Author's Note: This is my first chapter using the actually show as a template. Most of the lines are directly from the show, but there are some extra and it jumps around to scenes that mainly have Tony or the entire team in them or places where I can add Kate in. These and a few others are mostly filler chapters to denote the passage of time. I haven't given up on this story I have just been distracted by school, but most of the major chapters after this are finished. I just need to finish a major lead in chapter and I can post like six or seven chapters and the story will really move forward!
Spoilers 5x03 "The Ex-File"
Kate chuckles as Ziva appears around the corner obviously rocking out to her music and she gives Gibbs a guilty look as he mouths good morning.
"Good morning," the woman gives him a smile.
"Good morning, Gibbs," Ziva adds to him.
Kate sends her a nod of morning which Ziva returns as Abby appears around the corner heading straight towards Gibbs.
"Did you get it?" Abby's enthusiasm makes her smile.
"It?" Kate can tell Gibbs doesn't know she is talking about the ipod.
"Abby?" Gibbs annoyance is evident.
"I put this year's tax refund to good use," Kate loves Abby's spirit, but buying all of the Ipods is ridiculous even though she loves hers.
"I got one for everyone on Team Gibbs," Gibbs confusion is funny.
"Luck be a lady tonight," Tony voice booms over the quiet squad room and Kate chuckles.
"Luck if you've ever been a lady to begin with. Luck be a…Hey, boss," the man's eyes widen as he realizes that everyone has heard and seen him.
"Sorry about that. Sinatra— you got to sing along, I mean, it's old Blue Eyes. It's the Chairman of the Board. I'm gonna Rat Pack it up," Kate can't help the chuckle that rises to her lips as Tony says this.
"Have you used yours, Kate?" the Goth turns towards her with a hopefully smile.
"Yeah I did on my run this morning thanks so much, Abbs. It made my six mile run a lot more enjoyable. I got to rock out," her best friend sends her a bright smile, Kate notices the expression Tony gives and she has a sneaking suspicion the man is remembering the case where he snuck into the bathroom while she was in the shower and she had been singing Outrageous by Britney Spears.
"Wouldn't happen to be Britney, would it?" the man says with a wink and Ziva and Abby looks at her with smirks on their features.
"No," she gives him an icy glare and prays that he will never bring it up again because it was so embarrassing.
Kate eyes drift towards McGee who she can tell is listening intently to whatever is on his new Mp3 player.
"MIT lecture," the man stutters out look at his boss.
"Nothing I can't listen to on my own time," Gibbs nods thinking it is obvious.
"It's the newest version, Gibbs. It's 160 gigabytes. You could download like 40,000 songs," she is sure she doesn't even have close to 5,000 total right now and even though she needs to put more on the Mp3 player she had enough to last her typical forty minute run around the capital.
"I only listen to five, Abbs," Gibbs would only listen to five songs.
"5,000?" Kate can't help, but chuckle because she is sure Gibbs hasn't heard even more than fifty in his lifetime.
"No. Five."
"Oh, Gibbs. We really have to broaden your horizons," Gibbs doesn't like change so she doesn't think it is possible.
"I could download some of my music for you," Kate can tell that Gibbs isn't really listening.
"Gibbs." The phone rings and Gibbs turns away from Abby.
"Like Android Lust or Flesh-Eating Foundation, Green Satan, or Suicide Commando," she hasn't heard of any of them.
"Dead Marine," Kate perks up at this.
"Never heard of 'em," Kate loves Abby completely missing the point.
"Fort Belvoir Army base," Army base that's new.
"Let's go," They all quickly follow him to the elevator.
"Dead Marine," Tony adds as they get things ready for the crime scene.
"Army Base," Kate peers over Ziva's shoulder at Gibbs and Colonel Mann.
"Her rocks matches his scissors. Which puts the Colonel on top."
"Is she…?" McGee questions obviously not finding the right words.
"Still on top?" Kate raises her eyebrow at Tony and can't help, but think how gross that is.
"Seeing Gibbs?" that is a much more valid question.
"Same thing," Kate forces herself not to scoff.
