See Part One for Disclaimer.
AN: Here goes another part. A longer one this time. We are going to met Gibbs family and there is a new case. Hope you like it.
Part 16
It was Thursday evening. The team had just finished work. McGee went on his date with Abby, Tony went home to Max. Gibbs and Kate were going to pack for their long weekend. First they went to Kate's place. There she made dinner.
"Honey, I never asked you where we are actually going. You never told me where your brother lives."
"I did that on purpose. I'm going to surprise you." Gibbs smiled.
"Oh Jethro, that's mean. Just tell me the direction. I don't know what to pack up. Are we going to a hot or cold place?"
"Okay, I can tell you that it is going to be warm. So you can pack some summer outfits. And don't forget your swimsuit and sun lotion."
"Will there be a beach?" Kate asked trying to get more information.
"I'm not telling you. You will see tomorrow. Now hurry up. We need to get up early." So Kate packed up some clothes, which wasn't an easy task since she didn't know their destination.
Being finished with that, they went for Gibbs house, where be had his bag already finished.
"Is that all you are going to take?" Kate asked when she saw his small duffel bag sitting on the floor next to the door.
"I won't need as much as you." He said and pointed at her two suitcases. "And even if I've forgotten something I'm going to get it there. I think it's better we call it a day. I told Jess we would arrive for breakfast."
"That sure is early. How long will we need to get there?"
"Depends and I'm not going to give you that information. You'll see soon."
In the early morning hours
It was just past four am when Gibbs woke up Kate.
"Honey, we need to hit the road." He said gentle.
Kate got dressed and together they went to Bethesda Military Airport.
"Jethro, what are we doing here? Your brother is not living here, is he?"
"No, he's not. We are going to board a plane which will take us to Charlie." Gibbs said walking toward a Gulf Stream.
"You got us this plane?" Kate asked.
"No, Charlie did. He knows I like to travel by plane."
"A Gulf Stream! Only if Tony knew." Kate smiled remembering the way he acted the last time.
"I'm happy it's just the two of us." Gibbs said. So they got aboard. Gibbs showed her all. And about two hours later they landed at a Military Airport outside Miami.
"Jethro, we are in Florida. That's great."
"And we aren't even at our destination." Gibbs went to a black Corvette and opened the trunk with the key he got from a desk clerk.
"Did you rent that car? It sure is something I never imagined you with."
"I thought you know me better. Jess got the car for us. It's some kind of joke between the two of us, which goes a long way back. I can't even tell you why we are doing it, but it sure is fun. You'll see you'll like it."
Gibbs held open the door for Kate who got in. Gibbs got in on the drivers seat. He started the engine and got on the road. Kate just enjoyed the surroundings. She had never been to Florida for holidays before. That was something they had to repeat. They were on the road for about half an hour when the reached the outer skirts of Miami. He stopped in front of a beautiful house just on the beach.
"Here we are." Gibbs announced and got out to open the door for her.
"This is a nice neighborhood. I like it here; even if I haven't met your family yet." Kate said getting out of the car. Together they went for the front door, which was opened by a woman. It was the woman Kate had seen at the office.
"Jethro, just on time like always. You didn't tell me you were bringing someone with you."
"Jess, good to see you. I really missed you. And I didn't tell you because it's suppose to be a surprise."
"Oh, you are such a bad boy, Jethro. But I'm happy you are here. We have so much to catch up on. So you want to come in? I'm sure your company wants to freshen herself up, don't you Kate? I take it you are Kate?" Jess asked when she saw Kate's shocked expression.
Kate was just surprised by this woman. She had only seen her for a few seconds at the office but she has been curious about her since than. But really meeting her was something else. But she likes her from the beginning.
"Yes, I'm Kate. Nice to meet you. You really have a great house."
"Thanks we really like it here. Now come in. Breakfast is already finished. I just need to add a fourth plate. I'll show you the bathroom so you can have a shower first. Jethro, you know your way." Jess took Kate with her and showed her the bathroom while Gibbs got the luggage.
Half an hour later Kate was finished with her shower and on her way back. Leaving the bathroom she noticed another person in the hallway just outside the bathroom. It was a man with icy-blue eyes and gray hair. He looked just like Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
"Honey, nice of you to come and get me. I don't know where to go." Kate said seeing the man.
He smiled at her. "I'll take you to them." He said.
