The woman stood up out of the chair she occupied, and turned around. She seemed to look at Gibbs, scan him, before laughing.
"I think I can handle him, Leon," she said. She thrust her perfectly manicured hand at him and smiled. "Call me Jenny."
Gibbs shook her hand reluctantly enough, but still could not stop staring. Jenny, honestly, was gorgeous. She had red hair that spilled in curls down her back, and piercing green eyes that were currently looking into his blues.
"I'll leave you two to it," Vance said, letting a chuckle escape his lips. He shooed the two out of his office, hoping neither killed each other by the end of the day. Dead agents just create more paperwork...
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"Where's the rest of your team, Leroy?" Jenny asked. Gibbs turned to her with a scowl.
"Gibbs."
"Pardon?"
"It's Gibbs," he repeated sternly.
"Ooh, I got two words this time," she said sarcastically, throwing down her purse at Kate Todd's empty desk.
Gibbs couldn't help but think that she had the general personality of a teenager. But he was willing to overlook her...flaws. If she worked. He began to walk towards the elevator.
"You comin'?" he called. Jenny stood up suddenly out of the desk.
"Uhh, yeah," she muttered, dashing over to meet him. Gibbs smirked as he saw the red creep onto her face. He was doing something right.
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"Abs, McGee said he was going to email you some pictures or something..." Gibbs said, walking into the lab. The Goth, intently typing on her computer, stopping. She whirled around.
"I knew I heard high heels!" Abby said excitedly. Gibbs, upon instinct, turned his attention towards the extremely high heels on Jenny's feet. "I'm Abby Scuito, the forensic scientist! And you-oh Gibbs why didn't you tell me? You must be Kate's replacement! Not that we ever, ever wanted Kate to have to be replaced. But you seem like a good replacement! Gibbs! She's great!" Abby said in one breath, running in her combat boots to give Jenny a tight hug. Gibbs bit back a laugh.
"Thanks?" Jenny said with a crooked smile. "I'm Jenny Shepard."
"She's my new favorite Gibbs!" Abby said.
"Abs," said Gibbs, tilting his head at her computer.
"Oh! McGee sent the pictures of the crime scene." Abby typed furiously, and the pictures popped up. Gibbs watched Jenny watch as Abby showed them picture after picture. She didn't seem queasy looking at the dead bodies. Of course, autopsy was a whole different story...
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"Boss, Duckman's coming with the body. I think Palmer got lost again or something..." DiNozzo said, making his grand entrance, McGee at his side.
"And who is this lovely lady?" he asked, shooting a glance at Jenny.
"Agent Jenny Shepard," Gibbs muttered.
"What agency?"
"Ours," replied Gibbs. Jenny smiled and stuck her hand out. DiNozzo shook it, still in awe.
"Welcome to the team," McGee said like a gentleman.
"Uh, boss, the IRS insisted that we had an agent, umm, 'scrutinizing our every move.'" DiNozzo said quickly. Gibbs shrugged, not thinking anything of it.
"The Petty Officer was involved in fraud. The IRS have been chasing him for a while. So when we got jurisdiction..." McGee said, before being cut off by Gibbs.
"Okay," he said simply. DiNozzo ran over to the stairwell to get their guest. He came back with another, deep red-headed woman.
"Hello Jethro."