Around sunrise, Jenny opens her eyes and finds Gibbs sleeping in a chaise lounge in front of the window. Other than her bedside vigil during his coma in the hospital, the last time Jenny had watched over Gibbs as he slept was their last morning together inside of the Paris apartment bedroom. Jenny had woken up around sunrise. Gibbs in his sleep had his face pressed up against the crook of her right arm. After a romantic night on the town to celebrate their final night in Paris, Gibbs and Jenny had returned to their apartment. Gibbs wanting to get in touch with Director Morrow, before their flight back to Washington, called Morrow in his office back in Washington. Jenny went into the bathroom and took a bath. Unknown to Gibbs, Jenny had taken a Team Leader position in Naples. It was important that she take the position to further her career up the hierarchy of NCIS, part of her five point plan that would lead her to René Benoit an Arms Dealer that went by the code name La Grenouille. For the past four years her mind set has been bringing her father's murderer to justice, her justice, since the eyes of the US Government's Laws has proclaimed her father's death a suicide not a homicide. Her five point plan was going along smoothly, until a small cliché got in the way of her quest. Jenny fell in love with her boss, while he was training her as a Probationary Status Agent. The words that she told Tony after he blew his cover by falling in love with Jeanne Benoit, daughter of René Benoit, during the La Grenouille Op four years ago repeat in her mind over and over again. "You're not suppose to fall in love." She harshly told a heartbroken Tony as he sat across from her and Gibbs at the conference table inside of her office. "I shouldn't have said that to Tony, when I did the same thing myself, difference between Jeanne and Jethro is." "Jeanne was an innocent unknowing victim." "Jethro and I should have known better since we were partners." Jenny frowns and flashes back to their final night inside their Paris apartment.
November 11th 1999
Paris, France
Gibbs and Jenny's Apartment
2130 Hours
Gibbs is lounging on the living room sofa talking with Director Morrow on his cell phone. "The three day weekend should give our bodies the time to adjust to DC time." "I can't wait to get back to crime scene investigations; this two year op has me worn out." Gibbs groans and waits for Morrow to respond back to him. "I'll see you Monday morning." "Goodbye sir!" Gibbs answers and gets up from the couch. "This time tomorrow night, hopefully the both of us will be drunk down in my basement making out in my boat." Gibbs smirks and walks off for the bedroom. "I hope she doesn't drag out taking her bath." Gibbs growls in sexual frustration and begins to work open the buttons on his shirt.
Half an hour later with the covers pulled back on the bed, Gibbs lies on his back naked, impatiently waiting for his lover to join him in bed. Jenny walks in wearing a short plum satin robe. "I was about to dive into the tub in another five minutes." Gibbs barks.
Jenny slowly approaches the bed and unties the sash on her robe. "All good things come to those who wait." Jenny seductively purrs and drops her robe down on the floor.
"I've waited long enough." Gibbs grins and reaches up and pulls Jenny down on the bed, he flips Jenny on to her back. "Last night in Paris."
Jenny reaches up and touches Gibbs' face. "I want you to show me how much you love me." She softly says to him.
"I've got all night Jen." Gibbs smiles and leans over and kisses Jenny on the mouth. Throughout the night, Gibbs and Jenny passionately make love to one another, frequently changing positions.
0300 Hours
"Yes!" Jenny screams out with pleasure, her muscles convulse around her lovers harden length, Gibbs on his back, watches as Jenny falls apart on top of him, her long sweat soaked red hair sprayed out across his chest. "Jethro come on." She screams out.
Gibbs wanting to have his release on top of her, flips Jenny on to her back, her heels press up against his lower back as he quickens his strokes. She grabs on to the metal posts on the footboard. With a final thrust, Gibbs climaxes inside of her. "I love you!" Gibbs cries out with pleasure, he slumps down on top of her burying his face up against Jenny's shoulder.
"I love you Jethro." Jenny whispers and kisses the top of his forehead as they both come down from the orgasm.
Five minutes later, Gibbs with his face pressed up against the crook of Jenny's arm is fighting to keep his eyes open. "Jethro get some sleep, our flight isn't until 1100 hours."
"Before I go to sleep I want you to think about what I asked you during dinner." Gibbs yawns.
