Dream Tales

I was a proud member of the NCIS team, currently helping them with a case that had brought us to some unnamed coastal town. We were in a boat shed and Tony was stood on a huge boat, trying to get a shot at our suspect.

I tried to get up to help but lost my footing and landed on a large, yellow rubber raft that was on the boat. I was sent hurtling through the air, screaming loudly as I fell. Luckily I felt no pain upon landing.

"You alright?" I heard Gibbs ask.

"I'm fine", I replied, even though my body was covered in marks.

I picked myself up off of the floor (nobody would help me) and dashed off to help as our suspect was on the move. We cornered him at the docks where he was trying to get away in a flash looking white boat. McGee tried to trap him with a net but my foot had somehow become caught in it.

"McGee!" I yelled. "McGee, my foot!"

We managed to get me free but by then our suspect had fled. Back at HQ I was sulking in the ladies bathrooms, feeling miserable because I'd screwed up so badly. Suddenly a guy holding a black sniper rifle appeared in front of me.

"Stay where you are", he said in a soft voice but I was already out of the door and running.

His shots followed me all the way to the bullpen before fading and I flung myself under a table.

"What's wrong?" Abby asked.

"I was in the bathroom", I began, only to be cut off by Gibbs.

"Feeling sorry for yourself?" he said. "Don't worry. I do it myself".

"You don't understand!" I persisted. "There was a guy in there! He tried to shoot me!"

Here I paused dramatically before continuing.

"It's not the first time either", I concluded.

Now there was a flashback of me standing in a parking lot looking angry. The sniper guy was in front of me, gun in hand, and the image was grainy - jumping slightly before it faded.

Next thing I knew I was in a large silver car with Gibbs and Tony. Tony was scrambling into the front and once in the driver’s seat he started up the car.

"What are you doing?" Gibbs asked.

Tony just looked at us with a really serious expression and drove off through the narrow streets of the coastal town we had somehow returned to. He pulled up outside a very large, very nice house which for some reason I knew belonged to his mother. I knew then that he had brought me here to protect me - to keep me safe.

"At least I won't be sniped", I said as I got out of the car and looked up at the many, many windows. I blanched. "Actually...maybe I could".

Tony's mother welcomed us with open arms but I was really jumpy and kept ducking under the windows so I couldn't be shot. I learned that Gibbs was Tony's ex-husband and for some reason this made me feel that maybe I had a chance with him.

Tony, his mother and Gibbs then left the room and I was alone with a dog that looked like it belonged in an Andrex commercial. I fussed it then went to pick it up but it backed away.

"Hey, it's ok", I said softly. "I won't pick you up anymore".

The puppy came back but it was then that I noticed the train set running along the floor. I started to play with it and the tracks took me outside to the front of the house where Tony and his mother were sat on deckchairs. The street had become a cul-de-sac and it was now dark. Christmas lights decorated the houses and I learned it was because a carnival was on the way.

Suddenly we were all sat above a huge stadium where Evanescence was performing their version of My Chemical Romance's 'Famous Last Words'. With the sniper completely forgotten I started singing along to the chorus and had just finished when I woke up.