A/N: Sorry for the delay in update. I was at Walt Disney World. Here's the next chapter.
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"Okay," Gibbs started slamming his cell phone shut, "It's not Tate's doing, and Jenny's pretty sure it's not Keen. Who else 've we got?"
"No one," McGee answered, "We'll do some digging, but-"
"Idiots," Tony interrupted.
Gibbs rounded on him. "Something you'd like to share, DiNozzo?"
"The morphine," Tony continued as if it were obvious, "He was killed with morphine, and our killer had to get it from somewhere, and it was most likely Bethesda Naval Hospital. If we can find the morphine, we can find our killer."
"DiNozzo, David, Bethesda, now."
"On it Boss." The two grabbed their guns and coats and left.
Gibbs turned toward McGee. "And I'm sure there's something you could be doing." He told McGee.
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A nurse looked up at Tony and Ziva as they walked into Bethesda Naval Hospital. "What can I help you with today?" she asked them.
"Agents DiNozzo, David, NCIS," Tony replied showing her his badge. "We have a few questions."
"Of course, anything I can do to help."
"Has any morphine gone missing from this hospital in the last couple days?" Tony asked.
"I'm sure some has, hardly a week goes by without incidents like this."
"What?" Ziva asked.
"Thefts like this are commonplace at any major hospital. We keep inventory, I could tell you how much is missing, definitely." The nurse explained.
"Good, and who in this hospital would have access to this drug."
"Any of the doctors or nurses on staff, and i'm sure a fair number of our patients have training that would be able to get them in undetected."
"Okay, could we have a list of all the doctors and nurses on staff from- how often do you take inventory of your drugs?" Tony asked.
"Every day."
"And when was the last time any was stolen?"
The nurse looked it up on her computer. "Three days ago." She answered.
"Everyone on staff three days ago and all the patients that came through here. Thank you."
"Tony we are really not going to cross check all of those names are we? Do you any concept of how long that list will be?" Ziva asked out of the corner of her mouth.
"Unless you have a better idea."
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Tony deposited five page lists on his, Ziva's, and McGee's desk. "It may look like a lot, but about half this list we should be able to cross right off," he started, "First off Ducky put time of death at 8 to 9 p.m three days ago so anyone who clocked in after that isn't our killer. And when it comes to the patients if they weren't released until after 9 that day they couldn't have killed him either, and pizza should be here any minute."
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Ziva was done with her list three and a half hours later, and she was the first. She had gotten all the luck, closer to three quarters of her list did not need a phone call and alibi check. Tony had been slacking and was just starting the third page of his list. McGee on the other hand looked almost done.
On her list Ziva had found three possibles. She logged in to her computer and began to get more background on them. That was when a man they didn't recognize walked into the bullpen. He looked like he hadn't slept in days.
"I'm looking for Special Agent Gibbs." He said.
"He just went out for some coffee, what is it that you wanted?" Ziva asked.
"I want to confess."