Losing faith
"We can't Tell her" McGee sat at his desk looking up at Ziva who had just come in with evidence that could tell whether or not Kate and Tony were ok.
"Who's going to process then you?"
"If I have to I know all the necessary programs I don't want her to know you didn't see her when we thought Kate had died, I did I don't want her to know because losing both of them would kill her. She would never be the same person again."
"What will kill who?"
There was a silence normally this was were Kate would correct him, Tony would laugh, Ziva would ask the difference and McGee would explain. The silence was deafening. The three of then looked at each other a silent vow coming between them to know what happend to their friends.
"Who can't you tell?" Gibbs looked at his two remaining agents.
"Abby it'll kill her boss both Tony and Kate, you know what she was like when we all thought Kate died, she was inconsolable for a few weeks, this will kill her she loves the two of them so much. They are two of her closest friends, she wont survive this if she knows"
Gibbs agreed and sent Ziva to take Abby out to lunch while McGee tested the evidence.
"Found anything yet?"
"What?"
"Come one Ziva I know your all trying to cover, hide, whatever but I'm a big girl and I know in my heart that they are ok, I believe that. That and the fact I know Tony and he'll never let anything happen to Kate"
Ziva put down her fork and looked at her friend, they were sitting outside of a small café ten minutes away from HQ.
"How did you know?"
"Well lets see there's this new thing it shows you pictures, you see its called a TV and these pictures they move and tell you stories and news from the day. And then there's this new program call the news"
Ziva rolled her eyes and laughed 'Gibbs is shooting her' she thought.
"She knows what do you mean she knows?" McGee glared at the women in font of him.
"She saw it on TV she gave quiet an amusing deception of it"
"I think you mean description" suddenly he froze when a thought came to him, if Abby had seen it on TV then so would Kate and Tony's families. It was Kate's family mainly her brothers who he was worried about. She hadn't told them, she tried, but they seemed to have moved on with their lives and she didn't want upset that.
What a way to find out your little sisters alive and well, well he thought she was well he hoped she was. The tests he had run had come back inconclusive.
"Uh boss Kate's brothers might know"
"I thought she told them"
"She chickened out" Gibbs raised an eyebrow that wasn't like her then his phone rang, he looked down and as he was hoping it was it was Connor Todd.
"Gibbs"
"Kate's alive and you weren't going to tell us how nice of you agent Gibbs" his voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"It was her choice not to tell you she wanted to spare you the pain of finding out that she was alive she didn't want to open that can of worms. She had enough to deal with us it's a long story Connor and not one I want to get into at this time"
Connor did the finger to his phone knowing Gibbs couldn't see it. "I do wish you would go into this at this time Agent Gibbs"
Gibbs rolled his eyes so it was a family trait stubbornness I'll have to remember that he thought.
"Connor tell this to your brothers I am doing everything I can to bring your sister and her boyfriend home. How I don't know? When I don't know? and if you keep calling me I spend fifteen minutes telling you or your brothers that we don't have anything at this time fifteen minutes that I could use trying to find her" and in true Gibbs fashion he hung up with out another word.
McGee looked up at Gibbs. "Go see what Abby has" He nodded and left.
"Anything Ab's"
"Nothing I ran all the evidence through everything I have nothing, nada, zilch. If they are alive some one doesn't want us to know, or find them." Abby looked at her boyfriend and sighed.
"Why them Timmy after everything they've been with, Kate leaving then you having to work with her, and then her leaving again. Then coming back they were happy" McGee shrugged and pulled her into a hug. Although none of them wanted to admit it was everyone was losing faith.
"What Jethro?" Jenny Shepard looked up from the report she was reading.
"I have two agents missing with no information, one agent who's been locked out of their files and two families who wont stop calling me because they want answers which I can't give them. One of whom just found out their sister is alive after thinking she was dead. What do you think Jen?"
Jenny took off her glasses and folded her hands in front of her on her desk.
"What do you want me to do? Pluck them out of thin air?"
"Get me some answers Jennifer"
Jen stood up "Don't ever call me that again Jethro"
"It's your name isn't it?"
"Fine don't ever talk to me like that again. I am your Director not your partner"
Jenny walked out of MTAC and Gibbs could tell by the look on her face. "What?"
"Your to drop this case now hand all your files to me and don't complain or you'll be looking at early retirement."
"What their my agents Director I will find them with or with out your permission"
"That's what I said That's when they said to fire you"
