"Kill the Kalba!"
Tony stands in the middle of the half-burned house with flashlight in hand.
Water still drips from walls, the waterlogged smell of mildew and the sweet, but devastating smell of wood fills the half-charred room.
Tony kicks a pan to the side and touches the turned over stove, grabbing it and turning it to it's original position. There's a massive cut in the middle, about 3-4 inches deep. Tony shines his flashlight over it, a hose underneath is severed.
Water drips onto Tony's shoulder, he looks up and moves his way to the stairs and up the stairs, he slowly opens the door, the bedroom is for the most part untouched by the effects of the fire.
There's a sweet aroma in the air, it's familiar to him, but he just can't remember from where.
"Did you know, 37 of all fire fatalities are due from smoking in bed."
Tony turns around...Spencer Reid stands in a NCIS jacket, wearing an NCIS hat.
"Nice clothes, get them from goodwill?"
"No, Abby gave them to me this morning."
"I was joking...Doctor Probie."
Tony kneels looking into some lower drawers...Reid comes up behind him..."Who are we looking for?"
"Aren't you suppose to be the profiler?"
"Well, not anymore, sir."
Tony stands and turns around and gets in Reid's face..."Listen carefully, Doctor. Are you listening?"
"Yes."
"Rule #2, don't call me, sir...got it?"
"What's rule #1?"
"I don't sit on the sidelines when one of my people is in trouble...that goes for you, too! Got it!?"
"Got it."
"Are there a lot of rules?"
"Tons."
"How many is a ton? Do I need to get a notebook and write these down?"
"If you want."...Reid takes out a small booklet and writes something down.
Tony smacks Reid in the back of the head.
"What was that for?"
"Rule #3, expect the unexpected."
"Vanilla."
"What?"
"The scent, it's in this room."...she takes a good sniff..."Tahitian vanilla, actually, it has a distinct aroma from other vanilla beans, from around the world."
"Wow, even your nose is smart."
"If I don't call you sir, what do I call you?"
"Boss, Tony, DiNozzo, God, Lord, Master...whatever, just not sir."
"Gotcha, Boss."
"I was hoping for lord and master, but that'll do."
"Who are we looking for, Boss?"
"A 5'3-5'5, 110-120 red haired assassin, she's been burned on over 20 of her body, she's an expert in weapons, especially knives."
Reid writes down something in his notes.
"You know what to do is you see her, right?"
"Call for back up?"
"NO! Shoot the bitch!"
"Oh, is this for all suspects or just this one?"
Tony smacks Reid in the back of the head again..."Rule #4, Only I and sometimes Ziva get to be a smartass."
"Wow, this is gonna be a long list."
"You have no idea, Probie...I haven't even made some of them up yet."
"I'm sure they'll be great rules, Boss!"
Tony goes to smack Reid again, but lightly brushes his hair..."Nobody likes a kiss ass, Reid."...Tony pauses..."Except when you're kissing my ass. Heh."
Tony walks over to the door..."Bag and tag everything, Abby will be most pleased with you."
"Are you ok with me and her, Tony?"
"As long as she's happy...but."
"But?"
"Lets just say, you really don't want to hear what's after but...you got me?"
"Yeah."...Reid swallows hard and gets to work.
Tony and Reid stand behind Tony's car.
"Did the armory requisition you a firearm?"
"No, but I still have my gun from the FBI."
"You should've given that back. Let me see it."
Reid takes his gun out of his holster and hands it to Tony.
"Sig Sauer P229, very nice. It's an older model, make sure they give you the newer model."
Tony pops out the clip and pulls back on the slide..."It wasn't even loaded."
"It wasn't?"
"We're gonna have to have a little talk about guns later, your weapon is dirty and that is unacceptable."
"I've actually never fired it in the field."
"Well, you need to maintain your weapon regardless and have one of us take you down to the firing range."
"Got it, Boss."
Tony hands Reid back his gun.
"Lets go."
Tony and Reid get in the car and drive off.
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Tony and Reid arrive at the lab
"Hey Abs, look what your boytoy bagged and tagged for you. Heh."
"For me? You shouldn't have!"
"Give it to her, Doc."
Reid hands Abby the box full of bags..."And here's your caf-pow."...Tony kisses Abby on the cheek and goes over to Caitlin, tickles her feet, kisses her forehead, then leaves.
"How was your first time out in the field as an official NCIS agent, Spencie?"
"I messed up a lot and I think Tony hates me."
"Naw, just listen to him, you'll learn a lot."
"Where's the armory?"
"Want me to take you?"
"No, you have things to do, I'll find it."
"Ok, if you get lost...just start yelling someone will help you."...she grins.
"Thanks, Abby."...he starts to leave...but Abby coughs and he turns around.
"Are you forgetting something?"
"Huh?"
She gives him an evil look.
"Oh!"...he walks over and gives her a quick peck on the cheek and quickly leaves.
"Pa-thetic."
Reid walks into the armory..."Finally."
"Excuse me?"
"Oh, nothing, I've just been looking for the armory for 10 minutes."
"What can I do for you?"
"I'm new, in Special Agent DiNozzo's team."
"Oh, yes...one second, I'll get your gear."
"Thank you."
The older gentlemen returns carrying a box and large bag.
"Here's your Sig Sauer P231."
He places the box on the counter...then places a holster next to it.
"Here's your flashlight, knife and hand cuffs."...he lays them out in front of Reid.
"Thanks."
"Oh, I forgot."...he walks back and grabs a suit of body armor and brings it back to the counter..."Here's your dragonskin."
"Dragonskin?"
"It's the name of the body armor."
"Oh, is there anything else?"...picking everything up.
"Oh, I'll need your old firearm."
Reid drops everything on the counter and hands him his old handgun.
"Oh my, please take care of your new firearm, this is a disgrace."...as he checks it out...and shakes his head.
