Disclaimer: So I don't own any of the character of the show they all belong to Belisarius Productions and CBS. Any orginial characters that appear are all mine it just depends when they show up and how they show up.
A/N: Okay so this is the second new addition to Choice of Morality. I hope you like it, it makes a little easier to under stand. Thanks again for reading, please review.
Tony's eyes flickered for a few moments he tried to move, the movement brought searing pain through his back. Tony took a deep breath and gasped in pain as his ribs let him know they were broken. He exhaled quickly. Jimmy Palmer rose from his seat moving over to Tony quickly. Jimmy looked down at him "Tony?"
Tony eyes opened wide surprised at seeing Jimmy. "Palmer! Where am I? What am I doing here?"
"Ah, Mr DiNozzo." The Doctor on duty walked in, Jimmy looked up at the doctor.
Tony tried to move his head; the injury on the right side of his face brought excruciating pain. "What happened Doc!"
"Well, after that explosion, how's the pain?" The Doctor began as he checked the electronic instruments that monitored Tony's condition.
"Bad, Doc." Tony grimaced. "What else, happened?"
The Doctor filled a syringe of morphine. "You blacked out from lack of blood. You won't be going anywhere for a while. For the moment that's all you need to know."
Tony gave his crooked smile. "Thanks Doc."
The Doctor left Tony and Palmer there. Palmer looked over at Tony. "I'm going to call Dr Mallard, let him know you're awake."
Tony noticed that Palmer had his Cell phone. "Hey!"
"What?" Palmer asked surprised.
"You calling Ducky on my Cell." Tony said accusingly.
"Gibbs said I could." Palmer answered, Tony shut his mouth and Palmer dialed the number for Ducky.
"Well you can't it's a hospital remember." Tony said pain echoing near the end of the statement. "Use the wall phone."
Palmer pulled the phone from his ear and looked at it confusedly. "I can't get Dr Mallard, and the phone services says that number has been disconnected."
Tony took command of the situation. "Dial Gibbs and put the phone on speaker."
Palmer obediently did what was asked and dialed the number. "Gibbs," voice echoed in the room through the speaker.
"Agent Gibbs." Palmer said. "It's Jimmy Palmer, I can't get onto Dr Mallard."
"Is Tony awake?" Gibbs voice came through the speaker.
"Right here." Tony voice croaked with pain.
Relief flooded through Gibb' voice as he spoke the next words, "DiNozzo, give Palmer your knife and have him guard the door, don't let anyone in until Agent Sacks arrives, you got that."
"Right boss, what is Sack coming here for?" Tony replied grimacing not just from the pain, but also for the fact that the FBI was Agent Sacks for guard duty for him. Tony had a problem with Sacks it was a gut thing.
"I'll see you both tomorrow." Gibbs replied the phone call disconnected.
Jimmy looked at Tony. "Something's happened?"
"Yeah, otherwise Gibbs wouldn't have ordered me to give you my knife." Tony tried to think clearly. "The FBI's involved so that can only mean something bad."
Jimmy looked at him with concern. "You ok, Tony?"
"Never mind me, get that knife and don't let anyone in save Agent Sacks or the Doctor." He felt tired and in pain.
"Where is it?" Jimmy said rummaging through DiNozzo's clothes.
"In my belt." Tony whispered as his strength finally disappeared and he closed his eyes again falling into sleep once more.
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"I can barely even lift it!" Tony said as he slid the gun under his bed sheet. "I'll be dead before I even fire a shot."
McGee looked at him. "Tony, you'll most likely not have to use it."
"Who's idea was this anyway?" He grimaced as he moved slightly. The deep gashes on his back still were causing him pain. He was also trying desperately to stop use the Morphine injector when in pain.
"I'll give you one guess!" McGee said in his usual way.
Tony groaned. "Why?"
"You'll have to ask him when he gets here." McGee said walking towards the door. "Anyway, if I don't leave now he'll kill me, good luck Tony." Tony watched McGee slip from the room and groaned again.
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Gibbs climbed slowly out of the car. Closing the door before he took a slow sip of his cup of coffee. Walking towards the hospital building he took his time crossing the road. He walked past Ziva his face totally blank. He ascended the steps to the main entrance. Walked through the main sliding doors he took his time walking down the hall to the elevators.
"Anybody, got a visual yet?" Gibbs said as he lifted the cup of coffee to his mouth. The small microphone attached to his sleave picking up the question.
"Negative here, boss!" McGee replied loudly in his ear. As the earwig receiver picked up the signal. The receiver was not visible to the casual eye. Gibbs continued to walk through the hospital.
"Nothing here either Gibbs!" Ziva replied. She sounded like she was in a tunnel Gibbs thought. He realised that she was talking from within the pram that she was using as cover as Mother and baby.
He looked around the hallway before hitting the elevator call button. "Keep me posted guys!" Gibbs said taking another sip of his coffee. The doors opened and he stepped in and hit the button for the level that ICU was on. Three more people climbed in before. The doors shut and he quickly glanced. None of them matched Lombardi.
