Chapter 4

Outside of the Congress Center, while a doctor was busy with cleaning up the cuts on Tim's forehead Tony stood by his colleague's side the entire time and really hated to see him like this: A very sad look now evident on his face and it probably must be a great emotional torture for him, to just sit out here and not being able to do anything to help. Finally the doctor was done with taking care of the little wounds from the explosion and as soon as he got away from the ambulance, he just couldn't stop looking at the entrance of the building and it really killed him inside to have to wait for the rescue team out here and not personally making sure that she was doing alright.

*How bad had she been injured in the explosion? Was she even still breathing or would they only retrieve her lifeless body from under a huge piece of debris, that her body had been mercilessly been squashed by?* He tried to think about something else instead for now, so he asked Tony: "Have you already found that bastard Parsa?" Tim didn't bother trying keeping out the anger out of his voice, because Parsa may be the one that took his girlfriend away from him if the worst case scenario became a reality in the end. Tony could sense the anger rising up again in Mc Gee's voice and he couldn't blame him for that and because he knew how much Tim needed his moral support in this difficult time the most he replied: "Not yet but we will put that bastard to justice Tim, that one thing I promise you now." *No ONE messes with my family! I hope that Delilah survives this day, because Tim deserves to be happy, have a real relationship in his life with that woman that loves him genuinely.*

Tim then turned his attention back to Congress Center and is the minutes slowly passed by, he didn't really know how much longer he could take all that waiting and keeping the tears at bay, because there was just one tiny part in his mind that wanted to let those tears just flow freely and not pretend anymore that he was able to shield his emotions like Gibbs was able to do. In the end Tim was no field agent, he was doing his work behind the Computer most of the time, while Tony came from the Baltimore Police Department to NCIS and Gibbs had been part of the Marine Corps as a sniper. Especially Gibbs was that kind of person, that wasn't easy to understand for anyone from the outside: A man with probably a lot of secrets.

It was so hard to cope with all of this right now and it surely took all the strength he got left, to not just collapse and let the negative thoughts win over the optimism. He was thankful for the moral support from Tony right now, even if he couldn't find the right words to express his gratitude towards him. All that childish behavior from Dinozzo was forgotten right now and this was really one of the rare moments that proved to Tim once again that they all were some kind of Family and Tony may be the brother he never had.

There was silence between for quite a while, before Tim saw some doctors carrying the first survivors out of the building and of course he now got his hopes up again that maybe one of them was Delilah. Tony of course also watched that scene unfold in front of them, mentally hoping the best for the well-being of Delilah because he would definitely make sure to kill Parsa himself if she died today because of him. He clenched his fists pretty tight, hoping that the rest of the team had successfully located Parsa and definitely nobody would hold a grudge against them if they shot him point blank on site.

Too much innocent people had last their lives already on that day, where the Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis had died during an attack on American Soil and after this another brutal attack in their own country all of them were definitely more determined than ever to put this war to an end once and for all. *Parsa has terrorized this country for long enough, too much innocent lives were taken and enough is enough!* Tony thought and felt some anger rising up again but somehow he had to keep a clear head in this one, one way or another.

Tony quickly followed Mc Gee to the little provisional sickbay just a few feet away from the Congress Center and kept frantically looking for his girlfriend as more and more injured people were carried out of the building. Of course Tony let his eyes also dart through the slowly growing rows of stretchers but not having any luck in finding Mc Gee's girlfriend just yet. You could already hear a lot of commotion around most of the stretchers, some of them being in a critical condition and another part of the people on the stretchers was already packed into body bags. Tim got frustrated as he had searched for Delilah in vain and it really felt like an eternity for him, even if he had probably totally had lost track of time already.

Some negative feelings tried once again to win him over, as he saw all that body bags and he couldn't help but think: *Will I able to accept her death, if she is maybe in one of this?* Honestly he didn't know and definitely didn't want to give up hope just yet, even if the situation seemed so totally hopeless right now.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Tony's screaming: "Tim over here, I've finally found her!" As quick as possible Tim ran over where his colleague stood with two doctors by Delilah's stretcher and wondered how bad her medical condition was right now.

*Please survive this day, because I don't think that I am able at all to live without you Delilah.* Mc Gee thought as he finally slowed down his pace, but still had a very concerned look on his face as he asked one of the doctors that was treating her: "I'm Special Agent Tim Mc Gee, she's my girlfriend what's her medical condition right now Doctor?"

"I'm Doctor Parker and I'm afraid that Miss Fielding's condition is still critical but I'm pretty confident that we will able to stabilize her." Doctor Parker could of course see the very concerned look on the young man's and she hoped that she eased some of his concerns at least for now. Without saying any further word, Mc Gee let the doctors get back to work on his girlfriend, of course some sweat was forming one time on his forehead as her BP was dropping to critical level and he could hear Doctor Parker giving out orders to her two colleagues to get that BP back to a healthy level. It took some minutes but that crisis was finally adverted and with Delilah now being ready to transport, Doctor Parker finally said: "We stabilized her condition for now, but we certainly have to run more test s and definitely get her to the ER as quick as possible."

"What are you still so much concerned about Doctor Parker?" Tim asked with a little confused looked on his face and he definitely that she definitely didn't tell him all yet. Doctor Parker knew that this one particular question would come eventually and the following surely wasn't easy to say for her at all: "I'm afraid to say…..that your girlfriend has been hit by a lot of shrapnel during the explosion but some pieces are sadly threatening important organs of her body and if we don't get them out in time she will probably die because of heart failure."

Mc Gee now was pretty shocked to hear that, simply didn't know what to say for a couple of minutes till Tony finally said: "Come one Tim, I will give you a ride to the Hospital." The ambulance had already left with his girlfriend for the next hospital, Doctor Carter telling Tony where they would take Tim's girlfriend. Tim just nodded because he still was somehow still in a shock, feeling like being in a nightmare he couldn't end by waking up.

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