A/N: usually I like to come up with my own original idea, even though there's some really good ones out there, but there ones out there that are like mine but much better. So I gotta give credit where credit is due and give a special thanks to Liannis and her story Trick or Treat. I had a similar McAbby concept like in your story but mine was nowhere as good as yours. So I hope you don't mind if I borrow it. You're a really good writer, better than I will probably be so thanks again. Anyways, readers, please Read and Review.

Chapter 7

When Abby was done placing the candles, she walked back to McGee who still had his eyes closed. Abby grabbed his hand and gently squeezed it as she smiled at him.

"Why did you break up with me Abby," McGee asked without opening his eyes.

"What?"

"Why did you break up with me?"

"You should rest McGee."

"I need to know."

"I was afraid of hurting you. My past relationship have always ended badly and I didn't want you to get hurt."

"Did you truly love me?"

"Very much."

"Then you shouldn't be afraid because you won't hurt me. I will always love you"

"I will always love you too, but lately you've also started to change."

"What do you mean?"

"Well after Gibbs left, you've gotten more courageous which I've told you I like but then you started to change in other ways. You started dating cheerleaders and shopping in Armani."

"What difference does that make?"

"I fell in love with the old McGee and I'm afraid the new McGee wouldn't want me."

"Abby, I am the same old McGee. Sure some things have changed, but one thing hasn't, my love for you. I never loved anyone else like I loved you. I was never even given a chance to love someone that much before I met you. I always wished we would be together forever."

"I wished for that too. I will always love you Timmy."

McGee then stood up, took off his coat and wrapped it around Abby. Abby turned around and kissed McGee, then placed her head on his shoulder as he held her in his arms.

Suddenly the emergency lights started to flicker again but this time they went out completely, leaving the only light in the bullpen to come from the eerie glow of the lit candles as everyone in the room stood in their circle. The bullpen then got freezing cold and started to look even darker despite the bright candles.

Out of fear, Ziva grabbed Tony's hand and squeezed it. In the desk behind them, Ducky was still with Sarah and her mother.

"What's going on," Sarah said as she hugged her mother.

"Don't worry my dear," Ducky assured her, "You're gonna be fine. We won't let anything happen to you or your mother."

Ducky then moved them away from the candles and to the center of the candle circle. The candle flames started to flicker as if a slight gust was passing them. Suddenly a white thick fog appeared from under the stairway's door and from the openings of the closed elevator door and rolled into the bullpen making the floor almost impossible to see. The windows then became opaque as ice formed over it while the elevator doors became iced over as well as if someone poured liquid nitrogen over them. McGee then grabbed his forehead with one hand.

"What's wrong," Abby asked as she held his other hand.

"I don't know," McGee replied, "My head is really hurting. It feels like a migraine."

When McGee removed his hand, Abby saw that he looked even worse than before. Except for the black bags under his eyes, his face was completely colorless. He looked as though he was a zombie. The candlelight only made him look creepier and darker. Abby then noticed that his hand has gotten cold like ice. She felt his cheek to find that they were just as cold. His lips became purple and quivered as his breath froze when he exhaled.

Across from them, Ziva face was a sickly green. She grabbed the trash bin when she felt like she was going to heave. She held on to Tony's hand as he held her hair back.

Nearby Gibbs leaned up against his desk with Jen holding his hand from fear. Even though her face didn't show it, Gibbs could tell she was terrified from the way she squeezed his hand. He could swear that all the feeling in his fingers was gone.

Suddenly, as the fog got thicker, they could see numerous shadows appear from the floor and move across the room as if hundreds of invisible people were moving around but only their shadows could be seen. Soon they all surrounded the circle and moved to the edge of it, then, as if peeling themselves off the floor and wall, they stood up and looked at the scared people inside. Some of them seemed to hover off the ground while the rest stood firmly on the floor. Everyone looked at their featureless dark faces as it scanned them back. One of them that was standing near where McGee and Abby were, raised its hand and pointed to McGee.

"What does it want," Abby asked.

The shadowy figure then motioned for McGee to come over to it.

"I think it wants me to go over there," McGee told her.

"Don't do it,' Abby said worryingly.

Nearby from them Ducky was next to Sarah and her mother, when one of the shadowy human figures knelt down and looked at Sarah.

"What does it want from my daughter," Mrs. Niles asked.

"I'm not sure," Ducky told her as he held Sarah's hand.

Gibbs looked over at McGee to see him walking towards one of the creatures.

"What are you doing," Gibbs asked but McGee held his hand up and continued to walk toward it.

"Please don't McGee," Abby pleaded.

"I'll be fine," McGee told her, "Its not gonna hurt me."

"How do you know," Abby asked.

"I don't know," McGee answered, "I just know."

McGee walked up to a candle that was on the floor and looked at the figure as it blankly stared back. To him the figure looked almost feminine. It then started to make a low sound which McGee could swear was a whisper. He listened closely but he couldn't make out what it was saying. He leaned in closely till his face was almost touching it.

Suddenly another figure shoved the first away and made a screaming noise as it sucked the air in front of McGee's face. Abby screamed as McGee stood there frozen as the creature continued to drain McGee's life force. McGee's legs suddenly gave way and he fell backwards on to the ground. Right away Abby, Gibbs, Ducky and Tony ran to his shaking body as his eyes blankly stared up.

"McGee, can you hear me, McGee," Gibbs shouted but McGee continued to shake with a blank look on his face.

The attacking figure jumped around excitedly in celebration while the feminine figure looked at McGee and the team with concern.

"What did it do to him," Gibbs asked.

"I don't know," Abby said, "it looked like it snuck up and took his energy."

Suddenly the other shadowy figures nearby surrounded the figure that attacked McGee as it looked around in fear. Then with out warning, they each took turns running or gliding through its body. The figure writhed as if in pain each time the other ones rapidly went through its body before finally disappearing into thin air. The figures then turned their attention back to the people in the circle. As McGee started to stop shaking, everyone looked at him and the team.

As her mother was distracted, Sarah walked over to the kneeling figure, which looked almost manly. She looked at its face in curiosity as it looked back at her. As McGee stopped shaking, the mother noticed where her daughter was.

"Sarah," she exclaimed as she ran to her.

The team looked up at them as the mother grabbed her daughter's hand and tried to pull her away but Sarah resisted. Gibbs pulled out his gun and walked over to them aiming at the still kneeling figure. Everyone looked on tensely waiting to see what would happen next. All around them the shadowy figures continued to look on without moving. After a few moments Sarah eyes lit up as she grinned widely.

TBC in the next chapter….