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Chapter 21

Hospital…

Gibbs felt like hell and he wondered if he had drunk too much Bourbon last night and hit his head against the worktable. The lights were very bright and bothering his eyes. He could hear people walking around the room. He finally yelled out to whoever it was, "Will you please turn off or dim those damn lights before they blind me."

He could also hear some very familiar voices calling to him. It took him a while but he finally managed to open his eyes. He saw a very happy and relieved Abby. She was just smiling at him. He also could see Ducky standing directly behind her.

"Jethro it is so good for you to finally join us. We were starting to wonder if you were ever going to wake up."

Gibbs looked around the room and realized he was in a hospital. "What happened? How long have I been here?"

"You have been in a coma for almost six weeks."

"Six weeks? That can't be right can…can it?"

"I am afraid so my dear friend."

He saw a flashback of the explosion. He had to ask, "Is Shan…Shannon okay? Please tell me Shannon is okay?"

Abby looked at Ducky and then back at Gibbs. Her eyes had started to water, "Gibbs, I am so sorry but Shannon is dead. Don't you remember?"

"What about Tony is he dead too?"

Ducky smiled, "No Jethro, our boy is very much alive. It took the paramedics a while but they did manage to revive him. The doctor was worried he might have suffered some brain damage because of the lack of oxygen. They had to put him in a medically induced coma for a while. Anthony has been through a rough time these past six weeks but he is still alive."

Gibbs tried to sit up, "I need to see him."

It was Ducky who pushed him back down. "Jethro, you are not going anywhere. You just woke up from a coma. You need to rest. Maybe if everything looks good in the morning your doctor will allow you to see him."

Gibbs acted like he wasn't going to listen, "No, I need to see Tony now. I need to know he is…."

As he tried to get up his doctor injected something into his IV. Gibbs fell back to sleep.

Gibb's Visit…

When Gibbs woke up next, it was morning. His doctor started asking him questions about the date and if he knew where he was. Gibbs having trouble with the date but he knew where he was. He was also able to answer most of the questions after that. When the doctor was satisfied, he told Gibbs that he could go see Tony but only for a few minutes.

As they entered the room, Ducky warned Gibbs that Tony was sleeping because he had just come out of the medically induced coma only two days ago. Abby wheeled Gibbs into Tony's room. Ducky followed closely behind them. When Gibbs finally saw Tony he was shocked. There lying in the hospital bed was a very adult Tony. If it wasn't for the bandage on his head, he looked like he was just sleeping.

McGee was sitting by the bed playing a game on his I-phone. He was happy to see Gibbs being wheeled into the room, "Hi Boss, it's good to see you awake. I had stopped by your room a couple of times yesterday but you were always asleep."

Gibbs just nodded at McGee because he was still confused and he didn't want anyone to know it because they might think he was crazy. Was this all just a dream? He should have realized it because it started with a wish. What a fool he had been to believe wishes come true.

Gibbs asked Abby to move him closer to the bed. It was his adult Tony and he was never so happy to see him. Gibbs just sat there and stared at Tony for a few minutes. He wasn't sure what to do. He reached out to touch his hand but stopped.

"Jethro, I promise you our boy is going to be alright. Tony is just sleeping right now."

"Gibbs, it is so good to see you are finally awake." Gibbs turned as he heard Ziva's voice. He watched as she walked into the room with two coffees. She handed one to McGee and kept the other one for herself.

"I don't…understand. I thought Tony died in the warehouse?"

Ziva moved closer to her boss and looked down at him, "Gibbs…how much do you remember about the warehouse?"

Gibbs rubbed his head, "The last thing I remember…I think…saw Tony lying in a pool of blood. I didn't feel a pulse. I…I thought he was dead."

Ziva knelt so she could be more eye level with him, "After the shooting, you told me to stay with McGee but Agent Balboa and his team had finally arrived. You had been gone for a while and I…had to find out if you were okay or not. I…I also needed to find out what happened to Tony. It was a good thing I went to look for you because the man who hit you was going to kill you. I got him before he did it."

"What…what about Tony? How is it that he is still alive?"

"When the paramedics arrived they found Tony had a pulse, but barely. They managed to keep him alive till they got him to the hospital. While you were in a coma, Tony was in and out of surgeries. Most of the time he was in a medically induced coma and fighting for his life. We didn't know if he was going to make it or not but as you…can…see he won his battle."

