Welcome to chapter four and I hope you enjoy it! Remember I don't own NCIS (sadly) and there will be more TIVA and JIBBS and I'm sorry if the characters seem out of character.
Chapter 4- First symptoms
After going home to change into a fresh pair of clothes Ducky, Palmer, Tony, McGee and Gibbs headed back to base.
"Ducky, I want you to go over the autopsy of the men. Abby, I want you to rerun the blood tests and see if any of those men were infected. DiNozzo, McGee, we are going back to the crime scene," Gibbs ordered, grabbing his gun, badge and holster. "I want to find this cure."
Abby and Ducky headed down to their area's along with Palmer as McGee and Tony grabbed their gear and followed Gibbs to the elevator, their faces sets in determination.
Down in Abby's lab she turned her music on by her favourite band Brain Matter and took a deep breathe and dived into work."Have no fear. Super Abby is here," Abby said to herself and began frantically typing away on her keyboard.
Down in autopsy Palmer and Ducky were re examining the victims on the gun fight that Gibbs, Tony, McGee, Ziva and Jenny fought against. Palmer went through the first autopsy report while Ducky began unstitching the first victim and began a second autopsy.
Jenny was bored out of her mind. Being stuck in a room with beds and nothing else to do was not her idea of a good time, nor was getting a disease apart of her plans either. She glanced over to Ziva who was standing stock still and looking at nothing. Her arms were folded across her chest and her face was graced with an unreadable expression. Jenny was sitting on one of the beds, legs crossed, still dressed in her night gown.
Ziva was still stressed in her pencil black skirt and heels. Neither of them had spoken for hours, both having the same thoughts mulling around their heads. Jenny had noticed that ever since Ziva heard the news that they were infected she had retreated back into Mossad mode. Jenny had not seen Ziva like this since she first met her in Europe. The door to their isolation room opened and in came Keller came in. Jenny turned to face him and slowly Ziva turned to face him too. A nurse was by his side and holding a tray.
Jenny stood up and wrapped her dressing gown around her tighter. Ziva regarded him coolly, her face expression never changing.
"I know that you have some bad new this morning," Keller began and Ziva sneered at him. He took an unconscious step back as he saw her sneer.
"We are going to run more test and find a cure," Keller continued, watching Ziva warily.
"More tests?" Jenny said.
"I'm afraid yes," Keller said. The nurse set the tray own and on it were vials, needles and more.
"We are going to give you a mild dose of penicillin," Keller said, extracting some from the vile and into the syringe. Jenny sighed as Keller moved over to her. She gently slipped her dressing gown down her shoulder. Keller slid his thumb over her skin and gently pricked her. Jenny slipped her dressing gown back up and wrapped it around her again. Keller moved to Ziva who face expression had not changed. He pricked her and injected the serum and she didn't even blink.
"Now I just want you to rest. We'll be back with an update soon," Keller said and he and the nurse left.
Jenny sunk back onto the bed and Ziva finally moved. She too sank down on the bed and moved her long hair out of her face. Both women sighed at the same time.
Gibbs, Tony and McGee strode back into the bullpen, evidence in hand.
"Get this down to Abby now," Gibbs said. Tony and McGee nodded and hurried down to Abby's lab. Gibbs was about to go see Ducky when a voice stopped him.
"Agent Gibbs," Deputy Director Vance called from up on the cat walk. Gibbs looked up. "A word?"
Gibbs rolled his eyes and headed up the stairs to go see him. Gibbs took the stairs one at the time and headed to Vance.
"Update?" Vance said bluntly, switching his toothpick from one side to the other.
"Jenny and Ziva are infected," Gibbs said, leaning against the rail and looking out over the room.
"Is there a cure?" Vance asked.
"We're looking for one," Gibbs said, pushing off the railing.
"You'll contact me when you do," Vance said. It wasn't a question, it was an order.
"Of course, and we'll find one quicker without interruptions," Gibbs snapped and walked away, leaving Vance to chew on his pick.
Gibbs stormed down to Abby's and found Tony, McGee and Abby all standing around her computer.
"Looks like another piece of art for your wall," Tony said and Abby punched his arm.
"Tony. This is bad blood and I will not have bad blood in my lab, even as art," Abby scolded and Tony whimpered.
