The
Devil in Miss Todd
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Chapter 1:
All Dressed Up…
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Kate stood looking into a mirror; she was wearing a very tight black dress, showing quite a bit of cleavage. She pushed her breasts together and held them there, then moves her hands apart.
(Stay put, damn you!)…She thought to herself…she reaches into her the dress, tugging up on breasts, placing them higher…"There."…She turned left, the right, looking at her chest from multiple views.
Ziva walked into the ladies room…"Taking out the ladies, yes?"
Kate leaned forward, putting lipstick on…"First undercover case I've had in at least a year."
"Are you sure you don't want me to do this one?"
Kate turned to Ziva, who was looking up, leaning towards the mirror…checking inside her nose.
"What are you doing?"
"I hate nose hairs!"
"Umm, okay."…Kate turned back to the mirror…"Is Tony ready?"
"Tony?"
"Umm, yeah…we're going undercover, remember?"
Ziva chuckles…she moves behind Kate, she undoes the bow around her neck and tightens it…"Better."…She moved out quickly, the sound of her cargo pants sliding against the doorway made Kate turn.
"Why did she chuckle?"…She puckered her red lips and blew a kiss towards the mirror; she turned her head, checking her hair, it was done up in a French twist…"Perfect."…She grabbed her little black purse from the counter with her left hand and walked out of the bathroom; she played with her diamond bracelet, spinning it around.
"I'm ready to go, Gib..."...She stops mid sentence…Tony whistled.
"Heh. Lookin' good, Kate."…Tony grinned while sitting at his desk.
"What the hell is this…why are you wearing a tuxedo, Tim?"…She stopped…"No, wait…it was supposed to be Tony…Gibbs?!"
"Why does it matter, Kate?"
"But…but…Gibbs?!"
"He won't Mcbite, Kate."…Tony smiled as he got up…"Will ya, Probie?"
Tony walked over to Kate…"You do look simply amazing."…He growled…"And you're umm, heh. Very nice."…He leaned down and whispered in her ear…"Ziva is jealous."…He slowly walked away.
(Of me?)…She thought to herself, she smiled…McGee was looking at her.
"Are you looking at my breasts, Tim?!"
"It's hard not too, Kate."
"Tony!"
"What? They're….just right THERE."
"Tony!"
"Heh."
Kate frowned…she was upset, she was wearing that dress especially for Tony, but now, it was for nothing.
Gibbs walked over to Kate and handed her a card…"This is your invitation to the party."
Kate tucked her purse under her arm and opened it…"Patrick and Maggie Johnson? What kind of party is this anyway, Gibbs?"
"Adult."
"Free open bar, Kate!"…Tony grinned…"Don't let Timmy drink too much."…As he patted the top of McGee's head.
"Hey, I just combed my hair, Tony."
"Really? I didn't notice. Hmm, anyway...you're supposed to be someone important, slick your hair back, Probie!"
"And how am I supposed to do that?"…Tony opens McGee's desk drawer, he starts looking through it…he pulls out a jar of Vaseline…"Ummm, Pro-bie, want to tell us something?"
"Hey, that's not mine!"
"It was in your desk."
"You put it there."
"Why would I put Vaseline in your desk?"
"Because you're an ass?"
"Hey! It has your name on it, McGee!"
"Fine, I get chapped lips."
"We all do, McGee, but normal people buy chapstick."
"It's cheaper, Tony…why buy small tubes when you can buy a large one for about the same price?"
"Umm, because you look like a total douche bag pulling a giant tub of Vaseline out?"
McGee laughs opening up another drawer, he pulls out a smaller jar of Vaseline…"See, a smaller travel sized one."
"It's a miracle you get any sleep at night, McGee…with all the action you must get."
"I do okay."
"Tell 'im, Ziva."
"Tony, I need to talk to you."
Tony stopped and looked at Ziva…"Something wrong?"
Ziva stood from her desk and moved towards the elevator…Kate watches as Tony followed her in, the doors closed.
Kate sighed.
"Something wrong, Kate?"
"No, McGee…let's go."…They walked towards the opposite elevator.
Gibbs moved to the elevator and pounded on it…"MTAC…5 minutes!"…Gibbs moved up the stairs.
Ziva stood with her arms crossed…"Tony."
"What's up?"
"It's been almost a month…have you chose…yet?!"
"I told you this morning…no."
"Maybe I will go have sex with McGee, yes?"
"I didn't know you were turned on by Vaseline."
"Stop it!"…She punches him in the arm.
"Ow."…Tony rubbed his arm.
"I didn't hit you that hard…quit being a baby."
Ziva started to rub his arm…"Is it Kate? No, no…that ATF kalba."
"Davenport? Heh. Naw, she's…too easy. I'll pass."
"Too easy? I'll pass?"…She shook her head.
"I know, it's weird coming from me, huh?"
Ziva slaps him in the face…"Snap out of it!"
"Okay, that did hurt."…He rubbed his face.
"Good!"
"Why are you hitting me anyway?"
"I'm sorry."…She moved her hand to his face and gently rubbed it…"You need to shave."
"Don't like the Han Solo scruffy look?"
"What did I just say?"
"Not sure, I'm having short term memory loss from all the slaps."
She slaps him again…"Remember now?"
"I need to shave!"
She grinned…"I miss you, Tony."…She rubbed his face again, she leaned in placing her face on his chest, she gently rubbed it along his tie.
"I'm not ready, Ziva."
