TITLE: Good Friday Promise
AUTHOR: T'PeeJ
FANDOM: Navy NCIS
RATING: So G
ARCHIVE: Sure, but let me know where.
SUMMARY: When makes a promise, he keeps it to the end.
DISCLAIMER: Navy NCIS is the properties of Belisarius
Productions, Paramount Network Television, DPB (The
second greatest being in the cosmos) and CBS.
It was very early in the morning when Gibbs arrived at
the church. The man had no use for the church, but a
promise was made long ago, and for that, Gibbs always
found a church on Good Friday--never the same one year
after year.
The doors to Allbright United Methodist Church opened up
early on Good Friday. Gibbs walked in as the Minister
moved back to the altar. He looked up at the man, who
sat down in a back pew of the church. The man lowered
his head in prayer.
"Okay," said Gibbs to himself as much as it was for the
person who he made a promise to. "It's Good Friday, and
I am here in a Methodist Church this year. Hey, if it's
good enough for Stephen King, it's good enough for me."
Gibbs let out a breath. He felt stupid doing this every
year, but he kept his word.
"St. Michael, the Archangel, patron saint of Mariners
and Police," said Gibbs. "You know I do this every year,
and I ask for just two things. Protect me and the people
I work with. I thank you for getting through last year.
No one died, but it was close a couple of times." Gibbs
looked around the church and saw the Minister was still
watching him from the altar. "As always, St. Michael,
could you also look up my sainted Mother and tell her I
am still alive and I haven't gone to hell, yet?" said
Gibbs quietly. Reaching into his coat, Gibbs pulled
something out and put in the pew. He got up and went out
the door quickly and got into his car and drove away.
The Minister came down from the altar and looked to see
what the man had left. He stopped by the pew and picked
up a rosary mixed in with a wreath of flowers. The
Minister smiled and took it with him to his office. He
had to call Father Stewart and tell him that he had the
visit by the Good Friday man.
Catholic Online Saints
St. Michael, the Archangel
Feastday: September 29 Patron of grocers, mariners,
paratroopers, police, and sickness
