(The dead body of Higgins lay off to the side and multiple young Asian girl tied up together.)
The group discussion hung in an eerie silence over the table. "This is what we know. The ash claiming to be the Admiral's is not his. Somebody is smuggling guns off this base. Finally this Higgins character ties into it." Gibbs began.
"Now, for what we don't know. Is the Admiral alive or dead? How Higgins ties into this. And if the gun smuggling has anything to do with the Admiral missing." Gibbs stated to everyone at the table.
Meg Austin leaned forward. "The Admiral called JAG to have us look into Higgins. The Admiral thought Higgins was up to something, though he said he could not prove it. Our investigation uncovered the missing guns, so it is our belief that the Admiral was kidnapped or killed because of these facts."
McGee piped in "We haven't gotten much from the wreckage of the house yet. However, there were six weapons recovered. We are currently working to identify if these are part of the missing weapons."
Ziva slide the drawings she made from her attackers of the body heist. "These are the people that stole the body. We found the van abandon five miles away from the house. The body was gone also."
Gibbs picked up the sketches and squinted slightly. "Ok these look like the M.P. officer and ensign I talk with earlier. Somehow these two are attached to Officer Higgins, find out how." Gibbs tossed the papers back down.
Ziva looked around the table. McGee had his blackberry out typing away in it as though his life depended on it. Commander Austin looked in shock at the clipped way Gibbs spoke to everybody there. Tony, what was Tony doing? He sat there with a big grin on his face. She was about to ask him when Gibbs voice broke through again. "DiNozzo anything on the Admiral's old boat?"
"No, boss I haven't heard a peep from the new owner yet. I have his address, I thought Ziva could go have a chat with him. While I help locate the Admiral" Tony answered.
"DiNozzo do I have to smack you on the back of the head? You go and talk with him Ziva is going to check out the abandon van and see if she can't locate the body she misplaced" Gibs retorted back.
"Got it Boss. But I have a theory before I go. Somebody found a D.B. on the beach. The M.P. officer identified it as the Admiral's, but we know that both the ensign and the M.P. are false. I looked into the base logs for when the body was brought on base and a Rick Wright and Robin Masters signed in the body." Tony waited for somebody to catch on. Yet all he got were blank stares looking back at him, with Gibbs stare getting a little heated.
"Higgins, Wright and Masters are all characters from Magnum P.I. So I did a little checking and a T.C. incorporate rented out a few storage spaces downtown just this past week. T.C. is another character from Mag Pi I think it's worth a look." Tony finished Tony turned his gaze towards Gibbs "Boss, I now it's a stretch but it's just a little wonky to me to have all those names pop up."
"McGee, check out the van. Ziva get the address from Tony, you'll be talking with the owner of the Admiral's boat. Tony, you can check out the storage facility, be careful you know I don't believe in coincidences. Commander Austin, can a body be cremated without the M.E. confirming the identity himself?" Gibbs asked.
"No, the M.E. would have to know that the body cremated wouldn't have been the Admiral's from the dental records or DNA." Commander Austin answered.
"I thought so, would you care to join me as I asked the kind Doctor where the Admiral really is and exactly who he did burn to a crisp." Gibbs said with a smirk. Commander Austin smiled and nodded her head.
"Ok people you have your assignments get going" Gibbs barked out as he pulled Meg's chair out and gave his hand to help her up.
McGee cautiously looked over the van tweezing fibers and marking the evidence bags as he went. Getting on his back he slide on the gravel to get under the back of the van. Peering around with his pen light he spotted some wires going into the center of the spare tire. Pushing himself further under the van to get a better view he saw another package of C-4 with what looked like a mercury switch so when the van was lift for a tow it would explode.
"Whatever you do, do not tow this vehicle." McGee yelled from his spot under the van to the other agent that accompanied him. He made his way slowly backing out sweat dripping off his forehead. He did not need another bomb going off today he thought. As he was about out from under the van he noticed a carbon copy paper stuck in the interior of the bumper. It must have fallen out when the back door was opened. He gingerly grabbed the paper and slide it out from it's hiding spot.
Dusting himself off he opened the crinkled piece of paper. It was a receipt from Uncle Bob's storage for a prepayment of a month on three units. His eyes went large when he remembered that Tony was on his was to that storage facility. "Stay here and call the bomb squad. Remember don't let anybody move the van the bomb is under the spare tire." McGee said quickly as he hopping in the car and sped away.
Tony put his arm out to back the employee out of the way as he drew his gun and crept upon the three storage units. He fumbled a little with the lock dropping the huge key ring that the employee had to open all the units. Picking up the massive amount of keys he felt like a high school janitor as he looked for the correct key to open that certain unit. He smiled as he found it again when his cell phone rang a made him drop the ring again. "Tony, here." He answered as he bent down and quickly swiping up the keys.
"Tony the van was rigged with another set of C-4 and I found a receipt from the storage units you're at. The guys who rigged the house and stole the body rented those units" McGee said.
Crap! thought Tony. Suddenly a shot bounced off the wall right next to where he was standing. Dropping the phone Tony whipped around and rolled trying to find where the shots were coming from. Another near miss made a spark behind him. This time he was able to see a muzzle flash at the side of the unit. Tony fired a few shots toward the corner as he got up and ran to find some cover. A few more gun shots erupted and Tony jumped behind some 55 gallon drums.
McGee floored the car smashing trough the gate at the storage facility heading toward the sounds of a fire fight. He slide the car to a screeching halt in front of the middle unit with Tony on one side a the gunmen on the other.
Tony heard a car race by him blocking the gun man from him. Tony raced up to the front tire of the vehicle. When the gun man tried to make a run for it, Tony shot him in the leg causing the suspect to flop to the ground like a bird hitting a window.
McGee jumped out of the driver seat and was on the suspect in no time flat. He gripped the suspect hands tightly as he cuffed the perp and dragged him back to the car. "So which one are you? Rick Wright or Robin Masters?" Tony asked as he went back to pick up his discarded cell phone.
"I'm not saying nothing. I need a doctor and my lawyer." The man said through gritted teeth. Tony slapped him on the back of the head. "Listen you dummy, I happen to be a fan of Magnum P.I. so you using those names was a big mistake. No body making fun of my TV show and gets away with it. So sing like the yellow belly you are."
While Tony was interrogating the suspect McGee unlocked the three units sliding the door up revealing the contents inside. "Hey Tony, I wouldn't worry about convicting this guy. It'll be a cake walk."
Tony shoved the man in the back of the car and walked up behind McGee.
(The dead body of Higgins lay off to the side and multiple young Asian girl tied up together.)