The case that bought Kate back.
Gibbs looked up it was almost five and Tony still hadn't arrived. He growled he remembered telling Tony they all had to be in by five to do the paperwork for their last case. Shaking his head he'd give him a few more minutes then he'd call. He looked up as Ziva came down the stairs with Jenny.
"Nice to see some people listen to me any idea where DiNozzo is?" he asked Ziva she shook her head as his phone rang. Mumbling something about killing Tony he answered, then sighed.
"Load up we have a case. McGee call Ducky and tell him to meet us at the grand hotel." McGee nodded and started dialing as Gibbs grumbled about Tony again.
They found their way to crime scene minutes before Ducky the traffic had been some what hectic for five in the morning. "NCIS special agents Gibbs, McGee, David" said Gibbs ducking under the yellow tape.
"Mason FBI, what I can gather is that a guest was walking past back to their room around four this morning when they noticed something in the hall a head of them. They came up to find the Marine laying face down in front of the door. He was obviously trying to get in from the amount of blood on it. We didn't touch the door so the people inside still don't know what's happened." Gibbs nodded.
"McGee photo's, Ziva you sketch" The two agents nodded as Gibbs made his way over to Ducky.
"So Duck what can you tell me?" he asked Ducky looked up and sighed.
"Well this young man was so intoxicated that even if he did find his room, that is to say if this isn't his, he wouldn't have made it in anyway. There's a fracture to the back of the head and slight marks to the neck. I'd say that who ever did this was trying to straggle him but he over powered them and tried to get away. But they hit him over the head with something a vase perhaps. I will know more when I get him back." Gibbs nodded and went to ask what the TOD was when Ducky beat him.
"I'd say around quarter to four Jethro but I will have a more accurate time of death for you after I have a little chat with him" Gibbs nodded and looked around.
"McGee you cleared the door yet we have to find out if the people in that room heard anything" McGee looked up and nodded Gibbs looked over at Ziva who also nodded. Nodding also Gibbs made his way over to the door. To find a rather bloody 'Do not disturb' sign hanging off the handle.
"McGee bag and tag this," he said before knocking. He sighed when there was no answer looking around for someone to let him in McGee came up. "Key from the hotel manager boss," he said unlocking the door, and walking in behind Gibbs.
The room looked clean and normal there was nothing out of place here and nothing to say that a Marine was staying here, he looked over at the two people sleeping in the bed, a man and a woman obviously here on a romantic get away. Well their get away was soon to be ruined. He sighed they looked so content as well. Wrapped up in each others arms' not knowing what was going on outside their room door.
On closer inspection Gibbs noticed that it was Tony asleep with a women laying idly over him. her face buried into his neck, so Gibbs could not see who she was. Although he could see that there was a ring on her finger. Whether Tony had given it to her or not was another question. The thought of Tony settling down with just one woman for the rest of his life was a rather amusing thought even for Gibbs. He was standing there trying to figure out how to wake up his sleeping agent when the woman on top of Tony rolled over.
Gibbs stumbled back as he saw who the woman was. I have to be dreaming, he thought he was brought out of his daze by McGee stuttering.
"Boss that- that- looks like" Gibbs looked over at the young agent and nodded it did indeed look like Kate. But how he wondered how he could remember her dying like it was yesterday and not two and a half years ago.
"McGee go get Ducky" McGee nodded and headed out to get the M.E. coming back a couple of minutes later with Ducky. Who stopped in his tracks as he saw Kate.
"That's what I thought Ducky," said Gibbs before Ducky could say what he was thinking. All the talk has woken Kate up she rubbed her eyes and sat up, then jumped at the three men standing in front of her. she pulled the covers up over her rather small night gown if you could call it that and lent over to Tony.
"Uh Tony, wake up." he moaned and rolled over his arm went to go around her when it didn't he sat up so fast he pulled the cover away from Kate.
"Katie," he said looking around till he noticed Gibbs, and co staring at her, he looked over at her and smiled.
"That's why I was using the cover," she said sweetly he laughed and lent over to kiss her.
"Might I say for the umpteenth time you look very sexy in that" Kate rolled her eyes and elbowed him.
"Tony if you haven't realized Gibbs, McGee and Ducky are staring at us bewildered about the fact that I'm alive you might want to explain that to them. But don't get out of bed I don't think Gibbs wants a repeat of Cuba and the iguana incident. Needless to say McGee and Ducky wouldn't want to see you in all your glory either." Tony nodded and pulled her into a hug while resting back on the headboard.
"Do you want me to explain here or else where Gibbs?" he asked The three bewildered men in front of him said nothing they just watched as Kate rested her head on his shoulder. Gibbs opened his mouth to say something then closed it. Kate couldn't help but smile; this was the first time she knew off that he had been left speechless.
Ziva looked up as Gibbs, McGee and Ducky walked out all still looking rather bewildered Ducky closed the door behind him and walked off after Jimmy who was heading out with the body. Gibbs told her to hang around and gather up the evidence then she could head back with Tony. He left before she could ask how seeing as far as she could see Tony wasn't here.
She found out a couple of minutes later that it had been Tony in the room behind the crime scene. She was about to say something when she was a woman walk out after him.
"Tony you should have told me that Gibbs wanted you in that early, I don't think the poor mans going to be able to cope with the fact that his girlfriend has known I've been alive all along, that's the first time I've seen him speechless, like ever" Tony laughed and wrapped one arm around her then looked up at Ziva.
"What you looking at ZEE-VA?" he asked in a teasing tone. She looked startled at Kate then looked away.
"Come on Gibbs wants me to take you back to HQ." said Tony walking out with Kate Ziva sighed and followed behind them.
Ok the next one isn't going to be a choice as I have only written one so maybe after the next you'll get to choose again.