Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or any of their characters, plots ect… If I did, Twilight would never have happened. I am in Twilight Denial…. I do however, own Tiana…
Chapter Fourteen:
As Tia slammed the door behind her, all eyes in the room swung around to scrutinize Tony who flushed and stared wistfully at the door "Exactly how well do you know my daughter, boy?" General Bradbury demanded and in the background Tony heard Gibbs' cell phone ring, and Gibbs answered it as Tony tugged on his tie and blushed again "Q-quite well, General Bradbury. She's my fiancé" he stammered and relief flooded his body when Gibbs tapped him on the shoulder and mouthed 'Truck'. "Excuse me" Tony apologised rapidly and gratefully made his escape.
Gibbs finished the call and turned to face Director Morrow "My team has caught a case, I trust we will finish this conversation at a later date?" he queried softly, a dangerous edge in his icy blue eyes "Count on it" Director Morrow promised and Gibbs silently exited the room, anger bubbling through his veins.
Both Kate and McGee were curious about the visit to Director Morrow's office, but they both knew to pick the moment carefully before asking Gibbs. A quick game of rock-paper-scissors had resulted in Kate's promotion to spokesperson, and she was sure that McGee had cheated but had no way of proving it…yet.
The team arrived at the scene, at the edge of Norfolk Naval Base and Gibbs immediately swung into action "Kate photos, McGee trace and DiNozzo, you're with me" he ordered and headed off to find First On Scene, satisfied with the sounds of his tem moving into action behind him.
Kate was taking scene photos when she noticed something disturbing about the body. The body itself was a young blonde woman, and the discovery at the edge of the naval base had resulted in their presence, but that wasn't what was unusual "McGee, come take a look at this" she called and McGee wandered over, measuring tape in hand "Yes Kate?" he asked and Kate motioned to the body "Is it just me or does this girl seem oddly familiar?" she asked and McGee bent down for a closer look, just as Ducky and Jimmy Palmer arrived on scene "She almost looks like….Tia" McGee said and turned to Ducky "Could you check her wrist for a tattoo, Ducky?" McGee asked hurriedly, glancing over in the distance to where Gibbs and Tony were grilling the young petty officer who had discovered the body. "While this poor young creature bears a striking resemblance to young Tiana, we know for a fact that this is not her, mainly due to the lack of tattoos. Also this young lady had indeed been dead for at least ten hours, judging from the liver temperature and as I saw Tiana this morning in Abby's lab… well that discounts that theory. Ducky announced as he continued to examine the body "Unless Tiana was a twin, I remember a case study from a colleague in Madrid, where a young girl violently killed her identical twin and taking her place in the family just because she perceived her twin as the favourite" Ducky rambled and Gibbs approached the gathering "Ducky, cause of death please" Gibbs requested and watched his team scramble back to their assignments. Tony reached for the wallet Ducky was offering "DiNozzo I want to know everything about this girl" Gibbs ordered briskly, having noticed the dead girl's resemblance to his daughter "On it, boss" Tony said and stared intently at the body "Problem, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked, deceptively softly as he sipped on his coffee "Not really, but look at this" Tony said as he moved blonde hair away from the right ear and pointing to a tattoo a fresh tattoo just behind the ear "What is it?" Kate asked and maneuvered the camera and zooming in for a better look "It says Three of Eight. Three of eight what though?" she asked "I wonder what it means?" she asked and Tony looked up "It means she's not alone, and whoever killed her is not finished" he said as he stood up, brushing dirt from his gloved hands.
Across town, Tiana cheerfully snapped handcuffs on the wayward fratboy, whom she had been tracking for three days, and grinned as he struggled fruitlessly, causing Tia to accidentally tighten the cuffs too much, causing the fratboy to yelp. Tia laughed and then winced, gingerly rubbing the rapidly darkening bruise under her left eye, where the fratboy had planted his fist minutes before in an attempt to elude her. As she dragged him towards her car she failed to notice the middle-aged man who was watching her intently from the other side of the street.