Reid walks away..."Man, they sure love their guns."
Reid walks into the elevator and goes up...he steps off the elevator and Tony sits at his desk.
"Mmmm, new equipment, can you smell it, Doc?"
"Smells like leather, Boss."
"Heh. The best things in this world come from the cow: burgers, leather jackets, thigh-high hooker boots, porterhouse steaks."...Tony pauses..."Me hungry, lets roll!"
"Boss?"...as he holds up his equipment.
"Bring it along, you have to get used to carrying it anyway."...Reid huffs and puffs walking into the elevator.
"You ok, Doc?"
"Yeah, just a little tired."
"Heh. Nothing a 32oz steak won't cure."
"32 oz? Holy..." The doors close.
"So, Doc...dazzle me with your knowledge."...as Tony shovels in another piece of steak.
"What kind of knowledge?"
Tony chews...picks up a glass of water and takes a drink..."Aren't you gonna eat?"
"I'm not that hungry, to be honest with you."
Tony shrugs..."More for me then."...as he cuts another piece of steak off the platter in the middle of the table and places it on his plate..."You looked at that file about Hollis Mann I gave you, right?"
"Yes."
"Do a victimology for me."
"Don't you already know the suspect?"
"Humor me."
"Well, she was obsessed with Director Gibbs, so much that she believed she was in a relationship with him."
"What tells you that?"...Tony takes another bite of steak.
"The frozen sperm in her freezer tells me she wanted to have a child by him."
"Why wait almost 10 years to attempt this?"
"Well, she could've had a stressor in her life that pushed her towards it."
"For instances?"
"Death of someone close to them, death of a child, wanting to replace, said child."
"I want you work on that when we get back, I want to know everything there is to know about Hollis Mann and why she was the target, other than obvious reasons."...Tony makes a rotating gesture with his hand.
Reid takes a small piece of steak from the platter and puts it on his plate...he cuts it up into extremely small pieces, then finally takes a piece onto his fork and eats it.
Tony stops chewing and swallows hard..."Trouble swallowing or something?"
"When I was 6, I nearly died trying to swallow an entire chicken nugget, it was the last time my mother ever took me to McDonalds, so now I cut up everything to tiny piece, just in case.
Tony takes massive piece of steak into his mouth, chews it a couple times and swallows it...'Huh, that's too bad."...Tony takes a drink of water..."Oh man, that's tasty!"
Tony licks his fingers..."Don't you just love being a man, just BSing with your fellow man, tosses your manners out the window, eating meat and potatoes, salad and soup are forbidden."
"I guess I don't have a lot of male friends...Derek, that's about it."
"Derek?"
"He worked with me at BAU."
"He still there?"
"Naw, he runs his own team out of Chicago now."
"Promoted, huh?"
"Yeah."
"He didn't ask you to come?"
"Yeah, but I felt obligated to stay with Gideon."
"Yeah, I bet...I feel the same way about Gibbs."
Reid finishes eating..."Hope you don't mind, but we have to make a few stops before heading back to the office."
"Not at all, it'll give me the chance to read this book about Washington, D.C. areas."...he adjusts his glasses..."It even has a map of every street in the DC area."
Tony throws down a hundred and gets up and stretches.
"The bill was only for 64 dollars."
"Look at our waitresses shoes."
Reid looks at them, they're very old and have a few holes in them.
"Rule #8, always help someone in need."
Tony and Reid leave...
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Tony walks out of a store carrying a brown paper bag..."Hold this.'...handing it to Reid.
Tony walks across the street to an ice cream shop, he comes out with huge plastic cup.
"Thirsty?"
"It's for my wife, mega ultima chocolate shake."
"It's HUGE!"
"It better be for $12.99."
"13 bucks for a shake? Wow."
"Rule #17, when women are happy, you are happy, when woman are mad, get the blank out of the way."
Tony hands it to Reid and Tony hops in the car and speeds off.
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They arrive at the hospital and go inside...walking into Ziva's room...
Tony hands her the shake, she takes a huge drink...her forehead crunches..."Brain freeze!"
"Heh. Slow down, sweet cheeks."
"Did you kill the kalba yet!?"
"No yet, Z...but we will...you remember Doc Reid, right?"
"Yes, of course."
"He's one of us now, Ziva."
"God help him."
"Heh. She does mean that, Doc."
Ziva mouths the words..."Yes, I do."
"Has the doctor said when you can come home?"
"Tomorrow at the earliest."
"You need your rest anyway...here."...Tony hands her the bag Reid was carrying..."Just some of your favorite foods, kosher style...and of course, the new issue of GSA."...he grins.
Ziva looks through the bag..."Computer World?"
Tony takes it from her..."Oops, my bad, that's for McGee."
"Where is McGee?"
"Right down the hall."
"Tony..."
"Yes, my little Israeli flower?"
"C'mere."...she giggles.
Tony leans in and kisses her...he tickles her and she giggles some more...she whispers something in his ear..."Later, I promise. Heh."
She frowns..."Ok...how are my babies?"
"Missing you."
"Awww."
Reid lightly coughs.
Ziva seems a bit angry..
Tony stands up..."Rule #13, don't piss off Ziva, especially when she has something sharp near her."...Tony hands the computer magazine to Reid..."Deliver this to McGee before she kills you with a spork, I'll be there in a minute."
Reid walks down the hall and sees Ruby..."Oh, I know you."
"Spencer Reid, nice to meet you again."...He hands Ruby the magazine..."Tony wanted me to give this to McGee."
"He's asleep right now, but I will give it to him when he wakes up."
Tony walks up behind Reid..."Hey, Rube...how is the McGeester?"
"Much better, he's just need a lot of rest."
"You make sure you get rest, too, Ruby."
"I will, Tony."