The elevator arrived at the floor ICU was on. The door slid open and he walked out heading in the direction of the ICU ward. He spotted a bin in which to dump his coffee cup in. Gibbs got closer to a bin. He heard footsteps behind him and felt confident that it wasn't Lombardi. Ziva and McGee both hadn't reported in that they had a visual. The barrel of a silencer pressed into the small of his back. "Hello Gibbs!"
Lombardi had arrived after McGee had left Tony's room and the security cameras had missed him. He smiled. "Take the earwig out of your ear old man!" He paused if Gibbs had an earwig he had a microphone. "Remove the microphone that is by your wrist." Gibbs did as he was told. Placing the earwig and the microphone in the bin. "Now your SIG and the back up!" Lombardi said easing the hammer of the colt back. "No tricks just do it." Gibbs obediently pulled his gun from his belt and pulled the other gun from his ankle holster. He held them by the barrel and dropped them into the bin. "Let's get rid of the knife as well." Lombardi said.
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"What's going on?" Fornell said looking at the technician.
"I need to get a visual with the cameras on Special Agent Gibbs?" the tech replied. "And I have just lost audio."
Jenny looked at Fornell. "He's got him Fornell. Lombardi was there before we got here!"
Fornell spoke purposefully into the microphone. "All Agents, move in target is within the building, I repeat." He shook his head angrily. He should have seen this coming. "Target within the building."
Jenny looked at the technician. "Audio?" she looked at him. "Is it Gibbs or the gear?"
The Tech typed in commands into the computer. "It's him but he's just removed them!"
"The scum bags got him." Jenny whispered. Even as she spoke the security cameras revealed both Ziva and McGee had both headed into the building. She felt fear grip her.
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Thomas Frank Lombardi walked slowly off to Gibbs' right hand side with his silenced colt pointed at Gibbs' back. Gibbs opened the door to the ICU ward and Lombardi followed behind. One of the nurses looked up. "More Agents to see Mr DiNozzo, hey?"
Gibbs nodded. "Yep, he's in demand today!" Lombardi nodded and smiled at her.
Gibbs walked slowly into Tony's room it was dark the blink that allowed people to look in were closed and the blinds on the window were closed as well. Tony was watching the Television he looked up. "Hey boss." His mouth went dry when he saw Lombardi lean against the doorframe.
"Hey Tony!" Lombardi smiled menacingly walking in and closing the door and lifting his silenced colt up at Gibbs. "Mike Macaluso, sends his greeting from prison and wishes he was here to see you die today." Lombardi moved over next to the bed and hit the morphine injector button giving Tony a metered dose. His gun still pointed at Gibbs. "You're a hard one to kill, DiNozzo." Lombardi said looking down at him.
Tony was so very slowly moving his hand to his weapon. The three hits of Morphine that Lombardi had just injected into him were their presence in his body known. He had to fight this Morphine he knew he did. " I'm just bullet-proof!" Tony smiled trying to alleviate his fear and pain. Fighting the Morphine rushing through his body. His hand sliding under his bed sheet for the grip of the gun.
Lombardi smiled evilly. "Well we'll find out right after I killed your boss!" Lombardi moved round the bed so confident that Tony was disabled from the Morphine. "I've been waiting for this a long time!" He smiled as his finger squeezed the trigger. "You destroyed my marriage, my reputation and my jaw, you going to pay for it Gibbs!" He laughed not even looking at Tony. "Once you're dead it won't matter whether your Agents kill me or not, I'll have my revenge!"
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McGee ran down the hallway of ICU. When he heard the shots fired he picked up his pace. Both nurse's and doctor's screamed and shouted and dropping to the ground for cover. McGee burst through the nurses' station. Moving quickly he pressed himself against the wall outside Tony's room. He opened the door and swung gun first into the room.
"You're a little late Probie!" Tony muttered as he dropped the gun in his hand.
McGee looked down at the body lying on the floor. The blood pooling around the dead man's head. McGee looked up at the wall. Two bullets were buried in the wall. He smiled. Tony the way he was at the moment couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. Then his face fell. If Tony had missed. Gibbs and Tony would have been dead and he would have had to deal with Lombardi. He shook his head with realisation. He reminded himself to thank Tony later.
Gibbs sat in the chair. He rose slowly and walked over to Tony. Tony grimaced as Gibbs hand swatted the top of his head. "Hey I just saved your life Boss!"
"That's for your sloppy shooting DiNozzo!" Gibbs said turning to walk out the door. "McGee get someone to clean this up."
"Right away, Boss." McGee said nodding in his usual way.
Gibbs walked down the hallway he smiled to himself. He couldn't have wished to put his life in anyone's hands then Tony. Leaving the building he caught Ziva standing outside the main entrance. "Officer David, Go see him that's an order!" Ziva didnn't move her stomach was doing somersaults as her mind over all the senarios that she thought might happen seeing Tony. As Gibbs disappeared, Ziva made her decision. Turning her back on the hospital entrance she headed for her car. It wasn't the right time, her emotions were all over the place. The time would come but it wasn't now. Hating herself for ignoring Gibbsas she climbed into the car.
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