A/N: Sorry for the delay, but after a week of exams I can concentrate on this again. This is the last part of episode 2, Recruit. Enjoy!

Recruit

Part 3 out of 3

"What do you mean, he isn't the killer?" McGee said.
"The DNA didn't match McGee, unless there were two attackers, the guy downstairs isn't the right one." Tony replied.
"So we're back to cube one" Ziva said, getting her English confused again.
"It's square one Ziva" Tony said.
"And I don't think we are." McGee interrupted.
"What have you got McGee?" Gibbs asked. McGee got up and pointed the controller at the screen behind Gibbs' desk.
"I just found an offshore account in our victim's name." McGee started. "It contains two hundred and fifty thousand pounds."
"Wow, McSmartyPants is really on a roll today" Tony joked, earning a head slap from Gibbs.
"How does a petty officer get a quarter of a million pounds?" Fuscoe asked.
"Hah, certainly not on a marine salary." Tony replied, getting him a glare off Gibbs.
"Do you want to be fired DiNozzo?"
"Sorry boss."
"Could be inheritance" Ziva said.
"Unlikely, his parents were poor." McGee said.
"Ok, maybe he won the lottery." She replied back.
"Or maybe, he was selling details of the classified op that we aren't allowed access to." Tony butted in.
"Could also be motive, if the wife found out that he was keeping that kind of money from her." Fuscoe said.
"Or she was going to get that money if Gray was to die." The four agents threw theory's across the squad room back and fourth for another few seconds before,
"Hey!" Gibbs shouted. "Have any of you remembered the most important thing about a case? Have any of you got any evidence, because unless you have you shouldn't be here. Ziva and Fuscoe, go talk to the wife. McGee and DiNozzo, take the CO, try and get details of that op. I'll talk to Vance see if I can get it from here." Gibbs instructed his team. As they left he shouted, "And don't come back with nothing."

"Mrs Gray. This is my partner Special Agent Fuscoe, we just have a few more questions regarding your husband." Ziva said, as Lauren Gray opened the door.
"Sure, come on in." The two agents followed her in to the living room.
"What is it you want to know now, do you have a lead on the killer?" She asked.
"One of our agents found an offshore account under your husband's name. Did you know anything about it?"
Lauren Gray looked shocked. "No, I..I didn't know anything about it." She stuttered. "How much was in it?"
"Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, do you have any idea how he might have got it?" Ziva said.
"No, I didn't know he did."
"Did you your husband was having an affair?" Fuscoe butted in. This question got shocked faces from both Mrs Gray and Ziva, although for different reasons.
"Excuse me, Agent Fuscoe?" Mrs Gray replied.
"Your husband was having an affair, did you know?" Fuscoe said bluntly.
"How dare you come in to my house and make accusations like that! My husband was a good man." Mrs Gray shouted.
Fuscoe smiled. "So you did know then."
"Get out of my house. Both of you!" Mrs Gray stood up and ushered both agents towards the front door, once they were out and the door was shut Ziva turned to her partner.
"What are you doing, do you want to personally ruin this case Agent Fuscoe."
"Ruin it? We just found out that she knew about the affair."
"How?"
"Because whenever someone says that their husband or wife is a good person, it always means that they know they're not."
"And you know this how?"
"It's just something I've picked up on over the years." Fuscoe explained before walking away from Ziva and towards the path. Ziva stared after him, not being able to shake the thought of how much Agent Fuscoe resembled Gibbs.

"What you got for me Duck?" Gibbs said as he entered through the Autopsy doors.
"Unfortunately, this victim has been very secretive." Ducky said as Gibbs approached the autopsy table.
"So you have nothing?"
"Have I ever had nothing for you Jethro? Actually, don't answer that. Based on the position of the wounds and bruises that are on our victim's body, I can confirm that our attacker is left handed." Ducky looked at Gibbs, a look that told that was all he had.
Gibbs sighed. "Well, at least you have more than my four agents."