"Whoa, just a moment. You're not Jethro. Who are you and where is he? Tell me the truth! I'm armed and I will use my weapon, so no games." Kate said furious.
"Kate, calm down. I'm Charlie, Jethro's brother."
"You're twins, aren't you? He never told me. Oh, I'm gonna kill him." Kate said realizing the truth.
"No, you won't kill him. And I can tell you that he's never told anyone. We are always trying to confuse people around us. But you are the first one who noticed without knowing the fact."
"I just know him very well."
"I know, let's get back to them."
"Okay. How about we play a trick on Jethro. I just met you and still think you are him."
"Oh, you are mean. I really like you. Let's get going, honey." Charlie smiled.
"Oh darling, why haven't you told me your brother lives in this great town? I mean this its Miami!"
"Well, honey. You never asked. Ready to have breakfast?" Charlie asked entering the kitchen. Gibbs couldn't believe his ears.
"Kate what are you doing? That is my brother Charlie you are flirting with." Gibbs said stunned.
"What? No way, this guy is my Jethro. I would know if he weren't."
Gibbs mouth fell open. He couldn't believe it. This wasn't going as planned.
"Charlie, tell her." Gibbs demanded. Both of them broke out in laughter.
"Jethro, did you really believe I wouldn't know the difference? I've known you for more than a year now and I think I know you well enough to know which one you are. That was just a little trick we were playing on you for not telling me that you're a twin. That wasn't nice." Kate said, hitting him playfully on his chest.
"I know but I planned on telling you another way. So this is my twin brother Charles, Charlie is what his family and friends call him. Jessica, Charlie this is Caitlin Todd, my girlfriend."
"Nice to meet you finally. We heard a lot about you."
Kate said down next to Gibbs. "Well, he didn't tell me about you. I didn't even know he had brothers. I only found out because I asked who you were." Kate pointed at Jessica. "I saw you a few times at NCIS headquarters and it sure got some rumors running at work."
"Really?" Jess asked.
"Oh yeah. We all thought you were going to be ex-wife number four. You know his history with red-heads?"
All four of them laughed. They had breakfast and talked. Charlie and Jessica were nice people. Kate liked them a lot. After breakfast they went on a sightseeing tour.
"How about we go out to dinner?" Gibbs asked later that day. They all agreed. So they went to some fancy restaurant Jess suggested. The food and the surroundings were really good. The perfect opportunity to tell them about their news.
"Guys, there is something we need to tell you." Gibbs just said.
"I knew it. You're getting married, aren't you?" Jess asked. "I knew it the first time Jethro told us about you. The way he talks about you; I've never heard it before. And then you just came to visit us, out of the blue not telling us you were bringing Kate with you. You're getting married, right?"
Kate had noticed that Jessica had the tendency on babbling when excited.
"That's sure an opinion but not what we were going to tell you." Gibbs just said. He saw the disappointed look on Jessica's face. "Hey Jess, don't look like that. Our news is quite good. I'm sure you'll like it." Gibbs explained.
"You are not going to get married. So I don't know what you could tell us otherwise. The first time you told me about Kate, nearly one and a half year ago I hoped that you would marry her. The last time for the matter. I know you were meant to be together, so why not?"
Kate was surprised. "You told them about me when I first came to NCIS?"
"Oh yeah, as soon as the Air Force One case was closed I called Jess and told her I had found the love of my life. But I couldn't tell her, because I didn't know her well enough. So I offered you a job, because you were a very good agent and so I could stay close to you." Gibbs told Kate.
"Oh Jethro, that's so sweet." Kate kissed him.
"Okay, I think you are drifting off a bit. You were going to tell us something important." Charlie reminded.
"Oh yes. Like I said we have some good news." Gibbs looked Kate into the eyes. In union they said: "We're pregnant."
Jessica and Charlie were both surprised. "That sure is something we didn't think of with. Congratulations. I'm so happy for you." Charlie said.
"You're pregnant, but you won't get married? Normally it's vice versa. First you got married, than you start a family." Jess said.
"Well, getting pregnant wasn't planned. In fact Jethro told me that he was never going to have any children. It was a surprise for both of us. But now we are both more than happy. And we don't need to get married to have this baby. So just be happy for Jethro and me." Kate said kind of furious.
"But Kate, I'm happy for you. I just want Jethro to be happy. And I see he is very happy being with you."
