PROLOUGE
It was all over- for now at least- Kate thought. A cool summers breeze ruffled her shoulder length chocolate ocean. She relaxed her slender body;as relaxed as she could be while still on high alert. Her navy NCIS jacket hugged her body,keeping her warm. She was glad she had it. It may have been sunny but up here it was absolutely freezing. She may have been lax although she had the eyes of hawk; a hawk with perfect eyesight!
The smooth concrete roof sighed in relief; it hated bullets. Noisy,nasty, notorious, speeding buggers. It hated fighting,after the awful commotion between the banks and contractors when it was being built. This high rise warehouse was a pacifist. The walls preventing suicide seekers were worried though. Extreemly worried. The clouds in the sapphire sky darkened. They could see what no one else could. The pacifist had become a trap;enemies lurked run every corner. Beside Kate, Tony gave a sigh of relief. He was as tall as a giraffe and as charming as a cat. His spiky fudge hair bobbed in the wind. His trademark grin sneaked across his face. Suddenly out of the corner of her eye, Kate noticed danger…
Her secret service instincts kicked in. Kate didn't think; all that mattered now was protecting Gibbs. She flung herself between Gibbs and the bullet. The evil snickering bullet drove into her lower ribcage. Kate fell lifelessly to the ground. She heard the shots fired at the terrorist. Was it Tony or Gibbs shooting? She didn't know. She heard Tony's sleazy solemn voice break out a whisper,"Kate."
Horror and mind numbing grief clouded his brain. Kate was gone. He gazed at her fondly. He felt as if he had been punched. Gibbs didn't pause. He knelt down quickly and tore the zip of her jacket open. Kate's eyes shot open. Tony breathed a sigh of relief. Kate was wearing a bullet proof vest. Gibbs helped Kate up. "Thanks" he told her. In his blunt yet intriguing it all happened too fast for anyone to stop.
Bang!
Kate lay on the ground like a ragdoll. A red hole on her forehead. Gibbs wildly looked across the block.
"Ari" he snarled.
Meanwhile across the block..
"Sorry Katlin" a musky arabic voice whispered.
Ari walked away carrying his sniper's rifle. He didn't think about what he had just done.