She leaned back…"What do I have to do to prove myself to you?"
Tony flipped the emergency switch and the doors started to open…"Don't run away."…Tony stepped out of the elevator.
Tony moved up the stairs…Ziva stepped out of the elevator…"I'm trying, Tony."…She said under her breath.
Tony leaned over the railing…"You coming, slow poke?"
Ziva moved up the stairs quickly, moving to the door…Tony pressed his eye to the retinal scanner…"Abracadabra!"…the door pops open…"Heh!"
Ziva walks in shaking her head, Tony followed her…"Oh, come on, Zee-vah…you don't like magic?"
"I love magic; you can pull that answer I want out of your ass, yes?"
"You two, knock it off."…Gibbs said as he lowered his coffee cup…putting on his headset.
Kate was on the big screen…Tim looked at her through a pair of sunglasses.
"Hey! They get a limo, Boss?"…As Tony and Ziva moved to the front seats and sat down.
"I know a few things we could do in that limo, Tony."
"David?"
"Yes, Gibbs?"
"Shut up."
"Shutting up, Boss."
Gibbs looked back…"I said David, not DiNozzo."
"Heh. Sorry, force of habit."…Ziva glanced at him, giving him a smile.
"Why didn't you do this assignment again, Tony?"…Ziva asked.
"McGee's a good agent…he just needs experience."
"Did hell freeze over while I wasn't looking, DiNozzo?"
"You're not gonna be boss forever, Boss."
"You saying I'm getting old?"
"Uh, no, not at all…you're…middle aged…uh, crap…shutting up, Boss…again."
"Good idea."…Gibbs said, then took a drink of his coffee…he lowered his cup…"Sit-rep, go."
McGee looked out the window…seeing a large gate, it started to open…"I think we're almost there, Boss."
"What is this party about anyways, Gibbs?"
"McGee, open the envelope I gave you."
McGee opens the envelope…pulling out a photo of a very attractive couple, both caucasian; the woman has long red hair and green eyes, the man has burred haircut, a scar over his right eye and dark blue eyes.
"Mr. and Mrs. Caspian; Jeffrey and Amanda."
"Who are they?"…Kate asked.
"He works at the pentagon…Intel has told us he'll be trying to pass along classified documents at the party."
"What kind of Intel, Boss?"
"Classified, McGee."
"Any idea at all who he's meeting? Is she part of it?"
"No and that is to be determined."
The limo comes to a stop, the door opens…a hand reaches in…"Thank you."…Kate said as the man in a red coat helps her out of the car. McGee scoots over and gets out…he walks ahead of her down a flowered path. He stops at the steps to the front door; he turned and waited for her.
"McGee! She's supposed to be your wife…go get her!"…Gibbs ordered.
"All dressed up…"…She sighed…(and no Tony)…She thought to herself.
McGee gritted his teeth, moving quickly back to Kate…"Sorry, dear."
Kate hooked his arm with hers as they walked towards the door…a man stood on top of the stairs…"Name, please?"
"Johnson's…Patrick and Maggie."…Kate said, holding out the invitation.
The man looked at his sheet…"Aww, yes…go right on in."…The man opened the door as they walked inside."
The mood and atmosphere changed immediately as they walked in…the place was dimly lit…couples were speaking with each other, no huge groups.
A black couple walked up to them…"Hey, there…I'm Bernard and my wife, Alicia."…They shook each other's hands…"This is our party, welcome…welcome…we'll definitely keep our eyes on you."…The man smiled, looking at Kate's breasts…they then walked away.
Kate turned and looked at the man…McGee leaned into Kate…"Was that creepy or was it just me?"
"Very creepy…I have to go to the bathroom, Patrick."…Kate said, grabbing McGee and pulling him towards a waiter…"Bathroom?"
The waiter pointed…they walked towards the door, Kate opened it…two sets of couples were making out inside.
"Oh, I'm sorry!"…Kate said, quickly closing it…"What in the hell have you gotten us into, Gibbs?"
"How the hell would I know, Kate?"
"Ask DiNozzo."
Gibbs looked back.
"Why me?"
Gibbs glared at Tony.
"Swingers, Boss."
"Did he say swingers?"…Kate questioned.
"Affirmative, Kate."…Gibbs replied.
"This is great, the one time Tony doesn't go undercover; it's something he's an expert in!"
"How am I expert in swingers?"
Ziva turned to Tony…"I have no clue, Special Agent Manwhore."
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Chapter
2: Heh. Boobs!
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Gibbs cell phone rang…he takes it out of his jacket pocket and looks down at it, then put it back. He takes off the headset…"DiNozzo, take over."
"Boss?"
"Ziva, you're with me."
Ziva stood quickly…"Me? Why?"…Gibbs walks up the stairs handing the headset to Tony.
He reaches the door…"Move your ass, David!"
She runs up the stairs, skipping every other step reaching Gibbs.
Tony placed on the headset and moved to the middle of MTAC…"Nothing to fear, DiNozzo is here!"…Tony chuckled.
"We're SO screwed, Tim."
"It's Patrick."
"Whatever."
Kate sat, holding her face in her hands, shaking it slowly. McGee stood over her trying to get her to comply…"Come on, please."…McGee turned his head quickly, then back to Kate.
"McGee, turn your head back."…Tony spoke.
"Why?"
"Slap yourself, McGee."
"What?"
"Twice."
McGee slaps himself twice in the back of the head.
