Tim walked into the interrogation room Abby was in and sat down across from her.

"I still don't have anything to say," Abby said.

"That's fine. I don't need you to say anything. I have everything I need. Tony gave you up," Tim said.

Abby rolled her eyes at him. "You really think I'm going to fall for that, McGee. I've seen Gibbs and Tony use that one a thousand times. That's why Gibbs has the rule about not keeping suspects together. To trick them into confessing."

"True, but I'm not here from a confession. I don't need it. Tony's statement and the evidence against you is all I need," Tim said.

"I don't believe you," Abby said with her arms crossed. She refused to believe it. Tony would never double cross her like this.

"Tony told us how you came to him after Sterling started threating your brother. How you asked him to break Sterling out of prison so the threats would stop," Tim said.

"You're lying," Abby said. Yes, what McGee had just said was the truth, but he could've guessed that. He had no proof of it.

Tim ignored her and went on. "He also told us how the plan was for him to disappear for a while and come back after being Sterlng's 'prisoner'. He also said he gave you his gun so you could protect yourself."

"No! Tony would never do that!" Abby yelled. This time though, she wasn't so sure. McGee knew a lot of facts he shouldn't know without someone telling him. But Tony wouldn't really turn on her like this, would he? He wouldn't betray her like this.

"Why? Why wouldn't he do it, Abby? You don't think his life is important? You think he should just sacrifice everything for you, even his own life? A man' loyalty only goes so far," Tim said. He knew that from experience. He'd reached his limit a couple of years earlier and now so had Tony. True, he'd had help from him and Gibbs, but at least he'd finally did the right thing for himself.

Abby looked away and didn't say a world. She couldn't believe it, but it was looking more and more like Tony had indeed turned her in. He'd sold her out at the first sign of trouble.

"JAG's been called in. An attorney will be here soon enough. Now, my advice to you is to work with them. Tell them the truth about all of it and maybe you won't be looking at the rest of your life in a prison cell. Either way, you need to get yourself a lawyer. I'll have someone get you a phone to make that call," Tim said before standing up and leaving the room.

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Tim walked out of the boat shed to see Callen leaning against the side. "Hey.

'Hey. JAG's on the way. How did it go? She confess?" Callen asked.

"I didn't even try to get a confession. With the evidence and Tony's statement backing it up, I didn't feel the need for it. I did advise her to work with the JAG lawyer though," Tim said.

"You okay with everything that's happened?" Callen asked.

"Okay with it, no. Will I lose sleep over it though, absolutely not. Abby and Tony chose the path they did. They have to deal with the consequences," Tim said. He wished things hadn't turned out so bad for his former teammates because despite everything, they had once been important to him, but he wasn't going to spend any more time on them than he already had.

"Good," Callen said.

"Where's Gibbs?" Tim asked.

"He left. Said he couldn't see Abby carted away for the rest of her life," Callen told him.

"Yeah, I'm not surprised. Abby was always the favorite," Tim said.

"Yeah, well, maybe if he didn't have favorites, this wouldn't have happened," Callen said.

"Probably not," Tim agreed. Abby thought she would be able to get away with killing Sterling because she thought the rules didn't apply to her, and she thought that because Gibbs taught her that. So Callen was right. This probably wouldn't have happened if Gibbs had been treated everyone who worked for him more equally.

Just then, Sam joined them. "Hey, Tim, DiNozzo would like a word. You want me to just tell him to go to hell because I wouldn't mind."

Tim chuckled. "I'm sure you wouldn't, but no thanks. I'll talk to him," Tim said before walking back inside. He walked down the hall to the interrogation room Tony was in and stepped inside. "You wanted to see me?"

Tony nodded. "What's going to happen to Abby?"

"You know about as much as I do. The courts will decide for sure, or if Abby's smart, she'll make a deal with JAG, but we both know she's going to be doing some serious prison time. I'd be more worried about myself if I were. I mean, Abby's clearly not all that worried about you," Tim said.

"I know what's going to happen to me. I can deal with that. But Abby… Prison's going to destroy her," Tony said.

"Well, if it does, she has no one but herself to blame," Tim said. He honestly couldn't bring himself to conjure up an ounce of sympathy for Abby, not after she went to such great lengths to protect herself.

Tony glared at him. "It's that easy for you, huh?"

"Yeah, it is. She killed a man, Tony, and then she tried to blame it on you. She deserves what she gets," Tim told him.

"You know, it wasn't that long ago that you would've been protecting her too," Tony pointed out.

"And it would've ruined me just as it's ruined you. Are you really happy with how things turned out? You're gonna spend the next five to ten years in prison and carry that with you even when you're released. Are you happy with that?" Tim asked.

Tony looked away. There wasn't much he could say to that. McGee was right, no matter how much he wished he wasn't.

Tim went over and sat down in front of his former colleague. "Tony, You and I have a lot of differences. I can honestly say that I've cursed your name more times than I can count over the years. But I think there's one thing we can agree on at this point. "Joining Gibbs' team was the worst thing to ever happen to us."

"Maybe," Tony whispered after a moment. He hated saying it because Gibbs had taught him so much, but again, McGee was right. If it weren't for joining Gibbs, he probably wouldn't be on his way to prison right now. He never would've considered doing what he did before joining Gibbs.

Just then there was a knock on the open door. Tim turned to see a JAG lawyer. "Hi. He's all yours," he said before standing up and heading out.

"McGee," Tony called.

Tim turned back to see what he wanted.

"Sorry," Tony said quickly. He wasn't even sure if he meant it, but he felt he had to say it. If he didn't mean it yet, he soon would though. Despite the horrible comments he'd made during this whole thing, he was slowly learning that he was wrong about McGee. It was just hard to admit that to himself.

Tim acknowledged the apology by nodded and then walked out the door and away from his former life for the last time. True, he'd thought it was over the last time he dealt with his former team, and the time before that and the time before that, but this time, he really got the feeling that it was finally truly over.

THE END