Never Look Back – NCIS & NCIS: LA-
Chapter Eleven: Remember Me?
FallenQueen2: So this one is a bit gorier and serious than my other ones as the plot comes into play here, poor Deeks I can't leave him alone can I?
"What do we got Boss?" Tony asked as he, McGee and Ziva ducked under the yellow tape into the hotel room that NCIS was currently in.
"Dead sailor. Martin Decker, 28. Looks like he was tortured before he was killed." Gibbs said nodding at the body of the blonde sailor whose wrists were tied above his head with thick twine. He was only wearing boxers and his chest, arms and thighs were all cut up.
"Ouch." Tony winced as he grabbed his camera and started to shoot the scene as Ziva started to sketch as McGee looked around the hotel room for any clues. Ducky came in and Gibbs informed Ducky what they found and Ducky got to work on time of death and cause of death.
"Time of death would be between two to four hours ago and cause of death wasn't lost of blood but rather this wound right here." Ducky pointed out a deep gash across the sailor's chest. "This wound is deep and whatever was the weapon probably a knife of some sort it nicked some vital organs and caused almost instance death." Ducky explained as Tony got a closer photo of the gash and cuts on the rest of Martin's body. "These cuts are precise and meant to cause pain, who ever did this had it all planned out."
"Boss, you might want to see this." McGee called from inside the bathroom. Gibbs and Tony squeezed into the bathroom and stared at the mirror McGee was facing.
"Remember Me?" Was written in blood and Tony swallowed before taking a photo of.
"I think I found the murder weapon." Ziva entered the bathroom, holding a bloodied knife at arms distance.
"Bag and tag everything. DiNozzo you're with me, take the knife and we will get Abby to run it for prints and if we are lucky we will get a hit." Gibbs ordered.
"Alright so I handed the knife over to Abby and she will have the prints in a few minutes hopefully." Tony said as he entered the bullpen and sat at his desk.
"Good, Ziva and McGee should be back soon." Gibbs nodded and the elevator dinged and the two walked out.
"How did you do that boss?" Tony asked amazed and Gibbs just smirked as he sipped his newest cup of coffee.
"What did you find?" Gibbs asked as the two sat at their desks.
"A camera, it's pretty water logged but Abby should be able to pull some of the photos off it." McGee reported and Gibbs nodded before his phone rang.
"Gibbs…Alright thanks Abbs." He hung up quickly. "DiNozzo find anything you can on one Sylvia Gray, her prints were all over the knife."
"On it Boss." Tony nodded and quickly did the search, moments passed before a screen popped up, he scanned it and his jaw dropped. "Well she's in the system for a restraining order filed against her by one Marty Deeks."
"Marty?" Ziva's eyebrows furrowed together.
"Yeah but it is only active in the state of California, so in other words if she has found him up here…"
"He could be her next target. DiNozzo get him in here now. McGee, Ziva find out where Gray is, I want her in her yesterday." Gibbs ordered gruffly.
"Don't need to look for me, I'm right here." Marty spoke up as he sped walked into the bullpen in his sweater and sweatpants, envelope in hand.
"Marty, are you alright?" Tony asked worried.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that sailor though." Deeks ran a shaking hand through his hair. "I didn't think she would go that far, she was crazy but…" He shook his head.
"Tell us what about why you filed a restraining order against her." Gibbs ordered.
"You might want to see these first." Marty shook the envelope. Gibbs got up and took the package from Marty's hands and guided him into a chair as he pulled out the photos and a USB drive.
"She's been following me since I left LA. The USB has a video message on it… It's pretty sick…" Marty put his head in his hands.
The group looked at the photos. The first one showed Deeks as he was talking with Tony as he marched Michael Windber away in cuffs on his first day down in DC. The next one was the two of them at a dinner drinking coffee and talking. The next one was Deeks walking into his hotel with Chinese food. Into the FLETC building, having lunch with Michelle, helping out Tony during his trade craft lesson, Tony getting punched in the face by the two men at the bar, being tossed over Tony's shoulder and heading into Abby's hearse, Abby, Tony and Marty all Gothed out heading into Spiral, the three of them staggering out of the club into a cab, and finally Marty staring at his phone with a look of shock in Tony's living room.
"This is sick." Tony shook his head and moved away from the photos.
"Wait till you see the video." Marty said gloomily. "It's my fault."
"Having a stalker is not your fault Marty." Tony placed his hand on his friend's shoulder as McGee plugged the USB into his computer and the video started on the main screen. It showed the now dead sailor tied up on the hotel bed, already pretty cut up and eyes hazy like he was drugged.
"Hello Marty, do you remember me? I remember you, how could I not. You're the only man I will ever love but, but you left me! How could you Marty, I would do anything for you! I love you!" A female voice came out of the speakers and Marty gave a shudder at the voice.
"Do you remember Marty? Do you remember all the fun we had? I miss having you tied up like the good sailor here; did you notice your names are similar? Marty Deeks and Martin Decker? Ah we had so much fun but then you broke up with me and filed a restraining Order!" She laughed and Marty kept his eyes turned down so he couldn't see anyone's faces.
"He wasn't as much fun as you Marty. I must have gave him too much drug as he didn't make any noises like you did when I was craving him up, ah well this is more of a practice run you see. I'm going to find you again Marty and we can finally be together, forever and ever." With the final words she gave the sailor a final gash and he gasped for breath before his body went lax and the light out of his hazy eyes. "I'll be seeing you soon baby." Then the video cut out.
"See how it's my fault?" Marty whispered still looking down and only flinched slightly and looked up to see Gibbs looking down at him.
