Two inches to the Right
Topic: NCIS
Pairing: Kate/Abby
Rating: M (later)
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or I would be writing episodes not fanfics…
Summary: What if there had been wind that day and Ari's shot had only skimmed Kate's head? How would the fear of losing Kate effect Abby and their relationship?
Quick Author's Note: I don't usually write AU fic's but I have really wanted to write a Kate and Abby fic for ages and couldn't quite figure out how to put it into the timeline. Then I was watching Kill Ari again the other day and it struck me that, as Tony had considered, a gust of wind could have taken Ari's shot of target. So I thought hmmmm lets give this AU thing a go and do a 'what if' Kate had lived story.
Introduction – What could have been and should have been and never was…
Kate didn't even think about what she was doing as she dived in front of Gibbs and took the bullet. She was sure it was because of her training in Presidential Security because she didn't think of her own safety first. Not that she wouldn't take a bullet for Gibbs anyway, he was her boss and an all-round good guy. Of course she had a bullet proof vest on but it still hurt like hell. For a start it felt like someone had scissor kicked her in the chest with steel toe caps on. Then of course she landed on the concrete floor with a hard and painful thud and for a second everything went black. Then she heard Tony's voice as she came to.
"You okay?"
What a stupid question Kate thought as she opened her eyes to glare at him. She was sort of fond of him but most of the time he annoyed the hell out of her and he certainly wasn't the first face she wanted to see when she opened her eyes.
"Ow! I just got shot at point blank range, DiNozzo. What do you think?"
She knew she was probably being a bit sharp with him considering he was just concerned for her well-being and she was about to apologise but then he opened his mouth again and she was glad she didn't bother.
"You're not going to be going to Pilate's class tomorrow?"
He reached out and pulled her up and Kate groaned; partially in pain and partially in response to his comment. For a brief moment her head spun and she felt unbalanced but then it passed and she stood up as straight as possible, determined that Gibbs and Tony shouldn't see any weakness.
"Protection detail is over" Gibbs smirked at her as he brushed some of the dust of her clothing.
"You did good!" Tony declared cheerfully from behind her.
"For once, DiNozzo is right" Gibbs stated giving her that boyish grin he often had. She was sure he must have used it on his ex-wives to get himself out of all kinds of trouble with them. She couldn't resist the chance to needle Tony over Gibbs words.
"Wow. I thought I'd die before I ever…"
She heard a gunshot, felt a flash of pain and then nothing.
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"Ari"
Gibbs stood frozen to the spot for a few seconds and didn't even duck down. Tony seemed frozen in place for a second too, Kate's blood on his face, before he dropped to the floor by Kate's side. He was saying something but for a second it all blurred out as Gibbs looked for the location of the shooter. Then he registered what Tony was yelling to him; "boss she's breathing!"
After a shot from a sniper like that he had just expected her to be dead but when he knelt down to join Tony he saw that the shot had merely glanced her head. The ugly and deep gash was bleeding profusely and Tony was trying to stem the blood by putting pressure on the wound. He doing so rather gingerly but then they had no idea if her skull was okay so it was probably sensible not to put too much pressure there.
"I'll take over Tony" he ordered, "get McGee here and scour this place for evidence."
Tony looked reluctant but pulled away and began to speed dial McGee. As Tony stepped away Gibbs placed his right hand over Kate's wound and dialled for help with his other. He knew who had done this and he was going to hunt him down but god help Ari if Kate died because there would be no corner on this earth he could hide. After a few seconds the call connected and an operator answered.
"NCIS officer down" Gibbs cut into the usual spiel, his voice urgent. The skies were clouding over fast and they looked ugly. A storm was brewing and Gibbs needed his officer off the roof top and fast before rain fell and there was risk of hyperthermia.
Only a short one for the Introduction just to set the scene, after this the chapters will be fairly long. Think my formula is going to be to follow the framework and timeline of the two episodes but adjust them to fit Kate's survival. Reviews would be much appreciated ;-)