"Good."...Tony walks into McGee's room and pats McGee on the top of his head..."I need ya back, senior field agent."
A couple minutes later Tony walks out..."Lets roll, Doc."
"Where now?"
"Kalba hunting time."
Tony and Reid are back in Tony's car.
"Not to undermine your leadership, Boss, but..."
"But?"
Reid goes quiet..."It's ok, say it, Reid."
"Shouldn't we be out looking for this woman?"
"Rule #7, Work smarter, not harder."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I'm waiting for a few calls to come in."
"What calls?"
"You'll see, plus...you're a probie, I'm not gonna charge into action on your first day, especially with half of my team in the hospital."
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid...plus, if these favors I called in come through, no grunt work at all."
"Did you learn that from Gibbs?"
"I dunno, that or the fact that I'm lazy...but sure."
"I've been reading about you, Boss...you totally undersell yourself."
Tony shrugs..."Just doing my job, Doc."
"Did you really kick an arms dealer out of plane at 20,000 feet?"
"Heh. The frog, what a bastard."
"Sounds like you've lived a full life."
"Yeah, well...I can't com..."...Tony's cell rings..."DiNozzo."
A muffled voice comes from his phone..."Thanks, Suzy."
"Who was that?"
"My step-mother."
"Bad news?"
"No, good news actually...we got a tip about a woman who came into a veterinarian's office looking for medical treatment."
"How would your step-mother know about that, Boss?"
"Heh. Wouldn't you like to know."
They pull up to "We Care 4 Pets Animal Hospital" and get out of the car.
"You have any pets, Doc?"
"Nope, I had a goldfish once, but it died."
They walk in the front door and a dog barks and Reid jumps back.
"It's just a dog, Reid."...Tony thinks for a second..."What the hell are you gonna do when someone sticks a gun in your face?"
"Hopefully you'll shoot them."
"You had better hope."
Tony walks up to the counter and pulls out his badge..."Special Agent DiNozzo, NCIS."...the woman reaches under the counter and presses a button.
"You really shouldn't have done that."...as Tony grabs her by the wrist..."Remember when I said I wasn't gonna rush you into any situations?"
"Yeah?"
"I lied. Hold her."...Reid grabs her by the wrist as Tony jumps over the counter and goes into the back area. He draws his weapon and slowly moves through a corridor. Tony moves to set of doors, he turns to right and leading with his gun, a woman with her dog sit in the room..."Sorry, ma'am."...suddenly the sound of buzzing power tool comes on, Tony quickly turns around the red haired woman comes at him with a bone saw, Tony ducks as she hits the side of the wall, plaster shoots everywhere as she swings it downwards as Tony jumps into the room with a woman and dog. The red haired woman holds the saw over her head and rushes forward, Tony kicks her in the stomach and she falls backward, she drops the saw and it cuts into the floor, the saw breaks and shoot upward and at Tony, barely missing his head. Tony looks at the saw blade. "Damn."
The red haired woman does a nip-up and comes up holding her side. She looks at her hand, covered in blood. She grabs a tray and tosses it at Tony. It knocks him a few steps back as she runs towards the front.
"She's coming, Reid!"
Reid pulls his gun as she jumps over the counter, slamming crotch first right into his face, knocking him down, she rolls and rises and runs out the door.
Tony quickly follows her, jumping onto the counter and sliding off it, he lands on his feet and runs after her.
"Reid, you ok!?"...Tony moves to just outside the door and she fires at him multiple times as she backs up. Tony ducks back into the door and holds his weapon up, he peaks out the door and she's gone..."Damn it!"
"Sorry, Boss, I let her get away."
"Get her, I'll get the vet."…Tony points to her...as a car engine starts.
The veterinarian hits the gas just as Tony appears 15 feet in front of him; he slams on the breaks..."Turn the engine off!"
He revs the engine and Tony fires through the windshield into the passenger seat of the car..."The next one is in your head."
He turns the engine off..."Get out of the car."...he opens the door and his right arm comes up quickly holding a gun...Tony fires twice, hitting him in the chest...Tony sighs..."Why!?"
"Boss!?"
"I'm fine, Reid...pissed, but fine."
Tony stands over the dead man; he takes his wallet from his back pocket.
"You killed him!"
"Reid! Get her out of her!"
"He had a 4 year old daughter! He was a single father!"
"Wait, Reid."...Tony sighs..."The mother?"
"Dead."
"Why?"...Tony stands..."Why pull a gun if you have so much to live for? I don't get it."
Tony walks over to them..."How long has he been a mob doctor?"
"Wha...how did you know that?"
"Answer the question."
"A little over 2 years."
"Call for a prisoner transport, Reid, remember to get a female officer...then call for a coroner, then get this piece of crap towed."
Reid leans her away.
Tony flips opens his phone and calls..."Hey, Suzy, I need to talk to my dad."
Tony listens..."Yeah, I can meet him tomorrow for breakfast. Thanks, Suzy."
Click
Tony sits at his desk, he hangs up the phone..."Ugh, I hate child protective services."
"DiNozzo!"
Tony looks up, Gibbs leans against the railing..."I didn't know you were back...how's Jenny holding up?"
"She's been better...what you working on?"
"The Hollis Mann murder."
"Not anymore."
"Boss?"...Tony quickly stands
"We have dead sailor, he was found in the red light district...let the police worry about her death, it's not even our jurisdiction."
"Boss, she almost killed Ziva!"
"You have your assignment, DiNozzo."
"Boss?"
"Now DiNozzo!"
"On it...Boss."...Tony said angrily.
Reid stands up and grabs his gear..."Reid, keep working on the Hollis Mann case."
"You don't want me to come with you?"
"No."...as Tony steps onto the elevator and the doors close.
Tony arrives at the crime scene, the area is taped off as police officers question prostitutes.