For the next couple of days Tony slept an awful lot. Every time Gibbs went to see the younger man he was sound asleep. Gibbs was beginning to wonder if everyone had been lying to him all along and that Tony had never woke up from the coma. It was on the third day with the permission of his doctor Gibbs went to see Tony by himself. He found the younger man sleeping as usual. He walked over and pushed one of the chairs nearer to the bed and sat down. Gibbs sat there for about thirty minutes just staring at the younger man when a nurse walked in and asked him if needed anything. He told her that he was fine so she just check her patient's vitals and left the room.

As Gibbs sat in the chair he finally felt he was being watched. "Okay DiNozzo, I know you are awake. I think it is time you open your eyes."

Gibbs watched as the younger man tried his best to open his eyes. Finally he saw the green eye's staring at him.

"Boss…I see you…are finally awake."

Gibbs smiled, "Ditto to you also."

"Ziva and Mc…McGee told me but I didn't believe it. I kept thinking you were dead and they were just telling me that so I would get better."

Gibbs smiled again. "Another ditto."

"Boss…are you going to be okay? I was worried about…you."

"Yes, I am going to be okay and I was worried about you also."

Gibbs watched as the younger man tried to get a little more comfortable. "DiNozzo do you want me to raise the bed a little for you?"

"Yes…"

Gibbs stood up and found the control panel. He pushed the button and raised the bed up just a little higher. "Is this okay?"

Tony just nodded as Gibbs handed him the control panel. The older man just sat back down in the chair.

It was quiet for a few seconds until Tony finally spoke, "Boss…please don't laugh at me but while I was in a coma I had some pretty strange dreams. I dreamed I died and came back as a ghost. I also dreamed that I was a father and that you were the one raising my son."

Gibbs just stared at him for a few seconds. He was trying to figure out how it was possible for both of them to have shared the same dream while each of them were in a coma? "Tony…what else do you remember?"

Tony looked at him and could tell Gibbs was not laughing at him but the older man seemed to be real interested in what he had to say. "Boss, I…I remember I was married to Wendy and she killed herself after I died. My son had a really bad life in foster homes. I use to visit him just to be there because he had nobody. You found him and adopted him and was raising him as your own."

Tony stopped talking so he could see what Gibbs reaction was to what he had just said. He expected Gibbs to start laughing but instead Gibbs was just sitting quietly and was thinking. Tony started to feel uncomfortable so he tried to laugh it off. "Do you think Doctor Kate's sister would think it is a father never said I love you situation?"

Gibbs looked at Tony, "No Tony she wouldn't know what to say because I had the same dream while I was in my coma. How do you explain that?"

Both men just sat there and stared at each other for the longest time…

Gibbs House…

A few weeks later, Gibbs was back at work on light duty. Tony was finally released from the hospital. He was going to be staying with Gibbs for a little while until he could move around a little better.

Gibbs decided to have a cookout to celebrate Tony finally getting out of the hospital. He invited the whole gang. It was starting to get dark outside and they were all sitting out on the porch talking. Gibbs and Ducky were talking about old times. Every now and then they would stop and listen to the younger people talking. Gibbs smiled when he heard Tony arguing with McGee and Jimmy about the difference between watching a football game on the big screen and being there to watch it in person. Abby and Ziva were talking about going to a Pilates' class together next week.

It was Abby who spotted it first and yelled, "Look a shooting star. We all need to close our eyes and make a wish."

When Abby opened her eyes she turned and looked at Gibbs, "Gibbs if you could have one wish what would it be?"

Gibbs thought about it for a few minutes and then said, "I don't need a wish because I already have everything I want right here."

Author's Notes…

I hope you did like this story. I know there was a lot of confusion at times. I got the idea of this story from watching "Baltimore" and "Life Before His Eyes". In "Baltimore", I wondered what would have happened to Tony if Gibbs had never met or hired him? In "Life Before His Eyes", it made me wonder what would have happen if Shannon was wrong and they all manage to live. I know Gibbs would have been a great father and husband. I think Kelly would have grown up into a beautiful and very smart woman.

I know there were a lot of you who wanted more Tony and for that I am sorry. I felt because Tony wasn't really dead I couldn't have him always there. I really didn't want you to know what was going on so I decided to introduce his son instead. Little Tony to me was sort of an extension of Tony. I have always loved the Gibbs/father and Tony/son stories and I have always wanted to do one. Anyway I want to thank all the reviewers for taking the time to review and also you're comments. I really appreciated them.