First off, NCIS isn't ours. Why's this necessary? It's quite obvious it doesn't belong to us, or this would be happening in the season premiere. Yes, us.
Alright everyone. This is the VERY belated beginning of the NCIS Virtual Season 1. We're sorry that this has taken so long, but… Screw the excuse. We're now trying for a bi-weekly update of the story. We being: me (cheezmunky, dorkygirl, sweetseptembersky, AshCarollakaOllieKat, Star 24, and Liv11. This season is a collaboration of our ideas.
Okay, our season starts right after Kate commandeers the car in 'Reveille'. For the sake of this story, the post-commandeering events in that episode didn't happen.
Episode 1: Taps
"Agent Gibbs." Gibbs looked up to see a raven-haired man standing in the middle of the bullpen. "Yeah, Balboa?" Balboa cleared his throat. "There's something your team oughta see. A body." Gibbs frowned as he stood up from his desk. "Okay. DiNozzo, c'mon. Call Kate on the way. Do we have the body?" "Uh, yes. In the morgue." Gibbs swiftly passed Balboa on his way to the elevator. "Let's go then." Tony speed dialed Kate's cell. Frowning when she didn't answer, he left a message. "She's not answering, boss." Gibbs sighed as the trio strode into the autopsy bay. "Maybe she's still at lunch with Ducky. Go find her." Balboa swallowed, hard. "Actually, there's no need to." He said as he unzipped a body bag. The men paled. There was a single bullet hole in Kate's forehead. "No. God, no." Tony whispered as he started backing from the room. He turned and ran through the morgue doors. He bumped into Abby on his way to the elevator and bolted for the stairs instead. Staring after Tony, Abby strolled into autopsy. "What's wrong with him? Body missing its testicles?" she joked. Gibbs and Balboa slowly turned to face her. "What? Who's on the table?" Abby stepped toward the body, but Gibbs blocked her path. "I don't think you want to see it." Gibbs murmured. "Of course wanna see it. What gives? It can't be that terrible." She swiftly ducked around Gibbs to the table. "Abby-" As she excitedly stared down at the body, her already pale face drained completely. Abby's knees buckled and she fell back into Gibbs, sobbing hysterically. "Oh my God!" Gibbs turned her around, cradling her in his arms. "Dammit! Why didn't you watch her?! Why?!" Abby screamed, pathetically beating at his chest. Gibbs only stroked her hair and held her tight, as she sobbed, and tears silently rolled down his cheeks.
Tony ran up the stairs, huffing and puffing along the way. When he finally ran out of energy, he collapsed onto the stairs. Why her? God, why her of all people? Frustrated, he hit the railing with his hand. No more banter, however flirtatious it may seem. I miss my friend, my partner, the girl who always teased me whenever I did something wrong. Teased. The past tense of everything sucks. Tony got to think about everything that has happened in the past year. Mini-Flashback(s) It was Kate's first time repelling, and just my luck, I was the one watching her back this time. I could tell she was scared. Hell, anyone with eyes and ears could tell she was scared. But she did it because we needed her to help us out on this investigation. She did it because she wanted this case solved so Mrs. Johnson didn't have to go off thinking everything was her fault. And for one of the few times that I've experienced, she trusted me with her life. And there was that time that Ari took her hostage along with Ducky and Gerald. She had me worried for hours. And even when I saw her, I still wasn't convinced that she was okay. I could sense she was beating herself up for this. I wanted nothing more than to try and talk to her and talk some sense into her, but it was clear that she didn't want to hear it from me. Then there was that question. The horrible question that still makes me wince and want to run. "What was it like tonguing a guy?" That was pretty low, especially for Kate. She was feeling a bit guilty about that afterwards, I could tell. It was getting to be a bit weird that I could sense what she's thinking.
END FLASHBACKS
Footsteps brought Tony out of his reminiscing reverie. "Um, Tony?" That voice was unmistakable. It was McGee. "Yeah, McGee?" "You okay?" The inevitable question, Tony thought bitterly. "Doesn't Gibbs need you somewhere?" Tony asked, trying to get rid off him. "Yeah, I was on my way over there, and I saw you, and I just…" McGee didn't get to finish his sentence as Tony shot him a look that clearly said, "Go to wherever you're needed NOW!" McGee ran off, and Tony let his headrest on the railing for a minute until it lolled down into his lap, and finally the tears came. ----------------------------------------------------
McGee wandered into the morgue where Gibbs had told him to report to. "Hey guys do you know what's up with…" he got cut off by the sight of Gibbs holding a sobbing and hysterical Abby. He walked over to where they were standing. A body it seemed like. "What's so upsetting over a… Oh my word." He had finally caught sight of the body. He bit his lip to stop from crying or screaming. Agent Balboa who was standing there and fiddling around with his hands, spoke up, "I have to go do some paperwork, if you guys need anything…" Gibbs cut him off with a quick nod and Balboa left. "Where's Ducky?" McGee asked quietly. "Lunch break," Gibbs replied just as softly, because Abby was still sobbing, although quietly, into his chest. He nodded quickly, showing he understood. He understood fine with the lunch break excuse, but with Agent Todd's death? Not a chance. "Oh my Lord," a quiet up to now Ducky startled the three standing in the morgue. "Is that…" the two men nodded. "How on Earth…" he started but was cut off once more by a "we don't know" from both Gibbs and McGee.
AN: The part up to the stars belongs to cheezmunky. The stars to the end belongs to dorkygirl. Other authors coming soon. Give us some ideas, REVIEW!