"About us moving into together." Jenny asks.
"You think that after what we've been through together the past year and a half that I'm going to be going back to our arrangement that we had from before the Europe Op, your mistaken Jen." "I want you with me, living at my house."
"We can't be partners if we move in together Jethro." Jenny sighs.
"You can transfer over to the Case Agent division."
"Excuse me; I've busted my ass to become a field agent." Jenny snaps.
"Jen it's the only thing that I can think of." Gibbs groans and closes his eyes.
Jenny watches as Gibbs drifts off to sleep. "I'm sorry Jethro, after tomorrow morning my path is going into a different direction than yours." "Four years ago I would have taken you up on your offer." Jenny chokes fighting back her tears. "I was a different person then with different goals in life." "The idea of carrying your child inside of me." Jenny sobs, knowing that a life with Gibbs would get in the way of bringing La Grenouille to justice.
At first light, Jenny awakens; Gibbs has his face pressed up against her triceps. Jenny watches over her lover as he sleeps in her arms, this is the last time she'll wake up holding him in her arms or Gibbs protectively holding her in his arms. "I won't let another man get this close to me again."
Gibbs blinks open his eyes; he glances over at the nightstand and notes that it's past six. "Jen!" He calls out to her.
"I'm awake!"
Gibbs turns and looks into the depths of Jenny's green eyes. "You look like you're lost in thought."
"It's our final morning in the City of Love." Jenny smiles.
Gibbs leans up and tenderly kisses Jenny on the mouth. "We still have time to make love one more time before our flight."
"I want it slow and prolonged."
Gibbs shakes his head and laughs. "Took you two years to finally pace yourself." Gibbs smirks and leans over and passionately kisses Jenny on the mouth. Slowly and tenderly they make love to one another, with Gibbs on top being the dominate partner. Jenny runs her fingers through his short cropped hair as his body slowly thrusts up against her. Fifteen minutes later their bodies trembling from the afterglow from their love making, Jenny presses her chin on to Gibbs' stomach, content with the knowledge that whoever comes after her, will never satisfy Gibbs in the bedroom the way she could. "What's that smirk on your face for?" Gibbs growls.
Jenny gets out of bed. "It's something that I will keep in the back of my head many years from now." Jenny teases him and walks out of the bedroom.
"What?" Gibbs snarls and gets out of bed and chases after her.
Inside the bathroom, Jenny is inside the shower turning on the water. "The power I have over you in the bedroom."
"I can say the same thing about you." Gibbs laughs and closes the shower curtain behind him. "Last time in the shower."
"Jethro I'm still recovering." Jenny whines
"To bad!"
"Keep your hands off of the-" Jenny screams out with pleasure as Gibbs aims the shower nozzle in between her legs. "You bastard!"
"You should have kept your mouth shut." Gibbs laughs and pulls Jenny into his arms and begins to ravish the side of her neck.
Present Time
Ducky walks into the bedroom and finds Jenny awake lost in thought watching over Gibbs. "Jenny!" He whispers and slowly approaches the bed.
Jenny startled by Ducky's presence. "Ducky!"
Ducky begins to feel over Jenny's face and forehead. "You seemed like you were in another place and time and it involved Jethro." Ducky muses.
"How did you know it was about Jethro?"
"Remember my dear; I was there when you and Jethro were a couple in love." "You haven't looked at Jethro like that since Europe."
"I just woke up and found him sleeping in the chaise lounge and had a memory of our last morning together in Paris." "Other than the time he spent in the hospital from his coma, the last time I saw Jethro asleep was in our apartment in Paris." Jenny smiles.
"I ordered him to get some sleep last night." Ducky mutters and continues to feel Jenny's face. "I believe your temperature has gone down." Ducky sighs with relief and picks up the digital thermometer from the nightstand.
Two minutes later. "One hundred!" Ducky smiles.
"Can I have coffee this morning?" Jenny asks with pleading eyes.
"No, maybe tomorrow."
Jenny rolls her eyes in exasperation. "I'm on day three of caffeine withdrawal." Jenny whines.
"Noted my dear." Ducky laughs and walks over to Gibbs. "Jethro it's 0530 hours."
