THE DECISION

A/N: Take 2! Interesting fact, my computer froze on me while typing this chapter. I guess it's just its way of saying that this story is an abomination and an insult to religion and NCIS. What does it know! Anyway, I'm basically only writing when I feel motivated, (damn summer holidays!) or when the air-con's on and no cricket is on the TV behind me (damn cricket!). Enjoy!


There was a pause.

"What's he waiting for?" Satan whispered to God.

"A decent acting role, perhaps?" God muttered. They knocked fists.

"Oh, for crying out loud!" Jamie Foxx cried angrily, "Never let an elf do a mans job! We've decided - resurrection."

"That's what I'm talking 'bout!" Jesus yelled, high-fiving the other members of his team. "Kate's going back to ea-rth! Kate's going back to ea-rth! Kate's going-"

"ENOUGH!"

Everyone turned to Bellisario, who towered over them angrily.

"Ooh, someone's a bit pissy that they didn't win!" Jesus teased.

"With all due respect Jesus, shut up!" Bellisario shouted, "I think we're over looking the most important issue – how are we going to actually resurrect her?"

Everyone turned to Taylor.

"What? Because I've died 3 times, that automatically makes me an expert in the matter?" Taylor snapped.

"Yeah." God said simply.

"We thought you'd be used to it by now," Satan added.

Taylor sighed.

"Okay, here's how the writer's did it," Taylor said, while everyone crowded around her, taking notes, "The first time I 'died' in an aeroplane crash. The writers brought me to life by saying that I didn't die, but was nursed back to life by some Prince, who wanted to marry me and kept my real identity from me…"

"You had amnesia?" Kate asked, surprised.

"Early to mid 90's - get with the program!" Satan snapped. "As you were saying Taylor?"

"Until eventually I was reunited with my friends and family. Second time, I died in Ridge's arms, but I took myself off the defibrillator, so it didn't flat line. Therefore,I didn't die, it just looked likeI did.Several years later, after I awoke from my coma, after being kept alive by the same Prince, I was reunited with my friends and family." Taylor explained. "I'm not sure what they're doing this time, but I think it's got something to do with an aeroplane crash, an island with a secret and a bunch of recurring numbers that are strangely linked to most people on the plane."

"Whoa, that would make a killer TV show!" God exclaimed.

"How are you getting rescued?" CSIMel asked.

"The same Prince guy, I believe." Taylor answered.

"Look, no offence Taylor, but I don't really care about how you were resurrected!" Kate burst out. "I'm sick and tired of being talked about like I'm just here for your entertainment. But I'm a real person, not a two-dimensional TV character! Doesn't anyone care about my say in the matter?"

"Of course we care!" Jesus exclaimed, mouthing 'not really' to God.

"I can't believe this!" Kate snapped, "You don't care about my well-being, you just care about me 'getting it on' with Tony! You don't understand what it's like in my position. Do you know how hard it is, being alive one day and dead the next? No you don't! I've had to deal with a lot of things in the space of a few months, and I don't think resurrection is something I want to deal with right now."

"Are you…saying no to resurrection?" Satan asked, bewildered.

"So what if I am?" Kate said defiantly.

"You can't do that!" God glared at Kate. "You don't have a say in the matter!"

"So you'd rather be dead, than alive?" Limbo asked.

"At this moment, yeah," Kate said.

Limbo pressed a button. A large screen appeared on the wall in front of them. It showed heaps of people, sad, angry, shocked.

"You see these people," God said, pointing to a few faces. He looked Kate in the eye. "These people would die to be in your position. If they had anything to give up, they'd give it up in a flash. To breathe the air one more time, to drink one more caffeinated beverage or to see the ones they love. We've giving you the world, your world, and you're saying no?"

Kate stared at the screen.

"Kate, this is your chance not only to make yourself happy, but to make the people who love you happy." Taylor said softly. "You see these girls," Taylor pointed to CSIMel and Kap0w, "you can make thousands of people happy. Not only that, but you can bring hope to millions. That one day, maybe their favourite television character will be resurrected."

Kate glanced towards CSIMel and Kap0w, who looked up at her, watching hopefully.

"Thousand of people, huh?" Kate mused.

