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Tony blamed this entire situation on Abby. She was the one who had gotten bored and wished for some excitement. Now, they had excitement, plenty of excitement, in the form of a serial killer case involving thirteens.
Tony hoped that Abby regretted what she wished for given her triskaidekaphobia. The phrase be careful what you wish for had never seemed more apt to Tony. They had 13 bodies at the first crime scene.
Abby had not been pleased when all of her evidence was in groups of 13. Tony just shook his head and told her to be careful what she wished for next time. He’d never seen Abby quite as rattled as she’d been by this case.
They were all rattled though as the body count continued to rise by thirteen every few weeks. As if they weren’t having enough trouble chasing down the evidence from the first set. The only consolation Tony had was that there was no shortage of evidence or leads.
Unfortunately, neither had led them to the killer, yet. One thing was for certain, though. The killer liked the number 13.
Tony couldn’t help, but wonder if the killer had OCD and had to kill in thirteens. It was just their bad luck that he also seemed to like killing Navy and Marines. Abby kept calling McGee down to help her process the evidence.
Tony knew it was because of her triskaidekaphobia. He’d feel sorry for her except they had a serial killer on the loose that they had to find. Even Gibbs had lost patience with Abby blaming things on her triskaidekaphobia.
Tony hadn’t seen anything like it. Usually, Gibbs favored Abby pretty heavily. Their persistence finally paid off and they figured out who it was and were able to bring him in.
Despite the number thirteen featuring heavily, nothing had gone wrong with the case aside from the guy continuing to murder more people than they would have preferred. Tony couldn’t help wondering if Abby had gotten over her fear or if it would continue to haunt her with the memories of this case making it even worse. Only time would tell.