Abby looked up as Kate and Tony passed each other, another near miss, pacing back and forth in the small amount of free area in the lab. Guys, I'm serious, if you don't stop pacing in my lab, I may have to use you for test subjects! She shook her head. It was more than obvious to her that something was bothering them, but driving her crazy wasn't the way to fix it.

Sorry, Abby. It's just that there's something weird about this evidence and the way we received it. It's just not right. And Gibbs is acting funny over it, too. Tony didn't want to upset Abby, but he did want to have something for Gibbs when he got back. If you're almost done with the documents, I can take them and get out of your hair.

Abby moved to another station on her workbench. Okay, Tony, give me two more minutes and then you're outta here. Either of you have any idea what I should run these prints against?

Military obviously, Kate spoke up. And let's try local LEO, too. As Tony looked at her, she shrugged. Leah kept it out of her chain of command for a reason, let's ride her hunch.

Tony nodded. Makes sense. But I'm not sure I'd call her Leah around Gibbs. I swear they have a history together. He seemed awfully sensitive to her being here. Tony turned to Abby, You wouldn't happen to know a Leah Hecht, would you Abby?

Abby retrieved the documents for Tony and thought about it for a moment. No, Tony, I can't say I recognize the name. But I've only known Gibbs five years. If you really want to know, ask Ducky. Tony took the sheaf of papers from Abby and headed thoughtfully out of the room.

Okay, now that Tony the Tiger is gone, what can I rush out for you? Abby knew Kate would appreciate the humor since she usually bore the brunt of Tony's masculine posturing.

Kate chuckled. You know, I'm just not sure where to start with all this. That scrap of cloth is curious, but I think we might learn more from these shell casings. There were still several other pieces to process, but Kate just had a feeling about these. The rest just seem like either random belongings or detritus from the playground where the deceased was found.

Well, I'm still waiting to see if there's any DNA on that fabric, but I've got about another hour to go on that. I can tell you what caliber gun the shell casings are from, but I suspect you're hoping for more miracles than that, huh?

Oh, Abby, I don't know. It's just that when I was talking to Leah, before Gibbs showed up, she just had a feeling that this all was very important. She asked us to please go over every piece of it with a fine tooth comb, cause there was something here she needed us to find. She just didn't know what yet. So what else can you do with this stuff?

Well, I can always try to pull some prints off the shell casings. It's a long shot. If your shooter was a pro, they never would've left prints. And even if they did, we'd be lucky just to get one halfway decent partial we could use. Then we'd have to hope we could match it. A real long shot. Abby grinned, But, what the heck, let's go for it. I've been up half the night already. Let's just see if we get lucky.

Kate smiled with her. Sounds good to me. She looked around her. Should she stay here, where she was probably less useful, or go try to find something else to occupy her mind while Abby dealt with the prints. She gave the goth girl a second, slightly weaker smile.