"Another case of after-sleep fatigue." Gibbs remarked to himself, as he peered through the rear view mirror at Tony and McGee, snoring away in the backseat. In the passenger seat next to him, Ziva's eyes were half open as she, too, fought to stay awake.
"Go ahead and sleep, Ziva." He said, almost kindly, and he watched as Ziva doze off, back into her dream land. His eyes darted back to the road as he drove in silence, for once.
The two in the backseat gasped awake, as the car swerved to the right, and it seemed as though the car was only on two wheels. Gibbs smirked to himself, as he peeked at the wide eyes. Not surprisingly, Ziva was still fast asleep. Tony reached over to poke her.
"Ow!" he howled, as Ziva grabbed his arm and twisted it, eyes still closed.
"Tony." She said, still not opening her eyes. "Don't. You. Dare." She released Tony's arm, which he pulled back, examining his wrist.
"Vicious." He quipped, as Gibbs pulled into a parking lot. Her eyes flew open, and gave him an icy stare with her big brown eyes. His smile wavered a bit, but still remained. Gibbs had climbed out of the driver's seat, and poked his head in again.
"DiNozzo!" he said. Tony looked at him.
"Huh? Oh, right boss." He replied, jumping out of the car. "On your six, boss." Ziva and McGee hopped out of the car too, relieved that Gibbs had not arrowed them. The NCIS Medical Examiner van pulled up next to them.
"Agent McGee!" Palmer called, as he climbed out of the van. McGee stopped, as did the others, and turned. Palmer was holding up a small black, flat pack. "You dropped a camera battery yesterday."
"Thanks." McGee murmured, as he took the battery from Palmer. Ziva smiled, while Gibbs gave McGee a withering stare.
"Why were you in the M.E van yesterday?" Ziva asked, as McGee joined them, and continued down the path, flashing their badges at security.
"Don't ask." McGee groaned. " It's a long story." A lady approached them.
"Agent Gibbs?" she asked. Gibbs nodded. "I'm Lieutenant Colonel Worth. We spoke on the phone?" the lieutenant's blonde hair was neatly bunned up, and her dark eyes peered at each of the agents, studying them carefully.
Holly Worth nearly laughed. This was NCIS? Agent Gibbs she could believe, he was definitely the boss, but the others? Not so much, except maybe the exotic girl, but the other two men? Hardly.
She studied the first of the men. The one with the dark hair and the green eyes. One side of his hair was flat, as though he had been leaning on something. His left cheek was slightly red, not from blushing, and was in the shape of a seat belt. Slept in the car. She guessed.
The next guy, dark hair and blue eyes, was trying to stop himself from yawning. One side of his hair was also flat, and his right cheek was pinkish too, but unlike the first guy's, his was not in the shape of a seat belt. Another car sleeper.
Beside him was the exotic girl, all dark hair and eyes, perfectly fit, and did not look tired, just a few minor hints here and there. Holly looked at her clothes. They were interesting, for lack of better words. Her eyes spotted the Star of David necklace around her neck. Israeli. She thought.
"And your team?" she said instead.
"Agents DiNozzo, McGee and David." He replied, gesturing to each of the agents. Holly nodded. DiNozzo. He's Italian.
"This way, please." She said, and led the team to an office, the crime scene. It was a small desk, and a dead body was slumped over it, a bottle of pills spilled by his right hand.
"Thank you. Agent David will interview you in the hall shortly." Gibbs said, and the lieutenant left. "Ziva. Go." Ziva nodded, and left too. Gibbs turned, to face DiNozzo and McGee, and gave them the look they knew so well.
"On it, boss." Tony said, and he and McGee moved off, ever so obediently. DiNozzo looked at McGee thoughtfully. "You know what…" McGee looked at him with the same thoughtful look.
"He's not mad with us." He said.
"Should I be happy or scared at this?" Tony asked.
"I have no idea. But what I know is that he'll be mad if we don't start working." McGee said, bending down. Tony thought about it for a moment.
"Good point." He said, bending down, latex gloves on their hands.
A/N I realized that I haven't updated for a long time (I thought it's only been two days but I see that I'm wrong). Thank you for everyone who reviewed, and thank you if you're reading this, it means so much!:) I'll be uploading a few more chapters at one go to make up..so click next chapter!
-Eliza:)