Title: Coming Clean,

Author:J.T.Cleo

Series/sequel:

Season: any

Rating: PG 13/R

Disclaimer: I don't own Navy NCIS (If I did Gibbs would be a little worse for wear  )

Authors Notes: Come Clean is from Hilary Duff's album Metamorphosis. This story contains violence, language and situations that will more than likely offended someone. Sorry Any and all comments are welcome.

KATE

Agent Caitlin Todd made her way toward her desk. It had been a very looong weekend. She had planned to just relax and lay around doing nothing. But as fate would have it, that wasn't in the cards. Her neighbors had been robbed Saturday and all weekend the police were coming and going. Not to mention her sister decided that having a long 'over due chat' was in order. Of course the fact that she, Kate, was currently single came up many times.

Great, she thought, like I wasn't already feeling old. It seemed like the week would be horrible as was the norm now a days. At least Tony wasn't here yet.

She strode her things in her desk and sat down to get a jump-start on her work when she noticed an envelope sitting on the corner of her desk. She opened it slowly and read the card.

Because your you, we say this true,

Thank God you left the Secret Service and joined us two

Now party down you crazy, you!

Abby

She laughed. Only Abby would think up something that silly. Well at least the day was starting out all right.

"Kate, you'll never guess what happened this weekend!" Tony said as he came bouncing around the corner.

"You met the girl of your dreams? Again!" she answered.

"Someone's in a bad mood. It's the lack of sex right." He said making his way to his desk.

Kate threw a pencil at him. Unfortunately Gibbs choose that exact moment to walk in and it hit him instead.

He glared at both of them.

"Hey boss." Tony quipped," You look good."

"Agents Todd and Dinozzo, you both obviously don't have enough work if you can be horsing around this early in the morning." He growled at them

Kate shot Tony a look. Now they were going to get it.

Gibbs phone rang saving them.

'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect

Trying to fit a square into a circle

Was no life

I defy

Kate slumped against the wall of the truck. Could the day get any worse? After Gibbs had yelled at her and Tony all the way to the crime scene, it started poring down rain. Of course guess who drew the straw to collect the evidence it the tree line. She had been poked and pricked by every type of tree and bush know to man. Not that it did much good. Whom ever had killed the victim left no clues. Kate had yet to see the body, owing to the fact that Gibbs sent Tony and her to get evidencs as quick as possible.

Kate felt like a sopping wet rag doll. She moved to grab Ducky's spear coat when she felt someone watching her. She looked around slowly, but saw only the NCIS crew and the MP's. Your just jumpy and cold, she thought.

"Kate, Gibbs's said get your ass in the car or he's leaving you." Tony yelled.

"I some how don't think he said ass."

"GET IN THE CAR BOTH OF YOU!" Gibbs bellowed.

Kate hurried to the car. Had she looked back she would have seen a figure materialize from the tree line and watch her.

She had gotten away. Damn her co-workers! Her home would be the next chance.

Let the rain fall down

And wake my dreams

Let it wash away

My sanity

'Cause I wanna feel the thunder

I wanna scream

Let the rain fall down

I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean

Kate walked down to Abby's lab. At least someone would be glad to see her today. Gibbs's was less then usual charming self and Tony was driving her nuts. Ducky was busy with whomever they had brought in. She smiled as she neared Abby's office; she could here the bass pounding down the hall.

The doors opened, and the sound hit Kate like a punch in the face.

"ABBY!" she yelled.

"WHAT?" came the reply from within the office. The music went from eardrum rupturing to slightly annoying, as Abby made her appearance.

"Hey Kate, what's up?" She asked sipping her drink," Who was the victim?"

"I don't know. Gibbs sent Tony and I to gather evidence due to rain."

"Bummer. Let me guess, Gibbs's was his usual charming self." She said as she worked.

"Of coarse." Kate said laughing.

Abby turn and looked at Kate." Look, before you say no, I need a favor. You and I we're close, don't say no. "

:Yeah…"

"Well," Abby said walking around," The thing is, McGee won tickets to some play and naturally he asked me to go. But see the thing is, his brothers in town and McGee asked him as well, and asked me if I'd ask you to come as well. Don't say no"

"Yes, I'll go" Kate said smiling.
"I mean I understand that you may be…. you'll go?"

"Yeah, I always wondered if there were more McGee's out there." Kate said smiling.

Suddenly the lab went pitch dark and silent as a tomb.

"Damn it!" Abby yelled," We're not suppose to have power outages."

The two of them made there way toward the bullpen. Ducky and Tony quickly joined them.

"Well, this is strange," Ducky, commented," the last time there was a power outage here was when the new super computers were put in and the blew the fuses."

"Uh, Ducky, I don't think it's just us. Look." Tony said pointing out the window. The four of them looked out and saw that there was no power on in any of the surrounding buildings or down the street.

"What could blow that much power." Abby said out loud.
"Go home." A voice said from behind them," and be careful. We're getting reports of accidents all over the city. The director stood behind them.

