……….After the FBI meeting……….

"I just feel like walking back to the hotel. I want to clear my head before getting there." Kate told Abby when they were in the elevator.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Abby asked her. Gibbs and McGee listened but didn't say anything.

"He looked like a completely different person on the film. All I could think about was that it wasn't him. It wasn't him. Deep down inside I know it is. I can't be with a murderer. I know I can't but my heart still says he's the only one I want to be with. It's so confusing." Kate told her.

"He can probably get a deal with the district attorney so he won't go to jail. Everything will go back to normal." McGee told her wanting her to feel better. He too had been shocked by the images. The Tony he knew wouldn't do it but he did. Or at least he did dump the body and gun. He was afraid what would happen to Tony when this was over. McGee didn't want to be the one who arrested him.

"I need to hear the truth from him. If he did it then it's over." Kate told them.

"It really feels like the TV-show Charmed and Phoebe and Cole. A lot of misery but in the end deep down inside they knew they couldn't choose themselves what to do. Have faith in Tony. It's too soon to give up. Too soon." Abby encouraged her. She knew Kate liked Charmed and maybe giving an example from it would help. Sometimes TV-shows have a big impact on people and their everyday life. She didn't want Kate to give up on Tony.

"It's just very hard." Kate told them before she quickly stepped out from the elevator.

"She'll listen soon enough. I don't believe he did it and I'm going to prove it." Gibbs told Abby and McGee. If he got them to believe in him maybe he could get Kate to do the same. Kate promised to work on the case until everything got solved but the aftermath of this case would probably cause bigger problems. Gibbs was still angry at Tony for going to New York but he couldn't tell anyone in the team about it or complain about it to them. His inner turmoil was too small at the moment to be considered as important. He was just glad he had one at home who did listen and gave him advice. She kept him sane.

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Kate walked quickly so she could get out in the fresh air. The snow was still falling and she had always loved it when it was snowing in the dark. She loved it more than when it was snowing during daylight. It felt mysterious and calming. There weren't many walking down in the street but it was understandable since it was cold. She looked up in the sky and snowflakes landed on her face. It felt uplifting somehow. She couldn't explain the feeling. The sensation which now went through her body… Then she felt someone putting their arms around her body. She started to scream since she knew the rest weren't far away.

Just then Gibbs, McGee and Abby came out. They heard someone scream and looked at the direction it came from. They saw someone holding Kate and dragging her into the alley. Kate struggled to get out of his grip but it was slippery and hard. Gibbs and McGee took up their guns and ran after. Abby shortly followed.

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The man let go of Kate.

"I'm warning you. Stay away from him. He belongs to us now. Tony wanted me to say that to you." The man told her. Kate stood there and time went so slow that she felt she had time to gather her thoughts.

"Tell him I said yes to the M thing." Kate told him. She thought Tony at least deserved to know even if he had done it. Kate also wanted to feel better so that's why she decided to tell the guy that instead of doing something else. The guy just stood there and didn't do anything else.

Then Gibbs, McGee and Abby arrived. They held up their guns at the guy.

"Let him go. He's just warning us. He's just the messenger." Kate told them. Her gut feeling told her it was the right thing to do.

"No." Gibbs said.

"Let him go." Kate turned around saying to them with an angry tone. Slowly the lowered their guns and the man ran away.

"Why?" McGee asked.

"Tony sent him. He wanted us to back of. I believed him and that guy probably doesn't know anything important anyway because Tony wouldn't have sent him and Tony knew how I would react. I would let him go just as Tony wants me to let him go." Kate replied.

"So that's it?" Abby asked wondering if Kate had given up already.

"No. Not until I'll talk to him. He has to face me before everyone else." Kate told them while brushing of some snow from her pants and coat.

"I knew it." Abby said quite happy.

"I am engaged to him so I think I have the right to have the last word not him." Kate said while walking out of the alley. She loved him too much to let him go now and to let him go this way. She wanted it to be her decision not his.

The others got surprised when they said she was engaged to him. Why hadn't she told them earlier?

………..A few seconds later……….

"So how did it go?" Tony asked the guy.

"I think it worked. She said I should tell you she said yes about a M thing. Whatever that means." The man said. Tony smiled because he knew he was now officially engaged. At least their communication skills were still working. The Tony gave him 500 dollars plus a one hundred extra. The guy thanked him before leaving but Tony was most grateful. He just wondered if her yes would mean she would let him go. He couldn't try to stop her again. It was too dangerous.

Tony watched his team leave the alley and waving for a taxi. He watched them until the taxi was out of sight. Then his phone rang and he knew he had to go back. He had missed a few things because of Kate's arrival but he wanted to see her one last time. It became two last times and he was happy about at least having that.

