Broken Trust Chap 4!
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This Chapter is Hurricane Jenny Sheppard force level 5. Enjoy!
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Chapter 4: NCIS Director Jenny Sheppard
Later, after the meeting between Director Sheppard and Deputy Director Vance
Gibbs didn't know how long he had been day dreaming about his youngest agent but the dinging of the elevator snapped him out of it. Tony and Ziva walked out of the elevator.
"Morning Boss" Dinozzo greeted!
"Good Morning Gibbs" Ziva Said.
Gibbs growled something that was supposed to pass for a greeting.
"Hey, where is McTardy"?
"How the hell should I know" Gibbs barked.
Tony and Ziva looked at each other and both knew this was going to be another day of tiptoeing around the boss. Gibbs phone ring!
"Yeah Gibbs"! He listened and then said, "McGee is not here". He listened again and said, "We'll be right up".
"Director wants to see us", he said while getting up.
"What about McGoo"?
"She said don't worry about him", Gibbs replied as they went upstairs and filed into the director's office
"Director", Tony greeted!
"Good morning Jenny" Ziva said.
"Jenny" Gibbs growled.
"Good morning everyone, please have a seat. We are waiting for a couple of more participants, Aaahhh here they are now", Jenny said as Ducky, Jimmy and Abby walked into the office.
As Abby looked around she said; "Hey, where is Timmy"?
"I've already spoken with him. He won't be here" Jenny stated.
"You want to tell us what the hell is going on Jenny"?
Very calmly and in a quiet voice laced with iron, Jenny said; "First of all, unless you want to be suspended without pay for two weeks, you had better remember who the hell you are speaking to and keep a civil tongue in that thick skull of yours" Jenny snapped.
The room went silent. No one had ever heard the Director speak that way to Gibbs. Gibbs was standing where he was just as shocked as the rest of them. This must be damn serious for Jenny to speak like that to him.
"Now, let's just jump in shall we" Jenny said in a soft but scary voice? "Agent McGee has been transferred off of your team effective immediately".
"What the hell", Gibbs shouted. "You put him back on my team immediately, you hear me he yelled".
"Shut the hell up", Jenny screamed. "You ever talk to me like that again you won't have to worry about a suspension because you will be out of a job. You stand there and keep you big mouth shut. One more outburst from you and I'll have security throw you in lock up".
To prove her point, Jenny went over to her phone and buzzed her assistant.
"Yes Director"
"Have security send two officers up here and have them wait out there with you".
"Right away Director"
Jenny glared at Gibbs daring him to say something. "You got something else you want to say to me agent Gibbs", she bit out?
"No".
"WHAT"?
"No", pause, "ma'am" Gibbs said haltingly.
Gibbs was obtuse about a lot of things but he could see that the director was already pissed off about something and was not playing around. Coming up here pouring gasoline on the fire was not helping at all. He wisely kept his mouth shut and waited for her to continue.
"Anyone else got anything smart to say" she barked out?
The rest of the group looked everywhere but at the director. They did not want to make eye contact with her in case she took that as a challenge to her authority and have them literally dragged out of NCIS.
Jenny placed the phone handle back into its cradle.
"Now, where was I, oh yeah, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, effective immediately, agent McGee has been transferred off of this team. We'll get back to that later, right now I'm considering if I want to bring charges up on all of you".
There was a gasp throughout the room. Jenny continued;
"Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to why I would be considering bringing charges up on you"?
They all looked at each other not having a clue as to what the director was talking about. Gibbs continued to silently glare at the director trying to figure out what game she was playing while Ducky was wrecking his brain trying to ascertain what had happened. Both Tony and Abby were looking around like they didn't have a care in the world. Amazingly enough they were both thinking the same thing. They were both wondering which of the other members had screwed up enough to piss off the director this bad. Jimmy was looking at Ducky hoping his mentor could give him a clue as to how he had messed up.
Again, Jenny started to speak;
"So, no one has any idea what you could have done for me to be considering bringing charges against you"?
"Jen uh director", Gibbs started, "could you please tell us what's going on, we have a lot of work waiting for us".
"You think I don't know what work you have to do? Did you suddenly forget who gives you that work? Are you really this thick headed that you would attempt to rush the director of NCIS? Well, let me put your itty bitty mind at ease Gibbs. There is no work waiting on any of you. As a matter of fact, there may never be work waiting for any of you again at NCIS. Now Gibbs, do I have your attention now or do you want to keep playing who has the bigger pair of balls with me"?
Now everyone was staring at the director with a little fear in their eyes as they still did not know what the director was up to but that last statement did not bode well for anyone.
"What does that mean", Gibbs asked?
"That means exactly what it sounded like it meant Gibbs. None of you are going back to work and you will be lucky if you keep your jobs so be very careful with your responses. If any of you think that this is a joke or that I'm not serious, please say so now so I can have my security officers come in and drag your sorry asses out of here".
