Thank you very much to those of you that reviewed. You don't actually realise how comforting it is to get them, until it's you writing. Again, I am going to try to bring in a little more Tate, but it will be gradual unless I get a brainwave sometime soon... enjoy x
Gibbs arrived at the crime scene to find his medical examiner already there, along with his assistant Mr Palmer.
"So, as I was saying, the ancient Egyptians were very fascinating, in many ways –"
"Duck, I don't think the ancient Egyptians killed our buddies here, so, what can you tell me?" Gibbs interrupted Ducky from a few meters away.
"Well, not a lot to be frank, I've only just met the deceased, but they were shot, and the lack of blood splatters would indicate they were killed somewhere else and dumped here."
"So, time of death?" Gibbs asked, crouching over the bodies, next to Ducky.
"Good god Gibbs, I'm not that good!"
"Sure you are, Duck. What does your gut tell you?"
"Sometime in the last 2 – 3 days, judging by the, well, decomposition or lack thereof. Definitely in the last few days."
"Boss, the police have sealed off the entire street, and have hounds searching the rest of the wood" McGee called, interrupting.
"Good job McGee." Gibbs called back, then added "where are DiNozzo and Kate?"
"I'm not sure boss, they were interviewing the commanding officer of the missing marines when I called, they probably got held up" McGee suggested, warily.
"Well, in their absence, start taking photos" Gibbs instructed.
"Sure, on it boss" McGee ran back to the truck to grab his camera as Kate and Tony pulled up behind it.
"Kate, you could have gone a little bit faster!" exclaimed DiNozzo, from the passenger seat.
"No, I couldn't, I was doing the speed limit" Kate retorted "not that that's a word you'd understand..."she added, under her breath
"Kate, you are in a vehicle registered to a federal agency. You can break the speed limit!" Tony replied, frustrated.
"Actually, that isn't true, but if it were an emergency, then yes, I would" Kate replied as she got out the driver's seat.
"This is an emergency, it's called a crime scene" Tony pleaded, exasperated, as he slammed his door shut.
"No it wasn't, Gibbs was already here" Kate replied, exasperated too. "Just because you drive like a lunatic doesn't mean I have to"
"If you two are done with your mother's meeting, you can come and join us!" Gibbs shouted from the edge of the woods, interrupting their argument.
"This isn't over" Tony growled, as he jogged to meet his boss.
Kate sighed and wished Tony would grow up as she followed.
"Well thank you very much for joining us" Gibbs drawled sarcastically
"Yeah, sorry boss but Kate doesn't –"
"Tony feels the need to-"
"If we can get back to the topic..." Gibbs raised his voice to overrule his arguing colleagues.
"Yeah sorry boss" Tony replied sheepishly.
"Yeah, won't happen again" Kate added.
"Especially if Kate-" Tony was interrupted by Gibbs slapping him round the back of the head. "Gee, thanks boss" Tony muttered as he went off to 'Bag and tag' with Kate.
Satisfied his team were finally getting on with their jobs, Gibbs went to speak with the police officer on scene.
"So, you found the bodies?" Gibbs questioned.
"Technically, no, I was the first on scene, but we had a call from some teenage girls"
"Where are they now?" Gibbs wondered out loud
"One of them had fallen out of a tree; they're at the local hospital." The officer replied
"Ok, thank you officer"
"My pleasure, sir. Are you ok to take this crime scene; it's just, we've had quite a few incidences already this weekend..."
"Yep, we'll be fine, just y'know, let us know if you get any leads."
"Of course." The officer turned and walked off.
"Kate, McGee!" Gibbs yelled
"Yes?" came back the responses, in unison.
"Local hospital, two teenage girls, go!" Gibbs commanded.
"Ok" came the reply, followed by two, jacket clad, agents jogging across the clearing and into the woods on the other side.
"Tony?" Gibbs called
"Yeah boss?" Tony replied
"When you've done bagging and tagging, finish taking photos of the scene, then ride in the truck back to HQ"
"Sure boss, where are you going?"
"To get more information out of this commanding officer at the marine base." Gibbs said simply, before walking off.
...
"So, you two found the dead marines, yes?" McGee asked the two teenage girls
"Yes, we were...walking the dog, and we saw them" Amy replied, glancing at Kayleigh, having decided to omit the part about climbing a tree.
"How does walking the dog involve climbing a tree?" Kate asked, looking at Kayleigh's arm, which was now in a cast. Kayleigh looked at it awkwardly, before saying:
"Well, it doesn't really, but we were...well, being childish I guess, and climbed a tree, which I fell out and landed about 5 meters away from the...bodies"
"Ok, did you touch them at all?" McGee asked.
"No! As soon as we realised what was there, we ran away quickly." Amy replied.
"Ok, we are still going to need your fingerprints and Kayleigh's DNA to differentiate it from any found at the scene. McGee, go see if they are allowed to leave yet, please"
"Sure, ok" McGee got up and walked over to the receptionist
"Who were the marines who were found?" Kayleigh asked tentatively.
"I don't know sorry, they didn't have any ID on them" Kate answered
"You work for NCIS?"
"Yes, why?" Kate replied, slowly
"Would you be able to find out who they are?"
"Yes, we'll run their DNA and fingerprints through the database." Kate replied, slightly confused as to why the girl was asking her.
"And you'd be able to tell us when you find out?" Kayleigh asked.
"Erm...I suppose so, why? Do you know something you're not telling us?"
"Well, you see...my...my dad's in the marines...and...He ...He didn't come home last night" Kayleigh admitted, embarrassed.
"You live with your dad only?"
"Yeah, my mum died a couple of years ago"
"Oh. Sorry. Ok, well, how old are you?"
"Nearly 18" Kayleigh replied "2 weeks" she added.
"Well, in that case, stupid as it may seem, you shouldn't really go home to an empty house"
"She can stay at mine" Amy said, speaking for the first time in a while "that is ok, isn't it?" she asked both the other women.
"Yes, that's fine, assuming Kayleigh's fine with it?" Kate replied, glancing at Kayleigh, who nodded.
"Oh, and I'm sure my boss will want to speak to you both, particularly Kayleigh. Do you know what your dad did in the marines specifically?" Kate said
"No, he, he didn't really talk about it much, or in very much detail. Whenever I asked, he always said it was classified, but involved a variety of things. I think he was part of some special taskforce..." Kayleigh trailed off.
"Ok, the doctor says Kayleigh's fine to go" said McGee, returning.
"Ok, so if you two would come with us..."
The four of them walked out of the hospital and to the car, to drive back to the navy yard and NCIS headquarters.
What do you think? i'm not sure if i got all the styles of dialogue right, or the methods of investigating, but i did my best. (i'm not going to research anything unless i really have to). thank you for reading, i will try and update as often as possible, without making the chapters absolutely rubbish, but i will probably update more often at the weekends than anything else.