"Drop the gun!" Audrey commaned to Kate who had instinctively pulled it out of her holster. "You too Abigail!" Unfortunately, she had caught sight of that one too. "Now! Or I swear, I won't hesitate to shoot either of you... maybe I could just aim for Abby Jr. huh?"
At that comment, Kate and Abby slid their weapons across the floor so that they lay just inches from Audrey's feet.
"So Abby... it's been awhile hasn't it?" Audrey said casually.
"Yeah and truthfully, I can't say that I've missed you," Abby sneered.
"Snappy tongue there Abigail. You might want to watch it. That's what got little Dawn there in trouble with Paul. Plus, I'm holding the cards her sweetheart," Audrey laughed, referring to the gun she held in her hand.
"You won't touch them," Kate said, speaking up. Fury flashed through her eyes, proving to Audrey that she wasn't afraid.
"Agent Todd isn't it? I remember we met once; when I came to headquarters to get Jethro back, but of course, he wouldn't leave his two Abigail's over there." Audrey glared hard at Abby and Dawn. "In fact, I remember you quite well." She turned her attention back to Kate. "Even back then you had fire. More of it in fact. Seems that being with that DiNozzo man has softened you up a bit. Slept together yet?" she taunted.
Kate just stared at her in shock. How does she know? It's only been about a week and not even Abbs knows yet. Which might have explained the confused look that Abby was casting in Kate's direction.
"Oh well, the softer the better. Now back to you Ms. Scuito." Audrey refused to call Abby by hermarried last name. "You sent a lot of pain my way. He would have come back to me if you two weren't in the picture," she scowled.
"So that's what this is all about? You kidnapped Dawn just to get back at Gibbs?" Abby inquired, still holding her daughter in her arms.
"No, no, no. You got it all wrong. I wasn't just trying to get back at Gibbs, I was trying to get back at you for stealing him away. Also, my plan wasn't just to kidnap Dawn, but kill her too."
All three of their heads shot up at the sound of this. Dawn's eyes grew wide at the thought of dying while Abby tightened the grip she held on her baby girl. Kate just laid her hand on Dawn's leg in a protective gesture.
Audrey laughed and continued talking. "You know Abby, I'm glad you came out of the lab because now, instead of putting a bullet through Dawn's pretty little head... I'll get to put one through yours!"
Just as Audrey said this, Kate began to jump up off the floor, but stopped when Audrey clicked the gun, pushing a bullet into the chamber.
"Agent Todd... or Kate. May I call you Kate?" Audrey paused, waiting for an answer, but just kept on talking when all she got was a piercing glare. "Fine then, Kate it is. Anyway, like I told Abigail, I've got the gun. So it would be in your best interest, if you didn't make any sudden movements."
Questioning her impulse, Kate stood up anyway. Then slowly took a few steps forward.
"I'm warning you Agent Todd, I will shoot you. One more step and..."
She was cut off bu the sound of two men's voices just down the hall.
"Shut up DiNozzo. We need to find them," Gibbs said, his voice growing closer.
"DADDY!" Dawn yelled.
"Dawn stop!" Abby screamed as Dawn made a hasty move and hopped up off of the floor, preparing to run for the door.
Audrey's nerves were on edge and her mind racing, she didn't know what else to do. She had to have revenge! Following her gut, she pointed the gun at Dawn and fired.
Inside the room, two screams were heard as a body hit the floor.
As soon as they heard Dawn scream "daddy," they began running down the hall. Unfortunately, they made it there to late. When they reached the room, he began to shake, tears flowing freely down his cheeks as he saw her body lying on the floor.
Picking her head up, he layed it in his lap and ran his fingers through her brown hair. He watched painfully as her eyes fluttered open and closed.
"I love you," he whispered, kissing her forehead. "Please don't die, you can't die."
"I don't want to die," she whimpered, taking slow deep breathes.
Pressing his hand against the bullet wound on her chest, he whispered quietly into her hair once more, "I won't let you die because when you die, my soul dies right along behind you. You are my soul, you are my entire world." One of his tears landed softly in her hair as he cried openly in front of everyone. His heart was breaking with every passing second.
Behind him, he could hear his partner cuffing Audrey and radioing for an immediate ambulance.
"I love you too..." she muttered her last words before her eyes closed forever.
Realizing that she'd stopped breathing, he shook her gently. "Kate... Kate, no." Tony leaned over and held his head against her cheek, sobbing at the same time. "Please don't leave me baby. Don't die on me. What will I do without you? Remeber, my soul is dying too. You don't want that, I know you don't. I need you Kate. Wake up damn it! Wake up honey. Please, come back to me."