Chapter 10
I am really enjoying all the people who are following my story. I have a great time writing it. Not sure I like Dr. Ryan on the show however. Just don't trust her. So here is Chapter 10. The investigation continues.
Samantha slept most of the day. They woke her up for meals and to check vitals. Each time she woke up she tried to stay awake and visit with Gibbs but the medicine they had given her during surgery and for pain caused her to sleep.
Jethro Gibbs had spent his day monitoring the investigation by calling his team. They had checked out the body in Norfolk and had brought her back to Ducky's autopsy. It had been determined that she was shot just like her roommate. Tony and the team had stayed in Norfolk to completely survey the crime scene and hunt down the sergeants' commanding office for questioning.
Tony had a gut feeling that this guy knew more than he was telling them so the team brought him back to the office for questioning. They got back at about 1600 hours and that was when Gibbs' phone rang. "Gibbs " he answered quietly walking out into the hall as not to wake Samantha.
"Hey Boss. How is it going?" Tony asked him. "We are back with the commander. Who do you want to question him?
"Me. I mean this guy is involved somehow with the murder of two women and the attempted murder of another one. I want a piece of this guy."
" I sort of figured that. He seems a little on the stupid side to be the brains of this operation in my opinion." Tony informed him. "What do you want done with him Boss?"
"Put him in interrogation 1 and then come over here and stay with Samantha. I don't want her alone until we make sure we have our guy. The killer may still be thinking she knows something." He instructed his senior field agent. " I will head over there as soon as you get here."
"On my way Boss. Ziva has already put him in Interrogation 1. You need anything."
"No. See you when you get here. Come in quietly DiNozzo she has been sleeping all day." Gibbs hung up his phone and slipped back into the room as quietly as he could.
When he got into the room and sat back down in the chair, he looked up at Samantha and saw her smiling at him. "Morning sleepy head or should I say afternoon. You have slept most of the day away."
"What time is it?" she asked.
"1600"
" I am so sorry. Pain medication and anesthesia does that to me. Maybe I have slept most of it off."
"Well I am glad to see you more alert and smiling. How do you feel?" Gibbs came and sat gently down next to her. He bent down and kissed her forehead and began gently stroking her hand.
"My shoulder hurts a little but not to much. I am going to try to hold off the pain meds until bedtime. It is time I joined the living. What have I missed?"
"Not much really. The team checked out Olivia's apartment and her roommate. You did hear that she was dead also."
"Yes I remember that. Did you find Olivia's insurance policy?" She gripped his hand in hers.
"Not yet but Tony did bring in her commanding officer. As soon as Tony gets here I am headed back to the office to question him." Gibbs looked into her eyes to see if she would be ok with Tony.
"That will be fine. Don't you worry. I would bet we can find a movie on this TV to keep us both happy," she said smiling. "Could you do me a favor before you go?
"Anything for you. Bet I can guess," he smirked. " A can of diet coke."
" You read my mind. Now hand me the TV remote."
He handed her the remote and went out to get what she wanted.
As she was channel surfing Tony knocked quietly on the door. "Come in Tony," Samantha said.
"Hey. Where's the boss? He said he would leave when I got here."
"I am here DiNozzo," Gibbs said walking in behind him and setting the coke down on the table next to the bed. He pulled the table in front of Samantha and kissed her on the cheek. "I won't be gone long," he whispered.
" Take all the time you need. I am sure we can find a movie or something to watch while you are gone." She winked at him. Gibbs looked at Tony who seemed a little awkward but Gibbs knew Samantha had a knack of making others feel comfortable in seconds. Gibbs waved goodbye and headed out the door.
" A movie?" DiNozzo asked.
" Sure. Now let's see what we can find here." She began flipping the channels. "TV Land well there is Mash. Can't beat that. Let's see what else we can find." She continued changing channels until the came to Tuner Classic Movies and heard the opening music of a movie. "Texas Across the River," she blurted out. " Now you can't beat that. Can you Tony?"
" I have never heard of it. Can't be that good."
" Come on Gibbs said you were a movie buff and you have not see this movie. It is so funny."
"Whose in it? "
" Dean Martin and Joey Bishop."
"Man two members of the Rat Pack," he gasped " And I have never seen it. How is it you have?"
" Last drive in movie my father ever took me too. Special memories there."
They both sat back to enjoy the movie. Samantha knew Tony was in for a treat if he had never enjoyed the movie they were about to watch.
NCIS headquarters
Gibbs made it to NCIS in record time and strolled into the bullpen. "Hi Gibbs. Commander Wallace is in Interrogation 1 waiting for you. Abby needs to see you in her lab before you go in" Ziva informed him.
" On my way. McGee, have you checked out Samantha's cell phone. I think she really needs it back. She is a teacher and parents may have been trying to reach her."
" Have it finished before you leave Boss."
Gibbs headed for the elevator. "Seems really mellow for Gibbs."
" I mean asking for a witness's cell so he can return it to her. Not like the Boss at all. Do you think Tony is right about this Samantha Waverly?"
Ziva looked up and smiled at McGee. " I hope so. Gibbs needs someone in his life. Might be just the thing for him a—n- d for us"
" That is the truth."
Gibbs walked into Abby's lab. Her music was blaring and he walked over the player and turned it down. "What's you got for me Abbs?"
"First, when to I get to meet her Gibbs? " Abby inquired.
"Who?" he answered trying not to be annoyed that DiNozzo has a big mouth.
" Your girl friend. " Abby blurted out.
Gibbs rolled his eyes and looked at her " I am going to kill DiNozzo," he thought. " DiNozzo has a big mouth. " He then turned to Abby. " If you mean Samantha I will arrange it soon Abby. Now what do you have for me?"
