The Unimaginable
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of the other characters who may be making cameos from other shows. I do own my original characters though.
A/N:Warning: T for a reason.
Chapter Two:Arrival
Gibbs had gotten permission for him and Abby to leave for North Carolina. Now here they were, sitting on a plane, waiting for it to land at the airport. Abby was listening to her music, trying to stay calm while Gibbs looked out the window, wondering what had happened to his former colleague. The plane was getting close to landing as they put on their seat belts.
The plane landed and Gibbs went to get their luggage, Abby sat down, waiting on him. Gibbs came back and handed her a few bags. "So, do you know where they live?"the former marine asked. Abby smiled.
"Yeah. I know. I've been here a few times during my vacations..."Abby told him, taking the bags and getting up. Gibbs looked slightly confused.
"I know you used to go to school with her... But that was back in D.C. Why have you been here?"he asked, curious. Abby smirked.
"Gibbs! Leave the questioning of people's private lives to Tony."the goth told him, walking outside to get a taxi...
David sat down at his desk, glancing over to her's every chance he could. He had never really worked a case without a partner before... And he sure didn't want to now. But he had no choice. He had to fix this...
Chief Walsh walked into the squad room and looked at David. "How are you holdin' up?"the older man asked. David shrugged.
"Not well... I don't think... I'm still getting over the shock... I guess..."David explained, looking at his boss. Walsh looked down.
"I'm sorry... And I know this isn't a good time, but I've assigned a rookie to help with this case. She is in line for a promotion to be a detective and I wanna see how she handles homicide."Walsh explained. David clenched his jaw.
How dare his boss bring in someone new when they were in the midst of losing a cop? "What?! Chief! No. This isn't what needs to happen. Tell her to wait. Casey loves to break in the recruits. We have to wait for her to be able to come back."David argued. Walsh laid a comforting hand on the younger man's shoulder.
"David, you have to understand, Casey won't be setting foot in this building for awhile. Probably not for at least a few months. You need a partner. And this recruit needs experience. You do the math."Walsh walked out and a young woman walked in. She smiled.
"Hi. My name's Jasmine Hudson. I am looking forward to working with you. Which desk do I get to borrow?"she asked. David bit his tongue to keep from telling her to buzz off.
"Look. This is a bad time for you to be here. But since I don't get a choice in the matter, your desk is there."he pointed to an empty desk on the far corner. Jasmine nodded, biting her lip. She walked to the desk and sat down.
"Here?"she asked. David nodded.
"There."his phone rang and he looked at the ID. Tina. He got up and started towards the door. Jasmine got up and followed him. David turned to face her. "What are you doing?"he asked.
"Sir... I have to observe you on cases..."Jasmine reminded him David swore but said nothing of it, walking to autopsy.
Tina saw David walk into her room, a young woman following behind him. "Who's she?"Tina asked, wondering why on earth someone was helping them with a case this personal. David glared.
"New kid. I have to let her 'observe'."David answered. Tina shook her head, muttering something about killing Walsh. "So... Why did you call me in here?"David asked. Tina gestured over to the body.
"I just finished the autopsy. The blood that was on him was his own. However I did find some blood that didn't match him or Casey."Tina responded. David looked at her.
"So that means our guy's still out there?"David asked. Tina bit her lip.
"Afraid so. I felt bad for this guy though. Seems like he caught a real bad case of wrong place, wrong time. He was shot, but he didn't shoot himself. Dominic just got done making his model of how that would have happened and the trajectory was all wrong for it to have been self inflicted."Tina explained. David nodded.
"I see... Does that mean Dom's done with all of the forensics? Or is he still working on it?"the detective asked. Tina shrugged.
"Beats me."she admitted. Then she it her lip. "Have... You heard anything from the hospital yet...?"the M.E asked. He shook his head.
"No... But I'm worried... You're free now... Why don't you go and check on her? That way you can call the rest of us and let us know."David devised. Tina bit her lip and grabbed her bag.
