Title: Revenge is a Sweet Thing

Author: Yoho81

Disclaimer: All NCIS characters belong to CBS; they do not belong to me.

Prologue

"Hurry up you slow poke!" Marissa Johnson yelled playfully at her boyfriend, Sean, as they hiked thorough Shenandoah State Park.

"God slow down, Marissa, I'm going to have a heart attack!" Sean yelled back, clutching his chest and breathing hard.

"Why are you so slow?" Marissa said.

"Why did you have to pick the hardest damn hike in Virginia?" Sean asked as Marissa laughed and ran up over the next hill. God, he thought warily, I got to lose some weight! Just then, he heard a sickening scream come from over the hill.

"Marissa!" He yelled, adrenaline rushing as he ran, slowly, up the hill.

"Marissa!" He said as he stopped to catch his breath. He saw her sitting on the ground, sobbing and shaking uncontrollably.

"Marissa! Are you okay? What happened?" Sean asked with concern. All she could do was point a short distance away, behind a tree.

"I don't see what's wrong, there's nothing the-" he stopped all of the sudden and fell back. There behind the tree was a dead man in a sailor's uniform with a single gunshot wound to his heart.

"Dear God," Sean whispered.