Disclaimer: I do not own the Mentalist or NCIS and I make no money from this

Author's Note: Hello readers, meant to update this earlier but ran out of time, sorry. Have to warn you, mentions of drugs in this but nothing graphic or stuff like that, lots of dialogue but I hope you'll like anyway :) Thanks so much to jisbon-sessed, BFangz and Liz Jackson for reviewing

"So are you going to tell me about your weekend?" Ziva inquired as they began searching James Lisbon's apartment.

It was quite a small apartment which should have made life easier but it was also a messy apartment, clothes dumped all over the floor, objects disarrayed on the desk and table. At least he put his garbage in the trash cans.

"I thought marines were supposed to be neat," DiNozzo pointed out pulling on his gloves.

"Yes this place is a but of a goatsty," Ziva agreed as she bagan rumaging through the apartment.

"Pigsty Ziva, this place is like a pigsty," DiNozzo corrected joining her search.

"That too," Ziva muttered to which Tony rolled his eyes.

"What does Gibbs expect us to find anyway?" he wondered aloud glancing at a picture of a girl and two boys, siblings perhaps? He did have that cop sister.

"Drugs?" prompted Ziva.

"Well yeah, I guess but why do you thin-"

"No Tony, drugs," she said showing him a baggie of white powder, "looks like cocaine..."

"I take it we're working on the case?" Jane asked as his boss and Gibbs returned.

"You are working on my case, yeah," Gibbs agreed sitting back down at his desk studying the `psychic.`

"You don't like me do you?"

"I don't buy into all that crap," Gibbs informed him bluntly.

"Neither do I," Jane agreed giving him a smile, "you used to be a marine didn't you? A sniper...? Yes and you have a number of ex-wives, two or three. You enjoy working with your hands, some sort of woodwork probably yet you still haven't recovered from an emotional trauma."

"What have you got on Lisbon's background McGee?" Gibbs swiftly changed the subject, he didn't want these people to know about Shannon and Kelly, especially the blond one. Gibbs wasn't quite sure what to make of him.

"He... err he enlisted in the Marine Corps straight out of high school and has a pretty good record," McGee informed them, "he even has been award a Navy and Marine Corps Medal, a Bronze and a Silver Star for his heroics."

"James loved the Marines," Lisbon muttered half to herself with a sigh.

"What about his personal life?" questioned Gibbs.

"Never married, no kids," McGee continued, "only family is two brothers and a sister."

"Did you know if he was seeing anyone?" Gibbs asked of Lisbon this time.

"If he was he didn't tell me," Lisbon replied, "but he did call yesterday, I wasn't home but he left a message saying he wanted to talk to me. I called him back earlier... well you know the rest."

"He say what he wanted to talk about?"

"Unfortunately no."

"Abigail! I was looking for you," said Ducky as he joined them, "what are you doing up here? Oh we have company," he exclaimed noticing Jane and Lisbon.

"Yeah Duck, this is Agent Teresa Lisbon from the CBI and Patrick Jane," Gibbs introduced them, "this is our ME Dr Mallard."

"Please call me Ducky," he offered cheerfully before looking sympathetically at Lisbon, "I'm sorry about your brother."

"Thank you. Are those the bullets used to kill James?" Lisbon answered indicating the evidence jars in his hands.

"Yes, just came to give them to Abigail."

"I'll go process them," Abby said walking over to Ducky, she signed the evidence log and took the bullets from him, "nice meeting you guys," she added before heading back to the elevator.

"Ah Anthony, Ziva welcome back," Ducky said brightly as the other agents returned.

"Hey Ducky. Guess what we found in Lisbon's apartm- who are you too?"

"I'm Patrick Jane and this is agent Teresa Lisbon from the CBI," Jane answered readily flashing them his smile, "and you are Anthony DiNozzo, come from a rich background but you were cut off. You love women and cars, you are quite juvenile at times but still a streetwise, capable agent."

"What are you psychic or something?" DiNozzo muttered shifting uneasily.

"Or something. What did you find DiNozzo?" snapped Gibbs.

"Drugs," Ziva answered holding up the evidence bag with the drugs baggie inside it. Lisbon gasped in shock...