Gibbs took a sip of his coffee and went through the files he had McGee pull up on Alexandria Woods. She didn't have a criminal record and her medical record consisted of nothing more than injuries that the average person could acquire. Nothing in her record could foretell the kidnapping of two NCIS agents.
Frustrated, Gibbs closed the file and ran a hand through his grey hair. Where could they be? Where would Alex take them? And why did she take them? They were a investigating the murder of Kessler and Thompson but why would she take the agents if she did in fact kill her ex and best friend. Maybe there was more, maybe this had nothing to do with the case.
Oh god… Dinozzo, what have you done?
Gibbs glanced over at Tony's empty desk, he wished Tony was here; not for the fact of actually having Tony around but so he could go and smack him upside the back of the head.
"McGee," Gibbs barked, startling the young agent.
"Uh yes Boss?"
"You talk to Tony don't you? About things other than cases?"
"Sometimes…"
"What is going on with him and Woods? He wanted to find more evidence for the case, why?"
"So he'd, uh, be able to prove if Woods is innocent or not."
"Or not?" Gibbs prodded questioningly.
McGee shifted in his seat nervously.
"Don't tell me he been getting involved with a suspect again."
Before McGee could answer, Gibbs cell phone started ringing. "I'm not done with you McGee," he said threateningly, before answering his phone, "Gibbs."
"Special Agent Gibbs?"
"Yes, who is this?"
"This is Dr. John Callaghan, a Special Agent Anthony Dinozzo was brought in a few hours ago-"
"I'll be right there," Gibbs ended the conversation.
"Whose was that, boss?" McGee asked when Gibbs stood up.
"The hospital, they're got Dinozzo."
"ShouldI come?"
"You stay here, wait for any leads on Kate's whereabouts."
Gibbs pressed the elevator button and waited impatiently to enter the small compartment.
"I'm looking for a SpecialAgent Anthony Dinozzo. I was told he was brought in a few hours ago."
The receptionist typed away through her database and immediately came up with a response, "I believe he's not allowed any visitors at the moment."
"I need to speak to a Dr. John Callaghan then," Gibbs stated.
"Ok, I'll see what I can do."
The young woman had told Gibbs to go into the waiting room to wait but Gibbs refused saying it was urgent to speak with the doctor and he waved his badge at her. Seeming to sense the urgency of the situation a little better afterwards, she got right to it.
"Special Agent Gibbs?" a man in his late-thirties asked approached Gibbs.
"Yes, you must be Dr. Callaghan. Where's Di- Tony?"
"He's in recovery right now after surgery."
"What happened?"
"Well a woman came here with him, she dropped him off handed me this letter-" the doctor held up the letter, on it was scribbled 'Special Agent Gibbs', "-and told me to make sure you got it, she left your number but I had to get Agent Dinozzo's condition under control so I had to leave it till after surgery."
Gibbs was frustrated he wasn't contacted sooner but at least they had Tony back. "What's his condition?" he asked as the doctor handed him the letter.
"Well he had a gun shot wound to the shoulder and a head wound, I'm certain he has a concussion as well. He lost quite a lot of blood but we've stabilized his condition. If he makes it through the next twenty-four hours, he should be in the clear."
"I need to see him," Gibbs demanded.
The doctor hesitantly agreed and led him to a room on the second floor. Seeing Tony laying on a bed unconscious and attached to a bunch of different IVs and other wires connecting to various machines was not how Gibbs was use to seeing the younger agent. His usual upbeat self was nowhere to be seen and he looked sickly and worn-out.
"What happened Dinozzo…?" Gibbs muttered approaching his bedside, "Where is Kate…?" He knew he wasn't going to get an answer anytime soon but he couldn't help himself.
Gibbs turned to the doctor and said, "Tell me everything you can about the women who brought Dinozzo in?"
"Well she was quite tiny with a brown bob… she was covered in blood and refused to leave a name. She touched the envelope though, if that's any help."
"Thank you, can I be alone with my agent now?"
"Yes, I'll be back in a little while to check on things."
Once Gibbs heard the door close behind him, he tore into the letter that had been attacking his curiosity since he first saw the thing.
'Dear Gibbs,
I'm sorry about Anthony. He was never supposed to get shot, neither was that family. I didn't mean to kill them, the man got violent and I didn't know what else to do. Anyways, I suppose you're wondering how I know you're looking for me, let's just say a little birdie told me. Good luck with Anthony, I was going for Kate and I swear to you, next time I won't miss. Give Anthony my love.
Sincerely,
Alexandria Woods.'
Gibbs growled and resisted the urge to tear the paper into a million of tiny pieced, instead he folded in up, placed in back in the envelope and put in his pocket. 'Next time I won't miss.' There wasn't going to be a next time, Gibbs was going to stop Alex if it was the last thing he did.
Why did Alex give Tony over to the hospital though? What was going on? Why wouldn't she have just killed him? There was so much going on with his team and the case and Gibbs was just an outsider looking in. It was his team, he was in charge of the case, how could things be like this? How could he have not noticed something earlier?
A/N: I hope this was ok. Please review!
Shiri- I know you wanted Kate to help Tony but gun shot wounds aren't so easy to deal with and Kate's no doctor and Tony's no superman. Also it would completely mess up where my story is going.
Anyways, I have two really big exams coming up, one on Monday and one on Tuesday, so I might not be able to update until then because I'll be busy studying. I'll try to get a chapter up as soon as I can, but I just thought I'd warn you because that's five days. I'll try to sneak one in if I can.