They enjoyed the rest of the weekend. It was really a nice holiday visit. Kate was kind of sad to leave them on Sunday but they promised to visit them again soon.
Monday morning, Tony's apartment
"So Max, ready to face the truth?" Tony asked.
"Not really, but I promised you to see this Ducky-guy. So let's go."
Tony took Max to the office. There he took her down to Ducky. He was just getting started on an autopsy.
"Hello young Anthony. What brings you down here? And who is your lady-friend?" The English man asked.
"Morning Ducky. This is my girlfriend Max and we're here because of her."
"What's the matter young lady?" Ducky asked turning to Max.
"Well, I have been sick in the morning lately. Tony thought I could have the same symptoms like Agent Todd."
"Before you do any examination there is something you have to know. Max isn't like a normal human, she has some gene anomaly."
"And that would be?" Ducky asked Max.
"Well, I have some feline genes in me. So don't be surprised." Max explained. Ducky did his test. When he came back with the results, he looked straight at Tony.
"Are you sure you are not a doctor? You were right with your prognosis. Max is pregnant. Congratulations you two."
Both of them had had time to get used to that idea, but knowing it for sure was something different.
"Thanks Ducky." Tony said. "Looks like we are going to be parents." Tony said facing Max.
"That's what it looks like." They went to leave when Tony turned around.
"By the way Ducky, do you know a woman named Jess? Gibbs was visiting her last weekend."
"Oh Jessica. Yes I know her; she's really a nice woman. I even met her husband once. A nice person, too."
"Husband? Gibbs is having an affair with a married woman?" Tony couldn't believe it.
"Affair? I don't know what Jessica you are speaking about but the one I'm speaking about is his sister-in-law. Jessica is married to Jethro's brother Charles. He's Navy, too."
"Jessica's his sister-in-law? She's not his new flame? Who is she then?" Tony had no idea.
"Even I don't know about her. Jethro is clearly making a secret out of her."
"Okay thanks, Ducky. See you later."
Tony and Max went upstairs. "Do you want to stay here with me today? Or should I take you home?" Tony asked arriving at his floor.
"I would like to stay here, if Gibbs will let me."
"I'm sure the Boss will." Tony said.
Just in this moment Gibbs entered, followed by Kate and McGee.
"I will do what, DiNozzo?"
"I was going to ask you if Max could stay here today. She won't do any harm." Tony promised.
"Okay, normally I wouldn't allow it but since I know her and we are on a very low case load she can stay here. Maybe she'll make you do some work, so the rest of us can do some work, too."
Tony glared at him. "That was low, Boss. You know I do my work."
"Yeah, when you don't annoy us, Tony." Kate said.
"By the way, how was your long weekend off? Did your boyfriend like it?"
"Of course he liked it. We went to visit some of his family. They were really nice, just like him. Why do you ask?"
"Just caring about you. Mothers to be need more attention, don't they Max?"
"Well, I don't know. I was never pregnant before." Max said, turning to Kate.
"Don't look at me. I never was pregnant before, either. But my boyfriend is really caring. He does everything I tell him. I couldn't wish for a better father of my child. I'm very happy to have found him."
"That's great Kate." Tony said facing Gibbs. "How about your weekend? How was Jess?"
"Jess is fine, like every time I see her. It was sure a good weekend. And how was yours? Any new house-visits?"
"Oh yeah, we've seen two houses in the suburbs. But I'm not sure if they are perfect for us. Not any more. I think we need to look for a house with more space or do you want to move again in a few months?" He asked Max, trying to tell them about their news.
"No, I think we are looking for a house where we can live for the rest of our lives. Or at least a great part of it, since we don't know what future may bring."
Gibbs was impatient. "Tony is there something that you want to tell us?"
"Well actually there are two things we would like to tell you."
"Then just tell us." Kate demanded.
"First, do you have any plans for spring? We haven't set an exact date but spring is a lovely season for a wedding."
McGee was the first who got the meaning of Tony's question. "Well, congratulations Tony, Max. That's good news."
"Tony is getting married? Our female office workers will be disappointed. No more flirting and no more stories about your endless girlfriends. Life will get boring." Kate said smiling at him.
"Thanks Kate. I knew you would be happy for us. But I'm the first one of us both who gets married. I don't think your mystery lover proposed to you, did he?"
"No he didn't, but I don't need to get married to be happy with him. I know he loves me more than his own life." Kate defended Gibbs.
