Nowhere To Go: Twin Effect
Kate and Tony were in the car. Tony was driving while Kate who was sitting beside him, trying to take a nap. They had sent McGee back to the office and got Kerry Grays address, they were heading there now to talk to them.
"Hey, Katey!" he called, he was a bit bored, and decided it was bug-Kate time. Besides, since there were only two of them in the car now, it was the perfect time for him to execute his plan. Tony wanted to laugh at this thought evilly, but instead, a wide almost devilish grin appeared on his face, he couldn't just laugh out like that, Kate already thought he was a little mad.
Kate heard him call her but did not respond, she wanted a little peace and quiet even for a while, but Tony being Tony always has something to say. It was like he didn't have the "SHUT UP" function programmed into his system. She decided to ignore him. She kept her eyes closed, pretending she was asleep.
"Hey! Kate!" said Tony again, and this time he took one hand off the wheel and grabbed Kate's arm and shook her, she opened her eyes and looked at Tony.
"What? TONY!" said Kate with an obvious annoyed tone in her voice
"Can I ask you a question?" asked Tony
"You just did, can't you see I'm trying to rest?" said Kate
"I swear I'll let you go back to your nap after I'm done with my questions" said Tony, and gave Kate a wide eyed look with a cheeky grin. Kate gave in.
"Ok, go ahead, ask!" said Kate
"Do you have a date for your reunion tonight?" asked Tony
Kate immediately became alert, why would he ask a question like that? Where was he going with this?
"This is any of your business because?" she said
"Well, I've got a deal I want to make with you" he said
"Which is?" she asked
"Let me stay with you for a few nights, and I'll be your date tonight, I will save you from the humiliation of going by yourself and you can save me from sleeping in the office" said Tony.
" What makes you think I don't have a date?" asked Kate
"Do you?" asked Tony
"Yes, I do, your offer is very kind, but I already have a date" said Kate. She looked over at Tony hoping to find some reaction. To her surprised, he was grinning. Her answer was totally what he expected.
"Good for you!" he said. He smiled as he knew his plan was working.
Then paused, he put his hand into his pant's pocket and took out his cell phone and flipped it open. He pressed some of the buttons then passed the phone to Kate. Kate took it and read what was written on the screen. It was a
Text message from Abby. It read
"No! No date! If she doesn't go she'll B humiliated, if she went alone, she'll B humiliated also. Even bought a dress! Y don't U ask her out?"
Then Kate recalled what happened in the morning, Tony received a text message and then yelled "Yes!" This must be the message he received earlier. She checked the details for the message and it confirmed it.
"Do we have a deal?" asked Tony, he had the evil grin again.
"Yes…Abby is so dead!" said Kate as she gave the phone back to him.
"Oh, come on Kate! We're homies now! Your life long dream! Cheer up!" said Tony and then chuckled.
Kate rolled her eyes. "Can I have my peace and quiet now?" asked Kate.
"No, you can't!' said Tony
"What? Why not?" asked Kate, a bit confused and irritated thinking that Tony was not keeping his promise.
"Because, we're here!" said Tony, Kate looked around. Tony parked in front of a house that had a blue pick-up truck. It was a small house. Tony turned off the engine and opened the door. "It's show time!" said Tony. Kate got down of the car and walked to Tony and both walked to the house together.
Tony knocked. "Hello, anybody home?" said Tony loudly. They waited for a respond. Tony knocked again and this time someone opened the door. That someone was a man, quite tall, had dark hair and blue eyes. Looked like he was in his mid 30s. He had a very tired look.
"Yes?" asked the man.
"NCIS" said Kate.
"NCIS?" repeated the man. He looked at them top to bottom. They were not wearing their NCIS jackets and caps. There was no way that he could tell that they were NCIS. But after they introduced themselves, the man's eyes seemed to have widened a little. This led Tony to think that he was either involved in the case or at least knew what really happened.
"Yes, Naval Criminal Investigation Service" explained Kate, which was quite unnecessary. He seemed to have already known who they were.
"You are Eric Reid?" asked Kate
Eric nodded.
