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Ladies' Man

Ch 6

Going through the Ensign's house was simple, only a few personal items could be construed as evidence. It was obvious he hadn't been living there for more than a few months' time. The laptop contained some programs that were all password protected, so hopefully more could be attained once they were bypassed.

They returned to the Navy Yard where Tony took the evidence down to Abby's lab. She was excited to have some 'safe cracking' work to do. "I'm sure I'll be able to access these programs in no time," she bubbled.

Tony smiled seeing how even the most menial of tasks could brighten her day. "I'm sure you will too Abs. Give us a call when you're in."

"I'm sure Gibbs will be down as soon as I do," she stated confident in his ability to know exactly when she had anything for him.

Tim had collected all the background and financial records on Ensign Thomas. Nothing seemed to stand out or be any kind of motive to kill the young sailor. He'd only been assigned to his current post for two months after returning from a year stationed in the Middle East, where he'd seen little to no action and had no interactions that could be related to anything illicit.

"Maybe it's personal, Boss?" Tim suggested. "Being away all that time, maybe someone resented him for it."

"You have his family background. Who do you think it could be, McGee?" Gibbs stood and stared at him.

"Well," Tim searched quickly through all the files he had sweating under the glare emanating from his boss. "His sister."

"His sister?" Ziva questioned joining them. "The murder was rather brutal."

"Yes, but she had been trained in many forms of weaponry. The family was geared to be their own militia force. She was most outspoken about her resentment of the US military and despised her brother's allegiance to the Navy."

"That sounds like a place to start," Gibbs announced. "Ziva look her up; see if you can locate her. McGee keep doing more background on her and the rest of the family. If they are all against the US forces in general, there may be more than just one suspect."

"On it Boss," McGee was already tapping away at his keyboard.

Tony arrived and awaited some order from his boss. Gibbs was headed for autopsy so he ordered, "Tony with me."

"Right Boss," Tony was glad to keep his head in the case and not have to worry about his woman troubles.

"Talk to me Duck," Gibbs announced his entry through the sliding doors.

"Ah, Jethro. I've been expecting you." Ducky was closing up the sutures from his Y incision. "Seems this poor lad was shot multiple times. The fatal shot was here," he pointed at the x-ray in the display box. "It severed the aorta and killed him instantly. There's no way to show which shot was first, but the murderer would've only needed this one to do the job."

Gibbs scowled. "It was an amateur shooting then?" he questioned.

Ducky shrugged slightly, "Or a nervous pro. Perhaps even a shooter on the move. Abigail has the bullets; she can at least tell you what weapon you want to look for."

Tony studied the body wondering why someone would want to take the life of someone so young. He'd seen it so many times, but he never really could understand it.

"You coming DiNozzo?" Gibbs barked going to the elevator.

"Right behind you, Boss," he said a bit subdued. "Thanks Duck," he offered catching up to Gibbs.

"Gibbs!" Abby exclaimed. "Have I got evidence for you."

"That's what I'm here for Abs," Gibbs handed her a Caf-Pow he picked up before heading to see her.

"The bullets all came from the same weapon. One shooter," she declared.

"Good to know. What else?"

"Patience Gibbs, I'm getting there," she placated him. "The bullets came from a M16 rifle." She paused and added, "Oh, from the stuff Tony dropped off, I did manage to crack a few passwords and open the files."

Looking over her shoulder, Gibbs raised his eyebrows and urged her on, "What was in them?"

"He basically kept separate files on each of his family members. Which is kinda odd, but seeing as he was in the US Navy and some of what I read was quite threatening, I suppose I'd want to keep track of everything too."

"Threatening in what way?" Gibbs wanted all the facts now.

"Well the few that I opened referred to Ensign Thomas as a traitor to his kin, that's exactly how they wrote it," she said opening a file to prove it. "The others were all similar. No actual death threats, but cutting him off from the family."

"You find any, and I mean any with an inkling of a death threat, you call me ASAP," Gibbs pointed at her leaving the lab.

"Yes sir, Gibbs," Abby saluted and turned her attention back to the laptop.

Back in the bullpen Tim had the information Gibbs was seeking. "Okay, Jackie Thomas, 32 single and proclaimed to be a lieutenant in the Thomas' militia. They are a solitary group, but are on friendly terms with other neighboring militias. They don't have anything active and they're not on any government radars. Most of their activities seem to be pretty public, so no one's expecting any mass arms collecting or threat to the country."

"She's been trained in several martial arts, including Tae Kwon Do, Ninjitsu, Krav Maga, and Sambo. Those last two…" Tim was cut off.

Gibbs finished, "Hand to hand military combat training."

"Yes," Ziva added. "I am familiar with the Krav Maga myself. It came in handy on a few of my more top secret missions for Mossad."

Everyone looked at her to see if she had more to say, but she only offered, "The less you know the better, but if she was well trained she'd only have to get near someone to end their life quickly. Unless that person was well trained as well, then it would attract too much attention."

"See if our Ensign had any training McGee," Gibbs was wondering what kind of family the Thomases were and if they would be a threat to America one day.

Ziva finished up a phone call, "Gibbs this is news. It appears that Jackie Thomas is in D.C."

"That is quite interesting. Do you have where she is staying?"

Ziva gave him an 'of course I do' look then seeing his returning 'then why are you still here look' she grabbed her gun and badge to see if she could bring her in. "Tony with Ziva," Gibbs directed trying to keep Tony from losing focus.