As threatened, this turned into an Alex Rider/ NCIS crossover and even if you don't know NCIS, you can understand the action.

Chapter 6

Alex and Sasha had stayed outside for a very long time, talking, speaking. Alex hadn't talked for so long with anybody and never so much. It felt good telling someone the truth and what he really felt and trusting somebody.

It was about nine o'clock when Alex received an SMS by one of the responsible where they were and they permitted them to stay out for another one hour. They were slowly walking back at five to ten. They passed the dark bridge but were surprised to find so many people there.

Alex and Sasha passed the onlookers, standing behind a yellow and black tape. When Alex and Sasha got a view, they noticed that it was a crime scene, several cops running around, two dead bodies lying on the floor.

'What have you got?' asked a cop, NCIS was written on the back of his dark blue jacket, when he entered the crime scene. He seemed to be a bit older, had grey hair and blue eyes.

'Seems as if he had been the target. We don't know his identity yet. This guy, Lieutenant Christian Baker, came to help him and was stabbed, too. But the first murder seemed to be quite personal' one of the special agents, a man in his forties, looking much younger, brown hair and an NCIS cap wearing, explained.

'Why?' the older man, obviously the boss, answered and sipped his Starbucks coffee.

'A gun shot from distance to disable his victim. It seems as if he knew him or heard from his skills. He seems to be muscular and well trained and could have defended himself' the pathologist, an old man with glasses and a strong British accent explained. 'He got a shot into his shoulder and went down.

'Our dear Lieutenant sees that and wants to help. He is killed with two gun shots from nearer distance. He goes down as well and the killer comes to our first victim. He pulls out a knife and cuts the body open until he bleeds out.'

'Time of death?'

'Approximately two hours ago.'

'What can you tell me about the profile of the killer?'

'Jethro, all I can tell you that he just killed two men very professionally and didn't want to take any risks. Either it was something personal or he wanted to make sure that we know that this man was the actual target' he explained and stood up and pointed at the unknown man.

Another medical examiner kneed down and turned the body around.

'Wolf!' Alex gasped and put the hand in front of his mouth, he had recognized the unidentified man.

'You know him?' Sasha silently asked although she already knew the answer.

The grey-haired man turned around to them. 'You know him?' he asked Alex who decided to nod. 'Come here' the boss said to both of them and Alex took Sasha's hand again when they passed the crime scene marker.

Alex walked over to the dead body of wolf, the former team leader of K-Unit in SAS training where Alex had participated in preparation of his mission.

'It's Wolf, the team leader of the preparation training. I told you about him' Alex told Sasha and examined the dead body. He was pretty sure that it was him, he had recently seen him shortly after training again. Wolf was short, muscular, black, close-cropped hair, dark brown eyes and wore black clothes.

'You know his real name?' another special agent, he was very tall and thin, pale, brown hair as well, asked.

'I just know his alias or operating name Wolf' Alex admitted.

'Then tell me something more' the boss said impatiently.

'He worked for British MI6' Alex said in one breath and looked into the shocked faces of the NCIS agents. Shit, he cursed himself. Now he needed to invent a whole new story why he knew this, then he had to contact Mrs. Jones again who could cover this story and he'll perhaps had to move away again if his cover was blown.

The boss nodded. 'What are your names?'

'I'm Alex…Rider' he said with hesitating a second. There was no sense in lying and his girlfriend new the truth anyway.

'I'm Sasha Selivanov' she explained.

And only twenty minutes later they found themselves at NCIS DC headquarters, in the conference room, talking to agents Ziva David and Timothy McGee. Alex told them that his father had worked for MI6 and he therefore knew Wolf and that he needed to call someone there to tell them that one of their agents was found dead. Ziva gave him her cell and let the two fifteen years old alone.

'Who are you calling?' Sasha asked.

'Mrs. Jones. I think she won't be very pleased but I need to inform her.' He dialed the number and was glad when someone picked up the phone.

'I'll send you someone, Alex. Keep on telling some lies but don't make them too complicated. And invent something for this Sasha. You trust her?'

