Hey, sorry it took so long for me to update! This isn't the best chapter in the world so bear with me. Thanks to all of the reviewers!
"Okay, so here's the truth," Tony started, everything going according to plan. At first they walked into the room, immediately shushing any conversation going on, which there wasn't. Then Tony made some insulting remark to McGee and quoted a movie, normal behavior. Next the girls started whispering, part of the plan. Gibbs immediately silencing them, with his one of a kind Gibbs stare. They then immediately shut up and Tony started explaining, bringing us to now.
"Before I want to Baltimore to be a cop, I worked here. Then I got an undercover op to bring down these two evil warlocks-" Tony stopped and glanced at the girls, one slip up. Prue just raised her eyebrows and sent him the message; you made the mistake, now you fix it.
"Um, warlocks?" McGee asked quizzically.
"Yeah, McGoo, Greg and Paul WarLoky, they were a duo of killers. Sorry, slip of tongue before." Tony braced himself for their reactions. And… they bought it. The Halliways sighed with relief.
"Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted by McKnow-It-All, I was talking about my old job. So I had to go undercover as their long-lost brother," he paused; this part was a little far fetched, so DiNozzo wasn't sure if Gibbs was buying it. So far, he had his interrogation/no emotions mask on, so there was no way to know, just continue and pray for the best.
"So, they were trying to turn "me" over to their side, and-"
This time it was Ziva who interrupted this time, "Why would they need their brother to help them kill people?"
"Uh, it was the family business, passed on by generation to generation." Phoebe jumped in before Tony could answer.
"And you would know this why?" Gibbs asked skeptically.
"Because Brendan told us when we saved him getting killed by his brothers." Phoebe held her place.
"And how did you save him?" The older man asked, as if he was interrogating them.
Since you can't really tell him that Piper "picked them up and threw them across the room", Phoebe went with the next best thing, "I know martial arts," then glanced at McGee, "black belt."
The youngest agent nodded in appreciation, "Impressive."
DiNozzo felt a twinge of …, knowing he taught Probie well, and then continued his story, "So I only told them so much in order for them to help me, so finally I busted them, we got into a fight and I ended up killing both of them with a knife. Inn order to keep up the charade, I became a priest, so to speak, went on a spiritual retreat and went to work in Baltimore. And, well, you know the rest." He drew a breath, and exchanged looks with the witches. They all held their breaths waiting for Gibbs's reaction.
As always his face was a mask, showing no emotion towards the subject. Finally, after what seemed like a millennium, the team leader, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, spoke, "Alright now that all of this over can we get back to the case." It wasn't a question. McGee and Ziva looked convinced and really didn't want to suffer Gibbs's wrath so they got back in work mode.
Meanwhile, Tony, Phoebe, Piper, and Prue finally let out the breath they were holding. Nodding to each, silently reminding each other that their performance wasn't done yet, they made their way back to their seats, though this time Tony went to the couch to join the rest of his colleges while Prue and Piper shared the loveseat.
McGee announced to the gang, "Ducky, Palmer, and Abby's plane is leaving at" he glanced at his watch, "five-thirty, about 15 minutes, so they should be here around nine."
"Who's Abby?" Phoebe asked suspiciously, then remembering the other two, "and Ducky and Palmer."
Tony was about to embarrass McGee in front of his new love when Ziva jumped in, saving the day.
"She's our forensic scientist. Ducky is the M. E. and Palmer is his assistant." Ziva shot Tony a look that said don't mess this up for McGee, remember I know eight ways how to kill with a paperclip. Tony rolled his eyes and mentally said back, Come on, let's have a little fun. Gibbs witnessed this little exchange and brought them back to the case with a head slap.
"Um…" Piper started unsure of what to say.
"Don't worry, perfectly normal," Probie reassured her, causing her even more confusion.
"Anyway," Ziva cleared her throat trying to get back to topic, "How did you know Petty Officer Michaels?"
Piper was quick to answer, "He and I were together. We met at our club, P3, a couple weeks ago."
"What was he like?" The question was one they had not expected to come from the Mossad agent.
"He was fun in the beginning; you know always made you smile, but then he got really closed like he was hiding a secret."
Phoebe shot Piper a pointed look that didn't go unnoticed.
"Care too explain?" Tony asked for all of them.
"He wasn't just 'closed' he was like oyster clammed shut. Well, I guess I can understand why, but seriously his mouth was glued shut!"
DiNozzo nodded in praise at Phoebe, that really was a nice touch.
"And why was that?" Ziva prompted.
Piper took a deep breath, "He was the mole." The agents looked stunned. McGee was the first to recover.
"He was the mole that was in the government for months?" He was shocked.
"And how would you know that?" Gibbs asked, eyeing them coolly.
Prue jumped in, "we followed him one night!"
Piper quickly clarified, "It was our first month anniversary, but he cancelled. Phoebe thought he was seeing another woman-"
Phoebe muttered, "Boy was I wrong." DiNozzo smiled, boy they were really milking it.
"Anyway, he apparently was meeting up with his contact for the fist time. Everything was digital, they didn't know who each other was."
Gibbs interrupted, "And you would know this how?" Meanwhile, DiNozzo, Ziva, and McGee were scribbling away on the notepads.
Prue looked sheepish, "Um, well I sorta convinced a friend of mine to look into his emails."
"Aw, a hacker, well we don't react very fondly to hackers, McGee said, glancing at Phoebe. Tony, Gibbs, and Agent David had to stifle a laugh. McGee was really laying on the charm to this girl.
"I know, I told them not to!" Phoebe looked at McGee like he was some kind of god.
"So, yeah, we followed him, this happened, and we called the police. End of story." Piper said, hoping to end the conversation.
"Well, you don't seem upset about it." Gibbs pointed out bluntly.
"After a while you get used to it." Prue stated truthfully, earning odd looks from everyone. Suddenly, remembering her cover, squeaked, "Crime shows! What I mean is we love crime shows."
"And," Piper added, shooting Prue a dirty look, "we don't really have a lot of family so we're used to this kind of stuff." That answer went over much better with the NCIS agents.
"Well," Gibbs stood up, "I think that's enough for one day. We'll call you in the morning." Gibbs walked to the door, followed loyally by Ziva, while the other two love struck puppies lingered behind.
Piper, looking at the pleading faces of her sisters, called to Gibbs and Ziva, "We own a night club and we were just on our way to open it. Would you enjoy coming?"
"Yes," Tony answered automatically for the group, earning a head slap from the re-enter boss.
Before Gibbs could say anything, Ziva jumped in, "So it's settled then. We will join you."
Silently, McGee cursed under his breath, "Sorry no can do. I promised I'd meet Abby at the airport."
Phoebe quickly thought of a solution, "You still have a some time. Let's grab a bite to eat first." McGee offered Phoebe his arm, which she laughed and took. The two lovebirds made their way out of the house to Phoebe's car.
Prue, noticing their attire, said, "Um… well we have to go change," and eying Ziva's outfit, added. "Officer David, I think I might have something that'll fit." Piper and Prue then dragged a very startled Ziva up the stairs, thought didn't miss Tony's sigh of relief. The Halliwells's and Tony were thinking the same thing, "We did it." Bu they had tot remind themselves, this wasn't over. In fact it was far from over.
