February 16th 2009
Squad Room
0700 Hours
"Today is my lucky day." Ziva gloats at Tony from her desk.
"That's it rub it in." Tony says smugly and flops at his desk.
"They did have a romantic get away this weekend." Ziva smiles.
Jenny and Gibbs walk out of the elevator together. "Behave Jethro." Jenny purrs as she walks past the window.
Gibbs walks Jenny over to the stairs. "How, when I had you in multiple positions in bed this weekend." He whispers in her ear.
Ziva watches their playfulness from over at her desk. "I don't see a ring yet." Ziva mentally notes, and watches Jenny give Gibbs a sensuous gaze before she starts up the stairs for her office.
Tony strains from his desk, to see if Jenny has an engagement ring on her left ring finger. "I can't tell from here." He says.
Gibbs walks over to his section. "Good morning." He says and walks over to his desk.
"Morning boss." Tony says and yawns from his desk.
Gibbs takes off his coat and throws it on the bookshelf behind his desk. "Any leads on that case we were working on." He asks and sits down at his desk.
"Need a warrant on, McDonald's Law Firm." Ziva sighs in frustration.
Gibbs raises an eyebrow at Ziva. "Problem!" He grumbles at her.
"With lawyers, yes we do Gibbs." Ziva says dryly and watches Jenny go into MTAC.
"Don't even think about it, do something on your own for a change." Gibbs says roughly and gets up from his desk.
Tony watches Gibbs walk down the hallway towards the lounge. Grinning over at Ziva, he rubs his hands together. Taking in her curious look. "It's been way to quiet in here of late." Tony opens up his IM window and IM's Cynthia. "Get your aspirin ready." He snickers
"Oh no, it's been perfect around here." She replies back.
"I just warned Cynthia." Tony laughs.
Ziva buries her head on to her desk. "And I'll get bombarded by-" Ziva stops as she hears Jenny's voice up on the balcony as she leaves MTAC. Ziva picks up her cell phone and texts Tony. "The Director's questions about the case."
Tony reads Ziva's text and looks over at her. "Sucks to be you." He smirks at her.
Jenny's Office
Jenny is walking into her office, while she's talking to the SecNav on her Blackberry. "I have no idea, what's taking so long with that investigation sir, it should have been wrapped up by Friday afternoon." "I'll look into it." She says as she sits down behind her desk.
Squad Room
Gibbs returns to his desk. "Fornell needs to see me at his office, I'll be out of the building for a few hours." Gibbs says as he grabs his coat and walks off.
Tony watches Gibbs get inside the elevator from his desk. "So far so good." Tony sighs with relief.
"Now I'm going to be the six year old, and I will hide from the teacher." Ziva says and puts her cell phone on its charger and walks off.
"I'm heading down to Abby's, I have a reason to go down there." McGee gets up and rushes off to catch up with Ziva at the elevator.
"That just leaves me in the line of fire, thanks a lot guys." Tony throws his cell phone in his desk drawer and rushes off to the stairs.
Cynthia's Reception Area
Cynthia sighs in frustration as Tony's cell phone goes into voice mail. Jenny pops her head out of her office. "What is taking you so long?" Jenny impatiently asks her and walks out of the office. Staring down at an empty bullpen below. "I see they have picked up a bad habit from Gibbs." Jenny mutters.
Cynthia is standing behind her and has over heard. "So where do you think they're hiding at?" Cynthia asks.
"The usual places." "Abby's Lab or Autopsy." Jenny answers bitterly and walks off towards the elevator.
Abby's Lab
Abby is looking up at her plasma screen at an e-mail that was sent from Commander Sutton to Jordan Werth, head of the Citizens For Arms Militia group. "You were right, it's in some type of code." Abby sighs in confusion.
"Now to decipher it." McGee groans.
Jenny storms into Abby's lab. "I see at least, one of my agents is working, can't say that the other three are." She angrily snaps at McGee.
"Gibbs is over at FBI Headquarters with Fornell." McGee answers dryly.
"What is taking so long with the Commander Sutton's case?" "I just got a nasty phone call from my boss." Jenny glares over at McGee.
"Ziva, and I have been having problems getting a warrant to search, his lawyer's office, we suspect their might be documentation on the sale of the weapon's there." McGee informs Jenny.
"And this has been going on since?" Jenny hisses.
"Wednesday!" McGee mumbles.
"I could have had that warrant by Wednesday evening the earliest, or Thursday morning the latest." "You find Ziva, and I want the both of you up in my office, with in the hour." Jenny says furiously at McGee and storms out of the lab.
Abby waits for Jenny to get inside the elevator. "You could have warned me that Mommy was in a bad mood." Abby sighs and picks up her cordless phone.
Evidence Room
Tony is at a desk playing checkers with Ziva, when the desk phone starts to ring. "DiNozzo!" He answers.
"Is Ziva there?" Abby sheepishly asks.
Tony hands Ziva the phone. "Abby!"
"Yes Abby!" Ziva answers.
"Message from Mommy, you and McGee better be up in her office with in the hour." "Here's McGee!" Abby says and hands McGee the phone.
"Ziva's she's ticked off." McGee warns.
"What did you tell her?" Ziva asks.
"The truth!" McGee sighs and listens to Ziva cursing in Hebrew on the other end of the phone. "I didn't tell her about Gibbs yet, he's safe for the moment."
"I'll meet you in the elevator in two minutes." Ziva hangs up. "Jenny found McGee."
"And!" Tony asks.
Ziva shakes her head. "So busted!" She mutters.
Elevator Outside of Abby's Lab.
McGee anxiously waits for Ziva. The elevator comes to a stop and the doors open. "I'm not looking forward to this." Ziva says bitterly from inside the elevator.
"This will be my second going with her, because you were hiding in the evidence room." McGee grumbles and steps inside of the elevator.
Squad Room
Ducky is handing over an Autopsy Report to Agent Wyatt. "No trouble at all." Ducky smiles and walks off towards the elevator.
Elevator door opens.
Ducky spots Ziva and McGee inside. "You two better get moving, I just bumped into the Director." Ducky warns them.
"Word travels around fast." Ziva answers bitterly and hits the doors closed button.
Tony walks out from the stairs and approaches Ducky. "How bad Ducky?" Tony nervously asks.
"Not as bad as when Gibbs was hiding in Autopsy from her a few months ago." Ducky chuckles.
Inside the elevator.
"This is the longest elevator ride in my life." Ziva groans.
"Wonder if she's waiting for us, like she did with Gibbs a few months ago." McGee says roughly.
The elevator stops on Jenny's floor, as the door opens, Ziva slowly walks out and notices that Jenny isn't waiting for them. "Safe for the time being." She sighs with relief.
McGee walks out. "So far so good." He answers nervously.
Cynthia's Reception Area
Jenny is standing in front of Cynthia's desk. "The crap that they pick up from Gibbs, Cynthia." Jenny says with a frown. Ziva and McGee slowly walk into the room. "Move!" Jenny snaps at them.
Ziva and McGee rush into Jenny's office with Jenny following behind them, as she steps into her office, Jenny slams the door behind her. Cynthia grimaces from her desk. "And I'll have round two to deal with later on." She sighs.
Jenny's Office
Jenny, Ziva, and McGee are sitting around the conference table. "I just got my ass chewed out by the SecNav, this case should have been resolved, by no later then last Thursday." "The two of you have some explaining to do." Jenny angrily asks.
"We can't get the warrant to get into McDonald's Law Firm." Ziva answers in frustration.
"We've tried!" McGee grumbles.
"Why didn't you come to me?" Jenny angrily asks them. Ziva looks over at McGee. "Son of a bitch!" Jenny says angrily and gets up from her chair.
"He wants us to do things on our own, with out having to come to you." Ziva informs her.
"We got chewed out, the last time, when you were in Stockholm, for going to you for help on a warrant." McGee says hesitantly.
"What does that say on that door over there?" Jenny points to her door.
"Director!" McGee says apprehensively.
"And whose name is on that door?" Jenny snaps at them.
"Yours!" Ziva answers.
"It does not say, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, he might be your team leader, but I am the one who runs this agency not him." Jenny bitterly says, just as her intercom buzzes on her desk. Jenny walks over to her desk and pushes the button in. "Yes Cynthia!" She answers.
"Judge Farrell will have lunch with you today." Cynthia informs her.
"Thank you Cynthia!" Jenny says dryly and walks back over to the conference table. "This will be the last discussion on this matter, I can not have a high profile case sitting around for days on end, over a warrant." "I'm the one who gets the phone calls when results are not being done, from my boss, and other officials, not you, and not Gibbs." Jenny says bitterly. "You have twelve hours to get a warrant, and if you can not get one, I want to know about it, and I don't care what Gibbs has to say on the matter, the last time I looked, I'm the boss, not him." Jenny reminds them and walks behind her desk, as she sits behind her desk. "You two are dismissed."
