AN/ So I'm not really sure if I pull some Tiva or not, it's up to you guys!

Chapter three

The car came with screeching tires to a stop, Gibbs immediately threw his door open and stormed the hospital in. Worry was written all over his face and didn't wanna lose time by explaining everything to the hospital staff.
Tony's room came closer and closer and he grabbed his gun. He signaled to McGee and Ziva to be ready and threw the door open.
'Clear!', he said.
He turned his head towards Tony and his heart stopped for a second, as fast as he could he went to Tony and breathed a sigh of relieve.
'He is alive.', he said. The gigantic hunting knife right next to his face only scratched his face a little, what worried him most was the still bleeding head wound on his right temple.
'McGee, bag and tag, Ziva sketch and shoot.', he ordered.
Just then he saw the note pressed into the knife and he stopped McGee.
'Wait, there is a note.' He grabbed his gloves and put them on before removing the knife and separate it from the note.
'what does it say boss?'
'this was only strike one, be prepared for more.', he read.

'What does that mean boss?', McGee asked.

'It means that DiNozzo won't be safe in the hospital.'

At that moment the nurses finished fixing up Tony. 'I will make up another room for him.' Gibbs nodded.

'Ziva, bring the evidence to Abby, McGee stay with Tony, don't lose him out of your sight.'

'Will do boss.', he answered.

Gibbs put his hand on Tony's head and gently brushed a lock of hair out of Tony's face. McGee and Ziva left the room giving their boss and parter (though unconscious) a little privacy.

Gibbs grateful for the time alone took Tony's hand in his own.

'We'll find the one who's doing this to you, I swear we'll find him, all you have to do is rest and get well again.', muttered he softly and squeezed Tony's hand.

'Thank you boss.', came a weak whispered response and felt a tiny squeeze back. Gibbs surprised that Tony heard him gave another squeeze. 'Rest son, we'll keep you safe.' Gibbs watched how Tony fell back asleep with a smile on his face and felt rage well up inside him. Nobody, hurt his people!

He exited the room and McGee went back inside.

'Ziva, you drive.', Gibbs simply said.

When they reached the navy yard Gibbs directly went to the directors office and stormed inside.

'He got attacked in the hospital Leon.', he said, not giving the director the chance to be offended for his sudden entrance.

'What about the agents assigned to his door?'

'They said that F.B.I agent Ron Sacks came by telling them that I requested them back here! They left DiNozzo!'

'Sacks? Isn't he Fornell's senior field agent?'

'Yeah, after this I'm on my way there with Ziva.'

Vance nodded. 'But don't go there storming in and accusing people without knowing the true story, that is the style of the F.B.I.'

Gibbs grinned at that, remembering the time they busted in here accusing DiNozzo of killing someone.

'Understood Leon.', he said before leaving the office.

Ziva entered the lab and cringed from the loud noise that Abby called music.

'Abby!', she yelled, when the energetic goth didn't respond she put the music down herself immediately getting a response.

'I was listening to that!' Her face immediately lightened up when she saw Ziva.

'Ziva!'

'Abby we need you to go over this evidence, Tony just got attacked in the hospital, this is from the crime scene.'

'What! Poor Tony! Is he okay?'

'He will be fine Abby, Tony is strong yes?'

'Yes he is but he was hurt already!'

'They did not harm him Abby, only left a note to show that they could have killed him.'

'They? Who are they?'

'I do not know Abby, but I do not think they operate alone.'

'I will see what I can find, now shoo! Leave me so I can work.'
Ziva turned around and left the lab. She was telling Abby the truth when she said that Tony would be fine, but she only wondered for how long. There had been two opportunities to kill Tony but they only counted this one as strike one, why not the first attack? What are they planning? Do they want to kill Tony or just scare him? It's almost like they are playing with them...with Tony and if so, what will happen when they are done with playing?

She had so many questions but no answers, did the F.B.I agent really have something to do with this or is he being used?

She met Gibbs back in the bullpen.

'Abby has the evidence.'

'Good, we are going to the Hoover building, I want to talk to Sacks.'

Ziva gave a short nod, she to wanted answers from the agent.

Gibbs and Ziva stepped inside the car and drove off unaware of a unknown tall guy watching them from the NCIS building.