"Really McGee, I could see it after two seconds," Kate chuckles looking between the two men and Ziva nods.
"But an excellent question nonetheless, Probie," Tony is right for once, not that she would ever tell him.
Kate gives a nod as she follows the team up the pathway into the house.
"Colonel allow me to introduce to you NCIS Special Caitlin Todd," she gives the woman a polite smile as can see the woman's confused expression because most likely Gibbs had the Colonel about her death at the hands of Ari.
"Kate meet Colonel Hollis Mann, Army CID," she offers her hand and the woman shakes it.
"Aren't you…suppose to be…?" Mann looks a little taken back as she speaks, but Kate can see her putting the pieces together.
"Dead? Yeah," the woman nods and Kate can see the raised eyebrow of barely veiled curiosity.
"Shepard?" Kate gives her a nod not surprised that the Army CID Colonel had put it together. Kate gives the woman a smile before heading to join the others where the body has been found.
"Marine Captain Trent Reynolds. Worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency on an inter-agency task force. His, uh, wife found him last night when she got back from a convention in Charlottesville," Mann adds finally joining them in the living room which is the crime scene.
"Where's the wife now?" Gibbs asks.
"Mother's house," Mann counters.
"How long has he been uh… stuck here?" McGee asks glancing at the body and the obvious penetrating metal that is stuck through his chest.
"Only the dead know the true meaning of patience, Timothy," Kate lets a smile graze her lips upon hearing Ducky say this as he enters the former Captain's home. "No more places to go, people to see. Except me, of course. Colonel, Jethro. So, uh… to whom do I report?" she sends him a smile over her shoulder as she sets to work collecting evidence along with Tony and Ziva.
"Her," Gibbs says and Kate can hear the slight annoyance in his voice.
"Me," Mann is definitely up for the challenge of leading them.
"Better get use to that," Kate holds in the chuckle that rises to her lips at hearing this and seeing the expression from the Mossad Officer.
"Spear guns. Pretty cool, Thunder ball, very James Bond…boss…ma'am…Colonel," Kate turns away to hide her eye roll, typical Tony making a fool of himself. She will admit she has missed even that about him and being able to laugh at him for it.
"Captain Reynolds was recreational diver," Mann adds as if it is common knowledge.
"Burglary?" Gibbs asks assertively.
"Well, the back door was jimmied, but the wallet and cash were still on him, and the wife doesn't think that anything's missing. Dr. Mallard, you got anything?" the only word that Kate can think right now is sexual tension.
"You do realize I arrived about a minute ago. The dead speak to me, Colonel, but give the poor man time to catch his breath, so to speak. Time of death— between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.
"Yeah, Gibbs," Gibbs says flipping open his ringing phone.
"Tony, review the witness statements," Mann motions for him to go outside.
"Yes, boss… ma'am…uh, Colonel," Tony stumbling over his words makes her heart warm a little as he salutes the Colonel.
"Ziva…" She can tell the woman already has something in mind for herself.
"I will check Captain Reynolds' phone and bank records," Ziva is quick on uptake.
"Agent McGee, see if you can pull some prints off the back door," Mann says and McGee quickly walks past her.
"Yes ma'am," McGee is nice enough to have manners.
"Agent Todd start to dust for prints in the general area surrounding the crime scene."
"Right away, ma'am and Kate is fine."
"Noted."
"Do you know a Major Sweigart?" Mann asks Gibbs and she can tell the woman has peeked his interest.
Tony glances forward waiting for the elevator to get to the squad room, "Crash and burn… only a matter of time."
"What?" Ziva is obviously confused.
"DiNozzo, is probably yammering on about something not important," Kate's jab makes a chuckle rise from the Israeli's woman's lips as they both turn to look at him.
"Not a what—a whom. Colonel Mann, Gibbs, Army-Navy joint operation," he doesn't think it will last that long because Gibbs goes through wives like Abby goes through Cafe-Pows.
"It could last a lifetime," Tony is shocked by this statement.
"She's not exactly a red head," this makes Tony chuckle because Kate makes a very good point and it's funny that she is as pessimistic regarding this as he is and Ziva is the one who is being optimistic and is choosing to show her romantic side.
