Breaking rule 12.

Third death

"Yeah," Gibbs said into his phone, I looked at tony and he looked at me. "how? You were meant to be keeping her secure! She can't have... We searched her, there was nothing! I don't care. I'll be there soon." Gibbs barked.

"What is it boss?" I asked forcing myself to sit up.

"Charlotte Sigton has been found dead in the interrogation room."

"What?" tony laughed slightly, then realised that he wasn't lying. "that's not possible sir."

"Well it's happened come on Dinozzo ill need you." Dinozzo sighed standing up.

As they both walked out,I slid the covers of me, swung my legs out of the bed and reached for my clothes from over the back of Dinozzos chair. Slowly I slid my trousers on under my hospital gown, then pulled the gown over my head - which took a lot of effort and creating an awful amount of pain. It was then that I could see my pain. A large almost bandage type thing, had been put over the hole in my side so I decided not to rip it off. I continued getting dressed, and pulled my jumper down over my body. I didn't attempt to put socks on - bending down would have been painful, so I slipped on my boots and hobbled out of the room and across to where Gibbs had gathered the others.

"She's been murdered in NCIS? That's not possible." McGee said, shaking his head.

"I already pointed that out probie." Tony said as I squeezed between him and McGee.

"Zeva?" McGee looked at me, "how did you get out?"

"It's not a prison, no one tied me there." I stated, McGees mouth formed an 'o' shape and looked away slightly.

"Why miss David." Tony said with drama in his voice. "how dare you defy the health service, they are a vital part of our well oiled system."

We all stared at Tony.

"Not if your dead there not." I sighed, holding Tonys arm slightly so I didn't fall over.

I caught a glimpse of Gibbs smiling, I blinked, and his disapproving face was back.

"Before we enter the building, you'll need to wear gas masks as we do not know the cause of death yet, it could be ventilation poisoning so we're taking precautions."

"But no one could get enough gas into the room to kill her and not affect any one else in the building." Abby said excitedly.

"Well unless they knew the computer systems well and could isolate the ventilation shafts so that only gas went into that room." McGee said back.

"Yes, well, true. But! You would need to be on the inside to do that, to operate the computer systems. You would need to be inside the building." Abby argued back.

"So the killer got into headquarters, through security, through the main computer operations security, sat at the computer programmed for ventilation, caused the breach, got out again, and no one noticed?" McGee asked.

"Well it was easy for him to get out, when the alarm goes off that there could have been a possible air attack, and evacuated the building that was his way out through the confusion." I said, now fully leaning on Tony, his arm wrapped tightly around me.

"You are staying here Zeva." Gibbs commanded as he picked up his gear.

"No! I'm coming with you guys, I'm part of this team aswell." I said angrily.

"Your not fit enough to run around after killers."

"Who said that I'm going to be running around afte-"

Gibbs cut me off "can you bend down?"

"Ye-"

"Can you bend down with out being in pain?"

"No."

I saw a glint of something in Gibbs eyes, perhaps the feeling that he had won over , but he always does that.

Stop over thinking Zeva.

"Dinozzo can stay with you, I'm sure Palmer and Abbs would love the chance at some field work."

"Well-" Abby began

I sighed "no tony should go. He'd be bored here."

"I would not." tony said, trying to be comforting.

I looked at him. "all you would be doing would be sitting staring at me, who would be asleep, whilst getting calls from the team."

"Yeah ...when you say it like that..." he looked at me "it's not because I don't love you an all..."

"Tony - please." McGee said rolling his eyes.

"Yes McProbie?"

I sighed, laughing slightly though it caused me pain, and kissed him softly.
"Now will you go?"

"If I get that every time I should refuse to leave more often." he smirked, I smiled and hobbled back to my own room.

As I shut the door I heard McGee say "can we make a rule about no ...love stuff... at work?"

"Agreed." Gibbs and Abby said at once.