The Shocking Discovery
Recap
"Night Abbs" Said Gibbs as he encircled his arm around her
"Night Gibbs" Said Abby as she felt his arm encircle her
Maybe just maybe he could get use to this
With Gibbs' arm wrapped around her, she slowly began to fall asleep. After awhile, Gibbs started to think about what Shannon had told him. The first thing that he started to think about was when everytime that she has results, he goes down to the lab without letting her get to the phone to call him. She had mentioned that they have a 'supernatural' thing going on here it's like she's sending a 'calling Gibbs' vibe. The second thing that he started to think about was when Shannon and Kelly had died that nobody could get him to smile or laugh until Abby had came into his life. The third thing was that he realized what had been missing in his life and that was happiness. He also realized that he had happiness in his life when Abby showed up at NCIS and that he had it all along.
'Maybe this can work' Thought Gibbs as he closed his eyes and began to fall asleep with his famous lop side smile on his face
Monday Morning at 0500
Gibbs and Abby were on their way to Starbucks.
A few seconds later…
They arrive at the number one coffee shop in America and Gibbs finds a parking spot near the shop.
"You want to go in with me? Or do you want to stay in the Challenger?" Asked Gibbs as he turned to face her
"Stay in the Challenger if you don't mind. You'll only be gone for what? 2 minutes" Replied Abby
"Alright." Said Gibbs as he turned around to grab the door handle to push the car door open
With that, he got out and walked around the Challenger to step up onto the sidewalk and he entered the shop.
There were only a few people sitting in the booths drinking coffee and eating donuts.
Gibbs walked up to the counter and a blonde haired woman who worked there as a counter girl walked over to him.
"Hello Agent Gibbs. The usual?" Asked the counter girl named April
Gibbs just nodded his head 'yes' and got his wallet out to get $2 out to give to April.
April walked back over with Gibbs' order and he handed her $2 in exchange for his coffee and Abby's Caf Pow!.
"Tell Abby I said hi for me" Said April as she took the $2 and put it into the cash register
"I will. She's right outside in the Challenger" Replied Gibbs as he turned around and strolled out of the shop
Abby didn't hear Gibbs slide inside the Challenger until she heard the rattling of ice from the big Caf Pow! cup.
"Here you go" Said Gibbs as he handed her the Caf Pow!
"Thanks boss man" Said Abby as she leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek
At the Navy Yard…
While Gibbs and Abby were waiting for the others to arrive; Abby was sitting in Gibbs' chair sipping on the straw that went into the cup that contained Caf Pow! And Gibbs was up in MTAC getting information on their next case.
Their next case is there was a dead sailor found at the Marina by his boat at 2100 last night.
In the elevator with Tony, Ziva, and McGee…
They had just arrived together a few moments ago and they were on their way up to the squad room.
"So, McGeek what's going to happen in the second series of 'Deep Six?'" Asked Tony
"I don't know. I'm still writing ideas down and I'm only on chapter 2" Replied McGee
Ziva jumps into the conversation
"Why can't you be more like Gibbs?" Asked Ziva talking to Tony
"Oh come one Zi. Who would want to be more like Gibbs? Um, certainly not me." Answered Tony "I mean all he does is, work, build boats, and drinks bourbon" Added Tony making a witty comment
Ding!
The elevator stopped to a halt and the doors slide open so they can get off at their floor.
When entering the bullpen, the first thing that they notice was that Abby is sitting in Gibbs' chair drinking her Caf Pow!
No one would dare to sit in Gibbs' chair because they might end up getting a 'back of the head slap.'
They all knew that Abby is Gibbs' favorite but they are okay with it considering they're in a constant competition for Gibbs' approval. They also know Gibbs' favoritism toward Abby is on a personal level more than a professional level but nobody can complete with Abby.
"Hello Abby" Said Ziva as she put her bag against her desk and sat down
"Morning Abby" Said Tony as he sat down
McGee just put his ramsack on the floor next to his desk, sat down, and booted up his computer.
