Did you see their faces? Found dead at oh-two hundred by a drunk college student. JIMMY: It seems this break is too clean to be the result of a fall. ABBY: There were foreign blood samples found on his face and his knuckles. GIBBS: Yeah, and? It's an encrypted e-mail. He would have made one hell of a Marine officer. TONY: Wrong. KATE: And Abby says that the blood on the rag and bed matches Blake's type. One missing. It's like I'm having flashbacks or something. Dead Marine on campus? Missing Petty Officer? Out of the way! He's lying dead on a slap with a broken neck. His neck is snapped in half. GIBBS: Who else knew about the group? GIBBS: Find him. LAB - DAY
MCGEE: ...And I was waiting for the hacker to come back online and that's when I thought of it. One hand on the jaw, the other behind the head of the individual. They teach combat courses at the NROTC unit. Severe looking thing. Turner was a friend.
Plan: A: A marine; Q: What was found dead at the local college campus? A: his neck; Q: What part of the marine's body was broken? A: Abby; Q: Who receives anonymous IMs from a hacker? A: a trace; Q: What do McGee and Abby discover in the e-mails? A: several photos; Q: What do McGee and Abby find in the e-mails of the marine and his missing friend? A: their faces; Q: What is circled in the photos of the marine and his missing friend? A: Gibbs; Q: Who finds out that the marine and his friend were in a paintball club? A: fellow NROTC students; Q: What group of people were the marine and his friend in a paintball club with? A: the lab; Q: Where does Abby receive cryptic messages from a hacker? A: a hacker; Q: Who sent Abby cryptic messages about the marines? A: The missing marine; Q: Who is found dead at an unused construction site? A: the deaths; Q: What do the team suspect may be the result of a competitive paintball game gone wrong? Summary: A marine is found dead at the local college campus, his neck broken and his friend and fellow marine missing. McGee and Abby discover a trace in the e-mails with several photos of the dead marine and his missing friend with their faces circled and Gibbs finds out that the marine and a group of fellow NROTC students were part of a paintball club. Back at the lab, Abby receives anonymous IMs from a hacker with cryptic messages about the two marines. The missing marine is found dead at an unused construction site, leading the team to suspect the deaths may be result of a competitive paintball game gone wrong, or something else none of the team expected.