Squad Room
Tony is sitting at his desk, watching his partners return to their desks. "I give the door slam a seven." Tony grins at Ziva.
"Should we tell Gibbs?" McGee asks.
"No, let him have the taste of his own medicine, I don't want to have to go through that again." Ziva says dryly.
"A brief recap." Tony inquires.
"If we can't get a warrant with in twelve hours, we have to go to her for one." Ziva informs him.
Tony spots an e-mail notification from Jenny on his computer. "Did you two get an e-mail from the Director?" Tony asks.
"No!" Ziva answers.
Tony opens up the e-mail and reads it. "All the teams got one from her, it's a mass memo."
"Apparently she got reamed out by the SecNav, because the case was dragging on for to long." Ziva says with a frown.
Parking Garage
Gibbs spots Palmer getting out of his car. "Palmer!"
"Agent Gibbs!" Palmer answers as they walk over towards the elevator.
"Strange to see you here at this time of the day." Gibbs chuckles.
"Had to run an errand, and besides, it kept me out of the Directors line of fire, she was so loud that you could hear her all the day by the elevator in the Squad Room." Palmer sighs.
"Well it wasn't me this time around, I was with Fornell over at FBI Head Quarters." Gibbs grins.
The elevator stops on Gibbs' floor.
Gibbs pops his head out. "Seems quiet to me." He says and steps on out of the elevator.
"Maybe her vocal cords have worn out." Palmer laughs.
Gibbs laughs and walks over to his section, Tony is standing over by Ziva's desk wearing his coat. "Ready for lunch Ziva?" Tony asks.
"Anything!" Ziva sighs, grabs her coat, and stands up. "I need to get out of this building." Ziva says and looks over at Gibbs.
McGee looks over at Gibbs from his desk. "Your not the only one who needs some air." He says to Ziva and grabs his coat.
Gibbs watches them leave the Squad Room. "Lunch time already!" He answers with surprise and starts for the stairs.
Cynthia's Reception Area
Gibbs walks in. "Is she in the building?" He asks Cynthia as she's about to leave for lunch.
"No, she went out to lunch." Cynthia answers dryly.
Gibbs gives Cynthia a confused look. "She didn't tell me anything about it." Gibbs questions.
"Because it just happened." "Oh, clear your schedule at 1330 hours, she wants you in her office." Cynthia advises him and walks out of the office.
Gibbs stands and thinks for a minute. "Wonder what it's about." He ponders and walks out.
Food Court at the Georgetown Mall
Tony, McGee, Ziva, Abby, and Cynthia are eating lunch together at their usual location. "Your out Ziva, didn't see an engagement ring on her finger today." Tony gloats.
Ziva takes a deep breath before she answers. "I think McGee's right, it's not going to happen, she was so angry with him." "I've never seen her like that before."
"Well I have to deal with another round this afternoon, 1330 hours." Cynthia groans.
"Trust me it's going to happen." Abby smiles.
McGee narrows his eyes over at Abby. "Abby you saw her in your lab." McGee reminds her.
"It's aligned with the stars people." Abby smiles and takes a bite out of her chicken fingers.
Autopsy
1230 Hours
Ducky and Gibbs are sitting around Ducky's desk, eating lunch together. "You look happy!" Ducky smiles at Gibbs.
Gibbs shakes his head. "Had a great weekend." Gibbs grins.
"Do any skiing?" Ducky inquires.
"Yeah, I have parts of my body that are still hurting, but a good rub down by Jen, later on should cure it." Gibbs smirks over at Ducky.
"That's if her mood improves by then." Ducky sighs and starts to eat his soup.
"Work issues stay at work, so it should have no affect on me getting a massage tonight." Gibbs answers smoothly.
"And when they can't." Ducky asks.
"I go work on my boat, and she goes and reads a book at her place, lucky for me, we haven't had to go through that yet." Gibbs smiles and takes a sip of his coffee.
Squad Room
1300 Hours
Tony, Ziva, McGee, Abby, and Cynthia return from lunch, Jenny is up on the balcony in front of MTAC, waiting for Tony to enter Gibbs section. "Did you read my memo Agent DiNozzo?" She asks.
Tony looks up at her. "Yes ma'am!" He answers.
"It's a direct order." She says bitterly and looks over at Ziva and McGee. "See that you will follow it the next time." She snaps and hands Cynthia the search warrant for Gregory McDonald's Law Firm. "Here's the warrant."
Cynthia goes down the stairs and on the center catwalk leans over and hands Tony the warrant. "Yes ma'am!" Tony answers and watches Jenny go inside MTAC.
"McGee, watch out for Gibbs." Ziva asks and walks over to Tony's desk.
"He is in so much trouble." Ziva smirks over at Tony.
"For the first time, I'll have to say, serves him right." Tony grins.
McGee is over at the plasma screen looking like he's doing something, from the corner of his eye, he see's Gibbs stepping out of the elevator. "Wow, they got over forty inches of now in Boise, Idaho."
Gibbs walks over to McGee and head slaps him. "That does not look like you are working McGee." Gibbs growls at him then looks over at Tony and Ziva. "Director back from lunch." Gibbs asks softly.
"Just saw her go into MTAC." Tony answers.
McGee grabs his knapsack and walks over to Ziva. "Ziva ready!"
"Oh right!" She says and takes the warrant from Tony and walks over to her desk and picks up her knapsack.
"Ready for what?" Gibbs grumbles and sits down at his desk.
"We got the warrant for McDonald's law office." Ziva says firmly
"Bout damn time." Gibbs groans and starts to read some paper work on his desk.
Ziva and McGee start to walk over to the elevator, as the door opens, Ziva starts to text Tony. "Ha ha, you're stuck in here, when Jenny flips out on Gibbs." Ziva giggles and steps inside the elevator. The door closes and the elevator starts to go down.
"Very funny!" Tony responds back.
Cynthia's Reception Area
Cynthia is on the phone with Gibbs. "Hello Agent Gibbs, the Director is busy in MTAC at the moment and can not receive phone calls."
Squad Room
Gibbs rolls his eyes. "I thought I'm suppose to meet her in her office at 1330 hours." He mutters.
"She should be done by then, if not your suppose to wait for her." Cynthia answers dryly.
"I hate waiting." Gibbs barks.
"I know that." Cynthia smiles and hangs up.
Gibbs slams down his desk phone. "I bet she does."
Jenny's office
1300 Hours
Gibbs walks in to Jenny's office and sits down at the conference table. "Five minutes and I'm out of here." He says bitterly.
Cynthia's Reception Area
Cynthia texts Jenny to let her know that Gibbs is waiting for her inside of her office. Cynthia takes out a pair of earplugs from her desk drawer and puts them in her ears. "I knew I was going to be needing them some day." She sighs and watches Jenny walk in.
"Hold all of my calls, except for the SecNav." She asks.
Jenny's office
Gibbs is greeted by a violent slam of Jenny's office door. "What's that for?"
Cynthia's Reception Area.
From the force of the door slamming, several picture frames that were hanging on the wall have fallen on the floor. Cynthia looks down and reads Tony's text message. "I give that door slam a ten."
Jenny's Office
Jenny walks over to him. "I see we have to go through our monthly discussion, on who runs this agency." She hisses angrily at him.
"I haven't been in the building all morning." Gibbs innocently protests.
"Save it!" "I got my ass reamed out by my boss, had at least four phone calls from Admiral Shelby, wanting to know what was going on with the Commander Sutton case."
"Ziva and McGee were having warrant issues." Gibbs answers.
"It shouldn't take them four days to get a warrant Jethro." "I could have had it in an hour." Jenny says bitterly.
"How are they suppose to learn how to get a warrant, when they have a problem at getting one, they go running to Mommy for one." Gibbs sarcastically says to her.
"I agree they should do it on their own first, but not to take four days, and wasting valuable time, on an investigation." Jenny sighs in frustration.
"So you got today's warrant." Gibbs asks roughly.
"Had lunch with Judge Farrell." Jenny answers.
Gibbs gets up and smirks down at Jenny. "Kissing ass with somebody as usual." He growls.
Jenny narrows her eyes at him. "What difference does it make, when the job gets done." She hisses at him.
Gibbs walks over to Jenny. "It's how it's done, I didn't teach you to be an ass kisser." He reminds her.
"Maybe I learned some things on my own, that I didn't need for you to teach me." Jenny laughs at him.
"Nice one Jen!" Gibbs mutters.
"I sent a memo out to all of my Field Agents, and Team Leaders, if an search warrant can't be found with in twelve hours, I'm to be notified immediately."
