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Ch. 1 – Who the hell are you?

Kate slowly opened her eyes, blinking until they adjusted to the light. She gasped when she saw the two men standing in her room, looking worriedly at her.

"Who are you?" she demanded. "And what the hell are you doing in my room?"

…

"It's damage from the shot to the head," Gibbs explained. She doesn't remember a thing. Who we are, what we do. What she did, or even who she is." Tony could only stare at him.

"So…does that mean we'll have to replace her?" Tony said hoarsely.

"No." Gibbs watched a look of relief wash over the younger man's face. "We'll have to retrain her, but we are not replacing her."

"Thank God." Tony sank down into one of the chairs. "I would have died…I don't know what I would have done if we'd have had to replace her."

Gibbs rubbed a hand over his tired eyes.

"I'm going to get coffee. When I come back, we'll explain everything to her." He turned and walked down the hallway. Tony stared after him until he turned the corner, and disappeared out of sight.

'Might as well get a head start,' Tony thought. He got out of the chair and softly knocked on the door.

"Come in," he heard Kate call. Taking a deep breath, he slowly opened the door.

"Hi, Ms. Todd." Tony winced at the awkwardness of the words.They were strange to say, since he'd always called her Kate, or Katie to annoy her. She hated that nickname.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?" Kate pulled her knees up to her chest and stared at Tony.

"My name is Special Agent Tony Dinozzo, NCIS." Tony started. "Do you remember anything about what happened to you?" Kate shook her head.

"I do." Her eyes widened.

"Why, were you there or something?" There was a long pause.

"Yes, I was."

"Then why didn't you save me?" A sad look came over Tony's face.

"It all happened so fast. You were laughing at something Gibbs said one minute, then the next, you were on the ground, with a bullet in your head." Kate reached up and gently touched her forehead. The wound had been stitched up, but she would always have a scar, a reminder of that split second in which she had almost lost her life.

"Gibbs…" Kate said slowly. "That was the other man? The one you were standing with?" Tony nodded.

"I have one more question."

"Go ahead."

"Why were you and Gibbs with me?"

"Because you were an NCIS agent, too." They heard a voice from behind them.

"What?" Kate gasped. "But…how…"

"You were one of our best," Gibbs explained, sipping his steaming coffee. "Until you got shot by a terrorist we thought was after me."

"Ari," Kate whispered. Tony started at the sound. He stared at her, astonished.

"You remember his name, but you can't remember us?" Kate shook her head.

"It's not her fault. She's lucky to be able to remember anything at all." Gibbs hit Tony on the back of the head. Kate brightened.

"Why is that so familiar?" Tony rolled his eyes.

"Because he does at least once it every day."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Just then, Dr. Pitt knocked on the door and poked his head in.

"Ah, Agents Gibbs and Dinozzo, you're here. How're you doing, Tony? All recovered from the pneumonic plague?" he said brightly.

Tony grinned. "Yeah, not quite."

"May I have a word with you outside, please?" Dr. Pitt suddenly looked solemn.

Tony and Gibbs looked at each other before walking to the door.

"We'll be right back," Tony said to Kate. Kate nodded. Tony shut the door behind him.

"What's up, doc?" Tony said as soon as the door was closed. Dr. Pitt took a deep breath.

"Oh no, that's not a good thing, is it?"

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