The Bright and Dark Sides of Life
Chapter 4
A/N: Again, I´d like to thank you for your wonderful reviews! I´m sure I said it before but I´m really really happy that you enjoy the story! Hope ya like this chap as well!
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"Good morning, boss!"
"A wonderful good morning , boss!"
Gibbs gave his two agents, who had just returned, a puzzled look. They seemed to be in an extraordinarily good mood.
"You are late." He simply responded. "Make sure Abby gets everything you found and get back to work."
Kate jokingly saluted and went to bring Abby the evidence they had collected. She was a little nervous, as Abby instinctly knew when something was going on. She and Tony had agreed on keeping their little secret to themselves because they had no idea how big boss Gibbs would react if he found out - and his rule number 12 was quite a fear factor. Kate wanted to tell Abby, but she knew she had no choice. This way it was safer and better for everyone - even if it meant almost dying because of desperately wanting to share the news with the best friend. She just hoped Abby wouldn´t get suspicious.
"Hi Abbs, we´re back!"
Abby turned around and grinned "Hi ya!"
"Here are the evidence. Gibbs told me to...is something wrong?" Kate stopped when she recognized Abbys look.
Abby shrugged "I just thought you´d kinda kill me for making you and Tony a married couple."
Kate mentally gave herself a kick. Gee, she had completely forgotten about that one! "Nah, I decided that one day I´ll have my revenge..."
"Am I supposed to be afraid now?" the goth joked.
"That´s up to you..." Kate decided to play along.
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Tony knew they had agreed on going on like before when being at work, but the fact that this included his Kate flirting with other co-workers gave him a hard time. So he decided to throw some pieces of his sandwich at her.
"Ewww!" Kate turned around and , before she started to snap, gave him a little smile "Dinozzo! Don´t you ever do that again! I swear, if you ruined my skirt I´m gonna kick your sorry butt to Timbuktu!"
"Uhhh, Katie, are we feeling a little aggressive today?"
McGee, sitting between them, started to duck and gave them nervous looks. If he wasn´t careful those two would very likely finally bond against him once again.
"Dinozzo, Kate! Cut the crap while you still have a job! You scare McGee!" Gibbs shouted from his place and made the three of them jump.
They got back to work - well, until Tony got a message on his PC "I was serious about the skirt part"
He grinned and typed "So was I about the feeling aggressive thing."
Tony looked at Kate, who was writing something with a cocky smile on her face. Seconds later he got a message saying "Sorry hun, didn´t sleep too much tonight..."
Before Tony could write back, Gibbs suddenly shouted through the bullpen "Kate, Dinozzo, McGee! Get your things!"
"What´s the matter, boss?" Kate asked when jumping inside the car just in time before Gibbs drove off.
"A murdered marine. Dinozzo, you know this." Gibbs gave Tony an outprint, giving him a concerned look.
Worried, Kate looked around to see Tony´s face becoming pale "It can´t be! He´s supposed to be dead!"
"He obviously isn´t."
Kate grabbed for the paper and looked at a photo showing a paper with a text saying "I´m back, this time the italian boy is gonna pay! Gregori "
"What does that mean? Tony?" She tried not to panic, but Tony could tell from her look that say was way beyond worried.
He tried his best to calm her down, the less she knew she safer she was. This was about Gregori. Against Gregori, Ari actually seemed to be a kind, respectful and ordinary person. "It has something to do with a case we once had. Let´s just say this guy kinda doesn´t like me too much. Nothing I couldn´t handle."
Kate and McGee waited for Gibbs to speak, but he remained silent and drove on.
"What case was that? The name Gregori somehow seems familiar." McGee asked, curious about who Tony had pissed off this time.
"Don´t think so, Probie. NCIS was pretty eager to keep this case top secret."
"But..."
"No "but" McGee." Gibbs interrupted "You and Kate will only keep the police officers busy while Tony and I get the rest done. I don´t want you two to get involved here, did I make myself clear?"
McGee nodded and gave Kate an questioning look. She just stared at her hands and said nothing.
"Kate?" Gibbs raised an eyebrow.
Kate looked up with an expressionless face and answered "Sure, boss."
When they arrived at the crime scene, Gibbs and Tony disappeared into the forest where the victim was found and the other two ones tried to make clear to a fat guy that NCIS was taking over this case and that he had no choice but to accept it.
This behaviour of Tony and Gibbs just wasn´t normal. Kate glanced towards the part of the forest where they had disappeared, wondering and worrying about what could have happened. It had to be something horrible, otherwise Gibbs wouldn´t have insisted on McGee and her not getting involved into this case. Shaking her head, she turned around to explain things to the fat guy again and prayed that she was exagerrating.
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Gee, short one again, I know... But it was such a nice cliffhanger that I just couldn´t resist...