"What's that rule called?" Gibbs flippantly asks.
"The Gibbs rule." Jenny smirks at him.
"I run my team, not you." Gibbs growls at her.
"If they need my help with anything, my door is open for them, whether you like it or not." She says angrily.
"I do not like it." Gibbs snarls.
Jenny goes over to her desk and sits down. "Does it look like I care?" She says sarcastically and puts on her glasses.
Gibbs bites his tongue and starts for the door. As he approaches the door, Gibbs turns and faces Jenny. "What time do you want me over tonight?" He asks softly.
Jenny glares up at him through her glasses. "I'm reading a book tonight?" She snaps at him.
"Come on, I'm sore from our skiing trip." Gibbs whines in protest.
"Go soak in your tub at home for all I care." Jenny hisses at him.
Gibbs glares over at his lover and opens up the door to her office and walks out and slams the door, knocking some plants off of the shelves near Cynthia's desk, then storms out of the office.
Squad Room
Gibbs storms over to Tony's desk. "The three of you knew about that." Gibbs snaps at him.
"And have us get our asses chewed out for telling you." Tony answers flippantly.
Gibbs glares down at Tony. "I won't have any of my agents talking to me like that." He snarls at him.
"I don't see the problem with the Director helping us, and I don't see anything wrong with a little ass kissing from time to time, that's what your problem is boss, methods, either way, yours or hers the job gets done." Tony says softly.
Gibbs goes over to his desk and reads Jenny's e-mail. "Damn her." He says viciously and slams his fist down on to his desk.
Gibbs' Basement
0000 Hours
Gibbs tries to work on his boat, slamming a sanding block up against the wall. "A part of me wants to put the Director through a wall, and another part of me wants me to throw her down on the conference table and make love to her." Gibbs groans and crawls inside of the hull of his boat and tries to go to sleep.
Squad Room
0900 Hours
Tony, McGee, and Ziva are reviewing the evidence that they seized from Gregory McDonald's Law Firm. "McGee, you find anything yet." Ziva asks.
"No, I'm going to take this laptop down to Abby's lab." McGee gets up from his desk and takes the laptop with him.
"Some kind of Militia group." Tony says as he's reading some files from his desk.
"Seems like they want to target, our Governments Armed Agencies, like the FBI and ATF." Ziva says as she reads a file, then looks over at Gibbs at his desk. "Well this information would have been helpful last week Gibbs." Ziva sighs.
"I didn't ask for your opinion David." Gibbs growls.
"Director up in her office." Tony asks.
"She's at the Capital, with the sister agencies." Gibbs laughs and closes up a folder. His desk phone starts to ring. "Gibbs, yeah!" He answers.
Abby's Lab
"Boss, there's going to be an assassination attempt today, just got the information off the lap top." McGee says nervously.
"That was fast McGee." "We're on our way." Gibbs hangs up his phone and stands up. "Abby's lab!"
Abby's Lab
Abby is looking over McGee's shoulder over at the counter. "Does it give a time and place?" She asks.
Gibbs rushes in with Tony and Ziva. "Find anything!" Gibbs says urgently.
"Apparently there's going to be an assassination attempt." Abby frowns.
"Where?" Gibbs says impatiently.
McGee looks over at Gibbs. "Capital Building today, they are going after Agency officials."
Gibbs picks up his cell phone and calls Jenny's Blackberry. "She's not answering."
Tony tries calling Jenny on his cell phone. "She's not picking up on mine either."
McGee does a GPS trace on Jenny's phone. "Boss I can't get a GPS trace on the Director's phone." McGee gets up from his chair.
Gibbs and his team rush out of Abby's Lab. Abby quickly calls Cynthia up. "Cynthia did the Director shut off her phone by any chance?"
Cynthia's Reception Area
"Abby, I've been trying to get a hold of her and Melvin for the past half an hour." Cynthia sighs with worry.
In the car on the way to the Capital.
"Cynthia can't even get a hold of Melvin to warn him." Ziva anxiously says.
"Somebody is jamming the cell phone towers in the area." Tony notes.
Ziva's cell phone starts to ring. "David!" She answers.
"I got a hold of Agent Fornell, and some of his agents are being dispatched, over to the Capital Building." Cynthia says softly.
Capital Building
Gibbs rushes over to Jenny's Towne Car and notes that it's empty. "They must be inside the building still."
Fornell rushes over with some agents. "How many Jethro?" He asks.
"Not sure!" Gibbs says roughly.
"I don't want to cause a panic, just incase something does not happen." Fornell comments.
Gibbs starts to look around, and spots several Agency Directors leaving the building. "Ziva, try to get over to Melvin." He asks and watches Ziva run off towards the exit.
Over near the exit, Jenny is getting a microphone shoved in her face by her favorite ZNN reporter. "Did you get the funding for your department?" Tomlinson asks.
"Had to fight for it." Jenny answers.
Fornell spots a suspicious van driving down the street. The FBI Director is walking towards his car with his Protection Detail following closely behind him. "Sir get down." Fornell rushes over to him.
Back with the ZNN Reporter.
"Trial is coming up." Tomlinson asks.
"As stated-" Before Jenny can answer her, Gibbs knocks Jenny on the ground. "Get down everybody." He screams.
Everybody takes cover as several gunmen begin to openly fire, Gibbs lies on top of Jenny shielding her body. Ziva from her position on the ground fires her gun, killing two of the gunman. Jenny shakes violently under Gibbs, her mind goes back to the diner, with Nikoai kneeling above her with is gun on the back of her head. "Regards from Slvetlana, since you never completed your mission in Paris."
"Clear!" Ziva answers and gets up from the ground.
Tony rushes over and survey's the scene. "Two are dead." Tony says
Ziva looks over at the direction of their van. "And four are wounded." She finishes.
Gibbs helps Jenny on to her feet. "You alright?" He asks softly.
"Fine!" She snaps and looks over at Ziva and Tony. "What the hell happened here?" Jenny says angrily.
"We got some intel back at NCIS on an assassination attempt at the Capital Building." Gibbs says roughly.
Jenny glares up at Gibbs. "Why wasn't my Protection Detail notified?" She fumes at him angrily.
"Something was jamming the cell phones in the area." Gibbs answers firmly.
"Soon as I have a briefing with the SecNav, I want you and your team in MTAC." Jenny walks off towards the FBI and ATF Directors.
Squad Room
An hour later.
Tony waits impatiently at his desk staring over at Gibbs, who's trying to keep himself busy on his computer. Gibbs desk phone rings. "Gibbs, yeah!" He answers.
Cynthia's Reception Area
"The Director will see you and your team in MTAC now." Cynthia says softly.
"We're on our way up." Gibbs answers.
MTAC
Jenny is standing in front of the plasma screen glaring down at Gibbs and his team. "Well if somebody hadn't interfered with getting the search warrant, we would have had that information last week." Jenny says angrily at Gibbs.
Gibbs glares up at Jenny from his seat. "Going to keep throwing that in my face Jen." Gibbs growls at her.
"Yes, because you screwed up, and won't be a man to admit it." "Now I have to explain to SecNav, on how you and your ego, prevented crucial evidence from being investigated." Jenny says bitterly at him. "I can't cover your ass on this one Gibbs."
Gibbs narrows his eyes up at her. "I wouldn't expect you to." He says defiantly, storms up the ramp, and leaves MTAC.
Jenny stares down at Gibbs' team. "I want all evidence, on this case, on my desk by 0700 hours tomorrow morning, so do not make any plans on leaving this building anytime soon today." She says coldly.
"Yes ma'am!" Tony answers and gets up with Ziva, and McGee get up from their chairs and pass Cynthia on their way up the ramp.
Cynthia sadly watches them leave, then looks over at Jenny. "Do you want me to contact the SecNav?" She asks hesitantly.
"Tomorrow!" Jenny says and sits down. "I want to review the evidence first." Jenny says softly and has flashbacks from the diner once again.
Fornell's Office
Fornell is on the phone with Gibbs. "My Director wants answers Jethro." Fornell grunts
Squad Room
Gibbs is looking out the window. "We're- " Gibbs grimaces at the sound of Jenny's office door slamming. "-working on it." Gibbs groans.
Jenny's Office
Jenny is staring out the window, the events of the diner replay in her mind over and over again. Ducky watches Jenny from the doorway. "I wanted to check on you, before I started the autopsies." Ducky says softly.
"I'm fine Doctor Mallard!" Jenny protests.
"You don't look fine." Ducky admonishes her.
Jenny turns and looks over at Ducky. "I didn't get a scratch on me." She answers bitterly.
"I'm talking emotionally, I saw the video footage." "It's the second attempt on your life, in less then two months, and as a friend, I'm worried about you." Ducky says with concern.