"Stop you two. First it's Kate's business whether she gets married or not. And secondly, congratulations you two. I'm happy for both of you. You are a great couple. So what is the other news?" He asked curious.
"Kate, do you have someone to be there for the delivery?" Tony asked.
"Well, I'm going to take the child's father if he can make it. Why do you ask?"
"Well maybe we can go together. You seem to be so normal with your pregnancy. I'm just scared of everything, Kate." Max said.
"You are pregnant, too." Gibbs asked.
Both Max and Tony nodded. "Ducky just told us. That's the reason Max's here. I had her see him since she hasn't felt any better."
"Oh, that's just great, Max. Now we can do everything together. You know, I'm as scared as you." Kate smiled. "Have you told Abby? She will be ecstatic. I remember the way she acted when she found out."
"Oh, we forgot Abby. Let's go Max."
So both of them got down to the lab.
"Hi Tony, what brings you down here? Does Boss-Man need anything?" The Goth-girl asked.
"Gibbs is fine. Low caseload. There are just some private matters that brought me to you. First I want you to meet Max Guevara. Max that's Abby Sciuto our best forensic and a very dear friend."
"Oh yeah, we have met via video conference. Nice to meet the real you, since I have just seen your DNA, which is very impressive."
"Nice to meet you, too Abby. I have so much to thank you for. You gave me the chance to be with Tony again. Thanks so much." Max said.
"I do what I can do. But the female population will be mad at me. I took away the best partier in the world. But I'm happy for the both of you."
"Thanks Abby, but you don't know the real reason for us being here."
"I hope you'll tell me!" Abby demanded.
"Yeah, I'm going to tell you. Well, we're getting married in spring."
"Oh Tony, that's so great. Congrats Max." Abby beamed.
"But there is still another reason." Max said.
"Yeah, the best news ever. I know you are happy about Kate having the first NCIS baby? Would a second baby enlighten your mood even more?"
"Of course, I love babies. Wait a minute! Does that mean, you're pregnant Max?"
Max nodded.
"That's great, two babies."
"Yeah Abby, we thought the same thing. So everybody has a partner but you and Probie. How's your relationship at the moment?" Tony asked.
"McGee is quite unsure about us. I mean I truly love him but he hasn't told me once. That's kind of strange."
"Yeah, even for Probie." Tony smiled. "But I'm sure he'll make up his mind. He likes you a lot."
"I know, but he's not telling me."
"He will Abby, just be patient."
Both Max and Tony went back to the office.
"Good you're here. We got a case. The 14-year old daughter of a Petty Officer was raped. We've been ordered to find the rapist." Gibbs explained. "Tony, McGee, you come with me. We need to question the girl."
"Ahm, Gibbs. The girl was just raped, do your really think she is going to talk to you? She's afraid of men." Kate said, clearly having a point.
"There's no way, you are coming with us, Kate. We will find a way to talk to her." Gibbs said and left with his coworkers. Half way to the elevator he turned around.
"Kate, find everything about Petty Officer David Collins and let Abby run the DNA that the hospital got." With that said Gibbs went to the elevator and left.
"Okay Max, since you are stuck with me at the office, you can help me. Do you know how to work with computers?" Kate asked Max shoving her over to Tony's desk. There she showed Max how to get the information needed. Then Kate went back to her desk and got the DNA samples to Abby. An hour later Abby had done all possible tests without a result. Max got the file of the Petty Officer, which was okay. No law breaking, no offences, no visible enemies. The rape of his daughter had nothing to do with Navy.
Since it was already lunchtime Max, Abby and Kate went out to get something to eat. The guys weren't back yet.
When the ladies returned at two o'clock the men were there and they seemed to be worried.
"Where have the three of you been?" Gibbs wanted to know.
"Gibbs, clam down. We had to have lunch, like every other normal person does at this hour of the day. "You could have told us. We all were worried about you!" Tony said.
"Tony, you know that I'm capable of taking care of myself."
"But . . . " Tony started.
"No, both of you stop it now. It's nice that you are worried about Max and me but we are fine. We are feeling great and we are not going to be your hostages for the next eight months. Max is a fighter and I'm armed every time. So just stop worrying about us." Kate said to Tony and Gibbs.
"I know that you can take care off yourselves but you aren't alone anymore. You have a child to think about."
