Hi everyone! I know I left the last chapter with a cliffhanger, but here's the continuation. Hope you enjoy :-)


"Doctor! He's flat lined!"

Doctor James Rothchild, ER doctor on duty, began to do what he knew how to do best – revive

"Ok nurse, get some O + blood for me! He's alive, but shocky as hell. We need to get him stabilised right now!"

Everyone in the ER ran around getting everything needed to get the older agent stabilised and the younger agent into surgery.

Tony was quickly taken into the OR. His left arm was broken in three different places while his head had a serious gash. If he bled out anymore, he could get much worse.

As the commotion occurred in the ER and OR, Kate asked Abby to help her get up. Kate had a gut feeling that something had gone seriously wrong with her co-workers and from Gibbs, if she had learnt anything, was that gut feelings should be followed.

"Abs! Let's go to the reception area. Maybe they can tell us something."

"Kate, you stay here. I can go and ask."

Kate knew that if Abby went, no one would pay attention. She had no legal authority.

"Abs, I'm a Federal Agent. I can demand information if this is about a case. You can't."

Abby knew that Kate was right, but she was worried for her friend.

"Are you sure, Kate?"

"I'm not physically hurt. I'm here for observation and some fluids. I'm sure I can get up and walk 20 steps."

As Kate said this, she sat up and felt weak immediately.

"Kate, you can't get up now!"

Kate was at a loss about what to do. How could she get information? Then it hit her.

"I'm going to call Director Morrow. He can get information from the hospital."

Kate quickly grabbed the hospital phone and called NCIS Navy Yard.

"Hello? This is Special Agent Todd. Can I please speak to Director Morrow? Tell him it's about the Carter case."

Kate patiently waited on the line, but she was quickly becoming agitated. She needed information as soon as possible.

"Agent Todd? You want information on Gibbs, DiNozzo and McGe, right?"

"How did you know?"

"I was a field agent too. That's the first thing I'd want to know if my team were in trouble."

"So …?"

"I called the hospital and all they could tell me was that Agent McGee is doing ok. Just some scrapes and a bump on the head. Nothing too serious."

"How about Tony and … Gibbs?" Kate was genuinely afraid of the answer Morrow would give her.

"All the hospital said was that they came in. They asked if I could call back in 20 minutes and … Agent Todd? Believe me, I will call. Then I'll call you. Is that ok?"

Kate knew there was nothing else the Director could really do. "Yes, sir. Thank you."

Kate hung up and looked at her best friend. She gave her the information Morrow had given her. Abby was happy that McGee was ok, but she was truly worried about the other two.

"Kate? Do you think they'll be alright?"

Kate didn't want to lie, so she said all she could think of. "I hope they are, but we'll know soon enough. Those two won't go down without a fight."

In the OR, Doctor Janine Smith was struggling to get Tony's arm in place. Two of the breaks were done relatively quickly and effectively, but the last break, near his shoulder was complicated. About an two hours into the operation, the Doctor was satisfied that that break was pinned in correctly.

"Ok, can we get someone to take care of the gash?"

A nurse took over from the Doctor as she walked out to inform the next of kin. When she saw the names of the persons to contact, she knew that her trip would not be far at all.

Kate sat in the room waiting for the Director's call when a female Doctor came into the room.

"Caitlin Todd?"

Kate looked up and quickly reacted. "Yes, that's me."

"You're Mr DiNozzo's next of kin. Well, both you and a Jethro Gibbs are listed, but I've been told that he's in surgery."

Kate didn't care about formalities. She was just craving information.

"How's Tony?"

"He's doing ok so far. I fixed three breaks in his arm and a nurse took care of a gash on his head. He was stable when I left him and he should come out of the anaesthesia in 30 minutes or so."

Kate looked at Abby and could see her relief reflected in the Goth's face.

"Thank you. Do you have any information about Gibbs?"

"No. Just that he's been stabilised and that he's in surgery."

Kate was completely distraught that maybe she would never have the chance to tell Gibbs that she loved him.