"This. Is. Not. Your. Fault." He stressed each word. "But we need to know everything that happened when you were with her."
"Alright…" Marty agreed softly before Director Vance entered the bullpen.
"We have a call from LA and I think it wise to tell them about the case." Vance gave them a pointed look as McGee unplugged the USB.
"You can tell us what happened with your team present if you want." Gibbs offered his voice less hard than it normally is.
"I can try Boss." Marty gave a weak smile and the team followed Vance into MTAC where the LA team was up on the screen already.
"Hi Deeks." Kensi said cheerfully but Deeks didn't response, his nerves were shot to pieces and he hated it.
"What happened?" Hetty asked tightly noticing the look on her agent's face.
"Do any of you know anything about Sylvia Gray?" Gibbs spoke up, deciding to get the ball rolling.
"…That name sounds familiar…" Kensi pondered over it, as the others shook their heads no. "Oh isn't she the one who you filed a restraining order against Deeks?"
"That's the one." Deeks said softly.
"You just said it was just a bad break up, what does she have to do with anything?" Kensi asked worry lacing her words.
"She is now wanted for the murder of Sailor Martin Decker and she is currently stalking Deeks." Gibbs gave them a short version.
"Oh Deeks." Nell gasped covering her mouth.
"Yeah, I never can catch a break can I?" Deeks said wearily.
"Do you feel up to telling us what happened when you were with her Deeks?" Gibbs asked looking at him.
"I'll try Boss." Deeks took a deep breath and he did notice how the LA team seemed to be frowning at his choice of words. Before he could start Abby rushed in with a pile of photos in her hands.
"Oh Marty, I'm so sorry for what this horrible woman did this to you!" Abby cried throwing Marty into one of her famous hugs handing the images off to Gibbs as she did. She kept him in her embrace for a few moments longer.
"Abby, are these from the camera McGee brought you?" Gibbs asked tightly looking at the images.
"Yes, I'm sorry Marty." She shook her head.
"What are the photos of Jethro?" Callen asked tensely.
"Photos of an almost identical crime scene as we saw with Decker today, but these happened a few years back and well…" Gibbs sighed and held up the photo for all to see.
They held images of a younger Marty Deeks, looking just like the sailor, tied up in bed, eyes somewhat hazy with knife cuts all over his back, a bruise on his head and neck. The same photo that Marty had gotten a few days prior. Gasps came from both the people in OPS and in MTAC.
"There uh… Was a video as well, not all of it just the ending…" Abby held up a USB before hugging Deeks closer to her while Tony placed a calming hand on Marty's shoulder. Vance took it and it played so both sides of the video call could see.
"I'll be right back baby, then we will disappear and be together forever." Sylvia's voice came through the speakers as an image of Deeks appeared. He looked just like he did in the images Abby had gotten before. Once a door closed, Marty blinked and his eyes were clear and an angry look set in on his face.
"Crazy bitch." He growled before somehow managing to get onto his knees, twisting his arms over his head he was now facing the headboard and using his teeth he started in on the knot of twine. Tense moments passed and they heard Deeks give a soft 'aha' the knot finally fell apart and his hands came free. He leapt off the bed and the camera crashed down onto the ground, they saw his legs moving around and clothes rustling as he pulled on some clothes, the door opened and shut as Deeks ran out, it was silent for a small amount of time before the door opened again.
"I'm back baby… Marty? Honey? MARTY!" Sylvia cried out, her feet stopped and then they heard her give a cry of rage and something shatter against a wall. "I will find you Marty, you can't get away from me that easily, you will be mine forever!" She screamed and she bent down at her knees and the camera died.
"She was video taping me? Damn…" Marty shook his head as he fell back into the theatre chairs, Abby and Tony by his side.
"Good job on getting out though." Tony whispered to Deeks who nodded his thanks.
"Well I guess you all know the story behind why I filed a restraining order." Deeks rubbed his forehead.
"Why did you never take her to court?" Sam asked tightly.
"Wouldn't have worked Sam, the drugs played with my memory, everything was patchy and I couldn't remember how I got most of those cuts and thankfully I was still a lawyer at this time, so I pulled some strings and got a order filed against her." Marty explained slumping down in the chair.
"Now she's back." Hetty said, eyes narrowing.
"Now she's back." Marty nodded and closed his eyes as they sent the LA team what Marty brought in and the reports from the crime scene itself.
"My team will be up there in a few hours." Hetty informed Vance in her 'don't mess with me' tone.
"I will send someone to pick them up, Deeks will not leave the building and we will catch this woman." Vance nodded and the feed cut out. "Go wait in the bullpen for the LA team." Vance ordered.
"And make sure Deeks doesn't fall apart during this case." He whispered to Gibbs as the team made their exit. Abby keeping Marty close to her, tears in her eyes.
"Okay well we have some time to kill, I vote we tell stories because to be honest this isn't the worst thing that has happened to me. I have a reason to never go back to Hawaii." Marty said cheerfully as he sat in Tony's chair after he rolled it into the middle of the bullpen.
"This I want to hear." Tony admitted and sat on the side of his desk, not saying a word about how Marty stole his chair.
"Well my friends, gather round and let me tell you a story." Marty waved his hands and the whole group minus Gibbs rolled their chairs closer to the middle. Marty spent the rest of the time waiting for the LA team to show up telling the DC stories of his adventures from when he was kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder ending up meeting Danny from the 50 taskforce to forcing Sam to watch his dog to how he fell into a canal in Venice to him getting pepper sprayed. He kept them entertained and it helped easy the weight of the case they were about to work.