A/N: So I had my niece and nephew all day and when I logged in I had so many reviews and alerts!!! It made me smile!! Thanks to everyone!!! Now on with Chapter 9!!! YAY! And as promised it's much longer than the previous two chapters.

"Everyone meet your new team member, Special Agent Mickey Scuito."

Ziva's eyes widened, Tim's mouth dropped open, and Tony did both.

Ziva shifted her weight nervously. That meant Mickey would be staying in town. Ziva was not sure she liked that too much.

Abby came bounding happily into the room. "Yay! That means you're staying!!! I can't believe it! I am so excited."

"Well Abs. Like I told you yesterday, I am only staying until Dr. Ross is cleared to go back to Africa and then I will be going with him, but I needed a job in the mean time so Director Vance and Gibbs said I could work with the team until then. I think he is secretly hoping I change my mind about Africa though." She threw a wink in Gibbs direction and he just smirked at her. Mickey then looked over to Ziva who just smiled back at her and went back to working on her paper work. She then shifted her gaze to Dinozzo who was avoiding her look at any cost.

Mickey walked over to the empty desk on the other side of Mcgee and sat down. She pulled out her ipod and got lost in her thoughts. Thinking of her conversation with Gibbs and the Director.

Director's office twenty minutes earlier.

"Ms. Scuito, so glad you could join me." She really wasn't sure how she felt about Vance. He kind of gave her the creeps.

"What can I do for you sir?" She said smiling.

"Well I have been looking over your file and talking with Gibbs and we would be honored if you would re-join us here at NCIS. I don't know what your plans were while you are waiting for Dr. Ross to head back to Africa. Word has it though that may be awhile. His wife is ill from what I hear so he may not be going back anytime soon. That is the only reason you returned to the states isn't it?"

Mickey's eyes dropped. "Yes it is. I missed Abby but I really enjoyed my work over there but Dr. Ross funded the research and medical staff so unless he returns or unless I find another research group to go with I won't be returning anytime soon. I feel so bad for his wife. She is such an amazing woman. She was with our group, we became really good friends while we were there."

"Well in the meantime we would love to have you back on the team Mic. I know Abby would." Gibbs said giving her a knowing grin.

She smiled back at him. "I would love that but I would feel horrible in leaving you all again if we got to go back to Africa."

"Don't. I know that is where you feel your true calling is. But Mickey you can help us. I have never had an agent like you. Your natural instincts rival my gut every time." He said to her seriously.

"Okay." She shook the director's hand and got her badge and gun that was issued to her and with that they headed back down to the bullpen.

Back in the present

Gibbs walked over and slapped Mickey on the back of the head. She pulled her ear buds out and looked at him. "Gear up, Dead Marine in Quantico." He threw her the keys. "You're driving." She smiled and headed out with the rest of the team.

Tony smiled a little as well. At least they would make it to the crime scene alive because Ziva wasn't driving.

Mickey hopped in the driver's seat and pulled a CD out of her bag and popped it into the CD player. She glanced over at Tony and smiled.

"I cannot believe you still have this CD. It is like a million years old. You should make an updated one with some songs from this decade." He said teasing her.

"No way Dinozzo! This is a classic. And we agreed when I drive my music." She threw the car in drive as the stereo blared Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. Tony rolled his eyes and smiled. He had to admit he had missed this.

Ziva had watched them banter. This morning they had seemed very awkward with each other but now they seemed comfortable with each other. She was sitting in the middle of the two and Mcgee was in the back. She smiled when she heard him singing along with the song. Tony starting laughing so hard he was crying. Ziva reached over and slapped him on the arm. "Don't say anything." She hissed at him.

"Please oh please Zee. He is back their singing to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. I have to say something." He said still laughing. Ziva then started laughing with him. She had to admit it was pretty funny. Mcgee was certainly making it difficult for them to believe that he was actually straight. Except for the comment Mickey had made earlier about him and Abby being loud this weekend. Which brought her to Abby's comment about someone saying no to Mickey. She didn't understand why anyone would say no to someone as pretty as Mickey. She was brought out of her thoughts as they reached the crime scene.

