Disclaimer: See chapter 1
Chapter 6
Kate walked back to the main cabin when she noticed something was missing. "Where's the body?"
"I don't know." Gibbs shrugged. She laughed, which made him chuckle. She shook her head.
"You move it to the aft ramp for a fast getaway?" He shrugged again. She picked up her jacket and put it on. "It won't work Gibbs." She sat down. "I've been ordered to hand the body over to the FBI at Andrews."
"Hey, you could stall them until we get it off."
"No I can't. I won't defy a direct order. I'm sorry Gibbs."
"Never say you're sorry. I…you don't have to crotchet that one." She smiled. The pilot told them they were about to land and to fasten their seatbelts.
Kate thought for a moment, "Where's Tony?" Gibbs gave a knowing smile. "Oh I've got to ring Emily at some point. She gets upset if I don't."
"It's still quite late. She's probably asleep. Call her in the morning." Gibbs was being surprisingly sensitive. There was something about him that made her think that this kind of behaviour was unnatural to him.
"Thanks."
Agent Fornell believed that he had the body in the back of his car. When a cell phone rang, it was Tony inside the body bag who answered. "Hello."
"We're in the clear. You can get out of the body bag." Gibbs told his agent down the phone. The FBI car jerked to a stop, with screeching tyres.
DiNozzo replied quietly, "I never thought I'd say this, but I'm not sure I want to."
"Why?" Gibbs and Ducky were sitting in a white van travelling down an empty highway. "You gotta search Commander Trapp's apartment tonight."
"Oh Gibbs, come on. It's 1.00am."
"Agent Axelrod is trailing you to pick up the body bag when the FBI toss it."
Thinking he was joking, Tony replied, "That's funny Gibbs. Real funny. Especially since-" Suddenly the bag was dumped. "-ah."
Gibbs heard Tony yelling and hung up. "I guess they found him." He glanced at Ducky who nodded.
Back at NCIS, Tom Morrow, Secret Service director and the FBI director were still arguing over jurisdiction. Since NCIS had the body, they had the lead although it was supposedly a joined investigation.
Meanwhile Gibbs and Ducky had made it back down to autopsy. Gerald was walking out with the uniform in plastic and on a hanger to give it to Abby. "I found Abby. She's on her way in."
"Yeah did you wake her up?" Gibbs asked the assistant.
"No, called her on her cell. Sounded like one phat party." Gerald left. Gibbs looked a little confused so decided to change the subject and talk to Ducky.
"Find anything Ducky?"
"Nope, and I won't for hours. I've just begun examining the body for needle marks."
"Think somebody struck him?"
"I don't know."
"Anything on the uniform?"
"Not that I could see. I sent it up to Abby." Gibbs noticed something on the body's chest but was told it was only a mole. "Gibbs, go home. Get some sleep. I would if I could. This is gonna take all night." Gibbs walked around the side of the table. "Or what's left of it."
Gibbs grabbed a roll of blue towels of the counter and flipped it over. He set it down on the second examination table. He climbed onto the table and rested his head on the towels. He groaned, closed his eyes and exhaled to go to sleep. He rolled onto his side as Ducky went to the wall light switch. "Ducky, why would Abby go to a fat party?"
"Go to sleep Jethro." Ducky smiled. He turned off the overhead lights so the only ones left were over his table.
After being rescued from the body bag, Tony searched Commander Trapp's apartment for what ever might have poisoned him. Upon collecting the evidence, he took it straight to Abby for her to analyse. "Abby?"
"Yeah?" She turned around to find Tony entering the lab carrying a plastic tub of evidence.
"Find anything on the uniform?"
She turned her attention back on the uniform. "Not yet."
"Well I think I found how he was poisoned." She turned back round to face him. He showed her the tub of bagged evidence. She put down the ALS and headed towards him. He took one of the packages out of the tub and placed it at her workstation. "This guy had enough vitamins, herbs and organic food to open his own health market. If he was poisoned, I think you'll find it laced into one of these."
"So what are you gonna do while I'm finding poison in a health snack?"
"I'll wait."
"There's a futon by the cabinet over there."
"Oh, bless you."
"What are you, my priest?"
"Curse you, ah." She chuckled. He found the futon and set it up under the desk. He took his jacket off and settled down. Once relaxed he groaned, "Oh yeah." Abby smiled again.
"So Tony, why didn't you tell me you were married?"
He coughed. "What? How did you hear about that?"
"Oh come on. I'm 'all knowing Abby.' She seems nice." She smiled again.
Tony looked confused, "You've met her?"
Abby laughed. "No, silly, I just hacked into the security cameras. So what happened?"
"I can't remember exactly what started it, we just kept arguing. She left one way with Emily and I came here."
"What?" Now it was Abby's turn to be shocked. "No one said anything about an Emily. Who is she?"
"She's our daughter. She's nearly 5 now." He smiled proudly. "I can't wait to see her again!"
Please R&R :D