Lizzie was covered with a blanket and brought back to the waiting squad car by Lt. Rolands. Before leaving, she called out to Tim (or "Thom"), telling him she'd wait for him and that, as soon as she got out of prison, they could pick up where they had left off. Tim responded in a very out-of-character him way, telling her exactly which part of her body she could "shove it up." While Gibbs untied Tim, Tony called for medic for Ziva and Tim, as well as animal control for Fluffy, who was still ramming against the door and howling. Tim and Ziva, were instructed to sit for the time being, until they were looked over and pronounced well enough to work. In the meantime, Gibbs and Tony had taken it upon themselves to process the scene.
"Uh, should we mark these as evidence?" Tony asked, holding up Tim's clothing.
"I don't care," Tim told him. Visions of Lizzie parading about in his shirt ran through his mind, causing him to shiver. "I'm never wearing that again."
"Are you hurt, McGee?" Ziva asked. She had a towel wrapped around the bite on her arm and the scratches had turned a deep burgundy red.
Tim assessed her injuries in comparison to his own. "Not nearly as much as you were. I just have some minor bruising and some wounds left where the ropes rubbed against my skin," he said, looking down over the reddened area on his wrists and ankles.
"Rolands just left with Ms. Lowell," Gibbs announced, flipping his phone closed. "Said he'll hold her at the station until we can sort all of this out."
"Well, with this weather, it's going to take medic a while to get here and it'll take animal control even longer, so we'll be waiting here a while," Tony said as he snapped pictures of the living area. "As long as we're waiting, McGee, why don't you tell us why this Lizzie girl went all Misery on you?"
"Do you want the abridged version, Tony, or do you want the entire story?"
"Entire thing, of course! Please don't leave out any of the sordid details!"
Tim grinned for the first time in days, sitting back comfortably in his chair as he prepared to tell his story. "Well, it was a dark and stormy night…"
AN: And so we come to the end! Thank you to all of my wonderful reviewers! I had fun writing this and I hope you had fun reading it!