...So now I'm back!

I've been concentrating on writing my ncis fics : http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1299859/

but now I am officiallly back in action and ready to go!I've got soo much to ctch up on...

Supernatural finale...WOW.

House is now on every day in the uk and twice on mon and thur! YEAH!!!

Bones is off air in uk...sucks...but there are the best of shows still going so yeah!

Ncis reruns from series one just started on a fri! woot!

Doctor who finale! again WOW. ooh and for thse people who are not so avid watchers as me I have some info on the new series hehe...

so much more but so little time!

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Ok people, I've officially my first fan fic!!!! WOOPEEEEEEEEEEEE! If you want toview the whole story follow the link:

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Sequel also started and being uploaded as you read this! Hope you like it! Comments as always would be absolutely awesome, but just taking time to read my story would be good enough for me! Thats why I wrote it lol!

Ok, so enjoy...!

OH and I've also put up a small story that I wrote...

Ok found the tv.com fanfiction thingy now so I think I'm going to stop posting mine here now. What do you think? Its annoying having to post it by blog anyway it goes backwards!!

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Chapter Four

McGee pulled up to the precinct. 'Why did Tony have to say that about Carrie making it seem like there was something going on especially in front of Abby. Now Abby's going to think that he has a thing for Carrie and him and Abby will never happen. Damn you Tony' McGee got out of the car and walked up the steps at the front of the building. He opened the door and walked up to the front desk.

"I'm here to see Officer Lockhart," said McGee showing the girl her badge.

"Right through that door there, sir," said the girl behind the desk. McGee smiled and headed for the door. He knocked and entered the room. Carrie was sitting behind a large desk and a younger officer was sitting in front of it.

"Sorry to disturb you Carrie, I'll come back later," said McGee.

"No, wait, I'm finished here anyway Tim" replied Carrie. "Officer Collins you can go"

"Yes mam" said the junior officer and got up and left. Carrie walked over to Tim and hugged him.

"It's been great seeing you again Tim. I never thought I'd see any of us lot again after we left"

"Neither did I" said Tim smiling "Gibbs sent me over to see if you'd found out anything yet" Carrie smiled

"So he still wants my help does he? Only to do the legwork though I bet" she said laughing

"No..." Tim began sounding awkward. Carrie laughed again

"I'm joking Tim!" said Carrie still laughing, "You're still as gullible as ever! Actually I have found out something new. A couple of the neighbours said that the house belonged to a Alex Parker and when I showed them a picture of Adam, they all replied that he was this Alex character."

"Maybe we mis-IDed the vic" said McGee

"Maybe," replied Carrie "but I think there is more to this than meets the eye, I'm willing to bet my life on it"

"Well I'd better be getting back to Gibbs with the new info, Its been nice seeing you again" said McGee

"Wait two sec's and I'll come with you," said Carrie "I'll just grab my coat, I want to meet the team again" she said smiling. McGee smiled back and they both left the building and headed back to NCIS.

***

Kate and Tony were already back by the Time McGee and Carrie stepped of the elevator.

"Ah, look it probie, how was the visit to your girlfri...Carrie, Hi" said Tony jumping out of his seat. Kate laughed at this which got a dirty look from Tony in return and turned round in hers.

"Hi guys," said Carrie as she walked up to the bullpen, "Where's Gibbs?"

"I'm here," said Gibbs from behind her

"Do you always sneak up on people Gibbs?" said Carrie

"Yep" came the reply from Tony, Kate and McGee in unison. Carrie laughed.

"So, what you got for us," said Gibbs

"What makes you think, I've go something Gibbs?" said Carrie

"Why would you be down here unless you had something to say?"

"I suppose, but how do you know its not just to see you guys?"

"That and the fact that McGee is dying from wanting to tell me something" replied Gibbs. Carrie looked round and discovered that McGee was indeed desperate to tell Gibbs about the Alex Parker thing.

"Tim, you are so bad at keeping a straight face!" said Carrie smiling

"Yeah" said Tony "he never wins at poker". Carrie laughed again and turned to Gibbs.

