Little did we know as we walked into the agency that morning for another day of work that we were gonna lose one of our own. When I walked into my office there had been a message left for me. Metro PD had called to tell me that they had found the body of an NCIS agent. They had said that the id said it was Agent Cassie Yates. Now I had to tell the team, Jen, Jethro and Ducky. It wasn’t easy for me to hear that Cassie had been killed, she was family in my book and some bastard took her from us. It may have been the hormones coursing through me, but I was hell bent on finding Cassie’s murderer.
I knew it wasn’t going to be easy for the others; Jethro would want revenge to the point where he’d want me to reinstate long enough to avenge Cassie. I also knew that out of all us; Jen and I would be the emotional ones due to us being six months along respectively. I got up from my desk and went down to the squad room. Palmer and Abby decided to hang out upstairs for the time being.
“What’s wrong?” Ziva asked as I came into view.
“Metro called.”
“Navy or Corps?” McGee asked.
“Neither.”
“Civilian?” Tony asked.
“Yes.”
The look that Abby had when Ducky told her and McGee that Jen had been murdered appeared on her face again as she realized what I saying.
“No, not again.” Abby said.
“Who did we lose?” Kate asked.
“Special Agent Cassie Yates.” I said.
Without any instructions Tony and the team grabbed their gear and left for the crime scene. Abby pulled her phone out, ready to call Jethro.
“Abby, call Ducky; I’ll call my sister and Jethro.”
Abby did as she was told while pulled my phone out to call Jen and Jethro. Jen answered the phone when I called.
“Jen, I need you to pull Jethro away from his boat and put the phone on speaker; there is something that I have to tell the both of you.”
“I’ll go get him.” Jen said as she made her way down to Jethro in their basement.
“What’s going on Jay?” Jethro asked once Jen was at his side and the phone was on speaker.
“Metro called me this morning said they found Cassie dead. Tony and the team are at the scene as we speak. Abby is calling Ducky at the moment.” I said.
“Okay, reinstate us and I’ll down to the crime scene.” Jethro said.
“Already done, Jethro. Bring Jen to the agency.”
Jen, Abby and I stayed at the office as Ducky tried to keep the three of us from crying which was easier said then done. Everyone at the agency knew that Abby was the one who wore her heart on her sleeve, they also knew that I was pregnant just in case they hadn’t noticed by the baby bump I had going. But besides seeing three emotional women the other agents seem to awestruck by Jen and I. By this pregnancy I was use to being gawked at when I had a baby bump. Jen wasn’t as use to it, she didn’t like how she could hear the agents that once use to work under her stared at her and were muttering under their breath about how big her stomach was.
She knew that they were all judging her just as they had been since her and Jethro got married. The agency was still in the mindset that romance between agents wasn’t a good thing. Hell both Jen and I were the subject of gossip at the agency. By now all of us from Jen and Jethro to Abby and McGee, we were all the subject of gossip in the agency. In their eyes we were the rebels.
Jethro and the team came back shortly after I set the agency straight. Palmer got to work with Ducky’s help. Abby followed suite while Jethro and the team followed leads. Jen and I worked on getting information on Cassie memorial while telling her family what had happened. I had decided that only Jethro, Jen, Ducky, Tony, Ziva, McGee, Abby, Kate, Palmer and I should go to Cassie’s memorial. Drew, Nick, Jordan and AJ would stay with the kids.
I wanted Nick to be at my side at Cassie’s memorial, I knew I wouldn’t be able to handle saying goodbye without shedding a tear or two. So with that I changed my mind, pregnant woman’s prerogative if you will.
“Jen, do me a favor?”
“Yeah sure.”
“Call Nick and tell him that he’s coming to the memorial with all of us. If he asks why just tell him I said so, also tell him to tell Drew and AJ they are coming too. Then call Jordan and tell her that I want her to come so that Ducky has her with him.”
“And if AJ asks who is gonna watch Ryan while she and Palmer are at the memorial?” Jen asked.
“Tell her I am calling JD, Hannah and Leah to have them come home to watch the younger kids.”
“What about Kelly? Losing Cassie struck a nerve with Jethro.”
“I know my brother – in – law, Jen. At the moment I think if anything Jethro is going to need you a bit more than he will need his daughter; besides we need at least one adult to stay home just in case the girls need help.”
With that Jen made the phone call I had asked her too while I called JD.
“Hey mom, what’s wrong? Everything okay with Jayla? Did Aunt Jen have the babies early?” JD asked when she answered her cell.
“I need you to go to Hannah and Leah; they need to hear what I have to say.”
“Mom, what’s going on?”
“Jennifer Delaney, stop with all the questions and do what I ask you!!!” I said at the top of my lungs.
Jen looked over from the couch when she heard me yell.
“Okay mom, don’t get all hormonal on me.”
“So what’s going on Aunt Jay?” Hannah and Leah said once JD was with them.
“I need you girls to come home to watch the younger kids for a while tonight.”
“Why can’t Jay and Joce stay home by themselves? Last time I checked Benji was old enough to watch his sisters and brothers. Aunt Abby and Uncle Tim just have the twins, then Uncle Jimmy and Aunt AJ just have Ryan; Jay and Joce could always keep on them.” JD said.
At this point I couldn’t get past JD’s attitude and Jen had finished her phone call.
“You tell your nieces why.” I said as I handed the phone over to Jen and walked out of the office.
“Hello?” JD said.
“Girls, you have to come home because we lost an agent today.” Jen said.
Before JD could put her foot in her mouth again, Leah spoke up.
“We’re on our way, Aunt Jen.”
Awhile later JD, Hannah and Leah were home watching the kids. Jen had told them if they needed anything to call Kelly and Jason. Soon after the girls arrived we had changed for Cassie’s memorial and put the case aside for the time being. Now we all had our badges and had the black strap across them. Jethro, Tony, McGee, Drew, Nick had their badges in the usual spot. Ziva, AJ and Kate had theirs clipped to their clutches while Jen and I wore ours around our necks just as Jen had at Kate’s “memorial”. Ducky, Palmer, Abby and Jordan did their own thing since they didn’t have NCIS badges.
Once we got to the site for the memorial Jen, Kate, Abby, Ziva and I looked to our significant others. Who knew that these sort of things were sore subject for us.
“Forever and For Always.” The five of us said to our respective spouses.
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