Abby let her gaze land on McGee for a moment or two and then she turned her attention to Tony and Ziva.
"Hi Ziva. Morning Tony" Said Abby as she took a sip of her Caf Pow!
By this time, Tony and Ziva booted up their computers and while they waited for them to boot up; they got their things ready to spring into action when Gibbs walks into the bullpen and says 'Gear up.'
After their computers booted up, they signed in and went to check their email. They mostly get junk mail or news that going around the Navy Yard. As soon as they got done checking their email; they just hung out until their fearless leader comes out of MTAC.
10 minutes later…
It is 0600 now. Time to start work
Gibbs walked out of MTAC, walked over to the stairs, and walked down them.
"Gear up" Said Gibbs as he came around the corner to his desk which is diagonal from Tony's but next to Ziva's
"What do we got boss?" Asked DiNozzo as he slung his bookbag over his shoulder
"Dead sailor was found at the Marina by his boat.' Answered Gibbs as he took his gun and badge out from his desk drawer
Moving right along, Gibbs walks over to the elevator and the others follow their fearless leader.
After the guys left for the crime scene, Abby figured it was time for her to go down to the lab and wake her babies (meaning her machines) up.
As soon as, she entered the lab; she walked over to her computer to turn it on and then walked around the room to turn the machines on one by one.
"Come on guys, up and at 'them" Said Abby as she went around pressing the power buttons on each of the machines
After that, she walks into the ballistics lab to get her lab coat from the rack and then she puts it on.
At last, she makes her way out of the ballistics lab and walks over to her computer to check her email.
At the Marina…
Gibbs, Tony, Ziva, and McGee were at the crime scene before Ducky and Palmer was.
"McGee; bag and tag. DiNozzo; go interview the person who found him. Ziva; photos." Said Gibbs
A moment later…
Ducky and Palmer came walking down the docks
"Mr. Palmer I suggest you learn how to read a map more carefully" Said Dr. Mallard as they reached the dead sailors body
This was the third time this month Palmer had gotten them lost.
Palmer didn't know how to read a map because he had the map upside down.
Dr. Mallard knelt down besides the dead sailors body, reached into his medical bag, pulled out the temperature tool, lifted the sailors ship up a hair, and inserted the temperature tool into the stomach.
A few seconds later…
As if on cue, Gibbs says
"Time of death, Duck?" Asked Gibbs as he had his notepad and pencil ready to write down information
"Time of death: 0600. This reminds me of a friend back in Scotland who…" Stated Ducky as he started to tell one of his famous stories
"Duck" Warned Jethro as he gave Ducky a stern look
"Right. I'll save this for another time" Said Ducky as he began to search for scratches or for a sign of struggle
There were a few scratches on the sailors face and there was blood underneath the sailors fingernails.
"He must've put up a hell of a fight, Jethro." Said Dr. Mallard as he put the sailors hand down
With Tony interviewing the person who found the sailor…
"What time did you find the sailor?" Asked Agent DiNozzo as he held a notepad and a pe in his hand
"It was a little after 6. I was walking down the docks to meet my boyfriend at his boat to go sailing. That's him down there." Said a women who was in her 20's as she pointed down the docks to where her boyfriend was
"Was there anyone besides you two here?" Questioned Agent DiNozzo as he got done writing down the information that the women just gave him
"There was just me, my boyfriend, and the coast guard." Said the women "When I spotted the dead sailor, I walked over to him, got my phone out, and called the police."
"Did your boyfriend see it happen?" Asked Agent DiNozzo
"No. He got here right when I was calling the police" Said the women
"Okay. Thanks for your time and have a very nice time with your boyfriend" Said Agent DiNozzo as he winked at her and closed his notepad
The women starts to walk down the docks towards her boyfriend and say 'Loser' under her breath
With Ziva taking photos…
Before Ducky and Palmer wrapped up the sailors body, Ziva began to take pictures of the scratches on the sailors face and the blood that was underneath the sailors fingernails.
