Unearthed Secrets
Disclaimer: In the first chapter
Rating: T
AN: Thankyou for you reviews, its really appreciated!
Also, a thankyou to Kate for all of her help and inspiration
Gibbs wasn't in the bullpen when Tony returned from the bathroom.
"Well, what happened?" Kate asked, standing up.
Tony shrugged, "He wouldn't tell me. He said it was personal and that he'd had an emergency. Where is he now?"
"M-tac" Kate replied.
McGee stood up, "I think I know who murdered Carr"
Kate and Tony turned to face him, "Care to share, Probie?" Tony asked.
McGee walked into the centre of the bullpen and put some pictures on the plasma, "This here is Mr. Luke Kopas, he went to school with Carr five years ago. In their final year, Carr dated Kopas' now wife. At the time, Kopas and the woman were only good friends; it wasn't until a few years ago that he started to get jealous of Carr. Kopas started sending threatening letters and following him around…"
"Got any evidence for this McGee?" Kate asked.
"Yeah" McGee replied, then flicked through papers on his desk.
"We really need to get you a good filing system, Probie" Tony commented.
"This works just fine, Tony, I can find everything" McGee replied, "Ah, here it is. These are print-outs of his emails; Abby and I traced the IP addresses to the server and managed to find out who held the account. Kopas had the account under his mother's name. I also have some of the letters and a police report filed by Carr early last year"
"What about his financial records and phone records?" Tony asked.
McGee sighed, "Nothing out of the ordinary."
Kate frowned, "What about under his mother's name?"
"Haven't checked it yet." McGee replied with a grin
"Tony, you're in charge until I get back." Gibbs said. It seemed that he'd gotten back from M-tac unnoticed and was now sitting behind his desk.
Tony frowned, "Technically you haven't come back yet, boss."
Gibbs gave Tony a blank look, then snapped out of it, "Yeah. I'm going to be away for a few days, I've just cleared it with the director. I don't know how long I'll be."
Kate and Tony exchanged worried looks, wondering what was going on, Gibbs never took leave. He didn't even take Christmas day or New Years off.
Gibbs turned off his computer and gathered his gear, "Don't burn the place down, DiNozzo, I expect it in one piece when I return."
"Yes, dad." Tony replied rolling his eyes.
Gibbs stopped packing his stuff and glared at Tony, "Just don't do anything stupid. Kate, keep an eye on him, make sure he stays out of trouble."
Kate frowned and went to stand in-front of his desk, "Is everything okay?"
Gibbs leveled his eyes at her, "No, it's not, nothing is."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Kate asked.
"No, I don't." Gibbs replied, picking up his bag and walking out of the bullpen.
"Wonder what that was about." McGee stated.
"We all do, Probie." Tony responded.
As Gibbs entered the elevator, he almost bumped into Ducky, who was on his way to the bullpen.
"Ah, Jethro, just the man I wanted to see." Ducky said.
"Not now, Duck." Gibbs responded and pressed the button for the car park.
Ducky frowned, then got back in the elevator, "Are you okay?"
"Why do people keep asking me that?" Gibbs asked the ceiling.
"Because you look like hell frozen over. Now what's wrong?" Ducky replied.
"I don't have time for this." Gibbs said.
"Oh yes you do." Ducky responded, pressing the emergency button and bringing the elevator to a stop, "Talk."
Gibbs stared at ceiling and shook his head, "No."
"Jethro, I'm not letting you leave until you tell me. So if you're in a hurry, I suggest you stop wasting time and talk." Ducky said.
Gibbs bit his lip and looked at Ducky, taking a deep breath.
Tony started the sedan and pulled out of the car park. McGee had checked Kopas' mother's financial records to find that she'd received $20,000 from an anonymous person. Furthermore, her phone records revealed that Kopas had made several calls to Carr everyday. Kate and Tony were on their way to the Kopas residence to arrest and charge him with Carr's murder. McGee and another agent from the field had gone to Kopas' work to see if he was there.
