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Chapter 10: We're screwed...

Tony, McGee and Velma all sat in the car waiting patiently for Gibbs. They were all wondering about the mysterious note ad the case that seemed to spring directly from it.

"I wonder who it's from." McGee mused aloud. "Maybe it's from Director David. O-or…" he trailed off as he noticed the glare on Tony's face.

"Or maybe he was telling the truth when he told Ducky that he already had a case, McGee. Jeez, it was better when you weren't speaking." he said, irritated by the younger agent's rambling. The silence was tense as they continued waiting for Gibbs. In truth, Tony was considering who the note might have been from too, but he wasn't about to let either of the two junior agents know that. The silence was broken again, this time b Velma.

"If the note had nothing to do with us sitting here, waiting for Gibbs, why was Dr Mallard so urgent to get the note to him? And why did he go to the Director's Office?" She said confidently, knowing that Tony wouldn't b able to think of anything to dismiss these obvious facts. Tony jus grinned cockily.

"You know, Gibbs and Director Sheppard were involved a while ago. I think it was a love letter from Madam Director to Gibbs." he said. Velma just stared at him.

"What has that got to do with him running off like that?"

"Ever heard of a 'nooner', agent Mackenzie?" he replied wagging his eyebrows. Velma looked at him in disgust.

"Eugh, that's so juvenile, DiNozzo." she said venomously. He just kept grinning.

"I try. But, you know, sometimes it requires a bit of…" his phone cut him off mid sentence. He answered it, knowing exactly who it was without needing to check caller ID. "Yeah boss? Yeah boss. What? Ok, we'll be right up." he said before snapping his phone shut, getting out of the car and slamming the door. Turning to the others he said "Gibbs wants us back up there pronto. There's been a biohazard breach when we were in there. Nobody's supposed to have left the building.

"Do they know what it is?" McGee asked cautiously, his curiosity getting the better of him.

"Yeah, they do…" Tony said. McGee was desperate to know just what it was so he ventured further.

"And…?"

"It's the same as last time." he replied reluctantly. McGee stopped walking and swallowed hard.

"No. It's not possible…" he said, looking as if he were about to be sick. All the while Velma had been following them, hundreds of questions buzzing around her head. At last she couldn't take it anymore.

"What happened last time? What's not possible? Why isn't it possible? Will someone tell me what's going on here?" she burst out, frustrated. They just ignored her.

"But, I thought that woman was dead, and there weren't any traces of it left, it was all destroyed." McGee said desperately.

"Not as completely as we thought, apparently." Tony said, still walking.

As the trio neared the main entrance to the NCIS building, Velma saw something move in the bushes to the right of the door. She thought nothing of it and kept walking. They walked in the building and were stopped by the security guard on duty.

"I'm sorry, but I can't let you enter the building. There's been a contamination that could possibly have been transferred onto 2 levels, so I'm going to have to ask you to wait out here." he said blocking their path. McGee went to explain the situation calmly to the guard, but Tony got there first.

"We know! We were in the building when it happened. We need to get back in, NOW." he practically yelled, flashing his badge at him and attempting to shove past. At this the guard jumped into action, pushing Tony back into the other two.

"OK. Sorry for the misunderstanding sir, we'll just wait out here until the buildings clear." Velma said quickly motioning to Tony & McGee to leave as well. McGee and Velma left calmly, but Tony shoved past the guard, almost causing him too fall. As soon as they got outside Tony took off towards the back of the building. Tim and Velma looked at each other, confused, shrugged their shoulders, and then took off after him. As they got there they saw that he was opening the back door with the security guards access pass.

"Tony, we really shouldn't be going in there! If there's been a possible biohazard we should be getting as far away from the building as possible, not going in!" McGee tried to reason with Tony, but he just wouldn't listen.

"Hey, Probie, Abby's in there, she might be hurt. You don't wanna just leave her in there to suffer all alone do you?" Tony replied. At the mention of Abby's name McGee, who had begun to walk away, turned and walked through the open door. Tony followed and walked in front of McGee. Velma chased after the two desperately trying to convince them not to go in. It wasn't until they had reached the bullpen that she realised it was a lost cause and they were already actually in the building.

Meanwhile, in Jen's office, Ducky had been brought in and was currently arguing with Jen.

"All I'm saying Ducky, is that you should have called someone. Stayed in quarantine." Jen tried to reason.

"If I had called Gibbs, he wouldn't have answered his phone. In case you hadn't noticed, he's been avoiding me since Kate's funeral. He hasn't even looked at my face since I gave him that note. I followed protocol. I put the note into quarantine. I also assessed the risks, and if what is on this note is true then everyone in the building is at risk anyway." Ducky's tone changed quickly from angered and frustrated to pleading. "Why aren't we evacuating the building? It isn't 10:30 quite yet! Is there anyone checking the air ducts? We need to do something."

As soon as he had finished his sentence Tony burst in the door, having figured out where everyone had gone to, with McGee and Velma following closely behind. Everyone in the room jumped at the sudden noise. Gibbs, who had been pacing until now, turned and barked at Tony.

"What the… I told you to stay outside! How the hell did you get in here?"

"Heard there was a problem we might be able to help with." Tony replied smartly, closing the door. He then turned to Jen and said coolly "Director, you need to hire more competent security guards, that one just let us right in." Gibbs stared unbelievingly at Tony, looking as if he were about to explode. He opened his mouth to yell at them when the room was filled with a fine white powder. They all stood there staring at each other. Everyone was thinking exactly the same thing…

We're screwed…

A/N: woah... I cant believe this is chapter 10 already... I'm soooo sorry I havent updated in yonkys but I havent had any good ideas for the chapters... a big shoutout to my one and only constantreviewer! thank you scaryisntit! you rock!

erm, anyways... choc fudge brownies to whoever can guess who the mystery note-writer is...

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