Gibbs crumpled up the note and shoved it in his pocket. He knew he should have it analyzed by Abby but he didn't want anyone to see it.
"Boss what did the note say" Tony and McGee asked in unison.
"Nothing…McGee call Ducky. Tony go down to the car and get some evidence bags. Kate start sketching and measuring." The agents looked at him for a sec before heading off to do as he asked.
Gibbs watched his team worked as he walked around the building looking for more clues. He couldn't believe he missed Ari again. What would it take? Ari threatening Kate couldn't be good. Would he really come after her, or was he just trying to make Gibbs worry.
"Gibbs.." Kate pulled Gibbs out of his train of thought. "This guy is the same height and build as Ari. He wanted you to think it was him, didn't he?" Kate didn't wait for his answer. "But he knew you would check, so why even bother to leave a body?"
"Kate, its just his game. Dammit where are Tony and McGee?" Gibbs yelled. Gibbs didn't want to tell Kate what he was thinking now. He needed to talk to her later, alone.
"We're right here boss, we were waiting on Ducky and Palmer." Tony looked back over the roof to the ladder. "Come on Palmer hurry up, even Ducky beat you up here."
"Tony I would probably still be able to beat you if I didn't have to carry all this equipment up." Ducky shot back.
"I don't think so.." Tony began to say.
"Tony don't you have something to do?" Gibbs yelled at them "Ducky over here, let's go"
"Jethro calm down, I'm coming." Ducky headed over to the body. "Oh my, this looks just like our terrorist, is it him Jethro?"
"No Duck, he wanted us to think it was him. He could get away that way."
Ducky shook his head and began to examine the body. "Let me know if you find anything hinky Duck." Gibbs headed over to wear Kate was measuring the rooftop and the angle of the gun.
"Gibbs, look through this" Kate pointed at the scope. Gibbs made sure not to touch anything as he bent down and looked through the scope. Gibbs jumped back up.
"Gibbs he had perfect shot at all of us at any time. Why did he wait to shoot us? How did he miss?"
"Kate, finish sketching.."
"Butt Gibbs,…"
"We'll talk about this later!" Gibbs yelled and Kate gave up and headed back over to the body. Gibbs shook his head trying to figure this all out. Kate had a point, why didn't he just take him out while he had the chance. Why did he have someone stand in for him, then threaten Kate? Was Kate really in danger? He wouldn't put anything past Ari.
"I think we're done here Jethro, nothing I can tell you about our body that you don't already know. We can move him back to the lab and I'll have another look." Gibbs watched as Kate and Tony came up behind Ducky with bags of evidence and the cases. "We're finished also boss, time to head back?" Tony asked more as a question.
"Alright, load up" Gibbs shook his head and headed down the ladder. He needed time to think.
Kate turned to Tony as she saw Gibbs head down. "Something's wrong with Gibbs."
"He's probably just upset that we didn't get Ari"
"No I think its more than that, Tony. What was the note he found? Why did he crumple it up? Something's not right." Kate knew Gibbs better than that.
"I don't know Kate, but I'm not going to ask him. You ask him"
"I will, but not right now, lets get going before he comes looking for us." Tony and Kate followed them back to the car and they all headed back to the office.
"Duck, what do you got?" Gibbs asked as he walked in to autopsy.
"Nothing much that you don't already know Jethro" Ducky came around the table to stand next to Gibbs. "The bullet found in him was not a 9mm bullet, it couldn't have come from Tony's gun."
"So Ari shot him and left. Why didn't Ari just keep shooting until he got us? He had to have known we were getting low on ammo." Gibbs shook his head back and forth and Ducky just looked on. "Duck he left a note attached to the gun."
"What did it say Jethro? Have you given to Abby so she can find some clues?"
"The note said that we would meet again. He also threatened Kate in the note. The bastard has something planned and I have no idea what it is. I haven't given the note to Abby yet because I don't want her to worry and tell Kate about it, till I have a chance to talk to Kate. How am I going to keep her safe Duck?" Gibbs voice got lower with each word.
"I don't know but you need to talk to Caitlin, she needs to know what's going on. I know how much you want to protect her, but she has to be prepared. Go talk to her Jethro."
"I know, Duck can you go up and send her down? So I can talk to her privately?"
Ducky headed for the elevator as Gibbs stared at the terrorists body, wondering what he was going to tell Kate.
"Gibbs, Ducky said you wanted to see me?" Kate startled Gibbs and he whirled around to see her. "Why me and not Tony too?"
"Kate, I need you to look at something." Gibbs pulled the note out of his pocket and handed it to her. "This was attached to the gun."
Kate took the note and began to read. Gibbs watched as her eyes went big as she read on. She looked a little startled when she got to the end of the note. She leaned back against the autopsy table, and looked up at him. He didn't like the look in her eyes.
"What does he want with me Gibbs?"