Title: Invincible
Character(s): Tony and Abby (mentions of Gibbs)
Pairing(s): None, totally gen.
Genre(s): maybe a little angst?
Word Count: 601

A/N: This was written for the LFWS (Last Fan-fiction Writer Standing) contest in response to the Round 1 prompt to write a story using dialogue only. Drop in on the contest and read/vote for the fics in the current round at .com/ncis_lfws/

Invincible

"Hey Abby, do you want another beer?"

"Sure, Tony. What movie are we watching tonight?"

"I don't care. Just put in whatever you're in the mood for."

"Oh, that's really dangerous; I get in the mood for some pretty weird things."

"Well, you're limited to what I already have and I know I like all of those…except maybe the 'Police Academy' movies that McGeek gave me as a joke."

"Okay, 'Police Academy' it is."

"Oh, I walked into that one, didn't I?"

"Yep"

"Okay, on to 'Police Academy II'"

"Really, Abs?"

"You said my choice!"

"Yeah, I did. In goes the second silly movie of the evening."

"Oh, you don't really mind, and you know it."

"True, but I like to gripe."

"Don't I know it!"

"So, Tony, what was that about with the boss earlier today?"

"You're gonna have to be more specific than that, Abs. Boss was on a tear today!"

"You and he kind of got into it by the elevator and then he tore off."

"Same ole, same ole, really. He thinks he's invincible. I think he's not."

"Well, he's damned close."

"Yeah, well that's not close enough for me."

"What happened?"

"We were out on a case. We had the guys cornered in a warehouse, we thought, but then the boss saw a guy trying to slip out the back door, so does Gibbs yell for cover fire? Maybe get one of us to slip outside and try to head the guy off? No, he goes out in the middle of the warehouse after the guy. Three other shooters, mind you, and Gibbs goes right into their line of fire."

"Which case was it, the child sex-slave racket?"

"Yeah, but it doesn't really matter, Abby. Gibbs could have been killed!"

"Yeah, maybe. I personally think he'll live forever. FAR too belligerent for God to want him upstairs and the Devil knows Gibbs would take over the business in an hour's time if he went downstairs, so…"

"Hmph."

"Plus, he knows he has a great team. You all did cover him, right?"

"Yeah, of course, but that's not the point."

"Look, Tony, you know how Gibbs is about kids. I think if it was any other case, he'd take a little more care of himself, but these scumbags were hurting KIDS!"

"I know, Abby. And to complicate things, we had already found some of the kids. There was a little girl there, a little red head. Couldn't have been more than maybe six or seven. Gibbs took one look at her, and all hell flew into him. I mean, we all wanted to get the SOB's, especially after seeing the condition of the kids, but Gibbs…he lost all reason!"

"You know you pretty much just described his daughter, right? Gibbs was thinking Kelly."

"I know; that's what I thought. But still…"

"Tony, you know Gibbs is gonna do what Gibbs is gonna do. Nothing you can say is gonna change it."

"I know, Abs. Doesn't mean it doesn't piss me off."

"Yeah, well, I don't like it either, but trying to bawl him out by the elevator is just gonna get you a head slap."

"Well, that would at least mean Gibbs had survived another borderline suicidal move."

"Tony!"

"Ouch! Abby, that was not an invitation for you to head slap me!"

"Aw, my mistake."

"Yeah, right."

"Here, fill up my popcorn bowl and put in the next movie!"

"Gotta love movie nights."

End