Abby had tried to keep up with what was happening, but she only got pieces of it. Gibbs and the others acted quickly, and they couldn't be distracted with phone calls. She knew that she couldn't get in the way of the investigation, but the anxiety was killing her. Up until now, she'd been able to bottle up the guilt but now she couldn't stop thinking that it was all her fault. After all, if she hadn't spoken about Tim when she was with Kevin (or if she hadn't started that psycho in the first place) none of this would've happened. Because it was clear that it was him, now. She'd decided to date a serial killer. And Tim, an innocent bystander, was suffering the consequences of her poor choice.

She wished she could turn back time, she wished she could tell her past self not to even approach that guy. She remembered the day she met him, how interesting he seemed with his guitar. She'd fallen in his trap completely. And then…. The last day Timmy was around all she did was tell him how awesome Kevin was. It was a revolting thought. What if those were the last words she spoke to him? Tim had been nothing but sweet with her when they were together and all those years at work, she could always count on him for help….. But she had to screw it up. And she let him go to date stars like Kevin.

Depressing thoughts like these floated in her head for a while until she decided it was time to stop feeling sorry for herself. She took the elevator and walked in the bullpen, demanding to know the latest advances on the investigation. Luckily, Tony was there looking frantically at something in his computer, so she went after him.

"Tony! How are things? Did you find something linking Kevin to Timmy?"

"Yes" he said "we did, but the bastard won't tell us where he has him. I'm trying to track down his whereabouts of the last days but he is extremely good covering his tracks. I probably won't get anything solid on the search. And he is though, too. I mean, Gibbs has been questioning for more than an hour and the guy…" But Tony was interrupted by a wide-eyed Abby.

"Wait, he's here?"

"Yes, Abby, but…"

The forensic scientist had already stormed off just after hearing Tony say yes. It didn't take her long to find him. He was in one of the interrogation rooms, looking good as always and smiled at her.

"Abby, my dear, it so good to see you…"

"Shut up! Shut up! The only thing I want to hear is the place where you have Tim." She said, enraged. Gibbs had been in the background since she came in, hoping that she would get something out of the guy.

"I know that you can't see the importance of…" but Kevin was cut off by the fuming goth.

"The place, Kevin. NOW."

"He was getting in the way, sweetheart. You'll see that this going to be good for us."

"Us? Us?" Shouted Abby, unable to believe what she was hearing "There is no us, there was never any us, you idiot. We just had a couple of dates, some drinks, some sex. It wasn't even good. And I will regret those damned days for the rest of my life."

"You don't mean that." He said, and his legendary cool seemed to start breaking.

"Of course I do. You have been one of the biggest mistakes of mi life. And if something has happened to Tim….I… I'll make sure you pay for it. I'll find the evidence that couldn't destroy and make sure you're behind bars for the rest of your life." She said, her voice cold as ice.

"But Abby…. You love me…"

"And if Tim is dead when we find him" she continued, her voice cracking up a bit "then I'll make my personal mission to make every day that you live hell. Because it wouldn't be fair that you get to live and he doesn't. If anything has happened to him I will break you. Because he meant everything and you mean nothing."

After this, unable to contain her emotions anymore, Abby stormed out of the room, leaving a devastated Kevin alone with Gibbs.

"So, Mr. Hamilton, looks like you're screwed. Depending on how soon do you tell us where Agent McGee is, things for you will be bad or worse. Your call."

Tony had run into another dead end on his research of Hamilton's whereabouts so he decided to try to locate Abby, and went to the interrogation rooms. She found her outside one of them and realized that she had watery eyes.

"Hey, Abs" he whispered "what's wrong?"

Abby looked up and hugged Tony, desperate for some comforting human contact. And cried.

"Everything, Tony, everything is wrong."

"We'll find him, Abby. We will."

Tony only hoped that it wouldn't be too late when they did.


Tim McGee had tried screaming for help, had tried escaping, and had tried to leave an SOS message. He'd done everything he could think of and none of it was working. He slowly convinced himself that no one would come. This was it, the last days of Timothy McGee.

He thought of Sarah and how happy they were when they were kids and spent all summer playing.

He thought of the wonderful time when he and Abby were together.

And with these last thoughts he closed his eyes, convinced that he would never open them again.

A/N: Did you like it? I hope so! Sorry for the long wait…. As always, I love to hear your thoughts. Anything at all. You know you want to review!