Tony walks towards a police officer..."NCIS."...showing his badge.
"Hopkins, DCPD."...he sticks his hand out.
Tony shakes his hand..."DiNozzo...what you got?"
"Lance Corporal Greg Simmons."...he's lying on his back in massive pool of blood, his head is nearly severed from his neck.
"Find the murder weapon?"
"Still looking, 100 yard radius."
"Car-jacking?"
"It's possible, we didn't find any cars keys on him."
"Sorry we're late, Anthony...Kimberly got us lost."...as they walk under the police tape.
"What? You're the one who told me to take the highway."
"That's what you get for listening to me, dear."...he chuckled.
They walk over..."Oh dear, poor chap, nearly beheaded."
Ducky starts examining him...he slides a liver probe into his body..."I wonder bother with COD, Anthony."
"I figured as much."
Ducky pulls out the liver probe..."97.7...he's been dead about an hour, Anthony."
"Here."...Detective Hopkins hands Tony witness statements..."That matches with multiple statements."
"Aww, the killer left a little something...Kimberly, my bag."
"Here you are."...she hands him the bag.
"Thank you, my dear."...he opens it and takes out a pair of tweezers and grabs a shiny metallic piece from the neck of Lance Corporal Simmons.
"What is it, Duck?"
"Not sure, could be the tip off a knife, I suppose."...he puts it in bag and hands it to Kimberly.
"Any idea what kind of weapon was used, Ducky?"
"Not sure, I'll have to get him back first."
"Humor me."
"If I had to guess, Anthony."...Ducky kneels..."See here."...he points to Lance Corporal Simmons neck..."The cut is smooth, not jagged...it looks like it was made with only one cut, either the killer was amazingly strong or the blade was so sharp, it cut easily through bone."
"So, he was slashed then?"
"Yes."...Ducky stands up and swings his extended arm at Tony's neck, his fingers moving to his neck and stopping..."Something close to that, I would say."...he kneels back down..."Without further examining, it was maybe a sharpened machete."
"Ok, Duck, get 'im back."
"Aww, yes, let me go sign for him...Kimberly, the stretcher, if you would."
"Yes, Doctor."...she leaves.
"Did you check for security cams, Detective?"
"None near the body and it's a dead-in street."
Tony looks down the block and sees a 7/11 on the corner..."Bet they got one."
Tony walks into Abby's lab, holding a caf-pow in one hand and a dvd in the other..."Who's your favorite, NCIS agent?"
"You?"
He hands her the caf-pow and DVD..."Heh. Good answer."
"What kind of car did the Lance Corporal Simmons drive, Abs?"
"2007 Shelby Mustang."
"Nice, sweet ride...check the DVD for his car, the killer is driving it."
"I analyzed that metal fragment Ducky found, it's..."
Reid walks into the lab..."I found something, Boss."
"One genius at a time, please...go on Abs."
"Well, it was heated and folded hundreds of times, it's stronger than any steel you can buy today."
"How does that help us?"
"Anything that detailed took a long time to be made, so I searched police reports for stolen property and founds a very interesting report, a Japanese Restaurant called Kira reported a 200 year old wakizashi stolen. So, there's some crazy-ass person out there killing people with a ninja sword."
"Technically Abby, it's a samurai sword. Wakizashi means 'sidearm'...they were used by ancient Japanese Samurais for numerous things, including seppuku, or ritual suicides. They were also used to behead fallen enemies in combat, armor would ruin the blade of their main weapon, the katana, so they used wakizashi or a tanto instead. It was also easier to cut a head off with a single-handed blade than using the two-handed katana, so it was the more convenient choice."
"You're scaring me, Doc."
"He's turning me on."
"Ok, I have to leave now...what's the address?"
Abby clicks a button..."I emailed it to ya, Tony."...Tony kisses Abby on the cheek twice..."Pass one along to Katie for me, would ya?"
Tony starts to leave..."Boss, I found something about Hollis Mann."
Tony stops and turns to Reid..."What is it?"
Reid hands him a piece of paper..."This person called Hollis Mann 16 times in the 2 days before she was killed, including 20 minutes before she died."
"Sharon Peters?"
Abby chuckles..."Yes, I know it's fake, but I checked the phone is still in service."
"Nice find, Doc...you're with me, it's sushi time!"
Tony and Reid arrive at Kira, they get out of the car and go inside.
They walk up to the counter, "NCIS, I'd like to talk to the owner please."...Tony shows his badge.
"One moment."
The man walks into the back and returns, a few seconds later a man in a suit walks out.
"I'm the owner, may I help you?"
"I'm Special Agent DiNozzo, NCIS."...he show his badge..."This is Dr. Reid...we're here about the stole property report you filed."
"Did you find it!?"
"Not exactly, we believed it was used in a murder."
The man speaks in Japanese.
"He said he can't believe it, Boss."
"You keep surprising me, Doc."
"Sir, where was the...Reid, what was the name of that sword again?"
"Wakizashi."
"Over there."...he points.
"Thank you."...Tony and Reid walks over
"Did the police dust for prints?"
"Hai."
"It means yes, Boss."
"Thank you, captain obvious."...Tony pauses..."When we get back call up DCPD and ask if they have any photos, see if they found any prints, etc."
"Got it."
Tony walks back towards the owner..."Do you have a security cam in here?"
"No, we didn't think we needed one, this is suppose to be good neighborhood."
The man sighs..."It belonged to my great-great-great-great grandfather, I must have it back."
"We'll do what we can, sir."
"Arigato."
"Boss?"
"I know what it means, Reid...but thanks."...as they leave.
Tony and Reid get into the car and there's a beeping sound.
Reid pulls a PDA out of his pocket..."What is that? A phone?"
"Well, kind of, it's the new video intercom."
"What?"
