Title: First Christmas – Tony's POV
Author: Jay-Jay, Shorty, and Jenn
Rating: PG
Pairing: Gibbs/Kate
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters; they are all property of DPB.
Summary: After a long case that keeps the team at work for six days, Gibbs and Kate spend their first Christmas together.
TONY'S POV
I take a seat on the couch and take a long swig of Bourbon. It has been such a long week and all I want to do is sleep, though I don't think that that's going to be happening anytime soon. It started six days ago with a call at four in the morning . I take another swig and feel the burn.
We found out that the victim and his wife were good friends of Kate's. She had to fight with Gibbs to convince him that she was okay to work the case. He gave in and let her work the case. That's when the trouble started.
Gibbs came swiftly to our desks that McGee and I were working at, telling us there had been another kidnapping and that we were to make it our first priority. When I asked why he simply said "Kate". That was enough for us to get working. We quickly established that Kate's kidnapping was related to that of her friends. McGee, Abby, and I all got busy on our computers to try and find her so she didn't become the next victim.
We set up our computers where we were on conference screens that show all 3 computers working simultaneously. All I had to do to see what McGee or Abby had was look up, and I got the full scope. After 14hrs we caught a break. Our kidnapper was getting sloppy and left clues as to where he was holding Kate.
We got to the house and Gibbs and I started searching for her. He found her downstairs tied up and beaten. He hollered for me to call an ambulance. I called, then ran to his voice and found him untying a beaten and bruised Kate. I watched as the paramedics load Kate into the ambulance. Gibbs was going with her and he instructed me and McGee to stay here if that bastard came back. We didn't have long to wait. That bastard decided that he wanted to finish off Kate sooner than the other two, incase we got the jump on him. Little did he know that we already did. We made sure everyone knew he was not to suspect that we were on to him and had already found Kate. That he was to be allowed to enter the building unharmed. That is when we nabbed him. McGee was there to make sure I didn't kill him before bringing him into custody, because we both knew Gibbs would shoot me for doing what he wanted to do. After the MP's took him away, I was reaching for my cell phone to call Gibbs when it started ringing. It was Gibbs with an update on Kate. There was some internal bleeding from all the beatings and they were taking her up to surgery. I told him that we got the bastard, and that McGee and I would get to the hospital as soon as possible, and we would call Abby and Ducky on the way. As soon as I hung up, we sped out of there and headed to the hospital. I don't remember much after that, not really until the doc came out and told us that Kate would be fine.
Gibbs looked like he was ready to cry with relief. Ducky and Abby decided to stay with Kate, while Gibbs, McGee, and I went back to HQ to interrogate the bastard. Well, Gibbs did most of the interrogating, I threw in the occasional question, and McGee was there to make sure we didn't kill him. I sat on his right, and McGee sat on his left. During the interrogation, he told us what he did to her. Let me tell you, it was a good thing that McGee was there, to keep Gibbs and me under control. He would have died. He really owes his life to McGee, and Gibbs and I owe our thanks to him as we can honestly say we haven't committed murder. Not only did he physically abuse her, but emotionally as well.
Who knows how long it will take her to get over all of the emotional trauma. I told Gibbs that he should take a few weeks off to be with Kate when she healed, as she would need him to be there. Who knows what that bastard put her threw. He refused to take off until that bastard was booked. Not that I blame him. Hell if it was my girlfriend I don't think I could show the same restraint that Gibbs did. He did promise that as soon as it was over he would go on leave and take Kate away on holiday's to get her away from DC for a while. Which is a good thing. She needs to get away for a while. So now Gibbs is off, leaving me in charge. I don't mind really. Just wish it wasn't these circumstances that created this chance for me to show what kind of lead I can be. I want to know if I am as good a leader as Gibbs is. God I hope so.