"And you think I'm not doing that? I won't go off looking for criminals but I still will go out with my friends. I'm pregnant not stupid. I think I know perfectly well what I'm able to do and not do. And I think I speak for Max, too. Just let us live our life like before. Nothing has changed so accept that. And if you will excuse Max and me now, we have work to do." Kate was in rage. She took Max to her desk and got her an additional chair.
"Kate, what just happen? I have never seen both of them like this before. Or you for the matter."
"I don't know Max. It's never happened before; I never lost my control like this. Sure I sometimes yell at Tony but never like that and never to Gibbs."
"But it sure was good. I'm not used to having anyone who is worried about me."
"But it's something you can get used to." Kate said and started to work on her computer. Soon Gibbs was standing in front of the desk.
"Kate, I would like to apologize for my behavior. You are my first pregnant subordinate. I need to learn how to handle the situation. Can you forgive me?"
"Okay, I forgive you, when you can forgive me the way I reacted. I just don't know what's the matter."
"Okay, friends again. But actually there is something you can do for me." Gibbs said.
"Work?" Kate asked, her face lighting up.
"Yes, work. You were right. The girl is afraid of any men but her father. He took her to headquarters. She is down in interrogation. I want you to speak to her."
"Okay, I'll do it. We got the Collins file, nothing out of the ordinary. And Abby is running DNA. He's not in the database."
"Okay Kate. Try to get some information about this guy. Are you up to it?" he asked concerned.
"Are you joking? I've been waiting since last week for the opportunity to leave my desk. See you later, Max." Kate got up and went down to interrogation, followed by Gibbs. He would listen to the questioning outside the room. In there sat a beautiful young girl. She was slender with long brown hair and green eyes. She was very frightened when she heard the door being opened.
"Don't be afraid, young lady. I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Kate."
"Hello." The girl said silently.
"I work at NCIS. We are trying to find the man who did this to you. Can you tell me anything about him, sweetie?" Kate asked, sitting down next to her.
"I just want to forget that it had happen. I feel so dirty, I always have the need to wash or shower."
"I know how you feel. What's your name, by the way?"
"Caitlin, but all are calling me Linny. How do you know how I feel?" The girl looked at Kate for the first time.
"When I was your age it happened to me, too. Some friend of my older brother, or so he thought forced me to have sex with him. I showered at least twenty times a day for the next few weeks. My parents noticed my behavior and asked me about it. I was too ashamed to tell them. I thought I was the reason why it had happen. I didn't even speak to my older brother and we were very close. After a few more weeks my parents asked me again. This time they asked me until I told them. I told them what had happened and that I thought I was the reason for it. You know like giving him false signals. Finally they understand my need for showering and not talking to my brother. They spoke with him and as soon as he knew what his 'friend' had done to his baby-sister he went to him and beat him senseless. I still think it's the best thing he has ever done for me. And my parents took me to the police where I told them the story, too. They arrested the guy and stopped him for a very long time. I wasn't his first victim and I surely wouldn't have been his last one. And do you know what's really funny?" Kate asked being finished with her story. The girl just looked at her.
"My name is Caitlin, too. But my family and friends call me Kate. How about hot chocolate and some cookies?"
The girl smiled. Kate got up and went for the door. Gibbs had heard what she wanted and was going to get it. Kate went back to the girl who looked less frighten as in the beginning.
"So Linny, a friend of mine will get us our drinks and the cookies. Why don't you tell me a bit about you? How's school? What are your favorite subjects? What are your friends like? Everything you want to speak about."
"Are you going to tell me about you, too?" The girl asked.
"Deal, you start."
So the girl began to speak about school, friends and family. Kate learned that she was a single child that went to Junior High School. She was on the cheerleading team. Her favorite subjects were English and Math. Later she would like to go into law, and become an attorney.
Than it was Kate's turn. She told Linny about her three older brothers, what she liked most in school, that she actually had studied law and worked as a District Attorney. But then she joined Secret Service and worked for the President. But then she got an offer to work with NCIS; she took the job and hoped that she would work the rest of her life here since her teammates were like family.
At some point in during their conversation Gibbs entered with the drinks and cookies.
"You are really nice, Kate. I like you." Linny said, emptying her cup.
"I like you, too. Do you think you can tell me about the guy who did this to you? We can find him so he can't hurt any other girls. But I need your help."
"Okay, I'll try."
