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Chapter 6
Kate slowly walked into the NCIS building, all she wanted to do was go home and cry, but she couldn't, she had to tell Gibbs and the others what Abby had told her and then she had to catch the son of a bitch, and then hold him while Gibbs shot him. Yes, Kate thought with satisfaction that was what she was going to do, only she wanted to go home and cry first, and she didn't want to have to think about Abby telling her what happened, and how Abby looked, and cried and ..
Stop it now Todd, she thought to herself angrily, she wasn't helping herself and it certainly wasn't helping Abby. She looked up as the elevator doors pinged, not even realising she had got in them and pressed the right button.
She saw Tony sitting at his desk, unusually busy for him on his computer, McGee was also busy tapping at his keyboard, and Gibbs sat at his desk, a huge cup of starbuks coffee next to him and his eyes staring at his screen, his body totally still. His head spun as she approached, nearly making her steps falter at the cold look in his eyes, she had never scene him look like that before, not that cold anyway.
"What did you get Todd?" he demanded, not even asking how Abby was.
"Abby is physically fine, thanks for asking Gibbs" Kate said dripping with sarcasm, she couldn't stop herself from baiting him, angry that he hadn't asked after her friend and team member. Gibbs looked at her one eyebrow raised in silent amusement at her rebuke, the coldness lifting slightly from his face
"Yes Kate I know, I just spoke to both her doctor and to Abby herself" he informed her patiently "But what I don't know is what Abby told you, so again what have you got?"
Kate stared at him, and then looked down taking a large breath before walking to stand in front of Gibbs, by the time she reached his desk she had managed to compose herself. Gibbs watched her struggle silently; proud of the way she handled it.
"Abby didn't know her attacker" she started, aware that Tony and McGee had silently joined her and Gibbs "He came from behind and grabbed her, thrusting a gun to her head" Kate smiled slightly "Abby wanted me to tell you Gibbs that she did as she was taught and relaxed until the right moment" Gibbs couldn't help his grin, that was his Abby. Kate continued, not once having to refer to her notes, every word and detail etched on her mind forever.
"He started to pull her backwards, she thinks towards his car but he stumbled slightly on something and that is when she fought back, she managed to knock the gun out of his hand, she doesn't remember too much of the details, just that they fought but that he was strong and angry and in Abby's words 'he beat the crap out of her', before she thought to scream loudly for help. That was when he threw her towards the bush and she passed out, she dosen't know what made him leave her there" Kate paused "I can only think that Abby screaming spooked him, perhaps he thought someone had heard her and would investigate, I'm just really glad that he did"she said, adding the lastalmost to herself.
Kate didn't realise that she was shaking slightly by the time she finished telling them all what had happened, Abby telling it had been so hard to listen to and watch, he had beaten more than her body; he had managed to beat her soul and heart.
Gibbs watched her silently, giving her a moment to compose herself, he saw Tony open his mouth to say something and shot him a look that had the other Agent snapping his jaw shut with such force that it must have hurt.
"Did he say anything? Any clue as to why he attacked Abby" Gibbs probed gently aware this was hurting Kate, wishing he had sent one of the others or done it himself.No, he thought he couldn't have done it himself, he would have scared Abby with the violence he was feeling, and Kate was the only one that Abby would feel really comfortable with. But he still regretted having to but Kate through this ordeal, but he wasn't about to let her or the others know that.
Kate shook her head
"Not really, he kept calling her names like 'Goth whore' 'weirdo', things like that and at one point Abby thinks he muttered 'you have to pay' but it was when he was beating her and she wasn't really sure that that was what he said" Gibbs nodded at what Kate had just said
"That ties in with what Tony found out from Metro, it seems we may have a serial rapist on our hands" he said getting up from his desk, he paused as he passed Kate, patting her shoulder once
"Good work Kate" he said grabbing his coffee "Going to see Ducky" he said as he strode of towards the elevator.
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When Gibbs reached the solitude of the elevator he hit the stop button and let out the breath he had been holding, he wanted so badly to beat something, to hit something hard, but he couldn't, not until he caught the bastard. Gibbs' head sagged slightly and he felt the weight of the strain Kate's words had had on him, Abby had been lucky, only that luck wasn't so good, she was lying in a hospital bed in pain and there was nothing he could do to make it go away, and nothing he could have done to stop it, but that didn't stop the guilt creeping in anyway, silently eating him up form within. She was his Abby, his lab rat, his friend and no one touched her.
Slowly his resolve and strength returned and the wall with which he contained his emotions fell back into place. He took a large drink of the coffee in his hand and then he reached for the button to start the elevator again. No one seeing him step out of it when the doors opened again would ever have imagined he could ever feel any kind of weakness; he was the embodiment of inner self control, little did they know.
