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It's Not What You Think-Chapter 7-A Clue
NCIS HQ-Washington, D.C.-1600 Zulu.
Lili exited the elevator, a stack of files in one hand and a cup of coffee in another. She hadn't gotten a lot of sleep the previous night; something about the case was bugging her. She reached her desk and, depositing her belongings on her desk, took the top file, a pen, and a notebook, and walked back to the elevator. Pressing the DOWN button, she thought back to what had been bothering her.
The apartment of Melissa Dandridge, Washington, D.C., 0700 Zulu, the previous night
"Hey, what's that you're working on?" Melissa Dandridge asked her houseguest as she came over with a sandwich and a cup of tea.
"Umm, a case. Thanks," she said as she accepted the plate and cup.
"What's it on?" She looked at the laptop on the coffee table, only to discover it was in phonetic Japanese.
"Umm, it's from an old case I worked on with Pacci."
"That's cool. I guess. Well, I'll leave you to it, then. Good night," she said as she retreated to the back of the apartment.
"Yeah. Night." Lili looked back at her notes and noticed something funny about the autopsy notes Jimmy Palmer had given her earlier that day. There was something wrong with the report.
"I've got it! Blood type was AB positive? That doesn't match." She looked at Kate Todd's medical report. "She was O negative. The body was switched. Damn it."
Present day.
The elevator stopped at the floor where the autopsy lab was located. Lili exited and was promptly greeted by Jimmy Palmer.
"Oh! Agent Snyder! I was just, umm, Dr. Mallard's in the lab."
"Thanks Jimmy," she said as she stepped aside so he could enter the elevator.
Waving goodbye to him, she walked into the lab and found Ducky pondering over a report. "Good morning, Ducky. Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Elisabeth! Good morning! Of course, what is it?"
Lili showed him the file. He looked at it intently, and was surprised at what he read.
"I must have missed it in all the confusion. I'm sorry, Elisabeth. I don't know how that could have happened."
"It's all right, Ducky. You were emotional. It's happened to everyone. When I found out about Pacci, Conrad had to give me leave for a week before I could handle working again. I almost botched a case. But, I'm wondering what happened to Agent Todd's body."
"We're all wondering, but, thinking back, I remember that the men who took Caitlin's body in the van were new. I had never seen them before."
"Really? Okay, well I'll look into that. Thanks Ducky!" she called back as she hurried out of the room. She now had a clue as to what might have happened to Agent Todd's body. She entered the elevator, a look of deep thought etched on her face.
When the elevator stopped at the floor where the bullpen was, she exited and headed straight for Jethro Gibbs' desk.
"What's this?" he asked her as she dropped the file in front of him.
"A new report. I found something interesting that might help." He looked at the report, skimming the German words that made it up. "Okay. Thanks. Keep me updated."
"You got it."
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