"Behind the torture techniques and the contract killings, Ziva, you're really just a…" he can't say it because the word doesn't quite fit the Mossad officer.
"A whom?" Tony glances to his left at the darker brunette.
"What? Whom?" Ziva has a way of confusing him because of her word choice.
"Not a whom… it's more… it's a what," he chuckles and he catches a glint of humor in Kate's hazel eyes over Ziva's shoulder.
"What then?" he weighs the word he could choose in his mind.
"I'm still just a what?" Tony catches the annoyance in the Middle Eastern woman's voice. Tony catches Kate's expression of jubilance as she watches he and Ziva engage in a very strange conversation.
"What Tony is festering with is trying to call you a girl," Tony turns and notices the guy behind them as he gulps because Kate has cut him off and obviously stolen the answer from the man. Ziva gives a chuckle before sending a smile to Kate as the two of them head to their separate desks.
"Abby Sciuto. I was sent here to check in so I could see her," this guy looks a little dorky and a little nervous.
"Probie," he knows he can't tell Kate what to do anymore and besides computer geeks are totally McGee's specialty.
"Fred Rinnert, DIA. That's Defense Intelligence Agency. I was sent here to keep track of a laptop of ours."
"Laptop is down in the lab," Tony chuckles as McGee continues to size the DIA employee up.
"I'm here to make sure Ms. Sciuto doesn't uncover any super-duper, secret spook stuff," Tony gives a raised eyebrow at the man's word choice.
"Super-duper?" Tony looks over at Kate as she lets out a chuckle with a raised eyebrow and he can tell that the woman is wondering why any man above the age of 20 who is straight would say that.
"What time did Major Sweigart arrive at your apartment?" Mann asks walking towards Stephanie Flynn.
"Uh… about 6:30," the woman is playing with her red hair.
"And leave about ten," Tony can see the two sizing each other up.
"Where's Gibbs? I know you know he is my ex," the woman obviously wants to talk to his boss for some reason. Though Tony would bet that like Gibbs other marriages this one didn't end well.
"He's busy," Tony doesn't even himself buy that for a second.
"Something's never change," the boss is always busy 24/7; sometimes Tony wonders if he ever sleeps in between solving cases and building his boat in his basement.
"Who do you thinks prettier? Ex-wife number three or future ex-wife number four?" he asks to the two women who are with him in the observation room. He knows he is in for it when Kate gives him a look that screams 'really?'
"Colonel Mann is at a disadvantage because of her uniform," Tony has to agree with Ziva.
"Tell me you are not trying to imagine her without her uniform, Tony?" he gives a smirk and both women give him disgusted looks and Tony wonders why Ziva would even ask that.
"Gross, Tony, she is your boss," Tony turns to his right and glances back at the other Agent in the observation room.
"Temporarily," he gives her a raised eyebrow and a smirk. Even though he is utterly in love with Kate he can't help himself because he is still a guy and they often encounter many beautiful women.
"Not that it would stop you anyway," Tony hears this even though it is under her breath and Tony feels bad when he hears the annoyance in her words and he wants to recant everything because he only says stuff like that to get a reaction and he didn't want her to feel hurt.
"How long have you known Agent Gibbs— Major Sweigart?" Mann asserts even though she corrects herself. Tony wonders if the woman could be any more obvious about wanting to know more about Gibbs and Stephanie's past relationship.
"Eight months. Known Gibbs longer," Stephanie Flynn is obviously not having it.
"Wedding bells?"Tony wonders why Mann goes to this, but he guesses she is trying to gage how she feels about the Major.
"I know how this works. You're implying because I love Eric, I'm lying for him," Tony gulps thinking that is actually a good thing to say as someone who was once married to Gibbs.
"Are you?" Mann is definitely playing strong offense.
"He's, he's watching, isn't he?" the red-headed woman starts to get up from her chair and come to the glass.
"If you're going to have me interrogated, Jethro, at least do it yourself," the woman's anger is obvious.
"Come on. You never could talk to me, could you? Well, that was then, this is now, so just… get the hell in here!" wow, now Tony knows for sure that Gibbs was a bad husband.
