They arrived five minutes later. He was immediately unloaded from the ambulance and into surgery. They sat in the waiting room for news, twenty minutes later Ducky, Abby, and Jimmy Palmer arrived.
"Oh, oh, oh please tell me he's okay! He has to be he's Gibbs! He needs to be. Please, please, please tell me he's gonna be okay." Abby ran up and squeezed each of them.
"Abby, he was injured pretty badly." He told her gently.
"But, but he has to be okay."
"I'm sure he will be okay. Like you said he's Gibbs."
"I will see to his condition, and be of assistance." Ducky announced. They nodded.
They sat down to wait for news. Tony sat in the middle, McGee on his left and Bishop on his right. McGee had his arms around Abby trying to comfort her. Jimmy was sitting Ellie. Tony had just sat down from getting them all coffee. Gibbs had been in surgery for just over two hours, before Ducky and a Doctor arrived.
"What's his condition?" Abby questioned the doctor.
"He has four broken and three cracked right ribs, three hairline fractures between two of his left ribs. His right collarbone is cracked. He also has a dislocated right shoulder, broken right forearm. He has moderate to severe bruising along his right kidney, lung, and his stomach. His abdomen is raw and has cuts and some missing skin. it was torn from the dashboard. He will need to eat soft foods for a month or two because of the bruising. He has minor cuts and bruises along his rib cage." He said. He got a page and ducky waved him off.
"Jethro will be fine in time. He will only be sore as long as he allows the pain meds to do their job. They have him on very strong pain killers. He will be sore for a long time and will have trouble sitting up. They want him to stay for as long as possible. Know as you all know once he starts feeling better he'll want out, we need to keep him here so he can get better." Ducky told him.
"Can we see him?" asked McGee.
"He's in recovery at the moment. He will be put in a private ICU room within the hour. We can see him then." A nurse came to get them thirty minutes later.
When they walked into his room Jimmy and Abby gasped. He was only wearing hospital pants. His ribs are wrapped and taped, his arm bandaged to his ribs. Some of the bruises are still visible. He has reddish-orange and purple bruising on his right cheek and above a cut on his right eye. He was asleep, lines of pain on his face said he was awake on some level. Abby and Tony sat on each side of his bed. Abby was clutching to McGee for comfort, Ellie sitting by them. Ducky and Jimmy sat beside Tony. Abby pulled the blanket up to just under his armpits. Tony sat on Gibbs right side, hands gently on his right shoulder and forearm over the blanket and bandages. Ellie was sitting by Abby her hand joined hers in cocooning his, her hand under his with Abby's on top.
