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Thanks to superstephy8, TheElegantFaerie, DorkyCorky23, Dark-Supernatural-Angel, and xTheArcher for reviewing the last chapter. I probably wouldn't have been continuing this otherwise.

To answer some questions: a) They WILL go to Mystic Falls, though that won't be for another chapter or two, b) The team will find out about everything in her past, and c) Elena is 25, and those she keeps in contact with in Mystic Falls knows about her being an NCIS agent.

Chapter 2:

The town was indeed small, and your stereotypical small town USA with that cozy, Mayberry-type feel to it. As Elena moved around bagging and tagging evidence, she found it reminded her of Mystic Falls before all the supernatural shit had began, with the exception of naval officers being found dead in an unnaturally large pool of blood with a gaping wound in there neck.

She looked up and surveyed the scene. From what she could tell, there were no shell cases, and no evidence really except for the blood and a bloody object that was unidentifiable that lay a few feet away from the dead body.

She moved towards it and carefully picked it up with one gloved hand. It was pointed at one end, and blood covered almost half of the thing. The other, non-bloody half looked it was made out of wood. It reminded Elena vaguely of a stake, and the more the stared at it, the more certain she was that it was one. The hell is this doing here? She wondered as she placed it in one of the evidence bags. She thought briefly that maybe their dead Petty Officer knew about vampires, but she pushed it away, mainly because it seemed absurd. For all she knew, it could be the murder weapon. An uneasy feeling lingered, and she found herself tuning into Ducky's conversation with Gibbs.

"…If you look here, Jethro, you can see that the poor fellow was savagely attacked in the neck. Why, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a pint of blood left in his body." Ducky commented.

"What do you think, Duck?" Gibbs asked.

"Well, I won't know for sure until I do an autopsy, but I'd suggest looking for a knife or some other type of sharp object." Ducky replied. Elena forced herself not to jump to conclusions, so what if their naval officer was attacked savagely in the neck? That didn't mean a vampire was responsible. But then there was the stake…

Just then, Tony burst in, the witness statements in hand and Ziva behind him. "All of the people we talked to said they don't remember hearing or seeing anything out of the ordinary." He began.

"The woman who found Petty Officer Hammins said she was walking by with her dog when she noticed his door was open. She said she walked inside to see if he was all right and found him laying on the floor, surrounded by blood." Ziva chimed in.

"According to the other people we interviewed, our Petty Officer was a well liked and respected man." Tony finished.

Elena snapped out of her thoughts and shared her discovery. "I found this. It's a possible murder weapon." She said, handing the bagged stake to Gibbs. She hoped it was indeed the murder weapon, and that this was all a coincidence or by product of her imagination, but she knew there were no such things as coincidences.

Back at headquarters, Elena searched feverishly for any information on Hammins, mainly background. She wanted to make sure she was just jumping to conclusions, however, all she could find was the usual, none of which really proved her theory. Then again, her background probably looked fairly normal except for the many deaths of her family members, nothing that would scream 'My life is one big shitload of supernatural drama!'. And there was nothing really on the town that pointed towards supernatural influence, no strange disappearances or murders or 'animal' attacks. She told herself once again that she was just jumping the gun, and headed down to Autopsy to share her information with Gibbs.

She walked in, and realized Ducky was in the process of explaining what may have caused what on the body. She stood still and listened. "There are no signs of bruises or any of a struggle really. However, I did notice something very interesting. It turns out my earlier suspicion was right, there's not a single drop of blood left in the body. And if you look here, you can see these marks on the neck, like two perfect puncture wounds, right on the jugular."

Elena suddenly felt very, very faint all of the sudden. It's not possible, it's not possible, it's not possible. Her brain chanted over and over. There was no way their latest case could involve a vampire… no way her past could be creeping back, like bad karma. Before she was aware of what she was doing, she was all but running for the elevator.

She barreled through the doors as they opened and right into someone. She looked up and saw it was Tony. "Woah. You okay, Elena?" She heard him ask, and felt him steady her. "You look like you've just seen a ghost, or like you're about to be sick."

"I'm fine, Tony." She replied, wanting to get as far away from Autopsy as possible. "My head's not feeling the best, but I'll take some aspirin and be fine in no time." She lied.

"You going back up to the bullpen?" He asked. She nodded. He pressed the button for the third floor and the doors closed, leaving the two of them alone.

"Where were you going?" She asked, trying to make small talk to forget about what she'd just found out.

"I was going to Abby's to see if she'd found anything useful." He replied. "You sure you're ok?"

Elena nodded, and waited impatiently for the elevator doors to open. When they did, she brushed past Tony without bothering to say goodbye and walked over to her desk, where she opened one of the drawers and pulled out a half-buried object. It was the vervain necklace Stefan had given her years ago. She'd put it in the drawer and left it there, believing she'd have no use for it ever again, and wanting to forget the pain she knew would come with wearing it. However, she knew that it was vital for her to wear it now.

She put it on, and remembered the others times someone had put it on. There had been Stefan when he'd given it to her, and Damon, when he'd given it back to her after Klaus' sacrifice ritual. She suddenly wondered what they had been doing these past seven years, but she pushed that thought away; it wouldn't do her any good thinking about stuff like that. She had just sat down to continue her search for information on their dead Petty Officer when Gibbs walked in.

"Gear up. We got another dead Petty Officer, this time in some town named Mystic Falls." He said, glancing at Elena briefly before heading for the elevator. All Elena could do was stare after him, frozen.

There's the second chapter. Hope it didn't disappoint; it took me two nights to write this, as well as a couple of days to think about how to begin it. I tried making it longer, as a sort of Valentine's Day gift. Happy Valentine's Day, by the way.

So what did you guys think about the Tony/Elena scene's this chapter? Would you guys like to see possibly a Tony/Elena/Damon triangle? Who should be the one killing everyone: Katherine, Klaus, Stefan, or an OC? Let me know, please.