Gibbs wakes up and begins to stretch in the chair. "I slept through the night." Gibbs yawns with surprise.
"Small wonder, you were exhausted." Ducky snorts.
Gibbs gingerly gets up out of the chair and slowly walks over to the bed. "Did you check her temperature?"
"Yes, thankfully the icepacks and sponge bath worked, her temperature was at 100." Ducky smiles.
"Are you taking her off of the morphine?" Gibbs asks.
"Yes, I don't want Jenny getting addicted to it." "I'll start her on Percocet's after she gets something in her stomach." "I'll continue the IV antibiotic's until this evening."
"Don't change her bandage until I get home tonight." "You're going to need help with that."
"While she's still under the influence of morphine, when Mr. Palmer gets here I'm going to change her bandage and show him what to do, just in case she over does it and opens herself up." Ducky mutters and gives Jenny a glare of warning.
Gibbs sits on the edge of the bed. "I'll head slap her silly if she moves an inch from this bed." Gibbs smirks.
"Like hell you are." Jenny hisses in protest.
"You have no choice in the matter, because I'm the boss." Gibbs grins.
"It seems the tables have turned my dear." Ducky chuckles and walks out of the room.
"You may be the boss while I'm in this bed, once I get out-"
"I'll still be the boss." "I'm investigating the attempt on the life of one my agents and you were the reason why Ziva got shot." "Get use to it Jen." Gibbs barks and gets up from the bed and walks out of the room.
"Difference between now and Paris is I'm no longer your Probie." Jenny grins.
"You'll always be my Probie." Gibbs shouts from the hallway over hearing her.
"Son of a bitch!" Jenny snaps in disbelief.
Down in the kitchen, Ducky is making a scrambled egg for Jenny, Gibbs walks in with an amused grin on his face. "I haven't seen that look on your face in over three years." Ducky muses.
"I keep forgetting on how much fun it is to bait Jenny." Gibbs laughs and walks over to the coffee pot and pours himself a cup of coffee.
"Just like Tony gets off annoying Ziva." Ducky laughs.
"Jenny's facial expressions are funnier." Gibbs chuckles and takes a sip from his cup of coffee. "What time is Palmer getting here?"
"O600 hours!"
"Soon as I finish my coffee I have to make a quick trip to my house so I can get a shower and change my clothes." "I don't trust Mossad, starting tonight I'm going to drive home, get a change of clothes and sneak out of the house and take a cab over to your place."
"Good idea, your Dodge Charger is noticeable from the street." Ducky nods.
Around six, Palmer and Ducky are walking up the stairs. "What should I say to her?" Palmer curiously asks.
"Jenny, she's no longer Director Shepard."
Inside the bedroom, Jenny is finishing up her breakfast when Palmer and Ducky walk into the room. "Palmer!" Jenny warmly calls out to him.
Palmer stands in stunned silence. "Don't mind him Jenny; he's not use to seeing you alive." Ducky snorts and approaches the bed.
"I better get use to it, since Abby is coming over during lunch time." Jenny giggles.
"I've already told her no hugging; your body isn't up to it." Ducky laughs.
"I can't get over it." Palmer says in disbelief. "You look good." "Your hair is the same length when you first became Director."
"Try longer!" Ducky smiles and takes the tray from Jenny. "If she asks for coffee Mr. Palmer, the answers is no."
"Gotcha!" "Besides the coffee and bed rest, any other restrictions." Palmer curiously asks.
"There shouldn't be any, since Gibbs isn't here." Ducky chuckles and walks out of the room.
Palmer walks over to the bed. "Gibbs has not been the same since you-"
"Died!" Jenny finishes.
"You would ask a question about a case when you first became Director, Gibbs would be screaming and yelling." "Director Vance could ask a question, show up at a crime scene, and within months he was already in the Interrogation Room asking a witness a question."
"And Gibbs didn't say anything to him, so he could kiss his ass to get his team back" Jenny sighs.
"You're fake death was the reason why Tony and Ziva got sent away." Palmer frowns.
"To keep their mouths shut." Jenny sarcastically answers. "Jethro only had Ducky and Abby to help him go through his grief." "I know McGee was sent to the Cyber Division, but he still wasn't on his team."
