Disclaimer: I would make it a poem like Theoretical did but sadly I'm not that talented so... I don't own them and stop asking!
A/N: oh deer… sorry that I didn't post yesterday but I was with my bitch, Santa and Laggy and Lauren. I'm going to try and finish this story by Wednesday because Santa is going to San Francisco and she has to read this before she goes! Before you think that I am completely delusional, (I'm only halfway there) Santa is actually my friend Sara who also happens to be my bitch (I really don't know where that nickname came from) so… mwahahahahaha… just read the story! (And review) oh yeah I forgot (stop complaining or I will start doing the…s again) this chapter is really boring so umm… yeah
Chapter four: out of time
At the crime lab
As Grissom walked by the secretary's desk, Judy stopped him (that's her name right?). "Mr. Grissom? There is a package here addressed to the graveyard shift and there is no return address." Grissom carefully put on a pair of gloves and took the package, walking to the break room.
When he got there, everyone including Kate and Tony was waiting for himGrissom set the package on the table and said, "This package just came for us and I have a feeling that it has to do with this case." With that, he opened the parcel and found, as Gibbs would call, 'a computer thingy'. "Sara, Nick get this down to Archie and see what you can learn from it while the rest of us see if the DNA has gotten through to Washington yet."
Archie's office
The three people in Archie's office gaped opened mouthed at the computer monitor. On the screen was a woman, tied to a chair, beaten and pleading for her life. At the bottom of the screen was a clock that said five hours left until she dies. After a few minutes of the woman's pleading, the cameraman stood in front of the camera and said, "Hello CSI graveyard shift and I'm assuming NCIS also. As you can see, your Susanna has been a bad girl and she must be punished. I don't want a ransom; I just thought that you'd like to watch. With that the two CSIs walked quickly out of the room to tell the others.
Meanwhile…
Gibbs, Grissom, Kate, Tony, and Greg were all standing in front of another computer that showed Abby working in her lab. "What do you have for me Abbs?" Gibbs asked. "Well, I got a hit off of CODIS but our girl was definitely not Susanna Parker. Her real name is Maria Bennett and she has a record as long as my arm. According to this, she did some time for working with her husband robbing banks. She would go to the targeted place and her hubby would come in and grab her, pretending that she was a hostage and they would get the money. She got out before her sentence was up because she pinned the whole thing on her husband whose sentence ended last week." After hearing this, everyone felt a little better because at least they were getting somewhere. That's when Sara and Nick came in.
In the Break room (once again)
"Let's review once again." Grissom said. "Alright, we know that Susanna or Maria was trying to escape from her old life by changing her name and living with her brother." Gibbs started "yeah Boss but why did he go through so much trouble to kill the brother?" Tony asked. "DiNozzo, if I knew then I would have said something wouldn't I have? Kate? What else did you find?" he asked noticing that she was holding back a laugh. "Umm… well, we know that most likely suspect is the husband… Sara! Why don't you tell us what you gathered from the tape?" Kate said trying to the attention focused on someone else.
Sara was almost laughing too. It was strange that these two agents were so afraid of their boss. "The person in the room with her was definitely male and he seemed to be very mad at Susanna so my guess is that we are dealing with the husband's revenge. Nick is working with Archie and they are seeing what they can get off of the tape." Any other input was interrupted when McGee came in and said, "I found the office where Susanna Parker worked. She was a secretary at some office down town." After seeing Gibbs look he added, "I printed out the address." Gibbs nodded and said, "Good. Finally my agents are starting to think. Kate, go to the office and talk with Mrs. Bennett's co-workers." Grissom agreed and told Sara to go with Kate
In car, Sara looked at Kate for a minute and said, "You have feelings for Tony don't you?" oh shit. Hmm… how can I avoid this question? Kate finally smiled and said, "What are you talking about? I think that it's you who has feelings for Nick." At this, Sara blushed and concentrated on driving. Kate was relieved and thought, ha, that was smart. Fight fire with fire.
Five minutes later they arrived at the office and began talking with the employees. Kate started interrogating an elderly secretary named Shirley. "Yes I did know Susanna; she was a very sweet girl. She was always being ignored by our boss though and it really bothered her." Kate nodded and asked, "Did Susanna seem distracted or nervous lately?" Shirley thought about this for a moment then answered, "Now that you mention it, she was a little nervous this past week. I asked her about it and she told me that her old boyfriend was in town and he was following her. I told her to call the police but she didn't think that anything would happen."
While Kate was talking to Shirley, Sara was talking to Susanna's boss, Mr. Nelson. "So, can you tell me about Susanna?" Sara asked. "That bitch didn't care about her job and she snubbed everyone including me." He said angrily. "Mr. Nelson, did you know that Miss. Parker was missing?" The man paused for too long before he said, "Umm… of course I didn't know." Sara noticed that he was uncomfortable so she said, "We have evidence that can place you at the scene of the crime. If you hurt the girl then you are going to be put away for a long time." By now, Mr. Nelson was very scared and said, "Please, I didn't hurt her I just kept an eye on her and told my buddy, Rick Bennett where she was. He rented a storage garage last week and he told me that he would keep her there but I don't know where it is."
Awhile later Kate and Sara sat in the car and called the lab with their findings and started to drive back to the lab.
A few minutes later, the rest of the team was finding every storage garage within ten miles of where Susanna or Maria or whoever worked. The search was quickly narrowed down when they looked for relatively newly rented garages and they finally found a garage rented by Harry Bennett. Everybody's thoughts were something along the lines of jeez, for knowing so much about forensics this guy doesn't have much common sense does he?
"Tony and Nick go to this garage and see if our girl is there" was Gibbs' order. The garage was only about five miles away from the crime lab so they could quickly determine if this was just a wild goose chase.
After they left, Archie ran into the room and said, "You guys might want to look at this." Everyone gathered around Archie's computer and saw a terrible sight. Susanna Parker had been beaten almost beyond recognition and the cameraman was holding a knife. "So, you couldn't find her huh? That's alright because she has to die anyways. I'm going to make her suffer like no one has before." He took the knife and cut a rather large gash in both of her arms. It wasn't enough to kill her quickly but eventually she would bleed out.
Suddenly, a large crash was heard and the sound of men yelling could be heard. Rick Bennett took out a concealed gun and calmly walked out of the view of the camera. Three gun shots were fired and then there was just silence save for the gasps of Sara and Kate.
Two hours later at the lab
"Well, at least the guy was a really bad shot." Nick said followed by Tony groaning, "Yeah, you didn't get shot in the shoulder did you? Man that really hurts." Susanna or Maria was still alive and in stable condition at the Desert Palms Hospital. Her husband was not quite so lucky however, he was dead. By now everyone, including Catherine and Warrick, was sitting in the break room just talking. The NCIS team would not be leaving for another day and they definitely had some time to kill. No one had any ideas what to do until Greg said, "I know, lets' go clubbing!"
A/N: hello my dear friends! Yes, there is still one more chapter left (tear). Give me ideas for pairings (according to Santa, I can't do Gabby) just to warn you there will be Tate and Snickers so… yeah (I'm seriously considering Gibbs/Catherine) so now… REVIEW mwahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha……………………..