"We showed the photo to neighbours who said that the vic's name was Alex Parker" said Carrie

"And the licence says that the house belongs to one Alex Parker" continued McGee

"So we mis-IDed the vic?" said Kate

"That's what McGee thinks" said Carrie "but I think there's more to it"

"I agree," said Tony

"You would" scoffed Kate

"No" said Tony shooting a look at Kate, "There are lots of reasons that someone would create a secret identity, for example if they were committing bigamy, or sleeping around or" he said getting excited "If they were secretly into bondage and wanted a dungeon or something!"

"Only in your world Tony, and besides there were no leather straps lying around" joked Kate

"Ha, ha" replied Tony

"Actually Tony could be right Kate" said McGee, "after all Alex Parker isn't that far away from Adam Carter"

"Maybe" said Kate getting a smug look from Tony

"Maybe isn't good enough" said Gibbs "Find out of Adam Carter is our Alex Parker" Nobody moved. "MOVE" said Gibbs louder. This time every jumped to it.

"I'll go and interview his fellow officers, see what they have to say" said Tony

"I'll help you" said Kate and they both left for the elevator. Gibbs looked straight at McGee.

"I'll um..." said McGee

"We'll go through his computer and see what we can find" said Carrie finishing McGee sentence.

"Yep, we'll do that," said McGee. "C'mon I'll take you to meet our forensic specialist Abby, I'll think you'll like her" he said wanting to get out of Gibbs gaze quickly

"OK" said Carrie, "sounds like a plan" and the two of them left for the elevator.

***

Tony and Kate took Tony's car again. Kate didn't mind not driving and besides she liked watching Tony drive. It calmed and her and also gave her an opportunity to think. She had to tell him eventually. If she didn't then him and Carrie... Well, him and anyone would happen, anyone except her. Why was this so hard for her?

"What you thinking about?" said Tony

"Um... the case" said Kate "I'm coming round to your secret identity idea"

"Really?" smirked Tony

"Oh, shut up," said Kate but her voice let on that she didn't mean it as sternly as it sounded. "It would be great to have an identity that no-one knew about, and then you could do an say whatever you wanted without the consequences"

"Yeah, but that also means that you miss out on the good consequences" momentarily taking his eyes off the road and looking at Kate, there eyes locked.

"Tony! Road!"

"Sorry" said Tony and they sat in silence for the rest of the journey.

***

McGee and Carrie made their way down to Abby's lab and McGee heard he familiar sound of Abby's music bellowing from the lab.

"You'll have to excuse Abby's music, she likes it loud" said McGee

"Don't worry, I LOVE plastic death music!" replied Carrie, leaving a shocked McGee dawdling in the corridor.

"Hi," said Carrie loudly upon entering Abby's lab. Abby went and turned of the CD. "You must be Abby"

"Yeah" said Abby, "and you are?" sounding suspicious.

"This," said McGee entering the lab "is Carrie Lockhart. She'll be assisting us in this case."

"Oh" replied Abby, "Hi" Abby was still suspicious. If this is the 'old school friend' that Tony was talking about earlier then Tony was right. She was a knockout! What did she have that this girl didn't. A big fat nothing that's what. If McGee decided that he liked this girl then there was nothing Abby could do about it.

"Did you get to have a look at the computer that we found at the house where officer Carter was found?"

"What?" said Abby coming out of her daydream, "Oh, the computer, Well yes actually" she said turning towards her own computer. "His Email box was filled with emails to a Mandi King. I've put her name through every database I can think of and got a big fat nothing in return. The emails are quite hot really, love letters extreme kinda thing. In fact this ones quite good..." Abby began to read out one of the emails.

"Abby I think we get the gist of it, you don't have to read the whole letter out" said McGee

"Sorry" laughed Abby. Carrie was laughing too.

"Aww, McGee your going red" Carrie said and both Abby and Carrie laughed.

"Did you find out anything else Abby?" said McGee trying to ignore the last comment.

"Nope, I can't find anything about this Mandi anywhere!" replied Abby. "I'm telling you McGee, this feels hinky"

"That's enough for me" said McGee and Carrie noticed the shared smile that McGee and Abby then shared.

"I'm going back up to Gibbs to tell him about this" said Carrie "You stay here McGee and help Abby search for Mandi King"

"Since when were you in charge Carrie?" sad McGee

"Do you want to come with me to see Gibbs?" said Carrie moving towards the door

"Well not really..."McGee started

"See you soon then" and Carrie was in the elevator, "Someone needs to bang their heads together" she said to herself and laughed gently as the lift ascended.