Alex turned around and looked at the beautiful girl sitting next to him and staring outside of the window. It was pretty dark outside and raining again.

'Yes' he decided.

'Good. Perhaps we don't have to move you away again but under no circumstances tell her the truth, understood?'

'Yep.'

'Okay. Wolf was sent here to tail you. He said, you and Sasha talked a lot today.'

'Yes, nothing important.'

'You didn't reveal anything, did you? I mean—'

'No, trust me. I know the consequences.'

'Okay. It means someone is officially after you. I'll send you an agent.' Mrs. Jones ended the phone call and Alex sighed. This was not going to be nice.

It took about two minutes until Special Agent David and the pathologist referred to as 'Ducky' entered the conference room again.

'Hey, how are you two?' Ziva asked and they answered with nodding and 'okay'. 'We found this in Wolf's pocket' Ziva said and showed them a plastic bag with a tiny calling card inside. It was white but showed a golden scorpion. Alex' mouth dropped open when he recognized the sign.

'Scorpia' he muttered. Someone must have put this into Wolf's pocket.

'I beg you pardon?' Ducky asked and stepped nearer.

'I think it's…just one of Wolf's MI6 cards, don't know, perhaps has to do with a current mission he was having. I'm sorry but I'm not involved into MI6's newest cases' he said and Ziva nodded.

When she left the room again, Ducky closed the door and began to speak: 'He's lying. He knows more than he is revealing.'

'And the girl?' Ziva asked while they were walking down the stairs.

'She's a better liar. They're close friends but she seems to have her secrets, too.'

'I've got bad news' Tony said and looked up to them at the stairs.

'What?' Ziva asked.

'You were right, Ducky. Abby analyzed the strands of her we secretively took from the two girls.'

'And?'

'It means trouble.'

'Specify 'trouble'!' Gibbs ordered who was just walking in, of course, with his coffee in his hand.

'His name is Alex Rider and he is in MI6 data bank. His file is classified and Abbs and McGee are just hacking into their network. Sasha was more tricky. She has a sixty-four percent match with a Russian hit man called Yassen Gregorovich. He was killed about half a year ago by one of his clients although MI6 never found his body.'

'Could he still be alive?' Ziva asked.

'Unlikely. He was heavily wounded. However, Abby thinks that she might be a relative to him. There's a daughter called Aleksandra Gregorovich but we have no information about her.'

'She may have changed her name' Ziva proposed.

'No' Gibbs suddenly said. 'Sasha is the Russian abbreviation for Aleksandra. It is her.'

'Well, then there's the question if Alex knows' Tony said.

'Presumably not.' They all turned around. Nobody has noticed Abby and McGee coming in.

'What do you mean, Abbs?' Gibbs asked nerved.

'We managed to hack into the data banks of British MI6. And this is what we've found' McGee explained and handed over the boss a just printed new file about Alex Rider.

It was very thick and obviously the reason why the forensic scientist and McGeek had needed so long. 'Read it' Abby recommended and they all sat down together in a 'bonfire', like Tony called it and found out who Alex Rider really was.

'Holy shit' Abby cursed when they were finished.

'It is no coincidence that his girlfriend is the daughter of his most severe enemy' Ziva commented.

'True. But what does she plan?' Tony asked.

'Revenge?' McGee proposed.

'Unlikely. Although she is the daughter of a cruel killer and may accuse Alex for the death of her father, she seems to be a very balanced and patient girl' Ducky analyzed.

'So?' Gibbs asked and looked at the medical examiner.

'Perhaps she plans something but I think she may be part of a greater plan. There are a lot of people who may want revenge on Alex Rider. Maybe she is used by one of them.'

'Possible' McGee admitted.

'We'll dig deeper' Gibbs said and they looked up when a man in a black suit appeared out of the elevator.

'I assume MI6?' Gibbs asked.

The man nodded. 'I'm searching a special agent Gibbs.'

'You found him.'

Gibbs stood up, shortly looked at the team, meaning that they should continue the research and led the MI6 guy upward the staircase to present him Alex and his not so trusty friend Sasha.