Gibbs didn't get a call from her. At least he didn't think it would be when he saw on his caller ID the next day, Ziva's number. He frowned and picked up the line. "Gibbs." The usual short reply was not uncommon.

"Gibbs? We have a problem. I am with Tori and Hellyn, We were just shot at. I'm bringing them into NCIS, the target was obviously Hellyn." Ziva was quick. "Or at least the bullet almost hit her." She said softly.

"Do we know who did it?"

"No. I was inside the building with them."

"Why, David?"

"I know Victoria Crane, and Hellyn Largen. We were… visiting." Ziva said calmly. "I'll explain at NCIS." With that she hung up. Gibbs frowned. He was at NCIS, which meant they were coming to him.

"DiNozzo? Get the Conference Room ready. We've got victims coming in. McGee? When Ziva returns go to the Crime Scene and clean it up. You remember Captain Largen and Colonel Crane?" he snapped looking at his team. Ziva had taken the day off. Now he knew why. He frowned as Tony leaped up and McGee started to get things together. He leaned back thinking.

It wasn't very long before Ziva came in, leading a very angry looking blond woman and a rather distant looking brunet. Hellyn and Victoria. Hellyn saw him and marched up to him. "We need protection." She snapped. Ziva got there right away.

"I promised you we would help you. Gibbs?" She said quickly touching the blonde woman's arm. Hellyn would have continued if Victoria hadn't caught her eye and held it. The blond quieted.

"Conference room. McGee? Change of plans. Get Tony. Ziva? Give them the address." He said standing up. "We will help you Captain." He said quickly. Both women were dressed in jeans and t-shirts, though one was a gray with big block letters that spelt NAVY. The other was a black one with the words Embry-Riddle across it. He looked at her, and she looked away. She was jittery. She followed Ziva, keeping close to both women, and glancing at the windows. Gibbs frowned and Tony came up.

"Boss?" He looked worried.

"Go with McGee. Figure out what happened. Now." He ordered. Tony nodded and headed off.

Gibbs waited twenty minutes or so, letting the women settle in before heading up to the conference room. He opened the door and caught sight of Ziva sitting next to Victoria with her hand on Victoria's. Hellyn was talking about something, but shut up as soon as he stepped into the room. Ziva looked up and nodded.

"Gibbs? Hellyn… Captain Largen say's that the person who shot at her was one Trevor Jackson Mires. Last night she received a call from him, threatening. This was late. She called Col. Crane, and they met at Crane's house. I went to see if I could help at all, and while I was there I heard a gun fire. Found the bullet inches from Capt. Largen's head in the wall." The small Israeli spoke quickly. He could see she knew both women well. He wondered how.

"Good. Then you've got protection detail. Keep them save David." He said calmly heading out the door. Time to get to work. Find Mires. He frowned. Cell phone search. He moved quickly and glared at his computer. "Dammit McGee." He muttered to himself and headed down to the lab.

He walked into Abby coming out. "Gibbs! Is it true? The girls you met yesterday are here? Can I meet them?" She was bouncing, and he gave her a quick hug.

"no. I need you to find Tervor Jackson Mires' Cell and track it. Where was it earlier today?" he said quickly. She pouted.

"But Giiiiibbs! I want to meet them! Fine. But you owe me. Big time. I want to meet them before Tony and Timmy get back." She said giving him a sharp look before turning around and heading back into her lab. She muttered as she poked around. "Don't rush me gibbs. This shouldn't take long as it is, but if you keep me from meeting them? I'm gonna be angry." Her voice was sharp as she clacked away. Gibbs decided to not push it. He waited as she found the number and tracked it. One of the places it was was right outside Victoria's house, at about ten, which was when he got the call. It was… twelve now. This was not going to be fun. Then he got a call.

"Boss? There's a note. We found the bullet, there's not much else. We found a casing. It's a rifle. Probably AK-47. At least that's what it looks like from the casing. Nothing else. We'll be coming back." Tony was quick and to the point.

"Good. I'll want you to help Ziva with protection detail. Those two don't leave NCIS." He ordered on the phone as he flipped it shut and nodded to Abby. "Thank's abbs. Go visit with them." He said softly.

He then promptly disappeared. When he returned, both women were in the bullpen, Hellyn in Tony's seat, with him leaning on his own desk. Victoria was sitting on Ziva's desk, legs crossed. Ziva was talking, and she was watching. McGee was chatting with Hellyn, leaving the two brunets to chat. Abby was talking quickly to Hellyn as well. Gibbs'd come in and headed up to talk to Vance. He'd looked down at them from above, and met a set of dark brown eyes. Victoria nodded then went back to chatting. He watched her from above. She was sitting on the little space that Ziva had cleared. The pair were easy with one another, so their friendship was a long one. Her dark brown hair was around her face, hiding her face.

