"Shooter!" Kate yelled, dropping her shotgun and running towards Gibbs. She threw herself in front of him and took two bullets to the chest. She slammed to the ground hard, laying on her side. Gibbs and Tony turned as a man started shooting at them. The agents shot the man dead, who did some rolling as he hit the ground.

"Kate?" Gibbs said as he and Tony ran over towards her.

Tony holstered his weapon as he turned Kate over. He unzipped her jacket and Gibbs pulled the jacket apart, revealing two bullets wedged into her bullet proof vest.

"You okay?" Tony asked.

"Ow!" she groaned. "I just got shot at point-blank range, DiNozzo. What do you think?"

"You're not gonna be going to Pilates class tomorrow?" Tony said with a smirk as Kate groaned again. "And that wasn't point-blank range."

"McGee, get air support," Gibbs said. "We got a sniper."

"Okay."

Tony looked up, noticing a flash of light shining against glass and metal from a building not far from them. It was him. That little bastard.

"Stay down, Kate," Tony told her, holding her down. Kate sighed in frustration.

NOT FAR AWAY

Meters away, Ari pulled the trigger. The only sound he heard was a click. His rifle had jammed. He tried to clear the jam in his rifle. The jam didn't clear until he heard a loud droning noise. He looked up to see a white helicopter coming at him. He could see two SWAT men armed with a M4A1 assault rifle and the other armed with a Remington 700 sniper rifle.

Sighing, he folded up his rifle. He knew he couldn't get her today. "Another time, Caitlin. We'll meet again."

ROOFTOP

"Is it safe?" Kate said. "Should we go get him?"

"Stay down, stay down," Gibbs said. He pushed her back down when she tried to get up. "No, damn it. Stay down. Stay still. Nobody move."

Oh, God, oh God, oh God, help us, she prayed.

"He can't get a bead on us," Tony said. "Stay down."

"Should we go now?" Kate said after a few seconds.

"No, no, no, no. Damn it, Kate," Tony told her. "He can't get us. Stay down. Stay still. Don't move."

Few seconds seemed like hours as they maintained a low profile. The only sound they could hear was their heavy breathing and the drone of the helicopter. Kate looked to Tony, Gibbs, and God for deliverance.

"Oh, God," Kate whispered, drowned out by the helicopter. God, help us. I'm not ready to die.

Tony looked at Gibbs, motioning his head at the edge. Gibbs nodded. Tony rose his head just enough for him to spot Ari, who was moving.

"Yep, I see him. He's running," Tony said after a few seconds. "I think he's going home."

"Maybe," Gibbs agreed. "But he'll be back. He won't stop until he completes his mission."

"Let's get out of here before he comes back," Tony said.

"For once, Tony, I agree with you," Kate said. "Now help me up!"

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REST IN PEACE JOHN F. KENNEDY