Ziva handed Lauren a few items of clothes. Luckily, Ziva had a pair of jeans sitting in her locker from earlier. They still had the stain of coffee that Tony had spilled on her, but she only wore them for about an hour before it happened. Abby had a black long sleeved shirt in her locker. It was Abby called her more conservative look due to the fact it just had a giant skull and a few stripes across the front and back.
"Well, I think it will do. Luckily you got something that matches. You can just roll the sleeves up if you get hot. You know, you look pretty good. You should try a little Goth gear every once in a while Lauren." Abby said. Lauren and Ziva stood there and gave her a weird look. "I was just a suggestion. An idea."
"Well, thanks you guys for lending me some clothes. I can't believe they went to my storage locker and cleaned out everything. I was going to move everything into my new apartment this weekend. Oh, I hope I get my stuff back." Lauren said.
"Don't stress out. We should be able to get everything back. We should be able to track then down soon enough. I mean, if we were able to find his real name and locate a couple of his aliases, we'll be able to find him where ever he goes." Ziva said. Abby locked her locker and started to straighten her hair in the mirror.
"So Ziva, Tony did good today." She said. She fiddled with her eyes in the mirror and tried not to let Ziva know she was looking at her reflection.
"You mean by leaving Gibbs and I at a crime scene and going against a medical professional's advice, I guess he did a spectacular job." Ziva said and started rummaging through her locker. Abby and Lauren could tell that he was trying to avoid the subject but Lauren wasn't about to let it go.
"You can't be too hard on Tony. I mean, that could ruin a potential relationship." she said. Abby stopped fixing her eye makeup and turned to Lauren. She gave her a big smile and told her to keep going.
"I don't see any potential relationship in Tony and my futures. The only thing I see in our future is work." she said and threw a few things away in the nearby trash can. She didn't want to look at the girls, for she knew they could tell what she was thinking from the expressions on her face.
"You don't see anything? I mean, I think you like him." Lauren said and hopped up on one of the counters. Ziva sighed and put down a notebook she was holding. She slowly spun around with an evil look on her face.
"I don't like Tony." she said. She had a defiant and assertive stance, but both women could see the lies in her eye.
"See Ziva, I think you are lying." Abby said. She twirled her black hair around her finger and tried to emulate Ziva's posture.
"I wouldn't talk Abby, I believe you like McGee." she said. Lauren watched the exchange from the counter in amusement.
"I don't know what you're talking about. McGee and I are friends and coworkers. There is nothing going on between us." Abby said.
"See, now you're lying." Ziva said.
"This is better then a chick flick." Lauren said. Both Ziva and Abby paused and looked at her. Lauren stopped smiling and slid off the counter. "Sorry, it's just, it was amusing." Ziva walked to the door, not looking happy at all.
"We better go; Tony is probably waiting for us." Ziva said and left the locker room.
"I didn't mean to strike a chord." Lauren said.
"Don't worry about it. She bounces back pretty quickly. She'll make some witty comment about something you said and feel better. I just wouldn't talk about Tony anymore. Come on, let's see what movies Tony found in the storage room." Abby said. She grabbed Lauren's hand and dragged her out the door.
Tony walked into the lounge to find Abby and Lauren sitting together while Ziva was sitting across the room. He sensed the tension in the air but just brushed it off as Ziva's defense tactics.
"Okay, lets see. I got two movies about sisterhoods. One is about a pair of traveling pants and another is about something called ya-ya's. I have no idea what these are about but the traveling pants one sounds dirty." Tony said and tossed the movie on the couch next to Abby. Lauren grabbed the movies and popped one in.
"Wait, Tony. These are chick flicks. You couldn't find something else." She said.
"Sorry Ziva. That was it. The only thing there was NCIS training video. I doubt that Lauren wants to know how to take down criminals with your thumb." he said.
"I better not get any gray hairs from this." Ziva said.
"Actually, that training video sounds like fun." she said. Ziva shifted in her seat and pointed to Tony to go get the video.
"Sorry Lauren. I promised your doctor you would just relax. If he find outs you were trying to kill someone with your thumb, he might inject me with something and I'd wake up a few years later." he said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about the whole head trauma thing. Maybe next time Ziva. You could show me some moves." Lauren said and did a little karate hand chop.
"Well I'd love to. But in all sincerity, I hope I never see you again in this situation." she said and sat back on the lumpy sofa.
"See you later ladies. I'll keep you guys updated if anything comes in on the BOLO. Abby, nothing was found at the suspect's house or her storage locker. You're good for about, I say, half an hour before Gibbs comes searching for you." he said.
"Thanks Tony." she said and Tony shut the door behind.
"McGee, anything on the BOLO?" Tony asked.
"There might be something boss. Local PD spotted a car leaving the storage locker. It was an old Cadillac. They got the plates and are keeping a lookout. Also, I put the images of all three suspects that Ziva got from the mall footage on the BOLO. I'll check to see if anything has come up on facial yet." he said and tapped away on his keyboard.
"These guys have to have some record. I mean, they're loan sharks. Even my bookie has a record." Tony said.
"Well then, how can you trust him Tony? I don't even trust my mailman since he has a record." Gibbs said as he walked into the group of desks.
"Well, sometimes boss, you have to trust someone." Tony said.
"I do trust someone, Tony. I trust my bookie. BOLO and facial update, now!" he said. McGee's computer beeped a few times and he got an excited look on his face.
"We got a facial on all three men. Names are Pauly DiMarco, Michael Little, and Jonny Oscar. There record shows money laundering and other petty money crimes. We got addresses on all three and aliases. Our credit card shopper was Michael Little. He owns the Cadillac. Seems like Jonny Oscar is the ring leader. We also have a bar which is credited as being their place of business." McGee said. He grabbed a few printouts and handed them over to Gibbs.
"Okay, Tony grab Ziva and tell Abby to stay with Lauren. You three are coming with me. I'm gonna send Tony, then Ziva into the bar while McGee and me are going to enter later and observe from a table in the bar." Gibbs said.