Don't own NCIS sadly…don't sue. This is purely for fun.

Parings: TATE

Spoilers: None really…Twilight never happened

Summary: Two tragedies in one day. One major one for Kate and another shocking one for the team. What happens when there world is shattered and all the evidence is lost?

Rated: T for references and bad language.

Chapter 3-Doom's day

Tony and Kate, rushed to get their things together as they jumped in Tony's car. Zooming through cars and trucks, they reached his house so he could have a quick shower and a speedy change of clothes. Then once again, they maneuvered through the traffic and made it into the NCIS parking garage and through the elevator doors and into the bullpen just as the clock hit 7:00 a.m.

"WOW! Tony-your on time." Probie piped up just as the two swiveled in their chairs ready to began work. "Shut it Probie." Tony commanded. "McGee, um...has Abby come up with anything yet?" Kate asked quietly. "Yeah actually she wanted me to let you know that as soon as you can to get down to her lab. You too Tony." With a quick look, they barged in the elevator doors, surprising a new secretary, and scaring Abby.

"Hey Kate, Tony." Abby walked around, restarting computers and machines. "Hmm…here it is. Does 'Desmond Delati' mean anything to you?" Abby asked. "I think I heard it somewhere before. Is it a person's name?" "That's what I don't understand. I checked it with all the databases and there is no mention of a Desmond Delati. I don't get it." Tony looked through the papers stacked up on Abby's desk. "Hmm…what did she work for?" Tony asked looking like he had some idea. "Marines…I don't know. She never really told me." "Could 'Desmond Delati' be a code name for a case or something like that?" Abby suddenly looked thrilled. "Tony you're a genius." Abby began typing furiously through the keyboard ready to pound out all the keys.

Just then the red lights surrounding the ceiling began flashing on and off creating an alarm all around the forensics lab. The three began to run around like mice gathering important files and evidence. Tony grabbed the file about Desmond Delati and grabbed the two girls and hurried them out. The elevator had stopped working so they rushed up the stairs and found Gibbs and Probie also gathering files and hurrying around like lab rats trying to get cheese before the timer runs out. This situation would be funny if it weren't for the blazing lights and loud sounds. "Gibbs what's going on?" Abby screamed covering her ears. "I don't know. Just get out of the building. Make sure we stick together." Gibbs, the father-figure, commanded from the top of his lungs.

Hundred's of people gathered in the outside parking lot, the team sticking together. "Gibbs what happened?" Kate questioned gazing at the building. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, then why were they alarms blaring? Tony stood behind Kate, hands on her petite waist, like it was natural pose. The files stuffed into the oversized backpack hung on McGee's shoulder. Abby clung onto McGee, standing beside Gibbs. "I don't get what's going on." A girl standing behind Tony whined. "ARG!" Another guy growled.

A second later, a huge smoke cloud began to cover the building. People around them started screaming in a haste to figure out what is going on. "Oh my." Ducky called out in surprise. Tony's cell began ringing. "DiNozzo. Yes. Yes. He's right here." On cue, Gibbs reached out for the phone. "Yes. I understand that sir. What? That's impossible. Yes sir." And then the cell slammed shut causing Tony to wince and taking to cell back. "Gibbs." The single word seemed to shatter Gibbs's mind. "There was a bomb dropped on the back of the building. That's what caused the alarm to go off, before it hit." He seemed startled. Startled enough not to look anyone in the eye. Ducky seemed to be in the same trance as Gibbs and Kate gripped hard on Tony's hand. McGee and Abby didn't fully comprehend the news as much as the others.

"Who would do such a thing?" Kate gasped. With their cells turned on, Kate and Tony had taken a walk on the street, trying to avoid all the chaos at the site. "Who knows?" Tony whispered. With their fingers intertwined within each other. "TONY!" Kate stopped dead in her tracks. "What?" "All the evidence to find Donna's killer will be gone. All we have left to go on is the file we grabbed from the table. What does that do to help?" "We do have the file from Abby's lab. The one about Desmond Delati. The code thing." "Yeah…" Kate finished quietly.

hey there! Sorry it took a while to update...had computer problems.
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