NCIS
chapter 19
The ward room is busy with activity. McGee and Ziva are running down leads to the homeland protest group. McCormick and Morgan are searching through incident reports of former and current members of the group.
Ziva finds a connection to NCIS as to who could be the mole.
"So where's Tony?" Paula Cassidy says as she walks up.
McGee and Ziva look at her. Then she asks, "So how long have you been a mole, Agent Cassidy?"
"What? I'm not a -"
McGee show her a photo on the plasma of her brother. He is a low level leader of the anti-war group.
"I think we have some questions for you." McGee informs.
"Inform Gibbs, we'll be in interrogation." Ziva orders.
Paula Cassidy is in the interrogation room, waiting to see who will be her interrogator.
McGee, Ziva and Gibbs wait on the other side looking over the intel.
"You think she is a mole?" Gibbs asks.
"Well, we have reason to believe there is a mole in either the FBI or NCIS. Mossad ran a search for clues and they gave me info on possible suspects. Agent Cassidy is one of them." Ziva informs.
"Good work Ziva." Gibbs responds.
"So I have this?"
"Nope." Gibbs says as he grabs the file and walks out.
He enters the room and slams the file on the table and sits down. He stares at her for a minute and then opens the file.
"What is going on here? I don't have any idea what you people have against me?" she asks.
"Your brother, Roger Cassidy. He is a member of the Defense Against the War campaign. He also has ties to a Abu Saiv cell working out of Virginia."
"That isn't exactly true."
"Then what is the truth. You are in a lot of trouble here. So you better come clean right now."
She seems flustered and shocked, "I don't know what Roger was up to. He says he doesn't like the war and tries to protest it, but I don't think he would do anything bad."
"Well, for starters, they kidnapped Agent DiNozzo. Attacked a government vehicle and shot Agent Morgan with rubber bullets. I think you better quit trying to protect him and give us some answers. We are pulling you phone record and your computer to find out if you have been in contact with him."
"I can tell you that you'll find out I have. But, I wasn't helping him. He said that they were going to make people listen even if they had to take extreme measures. I called him six or seven times, but I was trying to stop him. I don't want hi involved in this. You have to believe me. I don't want Tony to get hurt." she empathic ally says.
"We'll check out you story. Until then your on administrative leave. You will be monitored at your home. If he tries to contact you-"
"Give you a call. Got it."
Gibbs gets up to leave and opens the door.
She says, "Bring Tony back safe, won't you Agent Gibbs?"
"We will Agent Cassidy."
Ziva and McGee are in the hall, "So that's it. We let her go." Ziva asks.
"Yeah. If she was involved in this she wouldn't have came here."
"So we set up surveillance on her house?" McGee asks.
"Get it set up McGee. I'll be in my office."
"Gibbs, you know something don't you?"
"Yeah, I need coffee."
He walks away leaving the two agent perplexed.
Tony sits in his chair still tied up. The two guards are standing watch so he can't escape. Marashi walks in and pulls up a chair next to Tony.
"Agent DiNozzo. We need your help."
"Help with what?" Tony asks as the truth serum begins to work.
"Where is Agent Gibbs?"
"I-I don'..."
"You are sounding like a broken tape, Tony."
"Record. Broken record. Ziva made the same mistake."
"You don't know where Gibbs is."
"No."
"Very well. How can we transfer money from you parents estate. You are their child. I'm sure you'll have an inheritance."
Tony's head looks up, "How did you know?"
"We took care of them. A boating accident was a good cover. Your father submitted quickly. But your mother, she fought for a while before she, how do you says, swims with the fishes."
"You-" Tony yells out but the guards come over to restrain him.
"Easy, Tony. We need your inheritance. How do we get it."
"Sorry to disappoint you, but there is none. My father cut me off when I decided to be a cop, instead of investment baker."
"That is too bad. We were hoping for more cooperation. Maybe Officer David or Miss Scuito will be more compliant."
"You lay one finger on them and I swear-"
"What? By the looks of things, you are not going anywhere."
She changes her Middle Eastern accent to that of Kate and says, "You know Tony, we would have been great together."
She gets up and leaves, and says, "You friends will be here soon. I hope they are prepared for us."