"Thousands." Taylor echoed.

"Kate, the reason you get up, is to protect your country, correct?" CSIMel asked.

"Yeah," Kate replied.

"Do it for the fans." Kap0w said. "Do it for the thousands of people, world-wide who tuned in every week to see you doing what you do. The thousands who laughed when you showed up Dinozzo. The thousands who cried when you died."

"Ask not what your fans can do for you, but what you can do for your fans!" CSIMel declared, standing on her chair.

"Dude, that was so, so, so, so, soooooooooooo lame!" Kap0w winced.

"You're right, CSIMel!" Kate said, standing.

"I am?" CSIMel replied, shocked.

"She is?" An equally shocked Kap0w replied.

"Yes." Kate said. "Its time I stopped being dead, and started living. Again."

"You go girlfriend!" Jesus replied, shaking his head.

"Resurrection it is!" Kate smiled.

"Super." Bellisario yawned. "But we already covered this at the beginning of the chapter. Talk about a waste of time! Except we haven't sorted out the main problem: exactly how do you suggest we resurrect Kate?"

"What, you're the writer, figure it out!" God snapped.

"No, I'm the creator." Bellisario pointed out. "Besides, where am I going to find writers capable of scripting a resurrection? I need Pulitzer Prize winners, I need soap opera writers I need-"

"Fan fiction writers!" CSIMel and Kap0w said in unison, a light shining on them as they struck a pose.

"I was going to say 'Tabloid Journalists' but then again, you guys are cheaper and easier to exploit." Bellisario said, nodding in agreement. "So, you guys have any ideas?"

"Oh, we've been dreaming of this day!" Kap0w said eagerly.

"Thank-you God," CSIMel said happily.

"Actually, Satan was responsible for this," God pointed out.

"Man, that was mighty holy of you!" Satan thanked God, "I'd like to say I'd do the same, but I wouldn't."

"Wouldn't have expected that you would." God agreed.

"Let's go into the other room and we can discuss your ideas," Bellisario said, leading CSIMel and Kap0w to a different room.

"Anyhoo, God and I have to go," Satan explained, "George W has a dilemma, and we have to do the whole 'angel vs. devil' thing on his shoulder. Nice meeting you Kate, no doubt we'll meet again."

"Can I ask you a question?" Kate asked.

"Shoot," God replied.

"What's heaven like?"

"Clean," God said, "very clean."

"Okay," Kate answered.

"See you." They floated off.

"Afraid I have to go too, dawgs," Jesus said, "my peeps and I are going down to da Hood to snag us some bi-atches and hoes…what the heck, I've got a Dungeons and Dragons game to go to."

"Say it loud, say it proud," Limbo held his hand up.

"Shut up, Limbo," Jesus snapped.

"Hate to leave you, but someone's got to get these celebrities back to Hollywood," Limbo said, "Don't want anyone getting suspicious."

"Why would anyone get suspicious?" Angelina Jolie asked.

"I think the question is 'why wouldn't anyone get suspicious?'" Limbo corrected.

"Huh?" Angelina Jolie said, confused.

"Just move it!" Limbo snapped. "Freaking' celebrities."

Kate and Taylor sat there in silence.

"You know, it's alright to be scared," Taylor said softly.

"I'm not scared!" Kate said defensively.

Taylor gave her a look.

"Okay, I'm going out of my mind," Kate admitted. "I'm nervous, excited, scared and happy. I didn't know it was possible to feel four different emotions at the same time."

"It's perfectly natural," Taylor said, reassuringly, "I remember my first resurrection, I felt all those things."

"Does it get any easier?" Kate asked.

"God, no!" Taylor cried.

Kate gave her a wide-eyed look.

"I'm sorry, Kate, but I'm going to be honest – this will be hard." Taylor admitted. "It'll be hard on you and hard on the people around you. But I promise you; it will get better…with time. Everything gets better with time."

"I hope so." Kate mumbled.

"I know so." Taylor smiled.

"Thanks."

"For what?" Taylor asked.

"For everything." Kate replied.

"Don't mention it." Taylor said. She glanced at her watch. "I think it's time we get you resurrected."


A/N: Well, that was intense. Remember to review, or I'll change my mind at the last minute.