After making sure she got the close up photos, she told Ducky that he and Palmer could start wrapping the dead sailor up and put him in the NCIS issued truck.
She then walked over to the sailors boat where McGee was bagging and tagging stuff that had blood or finger prints on them. She began to take photos of the evidence that McGee put into clear evidence bags with labels on them.
"Hey McGee, I have a suggestion for my character in your book" Said Ziva as she started to take photos of the sailors boat
"What?" Asked McGee as he finished putting a label on the last evidence bag
"When Lisa isn't out solving crimes have her read a book or play the piano." Suggested Ziva as she took a last photo of the sailors boat
"Alright, thanks." Said McGee as he picked up the box of evidence and started carrying it to the truck that they arrived in
Back at the Headquarters...
Ducky and Palmer started on the autopsy and rest of the team started to look for leads.
About 15 or 20 minutes later, they found who the victim was and his name is Sergeant Cummings.
He was a sergeant working on a top secret project with the Navy.
After looking into the man's profile, it says he's been working on the U.S. Carrier so they decided to visit his unit and talk to the CO.
When they arrived, Gibbs goes to talk to Sergeant Cummings CO, Tony goes to talk to the others on the ship while McGee is checking his computer and Ziva is checking the bunk.
After that, they go back to the Headquarters to go over notes and then Gibbs visits Ducky to see about the autopsy and then he goes to see Abby about the forensics.
Stepping off of the elevator, Gibbs was carrying a Caf Pow! In one hand and his coffee in his other hand. He walks quietly into the lab and walks over to her computer; she had headsets on probably doing the acoustic analysis. He then takes one of the ear buds out of her ear.
"What do you got, Abbs?" Whispered Gibbs as he sat her Caf Pow! Down
Abby jumped
"Gibbs!" Shrieked Abby "Would you stop sneaking up on me like that"
"No. Not really"
"I've got something about the case" Said Abby as she picked up her Caf Pow and took a sip of it
After Abby explains to him about her findings, he gets a call and leaves as usual.
"Call me when you find anything" Said Gibbs as he kissed her cheek and made his way out of the lab
While Gibbs went to visit Ducky and Abby, the rest of the team looked further into Sergeant Cummings profile they found that he recently had a girlfriend for 3 years but they broke up 2 months ago.
They go outside to the parking lot where there car is and drives to his ex girlfriends house. Once they got there Gibbs knocks on the door and a second later, Stacey opens it.
"Who are you?" Asked Stacey
"I'm Special Agent Gibbs and DiNozzo. We are here to talk to you about your ex Sergeant Cummings." Said Gibbs as he showed her his badge
They go inside her house and goes into her living room.
"So, what did my ex do now?" Asked Stacey as she took a sip of tea
"He didn't do anything. He was found dead early this morning by his boat" Said Agent DiNozzo
Gibbs just sat back and waited for a reaction.
At first, she was shcoked for a few minutes and then she's fine after that.
"Are you okay?" Asked Agent Gibbs
"Yeah, thanks for asking. H- how did he die?" Asked Stacey
Agent DiNozzo started to wonder around the room to check stuff out
"Murdered." Answered Agent Gibbs
"How?" Asked Stacey as she took another sip of tea
"Haven't figured it out yet." Answered Agent Gibbs
They talk for a few more minutes, him and DiNozzo leaves, and Gibbs gives her his card incase she thinks of anything.
Back at the Headquarters...
When they enter the building, Tony goes up to the squad room while Gibbs goes to visit Ducky and Abby.
On his visit with Ducky, he find out that Sergeant Cummings was stabbed and had defensive wounds on his hands.
Now he was on his way to see Abby because she called and she said that she found something interesting.
Entering the lab with a Caf Pow! in his hand, Gibbs' ear drums were about to burst because Abby had her stereo on very loud.