Jenny sits at her desk. "When I say there is nothing wrong with me Doctor, I do not want you second guessing me." Jenny hisses at him and opens up a file.
Ducky looks over at Jenny with a worried look on his face. "When Jenny needs somebody to talk to, she'll know where to find me." Ducky says sadly and walks out of the office.
Squad Room
Gibbs hangs up his cell phone, and walks back over to his section, glaring down at Tony and Ziva as he walks on over to his desk. "You two quit socializing and get to work." He growls.
"Don't worry, we got loads of time." Tony sighs in protest.
Ziva rolls her eyes at Gibbs. "We got our orders, you didn't hear it because you left MTAC in such a hurry." Ziva answers roughly.
"What were they?" Gibbs asks.
"All evidence must be on the Director's desk, no later then 0700 hours tomorrow morning, and we are not allowed to go home, until we're done with the case." Ziva informs him.
"I have nothing better to do anyways." Gibbs says softly. "I'm heading down to autopsy." Gibbs sadly walks off towards the elevator.
McGee is over by the plasma screen watching ZNN's video footage of the assassination attempt on the hill. "Ziva, Tony, come look at this?" He asks anxiously, as Tony and Ziva approach the plasma screen. "I've never seen the Director that traumatized before." McGee sadly answers.
"McGee, that was the second time in two months, that somebody has tried to kill her." Ziva reminds him.
"Has Jenny talked about what she was feeling when she was being shot at?" Tony asks softly.
"Not with me, not sure if she's talked to Gibbs about it either." Ziva answers and watches Melvin and Hector walk past their section and up the stairs to Jenny's office, few minutes later Jenny walks out wearing her coat and carrying her pocket book and briefcase, with Melvin and Hector following behind her.
Tony waits for Jenny to get into the elevator before he calls up Cynthia. "I'll see what's going on." Tony says and picks up his phone.
Cynthia's Reception Area
"Director Shepard's Office, how may I assist you?" Cynthia answers.
"Director going some where." Tony asks.
"Home for the day." Cynthia sighs with relief.
"Did you see the video footage from the Capital?" Tony says with concern.
"I saw it on ZNN, before the Director got back." Cynthia sadly answers.
"We're worried about her." Tony frowns.
"And the person that would take care of her, she wants to throttle at the moment." Cynthia mutters.
"Noted!" Tony laughs.
Autopsy
"I should be completed the autopsies by no later than 1900 hours." Ducky answers bitterly and walks over to his desk.
Gibbs follows him over, noting that his friend has something on his mind. "Spill it Duck!" He grumbles impatiently.
Ducky raises a questioning eyebrow at Gibbs. "Obviously, you didn't see the video footage from the Capital yet." Ducky says sadly.
Abby was walked in unobserved and has over heard their conversation. "I have!" She says with her voice trembling.
Gibbs walks out of the room and heads on over the elevator with Ducky and Abby following him behind. "Haven't had the chance yet." He says softly.
Abby's Lab
Gibbs is watching the video footage from the Capital. "Damn it!" Gibbs groans.
Ducky looks over at Abby. "Abigail, could you give me and Gibbs a moment alone." Ducky inquires.
Abby points up at the plasma screen. "I've never seen the Director looked so frightened before." Abby tearfully says and walks into her back room closing the doors behind her.
"I know Jenny had her Psyche Evaluation after the diner Jethro."
"Aren't you forgetting Doctor-Patient privilege?" Gibbs says sarcastically.
"See if you can talk Jenny about going to Post Trauma Stress Syndrome Counseling." Ducky advises Gibbs.
"At this moment, I don't know what to do, my instinct is to go to her, but the problem is, when we're having work related issues, we're not allowed to see one another." Gibbs answers sadly.
Ducky shakes his head at Gibbs and begins to lecture him. "Bunch of mule headed stubborn people." "The two of you are more childish then the young people that work for you on your team." Ducky berates him.
"Well, if I wanted to, the Director has given me and my team, a direct order, to have this case on her desk by 0700 hours by tomorrow, we're not allowed to go home."
"Since when did that ever stop you from listening to her?" Ducky muses.
"True!" Gibbs says with a confused look on his face and walks out of the lab.
Elevator
Gibbs steps out of the elevator on Jenny's floor and walks over towards her office, popping his head into Cynthia's outer office. "She went home for the day Agent Gibbs." Cynthia says from her desk.
"How long ago?" Gibbs says softly.
"About twenty minutes ago." She says.
Squad Room
Ziva is watching the video footage from the Capital on the plasma screen. Gibbs walks into his section and grabs a file from his desk. I'll be in Interrogation." He says and walks off.
Abby waits for Gibbs to walk down the hallway before she enters his section. Abby sadly looks up at the plasma screen. "She looks so scared." Abby frowns.
"Abby, that was the second time in two months that somebody has tried to kill her." Ziva says softly.
"I should go over to her place." Abby nods.
"Don't!" "I know we have our girls night out on occasion Abby, with the Director, but underneath all that, she's a private person, and likes to deal with stuff on her own, by herself." Ziva sadly says and squeezes on to Abby's hand.
"She let's Gibbs in." Abby pouts.
"Right now, she's very pissed at Gibbs, he prevented us from going to her, when we were having problems getting a search warrant." Tony answers and holds up Ziva's cheese steak. 'Probie!" Tony tosses McGee his cheeseburger.
"Why would Gibbs prevent you guys from going to the Director for a warrant?" Abby says with a shrug.
Ziva walks over to Tony and gets her sandwich. "Power struggle, he doesn't want her involved with our cases until they are over." Ziva notes.
"But isn't doesn't she run this agency?" Abby notes.
"Yes, I think it comes down to, is that Gibbs was her boss at one time." Tony grins, grabs his chair, and sits over at Ziva's desk.
"Somebody needs to give him a head slap." Abby looks over at Tony.
"It's not going to be me Abs." Tony laughs and bites into his cheese steak.
Hour later.
Gibbs returns from Interrogation, looking over at Ziva's desk. "McDonald Confessed to everything." Gibbs says and sits down at his desk.
McGee walks in carrying a warrant. "We have a warrant on his apartment."
Gibbs gets up and grabs his coat. "Let's go!"
2200 Hours
Ziva is reviewing the evidence with Gibbs, Tony, and McGee. "Seems that the Director was a target, Gibbs, Agent Langer was involved with this group, and they were angry with her for Langer's arrest." Ziva informs them.
"Tomorrow, I'm going to question Langer, to see if he was involved with the latest attempt." Gibbs groans and flops in his chair at his desk.
"Boss!" Tony says softly.
"Yes DiNozzo!" Gibbs answers.
"Go to her." Tony suggests.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Gibbs growls.
"Abby told us that you saw the video footage in her lab." Ziva says sadly.
Gibbs narrows his eyes over at Ziva. "I'm suppose to be here remember."
"Tell her we sent you home." Ziva smiles over at him.
"Your no good to us, here, when your mind is on her." Tony mutters at him. Gibbs opens up his desk drawer and retrieves his gun and badge, then grabs his coat and starts for the elevator. Tony smirks over at him. "Think she'll throw him out."
"No, I think Gibbs will finally weaken the Director's defenses." Ziva answers with an evil grin on her face.
Jenny's House
Twenty minutes later.
Gibbs is standing outside of Jenny's house, all of the lights are out. "Your not in bed." Gibbs mutters and walks over to the front door entering the security code for the alarm, Gibbs opens up the front door and walks in, he notices the light on in the study and walks down the hallway, inside the study, Jenny is drunk behind her desk. "That is not going to be solving anything." Gibbs admonishes her from the doorway.
"Does it look like I care what you think Jethro?" Jenny hisses and stands up.
Gibbs walks over to the desk. "I saw the video footage back at Abby's lab." Gibbs says softly.
Jenny smirks over at him. "Having a guilty conscious now Jethro." "And why are you here, I ordered you and your team to stay at NCIS until this current investigation is over." She says angrily.
"My team sent me home." Gibbs says with a shrug.
"Then go home." She snaps and walks over to the mini bar behind her desk.
"You've had enough." Gibbs says roughly.
"Not as far as I'm concerned." Jenny answers bitterly and pours herself another drink.
Gibbs walks over to her. "So you want to feel numb." He growls.
"Until I feel nothing at all." Jenny answers sarcastically and downs her drink in one gulp.
"Looks real good tomorrow at NCIS, the Director with a hang over." Gibbs laughs and walks off, as Gibbs nears the doorway he turns and faces Jenny. "I came here to talk to the woman I love, let me know when she shows up Director." Gibbs says sarcastically.
"Bastard!" Jenny screams at him and throws her empty glass at him.
