"Abby Sciuto speaking.." Abby spoke slowly, slurring most of her yawned-out words. It was still early for a Saturday morning, one that, for once, wasn't filled with work.

"Abs, I need you to pick me up." Gibbs spoke short, but not so sweet, which wasn't terribly unusual. It was him saying "need" that peaked her attention. Gibbs fiercely rummaged through his desk, pushing around papers and slamming drawers, looking for his extra set of house and car keys.

"Gibbs?" Abby yawned again and rolled over in bed. She made a labored grab for her alarm clock to see the time— she frowned when she realized it read 7:15AM. "Boss-man. It's 8 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday.. You know that, right?" She sat up and stretched out her arms. "It's 7:15 Abby, and yes, I am aware. Are you awake now?" He punctuated his words with sharp frustration.

"You need me to pick you up."

"Yes."

"…Right now?"

"Yes!"

Abby began to ramble off her drowsy confusion, something Gibbs was not willing to handle at the moment. "Where are you, I mean, where's your car and—" Gibbs closed his eyes, stopped the search for his keys and slammed the receiver end of his phone against the desk several times. Abby grimaced and pulled the phone away from her ear until she was certain the tantrum had stopped.

"Abby."

"Right. You really shouldn't do that to your cellphone Gibbs, it's—"

"Abby.."

"Sorry.. are you home?" Gibbs sighed and hung his head. "Yes Abby."

She was awake now, perky and concerned. "Alright Gibbs.. I um, I'll be there in 15.."

"5." Gibbs snapped his cellphone shut as he found his keys and shoved them into his coat pocket along with the phone. He wandered into the living room and sat down heavily on the couch. Looking around, he ran an aimless hand through his hair—he began to feel something he absolutely hated. Helpless. He got up suddenly and went outside, sitting on the steps of the front porch as he waited for Abby.

He kept dialing and redialing Kate's number in vain, but she refused to pick up. Soon the calls just started going straight to her voicemail. He grumbled when he realized she turned off her phone. So many rules broken in such a short amount of time. The institutions he'd set in motion to keep the world secure were quickly crumbling. Abby pulled up to the curb and interrupted his train of thought as she honked the horn. A hopeful part of him looked up and expected to see his car parked in front of him, with Kate inside. He exhaled and stood up when he saw that it wasn't the case. Gibbs strode down the front walk and went into the street, stopping by the driver's side door as the window rolled down. A pair of black pigtails and big black sunglasses looked up at him.

"Boss man, what's happenin'!" She tilted her sunglasses down to get a good look at him. "Man, you look like shi—" Gibbs opened her door and reached over, unbuckling her seatbelt. She looked to him, "What's goin' on?" He motioned for her scoot to the passenger's side, "Move over Abs." Abby did as she was told and before she knew it Gibbs was driving her car and was already half way down the road. She looked around and then looked over at him, re-buckling her seatbelt, "Where we going Gibbs? What happened?" He just grumbled something completely inaudible as he made a sharp turn to get onto the main road. She winced as her tires made a wrenching squeak against the asphalt, "It's a new car Gibbs.. try not to obliterate my transmission, okay?" He stepped on the gas and went from 50 mph to 75. She stayed quiet for the rest of the ride.

They pulled into NCIS and drove through the semi-abandoned parking garage. Gibbs spotted his sedan, parked and deserted in the space next to where Kate's car should still have been. He pulled alongside the sedan and parked. They both got out of Abby's car as Gibbs tugged his cell phone out of his pocket and tried calling Kate. Abby subtly investigated his car while she waited for him to tell her what the hell was happening. She looked over and decided to approach him before he threw his phone to shatter on the pavement. Abby carefully touched his back to make him turn, she spoke softly. "Where's Kate, Gibbs?" He turned around, faster than he would have liked to from an emotionally revealing standpoint, and stared at her with a questioning look. She sighed and pointed over to the car, "Kate's cellphone is laying on the driver's seat." Gibbs groaned as he went to his sedan, taking out his keys. He had a sinking feeling in his stomach, but he wasn't ready to acknowledge it. He turned to Abby, "You have a spare key to her apartment, don't you."

"I, well. Yes?" He made his way back to Abby and held out his hand, waiting for it. She shook her head and put up her hands. "Wait, wait, and wait. What happened! Where did Kate go and why did she steal your car..? I'm assuming she stole your car .." Abby didn't appear to be taking Kate's key off of her key ring anytime soon as she stood and stared at Gibbs expectantly. He huffed and drew back his hand, shoving it into his pocket to match his other one. He returned her glare and was silent, but he eventually relented, looking off to the side. "Her car wouldn't start last night. I drove her home. And…" he wondered how he was going to finish this story without having Abby dancing in the middle of this parking lot. "We had a little disagreement. Is that alright with you Abs?" She just nodded, calming a little at the sight of Gibbs becoming melancholy and defensive. He sighed and looked around, "I just don't understand how she got her car out of here." Abby laughed and Gibbs looked to her with raised eyebrows. "What's funny?"

She smiled. "You wouldn't know it to look at her?" she hushed her voice a little, "But she's actually really good with cars." She nodded at Gibbs' confusion. She let me drive her home anyway, he thought. "Don't tell Tony," she tried to laugh a little, but it didn't seem to amuse him at all. "Does that answer yer question, Gibbs?"

He looked to her and held out his hand once again. "Can I have the key now?" Abby exhaled deeply and started to remove the key from her ring, mumbling, "She's gonna kill me." She placed the key into his open palm and closed his fingers around it, "Don't get me into trouble okay?" Gibbs just gave her a nod as he went back to his car. Abby called after him, "You know, this goes against every code of friend ethics ever!" She sighed as he just gave her a wave out of his window as he pulled out of the garage at a dangerous speed.

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A/N: I'm writing the 8th chapter as we speak.. I didn't want to leave you without any kibbs ;)
But this filler had to be done. I'm running into some writer's block (say it ain't so..) so.. I'm doing my best :)

Love to everyone