Mind Games 2 : Level Up

01-Aftershock (Pt. 1)

|New York|

"Yeah. Haha. My mom was having a nightmare and I am...being a paranoid..thinks that someone broke into our house. I was ready to shot someone and ended up waking up Kayla. I haven't sleep since then. There you go. I'm an idiot." She can hear a laugh from across the line, which makes her quite happy. Especially if it could take away Greta's mind from her grief.
"You're good with stories..and jokes. Are you sure you were a federal agent?"
"Well...I learned from the best."
"Your ex partner?"
"The one and only."
"Why don't you meet up with him? Or even better, with your team. I'm sure they'll like to hear from you."
"Well I got you. I like talking to you. You helped me a lot when I was pregnant. I'm not gonna leave you."
"Not leaving...at least visiting them. I'm sure they missed you."
"I'll think about that. Thank you though. Oh...I almost forget...profiling class on Friday?"
"No. It's today. This morning. Make sure you prepare the presentation slideshow. Don't do improve on the blackboard again." Allison chuckled, remembering her foolish mistake last week. "Will do."

After she hang up the phone, she goes to see Kayla, who's sleeping on her crib peacefully. While doing that, she remember Tony in the process. Wondering what he's doing right now. Thinking that maybe she should make a call. But no, she doesn't have the guts to do that.

"Allison?" Her mom comes from her room and find her haven't gone to bed. "Back to sleep mom. I'm finishing my presentation. 2 hours."
"It's already 3 a.m."
"I know. 2 hours. I promise."

|Washington D.C.|

Tony is playing some paper planes to McGee's desk when he walks in and one of the plane poked his ear. "Ouch! Tony!"
"Chill McGrimley. It's just paper."
"Can you stop being a child?"
"Well no, can you stop being grumpy?" They're both looking at each other, when Gibbs suddenly run downstairs to the squad room.

"Boss?"
"A body. Navy Yard. Front gate."
"What?"
"You heard me DiNozzo. Grab your gear."
McGee looks at the calendar, "Boss, we're supposed to have a job interview today. You know, for the new team member?" Gibbs then give him the stare. "Okay. I'll...cancel it boss."

When they see the body, it's almost unrecognizable considering it was burned. "Duck?"
"As you see...Jethro. We are lucky she closed her hands as she was burned to death. Her fingerprint is still eligible. As for time and cause of death, I'll figure it out when we bring her in."
McGee put a fingerprint scanner on her fingers but it seems like she's in a restricted database. "Boss.... We can't ID her."
"What do you mean?"
"Her data is classified."
"We have high clearance."
"I know boss.. Still can't ID her. I'm thinking maybe CIA or NSA."

|New York|

After giving the seminar, she goes straight to Greta with a cup of coffee for lunch. "Hey, you're promised me you'll help me to answer questions and..." When she get there, Greta isn't there. The room seems untouched. "That's weird...." She then dialed her number but no one answer the phone. For some moments, she sit down and wait, thinking that she's probably just late.

"Grant, I need you and Marlon to review the detail of this assignment. The flaw, anything else." Gerald, her partner comes in with a bunch of files and then stop for awhile after find out there's only Allison in that room. "Where's Marlon?"
"I don't know, I'm just about to ask you the same thing."
"Well I have no idea either."
"I talked with her until 3 a.m. this morning. She's probably overslept. Would you like to wait for her Gerald?"
"Okay... Uh.... No...We should start to review the plan without her. I'll record your notes for her."

|Washington D.C.|

"McGee, have you get into the record yet? Have you crack it?"
"Shh. This is actually illegal and on record, I'm not doing it so...." Suddenly there's a beep on the monitor. McGee quickly look around and make sure there's no one else. "Okay...the fingerprints belonged to.....Lieutenant Greta Marlon, 41. She lived in New York.....currently a liaison placed under a NSA special ops there. Well there you go. NSA, there must be why her record was sealed."