Chapter 8: VIII
"What took you so long?" McGee asked as Tony and Ziva returned to the office.
"Traffic, McGee."
"Well you better do something before Gibbs comes back."
"Who better do something before Gibbs comes back, McGee?" Gibbs asked rounding the office corner.
"I… I was just," McGee stammered as he tried to find something to say.
"We got the reports, Boss," Tony said enthusiastically taking Gibbs' attention away from the bumbling McGee.
"What took you so long?" Gibbs said, always unsatisfied.
"Traffic." McGee said as he stopped stammering and smiled. Tony gave McGee a dirty look as McGee just smiled back.
"Would you like me to give you a treat Tony for coming back with reports?" Gibbs asked noticing Tony and McGee having a staring contest.
"No, I'm fine, Boss. Working on those reports right away," Tony said looking away and scrambling to open the box.
Few hours passed when McGee, Tony and Ziva finally finished looking through the Concord PD's reports and their own.
"Have you found anything yet?" Gibbs asked noticing that they were done reading over all the files.
"After reading Michael's report," McGee said, "I found out that the only reason why name only came apparent to the public when he left the only clue which was a fingerprint, right before he disappeared about a year ago and then I guess he went under ground."
"Also, here Michael looked at Jordan's phone records and noticed a couple calls to U.S. Senator William Conroy. He tried to talk to the Senator, but got nothing. Looking at his notes, I think that Michael thought the U.S. Senator was somehow involved." Tony added.
"Does his notes say anything about the interview?" Gibbs asked.
"No. Just says that the U.S. Senator wouldn't talk to him."
"Alright, Ziva, come with me. We are going to interview him. Tony, you work with McGee and try to find more. Oh and one more thing, Ducky said that Jordan Anderson, is a transvestite," Gibbs said as he gathered his badge.
"He's a what?"
"You heard me Tony. Now find out more. And McGee, try and get me a warrant to search his office."
Gibbs and Ziva drove down to Concord, to the Federal building where U.S. Senator William Conroy was staying on his break from their session in D.C.. Gibbs barged into his office.
"U.S. Senator Conroy, so nice to meet you."
"I'm sorry who are you?" Conroy asked, standing up, alarmed.
"Agent Gibbs, NCIS. We are here to ask you a few questions regarding the death of Michael David and Jordan Anderson." Gibbs said.
"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you Gibbs, but I am not allowing you to ask me any questions or even be in this office." Conroy said reaching to call his secretary. "Please have security in my office." He said.
"Call McGee," Gibbs whispered to Ziva at the same time. Ziva went into a corner of the office as she waited for McGee to pick up.
"Well, do you have a warrant?"
"No," McGee said disappointedly. As Ziva walked over to Gibbs, she listened to McGee tell her why they were not able to get the warrant.
"We didn't get it boss," Ziva whispered, "McGee said that, he asked Director Shepard for help who said that the judge wouldn't sign off on it because the judge called it circumstantial, but Director Shepard told McGee that she thinks that the judge doesn't want to be the one who released a warrant on one of New Hampshire's finest U.S. Senators."
"Damn it," Gibbs said softly as security entered the room.
"Sir, you are going to need to come with us." Security said coming near Gibbs.
"Wait, hold on. Senator, if you don't answer a few of our questions, it's going to seem like you have something to hide."
"Gibbs. You should know that every politician has something to hide." Conroy joked as Gibbs and Ziva were being pulled out of the room. "Let me just say this. I think that the person you are looking for is closer than you think."
"I think he is hiding something," Ziva said, as they were lead into an elevator.
"You think?"
As Gibbs and Ziva made their way back to the office, McGee and Tony were having a man-to-man talk.
"So what's going on between you and Ziva?" McGee asked.
"I don't know." Tony said with a shrug.
"I looks like there is something," McGee pressed.
"Maybe there is McGee. I don't know. All I know is that we better get working before Gibbs gets back. I'm pretty sure he's already pissed about not getting the warrant."
"Did you find anything?" Gibbs asked as he and Ziva walked back into the office around sunset.
"Nothing
we didn't already know." Tony said.
"Alright," Gibbs
sighed, "Why don't you guys go home? It's been a weird and
frustrating day." He said packing up himself.
"I think I'm going to stay a while longer," Ziva said.
"Alright," Gibbs said. "See you guys tomorrow."
"Yeah bye," Tony and McGee said as they both left. Ziva sat at her desk and rubbed her head. William Conroy was hiding something and she was going to find out.
