Gibbs locked the car and sprinted after Tim. When he got into the hospital, he was met with Ducky and Tim. Tim had tears dripping down his face and Ducky looked like he was about to cry. "How's Jimmy doing Duck?" Gibbs asked.

"He's in a coma, and is on life support. He has brain function, but the doctors think that he won't survive."

Gibbs closed his eyes and fought back tears, "Is that what you think will happen Duck?"

"I truly hope not Jethro, I truly hope not," Ducky said.

Ducky felt lost. The man who he thought of as a son was lying in a hospital bed, only alive because of the various machines hooked up to him. Ducky was hoping, no, praying that Jimmy would pull through. He had to. "Who will help me with my autopsies if you die Mr. Palmer?"

"Nobody Duck, he won't die," Gibbs reassured him, "He'll pull through, he has to."

"Jethro," Ducky began.

"I didn't give Palmer permission to die, and I know you didn't, so he won't. He will surprise us all, as usual, and he will pull through!" Gibbs exclaimed.

"Jethro, are you blaming yourself for this? Because if you are, stop! Mr. Palmer tried to save a man from taking his own life, and was nearly successful. That does not usually happen Jethro. And if you think that this is because he took your gun, that's not it. Young Ryan was going to jump wether we tried to stop him or not!" Ducky exclaimed loudly. He quieted down when he saw Tim at the door, "Timothy, do come in."

Tim approached Jimmy and then turned and ran out of the room.

"I'd better go get him," Gibbs said, and chased after Tim.

Tim had wanted to see Jimmy, but the sight of Jimmy, who was smaller and skinnier than anyone else at NCIS, hooked up to all of those machines made him sick. Tim was thinking about how he wanted Jimmy to get better until he got a phone call. When the call was over, Tim curled up into a ball and cried. He didn't care that he was in a hospital, he cried because he was scared, and he wasn't ashamed to admit it.

When Gibbs walked into the room and saw Tim, he ran over. "McGee? What's wrong?"