Go Back!
Ch 2.
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Gibbs rushed to the source of the crying to find Ziva lying on top of Abby. He figured that Ziva had pushed Abby out of the way and had taken the bullet. "Ziva, Oh God! Ziva! How bad are you hurt?" Gibbs said as he tried to gently roll her off Abby, trying to visualize any wounds that he could see.
"Gi..Gi…Gibbss." Ziva stammered.
Gibbs took one look in her eyes and what he saw made him scream. "NOOOO!"
"Gibbs….not me. Abby pushed me aside and took the bullet." Ziva whimpered out as she was still short of breath from the impact. She quickly maneuvered off Abby and turned to look at her.
Gibbs knelt down beside Abby, trying to assess where she had been shot at and how bad it was. "Abby? Abby, sweetie. Wake up." Gibbs had found a pulse, it was weak, but it was there. At the same time, Tony and McGee came running to the situation.
"Boss, what's up?" Tony asked before he saw Abby lying on the ground. "Oh, No! Not Abby!" Tony ran and knelt on the other side of her. "Abby! Abigail! Wake up! You are not allowed to scare your big brother like this. Abby!" Tony kept squeezing Abby's hand, as if trying to pump some of his energy into her. Tears were now streaming freely Tony's face, and for once in his life, he could have cared less of who saw them.
McGee was a few steps behind Tony, and had seen what was happening before he got there. McGee was speechless and sick. He ran over to the wall and started vomiting. This could not happen. Abby is supposed to stay safe in the lab. After he had emptied his stomach, he turned and went to be with his family. "B-B-Boss, is she?" McGee asked timidly.
"Got a weak pulse, Tim. Where is the damn ambulance?" Gibbs yelled as he tried to get Abby to respond to any stimuli.
" I called as soon as I started walking this way, should be here any time now." Tony said in between the sniffles.
"Abby!Abby! Why?" Ziva asked over and over again as she gently stroked her little sister's hair. "It was supposed to be me! You are never to get hurt! Wake up, please!" Ziva cried aloud as she felt Abby's head start to turn. "Abby!"
"Z-Z-Zi sor-sorry, blew it." Abby mumbled, the pain in her abdomen becoming unbearable. Her green eyes locked with tear filled blue ones and she whispered. "Sorry d-d-dad." Her eyes fluttered closed as the flashing red lights of the ambulance filled the alleyway. Gibbs could see her breathing was becoming more and more shallow.
"You are not going to die on me! Do you hear me, ABIGAIL! You are not going to die! " Gibbs cried out as the medics hands appeared all around Abby.
"Sir..Sir.. We need to take her now!" The medic argued as Gibbs was not showing any signs of moving.
"Jethro, Let them take care of her." Ducky said as he gently assisted Gibbs in standing and walking him to stand with the rest of the team. "I heard shots fired and man down and I rushed here as soon as I could, How? Abigail?" Ducky asked as he watched the medics try to start an IV on Abby. She was already going into shock from the blood loss and the starting of fluids would help replenish the fluid and keep her blood pressure stable.
Gibbs felt like his heart was being wrenched from his chest, the building pressure in his lungs made his bend over. He felt helpless and wanted answers. "Why in the hell was she here? She KNOWS!" Gibbs felt a set of hands on his shoulders; he looked up into the eyes of Ducky.
"Jethro, I will ride with Abigail, just to keep check on her. You guys finish here and then head to the hospital." Ducky saw the war raging in Gibbs eyes. "Jethro, you will do no good to her if you fall apart. Finish up the scene, hand it over to the Director and then bring the rest of the kids when you come to the hospital. They all look in a state of shock." Ducky said as he turned Gibbs to see just how distraught his other 'kids' were.
Gibbs knew he had to pull it together; he had to lead his team or better family to finish up as fast as possible and then get to the hospital. "Dinozzo, David, McGee…..quit standing around, finish up the evidence, turn over your info to the next team then meet at the car. NOW!" Gibbs yelled as he had to break through their frozen states of shock.
"On it boss, Got it, yes sir" was all he heard as he walked over to the place where Abby was shot and looked at the large puddle of blood. "Come on, Abby! Hang on, sweetie." Gibbs whispered as tears flowed down his face. He turned and punched the brick wall, trying to imagine the pain that she must be in.
NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS
Abby no longer felt the intense pain, instead she felt warmth and love. She could hear Ducky pleading with her to hold on, but she realized that if she held on, it hurt and when she let go a little, the pain diminished.
Ducky was clinging to Abby's hand, telling her she couldn't go anywhere. "Oh, my dear Abigail, we need you to…." Ducky's speech was interrupted by the beeping sound the cardiac monitor was making was now slowing down. It was just a few seconds before there was no longer any beeping, just the long monotone sound of asystole. There was no heart beat being picked up. "No! Abigail fight!" Ducky yelled as he was pushed back and the medics started to intubate and start CPR.
It took three defibrillator shocks to bring back a weakened heart rhythm. The lead medic yelled to the driver to radio to the ER that her status was now critical and that an OR was going to be needed. All Ducky could do was sit and watch as his little lotus blossom was starting to wilt.
As soon as the ambulance reached the ER, Abby was redlined straight to the OR. Even the prestigious Dr. Mallard was left to wait in the waiting room. But, he was not alone for long, in less that 30 minutes he was joined by Gibbs and the rest of the team.
Gibbs headed straight to Ducky, worry and pain etched clearly on his face. "Duck, how is she?"
"Well, now Jethro, she is in the OR now, they are trying to stop the bleeding and repair what I guess might be a nick to the mesentery artery. That is all I know." Ducky said as he turned quickly, trying to avoid any further questions. He did not want to tell Gibbs just how serious Abby was.
But, Gibbs could see that Ducky was hiding something. "Duck, what are you not telling me?"
"You mean us, boss. What are you not telling us?" Tony said with a sense of anger. "We are her family also, we deserve to know the full truth also."
Ducky turned to see four sets of red rimmed eyes, anxiously awaiting his words. He took a deep breath and started. "On the way here, Abby took a turn for the worse."
Tim gasped and kicked the nearest chair. "No! Not Abby! She is strong!"
"Yes, dear Timothy she is. There were a few moments when her heart stopped, they had to intubate her and shock her three times. She came back with a weak pulse, but a pulse none the less. They took her straight from the ambulance to the OR and I have been out here ever since. All we can do dear boy, is pray for Abby to pull through. We know she is a fighter, she just has to want to fight."
Ziva had fallen into the nearest chair upon hearing the news. She was never a true religious type, but at this moment she chose to fall back to her Hebrew upbringing and started praying.
Tony was totally caught off guard at the news that Abby's heart had actually stopped. "I can't lose her, she's my lil' sister. " Tony stated as he slid down the wall and put his head in his hands. "What?...Why?..."
The family stayed in this state of disbelief and numbness for then next hour. No one wanted to leave, just in case the doctors came out with any news. Gibbs would just pace back and forth, talking to someone quietly. "Shannon, I know you are up there with Kelly. I know that you know that I loved you all deeply, and when I lost you, I thought I had lost my whole life. Without you and Kelly, I had no reason to live, but then later, I was given a second chance to be a dad. I am far from perfect, but I only had 8 yrs of experience to learn from. IF you could find a way, please send her back. These 'kids' can never replace Kelly, but they give me a reason to continue of. Love ya, always." Gibbs was brought from his private talk by a surgeon walking in asking for the Scuito family.
"That's us" Gibbs said as the rest of the family stood to stand beside him in front of the doctor.
"Quite a large family. Good, she will need you all. The bullet nicked her mesentery artery, which caused a great deal of blood loss. We were able to repair the injury. She should be able to make a full recovery, the only concern is that her blood pressure was critically low for a while and there may have been some brain damage. We are unable to determine if any and if so to what extent. She is in the ICU 16, we have her on no sedatives, and yet she is still unresponsive. It looks like she is in a coma, and we do not know how deep or for how long. You can see her now, I will make arrangements for you to all be able to see her at the same time at first. It's against hospital policy, but from the looks of you policies don't always work."
"Thank you doctor." Gibbs said as he watched the doctor turn and leave. "Ok, let's go see our lil' girl." Gibbs was so relieved that she was going to be ok, that the feelings of fear were now being replaced with anger. How dare she come to a stake out, she knew better. He knew he was going to have a long talk with her about what she did, when she did wake up. He knew from past experiences about what was going on inside her head, she had to decide to wake up. He was going to do all he could to make sure that she did.
Sorry such a long break, like i have said before, this type of story is more difficult for me to put to paper. SO forgive the goofs and I hope to update tomorrow.