A/N: Thank you guys so much for the reviews and for reading! I love you all..even though I don't actually know any of you, but that's not important. [Enter disclaimer here that we all know too well at this point].
Caroline lifted her pen off the document. The last paper she had to sign for her transfer to NCIS.
"Alright," Caroline said, handing Gibbs the paper, "here you go."
Gibbs handed her a badge, ID, and gun. "Thank you, Agent Walters. Today's a slow day but when we get a case, I expect your best."
"Completely understood, Director."
"Okay. You can go set up your area and get comfortable with the team."
Grace nodded and went towards the door.
Gibbs caught her at the last second. "Agent Walters, do me a favor."
She looked back at him, ready for anything.
They were all sitting at their desks. Tony smiling as though it was Christmas, Ziva actually working on something, and McGee was trying to concentrate but couldn't get over the fact that Caroline was here.
Caroline came down the stairs, towards the desks. Tony stood up to get to her.
"How'd it go?" He wanted to make sure she had everything set up and ready to go, in a true brotherly fashion.
Caroline flashed her gun and badge. "I'd say pretty good."
They both smiled and she took a step towards her desk, passing him. As she walked by she smacked him on the back of the head.
"That was from Director Gibbs." She said over her shoulder at Tony.
Ziva and McGee both chuckled as Tony put his hand to his head, frowning. He looked at Ziva and she gave a fake pout.
"Aw Tony," Ziva said in a child-like voice, "do you want me to kick your boo boo?"
"It's kiss, and no thanks," Tony said, trying to regain some dignity, "I'm good. Can someone please change the subject?"
"Caroline," Ziva started, "how'd you get the job?"
Caroline looked at the ceiling and smiled. "It wasn't a choice, really. I mean, technically it was, I did have two options, but it was more of a 'I'm giving you a second option because we both know you'd never pick it' kind of choice. It was either move from UCOD to NCIS, or have the UCOD director send an email to every law enforcement department, division, sector, team, office, and service in the country telling them to not hire me."
"UCOD?" McGee asked.
"Under Cover Operatives Division." Grace said, smirking and nodding at him. "We're like the CIA, but we don't kill people. We...I mean they are a resource for the FBI and any federal law organization that needs information from anyone about anything. Drug dealers, gangs, baker poisoning cupcakes, everything."
"A baker poisoning cupcakes?" Tony asked in disbelief.
Grace nodded at Tony. "Oh yeah. That happened a few years ago. Of course, you people don't know about us because NCIS doesn't like to admit when they need extra help, so you never know when we're there."
McGee scoffed. "No offense, but I think we would know if there was another division working with us."
Caroline raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you remember when those two," she pointed at Tony and Ziva, "did their best impression of undercover work, which to them meant having sex every three minutes, and ended up with Tony getting almost killed?"
Everyone nodded. Grace smiled and continued. "The guy who was beating you up? That was Richard Darrington, UCOD agent. You ended up shooting him." There were looks of apology and disbelief.
"Was he okay?" Tony asked.
"Oh yeah," Caroline replied, "he was fine. Metal plate under his jacket got the bullet. He broke a few ribs, but he was back on his feet in no time. Example number two would be a few months ago when Tim's computer got hacked and everything of the past crimes of the guy were deleted?"
"Yeah," McGee answered cautiously.
"That was UCOD. Agent Jennifer Beck, also known as the world's greatest hacker and tech wizard."
"That hack cause a national security threat." McGee said, a little louder than indoor voices.
"Only for a few days," Caroline defended, "and if it weren't for us, the guy would have hacked in, found everything, and caused an actual security breach. Terrorists would have had bomb plans and digital maps of where different military centers and camps around the world were located."
Everyone was flabbergasted. McGee and Tony were rendered speechless. Ziva was shocked but still able to form words.
"I had no idea that you were working on our cases." She was shaking her head slightly.
"Thanks." Caroline said with a proud smile. She looked at McGee and Tony. "And you're welcome."
Tony scoffed. "For what?"
"Saved your life." Caroline said casually while messing with her computer.
McGee scrunched his face a bit. "What?"
Caroline looked at him. "Your first year. You two were chasing your guy, he went into a building, and when you were about fifty yards away the building exploded. You kept running into people on the street, making you slow down and getting distance between you two and the guy. Most of them were UCOD. I was one of them. Actually, I was the one who gave the most distance. If you guys were any closer you would have died."
"You saved our lives?" McGee asked in disbelief.
"We saved your lives. I was part of it, but yeah." Caroline was looking him in the eye.
"Thank you." Tony said genuinely. He looked at Ziva and they smiled. "You've done a lot for us."
"Yeah," McGee followed, smiling softly, "you've done a lot for us."
Caroline smiled and blushed a bit, but then shrugged. "It's not like it was completely for you guys. I did get a promotion for it."
They all gave a small chuckle before Ziva furrowed her eyebrows.
"But how did you know the building was going to explode?"
Caroline smirked at her. "It's our job to know, Agent David."
As she said that the elevator opened and a woman and man walked out. They looked around and as they saw the group they smiled and walked towards them. The woman had straight blonde hair, going past her shoulders, and hazel eyes. The man had short black hair and deep brown eyes, although they looked borderline black.
As they got to the desks the woman smiled at them all before holding a card up between two of her fingers at Caroline, raising an eyebrow.
Caroline grinned. "Mark's?"
The man chuckled. "You know it."
Caroline nodded. "Gimme."
The woman smiled and walked over to her, handing her the card.
