a/n: thanx to jenny for bete-ing so fast:O)

AUTOPSY BAY: AKA Ducky's Lab 1801

Thankfully, they had all been cleared with no serious injury by the ambulance staff back at the scene but Gibbs insisted that Ducky checked them as well just to be sure.

Gibbs had wanted to wait for them–all of them not just Kate he convinced himself, as they got checked over by Ducky in his lab, however he had his own orders to meet Morrow ASAP.

The trio were all a little shaken and were eventually cleared by Ducky with no serious physical injuries, just minor cuts and bruises.

In the unfortunate event of the explosion they had lost all their possible evidence and all of their gear. All… except the possible 'surveillance stash' that Tony had bagged and tagged and had been able to hold onto as they dashed out the back door.

After Ducky had cleared them McGee went to see Abby and Ducky had told Tony and Kate to meet with Gibbs at the evidence check-in bay.

It was a silent ride down to the evidence locker. Neither really wanted to talk about the incident and the amount of dirt, cuts and bruises on each of them clearly showed that both were equally tired, exhausted and in no mood for a badgering from Gibbs about looking after agency equipment.

However as the exited the lift they were immediately greeted by two security agents who quickly and thoroughly, patted them down.

"Hey!…What is this?" Exclaimed Kate, a little stunned.

She looked up to see a large rectangular table set up in the center of the room with Director Morrow, Gibbs and another agent seated behind it.

"It's just a precaution Agent Todd, Agent Dinozzo." Answered Director Morrow.

Gibbs eyed both agents, feeling a little weak in the stomach at their conditions. Ducky had told him that they were okay, but it looked much worse. He especially didn't like the look of Kate, her hair was now a bit grimy, with still a couple of stray leaves dug into the back, a few grazes on her cheek where she had roughly landed and a bandaged cut just above her left eyebrow.

Morrow indicated to them to 'take a seat' and both Tony and Kate walked up to the table and sat down on two chairs opposite the three agents. On the table, an equal distance between the two sides was the evidence that Tony and McGee had collected.

"Now we've brought you in here for a strictly confidential briefing." Morrow began, "This is Agent Russell and you know Agent Gibbs. Now, we have reason to believe that there will soon be a planned attack here in the United States. The case you've been working on has found evidence of terrorist trading tools such as uncut diamonds and refined explosive power." He then pointed to the evidence in the center, "….These have just been confirmed to be unique surveillance devices frequently used by highly trained Alqaeda operatives." Morrow took a short pause before continuing; he looked over to Gibbs for an indication to continue to reveal the next stage of the briefing.

"We have devised a plan that will allow us full access to the network. We will implement a plan to plant a mole in their operations so that the entire network can be dissolved from the inside out." Stated Morrow.

"What agent do you have in mind?" Questioned Kate.

Before answering, Morrow discreetly looked around before eyeing Gibbs who had suddenly become quiet and an etched stone-like expression had appeared across his face.

"You've all met him before…" Morrow replied and then spoke to one of the security personal by the lift, "Send him in."

The room dropped into a screaming silence as the five agents watched the numbers above the lift slowly blink from one down to the next.

Ding

a/n: I did have the sneaky feeling of leaving it at the ding but that would have been cruel, wouldn't it! so i'll update within 24 hours... if you give some feedback to see if u like where it's going! plz!