Disclaimer: See chapter I
A/N : Here's the next part. Hope you people enjoy it.
WARNING: Not for those people aho like Director Sheppard. As I said before I watched the epsiode Probie (season 3) and I really was put off by her so I'm kinda mean to her... You have been warned.
Chapter VII
He had until sunrise to save her, and Gibbs was not going to take any chances with her life. He sped back to the NCIS building and didn't even bother parking his car in the designated place before jumping out and racing to the Director's office at warp speed. He took the steps two at a time leaving Agent Cassidy trailing behind him.
He reached the landing and was about to barge into her office when the secretary gave him a warning look. "Who's in there?" he asked the lady sitting behind the desk. "Agent Fornell," she replied, and by this time Agent Cassidy had made her entrance. Gibbs placed his hand on the doorknob and was about to open the door when she piped up again, "the Director asked me to keep everyone out while she has this meeting."
"Too bad she'll have to deal with me right now, she should have thought about that before she screwed up so royally," the anger showed in his voice and the secretary made no further move to stop him from entering the Director's office. Without knocking on the door, he turned the handle and barged in taking both Fornell and Director Sheppard by surprise. He left the door open for Cassidy to be witness to what was about to happen.
"Jethro there is a reason I have a lady sitting outside my office, so she can inform the people who want to see me when I am available." This was not the time to play games with Gibbs; he was a man on a mission. "Cut the crap Jen what's really going on here?" "Nothing Gibbs we were discussing anti terrorist strategies." "Wrong answer Madame Director, do you want to reconsider, maybe thinking before you answer me the second time? Now I am going to ask you again what's really going on here?"
He stepped up into her personal space and her breath hitched, but the look in his eyed was murderous. "If you're trying to intimidate me Jethro you know it's not going to work, I got over that look a long time ago," she was unnerved a little though she did not admit it.
He changed tactics, knowing time was of the essence and that Director Sheppard would just try and stall him. "This was not a coincidence was it Fornell?" they heard the venom in his tone and Fornell knew what just one wrong word would provoke him to do. "No Gibbs it was not a coincidence." "Fornell" the Director tried to reprimand him but it enraged Gibbs more than ever.
"This was a mission between the FBI and NCIS and only a few people were supposed to know about it," the Director continued. Gibbs turned around to face her now, "when were you last briefed on this little mission Madame⦠Director?" he put more emphasis on the last two words. Yesterday before we left the office," "So much for knowing what was going on in a mission that you no doubt planned or aided in" Gibbs said icily.
"Are you questioning my authority or skill Jethro?" "Neither, I'm questioning whether you have a brain that works or are you just running around like a headless chicken or are you being like an ostrich, ducking your head into the ground hoping that the problems will disappear on its own." He answered.
"As far as I'm concerned everything is going according to plan," she informed him smoothly. "Well if you consider this to be running smoothly I really don't want to see you run another investigation and I hope I don't have to work on the same team as you." This statement hit her hard and she wondered what she had done to piss him off so royally. "Okay Gibbs so you're pissed off, may I ask the reason?"
He lifted his hand and from his left breast inside pocket of his jacket produced a few photographs he had acquired from the crime scene last night. "Sit" he ordered and she obeyed. He placed the photographs on her desk and she paled at the sight of them.
"Where did you get these Jethro?" "Does it matter?" "They could be fake; someone could be trying to bait you!" "They're not fake Director I took them myself last night." At this revelation she was definitely surprised, and he knew she had been caught. "At least my friend Fornell here decided I was important enough to be let into the loophole, Thanks Fornell."
Cassidy walked up to the desk and the horror showed on her face immediately. She had never in her life seen a person beaten up as much as the woman in the photograph was, and what made it even worse was that this time it was not just one of the victims, it was one of them, one of their own, it was someone she had known personally. It was heart wrenching to see one of their own colleagues in such a state even though it came with the territory of being Special Agents.
"Do you think that's bad?" Gibbs asked "How about these?" He produced more pictures this time showing the woman in a hospital bed attached to all the machines. "She needs a machine to help her breath," Gibbs was yelling at the top of his voice by now, the pain and anger evident in his voice.
"And now Director Sheppard you are going to fix this" he ordered her, "Since you were the one responsible for putting her in this position. And just so you know you only have until sunset to do so" he threw the note in her face and exited her office.
"Damn her whole plan had backfired on her and the one man she was hoping to get close to; she had managed to push as far away from her as she possibly could. There was no going back from here and she was sure he would ever forgive her if anything happened to the woman in the pictures. She needed to come up with a plan and soon."
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