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A/N: Okay so it wasn't up within the week but I got no reviews for the last chapter and I wasn't very impressed, so I decided to be lazy and not type it up till now. It is also short and thanks to Loz for the Beta!
Tony entered the upstairs bedroom, gun drawn, not really expecting anything as the rest of the team had just declared the rest of the house clear. He cleared the room and was about to check the en-suit when he heard a creak from behind him. Tuning quickly, he was confronted with the business end of a 22 caliber.
"Drop it," Max, the main suspect in the case, demanded. Tony held up his left hand and placed his weapon on the ground, sliding it as far as he could behind him with his foot before standing up straight, both hands in the air.
"You don't want to do this." Tony tried to reason.
"Why not? I'm already going to jail for life, might even get the death penalty," He said cocking the gun as Kate appeared between them.
"No," Tony said, trying to get Kate to leave; not even remembering she was dead, or that Max couldn't see her and his protective instincts kicked in.
"Oh, yes." Max laughed and fired the gun. Kate was quick on her feet and moved in front of Tony, the bullet going through her right shoulder and into Tony's, lodging itself there.
"Kate?!" Tony yelled as he fell to the ground, pain searing through his body. The rest of the team entered and Gibbs shot max through the heart, killing him instantly before rushing over to Tony.
"Kate?" Tony gasped.
"No Tony, Kate died."
"Kate?" Tony was actually calling to her but Gibbs wasn't to know that.
"It's okay Tony, I'm okay." Kate's voice echoed through his mind, and with that reassurance Tony fell into the darkness. Kate, however remained fully functional, bar the hole in her shoulder that was causing her a great amount of pain, yet nowhere as near as much as Tony's. She followed Tony on his journey to the hospital and into emergency before her superiors took her away.
A/N: Next chapter has been started, see how I go with finishing it. It'll be done faster if you review, I'm a bit nervous about the next chapter so please tell me what you think.