"Good, now turn your head."…McGee turns his head, looking at a woman.
"Jeez…look at girls on your own time."…He looks back at Kate.
Kate lifted her head…"What?"
"McGee if you don't look back at that woman, I'm gonna have Kate shoot you."
McGee turned his head and looked back at the woman's chest…"Now what?"…He said with disgust in his voice.
"Her face, Probie."
"Oh."…McGee's eyes slid up her body…"Hey, that's her. Amanda Caspian!"
The woman turned and looked at McGee.
Tony shook his head…"Smooth move, X-lax."
McGee gritted his teeth as Kate stood looking at McGee…"Do something…"
Kate moved her hand to her ear…"His name is Patrick, Kate."…Tony spoke.
"Patrick."
"John, turn off Kate's earwig."
A man wearing a headset sitting at a control desk turned to Tony…"What?"
"Turn it off."
The man presses a button and gives him a thumb's up.
"McGee, listen to me."…As the redheaded woman got closer…"Don't say anything…turn, take Kate into your arms and kiss her."
"Huh?"
"Don't think about it…kiss her."
McGee turns, he steps forward taking Kate into his arms...he looks at her, Kate looks back at him…"What are you…"
"Now, Probie!"
McGee kisses her.
"Dip her, McGee…come on, Probie…put your hand behind her neck…support it."
McGee dips her; putting his right hand on the back of her neck…he kisses her passionately.
"That's it, McGee…that's it."
He continues to kiss her; the redhead woman stood watching them.
"That's enough, Probie."…McGee doesn't stop…the woman coughed.
"Let her breathe, McMack Daddy!"
McGee stands Kate up; pulling away from her…he turns to the redhead woman.
"Did you say my name?"
McGee started to stutter.
"Repeat after me, Probie…Yes, everyone is talking about the gorgeous redhead at the party."
McGee quickly repeats it…"Yes, of course…everyone has heard about the gorgeous redhead at the party."
The woman smiled…she turned…"Honey, come and meet the…"...She turned back as her husband walked over.
"The Johnson's."…McGee extended his hand towards him…"Patrick."…Kate nudged McGee…"Oh…this is my wife, Maggie."
Jeffrey Caspian shook his hand, then took Kate's hand in his and kissed it…"You look absolutely smashing."
Kate giggled…"Thank you."
"Probie, kiss the woman's hand."…McGee grabbed Amanda's hand and started to kiss it, numerous times.
"That's enough…I said kiss it, not wash it."
McGee pulls away…the woman looked down at her hand and chuckled…"Would you two like to get a drink?"
Kate smiled…"Lead on."…The Caspian's turned and walked towards the bar; Kate quickly elbows McGee in the stomach as she moves close to him.
McGee grunts…"What was that for?"…He said quietly.
"You put your tongue in my mouth."…She shuddered, shaking her head.
"Heh. Way to go, Probie."…Tony paused…"Turn Kate's earwig back on, John."
"Done."
Kate turned and looked at McGee as he was looking at her breasts…"Are you looking at my breasts again?"
McGee quickly looks straight ahead.
Tony sat in the chair…"You're undercover, Kate…remember that."
Kate shook her head…"You're getting as bad as DiNozzo."
"Hey, don't say that."…McGee replied…"That's mean."
"Hey, I am here, ya know?!"…Tony raised his voice…"Heh. They do look good, though, Kate."
Kate smiled…McGee looked at her, giving her an odd look.
"Oh hush."…She glared at him for a second, then walked ahead, moving to the bar.
"What can I get for you two?"…Jeffrey Caspian asked.
"Cosmopolitan for me…give him a jack and coke."…Kate replied.
"Good man, I'll have the same and my wife will have an Appletini."
The man smiled, looking at Kate…"I love your eyes."
Kate blushed…the bartender handed Kate her drink, she took a drink of it.
Amanda Caspian moved to Kate's ear and whispered…"And I love your boobs."…Kate nearly spits all of her drink out, she sits the glass on the bar…Amanda pats her on the back…"You okay?"
Kate tries to compose herself.
Tony grinned…"Things are looking up, McGee… ménage a trios?"
Kate looks at McGee and firmly and without hesitation shakes her head no.
"Heh. Guess not."
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Gibbs and Ziva walked into Director Shepard's office.
"Ziva David?"…Jenny said as she sat at her desk…"The SecNav wants you to take a lie detector test before I fully re-instate you in NCIS as Special Agent…do you understand?"
"Yes, Director."
"And you know you no longer work for Mossad?"
"That is correct."
"Good."
"The lie detector?"
Jenny hands her a bowl of cereal.
"Eat it."
Ziva takes a bite.
"Spit it out."
Ziva spits the cereal back into the bowl.
"You passed."
"Director?"
"Special Agent Gibbs…if you would."
Gibbs puts his hand on Ziva's back and guides her out the door…Ziva turned looking back, he closes the door…he moves back to Jenny's desk.
"You sure you're okay with this, Jethro?"
"Yeah, she's proven herself, Jenny."
"She's all yours, Jethro."
Gibbs walks to the door, opening it…Ziva remained standing by it.
Gibbs walks past her…he stops…"You coming, Special Agent David?"
Ziva walks behind him…"What was with the cereal?"
"It was rice."
"So?"
"If you were lying, you couldn't have spit it out."
Ziva stopped and looked perplexed…she thought to herself…"Oh…I wouldn't have been able spit if I was lying, yes?"…She looked around…"Gibbs? Gibbs?"…She ran onto the balcony, Gibbs stood in the MTAC doorway.
