TURNING

McGee was sitting on his bed. He had only closed his eyes for a second and before he knew it, he was pinned against the wall. McGee thought that he had only closed his eyes for a second. Tony moved fast and tilted McGee's head so his neck was fully exposed to the fangs.

Self preservation mode kicked in and logic flew out the window. McGee kneed Tony in the groin as hard as he could. This shocked Tony and he fell to his knees. He knew that contrary to myth, Vampires could at times feel pain. But recuperative powers were incredible. He stood up but was immediately swung against the wall… Tony pushed back, almost pushing McGee to the ground.

McGee struck Tony in the jaw before he could approach further. But that wasn't stopping him. Didn't matter how much McGee attempted to deny it, physically, Tony was in better shape than he. McGee found him self in the strong grasp of his partner.

Tony could hear McGee's heart thumping faster and louder. Again, he tilted the head and showed McGee his freshly, untainted, clean fangs. This was to purposely increase McGee's heartbeat so when he penetrated the neck, blood will squirt right into the mouth to give him his first real taste of immortality.

"What?" McGee asked. He tried squirming but it was doing no good.

As Tony brought his own head down, the door burst open and Tony was spear tackled to the ground by someone. "Get behind me… I'm here with Special Agent Gibbs and Ziva David," he told McGee. The man watched Tony slowly get to his feet. He pulled out a bottle of water from inside his jacket. "This is holy water… Unless you want to disappear in a cloud of fiery smoke, I suggest you do as I say," the man said.

"You don't want to try me?" Tony warned.

"'Til you feed, you're still mostly human. Come with me," the man told him. "I won't think twice about staking you," he said threateningly.

Tony exposed his fangs in all their glory. "I see," the man said.

At this point of time, Tony was ready to settle for anyone's blood. Stranger or friend's blood… It didn't matter. He charged at the man who was just standing there. Before he knew it, he was doubled up in pain as he felt something hard strike his stomach.

The man had used his own thick cross to strike the charging Agent. When Tony was doubled over, he raised the cross up and delivered a knockout blow to the back of the head.

Xxxxxx

Sacrificial Altar Chamber

"Put him down here, Jake Lather," Gibbs said.

Jake obeyed without too much conviction. "I had to knock him out," Jake scratched his ear. He saw Gibbs and Ziva lifting Tony to his feet. They began heading to the door. "That's a mistake," Jake said urgently. "Word," Jake pointed to Gibbs. He gave Ziva his cross and instructed her to keep it close to Tony like she meant it.

"What?" Gibbs snapped.

"Agent Gibbs… He's coming around. Even in the first few minutes of seeing your agent that he truly believes he's a vampire. Now… You're going to drag out someone who truly believes he's a vampire into the daylight?" Jake said.

Gibbs thought about that for a moment. Belief could be powerful and also dangerous depending on the circumstances.

"Now… We can wait until nighttime and take him back… Or… I could end his induced delusion by playing out a cure for vampirism. You said he was into movies. So I can play out a populer one," Jake waited for an answer. Gibbs nodded. "Officer David… Give me my cross and prisoner Prophet," Jake held out his hand.

Jake grabbed the man known as Prophet by the cape near the throat and dragged him close enough so he could say something without being overheard by the others. "Your little plan is over. Right now… I'm going to pretend to stake you and you're going to play along or I'm going to stake you for real," Jake said quietly. The guy didn't act like he believed him. Jake held the cross near his face and pressed inwards until he heard the click. A pointy end protruded from the bottom of the cross. "Trust me when I say I've been looking forward to staking someone for nearly all my life," Jake said.

Out of fear caused by uncertainty, Prophet obeyed and allowed himself to be dragged to the altar once Tony had regained consciousness and now saw what was going on. There was nothing he could do but watch the head vampire being dragged to the stone altar and saw the man lift the stake high above his head and rammed the pointy end into the Prophet's chest. This caused him to explode into dust and cease to exist.

Tony felt his body tremble and jolted… Then he felt and remembered nothing but blackness.

Xxxxxxx

NCIS Bullpen

Tony was dressed in casual clothes when he entered the bullpen. He saw Ducky and the guy Jake talking as Jake packed a bag. He was practically shoving things into there and slung it around his shoulders with such force.

"Jake?" Tony asked. He did remember seeing him a couple of times.

"Agent DiNozzo," Jake shook his hand.

"Man… You look angry," Tony observed.

Jake scratched his ear before answering. "Nobody gets it… Everything pointed in the right direction. A lot of my life I've been hunting the existence of vampires. Of all the false hunts I've been on, this was the closest… But it turns out another bunch of nutcases. So excuse me if I don't think of it as successful," Jake responded. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you're okay," he made sure to add.

"Yeah you look it," Tony chuckled.

"How are you anyway?" Jake asked.

"Besides embarrassed… Quite good anyway. I still check a mirror every time I pass it though," Tony smirked.

"So he's back to normal," Ducky said and rubbed his mouth.

"Guess you still got to get your mind back on track. You were drugged and certain scenarios were organized to convince you that you were a vampire. You wouldn't believe how many different people have tried to bring forth the Vampire of Vampires… Dracula," Jake stated. "They believe the more "vampires" they have ready, the bigger the possibility of Dracula once again walking the Earth," he concluded.

"You almost sound like you wish I did turn into a vampire," Tony said jokingly.

"No… I just really want to meet a Vampire up close and personal and find out if I got what it takes to take one down," Jake told them. "Well it's been great catching up with you again, Don," Jake shook Ducky's hand.

"Just don't wait so long in between get togethers, Jake," Ducky told him. He watched the middle aged man leave. "Funny chap that one," Ducky mused out loud. "Only a certain type of person can view a success like this as a failure. Good to see you on your feet and out and about," Ducky said to Tony.

"In the daytime you mean?" Tony asked. "This may sound like I'm going insane… But didn't he drive a stake through the heart of the guy who held us prisoner?" Tony asked Ducky. He wasn't sure if the ME was there… Then again he wasn't sure who was there.

"Oh no.. He didn't really stake anybody… That scenario he was talking about… To trick your mind into thinking it was no longer a vampire he convinced your captor to pretend to get staked. I don't know what he said, Anthony… But the man's face turned more pale than any vampire from the movies," Ducky explained. "It did work thankfully."

"Guess my mind falling for that proves one thing at least," Tony sighed.

"What's that?"

"I'm a real sucker," Tony said. He didn't need to turn around to know that Ducky was shaking his head.

A/N: Well that's this little story over. I hope some of you enjoyed this... Snippit I guess you'd call it.