The first two weeks had been really slow for Tony. The team spent their time working cold cases and working on previous paperwork. Tony was heading into his third week when he finally got a call.
"Gear up! Sailor found dead at a apartment. Mannon, you're driving." Tony said tossing the keys to Blake. He however was not paying attention and dropped the keys. Tony rolled his eyes and made his way to the elevator.
Tony never thought he'd say it but he missed Ziva's driving. Blake drove slower than his grandma.
They got to the crime scene and it was a massacre. There was blood scattered all over the walls and carpet and bed. The sailor was hog tied, naked on the bed and gutted. Judging by the smell and amount of flies in the room, he had been there a few days.
"Okay Vardigo photos, Mannon bag and tag, Jardine get on the…Jardine?" Just then she ran out of the apartment and into the hall where she threw up. "You two get to work." He then went out to check on Jardine. "Hey Nikki, you okay?"
"Yes sir, I just got queasy all of sudden."
"It is a pretty gruesome crime scene. How about you do interviews of the witnesses and I will bag and tag."
"Thank you sir." She said standing a little straighter.
"No problem Nikki, and hey, call me Tony or Dinozzo. Not sir."
She smiled. "Okay Dinozzo."
Tony walked back in to the apartment when Mannon called out from the bathroom. Tony walked in and saw three more bodies in similar conditions as the sailor. Except all women. The women were all very similar looking as well. Dark hair, similar faces. All Tony could do was shake his head. How could someone be so cold as to murder? Especially in this manner. It was almost as if hog tying was a way to embarrass them but gutting them?
The medical examiner, Dr. Tracy Holden determined they had been dead at least a week. The only reason they were found was because the neighbors had complained about the smell oozing from the apartment. And it was a really foul smell.
They got the whole scene processed and headed back to the office. They had found the knife at the scene with a partial print on it. Maybe their forensic scientist Ronald Burton could get a match. Tony missed Abby. Instead of walking into the forensics lab and hearing goth rock and seeing bloody pictures displayed everywhere the walls were bare and it was completely silent. Tony sighed. "So did you get a hit on that partial Ron?"
"No sir. It probably means that the killer doesn't have a record."
"You didn't see the crime scene Ron. This person is not new to killing or humiliating his victims."
"Well I checked all of the data bases, Rota NCIS, Rota FBI, Rota CIA. Not even an inkling."
"What if the killer is American? We could run it threw DC and LA NCIS and see if there is a hit. Not to mention FBI and CIA."
"That is a good idea. I'll call LA I know the forensic specialist there. Do you mind calling your friend in DC? Last time I asked for her scared me a little." Ron said timidly.
"How did Abby scare you? She is the nicest goth in the world." Tony laughed. Everybody loved Abby.
"Well I was still new at this and I messed up on something simple and she got mad at me. Really mad."
"Oh ya was she caffeine deprived? She can be really mean when she hasn't had her caf-pow." Tony still laughed he knew all too well what an angry caffeine deprived Abby Scuito was like.
"I don't know but I think it would be better if you asked for her help instead of me."
"Okay. I have an MTAC call with the director in an hour I will ask her then."
"Thank you sir."
"Ron call me Tony please."
Ron just nodded and went back to work. Tony left the lab and went back up to the bullpen. "What do you guys have?"
"The sailors name is Michael Jones, just finished with a tour on the USS Ronald Reagan. He was 24. His mother is his only living relative located in Long beach. We already sent people to inform her." Mannon said speaking first.
He clicked on the plasma and a picture of one of the brunettes popped up on the screen. "This is Roxy Sherwood." He clicked again and the other two girls came on the screen. "And her two sisters Emmaline and Jordana. They were triplets. Which is the reason the look so much alike I guess. They are also American. Here on vacation. They are from Ohio."
Tony turned his head to look at Mannon. "Did they go to Ohio State?" He asked.
"Uh yeah. In 1991. Graduated in 1994. They were…"
"Cheerleaders." Tony finished for him.
"Yeah boss, How did you…"
"I went to school with them. I thought they looked familiar I played football for Ohio state."
"Oh and naturally you knew the cheerleaders." Nikki snickered. She knew Tony's history of being a womanizer. Although the last couple weeks he had barely even flirted with any women. And the team had gone out numerous times since the director and Officer David had left.
Tony raised his eyebrows suggestively. "That's right I knew the cheerleaders, very well."
"Of course you did."
Tony's phone rang on his desk. It was MTAC saying the director was ready for him.
"Find the connection between these four." He said as he ran up the stairs to MTAC.
Tony put on the head set and signaled that he was ready. Jenny's face came up on the screen and she smiled at him. "Agent Dinozzo. How's Rota treating you?"
"Very well ma'am. How's DC?"
"Quiet. One of our most talkative and lively agents went to Rota." Tony smiled. "So I hear you have a case finally. Care to fill me in?"
"Yes ma'am. We have a dead sailor and three dead American women. Found in an apartment registered to the sailor."
"How did they die?" she asked.
"The sailor was hog tied naked on the bed and gutted." He saw her flinch. "The three women were also found hog tied and gutted in the bathroom."
"Do we know who the women are?"
"Yes ma'am. They were here on vacation. Sisters. Triplets for that matter. We also found a knife with a partial print ma'am."
"Did you get a hit?"
"No ma'am. We have limited access here. I was hoping maybe I could take to Abby into running it for me. We think that maybe the killer was American. This was not the work of someone who is new at this. So if they were from Rota they would be in the system."
Jenny looked over to someone behind and told them to go and get Abby. A few minutes later Abby came busting through the door.
"TONNNNNYYYYY!!!!"
"Hey beautiful! I miss you."
"I miss you too!! Oh my gosh guess what! I bowled at 270! I was so excited."
"That's great Abs. Listen I need your help with something."
"Okay shoot!"
"We have a partial print on a murder weapon and couldn't get a match from any of our databases. So I was hoping maybe you could run it for me and see if you get anything."
"Sure can! I miss you so much! You need to call me more often mister!"
Tony smiled. "You're right I do. Burton will send you everything you need to run the print Abs. Call me if you get something."
"Okay I will. I love you Tony!" Just then Gibbs appeared on the screen next to the director.
"Love you too Abs." Tony cut the feed before Gibbs could say anything.
"So how's he doing Jen?" Abby glared at Gibbs and left.
"He is doing an excellent job." Jenny declared. "Now if you will excuse me I have a conference call with SecNav." She glared at Gibbs the same way Abby had and left.
The operator gave him a look that said what did you do to piss all the women off?
He just shook his head. The past couple weeks he had missed Dinozzo. As much as he hated to admit it. He needed to make it right. He hated that all the women in his life were mad at him.
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