'Jane stop pacing. The doctor's said she would be fine.' Abbott commands. Jane and Abbott are waiting in the hospital's waiting room. Abbott is seated, whilst Jane persists in walking back and forth in front of Abbott.
'Don't you think they would let us see her by now, if she was ok?' Jane counters. He reluctantly seats himself down in the empty seat beside Abbott.
Abbott doesn't reply. He was thinking the same thing, half an hour ago, and every minute since. He would never forgive himself if anything happened to Lisbon. It was his fault, he thought it would be perfectly simple , but how did it all go wrong?
'They knew we were coming didn't they?' Jane states, breaking Abbott's moment of contemplation.
Abbott runs his hands over his face in exhaustion. They had been at the hospital for hours, he had lost count after the eighth coffee. He wasn't expected to stay in the hospital, but he needed to know if Lisbon would be ok, if just for his own sanity.
'But how did they know? They were just meant to be gang members, but I have never known a gang to be so organized'.
'Hey, don't blame yourself, no one could have seen this coming'. Jane offers, but evidently blaming himself too. Abbott either doesn't hear or doesn't want to hear, his mind has once again drifted.
'Abbott, Jane'. Cho calls out as he walks along the length of the hospital corridor. Cho has a few cuts to his face and a bandage covering his wrist, but otherwise looks fine. Abbott's silence is broken and he quickly snaps back into his Supervisory Agent role.
'Cho. Do you have any news?' Abbott asks.
'How's Lisbon?' Cho asks Jane, who has stood up to greet him.
'We don't know. They haven't told us anything yet'.
'She'll be fine, she's strong'. Cho attempts to pacify Jane, believing his own words fully. He turns to Abbott to dares his earlier question. 'We had a team survey the area. they found radio equipment hidden in the bushes, about 100 metres from the explosion. It looks like they were watching and waiting for us to arrive. They knew what they were doing, even down to jamming the radio communications. That's why we couldn't hear you'.
'can you do a background check on all the known members of the gang. clearly we are missing something here'. Abbott asks cHO.
'Yes Sir. I'll get on it right away'. He takes one last look at Jane before departing.
'What's taking so long?' Abbott declares loudly. causing several nurses to turn in his direction. 'Sorry...' He says to Jane, and he means it.
'Agent Abbott?' A young nurse appears next to them. Jane and Abbott immediately stand up, their faces betraying their worry.
'I'm Agent Abbott'. Abbott states.
'Teresa is ready to see you now'.
'Thank you. Uh Jane you can go in, I'm going to head back to the office'. Abbott says.
Jane silently nods, his sad face showing all the gratitude he can muster, before walking into Lisbon's hospital room.