Gibbs ducks as the glass goes over his head and smashes up against the wall. Gibbs angrily storms over to her. "You did that once before in Naples." He snarls at her.
Jenny laughs at him. "At least I hit my target back then." She says and is about to pour herself another drink. Gibbs grabs her wrist and stops her. "You will remove your hand off of my wrist." She hisses at him.
"And as drunk as you are, what are you going to do about it?" Gibbs laughs at Jenny. With her free hand, Jenny is about to slap Gibbs across the face. Gibbs grabs a hold of her hand. "You already did that a year ago sober in your office." Gibbs laughs and pushes Jenny up against the wall.
Struggling with Gibbs as he gets his weight up against her. "You will let me go." She warns angrily.
Gibbs laughs at her again. "And punish me." "Can't castrate me, Jen." He smirks at her.
"I'll do more than castrate you." She says angrily and is about to knee him in the groin.
Gibbs blocks her knee. "Maybe you should try this again when your sober, you are making an ass out of yourself."
"Try your making the ass out of yourself, and I'm getting pissed off." Jenny hisses.
"Definitely you Jen, your pissed and making an ass out of yourself." Gibbs grins at her and backs away.
Jenny pushes Gibbs up against her desk. "Get the hell out of my house, before we both regret something in the morning." She seethes at him.
"You mean you'll regret it, not me." Gibbs growls and stands up.
"You will be regretting it." Jenny says bitterly and is about to slap him again.
Gibbs grabs Jenny wrist. "Let's see how you like to be shoved up against the desk." Gibbs pushes Jenny up against her desk and pins her back. "The difference is, I'm stronger than you are."
Jenny glares up at Gibbs. "Get off of me." She says angrily.
"I love it when you struggle." "You did that in Naples also only thing is, the Director didn't exist back then." "You remember that fight?" Gibbs smirks down at her.
Infuriated with him. "Yes!" She hisses in protest and starts to struggle under him.
Gibbs is getting turned on at the sight of the Director losing control under him. "You know how it ended." Gibbs watches Jenny struggle to remember their argument to a night of passion in their apartment. "You want me to refresh your memory."
"Yes, clarify it for me." Jenny answers in confusion.
"It's not like you didn't ask for it." Gibbs grins down at her.
"Jethro you are really-" Gibbs leans over and kisses her. Jenny does not fight him and gives into his kiss. As Gibbs kiss deepens and become insistent, Jenny forces his lips apart and takes possession of his tongue. The taste of the bourbon inside of Jenny's mouth is sending Gibbs over the edge. Jenny's tongue explores deeper and deeper into his mouth.
Jenny as she's kissing him, impatiently moves her hands down to Gibbs' belt buckle and starts to open up his belt. Gibbs breaks away from her kiss not expecting Jenny to be aggressive. Her hands work open the front of Gibbs' pants, and through the fly of his boxers, Jenny touches his hardened arousal. "Damn it!" Gibbs moans out and begins to turn the tables on Jenny by getting Jenny on her back on the desk. Gibbs hands wander on Jenny's thighs under her skirt. Jenny leans up and kisses him on the mouth.
Gibbs hands venture around the elastic on the side of Jenny's panties, his fingers go underneath and stroke on her arousal. "Oh god!" She cries out. Gibbs pushes Jenny's skirt up over her waist, adjusts her panties and enters her body. Jenny screams out from the pleasure and wraps her legs around his waist. While Gibbs begins to thrust up against her, his hands venture under the back of Jenny's blouse and unfastens her bra strap. He leans over her body and starts to kiss her neck. "Yes!" Jenny moans
Gibbs works open the buttons on Jenny's blouse, his calloused hands feel her chest up. Jenny grabs on to his butt, forcing Gibbs deeper inside of her. Jenny's arches her back meeting his every movement. Jenny's release begins to build as Gibbs thrusts harder against her. At once, they climax at the same time, with Jenny screaming out his name in pleasure, Gibbs slumps on top of his lover panting with exhaustion. Gibbs nuzzles her neck. "This was better than Naples." He whispers.
Jenny is completely out of it on the desk, recovering from their lovemaking. Gibbs nips along Jenny's neck and works his way down to her breasts. Jenny strokes his sweat-covered hair as his tongue circles around her hardened nipple. Gibbs feels Jenny trembling with desire for him and looks up at her. "Director!" He smirks up.
"Hum!" Jenny answers lazily.
Gibbs leans over Jenny on the desk. "Is it alright, if I take Jenny to bed now?" He mischievously grins down at her.
Jenny takes in his mischievous look. "As long as you carry her." She purrs.
"Deal!" Gibbs says softly and adjusts his pants, then picks up Jenny in his arms and carries her out of the study.
Squad Room
0000 Hours
Tony, Ziva, and McGee are working on their reports at their desks. "I wonder how Gibbs made out with Jenny." Tony yawns from his desk.
"You mean the Director." McGee corrects him.
Tony narrows his eyes over at Ziva as she bursts out laughing at McGee's last comment. "What?" Tony curiously asks Ziva.
"I wonder if he's ever-" Ziva stops herself and has a mental picture of Gibbs having sex with the Director in her office.
McGee widens his eyes over at Ziva. "Ever what?' He asks.
Tony knowing where Ziva's mind was at. "Had sex with the Director." He grins over at McGee.
"I guess there's a first time for every thing." Ziva answers wickedly.
Jenny's Bedroom
Gibbs shudders on top of Jenny after he's had his release. Jenny strokes the back of his hair. "I love you Jethro." She says softly.
Gibbs looks up at her. "I almost lost you again today." He says with his voice cracking with emotion.
Jenny grabs a hold of his chin. "And you kept me safe." She tenderly reassures him.
"This time." Gibbs rolls over on to his back and brings Jenny on top of him.
Jenny buries her face up against his left shoulder. "Can we talk about this in the morning, between the bourbon and you, I'm tired."
"I think it's from the bourbon." Gibbs smirks down at her.
Jenny looks up at him. "My head is going to pay tomorrow." She sighs in protest.
Gibbs cups Jenny's face into his hands and tenderly kisses her good night. "You drank more at my place a few months ago." He says with a laugh.
"Don't remind me." Jenny groans and cuddles against his chest. Gibbs strokes Jenny's hair and watches her drift off to sleep.
Squad Room
0300 Hours
"Last of the preliminary reports are done." Tony says with relief from his desk.
"No sense in going home, when we have to be up in three hours." Ziva yawns.
McGee picks up his report from his desk and gets up. "I'll turn in your reports." McGee answers and walks over to Tony and Ziva's desk to retrieve their reports.
Tony turns off the light at his desk, and then buries his face into the desk. Ziva watches McGee walk up the stairs to Jenny's office, when McGee enters the office, Ziva shuts off her light and puts her head down on the desk, and falls asleep. Tony groans in protest over at his desk, as Ziva begins to snore. "Sophie!" He grumbles.
Jenny's Bedroom
Gibbs awakens to the sounds of Jenny's screams. He gathers Jenny into his arms. "It's alright, I got you." He whispers softly and gently cradles his lover in his arms. Jenny breaks down in his arms. "Let it out." He whispers softly and tenderly strokes Jenny's hair.
Ten minutes later.
Noting that Jenny's calmed down, Gibbs decides to break the silence between them. "That dream was about the diner wasn't it?"
Jenny begins to tremble in his arms. "Jethro, I don't want to talk about it."
"Then not me, find somebody, you have to get it out of your system." "I've been there Jen."
"Your getting just as bad as Ducky." Jenny sighs in protest.
"Ducky is worried about you, and so is my team, they saw the video footage also." Gibbs says with a frown.
"Abby!" Jenny asks and looks up at him.
"Extremely upset with worry." Gibbs answers and touches Jenny's face.
"I'll make arrangements some time tomorrow." Jenny says.
"Make sure you do, or Ducky and I will be on you about it." Gibbs warns her.
"After I get some work business done." Jenny answers with regret.
Gibbs takes in her look. "I didn't like that look on your face." Gibbs questions her.
"Just dreading something I have to do tomorrow." Jenny groans.
"You have another four hours to worry about that." Gibbs says softly.
"True!" She says and leans up and kisses him. Gibbs as he's done all night long, gets Jenny to roll on to her back and deepens her kiss. Gibbs' lips wandered down her throat. Slow and delicately, he moved over to the sensitive slope of her shoulder and then to the softness of her breast. Gibbs' tongue teases her nipple into hardness. "Jethro!" Jenny breathes in frustration as Gibbs tongue masters Jenny's left breast. Gibbs looks up at her. "Foreplay is no fun, when only one person has participated in it all night long." She groans in protest. Gibbs leans over and kisses Jenny on the mouth. His lips seeking hers, the feel of his tongue sliding on her lower lip made Jenny part her lips inviting him in. Their tongues touched and teased one another.
