NCIS: Probie Down.
Plot: What if when Ari was aiming for McGee instead of missing him he hit him.
Chapter One: A Fond Farewell
He set up his sniper, on the opposite to the NCIS Agency Vehicle he aimed down his scope, fixing his sights onto McGee's head which was barely visable above the black agency vehicle, he curled his finger around the trigger and steadied his sniper, He could see bearly see the remote jamming device, his aim shifted from that to the top of McGee's head,he closed his eyes and pulled the trigger re-opening his eyes when the shot sounded then watching as McGee's head shot backwards and followed as his entire body until it rested completly on the ground.
Gibbs, Tony and Kate stopped moving they heard the gunshot and feared the worse, Gibbs was the first to react, "McGee, you there?" All the reply he got back was crackles, Tony looked at Caitlyn who stared back, Gibbs tried again "McGee, Did you manage to successfully deativate the missile?" He asked more urgently this time, Once again all there were was crackles, Tony looked over to the remote controlled device sitting on the table, he took aim with his SIG and shot at it three times, on the third shot the bullet successfully deactivated the device and the missile plunged into the sea, Gibbs looked over to the door at the far end of the warehouse rooftop almost expecting a person to barge through it and start shooting at the team but nothing happened, then at exactly the same time: Caitlyn, Tony and finally Gibbs all had the same thought, what about McGee?.
One by one they rushed downstairs, into the warehouse itself they all had there guns drawn as if they were expecting to find someone waiting outside the warehouse, all three of them placed themselves on the wall immediatly next to the door of the warehouse, first was Gibbs followed by Tony and finally Kate, Gibbs looked at his agents using his hands to make signal them to ready themselves, he gave them the famous three fingered countdown and then all three of them rushed out guns drawn, always ahead of them, Kate checked the wall nearest the door, Tony checked the wall nearest the other open door, and Gibbs checked behind the black vehicle only on one side it wasn't black it was dotted with dark red, it couldn't be paint because lets face it the director wouldn't let it slide and when he saw the body his suspicions were confirmed, the deep dark red was indeed blood, "Over here!" Gibbs said not taking his eyes off the body even for a second, both Kate and Tony rushed over to Gibbs side but wished they hadn't Kate gasped and Tony had disbelief written all over his face "Probie..." He said slowly, Kate's grip loosened on her gun and she felt it slide out of her hands and on to the floor, Tony slowly holstered his, catching Kate's hug and the stuggled tears that soon followed after, all Tony could do was confort her, Gibbs bowed his head in respect and looked over to the other two agents, He walked over and removed Tony from Kate's tight grip, he stared deep into her eyes and placed a soft kiss on the top of her forehead "He wouldn't want you to cry...Kate" Gibbs said simply, Caitlyn slowly nodded her head tears still falling from her eyes, Gibbs used his thumb to wipe the tears away, Gibbs's gaze shifted over to Tony's who had his head bowed and was stareing at Timothy's now lifeless body, his face was emotionless "How ya holdin up DiNozzo?" He asked seriously, Tony snapped out of his trance, his head snapped up and stared at Gibbs's eyes "Y...yes boss?" He asked obviously shaken by the whole situation "How you doing Tony?" He asked letting go of Kate and stepping over to Tony, "Yeah..." Were Tony's only words after then he bowed his head again "Tony..." Gibbs gaze bore into the top of Tony's head but it wasn't enough to lift him out of the trance he was now in again, "Anthony!" Gibbs said headslapping him, Tony was shocked for two reasons: The first being that Gibbs headslapped him and the second being that Gibbs used his full name, Tony's head snapped up "It...hasn't hit me yet boss." Gibbs nodded, "Well when it does you know what to do" Gibbs said taking out his cell phone and dialling Ducky's number, Kate wiped the last of her tears from her cheeks and looked up at Tony, then down to Timothy "I'm sorry...Tim" She said retrieving the weapon that she had dropped on the floor earlier, and carefully placing it back into her holster.
Gibbs turned away from the two agents and began speaking into his cell "Ducky...we got a body" He said stepping furthur away from the agents, "Oh...ok i'll grab Palmer and..." but before he could finish Gibbs finished for him "It's Tim" Gibbs said turning back to face the other agents and then paceing towards them, Kate stared at Gibbs trying to make out what Ducky's voice was saying, "Oh...my" was what Ducky said, "I'll be there as soon as i can...Jethro, are you...ok?" Ducky asked, Gibbs drew a deep breath and exhaled again "At this moment in time Duck...i don't know" He said snapping the cell shut and waiting for him to arrive, the team couldn't believe it they had lost one of there own in a matter of hours, it shook them to the core and right back up again. "We treat this as any other crime scene, lock away an thoughts and feelings running through you now" Gibbs said stareing at Caitlyn who barely nodded "Gonna be pretty hard to do when one of your own is laying infront of you..." Tony retorted almost angrily, Gibbs sighed for the thousandth time today "Yeah...i see that Tony, you think I arent taking this hard like you, Tim was in this team for no longer than four month!, he was a baby agent, my responcibilty, i should have provided better protection for him i should have this guilt, it's in my job description!" He said glareing at Tony who stepped foward slightly "I should have been there two, as senior field agent i share any and all responcibilty...boss" He added, Kate stepped between the two "Seriously...your argueing and Tim's not even cold yet!" She shouted "Sorry..." they both said nodding at each other, Kate sighed rolled her eyes and stepped beside Tony "Ducky shouldn't be long now" Kate said looking down at Timothy's body, Gibbs slowly nodded "Infact he should be here any second now" He said and as if on cue Ducky's van rounded the corner and stopped infront of the team, Ducky stepped out and slowly advanced towards them "Where is Ti..." He stopped "I mean...the victim" He said keeping his face as serious as he possibly could, Gibbs placed a hand on Ducky's shoulder "It's ok Duck..." Ducky nodded making his way over towards the motionless agent, he knelt beside him and sighed deeply "I'm sorry Timothy" He said bowing his head, Gibbs appeared behind his shoulder he gave a slight smile which then dropped as soon as Ducky looked up at him "...Death would have been instantainious" he explained to Palmer who nodded slowly, "Right then my lad...lets get you home" He said nodding at him who nodded back taking Tim by the feet and Ducky taking him by the shoulder's they carried him over to the van and placed him inside it shutting the doors after they had placed the body into the van "DiNozzo, Kate...in the sedan lets get back to NCIS" Gibbs said getting into the car at first the agents were reluctent but a couple of minutes later they got in and Gibbs drove them from Norfolk to the NCIS Headquaters".