I apologise, I am not very good with the medical and hospital stuff.

They sat quietly at the table, Gibbs looking up at her every now and then. He expected her to say something, anything however she just sat there looking at her plate and guiding the toast into her mouth. They had spoken the previous day after Abby left however he had struggled to get anything out of her. She hadn't been this quiet since she had de-aged.

"Ziver, you ok?" he asked, trying to get her attention.

She nodded. "Can I go get changed now?"

He agreed and she left with only a few bites taken out of her breakfast. He cleared it away, knowing it would be futile to get her to talk. Ziva was stubborn as a mule. When all of it was over she would go back to her normal self, she would be ok, it was just getting there that was the problem. When he called to her they were leaving he found her sitting at the front door with her legs in a basket and her eyes set straight on her feet. He knelt down on front of her and made her look at him by lifting her chin up with a finger. Her deep brown eyes met his stony grey ones. He softened.

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Gibbs and Ziva waited nervously in the hospital room waiting for the doctors to come in. They had agreed that they others could come in later and all of them including Ducky and Jimmy had dropped in before work as well to wish them luck. She wouldn't admit she was nervous however he could tell by the way she was pulling at her hair she was anxious about the whole thing. They had spoken-well he had spoken because for once he had inputted more into the conversation than anyone else he had ever spoken to-and she wanted to go through with it. She wanted to grow up and he couldn't blame her. He took a hand comfortingly, rubbing gentle circles into it. She didn't take her eyes off the sheet. Before he could do anything further Doctor Paterson came in with his own apprehensive smile.

"Hello Ziva, how have we been?" He asked. She didn't seem to acknowledge him. "Are you happy to go through with this?"

It took a moment however eventually she nodded slowly, her eyes still glued to one spot. The doctor went through it with them. Firstly he would sedate Ziva to make it easiest on her body to cope with it and then after a half hour they would administer the initial dose. If it went well they would continue and administer the actual vaccine. The initial dose was just to prepare her body to go through with the change.

"Don't want to jump the gun now do we?" He smiled reassuringly. "Do you want to get started then?"

Her lips pursed together and Gibbs could tell she was trying not to cry. God, she's terrified. The doctor excused himself from the room with the excuse he had to get the equipment in. As soon as the door shut he sat down on the bed and looked directly at her. It only took her a moment. He pulled her up onto his lap and tried to shush her as tears streamed down her face.

"What if it doesn't work?" She jittered. "What if something goes wrong?"

He didn't want to tell her that it wouldn't because everything the doctors were doing was purely experimental. Anything could happen. The last thing he wanted to do was lie to her, even if it would end up being for the best. Instead, he just held her, stroking her hair and whispering soothing words. She calmed down only minutes before Doctor Paterson tentatively returned. He had the needle ready to sedate her and allowed Gibbs to tell him when.

"You ok to do this?" He double checked. "Don't have to do it today."

She nodded confidently. "I can do it."

Gibbs nodded to the doctor who stepped forward to sedate her. She tensed up for a minute however relaxed as soon as the needle was taken away. Returning back to bed she fell unconscious with Gibbs tucking her in and reassuring her everything would be alright.

To Gibbs that half hour was one of the longest of his life. All he had to do was sit there and watch an unconscious child Ziva lying there while he waited for a nurse to give her the first dose. He didn't even really know what it was however before they came in he had had Ducky take a look at it. Although slightly out of his element he decided it seemed safe enough. To Gibbs, the Ducky go ahead was enough to make him sign it. His phone rang-Tony-and he answered it.

"Gibbs,"

"Hey boss, how are things down there?"

"She's sedated. Got another fifteen minutes 'til they start."

"Hmph, first time she'll have been quiet since this all started," He joked. Gibbs chuckled. "Is she gonna be alright?"

He let out a long breath. "Don't know, Dinozzo.

"Let us know when you have something."

With that they hung up. He probably had Abby and Tim around his desk waiting to hear from him what was happening. They were all worried sick and they had every right to be. That was their team member, their friend, their family. They weren't about to let anything bad happen to her. The nurse came in bang on time, did a few checks that lasted all of twenty seconds before administering the first dose.

