7) Briefing 2
All this time I have been talking, only a slight sweat and tremendous bulge give away where my thoughts have been. I wrap up my investigation discussion by giving my team their general assignments, they each already know what to do, this little show was for the benefit of Kat and Williams. Dinozzo and David will oversee the final inventory sweep at the main armory while gathering whatever they can about suspicious personnel. McGee, Williams, Kat and I will go back to our quarters to take possession of our newly requisitioned vehicles and equipment, set up the secured office area then go over the Advanced Weapons Training (AWT) roster. We will need to notify each soldier's Unit CO before the end of the day without tipping our hat on why their soldiers must attend. Until we know all the players and how high up these weapon thefts go, the real agenda won't be shared.
I did not want to bring SAC Williams back while we set up the secured office, McGee will watch him ,this will also give me some time to observe Williams while he works, I should have called Fornell on the way over, now Ill have to wait until the noon briefing Kat has with him. Filling Kat in on our suspicions may not be a good idea without more intel. Keeping it from her might be worse. I trust her from the weeks we have known each other. Maybe she already knows.
Alright, so I am old school, or new school being a Marine female and not wanting to give up control of an investigation. Officially I am just here to provide an "in" for Williams and NCIS with the Marines..Unless of course I take Col Seatons more than obvious attempts to put me in charge. That snitch label coming up to turn my stomach again. These are my brothers and sisters and no matter how much I like Venti Dark, Jethro.. Jethro, he has taken command. How can that turn me on and piss me off at the same time? I am not usually a whiner, but I do not play games, so will have to let Jethro know how I am feeling and that we would be better off discussing some potential investigative techniques now instead of fumbling later. It is certain from what I have seen so far Williams cannot lead the investigation and I have this feeling in my gut that there is more to him being here than I have been told. Taking a que from Jethro's team, I walk up to him and say "Gibbs, can we talk in private." His eyebrows raise, if from me calling him Gibbs or asking him to a private room I am not sure. The possibilities run through my mind as I feel my nipples getting hard… Work Marine… Work… get your mind out of the gutter.
As he follows me into the room and I hear the door close, I can feel his body behind me. He is not touching me, but it is as if there is an energy around him that makes the tiny hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention. I am instantly wet. I physically shake my head as I look into his eyes, he smirks as if he knows exactly what he is doing to me. I feel like he is devouring me just with his look, but he does not step closer, he does not speak, he is waiting for me to set the agenda for this private meeting. So I do. Looking straight into his eyes. "Gibbs, while I appreciate you saving my ass with Col Seaton, We should run this investigation in tandem for the best results. He still doesn't speak. Realizing his technique, not sure I can take even a few silent seconds looking at those blue eyes, I of course fill the silence, as he planned. I turn and start to pace. "There is something off about SAC Williams, he does not have the background or skills in investigation, so why would he be sent here to lead it? His body language and comments during the briefing were not inline with what was being discussed. Therefore, at noon, Williams will not be included in the briefing with Fornell as I have some questions to ask. Since technically, I am here only as his liaison, despite Col Seaton's desire to have me run the case since I am the only Marine, I need you to assign him to writing up the CO AWT memo and anything McGee can keep him busy doing. This should help with any suspicion Williams may have with me keeping him out of his own agencies briefing. His file was forwarded to me via email, so once the secured lines are set up I can find out more. This Fornell should also be able to answer my questions, I have never met him but by reputation he is a stand up guy. A pain in the ass, Army – but stand up nonetheless." As I am pacing and barking all of this, Jethro's eyes begin to glint with amusement. As I open my mouth to ask what is so funny, he says he knows Fornell well and they had a discussion before he left regarding Williams. I try to hold off my look of irritation, stopping in my tracks and let out a breath that he did not mention this to me sooner. His look says he knows what I am thinking. "Kat, we just met professionally 2 hours ago, I couldn't say anything until I knew what you knew and how close you were to Williams." He is right, damn he is right. Jethro provides the SITREP as he knows it, then grabs my hand and kisses it, saying "I am glad you are here."- it is a surprise, very unexpected, but I really ..." I of course, want to know where the sentence is going, so far I feel the same way, he doesn't complete it. We fall into our normal pattern of talking. I notice both our ramrod at attention postures morph to at ease and then change to a more casual leaning. I agree openly that it is unexpected, I tell him how I had been excited about meeting a man outside the job and that now I know he is a fed, there is another excited part where we can discuss things we could not before. To myself I think about my normal military/government boyfriends or booty buddies. Normal is immediate, here or there as needed. No waiting. Sure, we haven't "jumped in" outside of my day and night dreams.. yet. He looks at me again, reading my thoughts, eyebrows raising and just a hint of a smirk. His eyes begin to darken and I notice his eyes moving between my lips and eyes. I turn, so he cannot see the heat in my eyes, regain composure. As we talk, there is a great deal of sexual tension but, we need to remain focused on this investigation. I know from history Marine's being backed into a corner and facing Leavenworth do not hesitate to kill anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately, that is what we are dealing with here. Marines that have betrayed their country, committed treason and gotten into bed with terrorists. Any distractions could mean death. (The little devil on my shoulder… she's whispering it could more dangerous with the tension than if we just sated the need, get into our own bed, shower, against a wall, across a desk – whatever just soon.)