Jenny cries out as Gibbs enters her body. Slowly and gently, he begins to make love to her, taking Jenny's pain away from her, as she did to him, whenever Gibbs had his nightmares over in Europe. Jenny arches her back moving her hips meeting his every movement. To stifle out an on coming cry, Gibbs kisses Jenny on the mouth. As she starts to dig her nails into his back. "Jen!" He protests in pain.
"Then pick up the pace damn it." She purrs seductively and presses her heels into his lower back. Gibbs moans out as Jenny's muscles tighten around him, thrusting him deep inside of her. At the first convulsion, Gibbs caught his breath as his peak begins to build. Jenny runs her tongue along Gibbs' jaw line.
Gibbs climaxes and collapses on top of Jenny exhausted. "Jethro, do you mind rolling over on to your back." Gibbs leans over and looks at her. "I've had your weight on me for most of the night, and you tackling me on the side walk earlier today didn't do my back any favors." She yawns in protest.
Gibbs rolls on to his back and pulls Jenny on top of him. "You forgot about the desk also." He smirks down at her.
Jenny looks up at him. "I do not recall being on my desk, that person, you would have to check in with at 0700 this morning." She says sarcastically to him.
"Well that person has been begging for it, for three years." Gibbs grins.
"I think it was the other way around." Jenny laughs and leans over and kisses him, then buries her face against his chest and drifts off to sleep.
Gibbs looks down at her. "You will pay for that comment later on." He whispers.
Squad Room
0700 Hours
Gibbs walks into the bullpen to find his team sleeping at their desks, he walks over to Tony's desk and head slaps him. Tony falls backwards off of his chair. Ziva awakens to the crash. McGee is sleeping soundly over at his desk. Gibbs slowly gets behind him and head slaps him awake. "I swear I didn't do it mom." McGee protests
Gibbs laughs and walks over to his desk and sits down. "Is the report on the Director's desk?" He asks smoothly.
"Yes, we finished the preliminary report at 0300 Hours this morning boss." McGee yawns.
"How is she boss?" Tony asks with concern.
"The Director is fine, Jenny on the other hand, I'm still worried about her." Gibbs says sadly.
"Post Trauma Stress Syndrome." Ziva questions.
"Yes!" Gibbs whispers.
"It's real hard to get somebody into therapy for that." Ziva notes.
"I know!" Gibbs suddenly remembers his conversation with Ducky in Abby's Lab. "I'll be down in Autopsy." He says and gets up and walks over to the elevator.
"I need coffee!" Tony moans.
"We all do." Ziva answers and looks over at McGee.
"Why do I get stuck doing the food and coffee runs?" McGee whines in protest.
"Who's the Probie?" Tony grins
"Ziva!" McGee answers sarcastically.
"No, she's the assassin." Tony laughs.
Jenny's Office
Cynthia walks in with a fresh pot of coffee for Jenny. She puts the pot down on a tray next to Jenny's desk and pours her a cup. "I'll take it black." She grumbles from a migraine.
Cynthia hands Jenny her coffee. "Rough night I take it." She says softly.
Jenny flashes back to Gibbs thrusting up against her on her desk in the study. "It had its ups and downs." She answers dryly and begins to read Tony's after action report.
"I'll be at my desk if you need me." She says and walks out of the office.
"Damn him!" She says bitterly as Jenny reads Tony's report.
Autopsy.
"She's going to make arrangements today, to seek counseling for the Post Trauma Stress Syndrome." Gibbs says softly to Ducky who's looking over an X-ray.
"It should have been done months ago." Ducky sighs with relief.
"She's stubborn." Gibbs chuckles.
"Yes I know, reminds me of somebody else that I know of." Ducky muses and looks over at Gibbs. "I left you a copy of the autopsy report on your desk, and the Director also got one as well."
"Most likely she's reading it right now." Gibbs mutters.
"She's getting an early start this morning." Ducky inquires.
"She told the team, that they had to have a report on her desk by 0700 this morning."
Jenny's Office
0900 Hours
Jenny is on the phone with the SecNav. "If there's anything on my calendar at that time, I'll have Cynthia rearrange my schedule." Jenny pauses and listens to the SecNav on the other end. "I'll see you at 1400 hours sir." She answers and hangs up. Jenny pushes in the button to her intercom. "Cynthia!"
Cynthia's Reception Area
"Yes Director!" Cynthia answers
"I'm going to have a meeting with the SecNav, in the main conference room at 1400 hours, could you make sure that my schedule is open at that time." Jenny asks firmly.
"Yes ma'am, I'll just rearrange your schedule." Cynthia says.
"And notify Gibbs, he has to be at this meeting as well." Jenny mutters.
"I know it's none of my business ma'am but you don't seem to happy." Cynthia sadly asks her boss.
"No I'm not, but I don't have much choice in the matter, soon as I enter the building in the morning I'm his boss." Jenny groans.
"I believe Agent Gibbs is out of the building at this time, he's over at FBI Head Quarters." Cynthia informs her.
"See that he gets the message when he returns, I'm heading into MTAC until further notice, and I'm having it locked out."
Squad Room
1100 Hours
Gibbs returns from FBI Headquarters, Tony texts Cynthia from his desk. "He's back!"
Gibbs throws his coat on the bookshelf and sits down at his desk. "Anything on Langer?" Ziva asks from her desk.
"Yes, he was in on this attempt also." Gibbs answers roughly. His desk phone starts to ring. "Gibbs, yeah!" He answers.
"You have a meeting with the SecNav and the Director in the main conference room at 1400 hours." Cynthia says firmly.
"Is she in her office?" Gibbs asks softly.
"No she's in MTAC, and it's on lock down." "And her Blackberry is in her office recharging." Cynthia finishes.
"Figures!" Gibbs says bitterly and hangs up.
Elevator on Jenny's floor
1350 Hours
Jenny is about to step into the elevator and notices that Gibbs is waiting for her inside. Gibbs waits for the door to close. "You've been avoiding me all day." He growls.
Elevator starts to go down.
"I read your teams report Jethro, and it's not looking good for you." "Your inactions almost cost my life, the FBI Director's life, and the ATF Director's life." Jenny says with regret.
Gibbs looks at the pain on Jenny's face. "You do what you have to do Jen." He says softly.
"It's not up to me Jethro, it's up to the SecNav." She answers dryly as the elevator stops.
Elevator doors open
Gibbs backs out of the way. "Director!" Jenny steps in front of him, with Gibbs following Jenny from behind.
Conference Room
Twenty minutes later.
After reviewing the reports from the shooting at the Capital, the SecNav lashes out at Gibbs. "Agent Gibbs, I can not have a subordinate constantly going over their boss' head the way that you do, and this time, it almost cost Director Shepard and two other Federal Agency Directors lives." SecNav says angrily to Gibbs.
"But I need my Field Agents to try and do things on their own, like getting a warrant." Gibbs protests
"Do you realize the power of McDonald's Law Firm, if Metro PD, CID, and the FBI have problems getting warrants to look into his Law Firm how do you expect NCIS Agents to get one." SecNav snaps at him.
"I've never heard of his firm before." Gibbs growls.
"Well from now on, start following up." "It should not have taken four days to get a search warrant, and when your team had questioned whether they should ask the Director for help, you refused." "All of yesterday's actions would have been prevented, if the warrant had been issued last Wednesday." SecNav lashes out at Gibbs.
"You telling me how to do my job sir." Gibbs answers sarcastically.
"Agent Gibbs, that's enough." Jenny snaps at him.
"Well originally I was going to give you a week's suspension, but for that flippant remark, you can tack on another week." SecNav says angrily.
"Two weeks!" Gibbs angrily protests.
"Starting tomorrow!" "Wrap up what you have to do today with your case reports." SecNav orders and gets up from the table and leaves the room.
Jenny glares over at Gibbs and gets up from the table. "That was stupid." She hisses angrily.
"What the hell am I suppose to do for two weeks?" Gibbs groans in protest.
"Your boat, you haven't had the time to work on it lately." Jenny says dryly.
"I've been distracted lately." Gibbs smirks up at her.
"You had free time on Monday night."
"I didn't get much done, again I was distracted." Gibbs answers and gets up from the table.
"I had no problems reading my book." Jenny says with a smile.
"I bet you did." Gibbs mumbles.
In the elevator.
Jenny pushes the button for her floor, as the elevator goes between her floor and Gibbs' floor, Gibbs flips the switch over. Jenny narrows her eyes up at him. "Better be a damn good reason why you flipped that switch." She warns.
Gibbs smirks down at her. "You know damn well Director, it took me three years, but I finally weakened your defenses last night." Gibbs laughs at her.