"You coming or not?"
Ziva moved quickly, walking through the door…Gibbs walked down the stairs, slapping Tony on the back of the head.
"Eeeeeeek!"….Tony turned his head as Gibbs slid the headset off Tony…"Boss?"
"I'm sure you deserved it, DiNozzo."
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Chapter
3: Murder?
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Tony rubbed the back of his head; Ziva moved next to him and sat down.
Amanda Caspian moved over to McGee…she slid off his sunglasses, collapsing them and hooking them on McGee's pocket.
Gibbs, Tony and Ziva all turned their heads to the side watching as Amanda moved into McGee, the camera went black against her black dress.
Kate gasped…"He's kissing her."
Jeffrey Caspian moved to Kate…"Yes and I'd love to kiss you."…He leaned in trying to kiss her.
"You're undercover, Agent Todd."…Gibbs reminded her.
Kate pulled away.
"Imagine it's DiNozzo."
"Huh?"…Ziva said, lifting her head back to normal.
Kate closes her eyes; she moved back in, kissing the man…she pulled away…"Ooh, Tony."…She said gasping.
"Tony?"…Jeffrey Caspian said looking confused.
Ziva looked at Tony.
Tony lifted his hands in a defensive manner…"Don't look at me, Gibbs said it."
An odd sound filled the room…"What the hell is that, Gibbs?"…Ziva said dumbfounded.
"Heh."
Ziva once again looked at Tony…"What?"
"Probie is becoming…"
"What, Tony?!"
"A man."…
Kate quickly opens her eyes…she was about to say something, but noticed McGee and Mrs. Caspian still making out. They both turned and watched them make out.
"See, they're having fun."…Jeffrey smiled…"Oh, I know…you're the shy type, hmm? You know they have rooms here to so people can get to know one another…more privately. Care to join me?"
Kate gritted her teeth…"I dunno."
"I don't bite…unless you want me, too."…He smiled.
Kate looked back at McGee; he was still making out with Amanda…"I guess it would be okay."
"Great."…He stood, taking her hand in his…"Right this way."…He guided her up a flight of stairs; he turned into an open room. Kate followed him into the room and he closed the door behind them.
"Kate, you're blind…I repeat, you are blind…McGee, go to Kate."
The view from the screen turned upright as Tony and Gibbs moved their heads back to their normal positions…"McGee, go to Kate…NOW!"
McGee pulled away from Amanda…"What is it?"…As she tried to kiss him again.
"Just wondering where my wife went."
Amanda smiled, she leaned back into him stealing a kiss…she grabbed his hand…"Grab your drink, we'll join them."
McGee grabbed his drink and took a drink as she pulled him up the stairs.
Amanda knocked on the door…"You in there, baby?"
"How do you know they're in there?"…McGee slid his sunglasses back on.
She looked back at McGee…"This is our room."…She turned the doorknob and walked in…she let out a scream, Jeffrey Caspian lied on the floor, Kate knelt over him, blood was all over her stomach and chest…Amanda continued to scream.
McGee moved to Kate…"Are you okay, Kate?!"…Kate looked up and stared into the McGee's sunglasses.
Tony and Ziva stood…Ziva looked at Tony…"Kate killed someone?"
Tony stared at the screen…"No way, this is Kate."
"Things happen Tony…never presume."
"Kate…"…Tony quickly moved towards the exit.
"DiNozzo."…Gibbs turned, but Tony was already out the door.
"Go with him, Ziva."
Kate continued to stare at McGee…he knelt on one knee…"Talk to me, Kate."
"You killed him!"…Amanda sobbed as McGee grabbed her and kept her away from Kate and the body of her husband.
Kate turned to her…"No…no, I didn't!"…Kate looked at her bloody hands…"Did I?"…She said softly.
"What the hell happened, McGee?!"
"I honestly have no clue, Boss."…McGee looked down at the man; blood soaked the white carpet under him.
"Kate!"…Gibbs yelled…"Kate!"
Kate popped her earwig out.
"Shit, McGee…get her away from the body."
"Kate, Gibbs wants you…"…McGee reached for her.
"I don't care what Gibbs wants…I killed this man."
"Damn it, McGee!"
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Chapter
4: Women Trouble
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The car stops suddenly, Tony hops out of the driver's side and runs into the house, holding up his badge.
"Wait, Tony."...Ziva yelled as she got stuck behind a couple paramedics.
She dodged the men and swiftly moved to the door.
Kate's head was down...her hands were behind her back, a cop was cuffing her..."What the hell is she doing in cuffs?!"...Tony yelled.
"She confessed, Sir."...A police officer said.
"The hell she did...take those damn cuffs off!"
Kate raised her head..."It's okay, Tony...he's just doing his job."
"Bullshit, I'll take her."
"I can't do that, Sir."
Tony pointed to the dead man on the floor…"That man works for the SecNav."...Tony pulls out his badge..."NCIS, my jurisdiction."
Tony moved to her…"NO, TONY!"...Kate yelled.
Ziva walked into the room, she stood about 10 feet from them.
Tony put his hand on Kate's head, pulling it towards him…he whispers in her ear for only 10 seconds, but it seemed like an eternity for both Kate and Ziva.
Kate closed her eyes, tears escaped down her cheek.
Ziva swallowed hard, not knowing what was going on, she took a step forward, but stop…she was uncertain what to do.
