« W-What ? » McGee asked with a frightened look on his face.
Tony rolled his eyes and Kate gave the Probie a sympathetic yet impatient look.
"Truth or dare?" she said slowly as if talking to a retarded 6 year old.
"Oh, I-I don't think I wanna play…"
"Oh, come on Probie…" Tony started.
"It'll be fun" Kate giggled as she finished Tony's sentence.
"It's… It's a childish game"
But Tony knew exactly what he had to say to convince McGee.
"Forget it Kate" he said casually "He's too chicken to play"
"I'm not" McGee said, offended.
"Are so!"
"Am not!"
"Are so!"
"Why don't you prove us you're not then?" Kate interrupted, like Tony knew (or at least hope) she would.
McGee looked defiantly at Tony then turned to Kate.
"Alright. Let's start"
Tony and Kate shared an amused look. McGee was so predictable…
"So, truth or dare?" Kate asked again.
"Truth"
"Coward" Tony coughed.
"Fine! Dare!" McGee snapped without thinking. Which he immediately regretted as he saw the evil grin on his co-workers' faces. They thought about it for a moment then Tony seemed to have an epiphany.
"I think I've got something" he grinned wickedly.
McGee gulped.
"Hey Duck!" Tony said as he entered the morgue for the second time, followed by his co-workers.
"Hello again, Tony" Ducky said "Another song you want to share?"
McGee frowned as he saw Tony's cheeks turn bright pink and Kate giggled.
"No, not this time" Tony replied "But McGee would really want to assist you for a minute. You don't happen to have an autopsy to do, do you?"
"As a matter of fact, we were just about to begin" Ducky gestured towards the table behind the agents' backs. McGee gasped as he caught sight of the figure lying there.
"Can you believe this? The poor fellow had a horrible car accident. His right leg was severed, he broke three of his ribs which literally torn his right lung apart. The rest of his body isn't in a much better shape, I'm afraid. 85 of it was cremated. This reminded me of that case, about fifteen years ago… Good Lord, Timothy, are you alright?"
Kate turned away to hold back her laughter when she saw the wonderful greenish colour McGee's face had turned into.
McGee, however, wasn't laughing "Okay, that's it, I lose" he said quickly before running for the door.
Tony and Kate burst simultaneously into laughter.
"What was he talking about?" Ducky questioned.
"We were playing truth or dare with him" Kate explained "That's why Tony came in and sang this song earlier"
"I see" Ducky nodded, amused "And who had the brilliant idea to make him watch me autopsy this poor man?"
"Tony did" Kate answered immediately.
"So what you're trying to say is that the only reason why you both came to see me is to play one childish game?"
Tony and Kate looked at each other guiltily.
"Well, yeah but…" Tony started but Ducky silenced him by raising his hand.
"Can I play?" he simply asked.
The two agents grinned but as they were about to answer…
"No, Ducky, you can't" Gibbs barked from behind their backs. They froze, not even daring to look back.
"Oh, come on, Jethro, you're no fun!"
"I know" Gibbs said "Kate, DiNozzo… truth or dare?"
Tony glanced nervously at his co-worker, who just shrugged.
"Uh… truth?" he tried.
"Nope"
"Dare?"
"Go back to work"
"Okay!" the two answered at the same time, almost running out of the morgue.
"Hey!" Gibbs called after them. Tony held the elevator doors open.
"Yeah, Boss?"
"If you play that stupid game again, I'll show you how I play" Gibbs simply said.
"What do you mean?" Kate asked.
"Just know that I always win" he said threateningly.
Tony's eyes widened as he turned to Kate, letting go of the doors.
"What do you think that means?" Kate asked.
"Trust me you don't wanna know" Tony replied "Come to think of it, neither do I"
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