CHAPTER TWO

Abby spent the night with a 103.5 fever, vomiting, and a cramping neck. Due to the high fever she shook violently, and was horribly tired constantly. They had to put her on sedatives to allow her to sleep after the high lethargy and rigors. It was horrifying to watch her go through this, and McGee had reached his breaking point. Palmer had picked him up the other afternoon when he couldn't take it anymore. Ziva didn't sleep, didn't eat, didn't drink. She didn't allow herself to relax, ever. She just paced and paced, day in and day out. Finally Ducky convinced her to go home, but she asked the hospital for a cot and slept for almost an entire day, before waking and returning to pacing. Tony was numb, sitting alone in a chair, wondering why this affected him so much. What was wrong with him? Abby would be okay. There was no reason for him to be so altered by this. Ziva either. And Gibbs should still be at the top of his game. So Tony left for the office, his gut telling him to investigate something about Abby's illness. Gibbs permitted this and returned to his silent vigil. He thought of the death of his deathly scientist. He thought of all the pain, and how it was obvious every person would be heavily affected. But something bothered him. Ducky was back at work, as was Tony. It had only been three days, but that was quite a while for them to just quit work. And for Abby. Not that Abby wasn't worth it, but the ENTIRE team was there. Ziva acted like it was her lover in the room dying, Tony like it was his sister, McGee as his wife, and Ducky and Palmer as a good friend. And how did he act? Gibbs questioned himself for some time, until the nurse came out.

"Gibbs, Miss Sciuto's brother will be here shortly. In the mean time, Abby has been asking for you." Rushing inside, Gibbs felt a certain weight against him. Like everything was saying "No! Get away. She is in too much pain. It will hurt you too much! Go away!". But he was a Marine. He was army strong. He could easily handle his coworker in pain.

"Gibbs.." She was shivering with bloodied lips, resembling DiNozzo with the pneumonic plague. She was sweating profusely, and there were black circles under her eyes from fatigue. He glanced at her temperature. 104. God…

"Abs, I'm right here." He sat down and took her hand, holding it firm as she and her rigors continued to twitch.

"You know.. people seem.. to be acting.." She paused to cough until she threw up in the nearby bin. Gibbs leaned over her, cleaning her face with a towel the nurse gave him. "People are acting strange, Gibbs…" she finished.

"That's because you're sick, Abby," Abby smiled, but shook her head, causing her to wince in pain. After a couple minutes of breathing to relax from the neck pains, she began again.

"Ziva apologized… for not being.. such a good… good friend." She coughed up a little blood again. "Tony spent a day in here with me… just.." Cough. "Sitting. McGee too, but… but he's.." Cough. "Always like.." Cough. "..that.." Cough.

"Shh, shh.." Gibbs said soothingly, kissing her head. He hummed a quiet lullaby, getting up as Abby whimpered. Turning as he walked out the door, his eyes widened as she cringed in pain once more.

"…Nurse..!" She coughed out. She then suppressed a scream as the nurse and supporters came to her aid, checking her vitals and asking questions. It was her stomach, apparently it hurt horribly.

She screamed then. McGee had just walked in with Ducky, Palmer, and Tony to check on her. Ziva was already at the door, crying silently. But no one would notice. The world seemed to operate in slow motion. McGee dropped the black roses he brought. Tony his lunch and coffees. Ducky stood gaping, before he and Palmer shuffled up. Gibbs was still in the doorway, in front of Ziva. They all stood in a deathly silence as the woman's screams rang out.

She screamed again, her voice sounding horse.

Then again.

And it stopped, mid-yell.

She collapsed back.

And all faded away.

Oh, aren't I evil? I am still in awe that I got reviews! Its amazing to hear from you guys. If u have any ideas for what I should do next, please PM me. Review too, plz! Still waiting for my THOUSANDS of reviews! Lol. I kid, I kid… O_o but really. I'm going to be starting another story, mostly NCIS stuff. I'm not sure which Abby pairing I like the most, so I thought why not write a bunch of stories with each of them, see which one I like. Isn't abby a player? So what do y'all think? Is she gunna live? I got another bomb to drop on you next time… can you live until then..? XD

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