It was truly one of the most horrific things any of them had ever seen. The dead marine was gutted and his throat was slit. There was also a dead woman lying on the bed next to him tied up naked. It was obvious she had been raped before she was brutally beaten to death by her attacker. The question however was was it the same person who killed the marine or did the marine kill the girl? That was what they had to find out.

Seeing the girl tied up was uncomfortable for Ziva. It brought back to many memories from this summer for her. She hadn't talked about being taken hostage. Just the events that lead up to being taken hostage. No one knew what had happened while she was in that cell.

Gibbs could tell seeing that woman was hard on Ziva. "David. Go talk to witnesses. Scuito go with her. Dinozzo, photos. Mcgee, bag in tag. Get a move on it."

Ziva breathed a sigh of relief that she wouldn't have to look at the poor woman any longer and headed out of the room.

Mickey had noticed Ziva had been uncomfortable in there. It made her curious. Why would a bad ass mossad assassin be uncomfortable with something like that? "You okay?" She asked hoping maybe she could find out.

Ziva looked at her like she had grown a second head. "Yes I am fine." She kept walking and knocked on the neighbor's door. An older gentlemen, probably in his seventies answered the door. "Hello sir, We are with NCIS. We just need to ask you a few questions."

"NCIS? What's that? Is that like CSI? I watch that show ya know? But I have never heard of NCIS."

Ziva smiled at him but clearly annoyed. "It stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. We are hear about your neighbor, Sergeant Michael Gilappso."

"What did that whipper snapper do now? He is always getting into trouble. His pretty girlfriend called the cops on him last month because he wouldn't stop following her."

Mickey finally spoke up. "Sir what did his pretty girlfriend look like?"

"She had pretty blonde hair. It was long. She had huge boobs." Mickey bit back a laugh. Old men were such perves. "She was also pretty skinny and she had a tattoo on her neck of something. I didn't know what it was. I myself prefer brunettes." He grinned a toothless grin at the girls. Mickey had to resist the urge to gag.

Ziva's mind flashed back to the girl tied up next to the Sergeant. She was blonde and had a tattoo of some sort of tribal marking on her neck. "Sir, did you hear anything coming from his house in the last 24 hours?" She asked completely ignoring the brunette comment.

"Well there was screaming coming from there. But that wasn't unusual. The girlfriend is a screamer when their in the sack." Mickey and Ziva's eyes widened at that comment. It was so hard to question old people they always said the most hilarious things.

Mickey coughed. "Um, did you happen to see anyone coming or going from the house other than the Sergeant or his girlfriend?"

"Not other than you two pretty ladies. What happened by the way? Why are you asking me so many questions? Unless you're just trying to get my number in which case all you have to do is ask pretty lady."

That did it for Ziva. "Sir, the Sergeant and his girlfriend were murdered. Do you know the girls name?" He just shook his head no to shocked to say anything else. She handed him a business card. Luckily one of Tony's. "If you think of anything that may pertain to our case please give us a call." She walked away in a huff. Standing outside the Sergeant's house. Gibbs came out.

"Anything?"

"Other than the dirty old man hitting on us. Not really. The blonde was Sergeant Gilappso's girlfriend. The old man said that Gilappso always had cops over here. His girlfriend tended to call them on him often. Apparently when she was mad at him he stalked her. Said he heard screaming last night but that wasn't unusual for them especially when in the throes of passion." Mickey said sarcastically. She was still frustrated that Tony had rejected her and hearing about the girl being a screamer didn't help. Mickey was a total screamer.

"What are you thinking Mic?" Gibbs asked looking at her. She always had a theory and more often than not she was right.

"I think that the love birds were in the middle of some sort of kinky sex game when someone came in and murdered them both. That or the sergeant got too rough and killed her first and then he was murdered. But why I have no clue. I'll let ya know when I do though."

Ducky walked out of the house shaking his head. "Whats up Duck?'

"Oh Mickala dear. What are you doing out here?"

She cringed hearing her full name. She despised that name but she knew Ducky would never call her Mickey. He was the only one who she would let get away with it though. "I am a special agent again Ducky."

"Oh that is wonderful news. That must mean you are staying…"

"Time of death Ducky?' Gibbs said interrupting.

"Right. It seems to have happened around 0100 this morning."

"Cause of death?"

"I am not certain on that just quite yet Jethro. I will have to get the bodies back to autopsy first."

