A/N- (Pt2) Christieanne-Anna the 'not again' part is to do with Kate 'relating-to-the-victim-in-an-emotional-attachment-sort-of-thing' as she did in that eppy with Suzzane McNeill (Sp?) Ah, grrr Also, one more point (sorry for the rambleness), but… I saw Terminal Leave just now and…ooohhhh the part when Gibbs…. I was told, smacked Kate on the censored word (well I don't know how PG-13 is PG-13… u know what I mean!!! Lol)…but I also think that it could have been a nudge. But what I defiantly heard was that sultry exit line… "You're learning"…OMG! passes out… ssoooo hot…And the final word… thanx u to my Beta!!! :) Enjoy!!
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Gibbs let out a long sigh. He took one last glance around the crime scene.
"Ducky…pack this up. I want you to get her back to the lab now so we can get some answers." He barked and strode out of the container for some relief. Well, Kate was right for one thing, it wasn't pretty.
Gibbs scanned the area; a few of the LEOs had some weak stomachs and were consoling themselves behind the bushes.
He then spotted Kate talking to the MPs by one of the dock security vehicles.
He strode over and got into the tail ends of the interview. Both MP's came to attention as Gibbs approached and were at ease again when he gave the signal.
"Matthews, Tallis. Tell me what you found. Step by step." Gibbs instructed.
"…the dogs were just going nuts. They kept scratching at the doors of the container. We thought that it might have been drugs or something. So we called the local office for some assistance. From what was actually in there, we would have preferred that it was drugs." Matthews reported, sulkily looking at his feet before taking a breath and looking over to the crime scene.
"Where was Lt McCuthen when you caught him?" continued Gibbs.
"He was behind the container. There is a hidden latch in the 2000 series that has a fail-safe switch to open the front doors. This was when they were used to transport short life produce and not every stock receiver was supplied with a key." Replied Tallis.
Gibbs looked down at his notebook and jotted down some notes.
"Where are you holding the suspect?" Gibbs asked before flipping the notebook closed.
"In the loading office, we have one of our officers keeping an eye on him until you can get him out of our hair..."His voice began to trail off as Gibbs had already started to leave with Kate in tow towards the loading office.
But the ripe officer wasn't finished, "We have to get this container to the stock taker so that they can clean it out and get it on the next shipment." He shouted.
Gibbs just flicked his hand in the air and continued on. He then tapped his phone open and made a call. Kate looked over at him and secretly smiled, that LEO was going to haul some long night duty staking out one particular shipping container… if he didn't, a whole another side of Gibbs would emerge.
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As Kate and Gibbs approached the office door, the guarding LEO handed him a steaming cup of coffee.
Kate just raised an eyebrow…Another Marine?? She smirked and headed inside behind Gibbs.
They had been working together over a year now and had their good-cop/bad-cop routine set. Or… it was just Gibb's bad-cop routine, whatever went. However, it was always better on our home court so Gibbs immediately read Lt McCuthen his rights, in that intimidating-over-the-shoulder way, and proceeded to take him back to NCIS HQ.
A junior officer took Lt McCuthen to the interrogation and Kate and Gibbs met Tony back in the bullpen for an update.
When they arrived Tony was at his desk. Well, at his desk under a dozen or so piles of folders and scattered files.
"What-ya doing there Tony? Re-creating the Great Wall of China?" Began Kate as she organized her PDA for the upcoming interrogation.
"Ha…..Ha. No I'm not." He sarcastically responded, and if anyone could see his face it would be of a dead-blanket expression with both eyebrows raised and a shimmering smile at the end.
"…It's actually the records that our contact at the Philippians officer sent me to identify our Jane Doe. A guy called Karl Mathers, who just killed my afternoon…" He sulked and added, mumbling under his breath, "…..my..hot date tonight as well…"
Kate grinned and sat on the edge of her desk. She suddenly paused and looked up from her PDA to see Gibbs staring at her across from his desk.
"Is there something growing out of my face, Gibbs?" Kate awkwardly broke the connection; she didn't want to make it an obvious point, but rather joke-herself out of that moment.
Suddenly she caught herself daydreaming, those sparkly crystal blue eyes and well-defined features that were… well, like a moth to a flame.
One very hot flame.
Gibbs, who then caught Kate's momentary pause, quickly scrambled at the case notes on his desk and in an all-too-quick and unusually clumsy moment, he stood up from behind his desk and accidentally knocked his tentatively balance mobile from the corner of his desk. This sudden progression of events was unfortunately not able to break Kate from her trance, as she followed the mobile phone to the ground as Gibbs retrieved it.
She landed with a small, but noticeable thud.
It felt that every set of eyes was suddenly glued to her as she sat momentarily stunned, however slumped in a disheveled state against the front of her desk.
Now Tony, who was still buried under, well behind, the case files, jerked his head up to be able to peak over one of the smaller stacks.
"Ha… ha…" He laughed in a couple of projected bursts.
"….ah…Kate…. I knew sitting on the floor was your thing…com'on, come over here and take over. I'm sure it'll suit you much better.."
"Forget it Dinozzo…." Gibbs said, in his most unemotional tone.
With a cup of coffee is one had and his mobile now safely in his pocket, in he skimmed the back of Tony's head with a resounding "thwack."
"Get back to work, Dinozzo… I want a name by the time I get back…" He said and proceeded to head out of the bullpen.
Kate grinned at the interaction… silently glad that the last three minutes weren't included in the conversation.
"Com'on Kate, we've got an interrogation to start" He reminded her just as the lift doors closed.
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A/N- Yes, Ducky and Abby are coming, but in the structure of an actual eppy, I'm only up to the first ad break…. So be set for a long haul!! Lol… Also… a littl-bit of Gibbs POV later!! And btw… as a little homage to home, "mobile" and "lift"!! he he Any questions plz leave in feedback!! Luv ya!! :)