It was another Monday morning when Jessica "Jessie" Morgan rolled over in bed, so she could shut her alarm clock off, when she looked at the time and realized she was late for work and that Gibbs would be so mad at her for being late, she quickly got up and ran for the shower she turned the shower on and got in, after about 5 minutes she shut the tap off and got out grabbed a towel and dried off, as she dried off she thought to herself "That was the fastest shower that I've had in my lifetime".
Jessie had just finished putting her jeans when her phone went off, she knew it had to be Gibbs which meant she was in trouble, so she picked up her phone and hit answer, but hesitated for a moment before answering, she put it to her ear and spoke "Morgan here, What can I do for you", "Jessie its Gibbs. You alright? You hurt?" Gibbs asked with concern and worry in his voice, Jessie sighed knowing she'd have to answer him back. "I'm really sorry that I'm late Gibbs, it's been quite a morning but I'm fine and I'll be there in 20", Jessie explained to Gibbs. "Good, don't say you're sorry it's a sign of weakness" Gibbs replied and reminded her, "I forgot, I'll be there in 20 Gibbs, I gotta go" Jessie said as she hung up the phone.
After she hung up with Gibbs, Jessie grabbed her bag, water bottle, keys and phone, and went to her car, as she was driving to the Navy Yard, her phone started ringing again, hitting the phone button the steering wheel she answered her phone "Go for Morgan", Jessie said as she answered. "Jessie it's Tony, meet us at Rock Creek Park, we have a case, a young Petty Officer and her friend were killed and physically abused" Tony said in a rush. "Okay, I'll be there Tony" Jessie said as she ended the call.
As she made her way to Rock Creek Park, she pulled over to side of the road, and took a deep breath, In the last 5 weeks the team had 7 different cases that dealt with young kids/teens being physically abused by their Parents or Guardians, and it was finally catching up with her, the cases hit close to home, she understood the pain and suffering these young kids/teens were going through, 4 out of the 7 cases resulted in the young kids/teens not being able to deal with the aftermath, and they took their own lives, just so they wouldn't have to deal with the pain, she knew that feeling oh so well, because she, herself contemplated taking her own life multiple times after being abused by her father.
The honking of a car horn brought her out of her thoughts, and she realized she needed to get to the crime scene before Gibbs sent out a search party for her. A few minutes later she pulled up beside the NCIS truck and parked, she got out and headed towards Gibbs and the others, she took a deep breath and walked up to the group, "Morning Team Gibbs" she said cheerfully as best she could with a smile on her face. Gibbs turned towards her "Morning Jessie" he said with a worried smile on his face, he knew something was off with her, but he couldn't put his finger on it. "Jessie, take the camera, start snapping photos, DiNozzo, start sketchin" Gibbs said to both Jessie and Tony.
As Jessie started to take photos of the bodies, she saw the bruises and burn marks all over the young Petty Officer and her friend, her hands instantly started shaking and she was having a hard time breathing, she dropped the camera and bolted for the back of the NCIS truck, once she got in the back of the truck and closed the door she slid down side of the truck to floor and brought her knees to her chest and put her head between her knees. Gibbs had noticed that Jessie dropped the camera and bolted to the truck, his gut told him to go after her which he did, when he reached the truck he opened the doors and slowly got in and saw Jessie all curled up on the floor, he made his way over to her and slid down beside her and pulled her into him and started rubbing circles on her back. "I'm sorry Gibbs" was all she managed to get out between the tears and sobs.
