Welcome back to Vamped. Chapter 2.

NCIS

Gibbs spotted Tony out of the corner of his eye when he walked into the bullpen. Could anything he said be true? Could he have known I was listening? Gibbs thought. Tony sat down at his desk and looked over to Gibbs. "Boss you okay?" He asked. Gibbs' face was twisted in a grimace.

"Yeah." Gibbs said quietly. Tony nodded and got to work on his part of the investigation. Everything was quiet in the bullpen for about twenty minutes until Abby came up into the middle of the desks.

"Gibbs! I got something!" Abby bounced on her heels and he looked up. "Okay, so our vampire that attacked our three marines is younger, like Ducky said, but only his physical age." Abby said and Gibbs furrowed his brow.

"Physical age?" He asked and Abby nodded.

"It means that when he was changed into a vampire, he was around a younger age. He could be over two hundred years old and still only look thirty." McGee explained and Abby pouted.

"I was about to say that McGee! Anyways, so, our vamp is is younger looking. But he could be old as time! So the guy you have downstairs, Grant, could be our guy." Abby finished and Gibbs nodded.

"Dinozzo, go interrogate Grant this time and I will be in the view room." Gibbs said as he got up.

"Boss I don't think that's a good idea. Why don't I interrogate him?" McGee asked and Gibbs shook his head.

"He knows you. I want Dinozzo in there." Gibbs warned and Abby sighed.

"Tony just tell him!" She half whispered and Tony shook his head.

"Tell me what?" Gibbs asked, as if he didn't already know about the vampire and gay thing.

"Nothing boss. I'll be down there in a minute." Tony muttered and walked off towards the stairs. Abby crossed her arms and glared at Gibbs as he followed him downstairs. Abby turned to McGee and pointed to the stairs.

"I'm looking up Grant's bank statements Abby!" McGee said and Abby shook her head.

"Tony is gonna need support. Go!" McGee sighed but went down to the view room for interrogation with Abby behind him. When they got down to the room, Tony just entered the interrogation room. Abby and McGee went inside the view room with Gibbs. Abby didn't look at Gibbs at all and watched inside.

"Grant. Nice to see you again." Tony muttered as he sat there with his lawyer, who was another male vampire.

"Agent, my client will not be answering any questions that would harm his status as innocent." He said and Tony nodded.

"I just want to know a few things. First of all-" Tony pulled out the pictures of the three dead marines in their triangle form and of their faces close up. "Do you know any of these marines?" Tony asked and pushed the pictures towards Grant.

"Yeah I know them. They're part of my basketball team at the rehab center. They all were shot during war and used the center to build up strength, yada yada. I broke my femur awhile back and we got to know each other." Grant explained. Tony nodded.

"How old are you?" Tony asked and Grant furrowed his brow.

"I'm 33."

"How long you been a vamp?"

"About twenty." Grant said sadly and Tony nodded.

"Why were you at the crime scene? Your scent was all over that place according to my partner." Tony covered up and Grant rolled his eyes. "Answer the question." He ordered.

"My client is not answering that question." The lawyer said and Grant shook his head.

"Dammit I know I'm innocent. I don't know why the hell I waited for you Jeremy. My scent was all over that place because I found them and called. The local LEO's didn't tell you it was an anonymous caller?" He asked and Tony groaned and shook his head. "Well I called them around 7:45 this morning. I was on my way to my buddy Joseph's cabin when I saw them. Okay? Am I free to go?" Grant asked and Tony shrugged.

"Not sure yet. Let me talk to my boss and see what he thinks." Tony muttered as he got up. He left the room and met Gibbs in the hallway.

"Let him go, but we need to keep in touch with him." Gibbs said and Tony nodded. He opened the door to interrogation.

"Free to go, but we need to keep in contact with you in case we need something else." Tony said. Both of them stood up and nodded. The lawyer handed him his card.

"Just call this cell number any time you need something." He said suggestively and Tony nodded. Once the two walked away Tony sighed. He shoved the card in his pocket and walked past Gibbs and towards the hallway. Gibbs watched him walk away and crossed his arms. McGee and Abby came out.

"He so just leered at Tony." Abby blurted and Gibbs nodded.

"Yeah he did." McGee added and Gibbs walked past both of them.

