Okay, I watched last night's episode and I was really loving it! (Begin rant.) But come on! I want to kill Vance or the writers or who ever decided that Gibbs and Tony and Ducky couldn't/shouldn't be there; I mean, that was her moment! (End rant.) My favorite part was the end, when Gibbs wrote Rule #51.
Rule #51- Sometimes you're wrong.
Anyway, I just wanted to write this. I got the beginning part from watching it online (I didn't tape), but I couldn't get it all. Then my mom had the bright idea of looking it up. That's why I'm in special ed. people! Anyway, tell me what you think about it.
It was time.
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore have been a subject or citizen;
How could she do this? Turn her back on her father, on Tali and Ari, on her childhood, on her homeland? Could she do this, without Tony or Gibbs, without Ducky?
But this, this meant her freedom. This place, America, was a melting pot, and although she was not born here, she, like millions before her, was at home here, unlike any place she had ever been to. She was right in doing this.
That I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
This was an easy one. Had she not been doing this from the moment she stepped onto U.S. soil. Oh, wait. She couldn't speed anymore, could she?
That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
Again, an easy one. She had always had faith in the justice system; the few times she hadn't, she had just nudged it along. But where were they?
That I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law;
Bearing arms. At one time, that had been all of her life. But that had changed when she had saved Jenny in Cairo. Jenny. Jenny should be here. And for a moment, she almost was.
That I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law;
She could do that, and more. She would do more, if asked. She was becoming a citizen, and while she wouldn't go off and join the army, if they asked her to go into a combat situation, she would come in and out alive and unscathed (from her point of view.)
And that I take obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.
And it was done. She was a citizen. It had only taken the better part of a year, a couple near-death experiences and a severe wake-up call. She glanced towards the chairs again. And having the two people who counted the most not being there.