His hands were covered in dirt, as he threw a shovel full over his shoulder. He stopped as he saw two shadows cast behind him.

"DiNozzo?...McGee?" He tried to get out of the hole he was digging but after a few attempts he gave up.

"Why didn't you save us boss?"

"I..I…"

"Now you've lost your whole team, some leader you turned out to be…"

"I would have saved you…you know damn well I would have if I could…"

"If you could've gotten there…but you weren't there…you sent us to die, you let us down."

He held his hung low. "I know."

"Are you going to miss us boss?" Just as he finished the two started to walk away.

Gibbs struggled again to get out, but it was no use. The hole was getting deeper and deeper. He watched his two agents disappear into the darkness and spoke softly.

"Yes…I will."

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"Boss?" He shook Gibbs shoulders. "You with us here?"

How he was able to slip into sleep with sirens and commotion surrounding him was confusing to even him. As he opened his eyes and looked to see his Agents staring at him, he did nothing but grin back at them.

He brought his hand up and Tony prepared for a smack, but Gibbs gently slapped his cheeks.

"Of course I would've missed you." And the pat on McGee's shoulder as he walked away left both of them confused.

"You put something in his coffee McGee?"

"Uh, no, but maybe we should take it to the lab when we get back and have Abby check it."

"Hey!" Gibbs hollered his arms up at his sides.

"Coming boss." They both responded quickly and headed in the direction of the newly desolated home.

"How long before the blast did you two get here?"

"We had just pulled up." McGee answered, as he took out the camera from his bag.

"When they are through here, help search for any remains, if you find anything you know what to do." He spoke the orders and started to walk away.

"Uh, where ya going boss?" DiNozzo asked a confused look still plastered on his face from a few moments before.

"Coffee…that alright with you?"

"Just thought maybe you'd…"

"Thought I'd what DiNozzo?"

Normally Tony would back down, and respond with a "Never mind boss," but his concern got the best of him.

"That'd you'd be taking a break, you know stop at home, take a little cat nap, you look exhausted boss."

Gibbs turned around. "Do I look like a cat to you?"

"Actually with that silver hair you could pass for…"

Gibbs stared back for a few seconds.

"Coffee, right boss." DiNozzo nodded and turned back towards McGee who was letting out a yawn.

"Now you McGee, you could pass for a Hyena."

McGee had zoned out during Tony and Gibb's conversation and just looked back at his partner, even more confused than he was a few minutes ago.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

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Gibbs was leaning against his car, with his phone in one hand, and a fresh cup of coffee in the other.

"They had just pulled up…they're alright."

"Thank God." Ducky let out a deep sigh on the other end of the phone.

"Yeah Him and traffic….." And he closed the phone, no longer sipping his coffee cup, but almost gulping it down. DiNozzo was right, he needed sleep, but he'd be damned if he was going to take his eyes off his team again for a long time.

"Boss, think we got a body." McGee approached.

"You think McGee?"

"Well I…uh…"

Gibbs left him stuttering and headed toward his other Agent, standing in the middle of the debris.

"What do you think you got DiNozzo?" He peered over his shoulder before stepping around.

"Please don't smack me boss."

"What the hell do you got?" He snapped back.

"It's a cat."

Gibbs threw his hands up in the air. "Well at least one of us will be getting some sleep…bag it."

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