"And even though they got reinstated on to Gibbs' team, it still wasn't the same." "Tony had Ziva to play off with." "McGee had Abby." "Gibbs rarely fought with Director Vance, the office got boring, Tony had nothing to bet on." Palmer sadly answers.
"Now there's a shock, Tony having nothing to bet on." Jenny laughs and shakes her head.
"Who knows now that you are back." Palmer smiles.
"Who says that I'm back?" Jenny asks and narrows her eyes over at Palmer.
"I just assumed?" Palmer shrugs.
"Soon as I'm healed up I'm out of here." "I keep hanging around, I put everybody's lives a risk."
"Abby was looking forward to having her dysfunctional family back together." Palmer frowns.
"I'm sorry it's the way things are Palmer." "It's not 2008 where Abby thinks that things should be back to normal." "Three years have gone by."
"But we're all the same with the exception of Agent Gibbs." "He's lost you and Mike Franks died a month ago."
"I know!" Jenny chokes at hearing the news from Camilla. "I sent flowers to his funeral."
"While you're recovering in this bed, think long and hard, before you decide on leaving." "We all missed you." Palmer smiles and walks out of the room.
Jenny sinks down into the covers taking in Palmer's words. Can she slip back into her normal life as Jenny Shepard, instead of being recognized by her CIA Code name Phoenix? "I've missed the bickering amongst Gibbs' team in the bullpen as I worked above on the balcony." "I miss Ducky's musings, Abby's energy from the half a dozen Caff-Pow's that she's consumed in a sixteen hour workday." "Most of all I miss Jethro barging into my office and slamming the door behind him." Jenny frowns.
Ritz Carlton Pentagon
Director David's Suite
0800 Hours
After finishing up his morning breakfast, Eli picks up his cellphone and calls Vance.
Munich, Germany
Paulaner Am Nockherberg
1400 Hours
Vance is sitting at a corner table with Regine Smidt. He slips Regine a flash drive. "You're bosses competitors."
"Jasper Shepard I gather is at the top of the list." Regine sarcastically answers.
"Yes, he quietly won't go away." Vance says in disgust.
"And René wanted to know where his daughter Jenny got it from."
Before Vance can answer Regine, his Blackberry rings. "Leon Vance!" He smoothly answers.
"Director Vance!" Eli addresses him.
"Agent Gibbs cooperating?"
"Yes, there is not much to go on according to my Mossad Officers." "A black SUV drove past Ziva and her mystery contact who was dressed in black with their face concealed by a hood and fired at them." "Ziva's mystery contact returned fire and was also shot at and fled the scene." "Officer Rozenkwit believes Ziva's contact was a woman by the body build."
"Find out who she was talking to?" Vance asks.
"Not yet, her doctor wouldn't let us question her yet, perhaps today."
"Soon as Gibbs gets done questioning her, call me?" Vance instructs him.
"What if it's late?"
"Don't care about the late hour."
"I will do that." Eli answers.
"Eli, NCIS will get to the bottom of this, trust me." Vance reassures him.
"I trust you, but not Agent Gibbs." Eli snaps.
"You leave Gibbs to me, I'll handle him." "I always do." Vance grins.
"So I've noticed." Eli chuckles and takes a sip from his cup of coffee. "I'm heading over to the hospital now; Ziva is getting moved to a regular room today."
"Remember call me day or night?"
"I will, Shalom Director Vance."
"Shalom Director David." Vance smiles and hangs up.
"Agent Gibbs hasn't retired yet." Regine says with surprise.
"I keep trying to make him retire." "If I was Director of NCIS back in 2006, Gibbs retirement package would have been filed to Navy Human Resource."
"What kept his package from being filed?" Regine curiously asks.
"His lover and boss Jenny Shepard." Vance bitterly snaps.
Back in Washington at NCIS Headquarters several hours later, Tony is returning from Abby's Lab, when he finds Kaylah Lusztig sitting at a desk next to McGee's talking on the phone. "I wonder who she's talking to." Tony inwardly asks and ducks down and crawls over to the partition and slowly gets up on his knees and peeks over the top of the partition.
"What did you get on Gahiji Ulman?" Kaylah asks her contact.
"I've heard that last name before?" Tony says to himself.
