Okay, it is still heck week (opens in two days) and I am up doing homework, if anyone I know is asking. Actually, I am trying to reach a goal so I need to post. This is a "set up" chapter, meaning that it sets the stage for the next chapter. Are you guys still reading? I dont like drops in reveiws. Just hang on, and let me know if you would rather that there are more letters or something. becuase I have an idea if people really like that more than the story line that we have taken. Anyway, before I fall asleep typing, (up til 1 all week and get up at 6, yes AM), here is another fabulous chapter.
NCIS
When the truck pulled into the navy yard, everyone started to move. Gibbs started to shout orders, "Ziva, call their mother and find out if they have any place that they go when they are upset. McGee, do a trace on one of their cell phones. Tony, get to the house and secure the crime scene. We come back in ten to go start at the crime scene." With that the three ran off to do his bidding.
Jenny was on the phone talking rapidly but still with an air of control, "…Yes issue the amber alert… no, I want this to not leak to the media… just tell them that kids were kidnapped… they don't need to know that the father was found dead… well just keep the press quiet!" She stormed over to the elevator, and became annoyed when it didn't open.
"Director, it's still broken." Abby reminded her. Without acknowledging Abby, Jenny went to the stairwell and started to climb.
"Abby," Gibbs called, "I want you to stay here and wait for the bus with the kids."
"Once the kids are here, what would you like me to do?"
"Rule number one Abby, never let suspects stay together. Put them in different rooms and give them coloring pages or something," Gibbs said as he went towards the stairs. "And put Becca and Kevin in different wings of the building. The kids look to them, and I don't want anyone to sway the vote."
After a moment McGee came back, "have you seen Gibbs?"
"He went upstairs a moment ago," Abby said as she stood still watching for the bus. "I take it that their phones were off."
"Yeah."
Ziva was the next to arrive, "Their mother said that they normally are at school when things happen and they stay in the theater, but the school has been swept, and they are not there."
When Gibbs arrived the team went off to join Tony at the crime scene. Abby stood there and waited. She couldn't believe that something had actually happened. Why didn't the kids come to NCIS or the team for help? And because they didn't, did that mean that Abby failed in the major idea behind the letters, to help the kids learn to trust them?
Or maybe DiNozzo was right, this assignment is cursed, and this was its way of attacking her.
When the bus finally pulled up, Ms. Becky was the first to get off and to talk to Abby, "We rode over in silence, I didn't tell them to either. But they might have decided that for themselves. What do you want us to do?"
"Um…" Abby started. She wasn't used to being in a position over someone. "Let's get them off of the bus, and then we can put them in different rooms. Once we get clearance from Gibbs, then we could show them around or something, but he wants them to have a chance to take this all in so that they can't plan what to say in advance. "
Jenny came back down the stairs, "Abby, what do you want me to do to help?"
Abby stood there for a minute, never have been in a position over her boss, "I guess I will take some of the kids and you could take some others and we can put them in different rooms. Just as long as we remember who is where."
"I'll go get some of them," Ms. Becky said as she went back on the bus. When she came off she brought with her Kevin, Becca, Hannah, Matt, Megan and John.
Abby smiled, "Don't worry, this will be taken care of soon."
She lead the kids to a hallway trying to think of where to put them when her phone rang.
~Abby, where are you putting the kids? Gibbs wants to know.~
"Tony, I really don't know."
~Gibbs says to put the group that reminds Ziva of us in interrogation.~
"Are you sure about this?"
~Yeah, they can watch movies on those screens or something. I think he is thinking along the lines of if they are like us…. Well if we knew something he would want to talk to us first and thoroughly.~
"Still, they are just kids Tony."
~Yes but this group is smart and strong.~
"Okay, tell Gibbs that I am," with that she hung up and sighed. She lead the group through the complicated halls to the interrogation rooms. She put the kids in individual rooms and set a movie up for them to watch.
After that she returned to her lab. She was surprised however to find all of the members of the team in the lab.
"Okay, lets figure this out," Tony suggested.
"Yeah, or were we just going to sit here DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked sarcastically, "First thing is that we need to talk to the kids, starting with the ones in interrogation."
"On it boss," Tony said as he headed towards the door.
"No, this isn't that simple DiNozzo," Gibbs explained, "Ziva was right, they are a lot like us, and would you cover for each other or would you act like you know nothing? What we need to do is figure out what would make us talk and then we see if they react the same way to that."
"So the question really is which of us could get you to talk?" Ziva clarified.
"I already did that math. Ducky you get to watch this one. Jenny, I need you to talk to Kevin. I will talk to Becca. Palmer, I need you to talk to Matt. McGee you get to talk with Hannah. DiNozzo, you will talk to the Ms. Becky. Abby you get to talk to Megan. Any questions?"
"Gibbs, I don't think that I am qualified for this," Palmer stated.
"No but I know what I am doing and it won't hurt. You actually get the easy job of being yourself."
"Wait, who goes first? Or is it a free for all?" McGee asked.
"No one interrogation at a time," Gibbs answered in thought.
Jenny walked past the team in front of Gibbs, "I'll go first."
Ziva laughed, "Well this will be interesting, wont it?" When Abby looked at her, Ziva explained, "I have interrogated a lot of people. But I know that I have never interrogated a child. I might have to rethink my strategy."
Abby smiled as they went towards the stairs so that they could go watch the director in action, "Well this week has been full of firsts hasn't it?"
Tony brushed past them, "Yeah, I bet this is the first curse that you ever started Abby."
He ran around the corner and then there was a smack. When Ziva and Abby were where the sound originated, the girls burst into laughter. McGee stood a few floors above them on the stairs, arms crossed around his chest in triumph. Tony was sitting on the floor sopping wet, fragments of a broken water balloon stuck in his hair.
Gibbs came up the stairs and saw the same sight, smirked and said as he went past, "DiNozzo, I thought we had been over this, no showers in the stairwell."
"Ha-ha" Tony laughed sarcastically, "I will get my revenge Probie!"
"Its not my fault Tony that you just happened to step underneath my water balloon," McGee said smartly which made Abby laugh even harder.
NCIS
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