Unearthed Secrets
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Thankyou also to Kate for her help and inspiration.
Kate looked up as she heard Tony slam his fist onto his desk. Kate frowned as she saw Tony muttering to himself.
"Something wrong, Tony?" she asked
"No" Tony replied, dismissively. "Yes. Why the hell aren't we helping the police with Gibbs' case? What are we doing here?"
"Because I asked the Director if we could take over the case, seeing as it involved the kidnapping of an ex-marine's son" Kate replied
Tony raised his eyebrows, "Which would make it our jurisdiction"
"Yeah. The Director said we couldn't, but didn't give his reasons, however he said he'd try to get Fornell to take the case" Kate responded
"Oh" Tony said, "Well, at least we tried"
"Yeah" Kate said, "So, how about lunch? It's already 2 o'clock"
As they got into the elevator discussing where to go to get lunch, Tony's cell rang. Frowning, he fumbled to get it out of his pocket, glancing at the ID before answering, "DiNozzo".
Kate watched his reactions, trying to see what the call was about. The elevator dinged at the car park level, but Tony stayed in the elevator, motioning for Kate to do the same. After hanging up, he looked at Kate and sighed.
"We have a case. Lieutenant Wills was stabbed to death in his home in the early hours of this morning. The house-keeper found him at around noon" Tony told her
"Okay, I'll get McGee" Kate responded
"And Ducky" Tony reminded her
"But he's with Gibbs" Kate argued
Tony shrugged, "He didn't ask for leave, so he's still on-call". Tony saw the explosion on Kate's face and interrupted her before she could say anything, "Hey, not my rules. They're the Director's"
Ducky woke up, wondering when he fell asleep. Rubbing his eyes, his pocket rang, reminding him what had woken him up. He answered it and heard Kate on the other end.
"Sorry to disturb you Ducky, but we have a case" Kate told him
Ducky sighed, "Well, if duty calls…"
Kate nodded in agreement, "Jimmy is getting the truck ready, he said he'll drop by Gibbs' house to pick you up"
"Okay, I'll be here" Ducky responded and hung up.
Gibbs looked up from the TV, which was broadcasting Air Force One, and waited for Ducky to announce that he was leaving.
"They have a case" Ducky told him
"And you have to go in" Gibbs finished for him
Ducky sighed, "I want you to come with me"
"I'm on leave, Ducky" Gibbs replied, slightly irritated
"Yes, I know that, Jethro. I didn't mean that I wanted you to investigate the case. I don't want to leave you here alone" Ducky explained
"I don't need a babysitter" Gibbs responded, aggravated
"I disagree" Ducky stated, "I'm not going to argue with you on this, you are coming with me."
"No, I'm not. I'm staying right here" Gibbs replied, his voice dangerously quiet
"Jethro, you are coming, you are not staying here, and that is final" Ducky said in a voice that suggested no argument, "Now, get up off the couch and go for a shower"
Gibbs glowered at him for what seemed like hours, "Now, Jethro" Ducky commanded.
Ducky watched as Gibbs got up, still eyeing him down, and headed towards the bathroom. Gibbs hadn't changed in the three days since the kidnapping had taken place, and he was frankly, starting to smell. Ducky sighed in relief as he heard the shower running, and made another pot of coffee.
McGee looked up as he heard the NCIS van coming down the road. Pulling the camera back to his face with his one good arm, he took a picture of the foot print in the mud and put a number next to it. Looking back up, he noticed Tony was still trying to locate the person in-charge of the crime scene – they seemed to have gone walk about. He stifled a laugh and proceeded to enter the house, looking for anything that seemed odd, or out of place.
Tony watched McGee enter the house, wondering what the younger agent found so amusing. He looked around the yard again with the same result. Swearing silently, he approached the van as it parked out the front of the house.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd hazard a guess that you didn't get lost this time" Tony said, with a pointed look at Ducky
Jimmy climbed out of the driver's seat with a big smile, "That's because we didn't. Doctor Mallard wasn't navigating this time"
Tony frowned, following the assistant to the back of the van, "You knew the address?"
"No. Agent Gibbs was giving directions" Jimmy replied, opening the van to reveal a very annoyed special agent sitting in the back
"Afternoon, boss" Tony greeted him
Gibbs grunted in reply and climbed out of the van, squinting at the sun. Ducky came around the other side of the van and joined Jimmy, pulling out their bags. "What have we got, Anthony?" he asked
"A Lieutenant stabbed to death in his room" Tony replied
"How about we let me decide his cause of death, shall we?" Ducky responded, "Jethro, I want you to stay here"
Gibbs glared at him, "What are you gonna do, cuff me to the van?"
Ducky appeared to consider the question, "No, I trust that you won't be going anywhere. I wouldn't do that to you"
"No, but I will," Kate said, appearing from behind Tony, handcuffs in hand, "I was destined to shoot you on Air Force One, and this is as close as I've come to that so far"
"You're not serious" Gibbs asked
"You'd better believe it" Kate argued, "Now, hold still"
"Duck" Gibbs protested, closing his eyes
"This is just some weird fantasy of yours, isn't it?" Tony asked
"Yeah, I've always wanted to tie up my boss" Kate replied
Gibbs moved out of her reach, "Well, unfortunately, you won't be fulfilling that fantasy today, Kate"
Kate raised her eyebrow, "Oh yeah?" she bet him
"Yeah" Gibbs agreed
Kate reached for his arm, but he grabbed her wrist and twisted her around so that it was her that wore the cuffs.
"Hey!" Kate said, watching Gibbs smirk
"Jethro, un-cuff her" Ducky told him, trying to keep his tone stern, but failed
"Can't, don't have the keys" Gibbs replied, leaning against the door and crossing his arms
Kate rolled her eyes, "The keys are in my bottom right pocket"
"I'm not getting them out" Gibbs responded
"Why not?" Kate asked
"Because you just tried to put me in handcuffs"
Kate glared at him, then felt Tony's hand in her pocket, "Ah, Tony, not the front pocket" she clarified, blushing
Tony smiled, murmuring something decidedly x-rated into her ear, and squeezing her ass as he took out the keys. Kate blushed further as he didn't move, still speaking softly, making her hot and bothered.
Ducky watched the two of them interact, before announcing that he was going to have a look at their Lieutenant. Jimmy left with him, muttering something to himself.
When Tony had taken Kate's cuffs off, he turned to Gibbs, "Boss?"
"Yeah?" Gibbs replied
"Isn't that the red head from your coffee store?" Tony asked, gesturing over his shoulder
Gibbs looked over, trying to spot the woman. Once he was distracted, Tony and Kate advanced, managing to cuff Gibbs to the van without getting hurt, despite Gibbs struggling and swearing a lot. But he would never hit a woman, so the fight was decidedly one-sided.
"Hey!" he barked at them as they went beyond his reach, "Get back here!"
Kate and Tony grinned before walking off in the direction of the house.
That's it for chapter 11...Please review! Tell me what you think of my fic!