Just then, a woman walked out and stood beside Eric. She was almost the same height as Kate, had black eyes and blond hair. Just like in the pictures. "Who's there?" she said as she walked over, her voice had a heavy tone, like as if she was tired or just woke up. Her left hand was wrapped in bandage.
"Uh…they are NCIS" said Eric. Kerry took a step back. Her eyes widened.
"You're Kerry Gray?" asked Tony
She looked stunned. "Yes, she's Kerry Gray, may I know what is this about?" asked Eric
"Your sister, Kelly Gray" said Kate as she took out a picture of Kelly and gave it to the couple. "She's missing, we found blood in her bedroom" continued Kate
"Yes, we were just wondering if you knew anything about it" said Tony
"We heard from Kerry's grandmother that she was missing, that's all we know" replied Eric
"Well, we would just like you to follow us back, just for some questioning" said
Kate
"But it's was not my fault" said Kerry loudly as if she was being accused and was trying to defend herself. She ran forward pushing through Kate and Tony. Pushing Kate to the floor. Kate and Tony were kinda shocked. It was totally unexpected. Tony who was still standing, quickly move to catch Kerry. Just as he caught Kerry and pinned her to the ground. Eric came from behind and grabbed Tony then threw Tony to the road. Tony got up and Eric tried to take a swing as him. Both men ended up wrestling on the ground and Eric, who was a bigger sized man, seemed to be winning. Just then there was a clicking sound, Eric and Tony both stopped wrestling and saw that Kate was holding a gun.
"Let him go!" said Kate to Eric, with her gun obviously aiming at him. Eric put his hands in the air. Then he just started to cry. Tony took a look around and saw Kerry Gray on the ground, unconscious.
Tony and Kate were standing in front of the mirror that allowed them to see the interrogation room. There were only 3 people in the room, Kate, Tony and the tech guy monitoring the screens. Eric was in the interrogation room. Kerry Gray was in the hospital. Tony then said something to break the silence
"Hey, Kate, I just want to thank you for saving me from the guy just now" said Tony, sounding sincere
"You're welcome" said Kate and she smiled.
"But I had the situation under control" said Tony
"I'm sure you did" said Kate and rolled her eyes and folded her arms.
After a moment of pause, Kate said "I would like to make a few rules while you stay over at my place"
"I'm listening" said Tony and put his hands into his pocket and turned to look at Kate, who was still starring into the interrogation room.
"Number one, keep your hands to yourself" said Kate, arms folded
"I was actually worried you won't be able to keep your hands to yourself" said Tony, the tech guy smiled upon hearing that. He's been a loyal audience of the "Kate and Tony show" for quite sometime now. He knew what was going on, heck, everyone knew.
Kate raised her right eyebrow and gave Tony a oh-please! Look.
"Number 2, you sleep on my couch. And you are not allowed to go into my room" said Kate, Tony nodded.
"Number 3, don't touch anything in my apartment" said Kate, Tony nodded again.
"Number 4, when we go to the reunion, please do not embarrass me or else" said Kate
"Or else?" repeated Tony
"You really do not want to know" said Kate, and gave him a really rather evil looking smile
"Do not talk about the wet T shirt contest to anyone of the people attending the reunion" said Kate.
"Man! That's one of the reasons why I was willing to be your date" said Tony, the tech guy just kept on laughing silently.
"Hey, what do you mean willing? I'm doing you a favor by letting you stay over!" said Kate
"Fine, I'll try to obey your rules" said Tony. "please note that I said try"
Just then, Gibbs walked into the interrogation room, both Kate and Tony stopped talking and turned their attention to the interrogation room.
Gibbs came in and took a seat in front of Eric Reid who looked nervous.
"Where is Kerry?" asked Eric
"She's ok, she's now under medication and is resting" said Gibbs, Eric looked relieved.
Gibbs put his hand into his left pocket and took out a tape recorder. He played it and it was either Kelly or Kerry Gray's voice
"Hey, baby! Can you come over? I've got a surprised!" the voice said and Gibbs pressed stop. Eric looked as if he had never heard it before.
