Blog #7: Pieces of the Hollywood Formula

“Opening Scene”

            It begins with Abby sitting in bathrobe in her study, reading Moby Dick. It’s raining fairly hard which is odd for February in Washington D.C. (Flash to stalker). The stalker is walking rather relaxed, yet determined. (Flash to Abby). Abby begins to fall asleep in boredom, regardless of the fact it was eight in the morning. (Flash to Gibbs). Gibbs is at NCIS, in his office, working on a recent case, but he is struggling as he has not felt right all morning. Something is wrong and he does not know why. (Flash back to stalker). The Stalker begins to walk faster and toward Abby’s front door as he is whispering to himself in a raspy voice, almost demonic. (Flash back to Abby). Abby is completely asleep in the chair. (Flash to Gibbs). Gibbs gets out of his chair and heads toward the hallway, destined for the bathroom. The team all look at each other confused. Gibbs rarely acts this way and they are concerned. (Flash back to stalker). The stalker is walking up her steps and eventually reaches the door; he smashes the glass, cutting his hand, as the house alarm goes off. (Flash back to Abby). She is jolted awake and looks out the window to see a man running away from her house and off, down the road. She runs toward the phone, ready to call Gibbs.

“Antagonist Returns / All is Lost”

            After putting Abby’s ex-boyfriend in jail for stalking her, things for Gibbs and the rest of the team could not be any better. Abby returns to work and has more personal time to plan for her testimony in a court case where she witnessed a murder. One night while Abby was playing the mafia wars game “Cantankerous Mafia Rampage” before she went to bed, she gets a call from the stalker and realizes that the ex-boyfriend could not be the stalker and she hangs up in order to call Gibbs. He leaves his house in a panic so he could get to her house as soon as possible. Luckily, since Gibbs doesn’t care what other people think about him, he came all disheveled. Gibbs and Abby stay up together all night drinking coffee, watching old T.V shows and talking about Gibbs past, as Abby has been continually interested in Gibbs pre-NCIS days. Gibbs does not let Abby know it but he is seriously concerned for her because they put the wrong man in jail, and he has no idea who the killer could be. He calls McGee while Abby was in the bathroom and tells him he wants him to reopen the investigation and run some of the fingerprints through the databases again just to make sure they did not miss anything. McGee agrees and heads in to work at 4 am. Abby decides she should start getting ready for the trial she is supposed to testify in because she had witnessed a murder the month prior. She is to be picked up by a federal agent at eight, and Gibbs decides he will stay until she leaves.

“Big Battle”

            The vehicle arrives promptly at eight and Abby says goodbye to Gibbs and that she will see him at work the next day. Gibbs agrees, wishes her luck and heads toward his car. He waits in his car until they leave. Gibbs met the driver but did not see the driver’s badge, however, he trusts him because of the government vehicle. Abby and the driver strike up a conversation immediately and enjoy each other’s company. They discuss her work as the man is truly interested in her and her profession. McGee calls Gibbs and tells him he had a breakthrough and he has a picture in the data base. McGee sends a picture to Gibbs via e-mail and lets him know it. They hang up so Gibbs can access the picture through his o-Pad. Abby and the man continue their discussion as she gets more detailed about how she got to NCIS. Gibbs opens the e-mail and recognizes the picture as the driver of the federal vehicle, the one with Abby. Gibbs immediately calls Abby. As she is searching for her phone, the driver becomes agitated and snatches it out of her hand and chucks it out of the window. She is scared and reaches for the door handle and it was gone. Gibbs call McGee to have him track Abby’s phone as Gibbs turns around and begins driving in the direction of Abby’s house. The driver pulls over in Riverside Park, a few miles from NCIS. McGee calls Gibbs quickly and finds out that the phone is just outside Riverside Park. He rapidly drives that way, scared. Abby and the man are fighting aggressively; she does not want to die. Gibbs finds the phone in the street gutter. Gibbs soon sees the van and drives toward it. He hears loud screams and immediately becomes concerned. At that moment, the van door flew open and the stalker falls out of the van with a taser in his back. Abby is sitting there giving him repeated shocks, making sure he is down for good. Gibbs looks at Abby and smiles.