Tony pulled away, kissing Kate on the cheek…Tony moved behind her, taking off her cuffs…he handed them back to the police officer…he moved in front of her…"McGee, take her NCIS…put her in interrogation #1."…Tony cuffed her hands in front of her.
"Tony?"
Tony moved to McGee…"Have Ducky look at her, then collect her dress and items, but…she doesn't make any kind of statement, period…do you understand, Tim?"
McGee nodded.
"Go."
"Come on, Kate."…McGee said as he moved to Kate, putting his hand on her shoulder, guiding her out the door. They moved past Ziva, as she stepped out of the way.
She moved over to Tony…"You okay?"
Tony stared at the dead man.
"Tony?"…Ziva repeated, putting her hand on his arm.
Tony slightly turned his head…"Hmm."
Ziva caressed his arm…"You okay?"
Tony squatted, Ziva moved closer to him…her hand moved to his back, still rubbing it.
"Tony…"
Tony shook his head…"Kate didn't do this."
"She confessed, Tony."
"No."
"We don't know what happened in here, he could've tried to rape her and she was just defended herself."
"Then she would've said that."
"Maybe she's in shock."
"Ice water runs through Kate's veins."
"Her mind was on you, she should've never went on this assignment."
Tony stood, he turned to her…"What are you talking about?"
"She loves you, Tony…for God sake; she moaned your name while kissing the guy."
"Coincidence."
"I thought we didn't believe in coincidences?"
"No, Gibbs doesn't believe in coincidences."
"Do you still love her?"
"What?"
"You do, don't you?"…She raised her voice.
"Of course, I love her."
Ziva lowered her head and walked out the door.
"Ziva…wait."…Tony pleaded, but Ziva didn't
stop.
"She's the mother of my daughter…of course I love
her."…He quietly said to himself.
"Aww, Anthony."…Ducky said as he entered the room, Palmer was right behind him…"Caitlin is not injured, she's in perfect health…physically…oh, Timothy scraped under her fingernails, no trace."
Tony sighed.
Ducky moved to Tony…"Are you alright, my boy? Ziva left rather hastily."
Tony squatted, looking back at Jeffrey Caspian's body.
Ducky patted Tony's shoulder; then knelt next to the body…"Hmm."
"Wait, Ducky."
He looked at Tony…"What is it?"
"Palmer, got your camera?"
"Yes, right here, Tony."
Palmer extends the camera; Tony takes it and starts snapping photos.
Tony sighed once again as he snapped his last photo…"Go ahead, Duck."
Ducky started examining the body…he turns the man onto his back, his face is completely covered in blood; he has a cut on his forehead…deep dark red blankets his face. He opens his lips, blood is splattered along his lips and the along the front of his shirt…" Hemoptysis."
"Ducky."
"Hmmm?"
"Not a doctor."
"I need to check Caitlin's clothes for the blood pattern."
"Ducky!"
"Oh, my apologizes, Tony…he coughed up blood."
"What about his head injury?"
"Superficial…looks like he hit his head on the edge of the dress."…Ducky pointed to the dresser.
"Yeah, already got a photo of it, Ducky…does that prove Kate didn't do it? Please tell me that's something she couldn't have done to him."
"Well…there are many reasons a person would have hemoptysis: from chest trauma, smoking, to a common infection."…Ducky pauses…"I'll know more when I open him up, Anthony."…Ducky pats his hand…"Mr. Palmer?"
"I'll get the gurney, doctor."…Palmer turned and moved out the door.
A police officer walked in…"We're still holding an Amanda Caspian."
Tony rose…"I'll take care of it."…As he moved past him, out the door.
Tony moved out the house, he takes a few breath…Ziva sat on the hood of the car…he moved to her…"Ziva."
She turned her head, getting off the hood…she opened the passenger door and got in.
Ziva sat looking at Tony as he went to the police cruiser ahead of them talking to a police officer…he then moved back and got in the car.
"Ziva."
"I don't want to talk about it."
He turned to her.
Ziva was crying.
Tony sighed in frustration…"Don't cry."
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"What did I do, huh?"
"You know what you did, Tony!"
"Is this about Kate?!"
Ziva turns slapping him…she quickly gets out of the car.
Tony gets out of the car…"Where are you going?"
"Yeah, go ahead Ziva…run away…again."
She turns…"Lech tiezdayen, Tony!"
"Fuck me? Fuck me?!"...She continued to walk away…Tony slams the car door, going after her.
Ziva sat on a bench, her face in her hands…Tony moved in front of her…he sighed then sat next to her…"I love her, Ziva…and I love you."
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Chapter
5: Kiss Me
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Ziva sat at her desk typing very aggressively.
McGee looked up from his desk…"You okay, Ziva?"
Ziva continued to type, not responding.
"Ziva?"…McGee once again asked.
Ziva stood…she moved to McGee.
"Stand up!"
"Huh?"
"Stand up! Now!"
McGee stood…Ziva quickly kisses him…she pulls away and slaps him and returns to her desk.
"What the hell was that for?!"
"Tony's not here…and I need to slap someone."
"And the kiss?"
"For the slap."
"Oh."…He smiled…"Umm."
"No, McGee."
"But…you."
Ziva raised her head and looked at him…"Don't make me regret kissing you."
McGee sat down and lowered his head…"Tony is gonna kill me anyway when he finds out."…He softly said to himself.
"McGee!"…Ziva yelled.
