Just wanted to say, I am not an internet expert, I know how to use it but that's about it, so if any of the internet stuff is wrong I apologise!
Chapter 10
Gibbs walked out of the interrogation room, his face cold and hard, his eyes like ice, he strode into the observation room next door
Kate and Tony spun to face him
"Probie is getting the information from his server Gibbs" Tony said in response to the information Gibbs had gleaned from Flynn and his lawyer, which sadly was very little. All Flynn had been able to tell them was that he had received an email with Abby's picture on it with an offer of money if he 'did her', a few days later an email appeared with the photo of his first victim, and a message saying 'I know your secret' The next message had told him to check his balance, that he would find $10,000 deposited in it, and he would get another $10,00 when confirmation was received, the message had also supplied details of Abby's life, general movements and favourite haunts, Flynn had decided the money was worth it and the next night had followed Abby to the club.
What had confused Gibbs was the fact that there had been no computer at Flynn's house, but Flynn had said that in the final email he had been warned to destroy the computer and not disclose anything about the emails to anyone.
But Flynn had retained a good lawyer who had seen the benefit of giving the information to NCIS in order to try and cut some kind of deal, added to that had been the fact that Flynn was rightly terrified of Gibbs, and what he would do if he had found out on his own. Flynn might be sick and stupid, but he was not foolish enough not to recognise that Gibbs was a serious threat to his well being.
"I checked back with Flynn's bank, the money was a wire deposit from an account in Black creek Virginia, The account was opened two days before the deposit was made, the account was opened online" Kate said, referring to her PDA.
Gibbs nodded, a frown creasing his forehead
"Doesn't anybody do anything in person anymore, or is it all done inline" he muttered, turning to leave the room
"Online boss" Tony corrected, wishing he hadn't bothered when Gibbs turned and glared at him.
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Gibbs entered Abby's lab to find McGee and Abby sitting in front of screens, both busily typing away, he crossed without a word to the CD player and hit the off button
"Gibbs, turn it back on" Abby called without turning around "My fingers type faster with it on" She added, finally turning and smiling at him before turning back to watch McGee
"Yeah well, I'm too old to shout over that noise" Gibbs said crossing back to stand behind the pair, his hand resting on Abbys neck, just below her hair line, his thumb gently stroking her.
"McGee?" Gibbs said to the younger agent who was still typing
"Yeah boss, I just need one more minute to access the server" he said typing away frantically, Gibbs sighed andspoke to Abby
"Is he hacking into it?" he asked, his eyes grim, Abby nodded her head eagerly, "yeah he is so good at it, he beat me there, and boy am I good" She said in admiration
"Wouldn't this court order, make it easier to get the information?" Gibbs said throwing down a sheet of paper in front of McGee. Abby pulled Gibbs away from McGee
"Not really, see we would have to go to their office, serve it on them, wait for their legal department to check it out and give us the information, this way we get the information, then we can use the court order to get the information legally, and no one knows we were ever there illegally" Abby told him grinning "much faster this way, and so much cooler" she added crossing to her CD player and turning the music back on, her eyes sparkling. Gibbs stood and watched her for a moment, quietly assessing how much of it was forced and how much she was really coping with the turn of events. He nodded once then turned to leave the room
"Call me when you get something" He said to McGee at the doorway "And Abs?" he added turning to look at her, when she spun on her heel to face him he looked at her calmly
"You can't work this, it would give the damn lawyers a good reason to throw any evidence out" he said quietly, hating the way the spark faded slightly from her eyes
"But…" she started
"No buts Abby, you fight me on this then you go to the safe house" he told her quietly, stepping back into the room, and signing to her briefly
Abby stood there and watched him then nodded, turning quietly to her office area; leaving Gibbs standing there watching her go, his anger at Flynn and the bastard he worked for mounting rapidly.
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Gibbs entered the bullpen to find both Tony and Kate on the phone, He looked at his watch and sighed, the day had nearly gone and they were no closer to finding out who had paid Flynn. Kate finished her call and crossed to where Gibbs was sitting at his desk, scanning the information the had so far
"All the information on the online bank account were stolen Gibbs, the identity belonged to an 80 year old man from Boise Idaho. A Mr Clive Bishop, checked with Abby just to be sure, but she doesn't know him. Who ever it was can add Identity theft to their growing list of offences" Kate said
Tony crossed over having finished his call also
"I have been onto the bank in Black creek, they log all the ISP's of their online transaction, they are faxing the list over, to see if we get a match with any that McGee pulls off of Flynn's server" he told Gibbs, just as the fax machine started churning out paper, Gibbs looked over his desk at it
"Get it down to McGee then" he said, grabbing his coat "Going for Coffee" he said, unable to take the sitting and waiting that was being forced on him, for once in his life he hated the fact that he knew nothing about the technology that all the rest of them talked about with ease. Today Gibbs felt old, very old.