***

Chapter Three

You could here the loud music before the elevator doors opened on the Evidence Processing floor. Gibbs, Tony, Kate and McGee steeped out of the elevator ad walked towards the lab. Tony entered first and crept up behind the gothic lab tech.

"Do it and lose a limb Tony," said Abby loudly. Gibbs laughed to himself at this moment. There were times when Abby reminded him of himself. He counted her as a daughter and loved her like one too. He took the Caff Pow that he was hiding behind his back and gave it to Abby.

"Aww Gibbs" said Abby as she walked over to the CD player and turned of the music.

"How did you know I was there?" said Tony. Abby turned around and smiled seductively at him.

"Wouldn't you like to know" Abby laughed

"But...Oww" howled Tony "What did you do that for Boss" as Gibbs smacked him round the back of the head for the third time that day.

"Wow" said Kate, "Three times and its not even lunch time yet, You must be some kind of record Tony"

"You were stopping Abby from telling me what she's got on the case" said Gibbs answering Tony's question, and turned to look at Abby.

"Right, yes the case," said Abby putting down her Caff Pow and turning towards her computer. She pulled up some pictures onto the screen. "This is Agent Carters Navy information sheet and it says here that Agent Carter was married"

"But he lived alone in that house" said Tony, "there were no female items in that house, I think I would have noticed"

"He's right" said Kate "there was one toothbrush, only male clothes in the wardrobe, he was definitely the only one living there"

"I said he was married, and he is... to a Chloe Carter," said Abby "He has a one year old son too and the address that's listed here is not the address you found the body at"

"Right Tony, Kate I want you two to go and interview the wife" said Gibbs

"Wait I haven't finished yet" said Abby "The car that was parked outside the house wasn't his either, It's registered to one Linda Hibberts"

"Thanks Abs" said Gibbs "McGee, I want you to talk to Ms Lockhart and see what else she has found out"

"Ooh, McGee's got to go and talk to his girlfriend!" laughed Tony

"Shut up Tony" replied McGee

"McGee's got a girlfriend?" said Abby surprised

"No I haven't" said McGee. Abby relaxed inside but didn't show her relief to the others. "Its just an old friend from school"

"I wouldn't call her old McGee and if I went to school with her, she wouldn't be just my friend either" said Tony

"No" said McGee "She would have kicked your ass for stalking her"

"Why are we all still standing here," said Gibbs loudly "get moving". Everyone except Abby moved quickly towards the elevator.

"What do mean stalking her?" said Tony as the doors closed

***

After the others had left Abby took the lift down to the basement were Ducky was working on Agent Carter.

"Did you meet this friend of McGee's Ducky?" said Abby as she entered the lab.

"Ah" said Ducky "quick and to the point. You have nothing to worry about Abigail, the boy is clearly infatuated with you still"

"Really" said Abby feeling a little better. She liked the chats she had with Ducky. He may have been old but Ducky always knew how to cheer her up and she valued what he said.

"Really" said Ducky "anyway, you would like her. She's a very nice woman but I get the feeling that she's a strong lady and not to be messed with. Much like yourself"

"Thanks Ducky" said Abby feeling much better now "You always manage to reassure me when I need it" she smiled. Ducky returned the smile.

***

Tony and Kate got into Tony's car and set off for the wife's address.

"You were weird this morning when we were at the vic's house" said Tony to Kate "Are you alright? You didn't seem to like Carrie"

"I'm just tired," said Kate covering "Carrie seemed nice"

"She did," replied Tony. They both sat in silence for the next ten minutes 'Say something DiNozzo you coward' Tony thought to himself. 'If you don't tell Kate soon enough then she'll find someone else, and it will all be your fault.' Kate was thinking the same too. 'If you don't say something Kate then Tony will get together with this new hotshot blonde Carrie and you'll be left behind. Then you'll be sorry'

"Kate" "Tony" they said in unison. They both laughed.

"You first" said Tony laughing,

"Um..." said Kate "well, the thing is...that..."

"We're here," said Tony.

"What?" said Kate.

"This is the address" said Tony "What we're you going to say Kate?"

