I have taken most of the stuff of Abby and Tim in season seven episode borderline.

Chapter 52

Benito Juarez, Mexico…

"Hi" Abby greeted the man who opened the car door before running up the steps towards the building.

"Abs, abs slow down" Tim said finding it hard to keep up with her making her stop and turn to him.

"I don't want to miss anything" Abby says excitedly.

"Like what the Barito bar?" Tim asked making Abby glare at him and cross her arms over her chest.

"Are you going to be a party pooper the entire trip Timmy, come on" Abby said bouncing up making her pigtails fly around then then held her hand out.

He smiled before grabbing her hand and following her.

The garden at the back of the building had a big water fountain and lots of people standing and chatting while waiters walked around with trays of drinks and canapés.

"You know the last time I was in Mexico I was sick for weeks" Tim grimaced at the thought.

Abby put and arms on his shoulder and said "It's called bottled water Timmy, maybe this time you won't be so cheap" she said before kissing him on the cheek.

"Abby" Alejandro Rivera's voice came from the crowd of people.

"Buenas Dias Ms Sciuto" the Mexican said kissing her hand "Such a pleasure you could make it, I hope your flight was pleasant"

"Oh it was" Abby said with a smile "But arms sure or tired"

"Not too tired I hope you're going to need them" Rivera said with a chuckle.

"For what exactly" Tim asked butting in. he didn't know what it was but he didn't like him one bit he felt as though the Mexican was up to something.

"Well a cold case is waiting for you and a whole class of eager students waiting for you to share your forensic expertise with them" he said to Abby with a smile.

"Sounds like I'm going to be busy" she said with her ever so cheery smile.

"Well I hope you wont be too busy…" he began before Tim butted in.

"Busy let's just leave it at that"

"Oh forgive me agent Mergee no" he said offering his hand.

"Agent McGee" he said shaking his hand.

"Unfortunately there is only one room" he said shaking his head.

"That's ok Timmy and I are engaged and live together" Abby said taking her fiancés arm with a beaming smile.

"Congratulations and that is good, I wouldn't want you two to have to book into a hotel the violent from the drug war is escalating" he said with a small smile.

Later on in the class room…

Abby is walking back and forth while looking through folders "Aught this is going to be fun, I've always wanted to be a teacher" she said excitedly and then the door opened "Oooh here they come" she said with a smile.

"Hola" she greeted them as she watched them take a seat. "I'm Abby Sciuto, I am a forensic scientist for the Naval Criminal Investigative service and this is Agent McGee" she introduced and Tim smiled at them "Any questions?" she asked eagerly but no one put their hand up. "Ok todays lecture is on the forensics of cold cases, we will be working on an actual case provided by your government it's the gang land hit of a drug trafficker almost twenty years old doesn't get much colder than that£" she said handing out the files to the students before asking "Any questions?"

She turned and a girl hand her hand up. "Yes" Abby said pointing to them.

The girl stood up and said "Who told you the day of the dead was in May?" as she said this everyone laughed at her comment.

Abby just smiled before saying "Your name is let me guess Natalia"

"You can read" the girl said in reply.

"I can read" Abby said moving closer to the girl "I can also tell you have cats"

"Anyone could tell I have a cat" Natalia said touching her clothing.

"One orange tabby and two calicos, your allergic to citrus, you went bowling last night" she said circling the Mexican girl. "You're a vitamin D deficient…oh and you're ovulating" She continued making the girl gasp and the rest of the class laugh.

"Any more questions?" Abby asked turning around and walking away, no one put their hands up "Back to the case, which because of very shady police work has almost no forensic evidence" Abby continued "I hope you brought your walking shoes because we are going in the field" She said with a grin.

It took them a while but after a bit of a hike Abby, Tim and the students arrived at the old crime scene "There are many ways a cold case can be solved anyone?" she asked Natalia put her hand but instead she turned to Tim "Agent McGee?"

He thought for a moment before saying "Well a new witness can step forward alibies can fall through or new information can come to light" he said with a satisfied smile.

"This new information comes from forensic evidence, which we are going to have to find on our own because this case had virtually none" Abby began before going back to the file "All we know is that twenty years ago a drug dealer named Pedro Hernandez, he left a café got in his vehicle to go home when he was hot at point blank range in a gang style shooting, his vehicle was abandoned after the incident so that's where we're going to start" Abby said turning to the old rusty truck behind her.

