a bad thing." She added.

"Not at all. At Mossad we started out very young." Ziva offered.

Sam smiled. "You were in Mossad?"

"Was, yes." Ziva responded.

"A Mossad agent saved my life." The blonde explained.

At this point Gibbs returned to the team. "Special Agent Addison your desk is on the end. Tony, you and Ziva go speak with the Lance Corporals C.O. McGee, help Abby with his laptop. Addison."

"Yes?" Her head popped up over the partition that separated her desk from McGee's.

"You're with me." Gibbs stated.

She immediately strapped her weapon and moved quickly to his side to head to the elevator.


The ride was uncommonly silent for Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Though he was a man of few words, his team was not. The rookie agent paged through the case file he had handed her to catch up.

"He clearly wanted to be a lifer." Sam stated, eyes not leaving the file. "Looks like he tried to be a part of the Presidential guard after his last tour in Iraq. Wait a minute. Agent Gibbs."

"Gibbs." He responded.

"I'm sorry?" She questioned.

"Just Gibbs." He elaborated.

"Sorry. Gibbs, I think I heard about his unit. Five men were killed by a suicide bomber, one committed suicide and two overdosed on meth when they got back to the states. Were there any traces of drugs in his system?" Sam asked.

"Abby is working on that." He stated as he parked the car on the curb outside their destination. "Door's open." Gibbs acknowledged pulling out his gun as Sam did the same. He motioned for her to do a sweep of the right as they entered the house. He swept through his area seeing no one in the house. "Clear."

"Same. But I found this." Sam said entering the room. She had gloves on and was carrying a small plastic bag filled with white powder. "It's amazing what people will hide in their box spring."

Gibbs stepped closer and looked at the bag. "Good work Agent Addison. Bag it and keep looking."


"Hi Gibbs!" Abby exclaimed after hearing the elevator door.

Gibbs handed her her third Caf Pow for the day and the evidence bag from the Lance Corporal's house. "Got another box coming. What ya got for me Abbs?"

"Major Maspec found no drugs in Lance Corporal Lions' system, however I am re-running the blood sample with other lesser used drugs. I'm waiting on Ducky for a hair sample too look at his drug history." Abby explained as the elevator door sounded again.

Sam walked in and placed the box down on the table. Abby's eyes narrowed and she looked at Gibbs. "Special Agent Samantha Addison this is Abby Schuto our Forensic Scientist."

"Great music. I have to come down here more often. Nice to meet you Abby." Sam stated smiling.

"Oh! You're Sam!" Abby smiled in recognition.

"Abbs." Gibbs said trying to get her back on track.

"Sorry Gibbs. McGee and I have been through Lions' laptop. It seems like he only used it for downloading music, sending emails, and watching porn. McGee is going through all of his emails. We managed to restore every one of them that he had deleted." Abby took a sip of her Caf Pow and set it down on the table with purpose.

"Where is McGee?" Gibbs asked.

"Right here sorry boss. Needed a refill." Tim stated holding up his coffee.

A ring interrupted the conversation. "Gibbs. Yeah, I'll be right there. Keep working on the laptop you two. Sam, see if you can get in contact with anyone you know from the Lance Corporal's unit."

"Okay." She responded as he left the lab. "Nice meeting you Abby." She smiled.

"You too." Abby said returning the smile.

The blonde agent left and McGee sat staring at the Goth. "What?" She exclaimed.

"It took you almost a year to be remotely friendly to Ziva." He stated.

"Different circumstances McGee. Now back to the laptop!" Abby ordered and as always he willingly followed.


Gibbs entered the director's office without knocking as per usual.

"Gibbs." Vance said.

"You wanted to see me sir?" He asked.

Vance motioned to the small conference table in front of him. "You wanted to see the file, there it is."

Gibbs looked down at the personnel file in front of him.

"If you need anything, I'll be in MTAC." Director Vance stated, leaving the office.

He sat down and stared at the file for a minute as he churned whether or not he truly wanted to read it through his head.


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