He walked down the stairs and watched as Ziva reacted first, getting up. Tony and McGee followed. "Boss?" All three of them asked that. Both women got up and moved closer together.

"Just doin' some stuff. Have we found him?" he asked as he walked past everyone. Victoria's head was down, and the earlier relaxtion was gone. She glanced at Ziva.

"No boss. Still lookin'. It seems our quary has rabbited." Tony grinned at Hellyn who shook her head at him, smiling to herself. She was a hunter, besides a Captain in the Navy. Tony was showing off. He also got a glare from Gibbs. "But we are looking. McGeek might have something." He said with a nod to his fellow agent.

"Actually we found something. He sent pictures of… Col. Crane over email. Can't find the person who did it. We did find out that Mr. Mires owns an AK-47, and it's bullet is the same as the one that shot at Captain Largen." McGee was quick to speak up, giving a very annoyed glare to Tony, who just continued to grin. Victoria slipped away at this point, heading… somewhere.

"Aw Tim. That last part was MY job! Ugg. We also know that Mr. Miers has been moving around, not staying in one place more than a year. Multipul addresses. Not sure what he does for a living." The tall woman said bouncing slightly as she sipped her caf-pow. Gibbs nodded.

"Good work. Keep lookin'. He can't just fade away, probably won't." he said standing up. He was not paying full attention to the look that the entire group shared as he walked off.

"Did he just say Good Work? Somethin's up with Gibbs. Abby? Ziva? Any ideas?" Tony asked looking at both girls.

"Victoria." Hellyn grinned as Tony and the other's looked at her. "What? Think about it." She moved to sit back at Tony's desk. "She's pretty, smart, good at her job, and now she's being knocked down a rung by some scumbag who wants to hurt her by fucking with her mind. What do you think?" she smirked at them as the two women nodded, Ziva a tad distant.

"Victoria? But she's not a r-" Tony was cut off by Ziva punching his shoulder. "OW! What was that for?" he growled angrily, touching his shoulder where she'd punched him.

"I believe Hellyn, that Abby and I would like to find something to eat, come with?" Ziva asked a smirk on her face. "The boy's will come with us." She said as Tony started to follow Gibbs. He sighed. "Come on Tony. Afraid I can out eat you?" she asked teasing him.

"Never."

Gibbs went looking for Victoria. He found her by the stairs, looking out the window, watching the mid-afternoon sun, or more like just looking in the general direction of the sun. She didn't even notice him coming up. She jumped when he put a hand on her shoulder. "Gibbs! Don't sneak up on me!" she gasped as she spun, slapping his hand away and her hand's instinctively coming up to defend herself. She was already on the balls of her feet as she finished the last word.

"Not tryin' to scare you Victoria." He said softly, watching her. She lowered her hands.

"S-sorry. Just edgy." She said turning around, but he stopped her, a hand on her shoulder. She frowned as she looked up at him. Her hair had decided to do whatever it wanted and there were strands and clumps all over her hair. He reached up with his other hand and brushed a clump of hair, that was stuck to her cheek behind her ear.

"It's alright." He murmured softly. She looked away. For such a confident woman she had many insecurities. He put his fingers under her chin and lifted it up. "I meant that." He leaned forward and kissed her. Her arms lifted to wrap around the back of his neck and pull her up to him. He pulled her closer to him, deepening the kiss. Letting his tongue flick over her lips and teeth. But even as he started to explore she responded in the same. He cradled her close to him as she kissed him back. This was a soft, exploratory kiss, and when she pulled away he smiled a little. "Still gonna hold on to what you said last night?" She glared at him.

"Maybe I should." She started to pull away but he pulled her closer. She glared up at him.

"Sorry." He said softly. She sighed. And leaned into the embrace he was offering. He kissed her forhead. Lightly. "Victoria." He bairly whispered her name as she looked up at him again, this time she kissed him first, this time rougher. He slipped his hand down to her butt, pulling her closer that way. She tactfully pulled his hand up higher, and pulled away.

"Not now." She murmured, tapping him on the nose and pulling away. Though she froze as she looked out the window. "He's here." Gibbs stepped in front of her to look, and then turned to her. She looked terrified.

"We will take care of this Tori. I promise. He won't bother you again." He pulled her close again, kissed the top of her head and quickly moved off, pulling out his cell phone to call Tony.