A/N: thanks for wonderful reviews! I hope that this chapter calms some of your nerves considering the state of Tony's health…. As if I would ever hurt Tony …….;)

Gibbs swore that for a second or two his heart had stopped. The moment he had seen the expression on the doctors face it just... stopped beating, but as much as he wanted to die (God, he couldn't bear to hear the news that Tony... beautiful, filled with life, Tony was dead) his heart started to work again. From the corner of his eyes Gibbs could see that McGee and Ziva had joined him, and that they were just as anxious as he was.

Not wanting to ask the question but knowing that it was expected of him as the leader of his team he got his act together and asked the dreaded question.

"Doctor Harris, how is Tony... Agent DiNozzo's condition?"

Mentally bracing himself for the "I'm very to inform you..." talk he tried his best to at least appear calm for the benefit of McGee and Ziva.

To say that the three of them were a little surprised when the doctors face suddenly cleared up and he replied with a smile: "Agent DiNozzo is stabilised and is sleeping comfortably at this moment.", would have been an understatement.

"What,?" from the three of them only Ziva seemed able to produce a bit of a coherent reaction. "But... that is good news is it not? Then why for Jack's sake did you look like you had bad news?" For once neither McGee or Gibbs felt the need to correct Ziva since, while they both felt relieved that Tony would be fine, they were equally interested in the answer of the man.

Looking slightly uncomfortably Harris answered, "I'm sorry that I give you all a scare but I assure you it has nothing to do with you Agent's condition. It's just that one of the rescue members has not yet reported back to the rescue coordinator, normally that wouldn't be an immediate reason for concern but I had an appointment with the man. And since I hadn't heard anything I decided to contact his superior, only to learn that he never checked in after he and his team-mates brought your colleague here. It's probably nothing, I'm very sorry if I gave you the idea that Agent DiNozzo condition was more severe than it was. I'm not saying that his condition is perfect, there was some serious internal bleeding and there is some swelling present in the brain but we managed to stop the bleeding and we're trying to reduce the inflammation in his head with medications, but considering the situation in which your colleague was I think that he can be considered one lucky man."

Stopping for a moment to catch his breath, he took a step towards the side, "you can visit him for a few minutes if you don't mind the fact that he's still sleeping of the sedation from the operation. We've given him a private room so that you don't disturb the other patients. However I must ask you to limit the time you spent with him. Although Agent DiNozzo will be fine he's still very weak, so it's important that he get's plenty of rest."

And that was all Gibbs needed to hear... Tony was going to fine, sure it would take some time. But in Gibbs book the fact that Tony would have the time to heal was far better then having not to spent time healing because he was dead. Not really thinking about the fact that he left McGee and Ziva behind or the strange piece of information of a missing member of the rescue team he hurried down towards the area where Tony was. And because he was in such a hurry, and felt so much relieve about the fact that the man he loved would recover, he rushed into Tony's room his eyes checking the agent's still frame. But he failed to check the area behind the door. Although why should he have done that? He was in a hospital, and hospital were supposed to be save, it was an area meant to heal the wounded, comfort those that lived in times of great uncertainty... it was not to be considered a dangerous area. But for once that assumption held no meaning, because hidden behind the door wearing the jacket of the man Doctor Harris was supposed to meet was James Mitchell and this time the man was determined to solve his problem.

TBC……

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