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They had been reading the files on Captain Johnston for about ten minutes, when Daniel's phone rang. He got up and went to the windows over looking the river as he answered, so as to not disturb everyone else.

"Alright, I'm not finding anything that would indicate why the Captain was killed, though considering ninety percent of the file is blacked out," Tony let the comment hang in the air.

Towen who had opted to sit on the floor between Tony and Tim's desks spoke up, "That's because no one would have had the motive to kill him. Everyone loved him." He said with a slight tone of anger.

"Towen." Reynolds, who was in a chair between Ziva and Gibbs' desks, quietly reprimanded his second in command. "You'll have to excuse us Agent DiNozzo. We're not accustomed to this type of violence against one of our own."

"Ah, let's just forget it." Tony went back to reading what he could of his file, as Daniel walked back to his seat by Tim.

"You okay Daniel?" Tim inquired as he saw Daniel looking a little pale.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." Daniel relied after a moment. He leaned back in the chair and craned his neck over the back of it as Reynolds asked him,

"What did the General have to say?"

Everyone, even Gibbs looked a tad surprised at the question. Daniel took a deep breath before leaning his head back up and looked at Reynolds. "Apparently, according to Kate, T.J. got recalled back to base Saturday morning."

"What! Why?" Towen cried out.

Daniel looked down at him and sighed, "He didn't. At least no one from the base officially called him in."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but would he lie about that kind of thing?" Tim asked with a cringe. He knew what the answer would be, but figured he'd ask before his teammates. That way Daniel might not get upset. And he was right. Daniel closed his eyes for a second and held up his hand, forestalling the outburst that was coming from Towen and even Reynolds.

"No, no T.J. wouldn't do that. He was looking forward to his daddy-daughter date at the zoo too much to shirk off."

Everyone fell silent for awhile. The team had started to go back to the files they had, hoping there would be something there. Tim looked up and saw Daniel had his 'I'm thinking, but I don't like what I'm thinking' look on his face. "BB, you alright?" Tim whispered so only the two would hear.

Daniel looked at him then his lip curled for a second into a half smile before letting it fall again. "I'm fine LB. Just something doesn't make sense." Daniel whispered back. Tim sighed knowing that Daniel wouldn't talk until whatever was running through his mind was thought through completely. After five minutes Daniel grabbed his phone and started to dial.

"What are you thinking?" Reynolds asked, also knowing Daniel wouldn't tell him yet.

"That I hope I'm wrong." Daniel answered him right before speaking into the phone. "General, hi. Just fine Sir, no we haven't found anything yet. That's actually why I'm calling. Can I borrow Walter? No I don't need him here, on Base is just where he needs to be. Thank you Sir."

The NCIS team, other than Tim, was thoroughly confused as to what was happening; while Tim, Reynolds, and Towen were starting to get a bad feeling.

"Walter hey, got a favor to ask of you. Well not you specifically, just that I want you in charge of it, because I trust you to get it done right. I need you to contact every person that is on leave. I want whoever calls them, to talk to them, not to their wives, girlfriends, or mothers. Them personally. I want everyone accounted for."

"Oh dear Heaven." Reynolds sighed as he leaned forward in his chair.

"Did I miss a memo?" Tony whispered theatrically to Ziva. She just shrugged in return.

"He doesn't think Trevor Johnston was the only one." Reynolds replied as he sat back up in his seat, hands rubbing through his hair. Everyone's eye brows raised as he said this, and they turned their attention back to Daniel.

"Thanks Walter, you're the best. Yeah, talk to you soon... Yes General. Thank you for letting me borrow Walter. That's very much appreciated Sir. Yeah I hope I'm wrong too. Talk to you later Sir. Bye." As Daniel hung up he closed his eyes and dropped his head onto the desk.

No one wanted to speak, they really didn't know what to say. Tim put his hand on Daniel's back and gave it a few rubs as he spoke, "You sure you're alright Daniel?"

Daniel humorlessly chuckled as he sat up, "I'm fine."

"You're always fine." Reynolds, Towen, and Tim all replied at the same time. They looked at each other all let out a laugh, as Daniel glared at each in turn.

Gibbs decided to break in and ask what everyone wanted to know. "You think there was more people than just the Captain that something happened to." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.

"I hope I'm wrong Agent Gibbs. I hope I'm wrong." Daniel said. As he looked at Gibbs, Gibbs could tell he wanted nothing more than to be wrong. But even Gibbs had a feeling that Daniel was right. There was more going on here than anyone knew, and Gibbs didn't like not knowing.

A/N: Here's another chapter. Know it's short but the next one will be longer :) I know there is a lot of Daniel at the moment, and as a forewarning there will be more, but we'll get more into the Tim/Daniel brotherliness soon.

Let me know what you liked or didn't like. Thanks for reading!