"That's all I want. Do you think you can describe him to me, so I can draw a picture of him?" Kate asked, getting her sketching block and a pencil. The girl tried to remember what he looked like but she didn't remember him clearly. Kate got a vague picture of him but she wasn't sure it would be useful.
"Where did he do it, Linny?"
"Somewhere at Rock Creek Park. I had had some kind of date with him. We met at a café. There we talked for a while, had something to drink. Then he asked me if I could show him the city. He had told me that he had never been to Washington before. He said something about moving here from Los Angeles. He really seemed to be nice, so I agreed. We went to his car and we drove around the city. Then he just went to the park. I had never been to that side of the park. Then he forced me to." The girl was crying.
"It's okay, Linny. You don't have to tell me. But one thing I need to know. You told me that you had a date with him. Where did you meet him the first time?" Kate asked comforting the girl.
"It was some kind of blind date. We met via the Internet in a chat room. Now I know he lied there. He told me he was as old as I was but he was much older, at least 25."
"That's going to help us. Do you remember the name he used and the site you met him?"
"I think I do. His name was hotlover15, but I don't remember the site."
"Thanks Linny, that's something my friends and I can work with. We are going to try everything to find this guy." Kate left the room and Petty Officer Collins entered to take home his daughter.
"You did great, Kate." Gibbs said at the lift.
"Thanks, I just knew how the girl was feeling. All she needed was some support of an understanding person."
"So was it the truth you told in there?" Gibbs asked.
"Me being raped? Yeah, it happened to me, too."
"I'm so sorry, Katie." Gibbs said concerned.
"You can't change that fact and I'm over it. I'm not thinking about it anymore. But Linny did great. I got a drawing of him, not perfect of course but really good. And she told me how she got in contact with him."
"I know I was listening. So Max and you are trying to catch him."
"Of course we are. I never want to be fourteen again."
The elevator reached their level. Max was with Tony at his desk. McGee was working at his desk. Kate went up to him.
"Tim, can I borrow your desk for a while. We need to work on our current case. Max come over here."
Max did like she was told. Kate filled her in about the case and what needed to be done.
"Eh, Kate..." McGee remembered Kate about his presence. "What am I going to do without desk?" he asked.
"Share a desk with Tony. Now go away, so we can do our work." Kate hushed him away. Kate showed Max how to access the internet.
"Try your best, Max and remember we are two fourteen year old girls. We are not happy with anything. Our target is HotLover 15, so watch out for him."
"Will do, Kate." Max sat down on McGee's desk and opened the chat site. There she created her profile of a fourteen-year-old unhappy girl. Her nickname was Dark Angel. Kate created her profile, too. Her nickname was Katie-Bug; a name she had gotten from a dear friend of hers. The rest of the day the two girls were chatting, but HotLover 15 didn't show up.
"Gibbs, can Max help me again tomorrow? Together we can do more and it sure is more fun with her then being all alone at the office!" Kate asked when Tony and Max were going to leave.
"It's okay with me, but you have to ask Tony and Max." Kate didn't need to ask Max. She was already nodding. Tony nodded, too liking to have Max at the office where he could watch her.
So the five of them were leaving. For the next few days Max was working together with Kate trying to capture HotLover 15. Both of them had given up all hope when Max made contact with him.
"Kate, come have a look." Max shouted from McGee's desk. Kate went over to her.
"What's wrong, Max?" She asked.
"I think I found him. HotLover 15 wants to open a separee with me."
"Great Max, just keep your identity.
HotLover15: "Dark Angel what did you took so long?"
Dark Angel: "Sorry, just have to make sure I'm alone at home."
HotLover15: "Are you alone?"
Dark Angel: "Yes, no one here. Thankfully, I hate my parents. They just don't understand me."
HotLover15: "In what way?"
Dark Angel: "They don't understand that I just want to be with my friends without being disturbed by them. They just won't leave me alone."
HotLover 15: "I can tell you, it gets better when you get older. By the way, how old are you?"
Dark Angel: "Just turned 14. What about you?"
HotLover 15: "I'm a bit older. I'm 21. Hope that's okay with you?"
Dark Angel: "That's just great. Love mature boys. You know the boys my age are just... well childish. Where do you come from?"
HotLover 15: "I'm just moved up to Washington DC. Originally I'm from Los Angeles."
Dark Angel: "What a coincident. I'm living in Washington DC."
