Thanks for the reviews, hope the rest keeps ya interested. Plz keep the reviews coming, even if u don't like, say so. Oh don't know if the medical terms are correct either lol.
Nicky
Tony was lost in thought, he had never expected to come back here to this place, after all these years, this was one of the reasons he left it all behind.
They pulled up at the motel, "Kate bag and tag. Dinozzo shoot and sketch". "Yeah Gibbs, on it" came the replies.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING" bellowed a voice out of no where, causing them to stop mid order as a petite brunette came stomping over.
"NCIS, who the hell are you?" demanded Gibbs
"NCI….. what never heard of you!" retorted the brunette, "Naval criminal investigative service" replied Gibbs in his usual no nonsense ex-marine tone, now that's cleared up, who the hell are you!" "Detective Kelly Johnston, primary on the scene and this case" she replied through gritted teeth, "What do NCIS think they are going to do here except screw up MY scene!"
'And the pissing contest begins' thought Tony as he wandered off to the crime scene, even after all these years nothing had changed, Baltimore PD still had no regard for interagency co-operation, neither did Tony for that matter, but he was glad to be away from the bickering of jurisdiction, he started sketching, he knew full well that Gibbs would win, he always did.
"The body is a naval officer, which gives me jurisdiction, if you have a problem speak to your boss!" "Wait one minuet, this crime happened in Baltimore, which makes this case ours, it's just like the feds to come barging in on our investigation when they aren't needed" she retorted.
Ducky had been watching the commotion from the truck, "Ah Jethro will you ever learn to share?" he asked, of course no one answered him Jimmy Palmer was too busy fighting with the gurney. While Ducky was helping Palmer with the gurney he noticed that Tony was absent from the dispute, surely if this was his old patch he could smooth things over, he glanced around the scene looking for him, he finally spotted him standing near the doorway sketching, that's odd thought Ducky.
Tony had enough he had tried to get a look at the scene before the BPD screwed up, he couldn't so he did the next best thing, he was walking over to Gibbs when they heard the screech of tyres and saw a black blur speeding away from the scene, "what the hell" for once unison, "I thought you had the scene secured!" bellowed Gibbs.
"We did that car wasn't here when we arrived" replied the detective. Ducky walked right up to them "why not share the investigation either way who ever did this will be found. Gibbs just glared at the elderly M.E. "Who the hell is this" the detective demanded, "Doctor Donald Mallard" replied Ducky "Medical examiner for NCIS".
The detective had had enough "I'm still not giving you this case until I get authorisation from my Captain!" Tony had reached the group by now, unnoticed by the detective but not by Gibbs, "you'll get your authorisation when the captain shows up, not before then, you want to work this case fine, you can have the credit NCIS make the collar!" demanded Tony causing the detective to turn to face him "great who the hell is this jok…….," words failed her "Det…Detective Dinozzo!" Gibbs was watching now slightly amused as were Kate and Ducky. Tony didn't bother correcting her "Kelly, NCIS are taking this case one way or another, you can work with us or without us your choice" quipped Tony. The detective didn't like her options, "they were right you ain't one of us anymore, fine!" she said and stomped of towards the crowd the get statements.
"I need coffee" grumbled Gibbs as he went in search of Kate and Tony who had vanished as soon as the detective had agreed. What the hell was that about wondered Gibbs. He never expected to see that look of utter surprise on the detectives face let alone the way she treated Tony, he hadn't expected it to be easy, but this was something else. As soon as Tony had given her the options her hard ass attitude faltered, what's going on? He pondered.
"You okay Tony" Kate didn't like the silence that was surrounding them normally Tony had made a dozen comments about the scene and the body, but nothing. Tony sighed "I'm fine Kate" he replied a little harshly than he meant, but he wasn't in the mood for small talk, he wanted to get away from here as quickly as possible.
Kate was surprised at the harsh tone, but she had somehow expected it. "What ya got Kate?" "Erm…. Nothing yet, their seems to be no physical evidence anywhere near the body or in the room, who ever did this had time to clean." Gibbs was not a happy person, no evidence meant no leads, no leads meant a very pissed off and grumpy Gibbs, "find something Todd even if it takes you all night!" he growled and went in search of Dinozzo.
When he eventually found him what he saw made his earlier concerns deepen, his senior field agent was pale, he looked as if he hadn't slept and seemed pre-occupied "DINOZZO, what are you gawking at, you never see a dead body before!?" "uh, yeah boss lots 'maybe too many' he thought I was looking at the drag marks, they lead from the bathroom to the bedroom, it's been staged, this looks like a secondary crime scene".
"Young Anthony is correct Jethro, there's not nearly enough blood here to be the primary scene, it's a dump job."
"Just great" mumbled Gibbs "T.O.D Duck?" "I'd say at least 72 hours ago, full rigor has been and gone and indications of movement due to second levity bruising, I'll know more when we get him home, ah mister Palmer if you please".
"Sure thing Doctor Mallard" replied Palmers timid voice.