"Feisty. In an attractive kind of way. Got zip at Fort Belvoir, boss," Tony tries to hold in his horrified expression at catching sight of Gibbs in the reflection of the two sided mirror. He hears the slight chuckle and glances at Kate who has made her way to Ziva's side.
"Captain Reynolds got along with everyone," Ziva adds quickly.
"No one heard a thing last night," Tony says and he can tell that it is about to get ugly quickly.
"No one could tell me anything about Captain Reynolds personal life beyond that he loved his wife," Kate adds glancing over at Gibbs with a calm expression.
"I'm gonna go check those phone records," Tony quickly fires out knowing it is probably best to get away from his boss when he goes to talk to his ex-wife in the presence of the Army CID Colonel.
"I am going to help him," Tony can hear the desperation in Ziva's voice as the three of them quickly try to find something that will give them an excuse to scurry away.
"And I am going to go check in with Abby," Tony turns to look back at Kate as they walk out of the observation room and she follows the two of them to the squad room.
"What, Ziva stole what I was going to say," the hazel eyed brunette laughs walking past him to her desk.
"Uh, checked Reynolds' phone records, boss. Colonel, uh, ma'am… uh, I drew a blank," Tony fires off and he wonders why he keeps stumbling over his words.
"So we checked Major Sweigart's phone records. Ten calls in the last three days to the same person… a woman," Ziva adds.
"Stephanie?" Gibbs questions obviously hoping that is the answer.
"No. Jill, Captain Reynolds' wife," Tony lets out a heavy hearted sigh saying this and Kate also crosses her arms waiting for one of the bosses to say something.
"The husband, the wife and the lover. All the trademarks of a classic love triangle," Mann says staring at the plasma.
"You forgot the lover's lover, which would make it technically, I think a lovers quadrangle," Tony adds clarifying the fact that the Major is still with Stephanie.
"Or it could be a ring," Tony is very confused by that statement.
"It's a square," Kate adds and Tony turns back the brunette with a humored expression knowing she is joking because that would mean that there is relations between all members involved.
"Abby uncovered suspicious activity on the victim's laptop. And since Captain Reynolds had access to highly classified defense secrets, we cannot rule out a spy ring," Tony looks between the team as Ziva says this and he sees Kate nod agreeing with Ziva's assessment.
"There are many other countries that would pay top dollar to get any of the information on that laptop even our allies especially if it helped them gather enough intel. to take some power away from the U.S.," Tony look back at Kate a little horrified that she is with Ziva on this one.
"And we know that Major Sweigart was with your ex… with, uh… Stephanie Flynn," McGee stumbles on his words as he says this.
"And Mrs. Reynolds was at a pharmaceutical convention in Charlottesville," Tony says this and mouths 'don't say that'. (That was the closest I could guess with that even after watching it a few times).
"Charlottesville." Mann asserts.
"Yes, Charlottesville. Great minds think alike. McGee," Tony says trying to impress Colonel and gets McGee attention.
"Fort Belvoir where Reynolds died, is here. 104 miles," McGee brings up a map on the plasma.
"Two hour drive," Tony states simply.
"Close enough for Jill Reynolds to drive home, kill her husband, drive back to Charlottesville, and fly home again to discover him dead with a witness present," McGee adds and Tony gives him a nod.
"That does not mean she did it," Ziva adds quickly.
"It doesn't mean she didn't do it," Gibbs says finally entering the conversation.
"Motive?" Mann asks looking at Gibbs.
"DiNozzo, check…" Gibbs fires off and Tony cuts him off knowing exactly what Gibbs is thinking.
"Life insurance. Did it 400 grand from the military another quarter mill from a private carrier, beneficiary: Jill Reynolds," sounds like a perfect motive to him if there ever was one.
"The crime scene just became our prime suspect's house," Gibbs says get up from leaning on his desk.
"Get a warrant," Mann adds.
"Mrs. Reynolds? Well bring her in," Ziva fires off and Gibbs nods.
