Preface: Waking Up

Time: 1500 15 years ago

Kelly's POV.

"Again!" a man says somewhere; I feel a jolt through my body. "She's got a heart beat." Someone else says from around me; the next thing I feel is excruciating pain all over. I can't open my eyes, I can hardly breath. What's happening to me? Where's Mommy and Daddy? Suddenly I remember what happened, the man driving us, the man who was supposed to be protecting me and mommy was shot and the car crashed. My eyes snap open "Where's my mommy?" I ask quietly, no one answers me. "Does my daddy know we're hurt? Where am I?" A nurse walks over to where I am, "Shh don't talk. You need to rest." "But" "If you don't be quiet then I'm going to have to give you something to make you sleep." At that, I stop talking, I want to be awake when daddy gets here, and when they let me see mommy. I'm slowly falling asleep no matter how badly I want to stay awake it just doesn't seem possible

The next thing I know is that there's a man talking over me, I wonder who he is but I don't dare say anything for incase they decide to make me sleep. Someone has a rag on my face, it smells funny, I try to move to get the smell away from me but it's no good. I'm falling back asleep only not of my own will this time; I hope daddy gets here soon because I'm scared. I feel tears on my cheeks and realize I'm crying.

Gibbs' POV.

"I'm sorry to tell you this Gunny, but we've just received word that your' wife and daughter have died in a car crash. I'm really sorry; let me know if there's anything I can do for you." I'm not sure when the Colonel stopped speaking I don't see anything that's going on here, all I can see is my wife and my baby, why them? What did they do, and why didn't I protect them? I know that I need to be getting ready; I'm supposed to go out into the field in about half an hour. The next thing I know is that I'm running for my life, there are mines everywhere and I promised I would come home alive. Boom! Suddenly I'm in the air and then nothing. I wonder if I'm dead, but then realize that if I were I wouldn't be in any pain. I'm just asleep and I don't want to wake up, all I see is Shannon and Kelly and I don't want to leave this place.

According to the doctors I was in a coma for 19 days, it got me home. I didn't wake up until after the funeral, and when I went to visit the graves I had my gun with me and I almost killed myself, the only thing that stopped me was the knowledge that Shannon wouldn't have wanted it. And neither would've Kelly, they would have wanted me to go on with my life and for them I will. And I won't rest until I get justice for their deaths.