"What have you got?" Gibbs said, breaking up the little squabble.
"Well I ran the blood test of one of the victims and the blood came up negative for any sign of infection so I ran the other victims and it came up with something unusual," Abby explained while making wild hand gestures. Abby typed on the her key board and an image of a blood sample came up. "See these large discolourments here? Well it shows that this man was either fighting a cold or he was given a cure for an infection," Abby finished, smiling widely.
Gibbs kissed her cheek.
"Good work Abbs," Gibbs said.
"Gibbs. Will they be OK?" Abby asked in a quiet voice. McGee and Tony looked away.
"I can't answer that Abby," Gibbs said. Abby looked sadly at Gibbs.
"I know you will figure it out. Your super Gibbs," Abby said. She gently wrapped her arms around Gibbs who gently patted her back. Abby pulled away and moved back to her computer.
"I'll see what else I can figure out," Abby said. Gibbs nodded.
"DiNozzo, your with me," Gibbs said, turning on his heel and walking out.
"Where we going boss?" Tony asked, hurrying after him.
"To the hospital," Gibbs said bluntly and Tony only just made it into the elevator door before the closed.
It had been a couple of hours and Keller was back. Ziva and Jenny had not moved much in those two hours. They looked up as he entered but did not move from their beds.
"Jenny, Ziva. I'm going to ask you a few questions so we can get some more background on this so we can treat it better," Keller said. Ziva ran a hand through her hair and breathed deeply.
"What do you want to know," Jenny said tiredly.
"How did you come in contact with the disease?" Keller asked, pulling a chair forward and sitting on it. He clicked his pen ready to make notes.
"We were thrown into it," Jenny said.
"It was in powder form?" Keller asked.
"yes," Jenny answered.
"Did you inhale it?" Keller asked, making notes.
"Yes, I believe we did. We brushed it straight off us but we must of inhaled," Jenny said, looking to Ziva. Her face expression had not changed.
"Did you purposely inhale?" Keller asked.
"Yes we purposely inhaled to make our week more interesting," Ziva snapped angrily, speaking for the first time. "What kind of stupid question is that?" and then she proceeded to ramble in Hebrew.
"I know it sounds a ridiculous question but it is standard procedure. I apologize," Keller said once Ziva stopped rambling.
"Now are you both feeling," Keller asked.
"Fabulous," Ziva said sarcastically. Keller reached forward to touch her forehead and Ziva reacted. She grabbed his arm, jumped up and twisted it around his back.
"Ziva, let him go," Jenny cried, jumping up and swaying. Ziva noticed this, dropped Keller arm and gently helped Jenny back onto the bed.
"I was afraid of this," Keller said.
"Afraid of what?" Jenny said, looking down as she tried to control her dizziness."The first symptoms of the infection has begun," Keller said gently. Ziva and Jenny looked up. Keller's pager went off and he looked at it.
"I'll be back in a moment," Keller said, leaving Jenny and Ziva sitting in silence on the same bed.
Keller walked out and found Agent Gibbs and DiNozzo waiting for them.
"How are they?" Gibbs asked.
"I'm afraid the first stage of the infection has begun," Keller said sadly. Tony and Gibbs looked through the class to see Jenny and Ziva sitting still.
"How long until the next part kicks in?" Tony asked, eyes on Ziva.
"We can't be sure. Their bodies are different and will react differently," Keller said, glancing over his shoulder.
"You need to get those results. Fast," Gibbs said, glaring at Keller
"Can we see them?" Tony asked, finally taking his gaze off Ziva.
"For a moment," Keller said. Gibbs nodded and strode past. The door opened and Jenny and Ziva looked up to see them.
Gibbs strode over to them, and stood by the end of the bed.
"Have you found anything?" Ziva asked, looking up.
"We're working on it," Gibbs said. Tony noticed how Ziva's face showed no emotion and her eyes showed nothing. There was no sparkle in her eyes, none of the banter that occupied the bullpen in the morning. It was odd to see Ziva like this. Tony had never seen her sick before. He often wondered if any bug were stupid enough to attack Ziva.
Tony looked to Gibbs who looked worriedly back. Never had they seen Jenny or Ziva like this before.
Hey guys! I hope you like this chapter. I wrote this late at night so it may not be my best work! Please tell me what you thought!!!