Reid clicks a button and Abby's face come on screen.
"Hey, guys!"
"Can you see us, Abs?'
"Sure can!"
"How much did this cost NCIS?"
"Not a thing, it's directly from the DoD."
"Cool."...Tony goes to click it off.
"Wait! I didn't show my beautiful face for nothing."
"Go on..."...as Tony pulls his hand back.
"That cell phone is on right now, it's 3.2 miles from you, I've sent the coordinates to your v-phone."
"Sharon Peters?"
"That would be the one."
"What button do I push?"
"Reid, baby, show him and Tony?"
"Yeah, Abs...the person driving that Mustang is a redhead."
"Are you telling me?"
"Yep, good luck, guys...I'm out!"...the screen goes clear.
Reid presses a button and the map comes up.
"That seemed easy enough."...Tony clicks a button and everything turns off..."Great, I've turned into Gibbs."
Reid presses a couple of buttons and turns back on.
"Good job, Doc...you're officially in charge of that."...Tony turns on the car and hits the gas..."...until McGeek comes back."
"Take a left, Boss."...Tony turns left.
"Should be up on the right .67 miles."
They arrive at the location and stop the car.
The dark haired woman pushes some curtains aside and looks outside..."Damn, how does he keep finding me?"
The red haired woman walks up behind her..."O'im gonna kill 'imself."
Tony and Reid get out of the car and walk towards the door.
"I can't be here."
"Why?"
"He knows me."
"From wha?"
The dark haired woman turns around, "He was my partner at NCIS."
"Waaaat?"
She quickly moves out the back, as the red haired woman stays...she moves to the table and grabs the wakizashi from the table and moves to the side of the door, she presses her back against the wall as Reid knocks on the door.
Tony grabs his arm..."No!"...as Tony kicks it in, the red haired woman turns quickly backhanding the sword towards Tony, hitting him the chest.
Tony looks down, then up at the red haired woman..."I usually don't hit women, but in your case..."...Tony punches her in the face..."I'll make an exception."
The red haired woman stumbles backwards..."oy?"
Tony pulls his gun..."On the ground now!"
She rushes at him with sword cocked back ready to slash...he shoots her in the knee, she falls backwards, dropping the sword, her hands go to her knee...she crawls for the sword, but Tony steps on her hand and bends over and grabs the sword. He hands it to Reid..."Looks like we solved 2 crimes at once, Doc."
"Tony, the cell phone is still moving."
Tony turns his head..."What!?"
The red haired woman thrusts her palm up into Tony's groin, making him take a step back, she gets up and hobbles to the kitchen area, grabbing a knife..."Com on, scrap loike a paddy!"
"Don't ever do this, Reid."...Tony holsters his gun and walks towards her.
She lets out a devilish grin...and twirls the knife between her fingers.
Tony moves within 5 feet of her..."Boss, the cell is still moving."
She tosses the knife up in the air and catches it so it's pointing down, she moves towards Tony, stabbing downwards. Tony moves aside and tosses her stomach first into the side of the table, her upper half lays on the table as Tony comes down with an elbow to her back, knocking her to the ground.
She quickly moves to her back, she spins hitting Tony's legs, he stumbles, but catches himself on the kitchen table, she leg scissors his legs and tries to bring him down.
Tony kneels and grabs her around the throat and picks her up, she chops down with her hands, knocking his hands away, she punches Tony in the face cutting his lip.
Tony moves his hand to his mouth and wipes the blood off with the back of his thumb. She quickly takes a step back and grabs the knife off the floor, she takes a running leap at Tony, but he catches her with his hand around her throat and slams her down through the kitchen table.
Tony kneels down and places his hand around her throat again and squeezes.
She moves her hands to his arm and squeezes on his wrist, trying to dig her nails his arm. Tony squeezes harder, the sound of her neck cracking is heard.
"Boss! She could know who has the cell!"...the red haired woman's face starts to turn a reddish-blue color as Tony continues to squeeze. Her hands loosen around Tony's arm, he finally lets go, she turns to her side and lets out a huge breathe, her breathing is erratic.
Tony turns her on her back and cuffs her.
Gibbs walks into observation.
"Detective Hobbs, this is woman who killed Hollis Mann."
Tony walks into interrogation #1 and sits across from the red haired woman.
"So, how are you liking America, Chloe?"
The red haired woman looks up at him.
"Yes, I know you're name."
"ill ye be 'avin sumndin from me?"
"Who's your partner?"
"Partner?"...she lets out a huge laugh..."Never, I'd rather bloody die."
"That can be arranged."
She lets out a smile..."Yer want ter scrap 'gain?"...she pauses..."I'd love to."
Tony lets out a laugh..."I'll pass, but my wife would like another shot at ya."
"Another?"...she tilts her head back..."Aah, nigh oi remember."...she lets out another smile..." She belt'd me wi' a fryin' pan...oi owe 'er."
"I love your accent, it makes me tingle inside."
She laughs..."Does it nigh?"
"Yeah, reminds me when I eat lucky charms with my kids...There magically delicious!"...in an Irish accent.
She kicks the table...Tony grabs the side of it and stands up...he pushes quickly towards her...pushing it into her chest, knocking her over...Tony pulls back the table and walks around to her, he kneels beside her..."And me red balloons!"...still in an Irish accent and he lets out a laugh.
She struggles to get loose, screaming at the top of her lungs, cursing at him.
"Oh my! You'd kiss the Blarney stone with those lips?"
Tony picks her up, setting the chair back on it's legs...she continues to struggle..."Yer bloody dead!"
Tony places a piece of duct tape over her mouth...she continues to talk through the tape, muffled sounds escape from it.
"What? Darby O'Gill and the Little People is your favorite movie, too? What are the odds!?"
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"Interest interrogation techniques you NCIS guys have."