"You two get a list of people that didn't like our three marines. I need to have a talk with Dinozzo." Gibbs said as he chased down Tony. He found him by the elevator and tapped his shoulder.

"Yes?" Tony asked and Gibbs walked into the elevator once it arrived. Tony got in with him and waited for him to stop it.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Gibbs asked and Tony furrowed his brow.

"Tell you what?" Tony leaned against the back wall.

"Don't give me that bullshit Dinozzo. You know what I'm talking about." Gibbs said hastily and Tony rolled his eyes. Gibbs slapped the back of his head and glared.

"I said we'd talk about this later."

"And it's later." Gibbs noted and Tony growled.

"Dammit Gibbs just drop it! I'm not a vampire. Just leave me the hell alone!" Tony shouted as he started the elevator up again. Gibbs stopped it again.

"I'm not gonna drop it because it's affecting your work. Either get it out now or get out." Gibbs warned and Tony looked at him in disbelief.

"You would fire me because of this?" Tony asked softly and Gibbs sighed.

"I don't want to fire you. But if you need to take a personal day then go. McGee and I can handle the rest for today." Gibbs pushed off the elevator wall and stood directly in front of Tony, toe to toe. "I'm not gonna let this case slip." Gibbs warned and Tony nodded slowly as he swallowed the hard lump in his throat.

"If we catch this guy tonight by 1900 hours. I will talk to you about this tomorrow. I still have the club to go to if we get him." Tony smirked as he leaned back further and Gibbs stepped back.

"Okay." Gibbs agreed and turned the elevator back on. Now he was determined to get this guy.

NCIS

Tony ran into the bullpen with papers in his hands. McGee turned to look at him with a raised brow. "Everything okay?" McGee asked and Tony nodded.

"I think I might have found our guy. The commanding officer of these three marines was the same commanding officer of the other three. Now, this guy didn't exactly care for these guys because of one thing. They were all extremely close to each other and might have possibly been gay. Commanding officer Ryan Best." Tony pulled up the picture of Best on the screen. "This guy is about thirty years old. I'm almost positive both groups were closeted gays. I think this guy might be him." Tony rambled as Gibbs walked into the bullpen.

"Who's Ryan Best?" Gibbs asked as he looked at the screen.

"The commanding officer of both groups of marines killed. They were closeted gays. I think he did it. He had no solid alibi back then either." Tony explained and Gibbs grabbed his things.

"I wanna know why the hell he wasn't questioned back then!" Gibbs shouted as he ran off to the stairs. Tony and McGee quickly grabbed their gear and followed Gibbs out to the van. Once they hopped in the van McGee began pulling up his bank statements to see when he was last seen.

"Just got a ping from his card. He just took all the money out of his account boss at the National Bank on Denver Street." McGee said as Gibbs stepped on the gas and peeled out of NCIS.

"I'm not losing him now. BOLO McGee!" Gibbs ordered as he swerved around a corner. Tony held onto the handle in the car. Gibbs turned onto Denver street and looked around to find him.

"There he is boss!" Tony shouted as Gibbs pulled over to the side. Tony hopped out with his gun raised. Gibbs and McGee hopped out soon afterward.

"NCIS! Hands up Best we've got you this time!" Gibbs shouted and Best turned. He growled and saw McGee and Tony's eyes change to red. Best ran at vampire speed and McGee followed him. McGee was fast than Tony. Gibbs ran to the van with Tony close behind and they trapped Best in a corner. Gibbs hopped out with his gun raised. "Best! Stand down!" He shouted. Best pulled out a gun and shot Gibbs in the chest. Best ran and McGee chased him down. Tony ran to Gibbs.

"No! Boss stay with me dammit!" Tony shook Gibbs but he didn't move. Tony pressed his fingers against his neck to feel for a pulse but got a weak one. "Dammit! I can't do this!" Tony half whispered. A last breath was let out and Tony shook his head. "I'm sorry." Tony whispered as he leaned down and bit Gibbs on the neck and moaned as his blood pooled in his mouth. Tony quickly released the venom that changed people to vampires into Gibbs' bloodstream. "I hope this works..." Tony mumbled as he held Gibbs close to his chest and cried.

NCIS

CLIFFY! Keep posted on what comes next! Do you think it will work? Or will Gibbs be gone forever?

XOXO,

Your Irish Friend.