"This was found in a drawer of a dressing table in your house" said Gibbs, Eric looked like he just realized something. "She must have found it" he said softly
Gibbs went on to take out something inside a clear plastic bag from his right pocket.
Flashback:
Kate and Tony were standing in front of Kelly Gray's grandmother, they were in the living room and both were holding a glass in their hand. McGee walks in and gives them a I-found-something look. Both Kate and Tony walked over to McGee.
"I found something" said McGee "Hey, why don't I get any juice?" asked McGee when he saw that Kate and Tony had glasses in their hand
"What did you find?" asked Kate. McGee opened a bunch of tissue papers and showed them the thing he found. Kate, Tony and McGee exchanged looks.
"Where did you find this?" asked Tony
"The dustbin, wrapped in tissue paper" said McGee
Gibbs placed the item in the plastic bag on the table, then he pushed it to Eric. "This is a pregnancy test kit, it's positive" said Gibbs. Eric didn't look surprised.
"You received several calls from Kelly Gray on the night before she was found missing to your cell and house phone, she must have left a message in your answering machine, which is how we got this tape. We also found your fingerprints in Kelly's bedroom" said Gibbs
"Care to explain how it got there?" asked Gibbs
"I've been sleeping with Kelly for some time now" said Reid looking down, ashamed.
"How long?" asked Gibbs
"Around 3 years, it was just for the sex, Kerry found out and we moved away. She wouldn't forgive me, and we fought, that's when I went back to Kelly" said Eric, as he looked up, eyes wet. "But I really loved Kerry, I really loved her"
"What happened that night?" asked Gibbs
"I got her message on the machine, and I guess I must have forgotten to delete it, Kerry must have found it, she must have" said Eric and paused. Gibbs just silently watched as Eric tried to fight back the tears.
"I went over to Kelly's, I parked my truck a few houses away and walked over. We knew her grandmother wouldn't hear us because she took sleeping pills to sleep. Then Kelly told me she was pregnant" said Eric and paused
"Kerry then came in the room furious, she had a knife in her hand and tried to kill us, Kelly and Kerry struggled, I tried to intervene. I killed her… I killed her' said Eric
"You killed Kerry Gray, your wife?" asked Gibbs. In the other room, Tony and Kate were surprised.
"She was on the floor, blood all over, I just wanted to get out of there, just run away" said Eric
"You tried to make others think that Kelly was Kerry, thinking that you could get away with it" said Gibbs
"Yes, but I couldn't live with myself for killing her, Kelly couldn't live with it… I killed her sister…I killed my wife." said Eric
"Where is Kerry Gray now?" asked Gibbs.
Eric now seemed like he was in his own world, he just kept repeating "I couldn't live with myself, I killed her" and then he started to cry but kept on repeating it.
"Where is Kerry?" asked Gibbs again. But it was like Gibbs wasn't there, Eric could not hear him.
Gibbs got up and turned to the window. "Get him out of here" said Gibbs and walked out of the room.
Just as he walked out of the room. McGee called for Gibbs. "Boss!"
Gibbs turns to see McGee
"We found the body and the murder weapon" said McGee
"Where?" asked Gibbs
"In their backyard, they buried her in their back yard" said McGee.
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"A stab to the stomach, she bled to death" said Ducky as he examine the body laying in his lab.
"Yeah, that's what they said" said Gibbs as he walked to Ducky.
"What did Abby find on the murder weapon?" asked Ducky
"It was a kitchen knife, she found fingerprints belonging to the Gray twins and Eric Reid…and found traces of blood from both sisters" replied Kate
"But I specifically remember there were 2 blood marks, one on the bed and a much larger on the floor" said Ducky
"The one of the bed was Kelly's, she cut herself in the struggle and got blood on the bed" said Tony
"What a pity… 2 sisters and a man, this is how it ends?" said Ducky
"And you said a gal that hot couldn't have committed a crime like that" said Kate to Tony
Hope you liked Chapter 6. Please review. The next chapter will be all about TATE!