"Oh" said Kate, "just that. That we're here"

"Oh" said Tony and they both got out of the car and walked up to the front of the house. Tony rung the doorbell and a woman came to the door. They could hear a child crying in the next room.

"Hold on Tommy I'm coming, Mummy just has to answer the door. Hello?" said the Woman.

"Chloe Carter?" said Tony

"Yes?" replied the woman "what is it?"

"We're with NCIS; the Naval Criminal..." Said Tony but he was cut off.

"I'm a navy wife, I know what it stands for. What's happened?" She said, "Where's Adam?"

"I think we'd better come in Mrs Carter" said Kate. She hated these types of house calls. Mrs Carter let them in and they were shown through to the living room where a little boy about one year old was crying in a playpen. Mrs Carter went over and picked up the little boy.

"Its ok honey, don't be scared of the nice NCIS officers"

"I'm really sorry to have to tell you this but your husband Adam is dead," said Kate as softly as she could. Mrs Carter didn't seem to hear her and just rocked in her chair clutching the baby to her chest. A single tear rolled down her cheek.

"I'm really sorry," said Tony. Mrs Carter just ignored him.

"How?" she asked

"We think he was murdered in a house in Greentown" said Tony. Another tear rolled down Mrs Carters other cheek. She wasn't looking at either of them, her gaze was fixed on a patch of carpet in front of her.

"I'm sorry to have to ask you this but do you know of anyone who would want to hurt your husband?" asked Tony

"No, my husband was a good man" she replied. She raised her head and looked straight at Tony now "How was he killed she said". You could hear the trembling in her voice now.

"Um..." said Tony. He didn't quite know how to tell her that he had had the back of his head completely bashed in. "We think he was hit over the back of the head" he said sorrowfully.

"Oh..." she said and her gaze returned to the same patch of carpet on the floor.

"One last thing and then we'll leave you for this to sink in" said Kate "Do you recognise this address?" Kate handed a piece of paper with the address of were they found the body to Mrs Carter.

"No. Sorry I don't" Her voice was noticeably cracking now and Tony thought that this was a good time to leave.

"Once again Mrs Carter I'm sorry for your loss" said Tony "We'll be in touch again if we need to ask you anymore questions."

"If you have any questions to ask us, or any information that you might remember please call us" said Kate "Here's my card" and handed her a small card that she had taken out of her bag.

"Thank you" said Mrs Carter as she took the card and put it on the table next to her, never once looking up but still looking at the same bit of carpet.

"We'll let ourselves out," said Tony, Mrs Carter didn't answer. Kate and Tony went out the house and closed the front door.

"That never gets easier," said Tony. Kate just nodded in agreement and they both walked silently to the car.

Chapter Two

"DiNozzo, you drive" Gibbs said throwing the keys in his direction. "Kate, ring McGee"

"On it" replied Kate. All three of them marched quickly up to the elevator and got in. Kate already had her phone to her ear and was waiting for a connection. As the doors to the elevator closed McGee answered. "McGee, wake up. We've got a case" said Kate.

As Tony pulled the truck up to the side of the house, he could see that McGee was already there.

"How the hell did you get here already probie?" said Tony as he jumped out of the truck.

"I was already up and I don't live far from here," replied McGee. "And besides, I've only just got here. I haven't been inside yet"

"Why were you up this early" said Tony smiling, "did you have a girl in your bed?!"

"Its none of your business Tony"

"Ooh, he did!" said Tony laughing.

"If I did, its still none of your business" said McGee slightly irritated.

"What's her name probie?" said Tony smiling, but he didn't get an answer. Tony felt a sharp smack to the back of his head. "Didn't see you there boss" said Tony.

"Kate, you sketch, Tony collect evidence, and McGee photos" said Gibbs and the four of them entered the house. A blonde woman stood just inside the living room, her hair cascading down to chest length and shining in the light. She stood at about 5'8" and was wearing a black skirt the same as Kate. She had on a white blouse buttoned halfway up, just far enough to be respectable but also showing the beginning of what as far as Tony could see was one hell of a cleavage. "heh, heh, heh" thought Tony to himself. He was first up to her shaking her hand.

"Hi, I'm Tony DiNozzo. Nice to meet you." Tony smiled "And you are?"

