Chapter 12
Gibbs paused when he reached the car park of the hospital and pulled out his phone and called McGee, he waited impatiently for the young agent to answer
"McGee the shooter is Scott Restin, I want you to find him now, and get me all the information you can get on him, he…" he got no further as McGee broke in
"Already on it boss, I got amatch on suspects5 minutes ago, Restin flew into DC this morning, but I don't have a whereabouts for him in the DC area, I have a watch on his credit card and bank transactions but he hasn't used them since arriving here" McGee told Gibbs, pleased to be able to pull one over on his boss like that, but afraid to let it show in his voice. Gibbs paused, his mind formulating what McGee had told him.
"Good work McGee" he said "I'm on my way in" he said before hanging up.
Gibbs sprinted to his car and returned to the NCIS building at speeds that would have had Kate and Tony begging to live. On his way to the bullpen he pulled out his phone again
"Tony I want you and Kate back here now, Constance identified the shooter as Scott Restin, a former NCIS agent who was fired from the team, get Matthews body shipped to us, then get here now" he demanded, his tone accepting no hesitation
"On our way Boss" Tony told him "we also found some boot prints here that may tie Restin in to Matthews' murder, I'll get the local LEO's to comb the area for anything else and get them to ship it to us if they find anything." He informed Gibbs as he motioned for Kate to come over.
"Fine" Gibbs said as once again he hung up.
Tony looked up at Kate, we have a positive ID from Constance" he told her "Gibbs wants us back now" he looked at her and grinned "We could be there so much quicker if NCIS had its own plane" he grumbled, the fact that NCIS didn't have a plane was a bone of contention with Tony. Kate grinned as she called the airlines to book their flights back to DC. They had a solid lead and they would get the creep, one way or another.
Gibbs strode down the stairs that led into the bullpen calling to McGee as he did so
"Anything new?" he demanded, McGee looked up and shook his head
"Still no sign of where he is in DC, but I am putting together a dossier togther of what he has been doing for the last 10 years, and it isn't good Gibbs" he told him. "Oh and Abby was looking for you" he added on remembering Abby's desperation to find Gibbs
Gibbs turned and headed for the elevator,
"Going to Abby" he called over his shoulder, the ride down seemed to take for ever and when he arrived in the lab, Abby was dancing around the room, when she saw Gibbs she pounced on him, pulling him to her desk
"I have him, I know who it is" she crowed, then turned to glare at him "Don't you answer your phone anymore?" she demanded crossly, Gibbs grinned at her
"Scott Restin" was all he said, Abby paused her eyes narrowing before she let out a piercing scream, that had Gibbs covering his ears in pain
"I really, really, really hate it when you do that!" she growled at him, feeling deflated that she wasn't the one to break the news to him. Gibbs smiled at her, and dropped a kiss on her nose
"But great work Abby" he told her, turning to leave the room
"Going to see Ducky" he called without turning around
"Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs" he heard as he reached the door, he turned to look at Abby, one eyebrow raised in question
"Don't you want to know how I found out?" she demanded, hurt that he hadn't asked, Gibbs smiled again
"Nope" he grinned "not at the moment" he said as he continued on his way, Abby's squeal of frustration following him down the hall.
Gibbs made his way back to the elevator chuckling to himself, suddenly everything seemed much better than it had, but it usually did after a visit to Abby, she really was a genius he thought, as he rode to Ducky's floor, if Restin didnt confess Abby would provide evidence to convict him, as she always did.
Gibbs strode into the morgue calling out for Ducky as he did so.
"He isn't here agent Gibbs" Jimmy told him walking into the room behind him, Gibbs spun round and looked at Ducky's young assistant, he was aware that he terrified the poor man, and he wasn't beyond scaring him deliberately, but today the stakes were too high
"Where is he Jimmy?" he asked carefully, his gut going on full alert, Jimmy shook his head
"I don't know I'm afraid. I saw him hurrying down the hall awhile ago but he didn't stop when I called out to him" He told Gibbs worriedly at the darkening look on the agents face.
"When was this?" he demanded
"About an hour ago sir" Jimmy said carefully, "I heard the phone ringing so I think he got a call of some kind" Jimmy hazarded a guess
"Damn" Gibbs ground out turning and running for the stairs, not bothering to wait for the elevator.
