Good grief! I am so sorry! My brother's laptop went kaput on me. He had to buy a new power cord for the darn thing. Good news, it is back to running order, and I get my laptop back tomorrow! A virus wiped out my hard drive. Yikes! So anyway, I apologize again for the gap between updates. So there you go. Now, here is the next chapter.

Chapter Two:

Plans Set into Motion

Abby was snoozing on her desk when the mass spectrometer beeped, drawing her out of her slumber. She clicked her mouse and brought up the chemical analysis of the toxicology sample Ducky had sent her.

"Got our murder weapon this time," she muttered as she walked to the ballistics lab and tapped on the glass.

Naomi paused in her note taking from the dart gun confiscated from the crime scene. She secured the weapon in its evidence box and walked back towards Abby. "You have the results?"

"Nicotine poisoning. I will have to test the dart to confirm that, but I think we have our murder weapon."

"The murderer used gloves while using the weapon. Not a single print or smudge. They are good."

"Well, we have to be better," Abby replied.

"Naturally."

The lab phone rang. Naturally it was Gibbs on the other side. "Hey, Gibbs. Right on time as usual."

"Is Naomi with you?"

Naomi pressed the speaker button. "Right here, Gibbs. We have our murder weapon. Nicotine."

"Figures. Ducky tells me that these assassins are most likely women. Poison is their weapon of choice."

"Not all women," Naomi replied with a grim smile.

"Ya think? I need the two of you upstairs ASAP."

"Gotcha," Abby replied, but he had already hung up. "I hate it when he does that."

"You heard him. Let's go." Naomi and Abby both removed their lab coats and walked to the elevator. Two minutes later, they were in the squad room.

"Was the nicotine transmitted through the dart?" Gibbs asked when they appeared.

"I haven't tested the dart yet, but I believe that is the case," Abby reported.

"The murderer used gloves again. I did not get a single workable print. Not even a smudge. The weapon was cleaned after it was used."

Gibbs and the rest of the team took the information in stride. Abby looked up and saw that Jenny was listening in on the conversation. She was not happy with the results.

"We need to get in there," Tony muttered.

Gibbs rewarded him with a smack for stating the obvious. He looked up at the director as she leaned on the banister. "Any suggestions, Jen?"

"Undercover op," she stated simply. She walked down to join them. "We need more than one agent involved. And some mighty good forensics to slide past the real assassins."

"Well, you do have two trained assassins on your team, Director," Ziva replied sharing a glance with Naomi.

"And one of the best forensic scientists in the world," McGee added looking at Abby.

"No," Gibbs retorted as if sensing Jenny's train of thought. "I will not send Abby undercover. She is not a trained agent."

"Ziva and Naomi are more than capable of keeping her safe."

"We can teach her krav maga to defend herself," Ziva countered.

"As well as knife throwing and gun shooting," Naomi added.

"In the meantime, I can generate cover stories and manipulate forensic evidence to support the operation," Abby finished.

"It is a good idea," McGee grudgingly admitted, fearing retaliation from Gibbs. Abby couldn't help but smile at his innocent behavior.

Gibbs glared at him but didn't smack him. He instead turned his stare on Naomi and Ziva. "I don't like this one bit. Abby gets hurt in any way, the two of you are shipped back to Israel. In pieces. Understood?"

"Yes Boss," Ziva and Naomi answered in unison.

"Set it up. I don't want anything to compromise this op." Gibbs turned to McGee. "Help them out."

McGee followed Naomi and Abby back to the forensics lab. "You heard the Boss," he said. "Let's get crackin'!"

AN: There you go. The undercover operation is set to be planned. But how do they get those interesting code names? Look to Greek mythology! If you guess how, then you might get mentioned as one of the characters! Looking forward to the reviews! And check out my poll results. Thanks to all of you who voted! Until next time, Maylee