Caroline took a pen out of her purse with one hand and the card with the other. She looked down, writing something in the card, then gave it back to the woman.
"Good morning to you too Jen." Caroline said with a sarcastic smile.
The man scoffed. "No appreciation." It was more than clear he was joking.
Caroline pursed her lips. "And you, Danny. How's it going, being the Senior Agent and all?"
The woman snorted. "Making Danny the Senior Agent was a worse idea than invading Russia in winter. Seriously, what was Hutton thinking?"
"That I'm perfect." Danny piped up, still standing in between Tony and Ziva.
Jen sat on Caroline's desk. "Perfect must mean something different in your head." She looked around the room, then at Caroline. "So this is where you work? Step down from the office, but I guess it could work."
"Office?" McGee repeated.
Jen looked at McGee. "Yeah. Care Bear over here was the Senior Agent. You guys don't have an SA?"
"We do," Tony said, slightly annoyed, "I'm him, but I don't have an office."
Jen whistled before looking at Caroline again. "Why did you leave us again?"
Caroline rolled her eyes. "You guys know why, and if I have to tell you again I'll have to tell Director Hutton about your questionable competency."
Jen threw her hands up in surrender, and Danny snickered.
"Man Care Bear, this place has really changed you."
"Tony raised an eyebrow at Caroline. "Care Bear?"
Caroline looked up at Danny. "I've been here less than an hour," she looked at Tony, "and you can hush it."
Tony smiled. "I think I just found your new nickname, Care Bear."
"Yo!" Jen exclaimed, "you can't call her that. UCOD called dibs. No sharesies."
McGee snorted and Danny looked at him, squinting. "I feel like we know him."
"Probably," Caroline said shrugging, "we've saved his ass a bit more than a few times."
McGee looked at her in fake offense. "I'm sure I could have handled it myself."
Jen bit her lips, shaking her head a bit. "No, not really."
Danny put his arm on the wall next to Tony's desk. "So are we still doing drinks tonight?"
Caroline sighed, leaning back in her chair. "I completely forgot about that. I can't. I have a date."
Jen and Danny both let out an exasperated sigh.
"A date?" Tony asked.
"Why was I not aware of this?" Jen asked.
"It happened this morning." Caroline's voice was casual, and she shrugged.
"Oh Care Bear," Danny said, smiling, "you know we need more details than that."
Caroline rolled her eyes with a grin. "There weren't that many details. He bumped into my table, spilled my coffee, on my book, and then, things just kind of happened. And things would have kept happening if you hadn't called me." She glared jokingly at Danny.
Danny put his hand on his chest. "Well then, I formally apologize for making you come and sign your transfer papers as well as say goodbye to everyone."
Jen's eyes got wide. "Oh my god. He didn't ruin the front did he?"
Caroline scoffed. "No. Just the ending. If he had gotten the front he wouldn't be alive, much less get a date."
Danny chuckled to himself. "And no one doubts you on that, although not having the ending is pretty bad too."
Caroline shrugged. "I guess, but I can always get another copy, but a one in a hundred signature isn't that easy to replace, or cheap."
"Wait," Tony interjected, "what book?"
"Deep Six by Thom E. Gemcity." Caroline answered.
"Deep Six? Tony repeated. "You know that-"
He was interrupted by McGee coughing loudly, slightly shaking his head at Tony.
"Are books a sensitive topic with him or something?" Jen asked, furrowing her eyebrows at McGee.
"No," McGee said, trying to recover from it, "I just don't want Tony to say something stupid."
The three UCOD agents, well two plus Caroline, nodded at him. There was a moment of silence before Caroline looked at the two current UCOD members.
"Okay you two," Caroline said, "what do you want?"
Danny frowned innocently. "What do you mean?"
Caroline looked at him with an obvious don't-even-try-with-me look.
Jen smiled sweetly. "Mark's birthday card."
Caroline gave the same to look to her as well.
Jen gave in and sighed. "We need you to record a track."
Grace rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding me? You know I'm not UCOD anymore, right?"
Jen stood up off her desk. "Once UCOD always UCOD, and you know that. But, we all know you're the best at this and we need this to be good for the symphony to believe it." She gave a pouty look. "You don't want us to get made, do you?"
Caroline looked at her for a few seconds with pursed lips before sighing and rolling her eyes. "Fine. Get the stuff."
Jen's face lit up as she clapped her hands and went to the elevator, getting in.
Caroline looked at Danny with a tired expression. "Do I really have to do this?"
He shrugged. "If we want it to be believable."
"Hold on," Tony interrupted again, looking at Caroline, "what are you doing?"
Danny smirked. "Recording a track for the symphony auditions. She's the best at artsy stuff, especially music, and we need it to be amazing and perfect to get in."
"Why do you need to get in?" Ziva asked.
"That's classified." Danny said blankly. He waited a second before smiling. "God, I have always wanted to say that. No, it's one of our jobs on this violinist in the symphony."
The elevator opened, and Jen came out with a violin case, a MacBook, and a recording microphone. She set the microphone in the middle of the desks, making it easy for everyone to see. After that, she connected it to the MacBook, placing it on the end of Caroline's desk. She came up to Caroline, placed the case on her desk, and opened it. She grabbed the violin and the bow, handing them to Caroline.
Caroline shook her head a bit. "You are so lucky I love you two."
Danny smirked. "We know. Now show us the pure genius that is Caroline Walters' musical abilities."
Caroline sighed and reached for the violin, getting it situated between her cheek and shoulder. She looked at Jen, and when Jen nodded Caroline took a breath.