"So besides taking over his brother's terrorist group, he funds the Somalian Pirate's."
Up on the balcony, Gibbs walks out of Vance's office, immediately his attention is drawn on to Tony. "Something is up."
Tony spots Jamiel Rozenkwit returning from a coffee run and quickly ducks down. "Find out anything?" Jamiel asks as Kaylah hangs up her phone.
"Nothing yet?" Kaylah sighs in frustration.
Tony crawls over to elevator. The doors open, Gibbs from inside the elevator gives Tony the stare. "Hi boss!"
"Get up DiNozzo." Gibbs grumbles.
"There's a reason for this." Tony quickly answers and gets inside the elevator.
Gibbs presses in the button for Abby's floor, the doors close, as the elevator goes down and gets between floors, Gibbs flips over the switch. "I know, out with it."
"Officer Lusztig was on the phone."
"That I saw." Gibbs growls in annoyance.
"Mossad thinks that Gahiji Ulman the head of a Somalian Terror Cell is responsible for Ziva's shooting."
"Any relation to Saleem Ulman?" Gibbs asks.
"Yes, his brother." "Apparently he took over his brother's terrorist cell after you killed Saleem." "He also funds the local Somalia Pirates."
"This is the distraction I need to get Vance off of my ass." Gibbs smirks.
"Blame Gahiji Ulman for Ziva and Jenny's shooting?" Tony shrugs.
"If he's a terrorist, who cares?" Gibbs barks.
"Right and with vessels that keep getting boarded by pirates and he's funding them." Tony nods.
"McGee should be in any minute with Jenny's briefcase." "I'll send Lusztig and Rozenkwit on a wild goose chase down in Autopsy, they haven't seen what was left of our shooters body." "Call down to Ducky's and let him know where coming down."
"I'll let him know to drag it out." Tony answers.
"While I'm down in Autopsy with Mossad, tell McGee to sneak Jenny's briefcase down to Abby's Lab and hide it in the back room." "I already told Abby to lock out her back room when she leaves for lunch." "Then I want him back up in the Squad Room helping you out with doing a background check on Gahiji Ulman." "We'll need to know everything about him."
"What time are you going to question Ziva?"
"Around one, daddy should be out of the hospital having a late lunch like he did yesterday." "I want to hear Ziva's version of events and to look over the contents of Jenny's briefcase, before I question Jenny, hopefully this weekend, if Ducky lets me." Gibbs grumbles.
"How is she, since I didn't get a chance to ask with Frick and Frack being in the room this morning?"
"Fever went down, seemed more alert this morning." Gibbs smiles with relief.
"That's good; I know both you and Ducky were worried about her." Tony smiles.
Gibbs flips the switch over to the elevator. "I wonder how McGee made out in Baltimore last night."
"Bright side is he didn't have to drive back." Tony shrugs.
Elevator goes down and stops at Abby's floor, the doors open and Abby steps inside. "I'm heading upstairs."
"So are we, I used the elevator as my conference room." Gibbs smoothly answers and pushes in the button for his floor.
"Anything new?"
"Yes, we have a false suspect to distract Mossad with." Gibbs chuckles.
"Huh?" Abby asks in confusion.
"We'll explain on the way up." Tony grins at her. Tony's burn phone rings for an incoming text message. "McGeek's in the parking garage."
"Text him back on your burn phone and tell him to stay in his car."
"I can't wait to see Jenny today, how is she?" Abby smiles.
"Fever went down and seemed more alert this morning."
Elevator door opens, Gibbs steps out with Tony and Abby following him from behind. They walk over to the bullpen and find Kaylah and Jamiel sitting around. "Keeping secrets from us Agent Gibbs." Kaylah baits him.
"No, Doctor Mallard has the remains from the SUV on a table down in Autopsy for you to see."
"The one piece of evidence we haven't seen yet." Kaylah sarcastically answers and gets up from her chair along with Jamiel
"Tony I'll be back." Gibbs shouts and walks off for the elevator with Kaylah and Jamiel following him from behind.
"Hopefully Ducky will come up with some story to drag on and on and on." Tony laughs and flips open his burn phone. He pushes in the speed dial button for McGee's phone. "Probie, it's safe to come up now."