"A. It was at my house, and not here, and B. I was drunk, try that move on me again, when I'm sober." She hisses and flips the switch on to the elevator.
"Is that a promise?" Gibbs grins at her. Jenny is about to answer him when the elevator stops on Jenny's floor and the doors open. "I believe this is where you get off." Gibbs smiles at her.
Jenny hits the doors closed button and glares over at him. "I will get off where I damn well feel like it." "There is no promise, that was a one time thing Jethro." Jenny protests.
Gibbs laughs at his lover. "Your head is saying one thing, but you did enough screaming on your desk last night." Gibbs glances down at in between her legs as the elevator stops. Gibbs quickly gets out as the doors open.
Jenny angrily chases after him. "Jethro!" She hisses.
"I don't think you want to continue our conversation here Director, to many ears around." Gibbs smirks over at her, walks over to his section, and stops at Tony's desk. "McGee and Ziva." He waves them over to Tony's desk. Ziva and McGee walk over. "DiNozzo, starting tomorrow for the next two weeks, your team leader." Gibbs informs them.
Ziva widens her eyes. "Why?"
"I've been suspended for two weeks by the SecNav." Gibbs says roughly.
"We're stuck with Tony for two weeks." McGee protests.
"Have a problem with that McProbie?" Tony grins.
"Yes!" McGee whines.
"Good!" Tony smiles.
Jenny's Blackberry rings, spotting Cynthia on her caller ID. "Yes Cynthia!" She answers.
Cynthia's Reception Area
"You have a phone call from Doctor Craig's office, you wanted to schedule an appointment with her office." Cynthia says softly.
"I'll be right up." Jenny answers and hangs up. Glaring over at Gibbs before she leaves. "Agent Gibbs, we'll continue our elevator conversation later on." She says angrily.
"Looking forward to it Director." Gibbs smirks over at Jenny as she walks off.
Tony waits for Jenny to walk into her office. "Didn't you go to her last night?" Tony asks Gibbs.
Gibbs walks over to his desk and sits down. "Yes I did!" Gibbs has a flashback of Jenny's body thrusting up against his on her desk.
Tony raises an eyebrow at him. "And she's still pissed."
"The Director is pissed at me, but Jenny is fine with me." Gibbs smiles.
Jenny's Office
Ten minutes later.
Cynthia and Jenny are reviewing her schedule for tomorrow over at the conference table. . "I have your schedule open, tomorrow at 1100 hours." Cynthia takes in Jenny's distracted look. "The meeting didn't go well." She asks softly.
Jenny takes in a deep breath before she answers Cynthia. "If Gibbs would of kept his mouth shut, he would of only gotten a weeks suspension." Jenny says bitterly.
Cynthia shakes her head, and then remembers the events from the day before. "You alright Director." Cynthia asks with concern.
"Cynthia, thank you for your concern, I'm just trying to deal with what I've been through the past few months, the best I can, I just don't need questions from people at this time."
"I'll respect your privacy ma'am." Cynthia says and gets up and walks out of Jenny's office.
Abby's Lab
1500 Hours
Abby and Gibbs are going over the weapons that were being used in the shooting at the Capital. "I even got finger prints off of the bullets." Abby smiles at him.
"Good work!" Gibbs smiles and walks out.
Around the corner from Abby's Lab, Jenny is walks out the door from the staircase, and notices that Ducky is about to walk into the lab. "Ducky!" She calls out to him.
Ducky stops and turns over at Jenny. "Director!"
"I'm sorry for the way I acted last night in my office." She apologizes softly to him.
Ducky's face softens. "Breaking one of Gibbs' rules Jennifer." Ducky muses.
"Since when did I ever follow all fifty of them?" She says with a laugh.
Ducky chuckles at Jenny. "You always had a mind of your own, when you were Jethro's Probie."
"I made an appointment to see a Psychiatrist, Dr. Craig at Bethesda." "I have an appointment to see her tomorrow at 1100 hours." Jenny informs him.
"I'm glad, and Doctor Craig will get you through this." Ducky says with relief.
"I just want it over with, so I can get on with my life." She answers.
Ducky puts his hand on Jenny's shoulder and then points to her head. "You need to get what's inside of your head, straightened out before you can do that my dear." Ducks smiles as Palmer walks out of the elevator.
"Director Shepard!" Palmer addresses her.
"Palmer!" She smiles at him.
Ducky spots Abby gesturing towards Jenny from over in her lab. "I think Abby wants to talk to you."
Jenny sighs in annoyance "I know people are concerned about me, but I really just want to be left alone." She says sadly, and then her Blackberry starts to ring, spotting Cynthia on the caller ID. "Yes, Cynthia!" She answers.
"Your needed in MTAC, ma'am." Cynthia informs her.
Jenny is relieved that she doesn't have to deal with Abby. "I'm on my way up." She answers and hangs up. "I have to go up to MTAC." Jenny says and walks over to the elevator.
"Mr. Palmer, I'll meet you down in autopsy." Ducky says dryly, before he walks into Abby's Lab, Ducky makes sure that the elevator doors are closed, then walks into the lab.
"I wanted to talk to her." Abby pouts.
"She was needed in MTAC Abigail." Ducky says and walks over to the counter and picks up a phone.
Squad Room
Tony is reading Ducky's report, when his desk phone rings. "DiNozzo!" He answers.
Abby's Lab
"I need you, Ziva, and Timothy in Abby's lab right away." Ducky asks.
"We'll be right down." Tony says softly and hangs up.
Ziva watches Jenny go inside MTAC. "She looks horrible!" Ziva frowns with worry.
Tony stands up and walks over to Ziva's desk. "Ducky wants to see the three of us in Abby's lab."
Abby's Lab
"As a Doctor and a friend of the Director, give her some space at this time." Ducky advises them
"We're worried about her." Abby frowns.
"And she's trying to deal with what's going on inside of her Abigail." Ducky answers.
"I've tried to explain to Abby, that the Director is a private person, and likes to keep things to herself." Ziva points out to Ducky.
"So until further notice, just let her be, you can discuss work with her, the weather, or any other subject matter with her other than, how's she's feeling at this time." Ducky says softly.
"And since I'll be your team leader starting tomorrow, it's an order." Tony grins.
"You may be our boss, but I'm not taking orders from you." Ziva protests at Tony.
Abby confused, looks at them. "Gibbs going anywhere?" She asks.
"SecNav, suspended him for two weeks." Tony answers.
"For two weeks!" Abby says in disbelief.
"For one week for obstructing an investigation, and another for insubordination to the SecNav." Ducky mutters.
"I might be insubordinate to the Director on occasion, but, never to the SecNav." Tony laughs.
"What was Gibbs thinking?" McGee mumbles.
Ducky shakes his head. "That's his problem, he never thinks."
Squad Room
Gibbs returns from a coffee run and notices that his team is missing, glancing up on the balcony, he watches Jenny walk out of MTAC and into her office. "Time for round two." He smirks and picks up his cell phone and sits down at his desk.
Jenny's Office
Jenny is looking out her window lost in thought when her Blackberry rings, looking down she spots Gibbs on her caller ID. "Are we going to be picking up before we left off?" She answers sarcastically.
"You know damn well I am." Gibbs smirks.
"You alone." She questions.
"For the time being, have no clue where my team went." Gibbs grins and takes a sip from his coffee.
"Well my head wasn't on straight, because of the alcohol that was clouding my brain last night." She says dryly.
"Did the alcohol cloud your body's actions under mine?" Gibbs chuckles.
Jenny is starting to get aroused by their conversation. "Why are you doing this to me here, you know full well, that we can not have our off work relationship brought into in here period." She reminds him.
"Again your rule." Gibbs growls.
"Try the SecNav's!" Jenny answers.
Dumb founded that the SecNav knows about them. "SecNav knows about us." He asks.
"Yes, I told him that before I came back from my medical leave, that I was going to get involved with you." "I also told him that we had a prior relationship, while we were partners over in Europe."
"He was ok with it." Gibbs questions her.
"As long as it stays out of work, I can't have you bringing up what happened in my study last night, when we can't have that type of relationship here period." Jenny groans in protest.
"Problem is whether I'm bringing it up or not, it's both in our heads." Gibbs smirks.
"Son of a bitch!" Jenny mutters.
Gibbs raises an eyebrow. "Am I right?"
"Yes!" Jenny hisses at him.
"I knew it." Gibbs smiles.
"Happy now!" She says sarcastically.
"Not until I get you in your bed later on." Gibbs says with a laugh. Unknown to him, Tony, Ziva, and McGee are standing at the entrance of the cubicle near McGee's desk.