HotLover 15: "Perhaps we can meet one day. You know when talking when it's too much at home."
"Kate, what should I do?" Max asked.
"Tell him you would like to meet him. Perhaps that will be our chance to catch him."
Max wrote on the keyboard. "Normally it's not my style to meet someone I don't know. But you seem really nice and I need someone to speak with. Someone who is wiser than the rest of my friends. I would love to meet you."
HotLover 15: "That's great. We can go to a café and have a drink. You can tell me about your problems and I'll try to help you. And perhaps afterwards you could show me the city."
Dark Angel: "Sounds like a plan. So when would you like to meet?"
HotLover 15: "I have a lot of time on my hands since I'm on vacation. When's it best for you?"
Dark Angel: "I have a lot of time on my hands, too. How about tomorrow? About noon?"
HotLover 15: "Sounds great. Do you know of a spot even a foreigner can find to meet?"
"Kate, I need your help. I don't know any spots here." Max asked Kate.
"The best spot would be Union Station. Main entrance."
So Max wrote that to HotLover 15.
HotLover 15: "So it's Union Station. How will you know it's me?"
Dark Angel: "How about a pic of you? I'll find you than."
HotLover 15: "Okay, I'll send you one. See you tomorrow," it flashed on the screen and HotLover 15 left the room.
"Max, you did great. You got the lead on our main suspect."
"It was just luck. What about tomorrow?"
"We need to tell Gibbs and Tony. They will take care of the case now. You know strict deskwork. It's kind of frustrating but we can't change the fact that we are both pregnant." So both girls went to get their boyfriends.
"Max got a lead on HotLover 15. She set a date for tomorrow at noon at Union Station." Kate told them in the kitchen, where Gibbs was getting a fresh cup of coffee.
"Max, you did great. Now we can take over." Tony said, kissing Max.
"That's why we are here, DiNozzo. We haven't forgotten that you put us on desk duty."
"Kate, I don't want to discuss that with you again. You know the rules. So how did you find him? I want the whole story." Gibbs said and the girls told him all he wanted to know to make a plan for the next day.
"We need a girl." Tony said.
"Well, that's a real problem. We can't risk the life of a young girl."
"So what are we going to do? We are this close to solve the case. We need to put him behind bars. He won't stop hurting girls just to get satisfaction." Kate said.
"I never said that we would stop getting him. I just said that we couldn't risk the life of an innocent child. So, that leaves three opinions for us. Two of them I won't allow so that leaves just one and I think she is the perfect fourteen your old." Gibbs smiled. The rest of his teammates knew whom he was speaking about. So all of them went to the see the girl. She was at her desk, working on the computer. But the skilled eyes of Gibbs and Tony could tell that she was playing one of her role-playing games.
"Hi Abbs." Gibbs said positioning in front of her desk.
"Hey Boss-man. What brings you down here and by the way what is the rest of the team doing here?"
"Actually there are two things I need. First I need you to trace a chat nickname for me. Max found the data." Max told her and Abby promised to do her best.
"What's the second favor you need?"
"Well, are you up for some field work, Abbs?" he asked knowing perfectly well her reaction.
"Field work? Are you actually taking me to a crime scene? Gibbs you know that I'm up for it." Abby beamed.
"I never said a word about a crime scene. Kate will you be so kind to tell her the story?"
Kate did like she was told. Abby was listening to her. When Kate was finished she asked Gibbs. "You want me to pretend being a 14-year old girl just meeting a guy who is going to rape me? Why me?"
"You were my best choice. Kate and Max are out of question and I can't risk getting someone else involved. So it's left up to you. I know you can take care of yourself. But I'm not going to let anything happen to you."
"I know Gibbs, but I'm not 14 anymore. Do you really think he'll buy that?"
"Abby, you know that you don't look a day older than 18. So tell him you lied about your age. That was a chat room; you don't tell them the truth, do you?"
"Boss-man really learned from my teaching? Okay, I'll do it." Abby said being not as happy as in the beginning. The team made a plan for the next day.
The next day Abby was nervous. Sure she knew Tony, Gibbs and McGee were backup and they would interfere as soon as they had enough evidence of him being the rapist.
Max and Kate were going to monitor the meeting. So Abby went to Union Station at noon. She was dressed like usual in her Goth outfit. She looked really young, like Gibbs said, not a day older than 18.