Down in Autopsy several minutes later, Ducky is showing Kaylah and Jamiel the charred skull that was found in the SUV. "As you can see making an identification is going to be nearly impossible" Ducky mutters.
"Did Miss Scuito get a DNA match on the blood samples yet?" Jamiel sheepishly asks.
"Not that I'm aware of." Gibbs shrugs.
Kaylah glances over the skull. "I guess you've had less to work with before doctor."
"Try a set of eyeballs."
"Really!" Kaylah answers in fascination.
"That was a long dragged out case Doctor Mallard." Gibbs baits him.
"Indeed it was Jethro." Ducky answers.
"I haven't heard this story in a while." Gibbs smiles.
While Ducky and Gibbs are distracting Kaylah and Jamiel down in Autopsy, Tony is sitting at his desk doing a background check on Gahiji Ulman. "Ulman was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of that British couple, whose yacht was seized by Somalia Pirates that were backed by him."
McGee returns from Abby's Lab. "Find anything?"
"That Gahiji Ulman was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Malcolm and Marjorie Whitfield."
"I thought they were kidnapped and murdered by Somalia Pirates." McGee curiously asks.
"Somalia Pirates that were funded by Gahiji Ulman." "When Gahiji's ransom demands couldn't be met, he murdered them on board their yacht."
Ziva's desk phone begins to ring. "Wonder who that could be?" McGee asks and walks over to Ziva's desk. "Special Agent David's desk, Special Agent McGee speaking."
Miami, Florida
Sitting outside a Starbucks. "McGee its Ray Cruz, is Ziva there?"
McGee, moves the phone away from his face. "Tony its Ray Cruz."
Tony gets up from his desk and approaches Ziva's desk and pushes in the speakerphone button. "Ray its Tony DiNozzo, long time no see, how's life in the CIA treating you?"
"Keeping me busy DiNozzo." "I take it that Ziva isn't available?" Cruz asks.
"No, she's most likely in Interrogation with Gibbs." Tony lies and shrugs over at McGee.
"I tried getting her at home and on her cell phone, but both her answering machine and voice box are full."
"It's a long dragged out Interrogation." "Soon as she's done I'll let her know that you called."
"I'd appreciate that." Cruz shrugs.
"So where are you?"
"Miami soaking up the sun." Cruz grins.
"Hit the beach yet." Tony frowns in jealousy.
"Did that yesterday, I'm on my way to the airport now."
"How many thongs did you see?" Tony drools.
"Too many for me to count."
"Damn!"
"I'm about to flag down a cab in a minute."
"Ok, soon as Ziva gets out of Interrogation, I'll let her know that you called."
"Thanks Tony, talk to you later." Cruz answers and hangs up. He gets up from his table and grabs his carry-on bag from the sidewalk and walks over to the curb. Cruz spots an oncoming cab. "Taxi!" He shouts.
Back in the Squad Room. "I wonder what he wanted with Ziva." Tony asks and walks back over to his desk.
"Maybe to say hello." McGee mutters and walks over to his desk and sits down. He types Gahiji Ulman's name. "By lunch time we'll know everything about Gahiji Ulman."
Down in Autopsy, Ducky is finishing up on his story. "Interesting doctor." Kaylah smiles.
"I could go on and on about some of the cases that we've worked on over the years." Ducky muses.
"You sure can." Gibbs snorts.
"Agent Gibbs we're going to head up to Forensics'." Jamiel nods over at him.
"Fine, I'm going to head back to my desk, see how my team is making out." Gibbs smoothly says and walks off for the door.
"Doctor thanks for the story." Kaylah cheerfully says to him and walks off for the door with Jamiel following her from behind.
"My pleasure!" He shouts out to her. Ducky waits for Kaylah and Jamiel to join Gibbs in the elevator and walks over to his desk and turns on his video camera. "Abigail!" He calls out to her.
Abby's face appears in the monitor. "I take it that they're on their way up here."
"I'm afraid so."
"Gibbs joining them."
"No!"
"I'm stuck alone with them." Abby pouts.
"Yes!"
Abby hears the bell from the elevator door. "Incoming!"
"Good luck!"
"Thanks a lot!" Abby sighs.
