Hello all! I am soooo sorry that I didn't post for such a long time. My muse curled up in a little hole and tried to dry up. I was able to finally pull him out of his funk (which involved several candy bars and a promise to go to HP7 part 2) and give me some more to write with.
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As soon as Tony burst out the door Gibbs moved into action. He spun around and grabbed the gun he had hidden in the drawer of the grill. He turned back around and saw Tony struggling against the man's hands choking him to death. Kate screamed when Tony fell back, lifeless. Gibbs ran up and slammed the butt of his gun into the man's skull. The gunman let go of Tony –who fell into a heap on the ground—and slid down to the ground, leaning against the wall unconscious.
"Kate, call the police and an ambulance!" He yelled. Kate sprang into action running into the house for the phone. Shannon followed to grab the handcuffs in the safe.
Ziva ran towards Tony, fear in her eyes. Gibbs checked to make sure the gunman was out and then felt for Tony's pulse. There was none.
"He doesn't have a pulse and he's not breathing." Gibbs growled as he began doing chest compressions. When he paused Ziva plugged Tony's nose and began pushing air into his lungs. After a minute Tony sucked in a choking breath and his eyes began to flutter open. He mumbled something.
"Stay quiet Tony, you need to be checked under by the paramedics." Ziva said with a sigh of relief. Tony was okay. He ignored her command and spoke again.
"K-kel-ly" he stuttered out, his voice harsh and cracking between the syllables. Shannon, who had just handed the cuffs to Gibbs, ran back into the house to get her youngest daughter. Kate ran back out with the phone still in her hand. She needed to know that Tony was okay. He had been so pale!
She saw Tony leaning heavily against Ziva, blinking lethargically. "Is…is Tony okay?" She asked hesitantly. Tony looked up slowly at Kate.
"'M…fiiiiine…..Katie!" Tony slurred. Ziva looked down at Tony, worried.
"Tony, do you have a concussion?" Tony looked blearily at Ziva and nodded his head. He winced and quickly stopped. Ziva sighed and made a mental note for the paramedics. She put a soothing hand on Tony's brow and noticed that he was shaking slightly.
Kate impulsively grabbed Tony's hand and whispered, "Thank you…you saved my life, and my family's life." Tony's bright green eyes bore into hers and she knew that he would do it again. The whining of an ambulance was now in the driveway. It shut off and they could hear the thudding of footsteps coming around the side of the yard.
The two paramedics took in the sight in the backyard. Abby and Tim were still sitting at the picnic table holding onto each other. Gibbs was standing watch over the gunman and Tony. Kate was holding onto Tony's hand, whose head was lolling in Ziva's lap. Shannon appeared through the screen door holding Kelly tightly in her arms.
"Err…We got a call that someone was injured?" The younger paramedic said, breaking the silence.
"Yes, Tony here has a concussion and was choked so much so that he…he died for a minute. He was not breathing and did not have a pulse for about a minute." Ziva said. Both Kate and Shannon gave a cry of shock when they heard that Tony had died, had actually been dead for a minute. They thought he had only lost consciousness. Kate squeezed Tony's hand even harder and jumped when he squeezed back lightly.
The paramedics reached over to lift Tony onto the gurney. He began struggling. "Don't want to go…to hospital."
The older paramedic smiled ruefully. "Sorry kid, but we need to make sure that you're okay."
After more struggling from Tony and soothing words from Ziva, a kiss on the cheek from Kate made him finally stop struggling. He was loaded into the ambulance and it flew away, with Ziva with him. Kate turned towards Gibbs and he threw the car keys towards her. She grabbed them out of the air and sped off towards the hospital.
Upon arrival (and after breaking about fifty traffic laws) she rushed into the waiting room and saw Ziva pacing. Several families looked slightly worried at her mumbling and gesticulating form.
"Z-ziva? Is Tony okay?" Ziva spun around on her and her murderous expression softened when she saw the abject worry in Kate's eyes.
"I…I do not know anything."
Kate looked at Ziva with sad eyes and pulled her towards an empty corner of the room. An hour later and Gibbs, Shannon, Kelly, Abby and Tim appeared. On seeing their older sister, Abby and Kelly threw themselves into Kate's arms.
A doctor walked into the room. "Family of Anthony Di—" Ziva jumped up and cut the doctor off.
"Is he alright? What took so long? Where is he?" Kate put a calming hand on Ziva's arm. She could feel the tight muscles of the Israeli's arms.
"Calm down, Ziva. Let the doctor answer first before you ask more questions." She said softly. She turned to the doctor with imploring eyes.
He cleared his throat and began. "Your son will be fine. He suffered a mild concussion and some bruising around his throat. Otherwise he is fine. As to the hold up, there was a pretty bad car accident and there were a lot of people severely injured that needed to be taken care of first. Your son wasn't in a critical condition, so he was towards the back of the line. If you would like to see him you can come with me." The doctor turned on his heel and led the parade of Gibbses and Ziva towards a room where Tony occupied one of the three beds in the room.
He looked peaceful lying in the bed. Ziva sat down in a chair near his bed and took hold of his hand.
"Call me if you need anything," the doctor said before leaving the room.
Tony opened his eyes blearily. Ziva immediately began talking to him, in German, so that the Gibbs could (hopefully) not understand what she said.
"Bist du ok?"(Are you ok?) At Tony's nod she continued. "Bist du blod? Du warst tot fur eine minute! Alles war gut heir aber du mustet der blode superheld spielen! Ich Konnst nicht leben mit auch dir! Du bist meiner alles! Wo sollte ich gehen wenn du tot bist, nah? Dennkt dran du blodes held!" (Are you stupid? You were dead for a minute! Everything was good here, but you had to play the stupid super hero! I can't live without you! You are my everything! Where would I go when you are dead, huh? Think about it you stupid hero!)
Tony sighed. The Gibbses looked beyond confusion.
"I did think Sadeeqaty. If I hadn't been the stupid hero, you guys might be dead. I don't know where I would go if you were dead either. How do you think I've been able to go this far after everything that's happened?" He said.
"What's happened?" Abby chirped. Tony jerked in the bed, noticing the family for the first time.
"N-nothing. I'm glad you guys are okay." There was a sniffle from Shannon as she put Kelly down.
"I don't know how to thank you Tony. You saved my family; we are in your debt." She said, taking hold of Gibbs' hand. Tony waved it away.
"You guys don't owe me anything. I'm just glad no one else was hurt." There was a tug on the side of the bed and Tony looked over to see Kelly trying to climb up.
"Kelly!" Shannon admonished, moving to pick her up.
"It's fine Mrs. Gibbs, you can put her up here." Tony said. Shannon complied and Kelly immediately snuggled up to Tony. He wrapped his arm around her and drifted off into a peaceful slumber. The family all conversed in whispers. Kate sat down in the other chair and put her hand on his arm. Tony unconsciously leaned into the touch and Kate rubbed small circles into his arm.
Yay! Everyone's okay and they all lived happily ever after! Haha, just pullin' your tails! Hopefully I'll update soon!
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