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When we arrived back at the lab Mac was with Adam and Gibbs was on the phone and Don was nowhere to be seen. I walked into Mac's office and handed Gibbs his coffee and sat down. While Gibbs was on the phone to Abby, I grabbed my cell from my pocket and sent a text to Don 'Do you need anything? How about dinner tonight, I'll buy. 8pm your place? I think we need to talk. Torrie' I put my cell away and grabbed the case file to look over the names to see if I could remember any of them.

As I scanned the list I was hoping that I wouldn't be questioned by Gibbs but my hope didn't last long. Gibbs looked at me and said " Has he replied?" I looked up from the sheet of names I was staring at and said "has who replied?" Gibbs looked at his copy of the case file and absently said "Don I'm guessing that's who you sent a text to." I placed the sheet of names on Mac's desk and said "I'm not sure that's your business but yes I sent Don a text asking if he needed anything. Is that a problem? Is there something you want to say to me?" Gibbs swallowed and looked up "I just want to make sure that you don't get hurt" I picked up the list of names again and said "I'm not going to get hurt. I'm a big girl I can look after myself." I looked back at the names when it hit me. I recognised one of the names and couldn't help be a little on edge as to why the name was so familiar.

As I got up I said to Gibbs "I recognise one of these names but I can't be sure it's who we're looking for. I'm gonna call Stella and grab something from the lab. Can you ask Mac to get everyone into the conference room. I'll meet you there." Gibbs looked at me and walked past me saying "fine I'll see you in the conference room" I knew something was wrong but I figured it was just the me and Don situation getting to him.

I walked out of Mac's office towards the staff locker room knowing Stella wouldn't mind if I borrowed her lab coat from her locker. I pulled out my cell and noticed I had a text. I opened it reading 'I need my prescription filling if you don't mind. Dinner sounds great I'm in the mood for pizza. Mac just called on my way to conference room. Talk later D'

I smiled and sent him a text saying 'I'll see you there. Bring your prescription I'll fill it on my way over tonight' I dialled Stella's number and waited for her to answer. "Hey Tor what's up?" "Stella I recognised one of the names from the class. Can I borrow your lab coat and the top you were wearing that day?" Stella laughed and said "This is gonna get messy isn't it? Yeah go ahead I'm on my way to the lab, my coat is in my locker the top is on the top shelf folded up" "Thanks Stella I'll see you in a bit." Bye Tor"

I put my cell in my pocket and opened Stella's locker grabbing the lab coat and the top I needed. I walked into the lab and grabbed corn syrup also red and blue food colourings and 2 beakers one filled with water and a spoon. I made my way to the conference room and noticed everyone was already there. I placed everything on the table and without saying a word I logged into my NCIS account and then turned around.

Taking a deep breath I said " I think I might have a lead on our killer. I recognized one of the names as an alias Maria Elwyn. I thought at the time that she looked familiar but it wasn't until I seen the face from the NYPD file that I realised it was a fake name. Her real name is Lucy O'Conner and she's the sister of this woman, Petty Officer Melissa Colvin First Class USMC. I remember because I spent a lot of time talking to Maria about her sister and how proud she was of Melissa. She mentioned that she tried out for the marines but failed the psych evaluation."

Gibbs looked at the file on screen and said "I'll get Abby to run the name. Explain this stuff here" pointing at the stuff on the table. I smiled and said " I'm betting Abby found a stain on the shirt consisting of red and blue food colourings, corn syrup and water, which when mixed together like this" I put on the lab coat I got from Stella then I added the red food colouring to the corn syrup added 4 drops of blue mixed it up with the spoon added a little bit of water to create the right consistency. I spread Stella's top out and poured a little of the mixture on the shirt. I picked up the shirt and showed it to everyone "it looks like a blood stain because this mixture creates fake blood. I remember Maria mentioning that she worked at a Broadway theatre doing a murder mystery show." Gibbs pulled out his phone to call Abby, Stella was talking to someone from storage and the rest of the team was looking through the file.

I looked around and noticed Don was watching me. I couldn't wait to talk to him tonight, then I was going to get to the bottom of the problem between me and Gibbs.

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