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Computers are like cell phones. They don't last long maybe four years if you are lucky. Hopefully I'll be able to buy a new computer soon.
…………A month after Twilight………..
Caitlin Todd, 31 years, one shot in the head but as far as we know it didn't give serious injuries because it came in the side of the head and crushed the bone, has had two major operations where bone fragments have been taken out from her head, was also shot two centimetres from the heart, the bullet in the head and the bullet beside her heart have both been removed, had severe blood lost, has been in a coma for 32 days and the last 24 hours her condition has deteriorated…
Anthony Dinozzo, 37 years old, two shots in the chest which went through major veins and the back, one bullet went right through the body and the second one was removed in a difficult operation, his heart stopped twice during the operation, has been in a coma for 32 days now, the hope of him waking up after the operation got much smaller after he got an infection and it is feared that lost of oxygen to the brain has caused brain damage and the last 24 hours his condition has deteriorated…
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"Are you here to say goodbye?" the doctor asked Gibbs, Abby and McGee.
"I don't want to call it that. We're here to visit our friends." Abby replied looking at Kate and Tony lying in the same room with tubes in them, many machines around them and nothing else. They had seen them in the room for many days now but when the doctor called and told them they should probably come in before it's too late it was different. They had a lot to do yesterday which unable them to come until today. They were glad Kate and Tony were still alive.
"We should go in…Have their families been here?" Gibbs asked the doctor.
"They were here since last night. They just went home to get changed before coming back since you were coming. They will be here shortly. Remember just one visitor at the time." The doctor explained to them.
"Who should go first?" McGee asked not wanting to be the one who went in first. He didn't know what to say and he knew he wanted more time to come up with something.
"I'll go first." Gibbs said to them.
"I'll go after him if it's ok McGee." Abby then said.
"It's ok." McGee answered.
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"Hi! I didn't expect to see you two here. I thought it would be the other way around…That sounded lame…I'm sorry for failing…I'm sorry for not coming earlier…I'm glad you are both still hanging in there. Fight some more because everyone wants you to wake up." Gibbs said while looking at them. His best two agents were lying there and he couldn't come up with a good goodbye. He didn't want to give up hope but he couldn't fight medical expertise and by the look of it neither could they. Dinozzo had a severe battle against death before but having such luck again would be too incredible considering his injuries.
"We killed Ari yesterday…I guess it isn't so important now but I wanted you to know. That's why we couldn't come as soon as possible. All the others are alright. In fact they are just outside the room waiting to talk to you. I don't know if you can hear me or understand me but I'll miss you both. No one can replace you especially in my heart…" Gibbs told them. He wouldn't have told them this if he knew someone else was listening. Maybe he would have but he knew he wouldn't know because this is how things are at the moment. He is alone here with them and they are dying right in front of him. He could even see the numbers going down on the machines. He felt he needed to hurry up so the rest could speak to them too before it was too late. He just looked at them. Gibbs then held Tony's and Kate's hands at the same time and said goodbye.
Abby and McGee watched him and wondered what he said to them.
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"It didn't sound lame." Tony said.
"No, it didn't." Kate told him.
"Do you think they kept us alive this long just for this moment?" Tony asked her.
"I think so…With our injuries we should have died a long time ago. What I'm wondering is why we are here? Do our souls really need to be around our bodies until the end? I don't want to see us die!" Kate told him.
"Together until the end. They must want that." Tony replied.
"You always say them. Who are they? How can we be so sure they are really up there? Will we see each other after we die? What will happen after our deaths?" Kate asked Tony.
"It feels better thinking someone else decided this. I wouldn't want us to die in vain. Some purpose must this have. I don't think they will split us up after all we've been through. If we were going to survive then I understand why they would want us to forget about all of this but we know we're going to die." Tony answered but he really didn't have any answers.
"Gibbs is walking away now. I guess someone else is saying goodbye now." Kate continued.
"It'll be interesting to see what probie has to say." Tony said.
