Dangerous Measures
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Also, a huge thankyou to Kate for all her help and fantastic work!
Tony and Kate stopped in at a local Chinese restaurant. As they sat down at one of the tables, a waiter approached them and took their orders.
"Well, Hobson was definitely hiding something," Kate remarked
"Yeah, it's just a question of what," Tony replied as his cell rang.
Pulling it out of his pocket, he read the caller ID before answering, "DiNozzo,"
"Tony, its McGee, just checking in. Jones is on the move again, I'm following from a distance. You guys got anything new?" McGee asked on the other end of the phone
"More questions than answers, Probie. Turns out the 'eyewitness is Jones' old pal from high school. Call us in another two hours, unless something interesting or important happens," Tony replied
"Okay," McGee responded, hanging up
Tony looked across at Kate for a while, studying her, "Kate,"
"Yeah, Tony," Kate answered when Tony didn't say anything else
"What are three words you would use to describe me?" Tony asked
Kate sighed, leaning back in her chair as she studied her partner, "Pig, sexist, womanizer,"
Tony frowned, then sighed "Okay"
Kate was about to ask about the hurt expression on his face when the waiter came back with their meals and Tony had morphed back into his carefree persona.
"So, how's George nowadays? Haven't heard you talk about him for a few days now," Tony asked
Kate rolled her eyes, "George was married. But I think you know that already,"
Tony raised his eyebrows and smirked, "He was married?"
"Yeah, and he had two kids," Kate replied
"Oooh, nasty," Tony commented, "How'd you find out? The wife come out and confront you?"
"Nah, he forgot to take off his wedding band," Kate replied, "So, what about you and Kelly?"
"Don't change the subject. We're talking about you and your love life," Tony scolded her
"Why, Tony? Interested?" Kate asked, wriggling her eyebrows
Tony laughed, "What would you say if I said yes?"
Kate rolled her eyes again, "I would say you're dreaming,"
Tony gave her a smile, "Yeah…Um, I'm just going to the head, I'll be back,"
Kate watched as Tony got up and went to the head, frowning at his strange behavior. She sighed and thought about their conversation, perhaps he thought of her as more than just a colleague… Her heart jumped at the thought and she allowed herself a brief moment of hope that it was true. Then she thought of her reply to him, perhaps she'd been a bit harsh…but what else could she have said. It's not as if she could just admit to having those kinds of feelings for him… He is her colleague, and they have a nice brother/sister relationship, a love/hate one…But having feelings like the ones you do for Tony and the things you want to do to him, if he was your brother, you'd both be arrested – her mind reminded her.
"Hey, still thinking of me?" Tony quipped as he came back and sat down
Kate bit her lip and looked at Tony sheepishly.
Tony gave her his charming smile, "You ready to go? We have a boss to clear,"
Ben looked through his files again, writing down a few more notes before picking up his phone and ringing the number Gibbs had given him.
"DiNozzo," he heard the man answer on the other end of the phone
"Hi, I'm Ben. I met your boss earlier today and am looking over his case. He told me to contact you," Ben replied
For a while there was no reply, then he heard the other man sigh, "How did you meet him?"
Ben raised his eyebrows, "He's in hospital. He was shot yesterday afternoon,"
"Shit!" Tony cursed, then paused, "You said you were looking over his case…"
"Yeah, I've had a look at the murders that took place here a few years ago. The only thing that the two cases had in common, apart from their MO was that they had both taken their cars to the garage around a week before they were murdered," Ben told him
"Same garage?" Tony asked
"You bet," Ben replied, "I'm trying to find out who dealt with them. Other than that, they have nothing in common. Friends and family said that nothing had changed in the months beforehand. I talked with the detectives who investigated the case, they said the trail went cold and they ran out of leads,"
Tony thought for a second, "One of our suspects is a mechanic. He's the eyewitness, and is a friend of a guy who was in contact with Wicks,"
"Name?" Ben asked, putting the phone on his shoulder
"Brett Hobson," Tony replied
Tony hung up and walked into the elevator with Kate
"Who was that?" Kate asked
"Some guy who's helping Gibbs," Tony replied, "He found another lead,"
"Good to hear," Kate responded, walking out of the elevator and into the lab
"Kate! Tony!" Abby called when she saw them, with a huge grin on her face
"Hey Abs," Kate responded as Tony gave her a caf-Pow! and turned down the music
"Whatcha got for us, Abs?" Tony asked
"The fingerprint that Duck-man sent up to me, I have a match," Abby replied, taking a big gulp of her drink, then pointed to the plasma, "Meet Trance Passer,"
Tony and Kate turned to each other and exchanged a worried glance, before Tony took out his cell and walked off.
"You don't look happy," Abby observed with a frown
Kate sighed, then pointed at the screen, "That, is also Jones, our emailing man,"
Abby hummed in understanding, "But that's not it. Ducky also sent up another blood sample, and it didn't match Gibbs, or Mr. Passer or Jones or whatever he's calling himself. And it came up as a match on three other murder cases,"
Kate slowly breathed out and looked at the screen with concern
"Okay, don't let either of them out of your sight," they heard Tony say into his cell. They watched in silence as he hung up and walked back to them, "McGee just followed Jones to Hobson's place,"
Gibbs kept his eyes closed as he heard the nurse walk around his room and check the machines. Trying to keep his breathing steady and his face expressionless as she hustled and bustled through the room, softly singing to herself. As she eventually left the room, Gibbs sighed in relief and opened his eyes. It wasn't that he didn't like her; she seemed to be nice and easy to get along with. He just didn't want her to know that he was awake.
He sat up slowly, wincing as pain shot through his shoulder and the pain in his chest made itself known again. Taking a deep breath, he ignored his body's reaction and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He brought his hands to his head and closed his eyes as a wave of nausea hit him, threatening to make him fall off the bed. As the feeling passed, he slowly got to his feet, holding the bedside table to keep him steady. Looking around the room, he tried to locate his clothes, but didn't see them in the room. Sighing, he walked cautiously to the door and slowly opened it, looking through the gap. A man in uniform sat on one side of the door, reading a magazine. Gibbs silently cursed and searched the corridor for something that would distract the man.
He turned his attention back to the seated officer when he saw the man move then stand up. Gibbs turned to where the officer was watching, and saw three men heading towards his room. Silently cursing, he shut the door quietly and quickly got back into bed, pretending to be asleep as his door was abruptly opened.
"Ok, up and at it!" one of the men said sternly, raising his voice, "Doctor has discharged you,"
Gibbs sat up and looked at the men sleepily. Two of them were in uniform, whilst the other was in civvies, probably a detective or something.
"Get dressed, I don't want to spend any time with you longer than necessary," the 'detective' told him, nodding at one of the men as he left, followed by the other man
The officer remaining in the room threw a pair of orange overalls at him and told him to strip.
That's it for chapter 10!...Hope you liked it! Please review! Tell me what you think