"I'll dig up more on Jill Reynolds past financial history to see if there is a reason that she needs the money beside wanting it for the future, maybe she has debts that need to be paid off before she lives her life in luxury," Kate says returning to her desk as he grabs his pack and he and Ziva head for the elevator he gives her one last look as she sits down behind her desk and sets to work on her task.
"Whoa. Excuse us there. NCIS," Tony adds as the man quickly exits the house.
"We are looking for Jill Reynolds," Ziva asks staring the officer in the face.
"She's in the back," the Army office adds.
"You a friend?" Tony asks eyeing the man suspiciously.
"Lieutenant Marsden. Command sent me out to go over Captain Reynolds' death benefits with her," there is something about him that is different, but Tony can't put his finger on it.
"Quite the waterfall," Tony still is amazed at how often Ziva still makes mistakes.
"She means windfall," Tony quickly corrects.
"If you think money compensates for the loss of a love one," the Lieutenant is obviously in a hurry for some reason.
"No. No, I'm sure it doesn't," Tony eyes him still suspicious.
"Excuse me," the man walks past them without a second glance.
"NCIS. Mrs. Reynolds?" Tony says opening the front door a little wider.
"In here," the woman says as the walk through the house and they enter the living room and what they see is a little disturbing.
"Cleaning is kind of therapeutic for me," Tony tries not to raise his eyebrow at the fact that their now prime suspect is cleaning up the evidence.
"She's got something to hide. Why else would she clean so thoroughly?" Ziva adds as they get off the back elevator.
"Uh-oh. Oh. Train wreck. I want to look away, but I can't, I feel bad for Kate who is right there," Tony adds to Ziva.
"Agent Gibbs?" Shepard is obviously annoyed and honestly sometimes he wonders if she isn't marking Gibbs are her territory.
"Director," his words are laced with something else.
"Colonel, I was just reassuring Gibbs'… your witness that Agent Gibbs could separate the personal aspects of this investigation," the Director tilts her head.
"Well, I'll monitor him, closely, Director," Tony can't help, but think that is the wrong thing to say.
"I'm sure you will," it is now a pissing contest between the Director and Colonel Mann.
"Is that the look you're talking about?" Stephanie asks and he can see all of them eyeing Gibbs.
"Hmm. Yup, we've all seen that one," Mann adds with a glare.
"Well, Miss Flynn was just leaving, unless you need her for something," the director glances between the two agents in charge.
"No, no. She can go home," it is clear the Gibbs wants her to go away.
"Uh… for now," Mann adds as an almost afterthought.
"You find anything DiNozzo?" Gibbs asks as he walks towards them and Kate gets up from her desk in the squad room to follow the three of them. Walking past Gibbs' three women to follow her boss. Colonel Mann also follows without looking back and Tony can see the Director and Flynn watching them leave.
"I bet you've never been happy to see me, boss. Uh, it was clean," Tony says this remembering the way the woman had been vigorously cleaning.
"Spotless," Ziva adds.
"She's like that professional cleaner in Pulp Fiction," that is a great movie.
"We found a partial print in the kitchen near the office," Ziva says.
"Yeah. Run it," Gibbs states,
"Yeah. Well, I mean with only, like a squiggle on a little loop. We don't even know which finger," Tony adds trying to emphasize how difficult it will be to find a map.
"Only ten possibilities, DiNozzo," he knows there are ten fingers.
"Well, no. There's one point, there's ten fingers. You know, that's thousands of…" Gibbs stops his thought with a glare.
"On it," Tony asserts.
"Train wreck," this makes both the women laugh.
"Wait, you mean you back there?" Kate asks laughing along with Ziva and Tony once again realizes how bad this is for his health having to deal with both her and Ziva poking constant fun at him.
"There may be thousands of matches, but we just need one off our suspect list to at least having some starting point," Kate adds as the three of them head towards the squad room.
"I've been watching the footage of ATMs surrounding the pharmaceutical convention in Charlottesville on the day Captain Reynolds died. As you can see, it's time stamped," McGee says from his desk.
"Check out the brunette," Tony flickers his eyes and notices the discreet eye roll Kate gives before turning to look back at McGee waiting for him to continue.
"No. In the background rounding the corner. Wait for it. There!" McGee says all of this typing away to enhance and run the video feed to the exact frame.
