As darkness fell over the east coast of America, Gibbs was starting to panic as he hadn't heard anything from any of the other agents and for some unknown reason his cell phone had decided to stop working. It was one of the reasons why he never trusted technology.
"Agent Gibbs??" The doctor who had been with Jenny, the last time he had seen her, called out to him.
"Here," Gibbs answered, throwing the phone in the nearest bin as he made his way towards the doctor.
"Hello my name is Dr Charlotte Beaumont; I've been working on your director."
"How is she?"
"She has a number of broken bones and a concussion, but given the fact that she just had a building fall on her a few hours ago, I would say she is doing surprisingly well."
"Thank God. Can I see her?" Gibbs was already on his way to the room before the doctor could reply.
"Before I can let you see her I need to ask you a few questions. Since Ms Sheppard has been living under an assumed name for the past year we need to check that her medical history is real." She pulled out a stack of forms.
He really wished that he had allowed one of his team to come so that they could deal with this. "Fine what do you need to know?"
"First of all does Miss Sheppard have any family who can make medical decisions should they arise?"
"Both her parents are dead and she has no other family, but I have been listed as next of kin in her files in DC."
"And next, are you aware of any medication that Ms Sheppard is allergic to?"
"No but if you contact NCIS in DC, they will be able to tell you everything." Gibbs stared at her, "look can I see her now?"
"Sure," Dr Beaumont pointed to the room she had just left. "She's in there."
It was 30 minutes before Gibbs saw Dr Beaumont again, but this time she was followed by another woman who she introduced as the hospital social worker Alison Humphrey.
"Why does Jenny need a social worker?" asked Gibbs. He was confused as to why this woman was here.
"It was brought to my attention that Ms Sheppard has two children." Ms Humphrey explained.
Moving closer to the two women, he asked. "What's that got to do with you?"
"Well as Ms Sheppard has no known family, I am here to take the children into care until Ms Sheppard is well enough to take care of them again."
"Like hell you are!!!" Gibbs shouted.
"With all due respect Agent Gibbs you have no saw in this matter," Dr Beaumont was really starting to dislike the agent.
"I have more of a say then either of you, seeing as I'm their father."
Ms Humphrey stared him down. "Do you have any proof of this?" She too was beginning to dislike him.
"I'll get you a DNA test done."
"Fine. In the meantime, I would like to speak with the twins. I need to make sure they are being cared for." The social worker demanded.
A smirk appeared on Gibbs' face. "That won't be very easy as they are no longer in town."
"Where are they then? You have no legal right to take those children anywhere."
"Actually I do. They have been taken into protective custody until we have can get the people who did that to their mother." He pointed to where Jenny was laying.
Before anyone else could speak there was a loud bang that seemed to ripple though the whole hospital.
On the other side of town, Tony and the others were dealing with their own set of problems. These included hiding in an unused building away from the snipers that had started firing at them while Tony was talking with Ziva. They had not stopped since.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Morgan kept down, trying to keep out of the sniper's line of sight.
"I might be able to help with that!" A voice was heard behind them, startling them all. They, at once, all turned and aimed their weapons at her, all that is but Tony. He stood and walked towards, carefully keeping himself hidden until they were safely behind a large blockade.
"Gee do they teach you how to do that as babies or something?"
"Yes and we will teach your kids how to do it as well." The woman laughed.
The others watched on in shock. Mcgee recovered first. "Tony do you know this woman?"
"Yes she's Mossad," Despite the explanation, it did not stop the looks that he was getting from the others in the room.
"How do you know that? You weren't in Israel with Abby and the others."
"Actually we met 3 years ago when Ziva first joined NCIS."
This shocked McGee who tried to remember her. "Wait was she the one that gave Ari the fake id?" He looked from Tony to the Mossad officer, angrily.
"I wasn't the only one there you know." Dana didn't take kindly to the way McGee was talking.
Tony walked up to her and stood toe to toe. "Don't even think about saying anything about Ziva" He tried his hardest not to let any fear show, (she was a Mossad officer after all).
Before a full blown out fight could start, Hotch stood in between them. "Now is really not the time for this. People we all care about are out there somewhere and if we don't get to them first, those bastards will very likely kill them all." The BAU members had never seen him so passionate about anything before.
"Fine." Was the only reply that he got, but he didn't dwell any more on it. Instead he started to tell them all, Mossad officers included, what they were going to do next.
"First of all we need to get out of here!" He turned to Dana, asking. "How did you manage to get in here without the snipers taking pot shots at you?"
"There is an underground passage that leads right out of their target area." Dana could not understand why her Cousin, who was one of the best Officers that Mossad had ever produced, wanted to give it all up to live in America a life she considered to be dull, staying at home all the time taking care of a husband and children.
"Great then as soon as we get out of here and find the rest of our team we will need them to secure the hospital." Hotch started, but was interrupted by Dana.
"You can do what ever you like, but my officers have been sent here to help get Jenny to safety and that is what we are going to do."
"Yes but we need more people on our side if we have any chance of protecting the hospital." He was not going to stand back and let this woman take over, even if she was a trained assassin.
"Who cares about a hospital?" She really had no idea why they were so worried about a hospital when they should be trying to get Jenny as far away from this town as possible.
Tony really wished the mission was over. "Jenny was taken there about 2 hours ago" All he wanted was to be home safe and to hold Ziva and the twins again.
Dana swore she ran from the room. The others followed.
"What happened?" Tony asked. When he got no reply, he grabbed her arm to force her to stop and answer him. "What happened?"
"A bomb went off at the local hospital about 10 minutes ago. Half of the building was destroyed."