Chapter 10- NCIS, the Navy, and the FBI
"You have three choices, you can give up, give in, or give it your all." -Lucy Heartfilia
Celeste's POV
I can't believe Gwen came to Recruitment Day! Due to her being big news in the FBI now, I would have thought she'd be taking a break on her day off. It is now lunch, which a lot of the teens and kids get from the local Oath Pizza, who caters this event every year. Their thin crust pizza is to die for, whenever it was my turn to get takeout for the team, I always grabbed two of their cheese pizzas. Grabbing my lunch, and a plate for Gibbs, I brought them over to Gibbs' charger, where we would eat our food. On days like this, Gibbs and I worked out a system. I got the food, and Gibbs got himself coffee, and he got me a non-caffeinated Caf-Pow.
I opened the passenger side door of Gibbs' charger, and climbed in with our pizza. "Are you going to spar this year?" I asked my mentor/guardian. When I was still seventeen, Gibbs found me at a coffee shop, and I took down an armed assailant. He got me my job at NCIS,and let me stay at his house. He would drive us to work, and I used my degrees and profiling skills to help the MCRT team catch murders.
"Yeah, I think sparing with the BAU will be fun," Gibbs replied. I smirked. I hope my brother and the rest of his team showed up, it would be fun to see if I could take down Morgan. My brother described him as the muscle of the BAU team. Over the past three years, after Kate died, Ziva began to teach me how to take down my enemies. I was to the point where I could take down five guys at the same time. Somehow I still can't beat Gibbs, but I can take down Tony and McGee at the same time. Also in those three years, Abby has influenced my style a little bit. I still wore my comfy jeans and combat boots, but I now wore black shirts, with my hair in a french braid. Like always, I had my SIG on my hip, but, I had a backup tucked into the waistband of my jeans, at the small of my back. Last year for Christmas, Gibbs had gotten me a ISW holster that fit my backup, a glock 42. I also in my regular SIG holster, have a knife, and in my pocket, I always carry a knife.
"You can't spar with your weapons on you," Gibbs told me. I smirked at him.
"I am going to referee the sparring, unless Spencer's friend Morgan is here, then you can hang on to my sidearms, though, I would like to see Ziva fight Morgan. I would also like to see you fight Hotch, who is my brother's boss," I told Gibbs, who just smirked.
Gwen's POV
I grabbed my lunch from the tent, where Oath Pizza was set up, I looked around, and I was surprised when I saw most of the BAU team. Hotch and Reid sat on the ground next to each other, Morgan sat next to Garcia, she looked like she was enamored by the tech booths. The Navy always had the top technology. Rossi was talking to some of the Marines that were walking around. JJ and Blake were not there. Blake's husband was in town, so I understand, and JJ had Henry and Will.
I walked over, and settled beside Aaron. "Hey, Gwen," He told me.
"It is nice to see you guys here, at the Navy Yard," I told my team. "I can't wait to introduce you to the MCRT of NCIS."
"What are they like?" Spencer asked. I smiled as I thought about the crazy team.
"Their leader is Gibbs, he is very strict, but protects the people he cares about. The second in command is Tony DiNozzo, he is a total movie buff, and a bit chauvinistic, but he cares about the team. The muscle of their team is Officer Ziva David, from Mossad, she is capable of taking down three grown men that are twice her size all at once. NCIS has their own computer genius, not as good as you Garcia, but McGee is pretty good. They also have their own ME, and Forensic Specialist. Finally, the brains and the profiler of the MCRT, Celestina Reid, the sister of our very own Dr. Reid," I explained to the BAU.
"How many are here?" Aaron asked me.
"I have only seen Gibbs and Celeste, but I bet they are all here, I know Abby is running a Forensic booth," I stated.
"My sister is here, I haven't seen her in about a year," Reid stated, and looked around. I smiled.
"She is going to be at the sparring matches later, but right now she is sitting in Gibbs' Dodge Charger, and they are eating lunch," I assured the young genius.
"How do you know all this?" Aaron asked.
"I have been coming here for three years, I know their patterns," I pointed out. Aaron smiled at me, and I grinned back at me.
"So, does the MCRT team treat each other like family, the same way this team does?" Garcia asked.
I nodded, "Both teams treat each other like family, I feel like the BAU more so. The BAU is a safer environment, we can shout out theories, and everything gets taken into account, meanwhile the NCIS team is quick, responsive, and barely have to be told what to do. If they get distracted, or break one of Gibbs' rules, they get smacked in the back of the head, not that hard. Gibbs calls it a 'wake up call'. It is kinda like someone saying 'Reid' when Spencer rambles," I told my team.
"Well that makes me feel a bit better, I had to sign an agreement with Agent Fornell, that if the MCRT ever had a serial killer, we would be willing to lend our resources. The team has caught serial killers before, but they don't catch them every case, like we do," Aaron told the team.
"Cool!" the team exclaimed. The BAU worked so often with local Law Enforcement, that the idea of working a case with another federal agency was exciting.
"Gwen, do you know how my sister got involved at NCIS, she hasn't shared the details with me?" Spencer asked.
"All I know is that she got a job with them when she was seventeen, Gibbs kept her as a probationary agent until she was eighteen, then moved her up to 'special agent' status. He has also encouraged her to take classes in her free time, and from what I have heard, NCIS pays for her courses," I looked pretty happy with that.
We all finished our food, and threw away our trash. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Gibbs and Celeste. Celeste looked over at me, saw Spencer, and ran over, tackling the poor man. Gibbs just walked over, calmly, and the rest of the BAU team was kinda in shock. I was laughing.
"Still can't keep her under control?" I asked Gibbs.
"Believe it or not, today is a good day," He replied, and we just watched as the BAU collided with the top team at NCIS.