Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to Donald P. Bellisario
Chapter Seven
After Gibbs left her lab, Abby started to finish her up her work so she could head back to the hospital. Her nerves were on edge as she checked her babies. Seeing that everything was running smoothly she grabbed her cloak and walked to the elevator. Seeing that the elevator was taking forever, she looked above its doors to only groan in frustration. The light up numbers showed that somebody had stopped in-between floors.
"Come on Gibbs." She sighed in annoyance.
Just about to go and take the stairs, the elevator began to move again. Hearing it ding she watched as the doors open to reveal a depressed Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
"What happened?" Abby asked worriedly.
Looking at Abby with tired eyes Gibbs began to speak.
"Did you know that Tony was working undercover?" he asked.
"What!" she asked incredibly.
"Yeah, he's been dating a international arms dealer's daughter."
"I thought he was acting a little hinky." She muttered to herself as she tried to wrap the new information around in her head.
Looking up at him she told him. "I was just about to go to the hospital."
"I'll drive.
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Back at the hospital Dr. Brad Pitt watched over his friend. He had been taking a vacation in Hawaii with his long time girlfriend now fiancée Susan, when he got the call informing him of Tony's condition. As being Tony's doctor and friend, he and Susan immediately got on a plane bound for D.C.
When arriving at the hospital, Brad consulted with the attending physicians and studied Tony's chart. When seeing Tony's list of injuries and that he had a severe pneumothorax; Brad quickly ordered Tony to be moved to isolation and under the blue lights. With Tony's history with the plague and that he was on a ventilator; Brad did not want to risk Pneumonia.
Standing in the doorway he watched in silence as one of the nurse changed Tony's dressings and checked his chest tube for clogs. Nodding his head at the nurse as she exited the room, he remained near the doorway.
Yawning he decided to go get a cup of coffee when movement from the bed stole his attention. Moving closer to the bed, Brad was slightly surprised to see mossy green eyes staring back at him. Within moments of waking Tony began to struggle with the tube down his throat. Catching Tony's hands before they could do any damage, Brad began to talk to him.
"Tony calm down. That tube needs to stay in." Brad ordered calmly.
Tony's confused pain filled mind didn't comprehend Brad's order and began to fight even more. Just before calling a nurse and getting a sedative, the door opened. Brad released a sigh of relieve as Gibbs marched swiftly into the room followed by Abby.
Gibbs moved with a purpose to Tony's bedside. Brad watched with interest as Gibbs softly tapped the top of Tony's head. Instantly Tony went deathly still and his eyes snapped to Gibbs with shock.
"Tony do you understand me?" Gibbs asked gruffly.
Tony nodded his head.
"Good, now I know you want the tube out, but you got to keep the damn thing in until the doctors take it out."
Tony still staring at Gibbs in shock relaxed his body. He couldn't believe that Gibbs was here instead of being in Mexico. 'How much drugs are they giving me?' Tony wondered.
"Oh Tony! I'm so happy you're awake." Abby squealed as she neared the bed. "Tony blue is so not your color." She told him as she studied the blue light on his face.
"Why he's under the light?" Gibbs asked alarmed.
"Just a precaution. Tony right now is highly susceptible to pneumonia and infection. The blue lights will help kill the little micros before they can strike." Brad assured them.
Tony began to move his right hand feverishly. Abby squinted her eyes as she tried to figure out what he wanted.
"Oh you want a pen and paper?" she asked.
Tony gave her a thumbs up.
"Hold on one second." Brad said before exiting the room. Quickly he returned back holding a dry erase board and a marker. Carefully he placed the marker in Tony's hand and held the dry erase board in Tony's view. Weakly Tony began to scribble out words.
'What happen?' Tony wrote.
"You were shot. Don't you remember?" Abby asked. Abby watched as Tony knitted his forehead in thought before shaking his head no. He began to write something when he froze. Slowly he wrote out 'Jeanne'.
"Who's Jeanne?" she asked.
Panic flew across Tony's face at her question.
"She is the daughter of La Grenouille." Gibbs growled.
"Who?" Abby asked confused.
"La Grenouille is the international arms dealer I told you about."
Shock had replaced the panic on Tony's face.
"You know?" he scribbled out.
"Ya think DiNozzo." Gibbs said sarcastically. "Did Jeanne shoot you?" he asked softer.
"No. I don't know. Maybe."
"I'll find out who did this to you. Gets some sleep DiNozzo." Gibbs told Tony as his eyes began to droop.
Never one to disobey one of Gibbs orders, Tony allowed himself to fall asleep. Gibbs and Abby reluctantly walked out of the room, but not before glancing back at Tony.
"God Gibbs, what if he gets worse?" Abby quietly sobbed.
Gibbs pulled her into his arms, tightly against his chest. He felt his shirt become wet from her tears but he didn't care.
"He'll be fine Abbs." Gibbs hoped that he was telling the truth. The matter of the fact, Abby's question sent cold dread down his spine. What if he did get worse? Gibbs mentally shook his head, trying to clear himself of those thoughts.
Kissing the top of her head he released her and backed away.
"Come on Abby. We got work to do."
TBC…..
A/N: Hey people. I hope all y'all enjoyed this chapter. I am really sorry if my medical terminology is wrong. Closest thing I have to a medical degree is the Human anatomy and physiology class I took last semester. A little trivia about this story; I had originally planned to end this story at chapter three. Most of the last few chapters have been the product of my insomnia. Also the first drafts of this chapter and chapter six were written on flash cards. Thanks to STLFAN, finlaure, GabbyIsLove for reviewing.
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