The Wacky World Known As The NCIS and the Avengers Chatroom

Christmas for the Avengers

Natasha collapsed on her chair next to Gibbs. "Merry Christmas!"

Gibbs grinned at her. "Merry Christmas."

"Okay, SHIELD bunnies and NCIS lab rats!" Stark announced, walking into living room of Stark Towers. "Time for the Secret Santa gift exchange!"

"I just hope it all wasn't a waste," Vance muttered as he looked at all of the gifts under the tree.

Clint leaned forward. "So, what's the order?"

"How about reverse numbers?" Jane suggested. "We always go normal order."

Abby brightened considerably. "So I go first?"

Bruce grinned, reaching underneath the tree to a black package. He tossed it to her. "Merry Christmas, Abbs,"

Abby grinned at Bruce, unwrapping her gift. Natasha leaned forward, anxious to see what it was. Seconds later, Abby brightened considerably. "Oh, wow!"

Bruce grinned. "I had to ask around, but I heard you're a fan of Brain Matter, and then I asked Maria for help in finding some of the rarer copies of their CDs."

Abby jumped up and hugged Bruce tightly. "Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome, Abby."

Maria smiled from where she sat next to Borin. She had abandoned her SHIELD uniform and was wearing her former CGIS gear. Similarly, Clint and Natasha were wearing their FBI and NCIS uniforms. Jane reached under the tree next and found a thin box. She held it out to Ducky, smiling. "Courtesy of my trip to London previously."

"Why, thank you," Ducky told her, opening it. "Always a good pastime."

"Darcy would agree," Jane snorted. "She complains all the time about how much fun driving in London was."

Ziva peered over Ducky's shoulder as he opened his gift up. She chuckled, and Ducky did, too. "How did you know?" he asked the scientist, looking up at her.

Jane smiled. "I know you prefer tea over coffee. Darcy was waiting for an excuse to go back to London. When I asked her to get some custom tea packets from there, she was gone before I could say 'Secret Santa.' Merry Christmas, Ducky."

Ducky smiled. "Same to you, my dear."

"All right, if the two scientists are done . . . " Stark jumped from his seat by Steve, grinning at McGee. "I had the geek of the NCIS team."

"Oh, this'll be good," Borin muttered.

Stark withdrew another thin box from under the tree, but this one was a little larger. He held it out to McGee. "Merry Christmas, McTech."

"Hey, that's my line!" DiNozzo complained.

McGee rolled his eyes, taking off the wrapping paper. He raised an eyebrow at the tablet. "Uh . . . "

Stark grinned, taking a drink of his scotch. "Turn it on."

McGee did, and holographic images sprang up. His jaw dropped, and he looked at Stark in shock. "Is this - ?"

Stark just simply held his hand up by Bruce, and the scientist slapped his against it. Natasha laughed, and the whole NCIS gave Stark a round of applause. McGee shook his head slowly. "Geez, Stark, you didn't have to!"

Stark shrugged. "Ah, I poked around a little bit, and I heard about how much you liked the team in LA's equipment." He looked at Vance. "I asked your Director. Soon the whole building will be getting technology like that."

Seven jaws dropped, and Vance grinned. "I already told SecNav. He wasn't exactly very happy, but he accepted."

"Nothing what Fury's gonna be like, but I'll deal with it," Stark added.