Ducky looked up from the body on the autopsy table he had been examining as the autopsy doors swooshed open and Gibbs entered with Tony reluctantly trailing behind.

"What have you got, Duck?" the lead agent asked as he joined the medical examiner at the autopsy table.

"A second death linked to your young sailor, Jethro, I'm afraid." Ducky began as he nodded towards the body on the table in front of them. "This young man is Seaman Eric Monterey who was found dead in his bed early this morning at the Hilton Hotel by a maid when she went to tidy his room." Pointing to the fresh needle marks in the body's arm, Ducky continued, "Cause of death was a heroin overdose, in fact the needle he used was found on the floor beside the bed next to a small bag containing heroin was found on the table next to the bed and the spoon and lighter he had used to prepare it to inject. I believe the poor boy died a short time after injecting himself."

"What has he got to do with our case?" Gibbs asked impatiently.

"When I was examining the poor boy's body, I discovered the same white powder under his fingernails as we found under Chief Petty Officer Jameson fingernails. I asked Abby to run a comparison test of the powder found under Seaman's Monterey's fingernails with that of the powder I recovered from under Chief Petty Officer Jameson's fingernails, as well as a comparison of the heroin in both men's blood."

"And?" Gibbs frowned.

"They are a match, Jethro," Ducky answered. "The heroin both men were injected with was high grade, almost pure heroin. Even a small dose would have been fatal."

"Then why didn't Jameson die of an overdose?" Gibbs demanded.

"The dose he was given certainly would have killed him, Jethro, if he had not been shot in the face before it did."

"So Jameson probably got away from whoever injected him and was shot after he tried to escape." Gibbs theorized.

"By the trajectory of the bullet, he most likely reached the dumpster before he slid down next to it, to sit on the ground as the drug began to take effect."

"And the killer caught up with him and shot him point blank in the face." Gibbs finished for him.

Ducky nodded, glancing across at Tony who seemed to be a little pre-occupied.

"What about the white powder, Ducky?" Gibbs asked.

"Abby's tests confirm its Monoammonium phosphate."

"Monoammonium phosphate?"

"The powder used in fire extinguishers, Boss." Tony interrupted, surprising ducky that the younger agent had been listening, "Drug runners sometimes hide bags of drugs like cocaine and heroin inside fire extinguishers, makes it easier to hide the drugs if they are worried about being raided."

"So both men had contact with the same drug dealer." Gibbs mused before he turned to Tony and ordered, "I want a full background on Monterey and if there was any connection between him and Jameson."

"On it, Boss." Tony answered before he turned and hurried out of the lab.

Ducky watched the young agent leave before he turned back to Gibbs and asked, "Is anything wrong with young Anthony, Jethro? He seems a little…preoccupied."

Glancing in the direction of the door, Gibbs sighed, "I wish I knew just what is going on Duck, but for some reason he doesn't seem to trust me enough to tell me. "Whatever is going on with him is connected to his father." Ducky's eyes widened with surprise as Gibbs turned back to him and began to softly explain, "The FBI have Tullio Casini under surveillance."

"The Chicago mob boss?" Ducky asked.

Gibbs nodded, "They believe he is moving from drugs, prostitution and extortion to arms smuggling, money laundering and drug importation. So they have also been keeping tabs on all of his business associates and Anthony DiNozzo senior is one of them. In the last few days they discovered some suspicious financial transactions that Tony's father has done on behalf of Casini. The FBI believe that his father is involved in some big business deal with Casini. They suspect it could be arms dealing. But twenty- four hours ago Tony's father disappeared."

"Oh dear, Jethro." Ducky sighed, "Does Tony know?"

"About what his father is up to, I just don't know, Duck, but I believe he does know where his father is. Last night at the crime scene, DiNozzo seemed unusually distracted, kept looking at the onlookers and the media near the gate. I wasn't sure just who he was watching until late last night when I saw his father in the crowd of onlookers and the crime scene on the late night news."

"Did you ask Tony about his father?"

"He claims that he hasn't had contact with his father in months," Gibbs answered,

"Maybe he is telling you the truth, Jethro."

"Or maybe he is trying to keep secrets about what his father is up to."

"If he is keeping secrets, you know he will tell you them when he is ready to, he always does." Ducky reminded his angry friend.

"Ya think, Duck?" Gibbs growled as he turned and headed towards the door.

"I know, Jethro." Ducky answered softly as the autopsy doors swooshed closed behind Gibbs.

NCIS NCIS NCIS

Picking up the ham and cheese sandwich, he had made from the meager contents of his son's fridge, Senior wandered into Tony's bedroom and placed the plate down on the bedside table. Aware that he had the apartment to himself for the next several hours before Tony came home, he knelt down and removed the two heavy bags he had hidden under Tony's bed the night before. Placing the bags onto the bed, he opened them both and began to remove the clothes he had packed neatly on top until he reached the carefully packed bundles of one hundred dollar bills that almost filled both bags. Picking up one of the bundles of bills, he gently fanned the edge of the bundle of money lovingly with his thumb.