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Gibbs breathed deeply as they collapsed back on the bed. The ovals had vanished. “Thank god that worked. I really didn’t want to have to explain those ovals to anyone.”
“Same” Tony agreed as he gathered a cloth to wipe them down.
Gibbs grabbed the cloth from his hand and led Tony to the shower instead as he tossed the cloth to the laundry bin.
“I like the way you think.” Tony grinned, happily joining Gibbs in the shower.
“We still need to tell the team about the ovals.” Tony frowned as they stepped out of the shower. “It might be related to the prophecies. Abby has more pieces than the one she sent Bishop. Maybe something in one of those explains it.”
Tony and Gibbs drove separate cars to work again. It was easier to keep the gossip down this way. Plus, it allowed them to leave at different times.
They had barely set their stuff down at their desks before Abby bounded up. “Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs. I think I figured it out,” she babbled.
“Figured what out, Abbs?”
“The people in the prophecy.”
“You have more than what Bishop figured out, yesterday?”
Abby nodded.
“Well let’s wait for the rest of them to show up first. We have some news to share as well,” Tony calmly replied.
Abby pouted, but agreed to wait. Bishop and McGee weren’t much longer as it was almost the normal starting time.
”What do you have, Abbs?”
“I agree with Bishop about the wizard being McGee, her being the widow, and of course the sorceress is Ziva. The wise man is Ducky as well. However, I think the dark wanderer and shadow are off.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m pretty sure Jimmy is the shadow and I think Fornell or someone not NCIS might be the dark wanderer. The brain is probably me as I would be the only one related to the MCRT cases that isn’t already part of the prophecy.”
“How sure are you about this, Abby?”
“The clues are in some of the other prophecies.”
“Oh?”
“Yes. There’s a prophecy about each of the people mentioned not counting the sorceress. I found them when I started looking for other pieces of prophecies here on Earth.”
“Ok?”
Abby pressed a few keys and a bunch of new prophecies appeared on the big screen, each focusing on one of the people mentioned in the original prophecy. “You see here,” she pointed to the prophecy about the wizard, “It mentions grass. It’s not well known, but Timothy means grass.”
Ducky nodded musingly. “The child would rule out everyone here and place Fornell as likely for the dark wanderer.”
“Right,” Abby agreed.
“I’m also obviously the oldest one here,” Ducky pointed out.
Tony and Gibbs exchanged glances. “Ok. Now that we know who each person is, with the possible exception of the Dark Wanderer what do we do?”
“Well that’s where the halcyon comes in.” Abby gleefully announced.
“I’m sorry, what?” Tony blurted in confusion.
”What does a bird have to do with this, my dear?”
“It’s not the bird. It’s what they represent. They are brightly colored and draw attention easily. The sorceress is one.” Abby moved to another page of prophecies.
“These prophecies are the ones that Tony brought back from the Cat Kingdom. They are all related to the Cat King rather than his companions. Notice the third one mentions other enemies and talks about the brain’s help being needed to identify the other enemies.”
“Ok. So we need to start looking into the hidden enemies. Any ideas on who they are?”
“Not yet, but Abby’s on the case!” Abby proclaimed.
As Abby headed for her lab, Tony interrupted, “Before you leave Abby, there’s something else that needs to be factored in.”
”Oh, right. You guys have news. What it is?” Abby bounced excitedly. “Are you getting married?”
“Abby!” McGee protested in shock.
Tony also shouted her name in surprise, continuing, “Gibbs and I have only just bonded and we’ve been busy with this case, Abs. We haven’t even talked about such a thing.”
“Then what is it?” Abby pouted.
Tony and Gibbs exchanged a look; neither of them were sure how to explain what had happened to them once Ducky left last night.
“You guys are starting to worry me. What is it? Is something wrong with Tony?”
“Nothing like that, Abbs. At least, we don’t think so. It’s just weird.”
“Out with it, dear boy, we’re all friends here,” Ducky prodded.
Tony took a deep breath. “After you left last night, Ducky…”
“Yes?” Ducky prompted as Tony trailed off.
“Well Gibbs and I went upstairs and shortly afterwards we started glowing.”
“Glowing?” Ducky furrowed his brow. “What do you mean?”
“I mean there was this big oval surrounding the two of us that glowed while we were in bed.”
“That’s strange. Are you sure?” Abby questioned.
“You do not appear to be glowing anymore, my dear boy.”
“Well we were last night. I even woke up in the middle of the night to find out that when we separated we had 2 separate ovals.”
“So it combined when you were together, but when you were apart they surrounded each of you separately?” Ducky mused.
“Right,” Tony agreed, “and it was still there when we woke up. It was only after we engaged in um.” Tony looked away.
“In what?” McGee looked confused.
Tony raised his brow. “You know.”
“You two had sex?” Abby blurted.
Tony covered his face, “Yes,” he hissed, “and after that the glowing was gone.”
“That is strange.” Ducky murmured.
Gibbs grunted. “Back to work everyone. We need to figure this out before we get another case.”
“Jethro,” Jenny called. “I need to talk to you.”
Gibbs sighed. He couldn’t imagine this conversation would lead to anything good. Tony caught Gibbs eyes as he headed towards the Director’s office, silently asking if he needed back up.
Gibbs shook his head. “I’ll expect a status update when I return.”