Chapter 10

The team arrives at the docks where rich people's boats are kept. The team walks down to where Ted O'Reilly's boat is docked. He isn't on his boat, or even in the area yet, so the team waits for a couple minutes because they know he'll be showing up soon. While Gibbs is looking at Ted O'Reilly's boat, he notices the place where an axe would sit. The axe isn't there.

"Boss, what are we doing here? We don't have anything to hold this guy." Tony said.

"What's does it look like, DiNozzo. We're waiting…" Gibbs said. "Ted O'Reilly is said to always come to his boat after he gets out off work. He left work a little while ago, so this is the best place to find him."

"With a boat like this, he must have a really good job." McGee stated.

"He works at the Pentagon."

"Okay, but why are we here?" Ziva asked. "I mean, he's the son of a U.S. Senator, so he's practically untouchable."

"Last night, Abby found something on Brenda Marshall's computer. Her computer was a complete mess. It took Abs a long time to finally isolate and decode what we needed."

"What did she find?" McGee asked.

"Something hinky as she would say."

"What I don't understand is how you're gone almost the entire day, then you have a sign language conversation with Abby… Which is really annoying, by the way… And now we're here waiting near Ted's boat, a person we can't touch." Tony said. "I just don't get it."

"Nevermind, here he comes."

Ted O'Reilly walks down the docks toward his boat. As he approaches, he knows the people standing near his boat are most likely federal agents of some kind; though he's unsure as to which agency.

"Nice boat." Gibbs said as Ted O'Reilly approaches.

"It's my baby." Ted stated. "Can I help you people with something?"

"I see you're missing an axe."

"I was messing around with it the other night. It fell off the boat when I was out at sea."

"It fell off the boat because it was lodged in a naval officer's back, right?" Gibbs flashes his badge.

"Haha! It was only a matter of time before Navy cops came my way. I figured you people were from some federal agency. But it's not like you can do anything about it."

"I beg to differ."

"I'm the son of a U.S. Senator. A very reputable U.S. Senator, I might add. You think any Judge is going to give you a warrant? No judge is going to want to deal with the hassle, especially if no charges come from it. Besides, murder isn't something you'll be able to charge me with. You know celebrities can get away with murder because of who they are and how much money they have. I'm basically a celebrity pal." Ted stated. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take my boat out." Ted walks closer toward the boat.

"Ziva!"

Ziva steps in front of Ted in order to block him from getting onto the boat. Ted turns to face Gibbs once again.

"You obviously don't realize who you're messing with!"

"I know exactly who I'm messing with!" Gibbs stands in Ted's face.

"You and I both know damn well I'm not going to be charged for Brenda's murder."

"I know you won't."

"Than why are you harassing me?"

"For the shear enjoyment of doing so."

"You would just love to slap your handcuffs on me, wouldn't you? But it's not going to happen. Not today… Not ever."

"Unfortunately for you, I will be slapping the handcuffs on you."

"On what grounds?"

"When you were completely obsessed with Brenda Marshall, you were sending her massive amounts of emails. Most of them had attachments. Mainly pictures of you and her together… When she actually liked you of course."

"Haha! You're going to arrest me for stalking? That's rich!"

"Nah, I'd never be able to pull that off."

"Than what the fuck are you going to arrest me for?"

"Working in the Pentagon must give you access to very sensitive, highly classified and secret information."

"Is this getting to a point?"

"Yes it is… In your confusion with being so obsessed with Brenda Marshall, you accidentally attached two of the wrong files to an email. It took a long time to decode those files, but let me tell you what this country doesn't take too kindly toward." Gibbs stated. "You may be like a celebrity, so yeah, you'll get off with the murder charge. But there's no way you'll get off with the selling of government secrets to Al-Qaeda. In the end, what screwed you over was your own obsession."

"Uh…"

"So I have warrants to search your boat, your house, your car, your office… I basically have enough warrants to search your entire life and everything you own. And I'm willing to bet we'll find a lot more government secrets that you've sold to Al-Qaeda." Gibbs stated. "I hope you had a nice day today, because it's the last smell of freedom you'll ever have."

"God dammit!"

"God left your side the minute you killed Brenda." Gibbs stated. "DiNozzo! Arrest Ted O'Reilly. But don't read him his rights, because he has none."

Tony takes out his handcuffs and steps closer to the suspect. He places Ted O'Reilly under arrest by slapping handcuffs around his wrists. Ted O'Reilly is taken away.

Gibbs is now alone on the docks. He turns and looks out at the river. The sun glistens on the water's surface. It makes him feel an overwhelming sense of accomplishment that another bad man is taken off the streets.