"Okay. Let's get back." Gibbs headed off to his car and drove away.

Back at Headquarters

"What do we got?" Gibbs came into the bullpen in Gibbs fashion.

Mickey stood up and walked over to the plasma. A picture of the dead marine came on the screen. "Sergeant Michael Gilappso, 25 just got back from his second tour in Iraq. Dating supermodel Jackie Smart." A picture of the blonde showed up on the screen. "22 big lingerie model for Victoria's secret. Surprise Surprise. Has a history of drug and alcohol abuse. Has been in court mandated rehab 5 times. Just got out."

Dinozzo smiled. "Victoria's secret model huh? I don't think I have ever heard of one of their models being a drunk and a druggie. In fact I know I haven't so why would they keep her around if she was causing a bad image for them?"

"It says her father is a member of their board." Ziva explained rolling her eyes at him. He of course would be drooling over the dead girl.

"Oh so daddy is the reason. I get it now." Dinozzo received a head slap from Gibbs. "Thank you boss."

"Dinozzo, David. Go see what Abby has. Scuito with me. Mcgee find out where her father is." Mickey followed Gibbs out and Ziva and Tony headed to the elevator.

Tony snuck a glance at her. He had seen her face at the crime scene and knew she was probably hurting over what happened this summer in Somalia. "Hey, you okay Zee?"

She glanced over at him. "Yes. I am fine." They stepped into the elevator and he stood close enough that their shoulders were almost touching. This was somehow comforting to her. She knew he of all people would know that this would be hard on her. She hadn't told him what had happened but he could read her like an open book. So it did not surprise her when he asked if she was okay.

They walked into Abby's lab and she was working really hard on the evidence they had brought her. She turned to them and smiled and then frowned. "No Caf-Pow?"

"Sorry, Abs. Gibbs wants to know what you got?" Tony said apologetically.

She frowned again. "Well our supermodel did have sex but it was with the sergeant. So I couldn't tell you if she was raped or if it was consensual."

Ziva flinched ever so slightly. No noticed by Abby but Tony noticed. He discreetly squeezed her hand and then walked up to Abby. She followed behind him smiling ever so slightly.

Abby pulled up a picture of the Sergeant and Jackie from the crime scene. "I have a feeling it was consensual though. Because look at how her hands are tied. It's not tied as though he were holding her hostage. She could have easily slipped out of the bondage." Abby said with a knowing smile. "So I think whoever killed the sergeant killed her too."

It made Ziva feel a little better knowing that the girl hadn't been raped. But who would kill them? Tony kissed Abby's cheek and they went back to the elevator. Taking the same position they had before.

They walked back into the bullpen to find Mickey and Gibbs was already back.

"What did Abby have?" Gibbs asked.

"She said that they did have sex and it looked to be consensual to her. So whoever killed Gilappso killed miss Smart as well."

"Boss I found her dad."

"Well where is he Mcgee? We need to tell him about his daughter." Gibbs barked.

"He's dead sir. The police found him this morning when he didn't show for his board meeting. There was a note. He admitted to killing his daughter. Apparently he was a devout catholic. And her lifestyle choices disgraced him." Mcgee explained.

"He was on the board for a lingerie company that his daughter modeled for!" Tony yelled. "How ridiculous is that?"

Mcgee just shrugged. He didn't really understand it himself.

1600h

Everyone was working on their paperwork silently. They still couldn't believe that the father had done it. But all the evidence confirmed the suicide note. His fingerprints were all over the knife. The board members said that he was only on the board for their clothing line. Not the lingerie line.

Tony looked across at Ziva. He was worried about her. He didn't know what had happened in Somalia but he knew it wasn't good. He sent her an instant message.

TDinozzo: Hey Dinner my treat?

Ziva looked at her screen and smiled a little.

ZDavid: Sure. What time and Where?

TDinozzo: I'll pick you up at 1900h.

ZDavid: Okay.

ZDavid has signed off.

Tony looked up to see her walking towards the restrooms. He smiled. Maybe they would finally get their chance.

A/N: Okay so there ya go! Chapter 9! What did you guys think? I have written Chapter 10 already because I'm hyped up on Dr. Pepper and Halloween candy. But the only way you will get it is to review!! Oh and it is a major TIVA chapter!