Disclaimer: Tortured is written for personal motivation; no infringement on characters or situations are done so intentionally.
Reminder: Creative writing is not my thing, thank-you for staying with me!
Based on Wikipedia, a KA-BAR is a 12 inch fighting and utility knife issued to US Marines with their standard kit.
"What the? . . . HEY! Gibbs, so not fair – what'd Tony do now?" The harried lab tech was not prepared for Gibbs' latest onslaught of personal torture pinpointed on those people who did not conform to his demands. Abby had heard about Gibbs' earlier encounter with the FBI from Tim, and had no wish to further infuriate him by admitting that she did not have the answers Gibbs was looking for.
"Abs, I need information; you've already had 7 uninterrupted hours to work on the evidence from the crime scene, what can you tell me?" Gibbs walked over to where Abby was sitting in front of her computer monitor furiously typing in time to the music that had been, until his arrival, blaring in the background.
"Gibbs it's so rude of you to enter a lady's lab, without bearing gifts such as CaffPow – whilst you are clearly inhaling your drug of choice; turn off the music when it was just coming to a rather enjoyable guitar rift that even the grumpiest of the species would appreciate and demand answers to this and reasons for that! So not gentleman like – shame on you! See I tired to make this point to Kate earlier; she leaves the office for a few days and you return to Mr No-Fun Neanderthal Special Agent Spoil the Fun!!" Abby at this point had bounced off her chair and currently had her hands on Gibbs' shoulders, shaking them with sufficient force to ensure his attention was focussed on her.
"Finished yet Abs?" Gibbs had held Abby's eye throughout her rant, but on mention of Kate's name he looked to the ground; their phone conversation only minutes ago running through his mind. Hoping that Abby hadn't noticed his slip Gibbs tried to focus her attention to the situation at hand but as normal, found it to be a difficult task.
"Seriously Gibbs, Kate leaves the office for a few days and you revert back to the Caveman, even Tony has reverted further back into his inner child - think he's currently somewhere between conception and birth based on the IM's he's been sending me. What gives? Normally when you don't bring me CaffPow it's because I've been bad, not had the results of tests when you wanted them; but this time you don't know that I don't have anything to report and you haven't brought me anything. It's like you were pre-empting my failure with punishment and that's not very nice; it kinda reminds me of when I was 15 and my parents . . . "
"ABBY WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT? You've had 7 hours and counting, you must have found something I can go on? There's a Marine lying in Autopsy, MURDERED for no apparent reason – I WANT ANSWERS NOW!!"
Abby, not having suffered Gibbs' wrath before and not knowing how to respond without provoking him further, adopted a professional reporting approach. The final toxicology reports were not completed but provisionally there was nothing of interest in the Major's blood screen; there were no anomalous fingerprints; the fibres and samples collected at the scene provided no useable information. Abby had attributed some of the injuries to Major Shield's torso as being from a claw hammer based on the pattern of the bruises; and the Major's own KA-BAR, issued to him with his standard kit when he signed up to the US Marines, had been used to cut his throat. Abby did not have any further forensic information at this point in the investigation, but assured Gibbs that once she did the team would be informed.
Gibbs knew he had upset Abby with his gruff and unforgiving attitude, and did the only thing he could think of to show rather than say he was sorry - plugged her CD player's plug back into the electric socket on his way out of her lab.