CHAPTER 8: DEAD OR ALIVE?
"Tony, Tony, can you hear me?" Tony could hear her voice faintly in the distance but could not speak or move the more he tried the worse he
felt.
"Tony, its me Kate, please wake up" Kate said through tears
"Kate hunny, how is he?" Abby asked standing in the doorway of Tony's room
"Its not good Abby, doctors say that he could be scared for life and he may never recover his hearing" Kate said trying to hold back tears but
failing. "Hows McGee doing?" Kate asked as she turned around to face Abby noticing that she looked worse than Kate felt.
"He is still unconcious, they say that if he does not wake up soon he may slip into a coma" Abby had barely got the words out before falling
to the floor in tears.
Kate jumped out of her seat next to Tony's bedside and ran to her friend and pulled her up hugging her tight. She walked Abby back to McGee's
room and sat her down in the seat by the window. She turned and looked at McGee who looked like he was sleeping apart from the burns
to his face neck and hands and the patch on the right side of head where his hair should be but all she saw was more burns. She felt for her
best friend, she would hate to be in that situation if Tony had been where McGee was when the SUV exploded.
"Ill go get us some Caff-pow" Kate said and exited the room
"Thanks Kate" Abby said in almost a whisper
Abby walked into the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water and dried it with the towel that hung on the side of the chair and walked
towards McGee, reaching out she touched his hand.
"Hey baby, it me, Abby" She said trying to fight back tears
"I thought you said that you would never leave me, us?" Abby said taking his hand in hers
"I need for you to tell me that you love me and that you will be ok" She said looking at his scarred face
"You need to wake up for me, i can't do this alone" Abby said stroking his hand as tears fell onto the bed
"Your not alone Abby" Abby turned round to see Gibbs in a dressing gown his face showing a large cut down the left side
"Why Me, why does this always happen to me?" Abby shouted to Gibbs as he moved towards her and held her tightly
"He will be fine, he is just saving up his strength so that he can see you again" Gibbs said as Abby cried into his shoulder
"Your just saying that to make me feel better" Abby said pulling away from him
"Did it work?" Gibbs asked giving her a small reassuring smile
"A little" Abby said giving him a small smile "How are you doing?"
"I'm fine Abs, just a few cuts thats all" Gibbs said turning to walk out
"Is it true, about Vicky?" Abbys asked knowing what the answer was
"I'm so sorry Abs" Gibbs said swallowing the lump in his throat
"Come and see the others" Gibbs says holding out his hand to her
"I can't leave him Gibbs" Abbys says looking at McGee
"He will be fine Abs, let him rest for a little bit" Gibbs says walking over to her and putting him arm around her shoulders.
"Ill be back soon baby, you get some rest" Abby says and lets Gibbs guide her to the visitors room just down the hall.
"Abby" Ziva says walking over to her and giving her a hug
"Abigail, my dear" Ducky says giving her a hug too
"Here you are Abs" Kate says giving her the large Caff-pow and sitting her in a chair
"How is young Timmothy?" Ducky asks Gibbs in a hushed voice
"Its not looking Good Ducky" Gibbs whispers back
"Caitlin is taking all this rather well" Ducky says to Gibbs
"She is putting up a strong front for Abby" Gibbs says and takes a seat next to Jenny
"I'm glad you're here Jenny, it means alot" Gibbs says giving her a small smile
"You are all my friends no matter what happens in the office" Jenny says squeezing his hand
They all sat there is silence for what seemed like an hour when a doctor came into the room, his face was expressionless as he made
his way towards the group.
"Special Agent Veron?" The doctor asked not knowing who is was trying to find and looking at Ducky and then Gibbs and then Jenny
"I'm Special Agent Gibbs, Agent Veron has just stepped out can i help you?" Gibbs said standing and shaking the doctors hand
"Miss Harvey is awake and asking for him" The doctor said nodding and looking at the others
"Are we all able to see her?" Abby said looking a little more hopeful then before
"I'm sure that will be fine but i do warn you that she is a little fragile at the moment so you will have to be patient, the last thing she
needs is more stress" The doctor said with a hint of warning in his voice that scared most of them "This way please"
The doctor led them down to a small room at the opposite end of the hall a few rooms away from where McGee was. They walked in the
room one by one and saw Emma half sitting up on the bed staring into space, her eyes were bloodshot and she looked like hell. She had
blacked out after find out about the explosion which ha taken the life of her best friend Agent Smith.
"Emma we are so glad you are ok" Ziva said trying not to look at her
"Where is Jason?" Emma said not moving her eyes from the ceiling sounding groggy
"He just went out for coffee" Gibbs said lying, he was really in London getting Vicky's family to bring them to NCIS
"Don't lie to me!" Emma said in a horrid tone
"You need to calm down Emma, its not good for you or the baby" Kate said walking up to her and holding her hand
"Get off of me!" Emma said moving her hand away from Kate's
"Emma its ok just let it all out, its natural to be angry" Ziva said joining Kate at her bedside
"Its not ok!" Emma said looking at Ziva coldly
"We are here for you" Abby said joing the other 2
"I've lost my best friend, she's.. she's... gone" Emma said and broke down
The three girls all gave her a huge hug, Gibbs was a mere spectator to all this but he found it strangely comforting that in a time of crisis
this team worked better than any he can remember working with. He walked up to Emma and kissed her on the forehead, squeezed
her hand and made his way back to his room. Jenny followed him and sat on the bed in his room, Gibbs walked into the bathroom
and appeared a few minutes later dressed and grabbing his things out of the small bedside cabinet.
"And where do you think you are going?" Jenny asked watching Gibbs running around the room
"I am going to catch the b*stard who did this to my team" Gibbs says making his way towards the door
"Jethro, you are not fit to leave yet, the investigation can wait" Jenny said grabbing his arm
"Try telling that to Agent Smith" Gibbs says trying to get out of her grip
"Stop trying to be funny with me" Jenny says releasing his arm
"Go into the room and tell them that you are not allowing me to catch the b*stard that did this to their friends, colleagues, partners"
"Do you need back-up?" Jenny said looking Jethro in the eyes
"Call in a group of agents, ill get the car" Gibbs says walking towards the elevator and stepping inside "You've messed with the wrong son
of a b!tch" He says as the elevator doors close
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