"Well I have been checking the laptop that McGee found in Stone's apartment. Looks like she was trying to find out who really transferred the money. Right now the evidence is saying she did but she was looking into it. Commander Wallace was blackmailing her." She showed him some of the emails. " I printed them out for you."
"Thanks Abbs." He handed her a Caf-pow and kissed her on the cheek and headed to interrogation.
Back at the hospital
Both Tony and Samantha were enjoying the movie. They were discussing movie trivia and laughing at Cronk played by Joey Bishop. "Joey Bishop as a dead pan Indian that is hilarious."
"Wait till you see the fight to save the town. Watch the dying Indians on horseback. Tell me what you see, " Samantha said sounding like a teacher asking comprehension questions.
Her nurse came in with a dinner tray. Samantha looked at the meal and almost gagged. After the nurse left she looked at Tony and made a face. "Hospital food really sucks. What is this mystery meat?" she joked.
" I could go get you something else." Tony offered getting up from his chair.
"No and miss the end of this movie. Bet Gibbs brings me something after while" she told him. " Sit back and enjoy the movie."
Interrogation room 1 NCIS headquarters
Gibbs had let the commander sit for about an hour since Ziva had put him in the chair. He walked in carrying crime scene photos and the emails that Abby printed off. He sat down in the chair opposite the commander.
"Well Commander what do you have to share with me? We have you for threatening a marine by text and on the Internet. A marine that is now dead." Gibbs stared into the commander's eyes trying to judge if he was aware of her death. He seemed to be calm and did not act surprised that she was dead.
" I have no idea what you are talking about. " He shifted in his chair and began to seem nervous.
Gibbs saw his opening and pulled out the crime scene photos of both sergeants. "Tell me about these two marines. One was shot last night in DC and the other was found dead in her apartment in Norfolk. What is your relationship with them?"
" Well Olivia worked in my office and I have no clue who the other one is."
" Olivia is the marine you texted and emailed that you were planning to kill her if she did not stop her investigation into missing money into your department. Right.! " Gibbs scooted his chair closer to the table.
Ziva and McGee had come into the observation room. " Is he getting anything?' Ziva asked.
"Not yet but I think he will. Tony keeps saying that this guy is not to bright."
Gibbs continued questioning and in about 30 minutes he got a confession on the threatening emails and texts. He figured when he found the insurance policy that Olivia mentioned he could use this idiot to confirm the accusations Olivia had on them. Hopefully!
Gibbs walked out of interrogation and met Ziva and Tim in the hall. " We need to find the information that Sgt. Stone told Samantha about and we can use this suspect to build our case. Put him on ice fill, out all necessary paperwork to make Leon happy and then go home. Unless you hear something from me, I will see you on Monday morning 0700." He turned toward the elevator. " Tell Abby to finish up what she had going and go home too. You all need a rest."
He entered the elevator and as the door closed McGee and Ziva both were still staring at their boss with open mouths and wide eyes. He had never been that "Nice" before. Ziva looked at Mc Gee and said, " He must be in love."
"Gibbs in love film at eleven." McGee laughed as he turned to hurry to Abby's lab because he wanted to ask her to join him for dinner and a movie.
While in the elevator Gibbs called Ducky and sent him home too. Ducky did not mention Samantha but Gibbs was sure he knew about her. After all Tony was the biggest gossip in the building.
Samantha Waverly's hospital room.
The movie was just ending and both Samantha and Tony then got into a movie trivia war. Both were laughing but Samantha was winning. This was causing Tony a little frustration but he was having fun. She was a special lady and he was sure glad the boss had found her.
"Well looks like I will have some competition if I can ever get the Boss to play trivial pursuit," Tony laughed.
"I will work on him because that would be fun. I have been after him to introduce me to you all. Not sure why he hasn't"
Just then Gibbs walked in carrying take out. "That is for me to know and you to find out marine," he smirked setting the food on the table.
"Figures" she joked, "What did you bring me? I was getting hungry. Dinner here was disgusting."
" Your favorite. Cheese Enchiladas, beans and rice with chips and queso. "
"Thank you. That sounds great. After all you do owe me dinner since we could not go out on Friday night."
Gibbs was setting the takeout trays on the table and he turned to Tony. "I sent the team home so you can go too DiNozzo."
"Thanks Boss. What time tomorrow?"
" Well I could use your help tomorrow. Assuming this lady has been a good patient the doctor is planning to send her home tomorrow. I could use some help getting her into my guest room."
" Sure thing Boss. Call me when you need me," Tony told him. He turned toward Samantha. " Well I will see you tomorrow Sam. Since you are laid up, what movies do you need to borrow? Well if we go by apartment I won't need anything. After all the Cowboys play tomorrow so I will need my computer to watch the game. They are playing the Redskins and the game is blacked out in DC." She looked up at Gibbs. " I will need to go my apartment. I can't stay at your place without some things you know.
"Yes I know. Cowboy Sunday. Which jersey do you need?" he laughed.
" Not sure."
"Ok I will let you two discuss that. Bye Boss, Bye Sam," he winked at her and did his best cheesy grin.
"Tony, call Ziva. Turner said they were showing "The Great Race" tonight. That is a pretty funny movie too."
"Might just do that. Thanks Sam you're the best."
Gibbs came up behind Tony and gave him a head slap.
"Stop flirting with my girl DiNozzo."
"Yes Boss" he said. Samantha looked at him and winked. Then she looked at Gibbs. She had thought he was joking but he was serious. "Gibbs jealous. Wow " she thought.
Tony left the room and Gibbs sat down on the bed on the other side of the table. Samantha reached for his hand and pulled it to her lips. "Tony's a great friend but he is to much like my students." She smiled. Gibbs seemed to relax and began to serve their dinner with a small grin on his face.