Unexpected Mystery

“What the....”

Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo stared in confused horror at the spectacle that greeted his arrival in his corner of the NCIS office space. Working at NCIS, and under the all-seeing eye of one Leroy Jethro Gibbs, had taught him to expect the unexpected, but this was so far beyond 'unexpected' that it wasn't even in the same state.

“What's going on, DiNozzo?” he heard a voice question from behind him. He couldn't tear his eyes away from his boss's desk long enough to answer his partner, Caitlin Todd, so instead settled for vague hand waving in the direction of Gibbs' desk, hoping that he wasn't the only one disturbed by what was there.

“What the hell?”

Good to know.

“Kate, is that a-”

“Jack-o-lantern.”

“And sitting on the monitor?”

“A fairly life-like skeleton.”

“And the flowers?”

“Orange and black roses.”

“And the streamers...?”

“It *is* June...right?”

“Abby, you think?”

Maybe.... he thought, but...

“No.”

The Goth scientist knew better than to mess with Gibbs' desk. Everyone knew better than to mess with the ex-Marine's desk.

“So who could have...?” asked Kate.

“There's a note in the flowers.”

“I wouldn't, Tony.” Kate warned him even as he casually moved to his boss's desk, intent on grabbing the *hopefully* insightful note.

“You want something, DiNozzo?” called out a voice that froze Tony mid-reach.

“No, Boss.” he said quickly, stepping away from the desk.

“Kate and I were just wondering....” he trailed off, and quick hand gesture in the direction of the cardboard banner proclaiming 'Happy Hallowe'en' hanging off the side of the desk.

When Gibbs' himself came to a screeching halt next to the desk, Tony knew that someone was going to lose something over this prank. Possibly a limb or two.

“What the hell is this?”

“There's a note, Boss.” Tony added helpfully, snatching the piece of paper from the vase of roses. “Maybe it's from a secret admirer. You know, this is just the kind of thing that some women will do to get your attention. In fact, a buddy in college had a girl who tried to-”

“DiNozzo!” said an exasperated Gibbs. “Give me the note.”

“Here ya go, Boss.” he said carefully, handing over the note to the other man.

“I didn't know you were into Hallowe'en, Gibbs.” commented Kate.

“It's the middle of June, Kate.” he said, in an exasperated tone as his eyes scanned through the note.

A smile suddenly spread across his face. The kind of smile usually reserved for children and beautiful women.

DiNozzo tried to sublety read the note upside down, but all he got was 'Told you' and a signature that kind of looked like 'Willow', but he couldn't be sure.

Who was 'Willow'?

Tucking the paper inside his breast pocket, Gibbs glared at Tony.

“Grab your gear. We've got a dead Commander outside a grocery store in Richmond.” said Gibbs, already moving to the elevators.

Two confused NCIS agents in his wake.

End

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