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Chapter 3: Detour

The suspects were apprehended, interrogated, broken, and charged in a matter of hours. Our undercover endeavor came to an abrupt end. It was nice to finally be home in my own house, my own bed, and not have to be on guard 24/7. I had to admit that it was a little lonely though. Tony and I never had difficulty coming up with conversation so when I was at home, the silence was almost deafening. Back at work, it was business as usual. Tony and I never mentioned the last night of our under cover assignment.

We went back to working on our every day cases. There were two dead sailors in a car off Route 17 in Fredericksburg and we were investigating their deaths. As we were taking crime scene photos, taking measurements and bagging and tagging evidence, Tony tried to scare me to death by telling me that a snake who had wound his way around my leg was poisonous. After learning of his deception, I knocked him over and seconds later we were all running from the crime scene. While on the ground, Tony discovered that the car was wired with a bomb. For once, his smart mouth saved him (and us).

It quickly worsened, the FBI had let Ari Haswari back in the country and he had gone rogue. His plans now involved killing Gibbs. I was immediately assigned to protect my boss. After all, he's as important to us as the President is. We ascertained that Ari has stolen a jet propelled RC plane and packed it with explosives. He was planning a terrorist attack on the families waiting for the whole Marine Amphibious Strike Group to return from the Gulf. We knew how to jam the controls thanks to Abby and McGee, but had to be within 40 miles of it to succeed. McGee was in charge of jamming it; Gibbs, Tony and I were on the task of searching the surrounding warehouses for Ari. It ended on the roof of one warehouse.

Before I knew it, there was a shot at Gibbs and I dove in front of him. The bullet hit me in the abdomen, just below my vest. The pain was incredible. It felt like a black belt had round house kicked me in the stomach. That was followed immediately by a painful burning sensation. It felt like somebody took a searing hot knife and continually jabbed it in and out where the kick landed. I don't know what happened next because I passed out from the pain.