AN: The third and final installment is (finally) here! Thanks for the ride. Still more Jibbs slant to this chapter.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs was not an easily confused man, but his team had him thinking in circles. He knew that Tony was mad at Tim and he knew that it had something to do with Jenny. Whatever his team had discovered they were doing their darndest to keep it from him. He considered asking Jenny but decided he liked certain appendages too much to risk opening this can of worms. He resorted to the next best thing—Abby.
Her lab was filled with its usual upbeat music as he entered. "El Jefe there's no case—unless I missed something—did I miss something—I don't usually miss things like that-"
"Relax Abbs, there isn't a case, but I need your help." He bestowed her with a Caf-Pow.
After taking a long sip, she turned to him, "What can I do for you?"
"The entire team is on edge, you know why." It wasn't a question, more like a statement of fact.
Abby looked uncomfortable, "Well, you remember Tim's book?"
"Yeah, Deep Whatever," he supplied the answer in a bored tone, "what does it have to do with anything?"
"Deep Six, Gibbs, and the team are acting weird because people are writing stories about Tim's book. It's called fanfiction. People take existing characters and put them into stories of their own." She looked to Gibb to make sure he understood.
"Isn't that like plagiarism?" He seemed confused.
"No, not unless Tim says they can't do it. So anyway I showed Ziva who showed Tony who yelled at McGee." She smiled happy with her explanation.
"Then where does Jen come into all of this?" Abby's expression instantly turned into a 100 watt grin.
"Oh, you meant that secret."
"Secret, Abby?" his voice had taken on a steely edge.
"I'm not telling you, I like my job too much, but…go to this web address," she quickly scribbled something out on a sheet of paper and handed it to him, "click on some of the links, read some stories, check out the profile." She smirked, "You'll figure it out."
Gibbs was even more confused, but decided it would be best if he just did what Abby told him. He went back to the bullpen and typed in the address she had given him. It took him to a white page with some blue links and a simple description, a description he recognized. He scrolled down the page and started to read one of the little blurby things:
One night L.J.'s instincts got the better of him. Penny couldn't resist herself in aiding him.
He gulped in a breath and clicked on the link. It was eerily familiar. The team had read that. Tim was never writing another book again, and Jen was definitely going to delete all of this if he had any say in the matter. There was only one thing left to do. He stood abruptly and stormed upstairs and into her office.
"Jethro, what-"
"You ever heard of fanficiton, Jenny?" She went bright scarlet.
AN: I hope that you liked it. Now that we're through if you have the time I would really appreciate a review. What was your favorite chapter? Moment? All of the reviews I receive are taken to heart, I assure you.