Chapter 10

Webb left without a word but he was not happy. In Tiner' office his eyes went from her to the intercom on her desk. "Is there a button on there that will let me hear what is going on in there?" he nodded at AJ's office.

She smiled at him with a slightly flirtatious look on her face, "There might be."

"I need to hear what is going on in there."

"Of course, just let me okay that with the Admiral," she said reaching for the phone.

"Never mind!" he grumbled and with a glare he stomped out of her office. Once in the bullpen Webb looked around for a minute and then with a sudden grin he asked the nearest person which desk belonged to Major Bell. Going over to it, he started rifling through it hoping to find information on her.

"Alright Major, let's have it," AJ ordered after they were alone in his office.

"Actually Sir, I haven't been a Major for over five years now. Gibbs…"

"GIBBS!? You're with NCIS?"

"Yes Sir, he thought my resuming my Marine status would be a good cover. I protested that you should be in the loop but I was over ruled."

"We can deal with all of that later, right now the most important thing is identify the person on the tape and finding who else she is supposed to kill," AJ replied.

"The voice on the tape is Ensign Carla Moore and we were pretty sure the 'primary job' is the assignation of one of the judges. I was sent in to figure out who was involved and who their target is."

"So one of your first suspects was Bud Roberts?"

"Why would you think that?!" Sam exclaimed.

"I saw you staring at him several times when you first got here," he told her.

"No he was never one of my suspects."

"Ah, that's right you said you were covering for the person you really were interested in and the next one I say you watching was Ensign Moore and I thought…it doesn't matter what I thought since I am guessing she was your suspect."

"That's correct."

He got up and paced around the room. Her eyes followed him but her feet remained firmly planted where they were and it was then he realized he had kept her at attention this entire time. "At ease May…I guess that's incorrect. What is it? Special Agent Bell?"

As she relaxed her stance but remained standing where she was she responded, "Actually it's Special Agent Blaze, Sir."

"Have a seat then Special Agent Blaze," he said and it was almost as if her name had left a bad taste in him mouth.

Her shoulders slumped as she took a seat and she realized she'd lost whatever trust he might have had in her. "Sir should we get Ensign Moore in here to question her?"

"Before we do that we need to bring Webb back in here. He brought this to us but if you wish we can keep who you really are between us. Once Webb is in here I will have Tiner get her after arranging with the MP's to be waiting outside my office door to arrest her when we are done questioning her."

Sam nodded. When Webb was back in AJ's office he gave Sam a questioning look and tried but failed to keep his annoyance hidden. He turned to AJ and demanded, "What was all the secrecy about?"

"Sorry Webb, need to know," AJ told him trying to suppress a grin.

"Funny Chegwidden," Clay grumbled.

After AJ made arrangements with the MP's, Tiner was told to bring Ensign Moore to the office.

A short while later there was a knock on the door. "Enter," AJ called. The door opened and Ensign Moore started into the room until she saw Sam and Webb.

"Come in Ensign," AJ told her.

Carla hesitated and then slowly moved forward. When she was in front of the Admiral's desk he instructed her, "Have a seat Ensign."

"What is this all about Sir?" she asked nervously.

"We have some questions for you Ensign," AJ told her.

"What kind of questions Sir?"

"The kind that will become clear after you hear this tape," AJ stated and then turned to Webb and instructed him to play the tape.

Thirty seconds into the tape Ensign Moore dropped her head into her hands and her shoulders began to shake.

To be continued…