Disclaimer: Not mine
Summery: Post Living Doll. The team searches for Sara with the help of our favorite NCIS Team. Because you've got to love a good crossover. GSR
A/N: Trying like heck to get this story done before CSI or NCIS premiers.
Las Vegas Crime Lab
Archie's Lab
Time Missing: Ten Hours
"What do you got Abbs?" Asked Gibbs, momentarily distracted by the smell of blue Hawaiian coffee floating through the air.
"Natalie is sharper than she looks." Abby has Natalie's computer hooked up to one of her own. She was reading lines of code with Archie and McGee looking over her shoulder. "I'm not surprised you didn't find it."
"Find what?" Snapped Grissom, sounding shockingly like Gibbs
"On the surface it looks like a basic PC, could be in anyone's house. Doesn't even require a password to log on the the Internet, but when we a take closer look..." Abby typed quickly, bringing several files up on the plasma screen she set up in the middle of the room. "The computers got a partition. It's sort of like a lock box for your computer. Twenty gigs of hidden information" Detailed notes about each crime scene popped up on the screen.
"Is that auto cad?" Archie asked, interestedly
"Sure is." Abby said, "You might ask your self why a cleaning lady has a $3000 dollar drafting program on a two year old computer."
"That's how she made the model's so accurate." Said Archie amazed
"That and a photographic memory." Said Warwick.
"Any concrete information?" asked Tony, sniffing at the smell of coffee in the air. He was sharing a file with Nick and they looked at it carefully.
"Sara's car is in the garage." Said Catherine, "But she's usually the one who works with vehicles."
"Nothing useful at Natalie's apartment. We checked out Sara's apartment." McGee Said, "Looked like she hadn't actually been living there for months." Abby and Gibbs looked at Grissom
"She hasn't been." Grissom confirmed.
"Abby" Greg called, holding two gigantic travel mugs full of his special blend of coffee.
"Thanks Greg." Abby grabbed both of the cups, keeping one for herself and handing the other to Gibbs, "Sorry Greg but trust me, you want him to have it.
"She's right." said Tony as Greg looked at his coffee mournfully.
"This is the ground plan for the latest crime scene." Abby pulled up the ground plan, "It's more helpful to us than the model because it has specific elevations probably taken from a topographic map. I'm looking to find the original map on her computer but so far no luck. If we take out the added objects and just use the elevations." Abby deleted the outline of the car and the body. "We should be able to get a fairly actuate elevation plan for Sara's location."
"Do you have a topographic maps of the Las Vegas desert?" Asked Tony looking closely at the screen.
"McGee and I set up a program that will scan the elevations of our crime scene and compare it to the area's of the desert that have been mapped out by the Nevada government." Abby said, "But we have a problem."
"Just one?" Said Gibbs impatiently.
"Nevada is in the process of updating their topographic maps. Only 70 of the desert as been mapped out topographically by computer." Answered McGee. "The rest is on paper and outdated.
"DiNozzo." Gibbs said
"Get hard copies of the topographic maps." Answered Tony, "On it boss!"
"Take Stokes and Warwick with you. I want every available set of eyes on those maps." Abby handed them hard copies of the elevation drawings and ground plan from Natalie's computer.
"Ziva. "
"Calling my CIA contacts to see if they have anything on the desert that's been updated more recently. When do you want me to interrogate Natalie?"
"Not until we have to." Answered Gibbs, "McGee."
"Calling the director right now to schedule satellite time."
"Abby."
"Already scanning the rest of Natalie's computer to see if we missed anything else." Abby answered, "And my ex Drew."
"The guy from NASA?" asked McGee
"Drew's with the state department." She corrected,
"CIA." explained Tony to Catherine. He seemed unable to keep himself from flirting with her, in spite of the seriousness of the situation.
"He'll sneak us some satellite time tomorrow if we need it."
"Greg make more coffee than help Abby, Catherine come with me." Gibbs said, leading Catherine into the hall.
"They always finished your sentences like that?" Catherine asked Gibbs, considering him for a moment. There was something so familiar about him.
"I've trained them to anticipate." Gibbs answered, looking at her.
"They do it very well." Catherine said, "Where are we going?"
"Well, whatever the doctor gave Natalie to chill her out won't wear off for at least an hour, so right now we are going to get coffee." Gibbs walked into the break room. Another pot of coffee was already brewing and Gibbs stood next to it impatiently.
"Why are you here?" Catherine asked bluntly, "This isn't NCIS jurisdictions by any stretch of the imagination." Her arms were crossed and she stared at him in a way that reminded him so much of an ex-wife that he actually began to grow slightly cold inside.
"Sara's an old friend." Gibbs said without elaborating, "And Grissom asked me to come."
"How do you know Grissom?" She asked still trying to figure out where she knew him from, hoping it wasn't from her stripping days.
"Abby and I had lunch with he and Sara when they were in DC last year." Gibbs grabbed the coffee pot out of the machine and quickly replaced it with his own coffee cup without allowing a single drop to spill.
"Did you know then" Catherine asked, "That they were together?"
"It was pretty obvious." Gibbs answered honestly
"Not to me." Catherine said mournfully, "and I'm a trained investigator."
"You have to consider the fact that it was two trained investigators that were hiding it from you." Gibbs grabbed his coffee and poured a cup for Catherine. "They were out of town and didn't have the same constraints. Grissom made it clear to me that they were together."
"I take it he acted like a jealous boyfriend?" Catherine asked knowing that Grissom acted like that towards Sara long before he had any right to.
"Something like that." Agreed Gibbs.
"What are we missing Gibbs?" Catherine asked, "Why can't we find her?"
"That's what we are going to find out." Gibbs walked out of the room motioning Catherine to follow him.
"You're going to interrogate Natalie?" Asked Catherine
"Nope, you are." Gibbs answered as he led Catherine to his car.
"Why me?" Catherine asked
"Because that girl needs a mother." Gibbs answered, "And you are one."
Psychiatric Ward: Nevada State Hospital
Natalie's Room
Time Missing: 12 hours
Catherine sat by Natalie's bed, holding her hand and watching her sleep. She was just a girl really, Catherine thought to herself. It seemed that such a slight child would be incapable of the crimes she had committed. Catherine had to remind herself that this was the girl who was trying to kill Sara. This girl had killed so many before. Catherine took a deep breath trying to find the right balance of emotions to bring answers out of the girls fragile mind.
Gibbs stood in the corner, hiding in the shadows- watching the scene before him. She should be waking up any moment. Than they could begin again.