"Jill Reynolds. 8:05," Gibbs says.
"Can't be two places at once," McGee says.
"She's clean… in more ways than one," Tony can't believe the Colonel says that.
"Maybe she hired a contract killer," Ziva states.
"For 650,000? She is a Marine wife and a pharmaceutical rep she isn't likely to even know where to look," Kate quickly adds.
"What about the partial prints in Reynolds' kitchen?" Mann asks glancing towards Tony and Kate notices him point towards McGee.
"Came up with 80,000 potential hits. I know. Trying to narrow it down to people who might have had access to the army base," McGee says obviously frustrated.
"Have we given up on Major Sweigart?" Tony asks.
"He has an alibi," Ziva fires off.
"From someone who thinks he's her future husband," Mann says.
"Stephanie wouldn't lie," Gibbs belief in that baffles Kate a little.
"Are you sure?" Kate can see the fight starting to unfold right in front of her eyes even if it's through just glances.
"Well, I'm not. I mean, she finds out that her boyfriend was having an affair with her best friend, she might just change her story. Bring her in for another interview," Mann is angry now and it is showing in her words.
"Wait," Gibbs spits out.
"I said bring her in," Mann's eyes fall between Tony and Kate and she gets up and grabs her gear and joins Tony at the edge of the squad room.
"And I said wait," Gibbs rumbles.
"This never turns out well for the kids," Kate glares at Tony, but nods.
"Can you be objective here? Because if you can't you're no good to me. If this wasn't your ex, what would your gut be saying right now? It would be saying bring her in and break her. Maybe she's lying to protect her boyfriend. Maybe it's worse. What if Stephanie knew about the affair?" the woman obviously means in their relationship.
"She'd walk," Kate eyes narrow as Mann gives an incredulous scoff.
"Okay, then, let's talk about motive. Maybe she wants to frame Jill for being the bitch who stole her boyfriend. Or maybe Major Sweigart for cheating on her," Kate can't help, but raise her eyebrow at the phrasing Mann uses to list off the first motive.
"You don't know Stephanie," Kate can't help, but wonder if the man does because from what she had heard in the past he wasn't always a very good husband.
"But I do know my job," it is clear that there are more than a few underlying issues.
"DiNozzo?" Mann asks.
"Here I am, boss," Kate can't help, but roll her eyes because that doesn't need to be clarified.
"Call her," the man nods.
"Tell her to come in. I need to talk with her," Kate quickly returns to her desk as Tony scurries to please Mann like a crazio because he is scared of the silver haired man.
"Voicemail. Same thing. This is Special Agent Anthony Dinozzo of NCIS for Stephanie Flynn," Kate along with the rest of the team watches with interest as Tony dials a few numbers and finally after a few rings someone answers the phone.
"As of when?" Tony's slight bit of alarm makes her glance over.
He says a moment later, "Thank you."
"Uh, Stephanie quit her job this morning," Tony says.
"Try her again," Gibbs orders obviously hoping to find his ex-wife so they can clear her of the crime.
"I'm here," Kate smiles because the woman obviously assumed they were trying to call her.
"Abby…" Gibbs says as the woman slides to a stop next to him clutching a piece of paper.
"Wait! Selenium, uranium, gallium, phosphorus, potassium, polonium, curium, and sodium. It's the song, Gibbs! There was a program on Captain Reynolds laptop that highlighted these elements the periodic table ahs a number associated with each one. I think the numbers mean something, I just don't know what yet. Like 34 could three-four… 92 could be nine-two," Abby says having finally figured out the song on
"Could be a GPS coordinate," Mann adds coming over
"Or a bank account," Gibbs says.
"I just need to know how you knew that I found something," Kate chuckles at the fact that Abby still thinks Gibbs has some mystical way of knowing when she has found something.
"I didn't, Abby," Kate watches the two of them.
"Stephanie's still not answering," Tony adds.
"Well, why did you call me?" Abby and Kate is curious because she doesn't remember Gibbs even picking up the phone or having any of the other team members calling Abby within in the last few hours.
"I didn't," Kate's eyes narrow and she wonders what is going.
