Those hours were nerve-wracking for Abby and everyone else. She just couldn't believe that Tony got shot and that Michael shot him, after all this time that he apologized and she forgave him.

I shouldn't have. It was a mistake of mine and me being in love with him was also my weakness and my fatal mistake. And now Tony is in there, because of me, if something happens, I don't think I'll be able to forgive myself.

She just sat there for what seemed like hours, hoping for positive news from the doctors, but the doctors just came and went and they just shook their head. Ziva was also there, waiting and thinking, or even praying, Abby couldn't tell, she spoke in Israel. She might say mean things about her for all she knows. Gibbs was on the move and interrogated Michael while he was mentally torturing him, nearly made him lose his mind. McGee came most of the times and also worked on a cold case for Gibbs.

It's been only a day and I have missed him like hell. I just want him to come out of there, come near me, hold my hand, tell me that everything will be alright and then kiss me. But that was just a never-ending dream. None of it was real, I knew the bittersweet reality.

Ziva kept looking at her, but it didn't seem that she understood it. She was somewhere else, daydreaming. Ziva kept going one by one the seats closer to her. Hesitantly. She looked very pale, didn't eat anything for 24 hours. Even though, she was the one who stole Tony's heart, she couldn't help it by feeling worried. She put her hand on Abby's shoulders and smiled at her.

''Abby, hold tight in there…''

Abby smiled. ''It's hang tight, Ziva.''

Ziva was actually happy that she made Abby laugh, even by proving her mistakes in vocabulary.

''He's going to be alright, Abby, he's the black sheep in the team, you'll see…'' She actually believed that Tony was going to be alright, that's called having faith, but that doesn't mean she didn't have her doubts at times. The doctor came, they both approached him. Abby asked panicking.

''Is he alright? Does he hurt? Please, tell me he's not dead, that he is alive and that he will be able to revive after the shot. Maybe he's in a coma and you don't want to tell us, but please do, because we have to know and I mean this is Tony we're talking about, cocky and Casanova on the outside but mature and amazing on the inside. And plus, Gibbs would resurrect so that he can kill him again, which is not fair, because I won't let him do it and it's not right.''

She kept going and going and the doctor looked at her as if she was crazy, ready to ask her if she wants to go in a white place that's called a psycho ward. Ziva put her hand on her shoulders and gave her a nod to stop so the doctor could continue. She could understand Abby, because she said everything that she, herself, couldn't and wouldn't say.

''Are you his wife Mrs. Sciuto?''

She looked at him then looked down. ''Nope, just a person that loves him very much…''

''Well, then you have nothing to worry about, because he is awake, you can go and see him if you want…'' He smiled.

Oh my God, Tony is alive, he is okay, like I said! I'm going to see him again, my one and only! I'm happy, I'm complete, that's all I am now.

She smiled widely and kissed the doctor. He actually blushed. She chuckled and Ziva cleared her throat smirking. She knew it.

She started running like crazy, didn't even notice where she was going, good thing she had a GPS brain. She went in and watched a relaxing Tony on the bed looking at the ceiling and touching where Michael shot him, feeling pain.

Oh Tony…hang tight, I'm here now and I'll do whatever it takes to put Michael in jail, forever this time, I swear. I wish I could just take all your pain away…

She stood on her tiptoes and went in. ''Tony…?''

He looked at her and suddenly his eyes shined. ''Abby…''

He smiled widely, like he was seeing an angel, he felt like he was in Paradise, he was complete, and Abby was the first thing he wanted to see.

She ran and hugged him tight, then kissed him passionately.

''I…I thought you were dead…Even the thought of that..it…''

She started crying, kneeling next to him and hiding her face in his arms. He just hugged her tight, never letting her go.

''I would never leave without making you, Abby, happy…''

She looked at him and kissed him. ''You will never leave me, period…''

''Why, you're my Grim Reaper? Ooooh, liked that movie actually…'' He grinned and she smiled.

Good old Tony, I can't wait until I tell the news to Gibbs, maybe everything will be alright in Ncis and everything will go back to place. It's a brighter day already for NCIS…

They just stood there hugging each other and the sun looked as if it shined brighter than before…