Chapter 30
Tony and Kate walk in to NCIS's bullpen. Gibbs and McGee are already there, as usual. Kate blows her nose several times and sneezes.
"Wow, what got you there?" Tony says all of sudden.
"I have a cold, Tony. Normal people get those, you know?" She sneezes again.
"Were you sake-bombing last night?" Tony jokes.
"No. What's sake-bombing anyway?" Kate asks.
"Well, you take a cup of saké first. Hot sake. You drop it into a beer, and you toss it back. KA-BOOM!" He says.
"Sake-bombing. You're ridiculous, Tony" Kate waves her head off.
"It's great for colds" He smirks.
"No thanks. I think I'll stick to honey and hot tea" Kate says. He sighs.
"McGeek, Kate never sake-bombed" Tony says.
"Well, me neither" McGee replies while passing by.
"I work with a pair of chickens. Useless chickens" Tony says wittily.
"And you make that three, Dinozzo" Gibbs appears on his typical manner.
"Good morning, boss!" Tony sarcastically said.
"Good morning again" Kate mumbled.
"Is it a cold or a flu?" Gibbs sits by his table.
"Just a cold. Don't worry about it. I sneeze into tissues, unlike some people" She said turning to look at Tony.
"Hey! I have allergies, ya' know" He defended himself.
"Never had an allergy. Or a cold" Gibbs suddenly says. They all stare at him confused. Kate drops her jaw.
"You never had a cold? Not even a cold?" Kate asked surprised.
"Nope. Not even a cold" Gibbs was completely casual about it.
"Flu?" Tony asks.
"Nah. Never" Gibbs says.
"And why do I believe him?" Kate turned to Tony.
"Come on, Kate. If you were a bug, would you dare to attack this one?"He whispered, pointing to Gibbs.
"Well, I get colds all the time" McGee whines.
"Of course you do, Probie" Tony pats McGee's shoulder.
"Hey, I found a letter" McGee said showing them a letter with a kiss on it.
"Ooh" Tony teases.
"No, this one is addressed only 'NCIS Special Agent'" McGee says confused, while observing the letter.
"I think that would be mine, Probie. Huh?" Tony tries to take the letter from him.
"And how do you know that?" McGee says, smiling.
"Just give it to me. I recognize the lips. And the scent" He takes the letter grinning.
"Hah, must be Gummy Bears" Kate jokes.
Tony opens the envelope and spots some dust or powder. He blows it to the air. It was a white powder. Tony made a disgusted face when smelling and was left in the pose of blowing. Gibbs alarmed Kate to take the phone.
"It's an emergency, one of our Special Agents opened a letter that dispersed white powder in it. I repeat , emergency! Third floor is evacuating, initiating contained bio-attack procedures" Kate yells into the phone and hangs up. She runs to Tony.
"Tony! Are you ok!?" She yells.
"McGee, are you up on the procedures?" Gibbs shouts.
"Yeah, shower, burn the clothes, blood tests. Nobody leaves the building until the substance is identified except…" McGee talks, but gets interrupted.
"Lucky me! I get a free trip to Bethesda to be pricked like a pin cushion" Tony barely says, still trying to breathe normally.
"They've shut down the air, Tony" Kate says. He nods.
"Okay" He says.
"Let's hit the shower, Tony" Kate said decisively said and headed to shower cabins. Tony was dragging himself behind her.
"Thought you'd never ask" He said, in a sexual conduct. Gibbs glared at him angrily.
In the showers…
"Who could possibly try to send me a letter that contains anthrax?" Tony asks while rubbing soap on his hair.
"Any girl, Tony. Pick any girl" Kate retorted.
"Seriously, Kate. Not. Funny" Tony says back.
"Yeah, I know that" She replies.
"This is very serious!" Tony says angrily.
"Tony, I got it. Sorry" She apologizes.
"You know, it might not be anthrax" McGee's voice shows up.
"I like how that sounds, Probie" Tony smiles.
"Well, there are many others, you know. Could be small pox, bubonic plague, cholera…" McGee numbered the diseases, which was way worse to Tony.
"Hey, don't exaggerate!" Tony yells angrily.
"…Or foot powder, face powder, talcum powder. Powders!" McGee tries being optimistic.
"Wait a second. Honey Dust!" Tony yells.
"Honey Dust?" McGee asks.
"Yeah, honey dust. I give it to girls... I mean women, sorry Kate. I give it to women at the Christmastime! Very sensuous. You apply it with a feather" He explains. Kate rolls her eyes.
"What, you don't use the whole chicken?" Kate mocks.
"I have never actually heard of Honey Dust" McGee says.
"Yeah, because your mother raised you to respect women, McGee" Kate exclaims.
"I t makes a woman's skin feel silky. When kissed, it tastes like honey. Got a box of Honey Dust last Christmas, no card" Gibbs's voice appears in the fourth cabin. McGee, Tony and Kate look at Gibbs's direction at the same time.
"I think Post office mixed packages, Gibbs! Our packages" Tony yells.
"Hey, doesn't the post office irradiate our mail?" Kate interrupts.
"Yeah. If it has DNA, it dies" McGee adds.
"Wait, all the diseases you named, have DNA, right?" Tony asks.
"Yes" McGee says.
"Ah, you should've let him squirm" Kate jokes.
"Ha-ha! Then there's absolutely nothing to worry about!" Tony yells.
"Unless the post office made a slip again!" Gibbs says.
At the NCIS bullpen…
A paramedic comes in.
"Who opened the envelope?" He asks.
"He did" Tony quickly points to McGee.
"No, no! It wasn't me!" McGee says.
"Just kidding. It was me. I'm your pin cushion" Tony laughs.
"Did you inhale any powder?" Paramedic questioned.
"I might have" Tony responds.
"We took blood. Jimmy?" Ducky said.
"Four blood vials on ice to go" Jimmy replies. Kate sneezes again. Paramedic looks at her worried.
"It's a cold. I've had it this morning" Kate clarified.
"The cold makes you even more susceptible to airborne pathogens. You're going with Tony" Ducky said.
"Oh, no, no, no!" Kate yells.
"Kate, you're going" Gibbs warns.
"How long are we going to stay in isolation?" Kate whines.
"At least overnight" Paramedic responded.
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