"Fred said you did," she knew there was something weird about the guy.
"Boss, guess who's one of the 80,000 hits from the crime scene fingerprints," of course it is the DIA cyber guy, the super-duper tipped her off that the guy was trying too hard, but she assumed it was because he had to deal with armed federal agents and the legend that is Abby Sciuto.
"Fred," Gibbs asserts annoyed.
"You guessed," McGee says.
"Where is he?" Gibbs directs towards Abbs.
"In my lab," Abby says.
"With evidence?" she can hear the worry in Gibbs' voice.
"With the laptop," Abby's obvious shock is evident.
"Find out what this means, McGee," Kate chuckles as Gibbs forces the paper into Tim's hands.
"Lieutenant Marsden just confirmed that our friend here volunteered to oversee Abby's work on the laptop," Kate follows in step with Ziva as the doors of the elevator doors slide open and Rinnert appears with Abby, Mann, and Gibbs at his heels.
"Why didn't you wipe the hard drive after you killed him?" Kate can tell that it makes the man nervous.
"Cause he didn't think anyone was smart enough to find the code until it was sent to me," Kate gives Abby a nod and catches up to her.
"I didn't kill anyone," Rinnert is not sounding very convincing.
"Either Reynolds wouldn't split the money with you or you got greedy," Mann asserts.
"Think of the slimiest thing and that's what he did!" Kate loves Abby's conviction.
"Come on, McGee!" Kate knows that McGee will find the bank information just in time.
"Hey, I know my rights," yeah and NCIS can hold him for 48 hours without cause especially since he had been with the evidence that Abby had obviously closed.
"Boss, I got it. Numbers are an offshore account in the names of both Captain Reynolds and Fred Rinnert. One half-million dollars transferred into the account from a bank in Beirut at 7:30 the night Reynolds died. It was cleaned out two hours later," McGee is perfect when they need.
"So it was greed, huh?" Gibbs whispers in the cyber guy's ear.
"DiNozzo," Mann orders. Not that Rinnert could get past Tony if he tried.
"My acting boss says you ain't going anywhere," when Tony pokes him in the chest she crosses her arms ready to stop if he tries heads for the stairs.
"What'd you sell and who'd you sell it to?" Gibbs demands.
"Maybe if you cut me a deal, I'll tell you," Rinnert is a slime ball.
"Abby," Kate smirks as Gibbs steps out of the way and Abby lunges forwards and hits the DIA cyber agent square in the nose and it knocks him off his feet.
"Sweet," Kate chuckles and pulls her cuffs from their holster and throws them to Tony who cuffs him easily as the weasel starts to get up.
"You stupid bitch I thought you were so hot the entire day and I thought just maybe you weren't as smart as you let on," as Rinnert lunges towards Abby against his now cuffed hands. Gibbs sends them each a raised eyebrow. And Kate quickly moves in front of black haired woman and stops him with a poke to his pressure point on the left side of his neck. The man almost goes limp against Tony and the agent just laughs.
"We do you think taught her to punch like that?" the man looks between all of them and Kate follows his gaze which first lands on Mann and then Ziva. Each have smirks on their faces. As does McGee's which Kate is sure has never left his face.
"Todd, DiNozzo take him to interrogation," Kate nods to Mann and steps out of the way so Tony can lead him to interrogation.
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand these rights I have just read to you?" Tony asks as they escort him to interrogation. The DIA agent gives a curt nod at this.
"Nice poke, Todd," Tony says with a gleam in her eyes and she just rolls her eyes with a laugh.
"You have seen nothing yet, DiNozzo," she throws him a wink and she is pretty sure she sees the look of unhinged lust in his eyes and she can't help the heat that it makes boil in her veins.
"Oh I'm sure I haven't, Agent Todd," he winks back and Rinnert glance between them with an almost horrified expression
"You know if the two of you are going to flirt through my entire interrogation could I at least get my lawyer," Kate rolls her eyes especially since they weren't flirting.
"Shut up," Tony says before she can get it out and when the woman shakes her head with smile she can tell that she and Tony are going to flirt even more than they did when she was first on the team.