<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">Tim's heartrate shot through the roof when he saw Abby covered in blood.  He listened with growing shock as she babbled the entire tale -- his eyes going wider the longer she spoke.  Gibbs was right -- there had been retaliation, and it looked a hell of a lot like they'd come close to managing it.  If what Ari had been working towards had been to destroy Gibbs... finishing off Kate and hurting Abby in any way would have done it.  The idea of what Gibbs would do if both Kate and Abby were killed -- Tim didn't want to be anywhere near Gibbs, if he were on THAT kind of vengeance spree.<br/>
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So absorbed in thinking of what Gibbs would do, Tim barely caught Abby in time.  "I need a medic here!" he shouted as he lowered her to the ground.  "Stab wound to the right shoulder!"  <br/>
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Nevermind what Gibbs would do if Ari's allies succeeded in killing Kate or Abby -- right now, Tim was petrified as to what Gibbs would do to HIM if he didn't get Abby immediate medical attention.<br/>
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It was entirely inappropriate, but as Tony fired at the intruders... he was kind of turned on.  Ziva David was a hellcat, and the way she moved was... well.  Sinful.  Sure, she was deadly as hell, but... <i>damn</i>.  He liked the way she moved.<br/>
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Ducky -- ignored by David, relegated as 'safe' by DiNozzo, surprised them all by plucking a bone saw from his table and joining the fray... and a damned good thing he did, because Tony's pistol jammed in a critical moment, and it was a saw-wielding Scotsman that dropped the final intruder to the ground with a guttural yell.<br/>
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"Well," Tony gasped as he tried to catch his breath, "that was fun."</span></span>