What do you mean, she's missing?
The man stood in the ditch, shining his flashlight into the broken car, shaking his head worriedly at the young, beautiful woman in the driver's seat.
She was bleeding from a wound on her scalp, and both her eyes were becoming blackened from where she'd been struck by the inflating airbag.
What worried him more than anything was the thin trickle of blood, coming from her ear.
He gingerly reached in and retrieved her purse. Carefully, he unzipped it and removed her wallet, looking for id.
"Abigail McGee," he said to himself. "NCIS employee. Interesting."
A feminine voice called down from the road above. "Gareth, the ambulance is on its way."
"Thanks, hon. She's by herself, and she's unconscious. But I found her id. Her name is Abigail. She works at NCIS."
The woman gingerly made her way down the ditch, and peered in through the shattered glass. She noticed the dark pigtails and unconventional outfit, and an unmistakable gold band on her left hand.
"She looks like an Abby, though, doesn't she?" the woman said, gently. She reached in and touched Abby's shoulder. "Abby? Wake up, Abby. Come on, hon. Wake up for us, will you? We don't want the paramedics to think we didn't take care of you, now do we?"
"Mrs. McGee?" Gareth offered, cautiously. He had no idea if that was her proper title or not. But at this point, he was just desperate to wake her up.
"Jillian, did the 911 dispatcher say when the ambulance would be here?"
No sooner had he said the words, than the lonely wail of the ambulance sirens were heard piercing the quiet night air.
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"What do you mean, she's missing, McGee?" Gibbs asked, as he stood in his basement in front of his boat, phone in his hand.
He brushed absently at the fine layer of sawdust that had settled on his bare arms, as he listened first to the concerns of first Tim, and then Tony.
"I know you don't want to hear this, Tim, but have you checked the local hospitals?"
Gibbs sat down, running his dusty hand through his silver hair.
"I'll be right there," he said, then hung up abruptly.