"Commander Fielding, I am Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, this is my partner Special Agent McGee." Tony said as he approached Jake Fielding, Charlie Gray and Richard Morgan's CO.
"You are here about the op that Gray was working?"
"We are, and I think that you know that without it this case will never be solved. Do you want that, Commander Fielding?"
"Of course not, although if that is what it takes to stop years of planning and more men being put in danger then that is what it takes."
"NCIS doesn't leak information commander, the only people who will see it will be the agents working the case."
"I'm sorry Agent DiNozzo, but this op could bring down a very dangerous terrorist cell, and, as bad as this may sound, that is more important than solving this case. When this op is finished, you can have the details. I have already told this to Special Agent Gibbs."
"So there is no chance of you giving us anything?" McGee asked.
"I'm sorry Agent McGee, but classified is classified."
"Don't worry about it Commander Fielding. Thank you for your time." DiNozzo smiled and followed McGee out of the room, and the building, with nothing to show for their time.

"DiNozzo, McGee what did you get?" Gibbs asked as they walked in to the squad room.
"Nothing physical, but we do have an idea." Tony replied.
"What is it?"
"Well yet again we were stonewalled by the CO, but McGee thinks that he could hack in to the pentagon to find the details."
"You can do that McGee?"
"I can, just not legally."
Gibbs thought for a second. "If you don't get caught, nobody will know"
"I won't get caught."
"Then get going."
"Did you speak to Vance." Tony asked, as McGee got started.
"He's in Los Angeles, assisting on an ongoing case over there, although he neglected to tell me that."
"Ok, I'm in" McGee shouted.
"Wow, you really are on fire today McGee, what did you have for breakfast this morning." DiNozzo asked.
"It wasn't what I had this morning Tony, let's just say I had a good night last night."
"You Didn't?" DiNozzo exclaimed.
"I did." McGee grinned. "And we're meeting up again tonight"
"Really, well I might see you around McLoverBoy, because I have a date tonight as-" The conversation was abruptly ended as both agents received head slaps from Gibbs.
"Do you two both want to be fired, because I will unless you have got details of this op McGee."
"Right, sorry boss. After accessing the Pentagon records, it looks like the last op Gray was working on was classified, only a small number of people had information on it."
"What's the op?"
"Charlie Gray was working undercover alongside two other men in his unit as part of a gun smuggling cell that were importing guns from overseas to America. It looks like he was the one that handled the guns once they reached Washington. Hang on, this is strange."
"What is it?" Gibbs asked.
"According to the records on here, for the last through shipments that Gray was passing on to another undercover marine, he passed on a few less guns than he was given. 2 or 3 less were passed on every time."
"Who else was in contact with those guns when Gray had them?" Gibbs asked.
"Only one other person, Commander Fielding." Gibbs thought for a moment after hearing the news.'
"DiNozzo, have Ziva and Fuscoe meet us at the Pentagon."

"There's Commander Gray." Tony said as all five agents walked through the large working area.
"Would you look at that, he's left handed. Just like the killer." Gibbs added. "Commander Fielding, could we talk, privately.
"I've told you and your agents, I can't reveal any details about the op."
"We are not here for the op, Commander Fielding. We are here for your DNA." McGee said, holding up a warrant.
"Excuse me?"
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way Commander. Come with us willingly and save yourself some embarrassment. We know you killed Charlie Gray." Zvia said.
"And why on earth would I have done that."
"Because he was blackmailing you." Agent Fuscoe said.
"About what."
"About the guns that you were stealing from the op, you know the classified one you can't tell us about."
"How did you find out?"
"Was that a confession, did that sound like a confession to you McGee?" DiNozzo said.
"It sure did."
"No, I meant about the op." Fielding objected.
"It doesn't matter, what matters is that when we get to NCIS we are going to test your DNA against the DNA found at the crime scene and then when it matches you are going to go to jail for a very long time. Or you could just save us the time and admit it."
The defeated look on the face of the commander said it all. Tony came up behind him and cuffed his hand before reading him his rights. He led the commander out, followed by the rest of his team. Except Gibbs, who stayed to take a phone call.
"Hello, Director.
"Gibbs I need your help, when can you and your team get to Los Angeles."

Tony walked down the busy street, eagerly anticipating the night to come. His date was very good looking, and after the successful case he was looking forward to his reward, especially as he was going to Los Angeles tomorrow. He walked in to the posh restaurant and stood behind another man queuing to get in. When the man turned around Tony was shocked.
"McGee?"
"Tony? What are you doing here?"
Tony thought about the situation for a second. "Blonde, 5'2, English?" Tony said, describing his date.
All McGee could do was nod.

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