Jimmy and Donnie arrived at the center they work at in 20 minutes. Donnie opened the bag and stepped in. They both stood with one hand on the bed and the other by Gibbs shoulder. Walking the stretcher Donnie took the end, stepping out of the van. Jimmy walked around so they could lift him and set the stretcher down slowly and carefully. They checked to make sure he was tucked in to the blankets. He was cold and not just from the ice packs. The poison lowered the temperature of their body.
"He dozed for at least 15 minutes. The best thing is rest, fluids, and the antidote, right?" Jimmy told Donnie and got a nod to his question.
"Hey Gibbs we're here." Donnie woke him.
Gibbs opened his eyes as they walked through the back entrance. They had pulled up to the back were the emergency is. The recovery was down the left hall, emergency to the right. The front was where they held group and staff meetings. Staff to the right, while the group was big room to the left. It had chairs and mats. This way they could talk in whichever form they felt most comfortable. Gibbs was shivering and moaned in pain from it.
"It's gonna be alright. We'll get you some pain relieve as soon as you are booked in, Gunny." Donnie promised.
They walked in and wheeled him into a room. Pulling the stretcher to the right of the bed, Donnie started to unstrap him as Jimmy got an orderly. Carefully, Gibbs was shifted onto the bed. He moaned slightly. They set the pole to the right of his head, loading it with a bag of saline and one of antibiotic. The IV was placed into the right of the inner elbow. They took the ice packs off and covered him again. Jimmy used the port on the IV to inject morphine.
"Do you want the head up?" the orderly asked.
"Yeah, Rick." Gibbs replied faintly.
Gibbs nodded once he was lifted to a 140 angle. Jimmy was sitting on Gibbs right and Donnie was on his left, watching Gibbs sleep peacefully. He had a window to his left. The indoor glass window and sliding door were to his left. The wall came up three feet, so the couch could be placed there, next to the door. The couch was 1 ½ feet from the bed. The bathroom was diagonally left from the bed. The bathroom had a full sized tub, big enough for a sitting wolf could be covered to the shoulder, which is at a kneeling man's chin. Instead of stark white the rooms were a beige color with a light brown trimmings. It had a calm comfortable feeling to it. Three hours later Gibbs woke with a groan. Jimmy stood placing his right hand between Gibbs pillow and head. His left was resting on Gibbs left bicep.
"Hey, you're just in time for meds." Jimmy smiled as a nurse walked up. She smiled as she injected his pain meds into the port.
"Hey Gibbs." She said. She was in her late thirties, wavy brown hair, and light green eyes.
"Hey Sheila." She was another wolf, light brown when she changes, just like her hair. She left.
"Donnie went to lead the team here. They're taking their cars so they don't have to sit there for the weekend." Gibbs nodded, just as the team walked in.
Jimmy sat down in his chair. Donnie moves his to the left bottom of the bed. Ziva leaned over and hugged him, kissing him on the cheek. She sat in the middle of the couch. Tony and Tim squeezed his forearms and sat beside Ziva. Ducky hugged him and sat between the bed and couch. This way they formed a sort of circle around him.
"How are you feeling, Jethro?" Ducky asked.
"I'm alright. I got all the meds I need here." He shrugged carefully. "In fact you will meet Sheila she has been a part of this program since I have. We worked in secret her, Mike and I for ten years before we were, well for lack of a better word, legalized. She is also a wolf."
"I would like to meet her." Ziva said.
"I'd like to also." Tony said as McGee and Ducky nodded.
"Indeed."
"She already knows quite a bit about you all from us." Donnie said.
"Really?" McGee asked.
"Good things I promise." Jimmy said. They all looked up as the door slid open.
"Here Jethro, lunch." Sheila said winking. He had two chicken provolone sandwiches, homemade chicken noodle, a can of coke and a cup of coffee.
"Thanks, Ela" he used her nickname and then introduced them. "These are Ducky, Tony, Ziva, and Tim."
They shook her hand. "Pleasure. So you're who watches his six." They nodded. "I's a handful ain't it?" She said in her southern drawl. She walked around and kissed Donnie.
"She's also my wife." Donnie told them smiling.
"Jeremy is coming with your food, I'll just call and tell him to call have Tommy get the rest."
"They're the orderlies. She's the nurse, Jimmy the doc. Donnie and I took over after Mike left. We help were we can. We only have two operating rooms, three recovery, and four regular rooms. There are not many wolves who don't have a pack doctor, so we help those who do or are in an emergency." Gibbs explained.
"That's just amazing." McGee said. The four looked at each other and Ziva spoke.
"We talked on the way here. We are wondering if we can help. Ducky as another doctor. Tony, Tim, and I could all be orderlies. I can take lessons and volunteer as a nurse." The four other smiled and nodded.
"We'd love that." Gibbs smiled warmly as he ate. They all sat quietly after he finished so he could sleep. They put it on a movie channel with the volume low. Gibbs woke up four hours later for his meds.
'Get some pillows and blankets. You all look tired and I know you won't sleep it you aren't here." Donnie did and then went home with his wife.
Sheila walked in. "I'm giving you a bag of ketorolac for your pain relief."
Sheila and Donnie pulled out the beds from the couches. Ducky and Ziva took the couch by the wall. Tim and Tony took the one under the window. Jimmy slept on a twin sized foldable cot. It had a cushiony mattress that went on it. They all slept comfortably throughout the night.