Title: Sweet Dreams

Rating: PG-13 (For safety)

Disclaimer: I don't own any Navy NCIS anything. What a shame…

Chapter 1- The First Slip-Up

He heard the shot first, then felt the pain. He silently cursed himself, Dammit Leroy Jethro… damn you and your reflexes. An instant later he hit the hard, cold ground of the NCIS morgue. The terrorist sniggered, and disappeared into the shadows of the darkened room. Several minutes passed before he heard the sound of the elevator door open. His vision got fuzzy, and he heard running footsteps echo through the morgue. He saw the blurry figure of a person hovering over him, checking him for signs of life. They're too late, he thought, I'm going to die. He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. The pain was overwhelming. Suddenly he choked out, "Tell her I love her." And the world went black.

Gibbs jerked awake and sat up straight in his chair. Kate, Tony, and Abby were standing in the middle of the bullpen, obviously mid-conversation, but nonetheless staring at Gibbs with expressions of shock and interest. Tony was the first to speak.

"I knew it! It's that redheaded woman, isn't it?"

"Dinozzo, I don't know what the hell you are talking about, but it had better be work related!" Gibbs snapped.

"I don't know if you… noticed your coffee…?" Abby offered, trying to be helpful. Gibbs looked down at his desk and saw the jumbo cup of coffee sitting on top of his stack of files. Gibbs had only just raised the cup to his lips when she spoke again. "Although, Gibbs…" he paused, looking at her, "we would like to know who we're dealing with, here." He slammed the cup of coffee down on his desk, splattering the brown liquid everywhere.

"Will SOMEONE inform me as to what's going on?" he barked, turning to Kate, then Tony, then Abby, as if the explanation was going to be written on one of their foreheads.

"Boss," Tony supplied after a moment of awkward silence, "you talk in your sleep."

"I WHAT?"

"Talk in your sleep," he said again, preparing himself for the explosion that was certain to follow. Kate scuttled wordlessly to her desk, obviously wanting to take no part in the heated discussion.

"And WHAT, may I ask, did I say that was SO very interesting?" he said in a mock calm tone. But he already knew the answer, and hoped with all his might that he was wrong. He went to take a sip of coffee.

"You said, 'Tell her I love her'" Abby answered. Gibbs dropped his coffee, and the color drained from his face.

He was in trouble now.

to be continued…

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