"So, what was that whole thing with Lisa about?" Kate asked
Tony frowned and looked at her momentarily before directing his gaze out the window again, "Had to give them something. Just keeping up the pretense, honey" Tony replied
Kate narrowed her eyes at him, "That'd better be all it is"
Tony smirked, "You are so insecure. If I hadn't hit on her within her first week of being here, people would start to suspect something. I have a reputation to uphold"
"You could've been more discreet about it" Kate insisted
Tony looked at her, "Now why would I do that? 'Leering by definition is not supposed to be subtle'"
Kate grunted and looked out the window.
Kate and Tony had been in a relationship for the past two months. So far, nobody at the office knew about their little romance, not even Ducky or Abby. Everything had remained the same at work, well mostly, they bantered a lot more at work than they used to. They hadn't realised their true feelings for each other until Tony almost died from pneumonic plague. Since then, they'd been inseparable, or at least as much as they could be, without causing undue attention.
Tony looked back to Kate again and studied her for a while before returning his attention to the road. He reached across and put his hand on her knee, "Hey, you still up for dinner and movies tonight?"
Kate looked at him and smiled, "Absolutely. What do you wanna see?"
"Well, what's on?" Tony asked
She shrugged, "I have no idea"
"Maybe we should just decide when we get there" Tony suggested
"Sounds good. Any preferences for dinner?" Kate asked
"Steak and chips" Tony replied without hesitation, "Haven't had that in at least…"
"…Four days" Kate finished his sentence for him
Tony scoffed, "That wasn't steak, that was, like, something posing as a steak, but was really something else"
Kate smiled, "Yeah, tasted more like…"
"A grilled rat" Tony finished for her
"You've tasted that?" Kate asked
Tony gave her a blank look, "Nope. But that's probably what it would taste like"
Kate narrowed her eyes at him and was about to respond when her cell rang, "Todd"
"Agent Todd, it's Agent Stanson, I was working with Agent McGee" the person on the end of the phone introduced themselves
"Yes, I remember. What's the problem?" Kate asked
"Well, there's no problem, as such. We just caught the bastard; he tried to escape when we entered the building. Unfortunately Agent McGee was injured in the scuffle; he's on route to the hospital as we speak. The paramedics think he may have broken his arm." Stanson reported
Kate looked at the roof of the car and closed her eyes, "Are they taking him to Bethesda?"
"Yes, ma'am, they are" Stanson replied
"Okay, we'll see you there in around ten minutes" Kate responded, then hung up
"Who's been taken to Bethesda?" Tony asked
"McGee. His arm may be broken" Kate replied
"Shit" Tony said under his breath and made a u-turn
Gibbs paced around his living room, counting the number of steps it took him to get from one wall to the other, then turning around and starting again. He felt like a caged animal. The waiting was killing him. He'd tried sanding his boat to clear his head, but after only ten minutes, he couldn't stand it any longer and had come back upstairs. Watching television was useless, just more bad news on the news channel and meaningless fluff on the other channels. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, heading to his kitchen to make another pot of coffee. At this rate, he'd overdose on coffee. Most people could attest that no amount of coffee would make him batter an eyelid. But as it was, his hand shook as he tried to pour himself another coffee. However, he had no idea whether that was due to too much coffee or his anxiety.
He put the coffee pot down and leaned against the counter, trying to get a grip on himself. He was a marine goddamn-it! He should be able to take a bit of waiting. His thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the phone. Trying to remember where he put the phone down, he literally ran towards the living room, almost tripping over something on the floor.
"Gibbs!" he said expectantly
"Boss, it's Tony…" Tony said on the other end of the phone
"What? Did somebody call for me? Or leave something at the office? Did you receive a message to pass onto me?" Gibbs interrupted, asking his questions in rapid succession
"Whoa, boss, no, McGee…" Tony replied
"Then why are you tying up my phone line?" Gibbs asked and hung up without waiting for a response
That's it for Chapter 2...Hope you liked it. Please review! Tell me what you think..