"What did I do now?"…He looked around the squad room quickly.
"Nothing…why?"
"Never mind."
"What does rice have to do with a lie detector test?"
"What?"
"Rice plus lie detector equals…?"
McGee shrugged.
"They give you the snap, crackle, pop lie detector, Z?"…Tony said while walking towards the bullpen.
"McGee, please inform Special Agent DiNozzo that I still am not talking to him, he is still on my hit list."
"She means shit list, Probie…I hope."…Tony grabs a folder from his desk and moves out of the bullpen and moves towards the stairs, he disappears down the hallway.
Ziva sighed, dropping her head on her keyboard…it made a continuous beeping sound.
"Ziva...your keyboard."
Ziva remained with her head down.
McGee shook his head…placing his index fingers in his ears.
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Tony moves into observation…Gibbs stood watching, taking an occasional drink of his coffee.
"Ducky's autopsy report, Boss."…Tony opened up the folder…"Died of asphyxiation, due to drowning."
"Drowning?"
"He drowned in his own blood."
"Tox screen?"
"Tested positive for cocaine. That's one of many things that could've caused the hemoptysis or his coughing up of blood."…Tony turns the page…"His sternum was bruised, like he was shoved in the chest…but Ducky says there's no way Kate would've had the strength to do that and yes, I'm looking into past accidents, etcetera."
Tony turned looking through the mirror, Kate sat with her head down, she was wearing light blue doctor scrubs…"How is she holding up?"
"Not good."
"Can I talk to her?"
Gibbs took a drink of his coffee…"Go ahead, but they're bringing in someone from the Pentagon to run her interrogation."
Tony handed the folder to Gibbs and moved out of observation.
He took three large steps, opening the door…he walked in, Kate turned her head.
"I killed him, didn't I?"
"Shhh, don't start that."
"I hit him, Tony."
"Stop it!"
Kate lowered her head…"I wanted it to be you, he tried to kiss me…I pushed him."
"Kate…you didn't do anything wrong."
"Then why he is dead Tony?!"
"Kate…"…He sighed.
"What Tony?! What?!"
"We both know you couldn't have done this."
"Why? Because I'm not Ziva?! A killer?!"
"That's
not fair, Kate."
"Go back to her, leave me alone."
"Kate…will you stop and listen!"
"I killed him, Tony."…She slowly lowered her head.
"The hell you did!"
Tears fell upon the black top of the table.
Tony moved across from her, putting his fingers under her chin…he slowly lifted her chin…"Look in my eyes, Kate."…They stared into each other's eyes…"Trust me, Kate."
Kate closed her eyes.
"Open your eyes, Kate."
"Kiss me."
Tony leaned down; he gently kissed her on the lips…"Believe in me, Kate."
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Chapter
6: Maybe
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Ziva's keyboard continued to beep. Gibbs walked over to her…"David!"
She didn't move.
Gibbs placed his hand on her pony tail and pulled her head up…"Where the hell is your mind at?!"
"My personal hell."…Ziva replied.
Gibbs lets go of her head, her face slams back into the keyboard.
"Y'ouch!"…McGee said as he looked on.
"McGee, unplug her freakin' thing."
"Thing?...Oh her mouse. On it, Boss!"…McGee stood and moved to Ziva's desk, unplugging the mouse.
Ziva didn't move…McGee squatted in front of her desk.
"No, Tim."
"But I didn't even say anything."
"No."
McGee stood and looked at Ziva…"It's okay, you'll get over me soon. I'm sure of it."…He cracked a smile as he walked back…"I have something to hold over Tony now."…He chuckled, looking back over his shoulder to Ziva.
"Uh, what's that McGee?"
McGee turned around….Tony was standing beside McGee's desk.
"Uh, nothing."…McGee moved to his desk and sat down. Tony moved behind him, placing his hands on his shoulders, applying pressure.
He then taps his shoulder…"HA! I'm sure it would've been funny, McGeek."
"Abby wanted to see me, Boss…if you need me, I'll be down there."…Tony moved to in front of Ziva's desk…"Oh, your mouse is unplugged."…Tony squats, putting it back in…the computer starts to beep again…Tony stands, he pats Ziva on the back…"There you go."…He walked to the elevator, clicks the button and gets in. The doors close.
"McGee!"
"I'm on it, Boss."…McGee tries to stand, but he can't…"What the hell?"…He tries again…he stands, he falls forward, catching himself on his desk.
Gibbs shakes his head…"Problems, Tim?"
"Damn it, Tony!"
Ziva raises her head…the beeping stops…she smiles…"He glued your ass to the seat, yes?"…She laughs.
"It's not funny."…He swung his hips, smashing the chair into his desk.
"It is from here, McGee."…Ziva continued to laugh.
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Tony was on his knees in Abby's lab, he was holding Sophie up, she was on her feet.
Abby sat on her table… "How's Kate holding up?"
"Not good, Abs…not good at all."
Abby slid off the table and knelt next to Tony, placing her hand on Sophia's head lightly stroking it, she then took her from Tony.
Sophia giggled as Abby lifted and kissed her cheeks…"Such a good girl!"
Sophia raised her hand and she started to slip from Abby's grip…she's set and stroking her head again…"I heard a new guy is gonna be interrogating Kate, do you know him?"
"Sorry, Abs, I don't."
Abby leans down and kisses the top of Sophia's head.
"You're a godsend, Abs…watching the kids for ya."
