Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of these characters.
This story is set in an AU where Ari did shoot Kate, but the bullet only grazed her head and she is in a coma throughout season three. And, since this is my story and I can do whatever I want, I've made it Kibbs.
After 'Light Sleeper'
"Hey, Kate," Tony said as he sat down with a grunt. "So, I've had an eventful week. How was yours?" The Kate he could imagine glared at him, narrowing her eyes. "I know, I know, you're in a coma, nothing really happens around here, but I thought I'd ask." He paused. "My week? Well, I'm glad you asked." Imagined-Kate rolled her eyes. "This North Korean sleeper killed two people in her cell, and tried to kill the last one, and when we found her, she said she was trying to stop the operation. There was this gigantic bomb," Tony spread his arms in attempt to show Kate what he meant. In his head, a faint smile appeared on her lips. "And-you're gonna love this-Gibbs let her disarm it. A Korean agent!" Neither Kate answered, not the one on the bed or the one behind his eyes. This seemed to frustrate him. "Come on! That's just not right, handing a foreign agent your own knife to diffuse a bomb she may have set herself. I mean, it's crazy!" Tony flopped back in his chair. Then he eyed Kate's unmoving body. "You'd understand why he did it. You always could explain Gibbs. Well," he corrected himself, "most of the time. How did you do that, by the way?" Again, there was no answer, though the imaginary Kate smiled teasingly. Tony groaned, and let his face fall forward into his hands. "Nothing makes sense, Kate. Not Gibbs, not anything. I need you to wake up and help me understand what the heck is going on."
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