Kate drove slowly toward home jaming to her cd. No radio stations were on. The streets were pretty much deserted due to the torrential rain and the lack of power. As she turned on to her street, Kate noticed that the streetlights were starting to fail. Due to the rain the solar cells hadn't been fully charged. Great, she thought as she gathered her things to make a run for it, glad I know where my keys are. She sprinted across the parking lot to the front door of her apartment building. As she turned the key, she felt someone watching her again. Shacking the feeling of paranoia she made her way into her building.

After an adventure on the stairs she finally made it to her apartment. Dumping everything on the couch she made her way to her bedroom. A nice hot shower, she thought, that will make this day worthwhile. Kate stripped her cloths and left them in a pile on the floor. She made her way into the bathroom and lights the candles that were lining the tub. She climbed in and began to relax.

The door to her apartment opened and closed. But as she had the shower on she did not here this. A figure made it's way down the hall and into her room. This person knew Kate and how to hurt her. And Hurt her they would. They had known killing the Major would draw her out but had not counted on the rain. NCIS Headquarters was to well guarded to take her there. But they knew she would come home at some time. The power outage simple was an advantage. They would get their revenge on Caitlin Todd and no one would stop them.

Kate tipped her head under the water humming a song. She stopped, thinking she heard a noise but shrugged it off. Suddenly a hand slammed over her mouth and she was dragged out of the shower. Her arms were bound behind her back and she was gagged. As she was turned over a voice from the past was heard.

"Hello Caitlin. Miss me."

Kate looked up in shock at the person standing over her. Oh. My God, she thought this can't be, you're dead. A fist connected with her chin and she lost conciseness.

I'm shedding

Shedding every color

Trying to find a pigment of truth

Beneath my skin

Kate awoke slowly. Her head was killing her. She tried to move her arm only to find them tied above her head. She looked around. She wasn't in her apartment. It looked like she was in an old warehouse. She thought about whom she had seen. It wasn't possible. He was dead. She saw him die. She saw the police shoot him as he tried to gun them down. He had haunted her nightmares for years. But how?

"So you finally decide to wake up. Your still the spoiled little brat you always were." He said as he walked in.

Kate just stared. He looked older and very unkempt. She could see the scar where she had hurt him all those years ago. She felt the little girl in her shake in fear, but the woman in her was pissed.

"Why can't you just die, you son of a bitch?" She said.

"Such language Caitlin. What would mommy and daddy say if they heard you."

"Fuck you asshole. Someone will know I'm gone and come looking for me." She said straining against the ropes.

"Yes they will. But will it take them a day and a half like it took your parents? How are they by the way?" he said pulling up a chair and sitting down," I was hurt that your boss didn't let you see the present I left for you at the base. But I guess the rain ruined that."

Kate stared at him. " What did you do? That was you? You killed some innocent person to get my attention."

"She was hardly innocent, Caitlin. I mean sleeping around like that. Besides I had to let you know I was thinking of you."

"What did you do?" Kate asked.

"You remember little Jason, don't you?" He said smiling.

Kate felt her stomach turning. "You bastered."

He smacked her across the face and grabbed her haed." I'm a bastered? You cost me my life, you stupid little cunt. I want those years back in your flesh." He said slamming her head against the wall.

The world spun as Kate lay against the wall. She felt the bile rising in her thought. She felt the pain on the side of her head and guessed that she would have mass burses later.

Kate sat in her tree house watching the neighbors swim next door. Jason was lying next to her. To there eight-year-old minds what was going on next door was weird.

"Why don't they have cloths on?" Jason whispered.

"I don't know. Won't they get sun burned swimming like that?" Kate whispered back.

"Adults are so weird!" Jason said rolling over," Wanna go to the clearing and look for some more junk to put up here. My dad said that there was a big pile of stuff there when he went hunting Saturday."

"Kay."

The two of them raced their bikes thought the forest to the clearing where people dumped their trash. Jason jumped of his bike and let it slam into a clump of bushes. Kate stopped hers and laid it down.

"Look at this!" Jason yelled pulling a huge cousion out of the pile.

Kate smiled and began to walk around the pile. She looked over in the bushes and saw a foot sticking out. She ignored it. Some homeless slept out here and experience had taught her to leave them alone.

"Jason, look what I found." She cried out. She looked up to see Jason staring at her in fright." Jason?"

He pointed behind her at the foot she had seen poking out. She made her way over and pushed the bush aside. She let out an ear-piercing scream. Lying on the ground covered in blood was Mr. O'Connell her teacher last year. Kate back peddled away. Suddenly a hand grabbed her and spun her around.

"What are you doing here young lady?" Rick Frank yelled at her.

"I..I..I.."

"Get down here Jason Knight." He said. Kate looked at his hand on her arm and began to shake harder. The hand gripping her was covered in blood. Rick looked down at her. Kate had ne3ver seen the look that was in his eyes." You two are coming with me."

He dragged them through the forest to the local hunting cabin. He threw both of them inside and slammed the door shut.

"You didn't see anything," he said pacing back and forth," We're just going to sit here tell you calm down then I'll take you home."

"You,You…YOU KILLED HIM." Kate scream backing into the corner.

Rick turned suddenly and smacked her." SHUT UP!"

"I wanna go home." Jason whimpered from the wall.

"Shut up, both of you. Your staying here tell I can think of what to do."

TBC