Sinister Intentions
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Thankyou also to Kate for her help and support!
Gibbs thumped the steering wheel of the car and let out a frustrated groan at the traffic they were stuck in
"Must be a crash" Kate suggested
"Ya think?" Gibbs sighed and pointed to the sign of a street several hundred meters down the road, "What street's that?"
Kate squinted at the sign, "Elton st."
Gibbs nodded, "Good". They lapsed into silence as they were caught in their own thoughts.
"Can we listen to the radio?" Kate asked, "Maybe it will have a report on the traffic"
"Nope. Still haven't fixed the radio" Gibbs answered as his cell rang. He dug it out of his pocket and barked into it, "Gibbs!"
"Boss, just calling to see how the investigation's going. Any leads on Drew's killer?" Tony asked on the other end of the phone
Gibbs covered the mouth piece of his cell and turned to Kate, speaking in a hushed tone, "Get Abby to trace my call"
"No need, boss, I can tell you that. If you ask nicely" Tony said, apparently overhearing
"Where are you, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked
"Guess that's as close to you asking nicely, hey?" Tony asked. When he received no reply, he answered, "Baltimore. I'm in Baltimore"
Gibbs closed his eyes, wishing he hadn't just heard Tony say that, "Why?" he asked as he opened his eyes
"Why not?" Tony asked
"DiNozzo! Tell me why you are in Baltimore!" Gibbs snapped
"Jeez, boss, no need to get grouchy…" Tony responded
"I am not grouchy" Gibbs stated as he inched the car forwards in the traffic that was hardly moving.
"Ah hah. Um, anyway, I came to visit a friend" Tony said
"Any reason you chose to visit this friend now?" Gibbs asked
"Yeah, she just had a baby" Tony answered, "I figured that since I had some time, I'd come and see them. Haven't seen them in so long, it's been like, five years. Her husband and I went to college…"
"DiNozzo!" Gibbs interrupted him, "Can you tell me where you were and what you were doing in the early hours of this morning?"
"Why? Has something happened?" Tony asked
"Yeah" Gibbs replied
"Care to expand …?" Tony asked
"No" Gibbs interrupted him, "Answer the question"
He heard Tony sigh on the other end of the phone, "Don't know what time I left home, I couldn't sleep, didn't even try" he took a breath "I was on the road when you rang, I had my home phone divert to my cell if I got any calls, didn't want to miss any leads or anything you guys got" then in a quieter tone, "Not that you'd tell me anyway…"
Tony sighed and continued in a louder voice, "Arrived in Baltimore at 0200 this morning. I checked into a hotel for the night, had a few drinks in some too small, too hot and too smoky bar just down from the hotel. Went to bed around 0430, didn't wake up until around 1100. Do I need to continue? Or does that cover the times you need to know about?"
"Nope, that covers it. Tony, the FBI has a warrant for your arrest" Gibbs stated
"They think I killed Drew" Tony deduced
"Yeah. And you're trip to Baltimore hasn't earned you any brownie points either" Gibbs responded
Kate snatched the phone off of Gibbs, earning her a glare from him, "Tony!"
Gibbs rolled his eyes and after looking around, went off-road and eventually got onto Elton St.
"Kate! Miss me?" Tony asked, smirking
Kate chuckled, "That would imply that I like you, Tony"
Tony laughed, "Yeah, can't have that. So, whatcha been up to?"
Kate sighed, "Looking into your background, profiling Drew's killer, looking into your financial records"
"NCIS is handling the investigation?" Tony asked
"No, the FBI is, we're just …" Kate replied
"Doing your own investigating" Tony suggested, smiling. They listened in silence for some time before Tony broke the silence, "So, I guess Gibbs is wondering why I withdrew $15,000 from my bank account the other day"
Gibbs looked at Kate, "What'd he just say? I heard my name. Put him on the speaker"
Kate did as she was told, whilst answering Tony's question, "Yeah, that's one way of putting it"
Gibbs frowned, wondering what had been said. Tony said, "I put a deposit on a car I intend to buy fairly soon, classic car, 1958 …"
"Where are you buying this car from, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked
"You want to track the money down" Tony smiled, "'Classic cars', lame I know, but it's what they are, classics. Name of the guy who sold it to me was Ian Brown, remembered his name cause he reminded me of that guy who put you in the freezer last year. No relation though. No one in his family is or was navy or military, the car-yard was kinda a family thing, passed from one generation to…"
"Tony, I don't need the guy's history. I only wanted his name" Gibbs interrupted
"Sorry, boss, just wanted to make sure you guys would know I'm not lying. Never had a warrant out for my arrest before" Tony said, "Should I turn myself in? Or do the whole 'The Fugitive' thing, try to find the one-armed man myself"
"I think it would be a good idea to turn yourself in, Tony. Just don't say anything till we get there, don't want them twisting your words around" Gibbs replied
"You're on your way here?" Tony asked, "For me?"
