Slowly her breaths turned back to normal but Gibbs could see the angry red lines on her neck where that bastard's hands had been.

"Abbs, are you okay?"

Aside from the obvious injuries she'd just sustained he had no idea what happened to her since before the crash. Now he had time to study her face carefully he could see the myriad of cuts across her face. There had to be a bigger cut on the side of her head to account for all the blood in her hair.

"Gibbs" her soft voice croaked, she coughed a couple of times before she tried again.

"Gibbs", saying his name with a little more strength now.

Gibbs looked at her with a grimace on his face, he knows how hard it must be for her to talk after being strangled. Abby understood he needed to know what had happened to her and gathered her thoughts.

"I woke up in a room upstairs after the crash, when I woke up I was alone". He gave her an encouraging nod to tell her to continue.

"I was so worried about you Gibbs! I was alone and I had no idea whether or not you were even alive!"

Her voice slowly became stronger and he could hear the panic as she remembered.

"You're not alone anymore Abbs, I'm here now". She nodded and looked at him, but stayed quiet.

"What happened after you woke up Abbs, did they hurt you?" He tried to talk to her soothingly but he could see in hes face that his tone had become angry at the end of his sentence.

"No, they came in the room to check up on me once but didn't say or do anything else. I think I strained my ankle in the crash and my head hurts Gibbs".

He could hear the slight tremble in her voice as she told him she was injured. He knew she was trying to process all that had happened and the reality of the situation was starting to sink in. He softly shushed her "It'll be okay Abbs". She looked at him with tear filled eyes.

"Do you think you could get your hands in front of you and get up?" She nodded and slowly, concentrating fully on her movements, bent over to get her hands under her legs and to her front. He could see and hear her sniff softly as she slowly got to her feet.

"Good job Abbs! Now get to my back and see if you can loosen the bonds on my hands." She hobbled over and stopped in front of him.

Looking at his face and biting her lip she slowly pushed some strands of hair from his forehead. His hair had been plastered to his face with dried blood and she could now see the relatively shallow cut high on his forehead that had caused it. The action made him relax slightly, with the contact he finally let out a breath he hadn't known he'd been holding as he let the reality of finally knowing he had her close sink in.

With one last look at his face Abby moved to his back and he could hear her gasp. He tensed for a moment before he realized she must've seen his hands. He was pretty sure that they'd be covered with blood by now from his yanking at the bonds. He felt her soft hands struggling with the knots and after a couple of minutes they both let out a sigh of relief when the bonds fell away.

Gibbs flexed his fingers as he felt the blood rushing back into them. He turned to Abby and crooked his finger at her. She moved her still bound hands towards him so he could start on her bonds. It physically hurt him to see the raw skin on her wrists. She shouldn't even be in this situation. This was all because of him. Her continued silence worried him and he looked back up at her face as the bonds fell away. She didn't look at him and instead crouched down to take the bonds of his ankles.

As soon as he was loose he stood up and took her in his arms. She clung to him as she started to sob. He felt her shaking in his arms and shushed her as he slowly rocked them. Breathing in her scent he finally felt himself relax.

When her sobs finally started to subside he pulled away and wiped his bloody hands on his jeans. Then he slowly let his hands travel over her face, inspecting all the cuts, making sure there were no pieces of glass left in them. Her eyes stared at his face, they looked clearer than they did before but he noticed she was starting to get sleepy, the stress of the day getting to her. When he finally got to the still slightly bleeding cut on the side of her head she took in a sharp breath.

After he had a good look at her wound and decided it would stop bleeding soon he carefully took out her remaining pigtail. She slowly and carefully raked her fingers through her hair to try and untangle it, hissing every now and again when her hair pulled at her cuts.

Gibbs let his thoughts wonder to their current situation. He was grateful for the time alone they'd had and hoped they'd leave them for a couple more hours so Abby could have some rest and he could think up a plan. He looked at his watch and was disappointed to see it was broken. Now they had no way to tell what time it was and how long they'd been there for. He had no doubt that by now his team would have noticed they were missing and would be looking for them. They just had to hold out until they could find them.

Seeing Abby trying to stifle a yawn he decided it was time for her to rest. He put a hand at the small of her back and slowly guided her towards the far corner of the room. She limped slightly and he found it increasingly hard to put any weight on his right leg. He could still feel the throbbing in his knee and could feel the heat radiation of it. Abby looked at him and for the first time noticed his swollen knee.

"Gibbs!" she gasped and quickly put his arm over her shoulder so he could lean some of his weight on her. The action jarred his ribs but he tried not to show any outward signs of pain. They made it over to the far corner where the blankets lay and Abby bent down to lay them out and put some rolled up against the wall so they could sit against it.

She helped Gibbs lower down towards the floor and sat down beside him. He lifted his right arm and she curled herself into the familiar position at his side. After a moment of silence she looked up at him, "What's going to happen to us Gibbs?" His heart broke at her question and he answered her honestly.

"I don't know Abbs" Kissing the top of her head as she closed her eyes and her breathing evened out. He whispered again "I just don't know Abbs".