"That's a DiNozzo original."
Suddenly the red haired woman's head falls back and her eyes roll back into her head and she starts shaking.
Tony moves to her quickly and takes the tape off, her lips are blue. Tony takes her pulse and she doesn't find one.
"Code blue!"...Tony moves around her and takes off her cuffs and picks her up and lays her on the table as Gibbs takes out his phone and calls for help.
Tony leans down over her, listening for any signs of breathing, he immediately starts CPR, he blows once into her mouth, then again...he then hits her in the chest with bottom of his fist and again.
Gibbs rushes in and starts doing chest compressions, Tony again give her mouth-to-mouth, but she doesn't respond.
Gibbs checks her pulse..."She's gone, Tony."
Tony sits down in the chair...Tony talks in gibberish.
"DiNozzo?"
Tony runs his fingers over his lips...and tries to talk, but it's still gibberish.
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Tony now sits in Autopsy with an ice pack on his lips, the red haired woman's body lies on the table next to him.
Ducky walks over to Tony..."Just got word from Abigail, she was poisoned, Anthony."
Tony looks at Ducky..."Wha?"...Reid and Gibbs walk in
"Don't talk, DiNozzo. Ice."...Gibbs puts the ice pack back on Tony's lips.
"Tetrodotoxin."
"What kind of poison is that, Ducky?"
"Tetrodotoxin comes mostly from marine animals, such as the blowfish, blue-ringed octopus, cone snail and in the rough-skinned newt of the Pacific Northwest. You're actually very lucky, it's an extremely deadly poison, tetrodotoxin is roughly 1200 times deadlier than cyanide."
"Ducky, not you Reid."
"Sorry."
"Well, Ducky?"
"What the lad said."
Tony brings the ice pack down..."Why are my wips numb?"
Reid starts to talk, but stop.
"Go ahead, Doctor Reid."
"Well, I was just going to say, it's just one of the side effects of the poison. Are you light-headed Tony?"
Tony shakes his head no.
"When you gave her mouth-to-mouth, she must've transferred some of it onto your lips, since you're not light-headed I would say your lips should be back to normal within 4-6 hours."
"What would she have gotten this poison?"
"Well, she was at a Japanese restaurant and one of their celebrated dishes is fugu, puffer fish meat, which is usually eaten sashimi-style."
"Where did you find this guy, DiNozzo?"
Tony shrugs his shoulders.
"Put her away, Ducky, you can do the autopsy tomorrow."...as Gibbs leaves via the elevator
Tony hops off the table and walks towards the elevator.
"You ok, Boss?"
Tony still holds a bag of ice to his lips...he nods.
Ducky slides her body into drawer #5 and closes it.
Reid steps onto the elevator..."I'm going down."
Tony stands by the elevator as Ducky walks over to him.
"Waiting for me, Anthony?"...as Ducky turns off the lights..."Lets be on our way."...as they both get into the elevator.
"I'll give you 10 dollars if you say, 'loose lips sink luxury liners.' very quickly."...he chuckled.
Tony holds out his hand..."Money first."...as the doors close.
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The next morning, Ducky steps off the elevator and turns on the autopsy lights...he walks over to his work station, taking his coat off, he places it on the hook by his desk, then he grabs a chart from the table...he turns and sees the door to the garage open.
"Hmmm, I don't remember leaving that open."...he walks over to the door, looks around and shrugs...then closes the door.
He walks to the instrument area and takes out his autopsy equipment and places them on a tray by the autopsy table.
He walks over to autopsy drawer #5 and opens it...it's empty.
"Oh my...that's definitely not good."
Ducky moves to wall and hits the alarm...he then pick up the phone and calls.
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Tony answers his cell..."DiNozzo."
"Sir, you can't have those on in the hospital."
"Who is it, Tony?"
Tony puts his hand over the phone..."It's Ducky, Z."...as Tony steps out into the hallway.
"I can leave, yes?"
"Yes, your release forms are right here."
Ziva takes the papers from the nurse and starts to walk out..."Mrs. DiNozzo, it's a policy, we must take you.."...Ziva quickly turns around and looks at her..."Umm, never mind."
Ziva joins Tony in the hallway..."What's up?"
Tony closes his phone..."The kalba is missing."
"The dead one? How?"
"Lets go find out."
Tony and Ziva arrive at NCIS, Ziva hangs up her phone.
"Ruby is watching the kids, Tony."…as she walks into elevator.
Tony puts his arm around Ziva and pulls her into him..."I'm fine, Tony."
The elevator doors open and they walk out..."What ya got, Ducky?"
Ducky throws his hands into the air..."She vanished, Anthony."
"Glove me, Ducky."...as Tony holds out his hand...Ducky hands him a latex glove and Tony opens the drawer.
Tony moves to the side of the drawer and leans down...Reid walks into autopsy..."Ducky, Abby is looking at the security camera tape from the garage."
"Aww, finally good news, Doctor Reid!"...as Ducky heads towards the elevator with Reid.
"Wait."
Ducky stops..."Find something, Anthony?"
"Some smudges...nothing we'll get a good print from."...Tony pauses..."Something definitely happened here, though."
Abby pops up on the plasma..."Night of the Living Dead, guys!"
"Abigail?"
"Resident Evil!"
"Abigail what are you talking about?"
"Zombies, Abs?"
"You got it, Tony."
Abby clicks a few buttons on her keyboard and video comes up on the plasma of the red haired woman walking through the garage holding her chest.
"But how, Abby?"
"Wait, pseudocomatose effect."
"Reid?"
"It's where the heart slows to almost not beating at all, showing signs of death. I should've known. Abby."
"Abby?"
"Her love of voodoo, Boss...Tetrodotoxin poison is used in voodoo, it's ingested by the victim for the black magic of creating zombies."
"Serpeant and the Rainbow."