"I'm going to ask them why they thought it was so important for me to get used to you. Isn't it strange that there was only one room available when we came to the ICU so we had to be in the same room and every time they tried to give one of us a own room that person's heart stopped?" Kate asked him.
"I never got that either but we've been over this a million times already. And you know what the most logical answer must be." Tony told her. He didn't like it when she over and over again brought up the subject because both had a million questions which probably never would get answered.
"They want us together until the end." Kate sighed while getting ready to see what the next person had to say.
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Abby went in to the room.
"I don't want you to die. It's so hard to say goodbye. I'm so angry at the moment. I don't want to grieve. I don't want to lose two great friends. I don't want to lose you. With you two it is really til death does us part. I'm the only who takes this as a sign you want to be buried together. I have only told McGee about it since probably everyone else would think I'm crazy. I just can't understand the things which have happened. Why would your conditions deteriorate the same hour Ari died? A sign that justice has been done and you're ready to move on because you know we can move on? I'll miss you both so much. It's breaking my heart seeing you here. Please don't die." Abby pleaded. Gibbs had told her about the numbers dropping on their machines and during her speech see saw that too. She slowly left the room because it was too painful to be there.
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"I'm not late am I?" Ducky then said.
"No, you're not." Gibbs replied.
"Are you ok?" McGee asked Abby when she came out.
"No but I'll be alright. Just go in." Abby told him. Then she hugged Ducky who was standing closest to her.
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"Tony, I can feel it…Do you?" Kate asked him.
"Yeah, we're really dying…Do you think it will happy after Ducky has talked?" Tony asked her.
"I do." Kate answered.
"I do too…I liked what Abby said." Tony then said.
"Me too…She was truthful. Goodbye Abby, Gibbs, McGee and Ducky."
"Goodbye you all. Hopefully we'll see them one day again." Tony then said.
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McGee walked into the room.
"I've known you for a year and it has been a great year. I will never forget you. You thought me so much. I wish I could have video filmed you. To have something to remember you by. So I can hear you and see you. I'm sure Abby, Ducky and Gibbs would have appreciated it too. It is always when it is too late people come up with the things they should have done. Abby always knew what you should have done. Get married. Even if she won't admit it I think she thinks all the signs show that. It's kind of super national. You two in the same room. I hope you will go to a better place without pain and people like Ari. He's dead if you don't know it already. We had help from FBI and CIA. The FBI agent killed him.
I will miss you so much. I will never let anyone else call me probie." McGee told them. Then he just watched them being forced to breathe by the respirator and their vitals going down some more. Sadly he left the room.
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"What he said surprised me especially that probie thing." Tony told her.
"McGee was really nice. Hopefully we will never forget our lives with them when we…Well you know…" Kate told him.
"I know. Now it's the last one. We better get ready." Tony told her while pulling her closer so he could hold her. Both of them knew they were in it together.
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Ducky slowly let go of Abby and McGee held her instead. Gibbs watched as Ducky went in.
"I would tell you a story but it doesn't seem appropriate right now. I wonder if it ever be appropriate. Thank you for giving me a chance to say goodbye. I really like you two. It's strange how life works. It's so unpredictable. I'll try to keep it short. I'll miss you both but I think Gibbs will miss you the most. You two will always be his best agents. I know he everyday considered himself lucky to have met you two. Seeing you taken away from us all is really hard. Everyone will miss you deeply. Goodbye." Ducky said before leaving the room.
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"No. Why couldn't he have told us a story? I don't want to die now!" Kate told Tony while crying. Tony couldn't help but get tears too. He felt his body was near death now and he knew Kate felt the same too.
"I don't want to die either." Tony then said.
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Then the machines started to give warning signals about Kate and Tony. The doctors rushed into the room. Just then Tony's and Kate's families came back. Everyone stood outside the window and saw what was happening.
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It's a short story. Always wanted them together until the end. DPB doesn't think that because then he wouldn't have killed Kate.
This doesn't mean they died. If you want them to miraculously wake up when the doctors try to save them then you can think that.