"Hum!" "You be careful what you wish for pal, remember you were on top all night long, and I had no say in our love making." Jenny answers wickedly.
"I love it when you talk dirty Jen." Gibbs answers softly. Behind him, Ziva covers her mouth with her hand so that she can keep her mouth quiet.
Jenny looks back at her desk, when she hears her desk phone ringing. "Pay backs are a bitch pal, remember that tonight, I have to go, my private line is ringing."
"Just as long as you're on top this time around." Gibbs smirks and quickly hangs up. Tony puts his hand over Ziva's mouth, and along with McGee, they walk the other way around to reenter their section.
Jenny's Office
"Son of a bitch got the last word in." She mutters and answers the phone on her desk. "Shepard!" She answers.
Fornell's Office
"You sound flushed!" He asks.
"Distracted!" Jenny says as she's mentally cursing out Gibbs.
Squad Room
Tony, Ziva, and McGee walk over to their desks pretending they didn't hear anything. Gibbs glares over at them. "Where were the three of you?" He growls.
"Abby's lab!" Tony answers.
Gibbs narrows his eyes over at McGee, who's beat red from Gibbs phone conversation with Jenny. "What's your problem McGee?"
"It's a little hot in here boss." McGee quickly answers.
"Steaming!" Tony smiles.
Evidence Room
1700 Hours
Abby is showing Jenny some evidence from the gunman's van. "I want the report as soon as your finished with the test results." Jenny orders her.
"Tony also!" Abby questions.
"As I stated in my e-mail, I'm handling the investigation on this case, while Agent Gibbs is away on his suspension." "All other investigations, Agent DiNozzo will be handling until he gets back." Jenny informs her.
"Tony isn't going to like it." Abby sighs.
"Does it look like I care?" "And neither should you for that matter." Jenny answers roughly.
"I heard that Gibbs' screwed things up." Abby asks.
Jenny shakes her head at him. "He did more than screw up Abby." She groans.
Abby notes that they are alone in the evidence room. "I know the Director is ticked off at him, how's Jenny with him?" She asks softly.
"I have to keep our off work relationship separate from our work related one, or we couldn't survive Abby, it took a near death experience from me to get him back, and now that I got him back." Jenny smiles.
Abby hears the elevator doors open and watches Gibbs walk out. "Been looking for you every where, Abs." Gibbs looks over at Jenny. "Wasn't expecting you here." He growls and walks over to them.
"I'm handling this case starting tomorrow." Noting that Gibbs is making a face at her. "Per SecNav." "So shut up, and follow orders for once." She hisses at him.
"Ok Gibbs, here's what I got." Abby says with a laugh.
"And don't make it long and complicated Abs." He grumbles.
"Would I do that?" Abby answers innocently.
"I've already heard it." Jenny mutters and is about to walk off.
Gibbs grabs a hold of her wrist. "And you're going to hear it again."
"Director humor him, besides, you won't have anybody to fight with the next two weeks."
"My door won't be slamming as much." Jenny smiles.
"You've been slamming it more than I have lately." Gibbs corrects her.
"You two can continue this in the elevator after we leave." Abby sighs in protest.
Jenny rolls her eyes. "Great all I need is another elevator argument with him today." She sighs in protest.
"I wasn't the one arguing." Gibbs smirks down at her. "Ok Abs, before the Director interrupts you again."
Abby's Lab
Half an hour later.
"I should have the results in by tomorrow." Abby promises.
"I will be out of the building, between 1100 hours through 1300 hours." "So if I'm not back, hand the report to Cynthia." Jenny informs her.
"Gotcha!" Abby smiles then hugs Gibbs goodbye. "I'll see you in two weeks."
Gibbs kisses Abby on the cheek. "Mommy has to supply you with the Caff- Pow's while I'm away."
"Who do you think supplied her with them while you were away at Margaritaville Safari?" Jenny grins at him and walks off for the elevator.
"Cute Jen." Gibbs grumbles, he waves at Abby and rushes off to take the elevator upstairs with Jenny.
Jenny steps inside the elevator with Gibbs following her, as the doors close. "You will pay for the last comment on the phone." She warns him.
Gibbs laughs at her. "I was waiting for you to get in a comment about that subject."
Jenny feels his eyes on her as the elevator goes up. "Jethro stop it!" She protests.
Gibbs flips the switch over. "I'm already on suspension for two weeks, and I don't give a damn." Gibbs leans down and passionately kisses her, feeling Jenny giving into his kiss, her corners her. Gibbs' mouth goes down to her neck, slowly nipping away. "Jethro!" She warns with her voice trembling with desire for him.
"Giving me another week." He smirks at her and begins to ravish her neck again. Jenny knees him in the groin. "Ow man!" Gibbs doubles over in pain.
Jenny flips the switch over and the elevator starts to go upstairs. "I'm sober now, don't try that again in work." She advises him.
Elevator stops at Gibbs' floor and he slowly gets out. "Damn it!" He groans in pain.
"Don't worry, I'm sure there's going to be somebody who will take care of your little problem tonight, that's if it's functionable." She giggles and hits the closed doors button.
Gibbs turns around and glares at the elevator door. "You'll pay for that also." He warns and slowly starts to walk over to is section.
Tony watches Gibbs gingerly walk over to his section. "Got a problem boss?" Tony asks.
"Old football injury DiNozzo." Gibbs mumbles, then looks up and hears Jenny laughing at him from the balcony.
Tony spots their exchanging glances. "Specially when a cheer leader kicks you down there boss." Tony grins and laughs.
Ziva bursts out laughing. "Cheerleader!" She answers in amusement.
Gibbs head slaps Tony, then goes over to Ziva and head slaps her for laughing at Tony, then for good measure, he head slaps McGee over at his desk for no apparent reason. "Ow!" McGee holds his head in protest. "I didn't do anything boss, I have no clue as to what's going on." McGee answers innocently.
Tony turns and grins up at Jenny. "Boss forgot to wear his cup today." He says with a laugh, Jenny bursts out laughing, as she's walks over to her office.
1800 Hours
"I'll see you in two weeks boss." Tony smiles at him.
"Savor that last head slap." Gibbs growls.
"I will!" Tony laughs.
"What are your plans?" McGee asks.
"My boat!" Gibbs looks up at the direction of Jenny's office. "I haven't worked on it lately, been distracted." Gibbs waves at his team as they leave the office for the night.
Jenny's Office
Jenny is typing an e-mail to Tony, when Gibbs walks into her office. "I thought you were going home at 1800 hours." He asks.
"Sending Tony, a copy of the SecNav's e-mail regarding the Sutton Case."
"He's going to be pissed off about it." Gibbs sighs in protest.
"He can be pissed off at the SecNav not me." "How's your little problem?" Jenny chuckles.
"Fine!" Gibbs says and leans over her desk.
"Keep your mouth and hands to yourself, while we're in this building." She warns.
"How am I suppose to do that after last night, any time I'm with in two feet of you, I want to rip off your clothes." Gibbs smirks at her.
"I believe there are several bathrooms in here, if your having problems with your urges Jethro." Jenny giggles.
Gibbs rolls his eyes at her. "Some how I knew you were going to say that." He sighs.
Jenny's living room
2200 Hours
Gibbs and Jenny are cuddling on the floor in front of the fireplace after making love. Gibbs touches Jenny's face. "So you got an appointment for tomorrow." He asks.
"Yes, I made the appointment first thing this morning."
"It's bad enough, that you have to hold me at night, because of my battle fatigue, now you have to deal with your inner demons as well." He sighs.
"I won't be the same from here on out, just hoping that the therapy can get me to learn to cope with it better." Jenny says sadly, and then quickly changes the subject, stroking his arousal. "I see you were able to perform tonight." She purrs.
Gibbs tenses up at her touch. "Could we please move this upstairs?" He growls in protest.
"I have to run in the kitchen for a minute, on your way upstairs, pick up our clothes." Jenny says and gets up.
Jenny's Bedroom
Five minutes later.
Jenny returns with a bowl icecubes and turns off the lights. "I can't see what you're going to do to me." Gibbs growls in protest.
"You don't need sight for this." Jenny says and makes her way over to the bed and pulls the covers back. "Don't tell me you've forgotten, what I did to you Positano to help you recover." She smirks.
Gibbs lies in bed trying to remember. "No clue Jen." Jenny looks up at him in disbelief. Suddenly Gibbs feels something cold on his lower anatomy. Moaning out with pleasure. "Now I remember, the ice cubes."
"It cured you the last time." She purrs.
"Yeah, I couldn't perform then, what's your excuse now?" Gibbs protests.
"Since when do I need an excuse?" Jenny answers seductively.
Downstairs in the hallway, Gibbs' howls of pleasure can be heard. "Damn it Jen!"