"Lesson number one be careful of shady police work for example" she said looking at the bullet hole in the windscreen "This fracture pattern it tells me that the that the bullet that shattered the glass was traveling at an unusually high velocity which means?" no one answered so once again turned to the man she loved "Agent McGee"

"It was fired for a long range weapon" he said.

"Which also means, this police report is wrong he was not shot point blank" Abby said with a smile.

All of a sudden a car approached them "Are we expecting more students" Abby asked confused.

"I don't think they are students" Natalia said as the car came into view and there were large men with guns in the back. They car stopped in front of them and got out all with guns.

A tall woman with light brown hair to her shoulders and tanned skin, dressed all in back with a gun approached them and said "Your trespassing"

"This is public property" Abby said

"We were just leaving" Tim said putting an arm on Abby's shoulder wanting to avoid any trouble. He had promised Gibbs and Jenny that he would look after Abby and he would do anything to keep her safe.

"Actually no you're not" She said her accent thick.

Tim turned and looked at Abby and he could see the panic in her green eyes he tried ti give her a look that said that everything would be ok.

"Line up all of you" she ordered as her men pointed guns at everyone and they did as they were told.

"It's probably time to start praying too" she said looking at the two lovers.

"Can we just slow down for a second" Tim tried to co-operate.

"Sorry I have lunch plans" she said her lip not even twitching into a smile.

"Would it help you to know that I am a guest of your government?" Abby asked.

"Abby" Tim said trying to tell her that he would deal with it.

"What?" Abby asked innocently.

"Ok maybe I won't kill you" she said stepping closer to them "maybe I'll take you hostage instead, see how much you're worth"

Tim then stepped closer and pulled out his badge "My name is Timothy McGee, I'm a united states federal agent, I'm worth a lot to them ok" he said as she stepped closer and held her hand out to take the badge and he gave it to her "Now you just let them go and you can keep me"

The brunet looked at the badge then looked at Tim for a moment before saying "You're a brave man Timothy McGee, do you know who I am?" she handed his badge back

"No" Tim said taking his badge and putting it In his jacket pocket.

"My name Palomar Reynosa" she said.

Tim nodded as he said "Reynosa as in" but Palomar interrupted him.

"Reynosa drug cartel at least that's what you would call it, I prefer to think of it as the family business" she said with hands on her hips.

"Now were screwed" he whispered to Abby.

"What's an NCIS agent so far from home?" she asked.

"He's my escort" Abby said stepping in front of Tim "I'm teaching a class on the forensics of cold cases"

"And this truck?" Palomar asked walking over to the old rusty vehicle. "This your class room?"

"We're using the murder of a man name Pedro Hernandez as a case study" Abby explained as Palomar circled the car.

She laughed before saying "oh Pedro, that was a long time ago, what could you possibly learn now?" she asked.

Abby and Tim looked at each other before Abby said "Well for example, the police report it was wrong, he wasn't shot point blank" Abby explained.

"You are correct" she said nodding "He was killed by a sniper hiding on a rig almost a thousand meters from here" Tim looked in the direction of the ridge and so did Abby.

"How do you know that?" Abby asked with a worried expression on her face.

"Because the killer left a message on that ridge"

"What message?" Tim asked.

Palomar then pulled her necklace out of her top and pulled part of it off and handed it to them. Tim looked down and was shocked to find a sniper bullet. "Perhaps you'll have more use for it than I"

Abby looked down at the brass "I'll see what I can do" she said in a serious voice.

Palomar looked down "Love your shoes" she said to Abby before walking back to the car.

"Thanks" Abby mumbled as the brunet and her men got back into the truck and drove away.

Tim looked at Abby and couldn't help but sigh with relief.

Later on in the hotel room…

"Who do you thing she was?" Abby asked as she sat on the bed watching as Tim was getting ready for bed.

"I told you already Palomar Reynosa, the head of the Reynosa drug cartel, she took over after her husband died" Tim explained pulling back the sheets on the bed

"No I mean who do you think she was to our cold case victim?" she asked

"Probably someone important considering she was carrying around that bullet for so long" Tim said as Abby got under the covers. "Really don't know my about her" he continued.