"Huh?"
"Tony, the cell is on!" Abby yelled.
"Reid!"
"Got it, Boss."...as he and Tony run to the elevator.
"What the hell is going on!?"...a confused Ziva.
Tony moves over to her and grabs ger hand..."Move your ass, sweet cheeks!"...as he pulls her into the elevator.
They step out of the elevator into the squad-room as Tony hands Ziva his Sig, she pops the clips out, looks at the ammo and pops it back in, then pulls back on the slide.
Reid runs over to his desk and grabs his PDA and clicks the button..."It's tracking, Boss."
"You're our eyes and ears, Doc."...as Tony grabs his back-up gun from his top right-hand drawer..."Grab your gear!"
They leave via the elevator.
They speed towards their location..."1.7 miles, Boss."
"Tony! Stop the car."...Tony slams on the breaks.
"This isn't it, Boss."...Ziva slides her way across Reid's lap and pulls herself out of the passenger side window and starts running.
Tony opens his car door and gets out..."Ziva!?"
"Follow that signal!"...Ziva yelled as she ran down the street.
Tony gets back into the car.
"Boss, is she ok alone?"
"Rule #8, Doc...Ziva can take care of herself."...as Tony hits the gas.
"Freeze!"…Ziva pulls her gun as she runs...the red haired woman quickly limps into a Chinese restaurant as Tony hits the gas continuing on towards the cell phone signal.
Ziva runs into the Chinese restaurant and the red haired woman stands behind the counter, she holds a cleaver to a woman's throat..."I'll kill 'er!"
Ziva holds up her hands..."No one else needs to get hurt here."...she slowly puts her gun on a table..."Let her go, take me."
The red haired woman yanks back on the woman's hair, opening up her neck more...she applies pressure to her neck with the edge of the cleaver drawing blood..."Red is me favourite colour."
"Only a coward would cut an innocent person."
"Coward? Me? 'Ah!"...she tosses the woman out of the way and twirls the cleaver in her hand...she grins...
Ziva moves her head to the left, then to the right, cracking her neck...the red haired woman slams the cleaver into the counter and puts her hands together and cracks her knuckles, she then grabs the cleaver by the handle and pulls it out..."Come an' git some!"
Ziva quickly runs and jumps, sliding along the counter kicking the red haired woman in the chest, knocking her back.
She grabs her chest and lets out a moan.
"Your chest hurts, yes?"
The red haired woman grabs another cleaver from a wooden block and twirls them both in her hands.
"I don't need a weapon to beat you."...as Ziva sits on the edge of the counter.
The red haired woman lets out a laugh..."Fine wit me."...as she raises both cleavers over her head and dashes forward chopping downward, Ziva quickly rolls backwards landing on her feet, she then grabs the counter and swings her legs underneath and kicks the red haired woman in the legs, dropping her face forward into the counter.
Ziva's momentum swings her back, she drop her feet to the floor and stands, she forces the door in the counter upward hitting the red haired woman under the chin, knocking the cleavers out of her hands.
The red haired woman wipes her chin, blood covers her fingers...she slides it into her mouth...she lets out a devilish grin, she takes a small bag out of her pocket and cuts it with her fingernail and brings it up to her nose...she inhales deeply, she moves the bag away, a white powder covers her nose...she squeezes her neck muscles and pinches her nose and breaths in violently. Her nose starts to trickle with blood as she moves forward.
Ziva stands between the counter divider and places her hands on both sides, she lifts herself up and kicks her in face.
The red haired woman doesn't flinch...she shoves Ziva in the chest, knocking her down, she drops on top of her, putting her hands around her throat and squeezing as hard as she can.
Ziva quickly moves her legs around the red haired woman's head and arms and squeezes as hard as she can breaking the red haired woman's grip. Ziva rolls backward and grabs her gun from the table and fires, hitting her in the stomach...she doesn't stop, she knocks the gun out of Ziva's hand and hits her in the nose with the palm of her hand, Ziva's nose explodes, blood pours down her face and onto her shirt.
She then grabs Ziva around by the arm and tosses her on top of the table and come down with the bottom of her first into Ziva's stomach, then again...Ziva rolls off the table as the red haired woman tosses it out of the way and kicks Ziva in the stomach. Ziva starts to crawl away but she's grabbed by the hair and pulled up and thrown back first into the counter, her back cracks and she falls to her knees.
The red haired woman grabs Ziva by the hair and knees her in the face knocking her through the counter divide. Ziva lies on her back as she continues to stalk her...she grabs a knife from the counter and kneels over Ziva's chest, she holds the knife downward, it's pointed directly at her head.
Ziva brings both knees upward, hitting her in the back, knocking her forward...Ziva grabs a heated wok by the handles and smashes down on the red haired woman's back...she doesn't make a sound...Ziva then hits her in the back of the head with it, she swings her arm around knocking Ziva into the stove, she does a nip-up and grabs Ziva by the hair again, Ziva grabs a knife and stabs her in the stomach.
She looks at Ziva's hand still on the knife handle...then into her eyes...Ziva lets go.
She takes a step back and pulls the knife out. She coughs up come blood and then lunges at Ziva with the knife, she jumps out of the way, the red haired woman catches herself by putting her hands on the edge of the stove.
In one motion, Ziva chopped the red haired woman arms with her left hand as she grabbed the back of her head with her right and forced it downward into the deep fryer. Ziva uses all her strength to hold her face in the boiling oil until she stops struggling.
The red haired woman is motionless...Ziva lets go and backs up against the opposite stove, putting her hands back supporting herself. She lowers her head and breaths hard.
Suddenly, the red haired woman's head rises from the deep fryer and she turns around...Ziva fingers close around the handle of something...she swings as hard as she can, the cleaver strikes the red haired woman in the middle of her forehead. She falls to her knees, the cleaver imbedded into her skull...she finally falls to her back.
