AN: Updates are probably going to be every month to two months after school starts on Tuesday, just so y'all know. Won't really know until I get into the homework. College is such a joy.

Nico glared at the computer. "Abby, it hates me."

"It doesn't hate you, it's just sensitive," She told him, giving him a smile from the other room.

He groaned. "I can't do sensitive. Not today. Not right now. Not while they're out there, with their lives in danger while we wait for this stupid computer to process the freakin' data. It's been thinking about it for three hours now."

"You can't rush perfection," Abby responded, then got Bert the Hippo from his spot on top of the cabinet and handed him to Nico while she looked over the computer. "You've already given them a bunch of leads and tips on how to spot their guy. If you hadn't figured out that they had training with swords then we may never have found out. I mean, who would have thought that a bunch of kids were taught Greek and roman sword fighting techniques?"

Nico hissed through his teeth as the computer finished for Abby.

She did her best to suppress her smile.

Ducky came in, looking grim. "There's another victim."

Nico got chills. "Jimmy picking her up now?"

Ducky gave him a strange look. "How did you know it was a woman?"

Nico felt his eyes widen. "It is? Crap. Do we know who she is?" He dearly hoped it wasn't someone he actually knew.

"A Laurel Victor, twenty years old." Ducky was watching Nico carefully.

Nico felt his heart sink. "L-laurel? Oh crap, Holly's going to be devastated. Did they say how she died?" There was no way just any demigod would get the best of one of the Victor sisters. They were fighters. Winners. If someone got the best of Laurel…Holly wouldn't rest until she was avenged.

First Clarisse, then Laurel? How many more people would die?

"Holly?" Abby asked.

Nico shook his head, trying to focus. "Holly is Laurel's identical twin. How did Laurel die?"

"It appears to be a stabbing, but we won't know for certain until she's on the table. You know her?" Ducky asked.

Nico didn't want to say how. He didn't want camp involved any more. "Yeah, she was…two years younger than me? Was in cabin 17."

"What cabin were you in?" Abby asked.

Nico shrugged. "Cabin thirteen."

"And you said that they were themed for the Greek gods?"

"Yeah, my cabin was the hades one. Hers was Nike, goddess of Victory. The cabin you're placed in is based on personality. Hobbies. Likes. Dislikes. Cabin Eleven takes everyone until that can be decided. Once you're placed in a cabin, you stay in that cabin." Nico hoped they wouldn't realize he was lying a little. It was mostly true. They were based on that, but that aspect was usually influenced by who their godly parent was."

"So, our victim was competitive, and got placed in the cabin of Nike. Why were you in Hades?"

Nico smirked at the slide he was preparing. "I was a dark kid. Lots of skeletons." He glanced up, then let his smile fade. "I was angry a lot. I didn't know where I belonged, so I stuck to the shadows. I sort of requested a cabin on my own."

"Where would Ducky get placed?"

Nico set the slide aside. "Apollo cabin, hands down. A lot of amazing doctors come out of that cabin."

"And me?" She smiled at him.

He had to think about that one. "I don't know. Maybe Athena cabin because you're smart, or Aphrodite cabin because you have such a big heart. Probably Cabin Eleven because you're so diverse. Connor was in Cabin Eleven."

"Cabin Eleven is…?"

"Hermes, god of travelers, thieves, tricksters, messengers, trade…sports and athletes…invention and trade. I don't know where you would go. Thankfully I never had that job."

"Yes," Ducky agreed. "But he was also a psychopomp, delivering the souls of the deceased to the underworld. Let us do our jobs to ensure they rest peacefully."

Nico nodded sharply, wondering where Holly was. Even with their own lives, they were practically inseparable. If she was in danger…if camp was in danger…he would have to do everything within his power to try and help without using his power.

He almost groaned aloud. It was impractical to not use his ability if Holly was in danger, wasn't it? But he had to start laying low. Ducky was suspicious and he always managed to put two and two together. Nico honestly didn't think he'd be surprised if Ducky already knew that the Greek gods were real, but there was a lot of evidence to the contrary.

McGee entered with more evidence bags. "Another crime scene, but a lot less evidence. Gibbs wants you to look at the body, Nico."

Nico froze, looking at Tim with wide eyes. "I can't."

"You've done it before. You're going to see the photos, and you're the one with the sword knowledge."

Nico shook his head. "I can't see Laurel dead…"

"You have to, to avenge her death." Abby's encouragement fell just short of encouraging.

Nico cringed.

"For her sister. What was her twin sister's name?"

"Holly," Nico whispered.

"You know the victim?" Gibbs asked.

Nico flinched. He hadn't heard Gibbs come in, but he nervously met the man's gaze. "Yeah. She was at camp same time I was. I mean, we weren't close, but we had each other's backs if things went wrong. That's the way camp is. I don't understand what's going on."

"Hey," Gibbs said to get Nico's attention again. "We're going to catch this guy."

Nico's mind went to Luke, then Octavian. They thought they were doing the right thing, and did horrible things.

Nico inhaled sharply and started trying to see if Laurel's ring was in the stuff. "Her ring, where's her ring?"

"Ring?" Tim asked. The concern in his voice was palpable.

"Ring! She wore it on her right hand at all times. Even in the shower. It's 18 karat yellow gold with a 7.6 carat cushion cut diamond. It's worth over $450,000." Nico hastily put on gloves and started searching through.

Tim started working with Abby to get the crime scene images to see if it was there.

"How do you know how much her ring is worth?" Gibbs asked.

Nico silently cursed the bag of evidence for not having it. "I helped her fiance pick it out. I told him he was crazy for getting such a big diamond, but he wanted the best for his girl. Even Holly wasn't going to try and beat her in that department."

"Whoa, fiance? Why didn't we see anything about a fiance in her house?" Tim asked.

Nico frowned and looked back at the photos. "House? No. She lives in a mansion. That's…not…" Crap. That's a safe house. "That's not her house She lives farther out in Virginia." Not a lie. Not a lie.

"McGee, find out who owns that house. Nico, I need you to look at the body, see if you can confirm that it is who we think. Then I need you to look at the wounds." Gibbs breezed out.

Nico felt his heart sink a little. No getting out of this mess.

And there was definitely not a light at the end of the tunnel.

But her ring would be the first clue toward answers if it was missing.

"You coming?"

Nico sighed and hurried out the door after Gibbs.

It was going to be a long month.