Back up in the Squad Room, Gibbs walks in. "Got anything?" He asks and walks over to McGee's desk and leans behind his shoulder.
"Oh yeah, Gahiji Ulman is a major player." "He's responsible for several bombings in Sudan and Egypt, along with the kidnapping and murder of Malcolm and Marjorie Whitfield."
"The British banker!"
"Ulman is on MI-5's most wanted list, because of the Whitfield's murders." McGee informs him.
"He's now on NCIS's most wanted list." Gibbs barks and begins to walk off for the stairs.
"Where you headed?" Tony shouts.
"MTAC!" Gibbs shouts over his shoulder.
London, England
NCIS Headquarters
MTAC
1535 BST
Special Agent Max Tasker is standing in front of the plasma screen. "Jethro it's been thirteen years since I've seen you." Max smiles at him.
"Last time I saw you, you were in a pub trying to pick up a brunette." Gibbs smirks.
"I married that brunette." Max chuckles and we have three kids.
"Damn you two work fast." Gibbs laughs.
"She's pregnant with twins."
"Congratulations!"
"Thanks, they were an unexpected gift."
"A child is a gift." Gibbs smiles.
Tasker getting back to the subject at hand. "What's up?"
"Do you still have contacts over at MI-5?" Gibbs sheepishly asks.
"Yes!" Tasker shrugs.
"I need all everything on Gahiji Ulman and his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Malcolm and Marjorie Whitfield and all terrorist attacks that his terror cell has been responsible for the past two years."
"That should take some time." Tasker sighs.
"I got the time."
"You got the time and never had any patients." Tasker laughs and shakes his head. "How Jenny ever had the patients to deal with you as a partner and your boss is beyond me."
"Because we were so much alike in so many ways, best damn partner I ever had."
"So strange that she died in a house fire." Tasker asks out loud.
"Those things happen." Gibbs shrugs and quickly changes the subject at hand. "Get back to me when you have something."
"I will!" "Nice seeing you."
"Same here!" Gibbs answers, the screen fades out. "If Tasker gets in touch with MTAC while I'm out of the building patch him through to my cell phone." Gibbs nods over at MTAC Technician Danielle and walks off for the ramp. Gibbs opens the door and just as he steps outside his cell phone begins to ring. "Yeah Gibbs!" He answers.
Abby's Lab
"The results came in from the blood samples that I rerun from the crime scene in the parking garage." "I didn't get a match, sorry Gibbs." Abby frowns into her speakerphone with Kaylah and Jamiel standing nearby.
"You did the best you could Abs." Gibbs shrugs and begins to descend down the stairs. "I guess we have mystery assassins that shot at Ziva and her phantom contact." Gibbs playfully growls, knowing full well that Abby has her phone on speakerphone.
"I tried!" Abby pouts.
"I know you did." "We'll get the answers when I question Ziva this afternoon at the hospital."
"I can't wait to see her today." Abby smiles.
"She's on a restricted diet still, no Berry Mango Madness smoothies." Gibbs snorts.
"I won't!" Abby giggles and remembers that Gibbs wouldn't listen to a diet restriction. "How long could you go without coffee?"
"There's a difference between me and other patients." Gibbs smirks and walks over the catwalk and down the stairs.
"Yes it's called a double standard." Abby sighs.
"No it's called I have my own set of rules to everybody else's."
"So I've noted the past eleven years." Abby laughs and shakes her head. "Ok Gibbs I need to finish up on some things before I see Ziva at the hospital."
"I'll let you get to them." Gibbs answers and hangs up. He walks over to the partition wall near Tony's desk. "Lusztig and Rozenkwit should be on their way up soon, so wrap up whatever you're doing on Gahiji Ulman." Gibbs orders them.
"What were you doing up in MTAC?" Tony curiously asks.
"I have Special Agent Tasker from NCIS London looking into Gahiji Ulman." "The more information we can get on him-"
"It will take the attention off of Harriet Jones." Tony finishes.
"Soon as Lusztig and Rozenkwit leave for the night, I want you down in Abby's Lab breaking into Harriet's briefcase." Gibbs instructs McGee.
"How I don't know the combination?" McGee grumbles in protest.
"Leave that to me Probie." Tony smirks.
