Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS, or the characters. Story is mine however.

Rating: K+

Spoilers: Twilight.

I'm looking at Ari. My gun is pointed at him, and time stops.

I'm glad that it's me. I'm the one person it should be, in this position. The other two, it would be wrong for them to be here. One is too consumed by revenge. If he does this, it won't be because it needed to happen, it will be because of what Ari did. And I don't think it will help rid him of his rage.

The other, well, he probably wouldn't agree, but he's too innocent. If he does this, he'll be wondering for the rest of his life whether he did it for the right reason. I don't think he'd be able to shrug this off.

Which leaves me. I doubt either of them want me doing this either, but hey, it's the way it's turned out.

Because he's holding a gun, and I know that he'll shoot me if I don't shoot him first. I'm not doing this for Kate, to get revenge; I'm doing this because it is a simple case of survival.

I'm the only one that can.

McGee pulled the trigger.