Abby smiles…"You know I love kids…especially yours…you have enough of them."…She lightly chuckled.
"Heh."
Sophia takes a step towards Tony.
"Oh my god…did you see that, Tony?"
"What?"…He looks around the room…"What is it, Abs?"
"She's walking!"
"Umm, yeah…she walked a week ago…didn't Kate tell ya? Uh, I guess not, huh?"
Abby frowns.
"Aww, Abs."…Tony hugs her his with left hand, pulling her close…"I gotta go, pumpkin."…Tony kisses Sophia on the forehead and hands her back to Abby.
He rises and moves to Tony's cradle, he's sleeping…he places his hand on his chest and feels him breathe…"My little man."…He moves his hand to his head…"Heh. Good hair like your daddy."
Tony turns…Abby stood holding Sophia…"I want a baby, Tony."
"Huh? With me?!"
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Chapter
7: Tony's Choice
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Tony sat at his desk, he picks up his mouse and slams it down…"Damn thing!"…He starts typing quickly, he keeps messing up, moving his finger to the delete key…"Ugh, I suck at typing."
Ziva sat forward, her elbows on her desk, her hands holding up her face…she stared at Tony.
Tony moved his head forward, his finger moved to the monitor…he moved it as he read.
Tony quickly stood, moving over to McGee desk, he starts typing…"Come on, come on…search faster!"…Ziva's eyes followed him the entire time.
"Problems, yes?"
Tony turned to Ziva and looked at her, then turned back to the monitor after it beeps.
Tony pounds his fist into the desk…"I knew it!"
"Tony?"
"You're talking to me again?"…As he wrote something down.
Ziva stands up…"You hurt me, Tony."
Tony raises his upper half and turns to Ziva…"No, I didn't."
"How dare you say that!"
Tony moves to Ziva…"It's just the truth, though."…He kisses her on the cheek.
She moves her hand to her cheek where he kissed her as she watched him walk away.
"DiNozzo."
Tony stopped, he looked up at the balcony…Gibbs stood next to the railing.
"Yeah, Boss?"
"Find anything?"
Tony holds up a piece of paper.
"Take Ziva."
Tony turns…Ziva looked at Gibbs.
Tony walked towards the elevator, presses the button…the door opens, he steps in and holds the door…"You coming?"
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Kate sat in interrogation, her head was down. The door open, a large bald clean shaven black man wearing a gray suit walked in.
He moved across from her and sat…he sat his briefcase on the table, he then opened it and took several files out of it, he placed them and a pen in front of him.
He cleared his throat…"I'm Special Agent Calbert Hillard."
She raised her head…"Where's Special Agent Gibbs?"
"I'm running your investigation, not him."
He opened a folder…"Tell me what happened?"
"I kill him."
He looked up…"What?"
"I killed him…I killed him…I killed him!"…Each time getting louder.
"Why did you kill him?!"
"He kissed me."
"And you killed man because he kissed you?"
She lowered her head and started to cry.
"Did he try to rape you?"
Kate didn't response, she started to sob.
"Special Agent Todd…did the man try to rape you?"… He raised his voice.
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The elevator dings…Tony and Ziva walk off.
"McGee, put these on the plasma."…As he tosses McGee a memory card.
McGee drops it, he stand and leans down and picks it up. He was wearing a pair of light blue doctor's scrubs.
"Nice pants by the way, Probie."
McGee stood and looked at Tony…"You owe me 89 dollars."
"For what?"
"My pants."
"Probie, I can go to walmart and buy you a whole new wardrobe for 89 bucks."
"I shop at the Gap, thank you."
"Heh. I'm impressed, McMoney bags…you dress better than Gibbs."
Tony is slapped on the back of the head.
"Eeeeeeeeek! Sorry, Boss."
"What did you find, DiNozzo?"
Tony clicks a button, pictures of a smashed up Mercedes pop on the plasma…"Jeffrey Caspian was in one-car accident last night, Boss…he drove right into a telephone pole."
"Where's the car?"
"Found it in his garage, Gibbs."…He turns to Gibbs…"I'm thinking, he was high…didn't want the cops to find out, so he hides his car in the garage. Abby's going through it in the garage."
"Ducky is looking into, as well."…Ziva spoke up.
"Well, better hurry…the guy from the Pentagon just started interrogating Kate."….Jenny said as she appeared on the balcony.
"What?!"…Everyone looked up as Tony turned and ran…Ziva quickly followed him.
Tony ran up to the door, a man stood in front of it…"Sorry, interrogation underway."
"Let me in, she's innocent."
"I have my orders."
Tony moves into observation.
Kate sat sobbing.
"Special Agent Todd…did the man try to rape you?"… The man yelled.
Tony punches the mirror, making it shakes…he moves back into the hall.
Ziva stood in front of the man…"Move."
"I can't."
"Do not make me raise my voice."…Ziva said raising her voice.
Tony moves to the man…he pushes him out of the way and opens the door.
Calbert Hillard stood up…"What is the meaning of this?!"
Tony looked at Kate crying…"What the hell are you doing?!"
"I'm interrogating this murderer."
"Murderer? What the fuck are you talking about?!"
"She confessed to Jeffrey Caspian's murder."
"Did she sign anything?"
"No, not yet."
"Then fuck you!"
"What did you say to me, boy?!"
"I didn't fuckin' stutter did I?"
Ziva grabs Tony and starts to pull him out of the door…"Easy, Tony. Calm down."
