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As usual, Gibbs was in the front driving with Kate in the passenger seat. Tony and Ducky were following in the truck. Gibbs had called Ducky to fill him in on the case before they left NCIS headquarters so that he could do the same to Tony.
Gibbs had been given notice that their crime scene wasn't staying put and they had to get there fast to survey the scene.
Now, he was in here….with Kate…and some strange unfamiliar feelings that he knows as a superior office shouldn't have were beginning to surface.
Neither of them had spoken to each other and it had been an awkward few minutes as Gibbs sped down the freeway to Maryland Marine Base.
Gibbs cleared his throat, but unfortunately not his mind. But before he could start Kate had already broken the uneasy silence.
"Aah…so Gibbs. What's this case about?" asked Kate.
Keeping his eyes on the road he explained, "A Lt McCuthen was caught yesterday morning at the Maryland Marine base where he was trying to pick-up some smuggled cargo from the Philippines. Though when the shipping container was open there was a dead body."
Kate looked down at the file that was spread over her lap and started to read from the front page.
"A female civilian, supposedly from the Philippines, tried to stow away but it didn't quite work out…"
"But wasn't Lt McCuthen caught there trying to pick her up?" asked Kate.
"No. He admitted to the MPs that he only tried to smuggle cigars and some cheap alcohol. And at present, our body is still a Jane Doe…." Gibbs started. He stole a quick glance at Kate who continued to browse through the open file, before hastily returning his eyes to the road. A good thing because the line of telegraph poles were a little too close for comfort for Kate.
"Whoa… Gibbs, please can we get there without causing another scene??" snapped a little frightened Kate. She shot a glare at Gibbs whose stone cold expression ceased to change.
Gibbs swerved back correctly onto the road and carelessly took a drink from his Starbucks coffee cup. Not breaking a sweat, well only on the outside that is.
Kate sighed; nothing could distract that man. She couldn't help but assume that there was something on his mind.
Kate turned her attention back to typing in her PDA and a few more minutes ticked by before she felt it was safe to ask another question.
"So…Why are we handling the case and not the local office at Quantico?"
Gibbs pulled himself out of his static daydream before replying to Kate's question.
"Because this deals with overseas crimes, here and in the Philippians. Director Morrow said that this case needs our top…investigators."
Kate smiled and closed the file, "I wonder why Tony is coming along?" She smirked, whilst Gibbs tried to contain his by turning to look out the window for some new strangely interesting thing.
A/n: sorry I'm not so sure about the location of the names (and then also the actual locations) of American bases… so I gave it a guess and short google, but if anyone has the right specs could they please post it in a review or email me! Thanx! :)
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