He didn't recognize the song because he only ever listened to 5 songs in his whole life.
So, he walks over to the stereo and turn the knob to the left bringing the volume down a few bars.
"Hey! I was listening to that" Said Abby as she noticed the volume from the stereo going down
"What do you got, Abbs?" Asked Gibbs as he walked over to where Abby was
"I found a piece of skin on one of the sleeves from his shirt and I'm running it for DNA now." Said Abby
"Let me know when the results are in" Said Gibbs as he walked out of the room
Afterwords, Gibbs goes back upstairs to talk to McGee to ask him to check all bank records and to follow up with the CO again.
Later...
The results are in and the skin belongs to someone that the Sergeant knew and the team goes to his unit to talk to the CO again.
Once they arrived, Gibbs and Tony goes to talk to Sergeant Cummings Co while McGee and Ziva talks to the other officer, and then they bring both in for questioning.
The two CO's are in different interrogation rooms and Tony and Ziva are in the observation room waiting for Gibbs.
After Gibbs gets done interrogating the two CO's and gets their DNA, he goes down to Abby's lab to have her run the test to see which one matches the DNA that was found on Sergeant Cummings' sleeve from his shirt.
"Here Abbs. Run these and let me know when the results are in" Said Gibbs as he gave her 2 zip lock bags of mouth swabs with the CO's names on them
When Gibbs walked back into the bullpen, he goes up to Tony and slaps him in the back of the head.
"Get back to work" Said Gibbs "Ziva, you're with me."
They are going back to Sergeant Cummings house because they might have missed something.
Once they got there, they started to search through the house again when they were searching through the bedroom; Ziva saw something that was sticking out from behind a picture that was hanging on the wall.
Ziva walks over to the picture that was hanging on the wall and she takes it off of the hook. Then she turned it over to the back and there was a few papers folded to the corner of the frame.
"I found some papers behind a picture" Said Ziva as she took the papers
Gibbs walks over to her and takes the papers from her and unfolds them.
"Go find Brittany and bring her in for questioning" Said Gibbs as he looked up from the first page
After Ziva leaves, Gibbs calls McGee to come pick him up because he sent Ziva to go find Brittany.
Once him and McGee got to the Navy Yard, Gibbs goes to visit Abby to see if she has a match yet but the DNA didn't match to the skin that was found on Sergeant Cummings' shirt sleeve.
So then, Gibbs went upstairs to the squad room to see if Tony had found anything he did have a lead but it led him to a dead end.
Since there wasn't a match to the DNA, Gibbs told the two CO's that they could go because they haven't run any of the other evidence that they have to go against in court.
Walking back into the bullpen, Gibbs sighed and looked at his watch on his left wrist; they have been here for alittle over 48 hours. Time to call it a night
"Everyone go home" Said Gibbs as he walked over to his desk to grab his trench coat
"Are you sure boss?" Asked DiNozzo
"Yes. We'll finish this tomorrow which in this case is today. I want you all in by 0630" Said Gibbs as he shut off his desk lamp
The three agents shut down their computers, grabbed their stuff, and got out of there before Gibbs could change his mind.
Descending the stairs that led to Abby's lab, Gibbs walked into the lab.
"Hey Abbs, Let's go. I sent the team home. We can finish the case later" Said Gibbs as he walked over to her
"Huh okay." Said Abby as she stood up from her chair
First, she walked into the ballistics lab to take her lab coat off and hooked it back onto the coat rack. Next, she turned off the lights and shut the door. Then, she walked into the main lab and made her rounds in saying goodnight to her 'babies' as she turned them off. Finally, she walked up to Gibbs and they turned to head out but before stepping out of the lab completely, she turned off the lights.
She then grabbed Gibbs' hand and they made there way out of the building. Once they got into the Challenger, they made a journey to Gibbs' house to ponder about what they are going to do for the rest of the night until it was time to call it a night and head to bed.
To be continued...
What do you think is going to happen next?