Title: Redemption
Episode Tag: NCIS, Episode 6.12, "Caged"
Prompt:
Ziva: Do any of us really believe that Celia killed Trimble?
McGee: I don't think anyone is going to lose any sleep over it.
Disclaimers: I do not own NCIS and any of the characters from the show.
A/N: It's been a while since I've written something, and still a long while since I've written a fan fiction. I don't know what compelled me to write this, but after watching a rerun of the episode Caged, I suddenly had this idea in my head. So I just have to write it down and get it out of my system before it becomes lost inside my head, never to be found ever again. I don't really know where I'm going with this. I divided what I have written into three parts. Don't know if there will be more to come, but I feel that I've ended each part in a way that it could possibly be the ending of this story.
I love Timothy McGee - and it is not very often that we see him in the lime light. So I'm really happy that I am able to write something inspired from one of the more McGee-centric episodes of the series. Thank you and happy reading!
For not the first time, Timothy McGee asked himself what he was doing here.
Looking at her eyes brought unpleasant memories.
He remembered the feeling of the cold metal as he was handcuffed to a prison wall.
He remembered the fear he felt when some of the prisoners held him down while Lopez held a make-shift knife, threatening to cut off his finger to show that they are serious with their threats.
He remembered the slight relief he felt when he successfully convinced the prisoners to let him and his team investigate Trimble's murder.
He remembered the frustration of having to deal with all the women in that room – planning how they would negotiate, asking trust from convicted felons, and trying to investigate with them breathing down his neck.
He remembered the elation he felt when he finally found the answer to who killed that prison guard, but at the same time, he can't help but remember the sympathy he felt for Sharon Bellows and her daughter when he uncovered the truth behind why the murder was committed.
Lastly, he remembered the confusion when instead of Bellows, it was Celia Roberts who came out of the door, holding the murder weapon that killed Trimble.
Yes, perhaps it was because of that confusion that three years after that incident, he is now again in the visitor's area of a prison, sitting opposite and looking at the cold eyes of Celia Roberts.