A/N: I know that in the show Gibbs is 53 and Kate is 30 but I'm changing it. So, yes. The timeline WILL be different, don't like it? Don't read it.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the NCIS characters.
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PRESENT

Gibbs and his team had just come back from a crime scene. Three petty officers were found in different locations around Norfolk. The first petty officer was found by a garbage man at 1300. The second officer was found nearby a park and the third officer was found just ½ a mile away from the second officer.

"DiNozzo! Get me any details you can about all three petty officers!" Gibbs yelled as DiNozzo looked up at him and nodded.

"Yes, Boss!"

"I'm going to see Ducky. When McGee comes back, tell him to see me at Autopsy."

"Okay, Boss." DiNozzo replied as he started typing away on his computer, trying to find any details he could find about the poor petty officer.

Once Gibbs stepped onto the elevator, he sighed and scrubbed his hand down his face as the doors were closing. He gulped down his hot, bitter coffee and sighed.

"What another long case this is going to be." He grumbled before stepping off the elevator and walked into the Autopsy room.

"Hey, Duck."

"Hello, Jethro."

"Whad'ya got for me?" Gibbs asks as he walks over to Ducky and one of the petty officer's dead bodies, examining it from his view.

"Well, Jethro, there isn't much to tell. There are no signs of abuse. He got no beatings, not even one single scratch on his body. But, over here…" Ducky trailed off as he walked away from the table and over to the X-rays. Gibbs followed him over to the screen and studied the pictures.

"I...Don't see anything, Duck."

"Exactly, Jethro. There are no signs of anything happening inside of the poor man."

Gibbs sighed and took another long sip of his coffee, "What about the other two?"

Ducky sighed, "It's the same for all three."

"Well, Ducky. That's not going to help me, now is it?" Gibbs grumbled as he walked out of autopsy, throwing away his cup of coffee in the trash before stepping onto the elevator and heading to Abby's lab.

IN THE BULLPEN

Tony was pulling out a file on the last petty officer when McGee walked in.

"Probie! There you are! Gibbs has been looking all over for you." He said as he set the file down and stood up from his desk when he noticed McGee was holding a bag of food.

"Watcha got there, Probie?" McGee rolled his eyes and continued his walk to his desk.

"Nothing you need to worry about, Tony."

Tony glared at McGee before the elevator dinged again.

"Hey, Boss. I found those- You're not the boss." Tony said, realizing he was not talking to the leader of the team.

"No...But I'm hoping the "boss" you're talking about is the man I'm looking for." The boy said as Tony studied him. The boy couldn't be over 20 and under 18.

"You've gotta be 19. McGeek! What do you think?" Tony asked as McGee walked over and gave a small smile to the young man.

"I hate to agree with you Tony but yeah, he's gotta be 19."

"Okay, yeah. I'm 19. Is there a Jethro Gibbs here?" The young man asked as Tony continued to study him.

"You know...You look awfully familiar. I mean the face structure, your build. The hair. But the eyes…" Tony trailed off as he stared into the young man's eyes. McGee raised an eyebrow before looking into the boys' eyes and gasping.

"T-T-Tiny. I-I mean...Gibbs!"

"Yes! That's it! Your eyes! They're exactly like-"

"No. Gibbs!" McGee exclaimed as he saw Gibbs walk out of the elevator with an angry face.

"McGee! DiNozzo! What the hell are you two just standing around for!?" Gibbs' voice echoed through the walls of the whole building. Tony and McGee scrambled over to their desks and tried to occupy themselves with finding whatever they needed to find, only to be distracted when the young man and their team leader looked at each other. McGee and Tony looked at each other with shocked faces.

The young man looked exactly like Gibbs except a younger version.

"Can I help you?" Gibbs asked, raising his eyebrows at the boy.

The young man stared into Gibbs' eyes before saying, "Are you Leroy Jethro Gibbs?"

Gibbs narrowed his eyes. "Who's asking?"

"Name's Jake. Jake Leroy Thomas Todd."