"Call me about any changes. Okay?"Tina asked. David smiled weakly.
"I will. Promise."
The taxi stopped in front of the house. Gibbs got out and couldn't help but whistle. It was bigger than what he thought it would be. But he guessed that with three kids, you needed a big place. Abby smirked. "I know right? But it's actually smaller looking on the inside. We may wanna be quiet coming in, because they have a pretty good sized dog, and he is definitely a guard dog. Like he barks and bites hard."Abby rambled, grabbing her bags. Gibbs got what was left and walked behind the goth, going over to the door.
Abby knocked and glanced into the peep hole. Looking to see who would answer.
Carter looked into the peep hole and saw Abby, remembering that Tina had called earlier about Abby coming. She opened the door and watched as the goth came in, then saw another familiar face walk in. "I knew Abby was coming... But you should've told me you were coming with her, Gibbs."Carter told the older man, trying to be more like herself. Gibbs shrugged.
"Didn't know I had to call Carter. My bad."Gibbs answered, and Carter knew that was as close to an apology as she would get from the man.
Footsteps were heard walking downstairs and Abby felt herself being hugged. "Abby... I'm glad you're here."she heard a familiar voice say. She smiled and turned to see Dakota.
"I'm just glad to be here too... Though I wish it was under different circumstances..."Abby told the young boy, hugging him. Dakota looked up and saw Gibbs before turning to Carter, a confused look on his face.
"That's Gibbs, Koda. You remember? He's the NCIS agent Daddy talked about helping him..."Carter jogged her brother's memory. Dakota nodded and shook the other man's hand.
"Dakota Kort."he introduced himself. Gibbs smiled.
"Jethro Gibbs."Gibbs reciprocated, shaking the boy's hand. Abby looked around.
"Where are Corey and Benji?"the goth girl asked. Dakota turned to face her, biting his lip.
"Corey... Didn't take the news about Momma being in the hospital very well... He... Cried himself to sleep earlier... And he's still asleep... And as for Benji, he's sleeping by Corey's bed. The dog's worried about him... And so are we.."Dakota answered. Carter gaped at her brother.
"That is the most he's ever talked to anyone before."Carter teased her brother, trying to stay in a calm place. Dakota smirked.
"I talk all the time. You just don't listen."he retorted. Gibbs looked at Abby, slightly concerned before looking at the kids.
"How are you two handling the news?"he asked. Carter took a deep breath.
"I'm trying to think positive. Last time I talked to Tina, she didn't know what all had happened to Momma, but she did know Momma was gonna live. So I've tried to stay positive about it, focusing more on the fact she'll live than worrying about what exactly happened. My mom and dad both have a tendency to get injured. If I made myself sick with worry every time one of them went to the hospital, I'd have to stay in a mental institution."Carter answered Gibbs. They shifted their gaze to Dakota.
"Look, I'm upset that Mom's in the hospital. But there's nothing I can do to change that. I... I'm worried about her... But I know she'll be okay in the end..."he answered, sitting down on the couch, feeling tears threaten to fall. Carter noticed sat beside him, hugging him carefully while hiding his face.
"It is gonna be okay. I promise..."she murmured to her brother, feeling him hug her back, tears hitting her shirt. She felt her own tears threatening to fall, but tried not to think about it.
Gibbs noticed and looked at Abby, who looked like she was gonna cry too. He hugged her. "They'll be okay eventually Abby... All of them will..."he murmured to her. Abby hugged him back.
"I know.. I know..."she muttered back, looking at the kids. She bit her lip. "Hey... Have either of you gotten in touch with Trent yet...?"she asked. Carter looked at the goth, tears streaming down.
"No... He's probably still at the lectures... They won't you bring cell phones into a lecture... It's the only explanation..."Carter explained, still hugging her brother. Abby bit her lip and nodded.
"We'll try again in a little bit then..."Carter agreed...
Trent swore. This was all going far to slowly. He had to get out of here soon, or he feared he would go mad. And no one deserved to see him do that... No one did...
