Sep 29
Opposition is true Friendship. – William Blake
Gibbs had little warning of Fornell's arrival. Usually a phone call would start the hostilities, before one would appear at the other's place of work and start shouting. It was the way things had been for years.
So he was a bit surprised when Fornell appeared in front of him and began yelling.
"Keep your nose out of the Baggert case!" his old friend roared.
Gibbs blinked in confusion. They had picked up the case three full days ago and no one had mentioned the FBI's involvement. And it wasn't as though they'd done anything out of the usual – they had even secured a warrant before searching his house.
Anyway, Baggert was low-life scum, suspected of having murdered a Petty Officer for nothing but the cash in his wallet. He shouldn't even have been on the FBI's radar. Clearly Tobias was keeping secrets again.
He turned his attention back to Fornell who was continuing to rant. "You are disturbing a very delicate operation which has taken the FBI years to set up –"
Gibbs jerked his head towards the elevator; Fornell understood in an instant. If he was going to get yelled at like this, he'd rather it happened out of sight. DiNozzo seemed far too excited by the whole situation.
As soon as the emergency stop was pulled, Fornell shut up.
"Joint investigation?" Gibbs offered.
"We flip leads after twenty four hours?" Fornell suggested.
They nodded to each other.
"How long should we wait?" Tobias asked.
Gibbs glanced at his watch. "Bout ten minutes," he answered. "Remind me to slap DiNozzo when we get back."