"Carrie Lockhart. In charge of this investigation until we found out he was a sailor," replied the blonde. Her voice was deep and kind of raspy like when you first get out of bed, very sexy. 'Great, just what we need, another blonde bimbo for Tony to drool over' Kate thought to herself. She was trying hard not become jealous, and shout something at the woman.

"DiNozzo move aside" said Gibbs which Tony did quickly. "I'm Jethro Gibbs. I'm now in charge of this operation and this is my team. You've already met DiNozzo, this is Kate Todd and this is..." said Gibbs but he never got the chance to finish that sentence.

"Tim!" said Carrie and quick walked over to McGee to give him a big hug.

"Carrie!" said McGee "I thought I recognized that name" looking at the startled faces of his colleagues; McGee thought he'd better explain. "We went to MIT together," said McGee "Carrie was in a lot of the same classes as me"

"Well that's enough getting to know each other," said Carrie "The real case is upstairs." Everyone followed Carrie as she walked over and climbed the stairs on the left side of the room, Tony fighting to get to the front so he could be just behind Carrie when she went up the stairs. Gibbs got there first though and Tony had to settle for next in line. " The vic is 23 year old Adam Carter. We found out that he was a sailor with the navy from his wallet with his ID but you already know that otherwise you wouldn't be here" Carrie explained as they went up the stairs. "From what I can see its blunt force trauma to the back of the head, but I'll wait for your ME to make it official. No signs of struggle again from what I can see but your welcome to come to your own conclusions."

"We will," said Kate somewhat coldly. She hadn't known this woman very long but she was already starting to dislike her. Maybe it was selfish on her part but she was used to being the only female on the team, well apart from Abby. This Woman had already got Tony's attention and had a good friendship with McGee. Gibbs didn't seem all that cold towards her either. Truth be told, Kate was feeling a little sidelined. The team reached the bedroom and filed in one by one. The vic was laid out on the bed face down with his head at the pillow end. The sheets had now been stained a deep red by the surprising amount of blood that looked like it had flown from the victim's head where a massive crater had been embedded. Even Tony was surprised.

"Wow, whoever hit him meant to kill him," said Tony "That's one hell of a hit, not just your average tap to the back of the head" It was just then that Ducky came through the door.

"Sorry we're late Gibbs, As well as being woken up early in the morning, Palmer felt the need to get us lost again"

"We weren't exactly lost" came a voice from along the corridor. A young boy peeped his head around the door. He was holding a case that held Ducky's bits and bobs. "We were just misguided"

"Palmer, I think misguided is a little of an understatement when you cross state borders" said Ducky somewhat cheerfully. "Still it doesn't matter we're here now. Hello my dear" Ducky said holding his hand out to Carrie "My name is Donald Mallard, but you can call my Ducky. I'm the ME with NCIS."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Carrie Lockhart" replied Carrie "From what I can see its blunt force trauma to the back of the head but I will leave it in your very capable hands" Ducky moved towards the body and started to look over it.

"Thank you my dear. I won't be able to be 100% positive until we get the body back to the lab but I think the dear girl is right" said Ducky and looked at Carrie smiling. "Palmer, come over here with my box" Palmer moved over and gave the box to Ducky from which Ducky extracted a liver probe. "From liver temperature I think I can deduce that this poor lad has been dead for about 9 hours, so he was probably killed 10pm and midnight last night"

"Thanks Duck" said Gibbs "now the rest of you get to work"