"How long," He asked. She looked at him confused. "How long until the next one?"

"Someone will check on her every fifteen minutes for an hour. If all seems good she'll get the next one at two o'clock. There'll be someone close by in case something happens I guarantee it," she said and with a few more checks she was gone, continuing on her rounds as if this was a normal case. She probably wasn't tod very much about what was happening. That was further confirmed when she wasn't the one to return to do the 'checks'. It was only twenty minutes in that they began to experience some problems. Before Gibbs could get to the door to call someone Paterson had stormed in, pushing passed him to get to the machines. While he was doing the regular checks she began spasming, her little face distorting in pain.

"What's wrong?" Gibbs barked, grabbing her hand and holding it tightly. "What's happened?"

"Her body isn't taking to the initial dose as well as expected." He shot distractedly as he measured something in a needle, took her arm and injected it into the vein. "That should help. We'll have to postpone the medication another forty minutes depending on how she takes this."

Her body settled, relaxing back into its former position. Gibbs brushed the hair away from her face then stroked one cheek. If she took any comfort from this it was not evident, her face remaining void as it had been. When the nurse returned he could see concern cross the young man's features as he checked her. When Gibbs asked what was wrong he excused himself to consult the doctor. Paterson returned under thirty seconds after the nurse left. He moved to the door, calling another doctor.

"Sir, we need you to leave the room for a moment," He said formally, standing straight and preparing for the argument Gibbs was bound to give him.

"No, I'm not going anywhere," Gibbs swept up to him, standing boldly on front of him. "What's wrong with her, what've you done."

"Sir, please step out the room," He continued, "The longer you keep us here the longer it takes us to treat your agent. Please, sir, step out of the room and we'll keep you updated I promise."

He decided now wasn't the time to be stubborn, Ziva was what mattered here and right now he wasn't helping. He stepped outside the room and he immediately took out his phone and dialled Ducky's number. Tony would rush to the hospital without a second thought, Abby would need to be comforted endlessly and McGee would become so anxious he would begin stuttering and wouldn't be any use to him. Ducky's number seemed the only one he could call. He would remain calm. Calm was what he needed. He picked up within a couple of rings.

"Well hello Jethro, how is our Ziva doing?"

"There's been a problem, Duck," He sighed. He explained the situation and Ducky replied with a lot of medical mumbo-jumbo that for some reason brought comfort to him. They stayed on the phone for almost half an hour while doctors and nurses came back and forth. Eventually those in the room began to file out. Doctor Paterson was the last one out, looking round for Gibbs and then coming straight towards him. "Gotta go Duck."

"Ok Jethro, call us when you have some information."

He could read the solemn look on the doctor's face. Something had gone wrong and already he knew they would not be continuing with the treatment. Right then his only concern was whether or not his surrogate daughter was going to be alright.

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When Ducky came into the bullpen the three of them were standing talking by Tony's desk. They were in a tight circle, almost shoulder to shoulder. Actually it created more of a triangle shape. Tony was the one to see Ducky first and broke off from the group. He didn't look happy and something told him it had nothing to do with work. They remained in silence for an uncomfortable amount of time, all of them waiting for Ducky to relay the information he obviously had. He however, stood in an unwavering silence.

"What's happened?" Tony was the one to speak.

"It's Ziva. The treatment did not go as they expected. Jethro is waiting to be informed of her condition." Abby gasped and looked round at the other two. Tony had looked up, blinking to keep the tears out of his eyes and McGee was still looking straight at the Scot. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "He will call us when he gets more information."

Tony gestured for them to reel it in. The four of them stood in a comfortable hug in the middle of the bullpen. Anyone and everyone passing stared oddly at them however none of them seemed to care. Their team mate was in trouble however there was nothing productive they could do about it.

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Gibbs entered Ziva's room, the machine beeping away in beside her bed with her heartbeat. She was still unconscious and would remain that way for several hours. She was as white as a sheet, something that had shocked him the moment he walked in. She was usually tanned, he had never seen her so colourless. Her lips were pouted out and were turning a pale blue. He took her hand and almost dropped it because of how cold it was. Tucking her in he sat down in his chair, holding her hand tightly with both hands and began rubbing it together to heat it up.

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