Tony turns to Ziva and grits his teeth, but doesn't say anything…he walks down the hall, he slams his fist into the wall, making a huge hole…he leans his head against it and sighs deeply.
Ziva moves to him, putting her hand on his back and starts rubbing it.
"Don't."
"Tony?"
Tony turns and starts walking away.
"Damn it, Tony! Talk to me!"…She quickly follows him.
Tony turns into the elevator, she slides in with him.
She grabs him and pushing him against the wall…"Talk to me!"
Tony turns his head and looks away.
She grabs his chin and turns it back towards her…"Look at me when I'm yelling at you!"
Tony once again turns his head away.
She turns and flipped the emergency switch…she looks back at Tony and slaps him so hard his head bounces off the side of the wall.
Tony lowers his head.
"Talk to me!"
Tony doesn't response.
She slaps him again…"Damn it, talk to me!"…She slaps him again.
Tony leans his head up, she slaps him three times in succession.
"Are you going to talk to me or do I have to hit you some more?"
Tony didn't respond.
She slaps him again, she pulls her hand away, the left side of his face is so red you can see the imprint of her hand.
"Awww."…She moves her hand to his face, rubbing his beet-red cheek with the back of her fingers. She quickly smacks him with left hand…"I can do this all day, Tony!"
Her hand remains on his face…she sighs and brings her other hand to his face, caressing his cheeks…"Please…talk to me."
Tony remained silent.
Ziva goes to slap him again, but Tony catches her hand, he moves his hand to her throat, lifting and slamming her against the wall. She quickly wraps her legs around his waist, she slaps him, she quickly kisses him…he pulls back, their eyes meet. She lets out a smirk.
He slides his hand into the back of her hair; pulling back on it, she closes her eyes, he kisses her.
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Ducky steps out of the stairwell into the squad room, he wipes his brow…"Jethro?"
"What is it Duck?"…Gibbs said sitting at his desk.
"Hmm, I could've sworn you were in a meeting, the elevator isn't responding."…Ducky shakes his head…"Abigail, are you there."
Abby's face pops up on the plasma…"Here and ready, Sir."
"Abigail, you don't sir me either…if you would, my dear."
Abby types on her computer, a photo of Jeffrey Caspian pops up on screen next to Abby.
"See the circular bruise along his chest?"
"Steering wheel, Ducky?"
"Precisely, Timothy…he was a walking ticking time bomb."
Gibbs turns to Ducky…"He was going to die no matter what?"
"Yes, well…if he didn't get medical attention immediately, that is…his lungs were slowly becoming filled with blood."
"That sounds painful as hell, Ducky…how could he not get medical attention?"
"Indeed, Timothy…but as Abby can tell you, he had a substancal amount of cocaine in his system…he was feeling absolutely nothing when he died."
Gibbs stands moving out of the bullpen…"Probably thought his injuries weren't life threatening and he didn't want to tell the police about his car accident, because of the drugs in his system."
"But what about Kate, Boss?"
"Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs!"
Gibbs stopped…"What is it, Abs?"
"Where are you…I can't see you."
Gibbs moves back in front of the plasma.
"There you are!"
Gibbs just stood there…Abby was silent.
"Abby!"
"Oh…guess what I found in Jeffrey Caspians' car?"
"Abby!"
"A secret compartment, 007 kinda stuff."…She paused…"Huh, where's Tony and his Sean Connery impression?"
"Abby!"
Abby holds up a file marked SecNav. She lowers it, revealing her smile.
"Kate's get out of jail free card."…Gibbs said as walked out of the bullpen…he stops…"Abby?"
"Yeah, Gibbs?"
"Good job…I owe you a kiss."
Abby smiled and grabbed her caf-pow and took a huge drink…she clicks a button and the screen goes blank.
The elevator dings…the door opens, Ziva sat on the floor, her knees to her chest, crying.
Tony was no longer on the elevator.
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"I can go, Gibbs?"
Gibbs nodded…"Ducky ruled it an accidental death and we made a deal…Director Shepard is talking to JAG as we speak."
"But I killed the man…no matter what you say, I'll always no that."
"Yes and you'll have to live with that burden, Kate."…Gibbs took a step back out of interrogation, Tony replaced her…he walked up to her, he hugged her. He whispered into her ear…she closed her eyes. He pulls away, kissing her on the cheek.
Kate swallows hard as Tony turns; Kate opens her eyes and grabs his hand. He turned back to her and smiled.
She lets go of his hand and he walks away, she just stood there…"Wait."…She moved out the door running into McGee, she head butts him in the mouth…"Oh, I'm so sorry, Tim!"
McGee puts his hand over his mouth…he checks his front teeth…"I'm fine."…He mumbled.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
She looked down at his pants…"I know why I'm wearing scrubs, but why are you?"
"Ugh. You don't wanna know."
"Tony, huh? Anyway, gotta go…"…She moved past McGee…the elevator dinged…she moved towards it, she clicks the button, the door opened… "Tony?!"…Ziva remained seated inside.
Kate looked down at her as Ziva looked up…"He chose you."
Ziva stood…"What?"
"He told me, he loved me…but wasn't in love with me."
"No, he didn't."
"I was there, Ziva…he just told me that."
"He couldn't have!"
"And why not?"
Ziva closed her eyes…she took a step towards Kate…their faces were inches apart, she opens her eyes…"He told me the same thing."
"The only people he was in love with were his children."…They said together.
They both sighed…"Tony!!!"