Chapter One

Caitlin Todd laid on her back in bed thinking about the dream she'd just had. It had involved her and her fellow colleague and a very compromising situation. She'd been having a lot of dreams that included DiNozzo lately and she was finding it harder and harder to be around him each day without blurting out her feelings for him and what's more, she had began to dread work each day. This was annoying because she loved the job she did and the results that it produced and hated that this was being changed by one simple man. Not only that, but by a womanising jerk who was inconsiderate, lazy, smarmy, had an ego the size of the sun, but he was also caring, funny, protective and he was hot goddamnit! She kept catching herself staring at him when he wasn't looking and getting lost in his eyes. He had good eyes she had to give him that, she loved just looking deep into thinking about what it would be like if he felt the same for her and she did for him. She had to keep reminding herself that that was unlikely and that upset her. She was so angry with herself how had she let herself fall this hard for a guy. She was stronger than this. Kate pulled herself out of bed and went to the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror, god she looked awful. She always looked awful in the morning. If Tony could see her now, she chuckled to her self and splashed cold water over her face fully awakening herself. With this newfound energy she went to the bedroom and pulled on a black knee length skirt and a dark blue t-shirt. She laced her lashes with the tiniest trace of black mascara and her lips with the faintest bit of cherry lip-gloss. The lip-gloss made her feel a bit like a little girl but hey she liked the taste and the colour and if anyone made a comment they'd feel the force of her hand. With one last look in the mirror, Kate picked up her gun and her badge put them in her bag and left her apartment.

***

Tony DiNozzo was often the first to arrive at NCIS and today was no exception. It was 6.00am as Tony made his way up the steps towards the entrance of the NCIS building where Bill the night guard always stood. Tony showed him his I.D. and Bill let him into the building.

"You should really get some help with your sleeping patterns you know" Bill said.

"With all the woman that want a piece of DiNozzo how can I" Tony laughed. Bill smiled and tipped his cap to Tony as he went through the glass doors.

As Tony exited the elevator at the usual floor he walked out onto the deserted desert that was the NCIS building at 6.00am in the morning. He walked over to his desk, pulled out his gun and put it on the desk as he sat down. As he stared at the gun he remembered when he had used it shoot Ari through the head. God that had felt good.

*Flashback*

It was a dark night as there was hardly any moon tonight. A darkness surrounded Gibbs house as well as the dark shapes of several men. Tony was one of them and knew that Ari was in there with his boss. They had to work quickly.

"McGee you take back, I'll go in front."

McGee signalled to two swat members beside him and they followed him round to the back door. Tony and the two swat members that were left proceeded to the front door.

"On my count McGee" said Tony through the earpiece. "One, two, three...FREEZE NCIS!" They clattered through the door guns drawn as they swept the first few rooms.

"The back of the house is clear Tony" came McGee's voice through the ear piece.

"So is the front McGee" Both Tony and McGee came at the same time to the door that lead down to Gibbs sanctuary; his workshop with his boat. Tony put his hand on the doorknob. "If anything happens to me, you come straight in OK probie" McGee nodded silently. Tony twisted the knob and entered the room gun drawn. He was confronted with Ari holding a gun to Gibbs left temple from behind him.

"Move and your good old Gibbs here gets a bullet through his brain" said Ari calmly

"OK Ari, what do you want to do next?" said Tony

"Caitlin was just the beginning, a teaser if you will. The main object of my anger was Gibbs here. Killing Caitlin was a shame, she was a beautiful woman but it had to be done. It was the only way that I could hurt Gibbs."

"So what do you want to do know?" repeated Tony

"I want you to come down the steps slowly, put your weapon on the floor and your hands in the air. Then Gibbs is going to see another one of his Colleagues die."

"OK" said Tony simply and started to walk down the stairs. "Why Kate though? Why not me or McGee?"

"Caitlin meant a great deal to Gibbs. I saw that when I was at NCIS the first time I was there. Her death would have had the most impact so she had to die first." By now Tony had made it halfway down the steps.

"You were right to have used the words 'would have' Ari." Said Tony.

"What do you mean by that agent DiNozzo?" said Ari, now with a trace of puzzlement in his before calm voice.

"It would have had the most impact for Kate to die first" replied Tony.

"What do you talking about?" said Ari now beginning to lose his calm tone. This new tone was unbecoming of Ari and didn't suit him at all. He was usually so in control but this information was new to Ari so Tony knew he had to be careful.

"You missed," said Tony plainly.

"What" said Ari

"You missed. When you shot across those roof tops you missed Kate." Said Tony

"That is not possible. This is a trick" said Ari. "I saw her fall. I saw the blood drip from for forehead and her lifeless body fall." Ari seemed to be enjoying recounting this story and he began to smile. This angered Tony further but he had to remain calm for everyone involved. He had to do this right.

"You used Gibbs sniper and his scope."

"Yes and I hit Caitlin straight between the eyes"

"No, you didn't. We faked it; the scope was off."