A woman comes out of hiding..."Is she dead?"
Ziva walks over and grabs her gun and moves back over to her and fires once into her head...she wipes her nose with the back of arm..."God, I hope so."
"Stay there, I'll call you an ambulance."
Ziva fires again..."Zdayeni Kalba!!!"
"It's off, Boss."
"What's the last location?"
"Take a right, then .87 miles on the left."
Tony turns right and drives up to the last location and sees a dark haired woman driving off...Tony quickly turns around and follows her..."Call in that license plate, Doc."
Reid opens his phone..."Abby, I need you to run this license plate; 1-Delta-Alpha-Bravo-3-9er-8."
Tony follows from a distance.
"It's a rental car, from Hertz."
"We have her."...Tony takes the phone from Reid.
Reid looks at him odd..."We have her?"
"Abby, contact Hertz, have them hook you up with the GPS in her car."
"Oh, that's right...all rental companies were required to install GPSs in all vehicles because of the terrorist bill of 2009."
"Abby set it to your PDA, Doc."
Reid clicks a button..."Got her, Boss."
"Great job, Abs."...click
Tony tosses it to Reid.
Tony cell rings..."DiNozzo...I really can't talk now, Suzy."
Tony listens..."What do you mean my father is in the hospital!?"
Suzy's muffled voices is heard..."What hospital?"...he listens..."Yeah, I know where it is."
click
Tony slams his palm onto the steering wheel and slows down.
"Boss?"
Tony sighs..."Where is she, Reid?"
".91 miles ahead...she just turned right onto the beltway."
Tony turns right and hits the gas...he zooms through intersections.
"Where are we going?"
"We're gonna cut her off."
".75 miles, .71."
Tony takes another right and heads up an on ramp, he quickly does a u-turn and turns towards on coming traffic..."Reid, don't ever do this."...as Tony zooms past on coming honking horn cars.
".41 miles."...Reid puts his hands over his face.
"This was definitely not your greatest idea, DiNozzo."...Tony pauses..."How far, Doc!?"
Reid lifts his hand from his face and looks at his PDA...".21 miles."
"Ok, I see her."...Tony zooms towards the car and turns and hits the break...she hits her breaks and slams into the concrete divider.
Tony gets out of his car and draws his weapon..."Get out of the car!"
Reid opens the door, getting out, he kneels behind the door, drawing his weapon.
The woman is motionless..."Get out of the damn car!"...as Tony slowly circles around the car..."Got her in sights, Doc?"
"Yeah."...as Reid his gun as still as he can.
"Tony DiNozzo..."
Tony takes off his shades..."I know that voice."...the woman opens the door and stands up, her head is bleeding.
"Viv...is that you?"...Tony lowers his gun.
She holds her hands into the air..."Long time no see, Tony."
"What the hell, Viv...you're behind this?"...She quickly pulls a gun and aims it...4 shot goes off in rapid concession, her windshield is riddled with bullets as jumps on the ground.
She falls to the ground holding her neck...she sees Tony underneath the car and lets out a smile and lets go of her neck...blood pours out of the gunshot wound. Tony rises and walks around the car, he kneels beside her, but's it's too late, she's already gone. Reid walks over in front of her door and looks down at her.
Tony grabs her gun...Tony sighs..."It's rubber."
"What!?"...Reid pauses..."Do you mean I killed an innocent woman?"
"No! You did the right thing, Spencer. You were protecting your partner at all cost."
"But.."
Tony interrupts him…"But nothing...you DID the right thing. You got me?"
Reid lowers his head..."Yeah."...Reid pauses..."You knew her, Boss?"
"Yeah...she was an NCIS agent."
Tony stands and slides his shades back on..."Why Viv?"
Later that day
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Tony walks into autopsy...Ducky is examining Viv Blackadder.
"You know, Anthony...I always had a huge crush for Ms. Blackadder."
"I know, Ducky."
"You still wear the same perfume, my dear."
Tony pats Ducky on his shoulder..."I'm fine, Anthony."
"Did you have to shave her, Ducky?"
"I didn't, she was wearing a wig."
"Why?"
"She had leukemia."
"Oh."...Tony pauses..."She had a fake gun...she wanted to die?"
Ducky sighs..."It is a very painful thing to go through, but to go through all that just to die?"
"My thoughts exactly, Duck...what about the red haired woman?"
"Ms. Chloe Finlay...Ziva really did a number on her...by the way, how is Ziva?"
"Pissed."
Ducky nods..."I found traces of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines in her nasal cavity and along her throat."
"She wasn't feeling anything."
"She had multiple broken bones to her face and chest...she has a 7 inch knife wound that entered her liver...her kidney was ruptured by a bullet...she was a walking train wreck, Anthony."
"Anything else?"
"Aww, I almost forgot, I found a computer chip into Viv's stomach."
"Computer chip? To what?"
"Haven't the clue."...Ducky hands the tiny chip to Tony in a small plastic bag.
"Sure is tiny, isn't it?"
"Technology, lad. Smaller is better."
"Heh. Yeah, right."
The elevator beeps a man walks out in a black suit on.
"RD Johnson, Homeland Security."...he shows him his badge..."We're taking both of their bodies."
"On who's authority!?"
"The President of the United States."
Johnson hands Tony a piece of paper has 4 people in suits walk into autopsy, wraps the bodies in body bags and carry them away. Johnson then extends his hand to Ducky..."The paperwork please."
Tony looks at the paper..."Go ahead, Ducky...Gibbs ok'ed it."
Ducky reluctantly hands over the medical reports to the man and then leaves.
Ducky walks over to Tony...the elevator doors close..."Damn, we lost everything, Anthony."
"Not everything, Duck."...Tony opens his hand revealing the computer chip.