Title: Vicious
Author: Jilly James
Fandom/Genre: NCIS, Sentinel Fusion
Relationship(s): Tony DiNozzo/Jethro Gibbs, Other minor pairings
Content Rating: PG-13 for warnings and language
Warnings: Allusions to canon-level violence
Author Notes: One element of the worldbuilding was inspired by the idea of a sentinel ascendant, which I read in a story by Keira Marcos. I’ve applied the idea quite differently.
Word Count: ~30k
Beta: Ladyholder
Spoilers: Takes place around season 8 of NCIS, but it’s a completely reimagined backstory, so very few episode spoilers.
Challenge: This is my entry for the 2016 NCIS Secret Santa and was written as a gift for Desertpoet. While the assignments for the Secret Santa were done by AO3’s matching system, I was delighted to be able to write this present for a good friend.
You can view the entire SeSa collection on AO3.
Summary: Tony DiNozzo was used to his life changing unexpectedly. A broken leg in college turned him in the direction of becoming a police officer, a gunshot wound that nearly crippled him brought him to forensics, and now, coming online as a guide was going to take him someplace a little vicious.
Story Links
Acronyms and Terms
Acronyms:
SSC – Support Services Center (fictional)
Terms:
Alpha – A sentinel or guide who leads a pride of other sentinels and guides
Prime – An alpha sentinel or guide who is responsible for a territory
Guide Ascendant – a guide who is capable of navigating the spirit plane, OR the guardian of a first guide, both can easily manipulate psionic energy and see psionic influences on the tangible plane.
First Guide – the first spirit guide of new species
Cast Page
 Vicious |
 Tony DiNozzo |
 Jethro Gibbs |
 Maggie Matthews |
 Tomas Matthews |
 Eric St. James |
 Devon St. James |
 Blair Sandburg |
 Jim Ellison |
More Vicious please. She and Tony are so adorable together. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Ok this picture of Tony and Vicious is freaking adorable!.
Can I ask why you deleted your stories from AO3? It’s one of the only sites and I use and I was very sad when I saw that.
There’s a post on my site that explains my decision to leave. It’s linked on the main page. Called Assholes, Vanity, and Straw. My stories will only be here.
Fantastic!! I <3 all your stories, (especially some Tony whump 🙂
Engaging and long enough to get your teeth into, plus well written and grammatically correct – a rare gem in a fanfiction writer!
Keep it coming please!! Xx
I love all the detail and world building in this story. You are a master storyteller.
As someone who has been owned by a cat in the past, I find Vicious delightful.
Just re-read your story Vicious. I’m totally in love with the Vicious Heathen. I am definitely looking forward to reading more about this ‘verse when you get back to it. Thank You for sharing 🙂 kontiki
Just re-read for like the 20th time. So fantastic. Love Vicious.
You know … I adore this story, and it’s awesome. But I just cannot take Vicious herself AT ALL seriously. Because every time I start to, there’s a picture of this adorable, innocent, fluffy kitten on the page and I go ‘ … yeah, no. Too cute to be a badass.’ and have to restrain the urge to reach through the screen and cuddle her.
Which is probably like, half the point. Because I’m quite sure, in-story, pretty much everyone sees this … kitten … and completely discounts her as any kind of threat. Even when they’ve heard about her previous shenanigans. Because *innocent, adorable kitten*.
Great story. Love Vicious. Send more soon.
Can you tel! Me who the images of Eric and Devon St James are as I recognise them but can’t remember the names? Please.
They’re played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Charlie Hunnam.
I am now binging on ocekitten pics…..
I’ve read this story a couple of times and it’s always a pleasure. I like it so much I named my kitten Vicious Heathen, but I had to add a middle name. Ninja. Because when she’s feeling vicious, you never see her coming.
Are you going to post anymore of the VIcious series
I totally just feel in love with Vicious!
Thank you for writing this story. Please tell me whose photo is used for Tomas. I recognize his face (and think that he is a perfect choice) but can’t figure out his name