……..Back at the hotel………

"I'm just so tired of this drama. I don't want my life to be a drama. Not 24/7 anyway. I seriously need to talk to Tony about that. Set our priorities straight." Kate said when she opened the door. She and Abby shared a room. When they walked in they saw a man sitting on one of the beds.

"What took you so long?" he said to them. Kate slowly moved her hand closer to her gun. This time she had the chance of using it.

"I'll shoot your friend before you'll do anything." The man then said while picking up his gun from the bed.

"I don't think you took the warning seriously enough. I know what your boyfriend did. He's so stupid sometimes." The man continued.

Abby had her hand in her pocket. In her pocket she had her cell phone. She remembered that the last dialled phone number was Gibbs's phone. She pressed a few buttons so her phone would call Gibbs's. Gibbs answered it but couldn't hear a thing. He knew Abby wouldn't call him if something wasn't going on. He quickly left his room and went to McGee. They then ran up the stairs two floors up.

………..

"So are we just going to stand here? I just wanted to say I could have killed you a long time ago but I didn't. I'll leave this photograph as a memory." He said before standing up with his gun steadily in his hand. He put it on the bed and then he fired one shot. Gibbs and McGee were close when the shot was fired. The door was still slightly opened and Gibbs kicked it before he and McGee shot the guy.

"Are you alright?" Gibbs asked them.

"The warnings are getting frequent." Kate told them. Abby looked at the picture and it showed Tony holding a gun in front of the person who got murdered. The rest watched it too.

"Either we give it to the police or we'll be just like them. I still don't think he did it so being like them once won't hurt. I know what Tony is capable of and that isn't one of those things." Gibbs said to them. He got Tony to NCIS and he knew how he was though the doubts were now coming.

"If he tells us he did it then we'll give it to the police." Kate then said.

"We're committing a crime here but I'm not saying a thing." McGee stated. For once he wasn't sure which side of the law he was on and he thought the others felt the same.

Gibbs took the picture and put it in his pocket.

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The police came and Abby and Kate switched rooms. The hunt was on but they needed some sleep and FBI weren't so helpful telling them about Tony's whereabouts. Tony told them more than they did and they hadn't even talked to him.

………

"You're girlfriend and team got a visitor today. I think they'll back off now. They will never find you." A man told him.

Tony was now sitting in a car driving away from New York. He got worried and wondered what that statement meant. Where they dead? Why couldn't they just have killed him? He didn't understand why he was so important.

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Kate felt drained. This situation became harder for every second. She couldn't take it anymore. That's why she had locked herself in the bathroom so she could be alone. She sat down on the floor and Abby had tried to make her open the door.

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Tony pulled up at a gas station with a small diner. The other guy wanted to eat and Tony did as he was told. He saw his chance to call Gibbs or Kate. He had to make a decision on who to call. Who was most important? If he called Gibbs then he would be saving lives but if he would call Kate then he would just make her feel better. The other man left the car and waited for Tony to do the same. Tony got up, locked the car and slowly walked to the diner.

"I think I'll fill up the car with gas before we eat. I'll join you later." Tony said to him.

"No. We will fill up the gas together." He said before turning back. Then they drove the car closer to the gas pump and filled it up. After that they went to the diner. Tony waited and waited for his chance to call Gibbs. Then suddenly the man said he was going to the toilet. Tony thought he would never leave his side based on his earlier actions. Now he did. As soon as he was far away Tony quickly left the diner and called Gibbs on his cell phone. He didn't care if they would find out because he saw himself like a dead guy already.

"Tony. I thought I'll never speak to you again." Gibbs said when he answered the phone.

"Tomorrow three bombs will go off. They want to destroy the Christmas shopping. They haven't told me where but at least one will be in a big store in New York. Don't trust Blunt. He knows much more than he says." Tony told him. Then he hung up. He had told him everything he knew. He hurried back to the diner.

"You're a slow eater." The guy noticed.

"I was caught up in my thoughts. I'll finish up now." Tony said. He was glad he managed to get back in time.

"You'll be driving some more. I need some sleep. We're headed to Boston." The man told him. Now Tony knew where he was going.

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Gibbs walked to Abby's and Kate's room. He wished he could have asked Tony if he had done it. He wanted to know. Gibbs knocked on the door and Abby opened it.

"She locked herself in the bathroom." Abby told him.

"Kate. Tony called. He told me about some bombs. He sounded alright." Gibbs told her.

"She won't talk to you. She hasn't said a word to me." Abby explained.

Kate only wanted to be alone in her sorrow and with her tears. She couldn't get the strength to say something.

Then Kate's cell phone rang. Abby quickly tried to find it. She found it and saw it was Tony who called.

"Kate, it's Tony." Abby told her.

"I'll break the door if you don't open it." Gibbs told her.

"That won't do the trick." Abby told him. She then answered the phone.

"She'll be right here." Abby told Tony.

The man had fallen asleep quite quickly and Tony had stopped the car to call Kate. He had to talk to her.

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