The tension in the room was so palpable; you could cut it with a knife. It was made even more so by the fact that their jobs had just been threatened by the one, very irate, person who could make good on that threat. In addition to that, she had also threatened to have charges brought up on them and they still did not know what they had done wrong.
Gibbs and Ducky were nervous since they had never heard Jenny speak this way to anyone. Everyone else in the room was just scared silly. No one wanted to get fired but the director was acting as though they had TP'd her house or something. Even Gibbs wasn't talking which really scared them. As they looked at the director, she seemed to be getting more upset even though no one was talking.
Jenny couldn't believe this. These idiots didn't have a clue. How could they be this dumb? These people comprise the best MCRT in the agency and they are not able to put the clues together to give them an inkling of what is going on? Clue number one, she told them she spoke to agent McGee separately. Clue number two, she transferred him off of their team. Clue number three, he is not in this meeting getting his head handed to him with the rest of them. How many freaking clues do they need? Unless, no, there is no way that could be it. But going with the evidence of their silence and blank looks that's got to be it! These idiots must really think that there is nothing wrong with the way they have treated Agent McGee. Are you freaking kidding me? The more Jenny thought about this the more incensed she became. Do they really think that their treatment of agent McGee is normal?
"Is there anyone in this room who would like to take a shot as to why you are all here"?
No one made a sound.
"There is not one of you that has anything to say"?
Again there was silence.
"Wow, it's easy to see why agent McGee requested a transfer off of this dysfunctional team".
Jenny couldn't believe they were all sitting there as if they were the most innocent people in the world. She felt herself losing control of her temper. She could not make any decisions why she felt like this. She got up and walked over and opened the door and addressed her security officers.
"Agent Jackson, Agent Black would you come in here please"!
The agents came in and stood in front of the director.
"I'm going to go to the break room and make myself some tea. And before you ask, Yes, I'm well aware of the fact that I have a perfectly good tea set right over there but I need to take a walk. I want you two to watch these people. They are not to move. If any of them, especially that one", she said while pointing at Gibbs, "gives you any problems, throw them in lock up immediately. Have I made myself clear"?
"Yes ma'am" Both agents replied.
Without looking at any of the group, Jenny went down to the break room. The agents glared at the group they were assigned to watch. They had no clue as to what was going on but their director seemed mighty upset and these people seemed to be the reason why. Agent Jackson and Agent Black had been a part of Jenny's security detail since the day she was sworn in. They liked her because she was a fair boss and very easy to work for. If any of them even twitched, they would be taken down hard.
The group was looking at the security agents and did not like what they saw. These agents were glaring at them as though they wanted someone to move so they could get their hands on them. Gibbs was especially frustrated. It had been a long time since he had effectively been told to shut up and color. Normally he just rode roughshod over whoever it was but today he had faced a Jenny he had never seen before. On top of that, he had covertly observed the two security agents stance and body language and knew for a fact that if he even blinked wrong they would be on him with no hesitation. Gibbs would normally be able to intimidate anyone but not these two security agents. There was nothing for Gibbs to do except sit back and relax as best he could until Jenny got back.
The thing that was more surprising than anything else was that Abby was quiet. If anyone had been a candidate to be thrown in lock up it was her. She never knew when to keep her mouth shut and she really believed that she couldn't be touched because she was Gibbs favorite and the self proclaimed best forensic scientist in NCIS. She had always thought Gibbs had complete control over the director due to their past but that got blown right out of the water when she witnessed Gibbs get dressed down by the director and just stand there and do nothing. That really scared her since she had never seen anyone be able to do that to Gibbs. Her instinct for self preservation kicked in and she decided she had better just keep quiet until the director returned and told them what this was all about.
Ducky had started putting the pieces together and thought he knew what this meeting was about and why the director was so angry. All the clues fit together nicely except for Mr. Palmer and himself. Why were they here? He could not for the life of him connect the two of them with anything that would have them be a part of this meeting. He wrecked his brain trying to fit the rest of the pieces together but just could not make the connection. As he was trying to put the whole thing together, the director walked back in looking much calmer but still with an air of anger surrounding here.
"Thank you gentlemen, please continue to wait with my assistant" Jenny said to the security agents.
"Yes ma'am" they once again replied.
As the security team left, they closed the door behind them and Jenny walked over to her desk and sat down. She calmly took a sip of her tea and then said;
Well then, let's get this show on the road. The quicker we get through this, the quicker I can get you the hell out of my office. Now, I could have called you all in here individually to ensure your confidentiality but what the hell, I just don't give a damn about you or your confidentiality. Allow me let you all in on a little secret. Right now, I'm having an extremely hard time not firing all of you on the spot and being done with the lot of you. So, if I were you, I would be extremely careful with the answers you give and how you give them. I will be speaking to you all individually and I better get truthful answers from you. I'll let you in on another little secret. I already know the answers to all the questions I'm going to ask you so think very carefully before you answer them. The truth might save your job. Lies get you fired immediately".
*****Next, who do you think it will be? Heh Heh Heh!*****