Demons of the past

Disclaimer: I don´t own any characters or anything

Summary: Just why is Gibbs never called Leroy? On a boring day, some people start to wonder about it and start to dig. What they find is more than they were ready to get...

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3- Abby works a miracle...

"Could you please shoot me, Tony?" Kate asked and tried to sit up straight behind her desk. Her muscles screamed in pain as she did so and she sunk back until her head rested on her arms, which she had somehow gotten onto the desk. The workout the day before had definetely killed her. She had barely made it home and flopped down onto the couch. When she tried to get up and go to bed, she couldn´t move anymore and had just slept on the couch for the night. It hadn´t helped much and she was sore like never before.

Her request was met by a groan from behind the other desk. "If I could move, I would kill myself first, Kate." Tony replied, lying on his back, feet on his chair. His back was killing him after he had landed himself on the ground during a spar with Gibbs. "If you think he got us bad, did you see Abby this morning?"

"She´s totally screwed, could hardly get her collar on, at least that´s what she told me. Those push-ups were killers." McGee chimed in, looking equally beaten. "If we have to go out to a scene today, there will be another victim in here first."

The elevator opened and Abby came out, surprisingly she seemed rather cheerful. "Hey, you guys." She said and smiled. All three glared at her.

"Whatever drugs you took, I want some." Tony groaned as he flipped onto his side to look at her. When she tossed a blister pack at him, he was surprised. "Hey, that was supposed to be a joke, Abbs. What is this?"

"Pain reliever and muscle relaxant. Take two of those with some liquid and I tell you, it works magic. Just don´t tell anyone, I got it out of Ducky´s office, he´d kill me." She said and threw two morepacks at Kate and McGee before bouncing back towards the elevator.

Kate sighed and took two of the pink tablets with a large gulp of water. "Well, better drugged than in pain. It can´t be much worse." She said and put her head down again. Her colleagues did just the same and surprisingly, all three of them started to feel a lot better a few minutes later.

"Wow...that stuff is great." Tony said after a moment. He sat up and noticed that his muscles didn´t ache anymore. He got up completely and stretched. "Well now, where did we stop with out paperwork last night?" He took out a file and started working on it.

Kate looked at McGee, who returned her look. "What ever happened to our old Tony?" She asked, but he just shrugged. Picking up her phone, she dialed Abby´s number. "Hey, Abbs, are there any side effects on that stuff we should know about?" She asked after admitting that the tablets had done a not too small miracle on their sore bodies.

"Uhm...oh, yeah, I forgot. If you take them with caffein, you get like hyperactive for a while. It should wear off after about one or two hours. Oh, and you shouldn´t exactly be driving for a few hours after taking them, slower reflexes, sorry I forgot to tell you. I´m not sure about any others, didn´t get through much of the warnings before Ducky came back." Abby said and hung up.

Kate sighed. "Tony, did you take those with coffee?" She asked and wasn´t really surprised when he nodded. "Hey, do you mind taking two of my reports today? I don´t think I get all of these done." She said and grinned when he took them without a word.

"Wow..." McGee looked impressed. "Hey, Tony, would you take a report from me, too?"

"Bambino, you should start working. Gibbs is going to kill you if you don´t get done." Tony replied and McGee´s smile slid off his face.

Kate just grinned and started typing again when the elevator opened and Gibbs walked out. She looked at him and had to hide a smile. Eventhough everything seemed normal, she noted that he was walking rather stiffly today. "Morning, boss." She called over and put a nice smile on.

Like on all other days, he didn´t return the greeting, but slumped into his chair with a sigh. "Did you get those reports done, Dinozzo?" He asked and raised and eyebrow when Tony handed him all reports immediately. He looked over them and scratched his head. "Damn, Dinozzo...did you threaten Kate to do those or did our little exercise help you grow braincells?" He asked and McGee chuckled.

"Neither, boss. Just finished them off a moment ago." Tony replied without looking up from his screen. "I´ll have that last one ready for you in just a minute."

Gibbs threw a questioning look at Kate. "What happened to him?" He asked and stretched, pulling a face when he did so.

"No clue, Gibbs. What´s wrong with your back?" She asked with a mischievous grin on her face. She got up and put two files back into the cabinet and then looked at their boss.

"My back? Nothing..." He replied, but the lie was evident. "How did you like our little exercise last night? Care for another one next week anyone?" He asked and leaned back again. That smile on his face told her that he believed to know their reaction, but today he would be surprised.

"Sure, why not? Wednesday after work?" She asked and her two male colleagues nodded in unison. The look on Gibbs´ face was hilarious. He stared at them, one after the other, mouth hanging open. "Or rather on Monday to have a good start for the week?"

Instead of answering, Gibbs got up and turned towards the elevator. "I need coffee." He muttered under his breath and left the bullpen. The three agents grinned at each other.

"Wow...I never thought I´d see him being sore. Always seemed like nothing could touch him, but I guess he expected us to be in pain or something. Or he´s simply getting old." Tony said, finally looking up from the computer.

"Tony, we actually are in pain, only that those tablets helped with it. If he finds out we´re drugged, we´re dead for sure and so is Abby." Kate told him and knew that none of them would spill their little secret.

About half an hour later, Gibbs returned to the bullpen with his cell on his ear. He put it away and looked at them. "We got a body out in Norfolk." He simply said and they got their gear to head out. Kate caught his gaze for a second when she threw the backpack onto her back and strode into the elevator. He was still trying to figure out what they had done.