Still don't own NCIS or Moonlight characters. Any and all mistakes are mine.
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Mick heads back Josef's apartment in D.C. that Josef let him use because of the sleeping and food arrangements he wouldn't be able to have at a hotel. As soon as Mick climbs out of his rental in the parking lot of the apartment complex he can sense he's not alone and closes his eyes and searches for who it is with his senses. Mick opens his eyes and spins around, "Show yourself, Adam," Mick says in calm voice.
Adam steps out from behind a tree near the parking lot smirking at Mick, "So, you are just like me…Mick St. John, I thought my senses were playing tricks on me at the crime scene when you seemed to sense my presence."
Mick just narrows his eyes, "I think you've known about me, even back home in Los Angeles because vampires tend to know about one another."
Adam just shrugs, "Maybe, but I think you know why I'm here." Adam pulls a gun from his coat pocket and points it at Mick.
Mick looks down at the gun knowing it's probably filled with silver bullets and then back to Adam, "And you don't think this will be suspicious to the NCIS team if I turn up dead?"
Again Adam just shrugs, "They'll know it was me, but once I've completed the task I've set out to do here I will leave and never be seen again." Adam looks at the building and motions with his head, "Now start walking."
Mick looks back at Adam with no fear in his eyes, "You're already sentenced for death. If you kill me others will still come, you will be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life which will be a lot shorter than you think."
Adam glares at Mick and growls out, "I said start walking." Mick glares but complies and heads to Josef's apartment. Once they enter the apartment Adam breaks the silence, "I don't want to kill you, Mick, but I don't want you working on the case. This is a warning." Before Mick can react to Adam's statement he hears the gun, hisses and slumps to the floor in pain as the silver bullet penetrates his right shoulder. Mick looks up with his vampire milky white-blue eyes as he watches Adam head towards the door but stops and turns back, "Remember, Mick, this was a warning next time it won't be."
Mick watches as the door closes and shakily stands heading to the refrigerator and the hidden compartment in the refrigerator where the blood is located and immediately drinks a bag to gain some strength back. Mick closes his eyes, "Alright, Josef, where do you keep the medical supplies?" Mick looks under the sink and smirks to himself for knowing his best friend well. With shaky hands Mick begins to work on retrieving the bullet from his shoulder.
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Gibbs is home laying on his couch trying to sleep, but couldn't because he is still trying to process what Abby had told him about what she found out about Mick. He rolls over and thinks to himself, "Maybe it was his father, but that picture looked exactly like Mick, and no child looks exactly like their father." Gibbs loses his train of thought when his phone rings, but still picks it up, "Gibbs." Gibbs hangs up and dials Tony's number, "DiNozzo, wake up we have a body…in a park near an apartment complex over on Columbus…call Ziva, I'll call McGee," Gibbs hangs up and grabs what he needs before leaving.
While driving to the crime scene Gibbs dials McGee's number, "McGee, we have another body, it's in a park near an apartment complex over on Columbus, DiNozzo and Ziva are already on their way there. Before you head to the scene I need you to contact Mick because I'm sure you can find his number in that info I had you pull on him earlier." Gibbs hangs up as he pulls into the crime scene to see DiNozzo and a slightly pissed looking Ziva David.
"Boss, why can't criminals kill during the day when everyone's awake, don't they know we have to sleep," Tony complains half asleep.
"I don't, DiNozzo, why don't you ask him when we catch him," Gibbs replies a little annoyed. Looking between his agents Gibbs assigns them their tasks, "Ziva take pictures of the scene, DiNozzo take statements." Gibbs sees Ducky making his way to the body and joins him, "What do you think, Duck, same as Carpenter?"
Ducky examines the body of the young man, "He certainly fits the profile of the other men Mick had in L.A. and Mr. Carpenter." Ducky looks on the young man's inner right wrist and sees the puncture marks, Ducky shows them to Gibbs, "Jethro, I do believe this is the latest victim if Mr. Lancaster's reign."
Sighing Gibbs asks, "Can you tell me when he was killed?"
Ducky nods and inserts the thermometer into the man's liver, then pulls in out a couple minutes later, "Judging by this reading he was killed maybe an hour to an hour and half ago, Jethro."
Gibbs stands back up a little confused, "Why would he let the body be found this quickly?"
"Maybe he's getting sloppy," Palmer says as he walks by Gibbs with the gurney.