"I've got a bad feeling about this case" Abby said hugging Bert close before picking up the cold case folder off of the cabinet. "Why do you think the police didn't investigate this case further?" she asked curiously.

"Well he was a drug dealer" Tim said kissing her on the cheek and pulling her own closer to him before closing his eyes.

"I think I'm developing my own gut" Abby said making Tim open his eyes and look at her.

"Yeah I was going to mention to you that you look like you've put on a few ponds lately" he said in joking manner earning him a playful punch in the stomach.

They both laughed before they fell asleep safe in each other's arms.

In the early hours of the morning Abby woke up and couldn't help but think about the case. She sat up and looked over at the man she loved and smiled at how peaceful he looked. "Timmy" she whispered and like she hoped he didn't wake up.

She slipped out of bed and changed into her normal clothes, leaves a note for her fiancé and grabbed the case file and the bullet before walking to the lab she would be boring for the rest of her morning left in Mexico.

When she gets to the lab she sets out the evidence in front of her before going over the computer and looking up the name Pedro Hernandez.

She is surprised when a BOLO appears. She clicks on another page linked to his name and gasps when she reads what the article is about. It says how he had fled after being the suspect of the murder of one Shannon and Kelly Gibbs and with the fact he was killed by a sniper from a thousand meters away and that the bullet matched what Gibbs used to shoot when he was in the marines there was only one person the murder could be.

She excited the window as she heard someone enter the room.

"Ms Sciuto, good morning I just found out what happened yesterday and came immediately to see how you were doing" Rivera said reaching out for her hands.

"I'm fine" Abby said still shocked from her recent discovery.

"I wish you could have told me your plans that way I could have told you no"

"So do I" Abby said in a whisper.

"The Reynosa drug cartel is having a rough moment it's very dangerous to go in their territory at the moment" He then looked at the table and noticed the extra bag of evident "but it seems your expedition produced some fruit" he said touching the extra bag.

"Maybe, but as far as cold cases go this one's frigid" she said pulling the bag back.

"Looks pretty warm to me" he said picking up the bag again "Lapua" he said looking at the bullet. "It's a favourite of snipers is it not?" he asked putting it down.

"I wouldn't draw any conclusions, it's also popular with competitive shooters and apparently as jewellery" she said not looking at him and moving nervously.

"Something is bothering you" Rivera said with a concerned look on her face.

"Who's idea was it for me to come down here was it yours or was it Director Gibbs's?"

"Your Director just approved it, how is she anyway, and the baby?"

"There fine and healthy, but back to answering my question" Abby said.

"The idea was all mine"

At that she walked over to the other table and brought the folder over "And who assigned me this case?" she said slamming the thin folder on the table.

"I ugh don't know exactly, someone on my staff why?" he asked shrugging his shoulders.

"How well do you know your staff?" she asked.

"Does this have something to do with the cold case, have you solved it?" he asked excitedly.

"No, not yet, but if I'm going to, I need you to exhume the body of Pedro Hernandez" she said pointing to his picture.

"That can be arranged" Rivera said with a shrug of his shoulders.

"And I need it sent back to my people in DC, they are the only ones I trust, I mean we certainly wouldn't want to convict the wrong person" Abby said in a pleading voice.

"No of course not" he said with a smile "The body of a dead drug dealer from twenty years ago, I don't think anyone would mind" he continued "for you I will make the arrangements" he said with a nod before walking away.

Abby ran her hands through her hair and sighed. What was she going to do? "Abs you ok?" Tim's voice broke her thoughts before he wrapped her in a hug.

"Yeah Timmy, ready to go home?" she asked looking up at him.

"Yeah" Tim said before kissing the top of her head.

Hours later Tim had gone home but Abby had something on her mind.

She knocked on the very familiar door and waited for it to open.

The door opened and Jenny smiled when she saw her friend on the door step but then she saw the look Abby was wearing "Hey Abs what's up, come in" the redhead motioned for her to come in.

"We need to talk" Abby said in a very serious tone.

TBC…

This has taken for like ever and I'm sorry it's so boring but I wrote this as I watched the episode but of course I changed things to fit.

Please review please it has taken me forever to write this so please tell me what you think and what Jenny and Gibbs should say to Abby about what she uncovered in Mexico.