Kate and Gibbs exchanged a glance, "Tony, we're here for you. We're gonna work this out" Kate said
"And Gibbs?" Tony asked, but Gibbs had already hung up
McGee frowned and made another note on his PDA. He's been searching through Tony's phone records for both his cell and home phone. After searching through the previous six or seven days, he realised that the records seemed to be incomplete. However, after debating whether or not to call Gibbs and Kate, he deduced the reason why. Tony must have spent some of the nights at Drew's house and therefore made calls on Drew's phone and not his own.
Wondering why they hadn't searched Drew's phone records earlier, McGee found the records and looked through them, not particularly liking what he found. One number appeared to have called the house at least seven, even eight times a day. McGee entered the number into a search program and pulled the records of Drew's cell.
Whilst waiting for the computer to 'think' – as Gibbs called it – he looked through his desk draws, trying to locate the mini sized chocolate bars he'd put in there last week. Grumbling as he closed the last draw, he looked through the draws again. As he slammed the last one closed, a sparkly piece of paper from his trash-bin caught his eye.
Looking into the bin, he saw a few wrappers from the chocolates that had been in his desk. He grumbled and rolled his eyes, Tony must've gotten hungry last time he'd been here and raided his desk.
Sighing, he returned his attention back to his computer as his phone rang.
"McGee!" he answered abruptly
"What have you got for me, McGee?" he heard his boss snap on the other end of the phone
"Boss! I um, I, I thought you were on the flight" McGee stuttered, getting caught off guard, and subconsciously straightening up
"It's been delayed" Gibbs replied, "Anything on our Marine?"
"Uh, not yet, but I did run his phone records. He calls his mum every second Thursday and his brother every other month. There are regular calls from another number, I think they're from his girlfriend" McGee replied
"You think, McGee?" Gibbs asked
"Ah, I, um, I'll find out" McGee responded
"Grudges?" Gibbs asked
"Don't know" McGee replied
"Then what have you been doing, McGee? Playing that star-wars game DiNozzo sent you?" Gibbs snapped
"Ah, no, um, I got Tony's phone records, and Drew's" McGee replied, gaining confidence as he spoke, "Drew regularly got calls on his home phone, I'm tracking the number now. And by regularly, I mean from around six to twelve calls a day. Ah, hang on" McGee paused as his computer beeped, "The number is a pay-phone on Hood st"
"That's a block from where Drew lives" Gibbs offered
"Right. Um," McGee paused as his computer beeped again, "I just pulled his cell phone records. There's another number here that called him more than the one on his home phone"
"How often?" Gibbs asked
"At least ten calls throughout the day and night. Tracking down that number now, but I'm guessing it's another pay phone, probably the one across the road from here. That should narrow down the list, and time" McGee paused, squinting at the screen, wishing it would go faster, "Ah hah, I'm right"
"See if any of the conversations were recorded, I want to know if this is a stalker, or somebody Drew was having an affair, or other relationship with" Gibbs stated
"Well, if it helps, Drew got a new cell a week ago, stopped calling people altogether on his other cell. Also, the only person he regularly called on either of his phones is Tony" McGee supplied
"Ok, anything else?" Gibbs asked
"No" McGee replied before he heard the dial tone, telling him Gibbs had hung up
That's it for chapter 10!...Hope you liked it! Please review! Tell me what you think... I'm gonna try to get the next chapter up before the end of the week, so wish me good luck :)