Tony's eyelids shot open as his dream abruptly came to an end. He glanced at the empty spot next to him in the hospital bed where Kate had been in the dream. He could still feel her hot breath in his ear; still hear her words echoing around in his head- wake up.
"Tony!" Abby squealed, materialising out of apparently nowhere and throwing her arms around him tightly.
"Abby…" He wheezed. "…Can't breathe!"
"Oh, sorry!" She exclaimed, quickly retreating away from him. As she pulled away, he noticed that her face was flushed and her eyes were wide and panicked, just as they normally were when one of them got injured.
"It's alright," he breathed, taking in his hospital room surroundings. "How did I get here? How did you get here?"
Abby began explaining about how when he and Aria still hadn't arrived back at NCIS late into the evening, she'd become worried and put a trace on his cell phone to track his location. She'd driven all the way to Kate's house to find it in ruins with them lying in a heap of rubble just inches from where the front door used to be.
"I didn't bother waiting for an ambulance, I drove you both straight here."
"How much does Gibbs know?"
She sighed. "He knows that you got in an accident with the girl at her house, but no specific details of where or how or what. He definitely has his suspicions though- he was down in the lab earlier bombarding me with questions and he's been scooting around your desk all day. You're gonna have to tell him at some point…"
Tony let out an exasperated breath. "Where is my daughter?" He asked, starting to get up out of his hospital bed. There were at least 6 machines surrounding him, but he wasn't attached to any of them, so he was really that concerned about getting up and walking around.
"She's in another ward. I would take you but you're not allowed…" Abby was cut off as he interrupted her by snapping at her.
"Look Abs! I almost died back there in that house, and knowing the guy that just tried to kill me, he'll probably try again. I'm not letting him do that until I've told Aria that I'm her dad!" Realising how mean this must've sounded to Abby, he clamped his hand over his mouth and glanced over at her. Instead of being upset, Abby appeared amused at this statement.
"Let's go then." She smirked.
A/N: Hey! I'm gonna try and post a chapter of a fic every day this week. I'm debating on whether to write a dream from Aria's side of the story as well (for the next chapter!), so please leave thoughts on this idea down below!
Louise :)
