Much to his dismay going back to NCIS had only made Jimmy feel worse. When he agreed to go with Gibbs and Tony, he was hoping for a feeling of relief. That going back to the office, would make him feel normal and human again. He was actually starting to feel a little better. When Christina told him that Abby, McGee, and Bishop had attacked Tony. In the name of his dead child. Because they thought that they were helping him. Breena was gone and he could not trust his NCIS family. If it weren't for Gibbs and Tony. He would be grieving all alone and poor Tony was fighting for his very life.
"You OK, kid?" Gibbs asked.
"What are we going to do if he isn't OK?" Jimmy asked.
"He does NOT have permission not to be OK but if he isn't I will take those monsters down." Gibbs explained.
"You won't kill them right?" Jimmy asked.
"I'll want to but if you don't want that. I will just see to it that they never see the light of day again. Though they are looking at hard time for attacking a federal agent." Gibbs explained.
"Why the hell did they think that hurting Tony would help me? Even if he was the one responsible for Tori's death. What would it do? My daughter would still be dead." Jimmy questioned.
"Well I cannot tell you what the hell was going on in their brains but I can say that I am proud of you. Being able to see that revenge will do nothing for you. I wish that I had known that when I lost my family. Would have saved me a lot of drama and a lot of heartache." Gibbs explained.
"Abby told us what happened when Parsons was investigating you and I saw that you were still broken and that people wanted you to suffer for what you did. Most of all I saw that it was all for nothing and I do not want my life to go that way." Jimmy explained.
"You are stronger than I am kid. I can tell you that much." Gibbs replied.
"No I am not." Jimmy argued.
"Yeah you are and do not fight me on it." Gibbs ordered..
Going to visit Tony meant going to the hospital. For the first time since he had been told that his daughter was dead. Georgetown University Hospital was where he had learned of his daughter's death and Tony was at Bethesda but after Tori. Any hospital made him feel uneasy and distressed. Still he had to be there for his friend. Tony needed as many people as possible to tell him that he was loved and that he was not blamed for the accident. He had to be strong for his friend. Because Tony was being strong for him. It was only fair that he return the favor. That was what Jimmy told himself as he made his way down the hall towards the ICU where Tony was fighting for his life. He arrived at the large double doors leading to the ICU and picked up the phone that hung on the wall.
"Hello?"
"What is your name and who are you here to see?"
"My name is Jimmy Palmer and I am here to see Anthony DiNozzo Junior."
"Just a second... OK you are on the list. Please wait for the door to open and a nurse will escort you to Mr. DiNozzo's room."
Gibbs sat in the waiting room of Bethesda. As badly as he wanted to see his son. He felt good allowing Jimmy to go and see Tony first. He was praying that Jimmy's reassurances that he did not blame Tony would get through the agent's hard head and make him come back to the light. If Jimmy didn't help. He would have to get more serious with his orders. As he sat and waited the man he had met at Tony's apartment came through the doors. He quickly remembered that the man's name was Joel Moore and he was the one whose daughter had been in the car with Tony and Tori.
"Agent Gibbs?" Joel asked.
"Why the hell did you take Tony to Stillwater? More importantly why is it that as soon as you knew I was OK, you just left Tony to take your daughter to dance class? Were you just going to leave him up there?! Seeing how much he was hurting?!" Gibbs demanded.
"I took Tony to Stillwater and yes I was going to leave him there." Joel started.
"Some friend you are! And to think you are the reason that Tony's life fell apart!" Gibbs spat.
"You don't understand, my dad lives in Stillwater and he was more than willing to take care of Tony. Until he was ready to contact you." Joel explained.
"Who the hell is your father?" Gibbs questioned.
"Leroy Jethro Moore" Joel replied.
"That is the man I was named after! How the hell did Tony never tell me that? Hell why did he let McGee track him down three years ago?" Gibbs gasped.
"I only just found out two years ago. It's a long story but he likes Tony and he's felt the way that Tony does. So I didn't feel bad about leaving him their." Joel explained.
Dr. Brad Pitt stepped into his favorite patients hospital room. He loved Tony but he hated that most of the times that they saw each other Tony was in the hospital fighting for his life. He didn't know much about Tony's latest injuries. Just that Tony was injured at work and had severe and life threatening injuries. The specifics were not yet known to him but he suspected that he would get that information from an enraged Leroy Jethro Gibbs. He got close enough to see Tony's face and he instantly knew that something was not right. Tony was far too pale and he just looked like he was not getting enough oxygen. Even with the aide of the ventilator. He grabbed his stethoscope and held it to Tony's lungs. He would need an X-ray to confirm it but from the way Tony looked and how his lungs sounded. There was a good chance that Tony was developing pneumonia. In both of his lungs.
A/N: Poor Tony, he better follow Gibbs's orders. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.