Abby waited at the main entrance for HotLover 15. He was 20 minutes late. Abby had seen both; the picture he sent and the picture that Kate drew with the help of Linny. Both had looked similar.
Then he finally came. Abby went to him.
"Hi, are you HotLover 15." she asked
"Yeah, I take you are Dark Angel. Well, you are certainly dark." He looked at her.
"Well, that's just the way I am. Hope it's okay with you."
"Yeah, it's fine. But you look older than what you said."
"It's because of the make-up. My parents hate it but I like it. Got advantages. I can drink and I can go to the clubs. They don't ask for my ID."
"I can see why. Where would you like to go?" he asked taking her hand. Abby took him to a nearby café, where they had something to drink and to eat. They talked about personal things, like Abby's problems with her family that she got from Max. And they talked about him moving up to DC. About 2 hours and four coffees later he asked for a sightseeing trip. He even offered to drive so they wouldn't be tired on their feet by the end of the evening. Abby agreed since she already knew what was about to happen.
So they went to his car and Abby showed him some tourist attractions. But suddenly he drove to Rock Creek Park, where he stopped the vehicle.
"What are we doing here?" Abby asked.
"You'll see but I'm sure you'll like it." he said bending down to kiss her forcefully. He was too occupied to get his satisfaction that he hadn't noticed the three cars following them the whole time.
Just at the moment he was kissing Abby the driver's door flung open and a very pissed off Gibbs said.
"Stop it or I'll blow your brains out."
Abby was relived. "Boss-Man, what took you so long?" She asked smiling. Gibbs stepped away for the cops so they could their work.
"Abby, are you alright? He didn't harm you?" Gibbs asked worried.
"Nothing happened. Like you said, I'm a big girl and can take care of myself. But the next time you have field work for me to do it better be investigating a crime scene."
"I'll remember that." Gibbs said and took Abby to his car where Tony was waiting.
"You did great, Abbs." he said.
The cops arrested the rapist. Gibbs and his team were finished there so they went back to Headquarters. Kate and Max were waiting for them.
"Abby are you alright?" Max asked mixed with Kate's question if everything went well.
"No need to worry. The cops arrested him, at the moment he is being questioned at the Police Department. And nothing happened to Abby. We were taking care of her." Gibbs stated.
"I hope so, otherwise you would have to deal with a pissed off pregnant super-warrior and a very pissed off, every time armed Special Agent." Kate smiled at him. Gibbs couldn't help but smiled back.
"Kate, does your boyfriend know about you being armed every time? It could be real dangerous for him. I think he has the right to know about that fact." Tony said and was swatted on the back of his head by Kate.
"I told you not to do that. Only Gibbs has the right to do it." Tony said to Kate and was swatted again, this time by Gibbs.
Finished with the case all of them went to their desks to write their reports. Max had to do this, too. Kate showed her how to do this even Tony offered his help. But knowing his way to do reports Kate did the task by herself.
"Gibbs, can I ask you something?" Kate said looking at him. When he looked up, he smiled.
"Depends?" he just said.
"Oh, I know. I won't asked you to do field work but it's work related in some way."
"What do you need, Kate?"
"Someone to keep me company. You know by yourself how boring office work can be, but with someone here with me I won't complain. Gibbs, please." Kate pleaded.
"And I think you have already someone on your mind, don't you?"
"You just know me too well. So what do you say?"
"I'm fine with me as long as you are happy. But it's not my decision. You have to asked Tony and Max."
"Thanks Gibbs." She said and went to Tony's desk where Max was, too. McGee had wanted his desk back.
"How about working here for the next few months, Max?" Max was more than surprised.
"Actually I would love to work here. I really like you all and the last few days have been fun."
"So what's the problem?" Kate asked.
"I promised Joshua that I would visit him soon. We have been here for two weeks; I need to see him and the rest of my friends. They don't know about my plans to leave Seattle. I need to tell them personally. And than there is still the problem with the house. We still need to find one for us."
"That is not a problem, Max. We can look for houses on the weekend and I'm sure Gibbs will give us some days off so we can travel up to Seattle. Won't you, boss?" Tony asked.
"I sure can do that. Max, I would be happy to have you working on my team. And it would solve two problems at once. Tony would know where you are and would be less worried about you and Kate would be happy, too. And a happy Kate is good for the team. So what do you say?"
"Okay, I'll do it. I can't leave you hanging." she smiled.
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