"Not possible, I would have noticed"

"Well it was and you didn't, so maybe you not as good as you think you are" Tony had now reached the bottom of the stairs and had stopped moving. Ari was now noticeably agitated and began to move more rapidly swaying a little from behind Gibbs.

"Your lying to me, you're tricking me into getting me to let Gibbs go."

"Its true" said Gibbs from within Ari's grasp. "The blood you saw was fake, prosthetics can go along way now you know"

"SHUT UP!" said Ari pushing the gun harder into Gibbs temple.

"You want proof?" said Tony. At that moment a figure appeared at the top of the stairs. It was Kate. Ari just stared in astonishment and horror.

"Pleases to see me Ari?" said Kate "a fake blood packet was taped and covered up on my forehead, and rigged to explode when you pulled the trigger. So you pulled the trigger and I fell to the ground covered in blood. Simple yet so realistic."

"This can't be happening" said Ari "I killed you" Ari was really jumpy now, swaying and fidgeting badly behind Gibbs. 'Almost' Thought Tony.

"How does it feel to see a ghost Ari?" said Kate

"YOU'RE DEAD!" shouted Ari and moved out from behind Gibbs. BANG!

A single red circle marked Ari's forehead, right between the eyes. His body slumped and his eyes glazed over. He slid to the floor and Gibbs bent down and put two fingers to his neck.

"Nice shot DiNozzo" said Gibbs "he's dead"

*End flashback*

Tony still remembered the slap on the back of the head Gibbs had given him that night after it had all happened saying:

"Two more inches to the left DiNozzo and your life would not have been worth living"

Tony didn't think anything would ever make Gibbs say thank you. Not if his life depended on it. Tony laughed to himself and at that moment Kate walked in.

"What's so funny DiNozzo?"

"Nothing. Why are you in so early?"

"Couldn't sleep"

"Me too" replied Tony. Kate walked round the front of her desk and Tony caught the scent of her perfume. He loved that smell, so typically Kate. Beautiful and elegant yet it had a kick to it that said 'Don't mess with me'. Tony noticed the skirt that Kate was wearing. Knee length, so it showed just enough leg to show the slimness of her legs but left enough so that Tony was left fantasizing about what was further up. "I was just thinking about the night I shot Ari"

"That was 6 months ago Tony. Let it drop. The shot wasn't that good, you were only 10 foot away"

"But still" said Tony. "One of my finest moments" he smiled.

"Whatever" said Kate and started emptying things from her bag onto the table. Tony watched her thinking what it would have been like if they hadn't have known of Ari's plan before the rooftop scene and his shot had been real. He didn't think he would of coped if it had. That night had made him realise how much Kate meant to him. Looking down at her body after she fell, even though he knew it was fake, shocked him to the core. It had looked so realistic and he had had to tell himself that it wasn't real. The funeral was the worst bit. Looking at that coffin with her name on it had been hard on him. That was the day that he swore he would take revenge on that son of a **** and he had meant it; right up until the second that bullet had left the barrel of the Tony's gun and burrowed cleanly into the front of Ari's skull.

At that moment Tony was roused from reminiscing about the past as Kate brought out her sketchbook and laid it on the table.

"Please, please, please let me have a look" said Tony

"No!" said Kate "how many times do I have to tell you that Tony. Its private."

"Pretty please" said Tony with what he supposed was a sweet grin on his face.

"That is sickening Tony. I think I now need to go throw up"

"Sickness early in the morning, you know what that means Kate" Tony smirked

"Oh grow up Tony," said Kate. Tony's gleeful look was broken only by a sharp slap across the back of the head.

"Boss" said Tony jumping to his feet.

"C'mon we've got a case"

Ok guys I've posted my first fanfic on the NCIS fan fiction archive (NCIS.fictionresource.com) and in a while I'll upload to the fanfiction.net one but new member have to wait three days! sucks!

I'll post chapter one here in my blog as a taster!

This is my first Fanfic so comment VERY VERY welcome. I'm only 17 though so I know its not gonna be that good but anyway... enjoy!

HUGE TATE fan! and McGABBY -XXX-

btw all my fanfic etc WHEREVER they are will ALWAYS be posted by Sunset_leaf of course!xx (or sunset-leaf depending on registering protocol)