Maggie pulled her robe around her, wrapped her wet hair in a towel and then went to open the door.
"Hey there," she said with a smile. He pushed inside quickly and shut the door behind him. After locking the door he pulled her into his arms. His kiss was fierce as he pressed her against the door.
"I hate that you have to do this, and I hate I can't make it go away," he said softly, in an almost threatening tone. "But if you disappear like that again…" She interrupted him by leaning back into him for another kiss. "I threatened to fire Abby," he said.
"Wow, that's extreme," Maggie said seriously.
"I apologized," he said softly.
"You said you were sorry?" Maggie asked incredulously.
"Yes, I just… I needed to know you were okay, and I hate this," he said in frustration.
"I'm fine," she said, laying a hand on his cheek. "But we need to talk." She led him into her bathroom. He took a seat on the edge of the bathtub and listened as she washed her face, dried her hair and dressed. "I have thought this through from every angle, and I don't think I'm the target. Let me explain," she said before he could interrupt. "There just aren't enough people in the world who intend me harm," she reasoned.
"You're complaining?" he asked.
"No," she admitted. "I think the target is NPID and Murphy or Noah. It's the only thing that makes any sense to me. It can't be NCIS – I haven't been here long enough. It can't be you because no one knows about us. It has to be Noah or Murphy or a past NPID case."
"That makes sense," he agreed. "Why Noah?"
"Well, he's had this thing for me for a while, and the whole vampire world is aware of it. His companions resent me. But none of them would dare harm me," she said. "But if he had an enemy, or a vampire trying to challenge his authority, they wouldn't hesitate to set me up."
"I'll check it out," he said. "You ready?"
"Good to go," she answered with a smile.
"I'll give you a ride back to NCIS," he said as he led her out to his car.
"Gibbs," he said into his phone after it rang.
"Boss, Ziva and I apprehended Anderson and are on our way to interrogation," Noah said.
"On the way," Gibbs replied as he hung up the phone. He proceeded to nearly break land speed records making his way to the office.
"You didn't tell him," Ziva said, punching Noah on the arm.
"He didn't give me a chance, Ziva," Noah protested. "I'll tell him when he gets here."
"Would you two stop flirting and get to work," Tony said.
"I wasn't flirting with him, Tony," Ziva answered loudly.
"Don't take it out on me," Tony said, raising his hands as if to say he was out of the fight. "Unless you're sexually frustrated. You can take that out on me anytime," he added, wagging his eyebrows at her.
"You couldn't handle me, Tony," Ziva teased him.
"I can handle a lot more than you give me credit for, Zee-vah," Tony replied.
"I give you more credit than you realize, Tony," Ziva retorted seriously.
"Oh really," Tony said flirtatiously.
"Can we get back on this before Gibbs gets here?" Noah interrupted, annoyed.
"That sounds like a good idea to me," Gibbs said as he and Sullivan stepped off the elevator.
"Boss, we have some news before you interrogate Anderson," DiNozzo said. When no one spoke, he continued, "Anderson is a werewolf."
"I didn't recognize his photo," Maggie began. "I can't believe…" her voice trailed off in confusion.
"Also," Ziva added, "Abby was able to match the saliva samples to Anderson, once they stopped mutating. He is definitely our guy."
"Maggie; Noah; you interrogate," Gibbs said as they made their way down the hall, causing the others to look on in confusion.
"Boss, are you alright?" Tony asked.
"Just peachy, DiNozzo," he replied sarcastically. "One of our team is being framed for a vicious multiple homicide – again. Couldn't be better."
"It's just that you told Abby you were sorry and now you're letting one suspect interrogate another," he began.
"Sullivan is no longer a suspect," he barked. "As far as I'm concerned, she never was. Let's get on with this." When the others were all in position, Gibbs left the room and went to Director Shepard's office, where he opened the door and entered without knocking or announcing his presence.
"What can we do for you, Jethro?" Jen said with a grin. Apparently Murphy had given her advance warning of Gibbs' interruption.
"Ziva and Noah have brought in our perpetrator. Abby has matched his DNA to the saliva samples from the incident. He knew each of the victims previously, and was seen leaving The Cheshire Cat with them last night," Gibbs turned to Murphy. "He's a werewolf."
"On our way," Murphy said as he rose from him chair. They made their way to watch the interrogation.
"I see he sent in his flunkies to question me," Anderson scoffed.
"Agent Gibbs can…" Noah began, but was interrupted.
"I'm not talking about Agent Gibbs, moron," Anderson said rudely. Noah sifted through the thoughts pouring from the man. "Get Murphy in here," he said. Noah motioned toward the door and he and Maggie exited quickly.
Murphy shook his head, pain in his eyes. "I will not play his game, Agent Gibbs," he explained.
Noah briefed the others, "Anderson harbors a lot of anger and bitterness toward Murphy due to some past experiences. He has been planning this for about seven years; since the death of his mother, for which he blames Murphy," Noah explained.
"He's my son," Murphy said softly, voicing the one thing Noah hadn't said out loud.
Gibbs entered interrogation, an expression on his face that caused Anderson to feel a fear he hadn't felt from a normal human in a number of years. Without asking another question, Gibbs placed the man under arrest. He pushed him against the wall as he cuffed him. "The next time you decide you have a score to settle with your father, mess with someone else's team," he said gruffly.
"I want to speak with my father," Anderson said gruffly.
"Too bad," Gibbs answered, as he handed Anderson over to the NPID without argument. Tony gave him a strange look. "What, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked.
"You're just going to let them have him?" he asked in return.
"Yep," Gibbs said with a smile, knowing what NPID would do to him.
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