A/N: First of all I like to apologise for not updating this story for so long. The reason for this is (still) extremely painful but I think that you have the right to know, since you all have been waiting so very patiently: while I was writing this particular chapter I received word that a friend of mine committed suicide. After that I was simply unable to focus on this story……I am deeply sorry especially after all the encouraging feedback I received.
This chapter is dedicated to C-ee may she have found the rest that she obviously sought.
As soon as Gibbs saw Tony he forgot everything around him, even when the Director herself had stood next to him and had shouted that the world was going to end unless he came to the rescue he would still stay next to Tony. He was looking so fragile, normally DiNozzo could not stay in a single position for even a minute but now the man wasn't moving. Only the steady rise and fall of the his chest convinced Gibbs that the man he loved was still alive. Stepping next to his bed Gibbs, mindful of the IV that was attached, gently grasped Tony's hand bringing it to his mouth. Pressing a soft kiss on it, he looked down at the man he loved more then anything on the world... thinking on how he would tell him that he loved him. Therefore missing the fact that the door behind them was slowly being closed and finally locked...
'He had been right! That guy was into other guys,' James thought gleefully while he slowly closed the door and eased his gun out of his jacket. 'God, what a wuss, he isn't even noticing the fact that he and his boyfriend are about to get killed.'
For any other criminal the fact that they were in a hospital and that a locked door would be conspicuous, or the fact that the agent could have back up with him, would have been reason enough not to try anything at this particular scene to 'deal' with the problem. But James honour had been damaged and he wanted justice. So ignoring all the warning bells that normally would have blasted his eardrums to pieces, he did what he wanted to do: take revenge and damn the consequences.
Chuckling he made his presence known, "Aaaaah, is your sweetheart hurt? I just knew that you two were a couple of..."
Gibbs had turned around the moment he heard the door being locked, and dared the other man to finish his sentence with a murderous look in his eyes. And although James was stupid (and let's face it suicidal) he was not crazy enough to finish his sentence since he wanted to kill them and not the other way around. So swallowing his less then flattering comment he waved his gun in the direction of Tony .
"Get your gun out and gently put it on the floor, Gibbs. No tricks or your 'little friend' is going to pay."
Very slowly, knowing that Ziva and McGee were on their way to Tony's room, Gibbs reached for his gun and laid it on the floor with an almost submissive gesture before raising his hands and asking: "Ok, I've done what you've wanted... now what?"
Pulling the safety pin back, James grinned, "Now what? Now agent Gibbs you and your 'little friend' will die.
TBC
A/N: I promise that I will finish this story real soon, probably only one or two more chapters.