"He knows?" Abby asked, wide eyed.
Tim nodded, "He knows."
"But… How?"
Tim shrugged, "He's Gibbs."
"That's true… He's like a magical wizard."
"That he is."
"How did you find out that he knew?" Abby asked.
"He told me. Said if I ever hurt you, he'd kill me."
"Awe! That's so sweet," Abby replied, a smile on her face.
"Thanks…"
"Well, not that he'd kill you, that wouldn't be cool… On the other hand, it would only be under the circumstances that you had hurt me, so I'd probably be okay with it."
Tim laughed, "Well, don't worry. I have no intention of hurting you, or dying any time soon… Besides, I've kinda already done the latter."
Abby, who had been typing away as she and Tim talked, stopped and looked over at him.
"What is it?" He asked, noticing the concerned expression on her face.
"I heard about… what happened today."
Tim sighed, "Who told you?"
"No one "told" me, I just heard about it. Why didn't you tell me?"
Tim shook his head, "It was no big deal."
"It's big deal to me, Timmy. We went through that together, plus we're a couple now, we shouldn't hide when things are bothering us."
"Has it been bothering you? All that we went through?"
Abby took a deep breath, then nodded, "Yeah, it has… Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I feel like I'm back there… in the semi. I hate that feeling. I feel trapped, like I can't breathe, I can't…" Her voice trailed off, unable to find the right word.
"Focus?" Tim continued for her, "It's like you know you aren't back there, but you still feel like you are. You can't put it together in your mind, and it starts to suffocate you."
"Yeah. That's exactly what it's like."
Tim nodded, "I didn't know you felt the same way I did."
Abby smiled, "Well, now you do know. So, next time something like this happens, if it does, will you talk to me about it?"
"If you promise me the same thing."
"I promise."
"Me too."
Abby grinned then turned back to her work, as did Tim.
A few minutes passed before Tim realized something, "The night that we were taken..."
"Yeah?"
"Well, at work you said that something had happened to some tests you had run. Did you ever figure out what happened?"
"I think so," Abby replied, "I'm pretty sure someone hacked into the system."
"Into NCIS? That's crazy… Not you," He quickly added, "Whoever did it, they're crazy."
She patted his back, "I gotcha Timmy, I gotcha… Anyway, whoever it was, if they did it, knew exactly what they were looking for. They got in, did it, and got out within seconds."
"That last sentence sounded dirty," Tim pointed out.
"And disappointing," Abby added.
Tim laughed, "Would you like me to check and make sure that that's what happened?"
"I would love that. I shall now get to work on some dirt samples."
"Go crazy."
"I intend to."
"Boss!" Tim called out as he and Abby came rushing into the bullpen.
"What is it, McGee?"
Abby took over, "I was hacked, Gibbs! I was definitely hacked!"
Gibbs stood up and began giving Tim a death glare, "I told you that if you hurt her I'd-"
"Whoa!" Abby exclaimed, raising up her arms, "No one needs to die, Gibbs. Do you remember what "hacked" means?"
He thought for a moment, "That thing… with computers…"
Abby nodded, "Good job, Gibbs!"
Tim cleared his throat, "Anyway," He began, finding his voice again, "Someone hacked into Abby's computer back on the day we were kidnapped… well, the night before, actually. I thought at first that it was the women who took us. Some kind of lure to get us at a certain place at a certain time, but then I traced it back to this address," He said as he handed Gibbs a piece of paper.
"This is at least forty miles from all of the wives houses," He replied.
"I know. Whoever did this was super smart, but also really dumb. He knew how to get into the system, but he didn't hide himself from us. He was practically waiting to get caught… I think this is our killer, Boss."
"Grab your gear!" Gibbs called out to the team.
Gibbs got his gear, then went to lead the way out, as always. He stopped when he got to Abby and kissed her cheek, "Good work, Abbs."
"Thanks, Gibbs. But, it was mainly Timmy."
"Well, I'm not kissin' him on the cheek, Abbs."
She nodded, "Good point."
Two hours later they were back, with the killer. There had been a short gun battle with the murderer, but in the end, the team won… as they always do.
Gibbs handed the man, whose name was George, over to another agent to take to interrogation, then the team headed back to the bullpen… where Abby was waiting.
She ran up to Tim, giving him the biggest hug she could manage, almost knocking him down, "Timmy, Timmy! I heard what happened. I heard he was shooting at you and the team! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Should you be in the hospital?"
"Abby, calm down. I'm fine. All of us are fine."
She pulled back from the hug, looking him up and down to see if anything seemed wrong, "Are you sure?"
"I'm positive."
"So, only your little McBoyfriend gets the hugs now?" Tony, who was standing behind Tim, asked.
Abby smiled, "Of course not, Tony," She replied, giving him a hug. Then she went to Ziva and Gibbs and gave them hugs as well.
"Well, I better get back down to my lab. I'm glad all of you are okay, and that you caught the guy."
As Abby walked off, Tim went over to Gibbs, who was sitting at his desk. He didn't say anything, unsure of how to begin.
"Your desk is across from mine, McGee."
"What?" He asked in confusion.
Gibbs sighed, "Why are you standing here?"
"Oh, um… Boss?"
"Yes?"
"I want to talk to them."
"Who, McGee?"
"The women."
Gibbs eyebrows furrowed, "The women that drugged, kidnapped, and almost killed you and Abby?"
Tim nodded, "Yes."
Yesterday was CRAZY busy, so I never had time to update. I only got to update The Hunter And The Prey because I had already finished writing the chapter the day before... Anyway, this should be the next to the last chapter :( I'm sad to end this story, but I can't wait to get another one started (although I'm going to wait until I finish THATP).
Well, let me know if you enjoyed the chapter :) Thanks!