Gibbs shakes his head, "I don't think so." Gibbs looks over to see McGee enter the crime scene and looks back at Ducky, "I'll see what else you have later." Gibbs heads toward McGee who meets him half way, "Where's Mick, McGee?"
McGee looks a little nervous at Gibbs, "Well, boss, that's why rushed here. I tried calling him but he wasn't picking up, so I traced his cell and it says he's in the apartment complex right here room number 108."
Gibbs looks at the apartment complex then back to McGee, "I wonder if Lancaster paid Mick a visit." Gibbs says while moving cautiously to the apartments.
McGee looks a little horrified to think that Lancaster may have killed Mick in the same manner as the other victims or maybe worse, but follows just as cautiously behind Gibbs.
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Mick is finishing up a cup of blood and watches as his wound heals when he hears a knock on the door followed by, "Mick, this is Agent Gibbs open up."
Mick whispers to himself in confusion, "Agent Gibbs?" Mick quickly throughs on a t-shirt and disposes of his glass of blood in the sink, putting some water to dilute the blood before answering the door, "Agent Gibbs, Agent McGee," Mick nods to both in greeting allowing them entry into the apartment. "What are you both doing here and how did you know where I was staying?"
Gibbs ignores Mick's question because his eyes immediately fall onto the blood covered rags and medical equipment on the kitchen counter, "So, Lancaster was here."
Mick raises his eyebrows caught off guard by Gibbs' statement, "What-" Mick is silenced by Gibbs pointing to the bloody rags and medical supplies. Mick narrows his eyes at Gibbs, "How did you know where I was staying?"
Gibbs looks at McGee and Mick follows his look to McGee. McGee looks a little nervous between the two men in front of him before explaining, "I'm sorry, Mick, but I tried calling you and when you didn't pick up I traced your cell here, which was right next to our crime scene."
Mick sighs taking in the information; he couldn't really blame the man for his action, but then he back tracks to what McGee had said, "Did you just say crime scene?"
McGee nods and stutters, "Ah, y-yeah in the park just outside of the apartment complex."
Mick tries to make his way past both Agents, but Gibbs block the exit, "What are you doing?" Mick says aggravated that Adam deliberately killed someone just outside of the apartment complex after shooting him.
Gibbs quirks an eyebrow at Mick, "You're injured," it wasn't a question.
Mick all but growls, "I'm fine, Agent Gibbs." Mick tries to go around Gibbs but Gibbs continues to block his path. Mick looks back at Gibbs, "What are you doing, I need to go to the crime scene."
Gibbs continues to stare unaffected by Mick's growing anger, "What you 'need' is a doctor," Gibbs states flatly.
Mick closes his eyes and takes a calming breath before opening his eyes again and looking back at Gibbs, "Agent Gibbs, I'm fine and if you want the bullet it's over there in the jar, but I don't think it will help you seeing as how Lancaster doesn't shoot his victims." Mick sees McGee go into the kitchen area and pick up the jar holding the bloody piece of crumbled silver. Mick notices Gibbs also looking and sees his opportunity to escape. He quickly goes around Gibbs grabbing his coat and heads out the door.
Gibbs growls having let Mick escape and looks back to McGee, "Let Abby have a look at that," he says nodding to the jar holding the smooshed bullet. McGee nods and pockets the jar before both leave following Mick back to the crime scene.
When Mick arrives at the crime scene he closes his eyes and smells the air and can tell the young man killed was only going to his car after finishing his jog when he was ambushed by Adam. Mick growls knowing he did it only to rattle him, before Mick advances toward the scene he hears Gibbs and McGee come up behind him.
"Where do you think you're going? You've been shot and you act like nothing has happened?" Gibbs says coming to stand directly in front on Mick blocking his path to the scene.
Mick returns Gibbs' stare, "I told you I'm fine."
"Well that's not good enough. If you want to continue working on this case you will let Ducky at least check you out, or I will watch you walk on that plane and make sure you arrive home, and we will finish this case without you." Gibbs states in a matter of fact tone that leaves Mick with no room to argue.
Mick sighs defeat, "Fine, but I want to handle Lancaster the next time we find him."
Gibbs doesn't respond to Mick's request and instead turns to McGee, "Help, DiNozzo with the statements, then all of you return to NCIS."
"Yes, boss," McGee says hurrying off to meet Tony.
Gibbs looks back to Mick, "Ready to go?" Mick looks back at the crime scene one more time before following Gibbs to his car and the inevitable questions that are soon to follow.
