N.B- Italic not bold indicates "flashbacks"
Tony had been searching the bathroom the solitude not helping his aching head he hadn't felt this bad in years, 'if I've caught the damn flu of probie, I'll kill him' he thought , but what he found made him want to vomit on the spot, as the memories came slamming into his brain "it was his second year at Baltimore P.D., when a case landed on his desk that no-one wanted, he hadn't been asked to take the case he had been ordered by Captain John Davis. The case involved 16-20 year olds, all of whom had been missing for a week before bodies turned up, beaten and tortured like a lab experiment, no connection could be established between the victims, it appeared to be random killings, the only physical evidence left were tiny jars filled with the victims blood, and a souvenir for the cops….. a finger too degraded to confirm identity, lab discovered traces of acid, and a note that read
MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU'LL CATCH ME,
DETECTIVE.
Tony mentally slapped himself, and went in search of Gibbs if this was what he thought it to be it was gonna be a long day. Gibbs and Ducky where talking to the detectives when Dinozzo appeared holding the note, finger and jar of blood in different evidence bags, just at that moment detective Johnston entered the room followed by a very pissed off looking Captain Davis "WHAT the hell are you doing here Dinozzo?"
Before Tony could respond Gibbs turned to the Captain "Special Agent Dinozzo works for NCIS, this body happens to be a naval officer!"
"NCIS… Naval Criminal Investigative Service, so you're the people the brass is squawking about! As detective Johnston agreed to, WE get the credit, you make the collar." "Fine by me" quipped Gibbs.
Ducky noted that at the mention of his name Tony had seemed ready to escape the confines of the room 'what happened to you Anthony, why has this Captain Davis got you looking like you'd rather be on one of my autopsy tables right now' pondered Ducky.
The captain was satisfied, he got what he wanted. The captain looked at Tony, at least someone's looking after the kid, it was then that the captain saw the position of the body and the evidence that Tony was holding 'not again' thought the captain 'please not again' and stormed out of the room with a trail of police officers behind him.
Gibbs rounded on Tony "what was that all about?" Tony sighed "I was his golden P.R. boy, when I left the press left" was the only thing he would say on the matter before showing Gibbs the evidence, Gibbs glared at Tony, not believing a word his senior field agent had said "Riiiight Tony any thing else?" he asked sceptically, "nothing boss, everything else was wiped down". "KATE!" he bellowed "uh yeah Gibbs?" "You done?" "Yeah, just about".
Meanwhile the two people in the black four door SUV saw who they wanted, "Pete, it's him, he's back working for NCIS" "Joey, don't screw this up, keep an eye on him, if he gets too close you know what to do" before Joey could answer Pete hung up, Joey was almost hysterical with laughter, "Danny me boy, we just got a green light if he snoops to close" "what's he got against this guy?" "Don't know don't care the moneys good, that all I'm in it for, I don't ask questions."
With that said the pair planned the next scene, they had everything they needed, except a victim, "lets go shopping" chuckled Joey, as they drove into town.
The ride back was just like the ride out everyone lost in thought, Gibbs had a million questions for Tony, but Tony wasn't exactly in a cooperative mood.