March 15th 2010

Norfolk, Virginia

On a sidewalk near one of Angelica Flores' hang out's

0200 Hours

Angelica drops to the ground dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. "Detective Estéves Norfolk PD." Estéves calls out from the darkness and approaches Tony with her partner McReynalds.

McReynalds goes down on the ground and checks over Angelica's pulse. "She's dead!" McReynalds sighs in disappointment.

Tony is with Gibbs checking over Gibbs' gunshot wound and is worried about the amount of blood that he's losing. "We need an ambulance." He urgently says.

"I was a EMT, before I became a cop." Estéves says and goes down on the ground and begins to examine Gibbs' wound.

"What was he thinking?" McReynalds snaps.

Tony holds his mentor in his arms as Estéves is cutting away Gibbs' jeans with her knife. "He wanted the case solved." Tony frowns.

McReynalds gets up. "We need an ambulance at this location." McReynalds shouts into his radio.

"Tony!" Gibbs calls out in a weak tone of voice.

Tony takes in his boss' facial expression. "I'll call her." Tony softly says. Gibbs lapses into unconsciousness.

"The artery got hit." Estéves says and takes off her belt and tightens it around Gibbs' thigh above his gunshot wound. "Who did he want you to call?" Estéves curiously asks.

Tony flips open his cell phone. "His wife." "Complicating matters since I'm Gibbs' Senior Field Agent." "I have to take orders from her now." Tony answers and pushes in the speed dial number for Jenny's cell phone.

Jenny's House

Master Bedroom

Jenny awakens to the sound of her Blackberry ringing. She curses out her MTAC Technicians, reaches over, and turns on the light on the nightstand. She reaches for her Blackberry. "Shepard!" Jenny groans.

"Director, I'm sorry." Tony says with regret.

Jenny glances over on to Gibbs' empty side of the bed. "What happened?" She urgently asks.

"We're in Norfolk there was a lead on Angelica Flores." "Gibbs was about to arrest her and she shot him in the thigh." "It's near the artery." Tony frowns with worry.

"Portsmouth is nearby I want him there." Jenny instructs him.

"Yes ma'am." "I'll have Ziva pick you up, since I know you need to get a shower to wake up." Tony answers smoothly.

"I'm wide awake now DiNozzo." Jenny sadly answers and glances over at the time on her alarm clock. "I should be there with in an hour and a half." "I'll take a chopper out to the Norfolk Naval Base." Jenny dryly answers and hangs up and gets out of bed.

Ziva's Apartment

Ziva is sleeping in bed when her cell phone begins to ring. Cursing out in Hebrew she reaches for her phone on the nightstand. "Tony if this is you I'm going to-"

Tony quickly interrupts her. "Ziva, Gibbs got shot." Tony sadly informs her.

Ziva bolts up in bed. "Where?" She urgently asks him.

"Norfolk I need you and McGee down here ASAP." "You need to pick up the Director, she's having a helicopter flown out to Norfolk." Tony roughly says.

"I should be at her house in ten minutes." Ziva yawns.

"See you in an hour and a half." Tony answers and hangs up, then pushes in the speed dial number for McGee's cell phone.

McGee's Apartment

McGee is at his writer's desk glaring down at his typewriter. "This case isn't helping my writers block." He groans in protest. McGee's cell phone begins to ring. "McGee!" He answers.

"Gear up, Gibbs has been shot in Norfolk." Tony orders him.

"I should be there in a few hours." McGee says with concern.

"Wrong the Director is taking a helicopter out to Norfolk within the next half hour." "Ziva is picking her up now." "See you in an hour and a half." Tony answers bluntly and hangs up.

"Done your calls." McReynalds grunts at him.

"One more, our Medical Examiner." Tony bitterly answers and pushes in the speed dial number for Ducky's cell phone.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

0400 Hours

Trauma Center

Jenny rushes in, spots a familiar face, and approaches the nurses' station. "Well, well so we meet again Director Shepard." "Little late to call Secretary of State Clinton." Nurse Washington teases her.

"I don't need to speak to the Secretary of State this time." Jenny answers sharply.

Washington pats Jenny on the hand. "You're husband is in surgery." "I'll buzz you in and you can wait in the waiting room." Washington smiles at her.

"Thank you!" Jenny answers softly. Washington presses in the button and buzzes Jenny in. Jenny rushes over towards the door and runs down the hallway.

At the scene

Tony, Ziva, and McGee are standing next to the body. "Ducky and Palmer should be here in another hour." Ziva comments dryly.

"Shouldn't somebody be with Jenny?" McGee asks with concern.

"We have a crime scene to process and Abby has to stay behind to see if this is the same gun that Flores used on Skinner." Tony answers roughly.

"How was Gibbs?" McGee frowns.

"He lost a lot of blood, bullet hit the artery." Tony grimly answers.

McReynalds and Estéves walk over. "Soon as Gibbs wakes up I want to question him." McReynalds orders Tony. Tony shakes his head and begins to laugh at McReynalds. "Is there a problem?" McReynalds barks at Tony.

"You'll have to get past Director Shepard first." Tony snickers.

"I can handle her." McReynalds grins.

"Not a chance!" "She's four months pregnant with twins, not to mention she's a red head with a temper." Tony laughs.

"Tony you left one small minor detail out." Ziva smirks.

"What's that?" Tony shrugs.

"She's also his wife?" Ziva chuckles.

An hour later

Ducky arrives with Palmer. "Morning!" Ducky nods over at Tony.

"Good morning Ducky." Tony yawns.

"How's Jethro?" Ducky anxiously asks.

"Still in surgery, the Director hasn't called yet." Tony frowns with worry.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Jenny is sitting in the waiting room talking to Abby on her Blackberry. "He hasn't come out of surgery yet." Jenny answers softly.

NCIS Headquarters

Squad Room

Abby gets up from McGee's desk. "I'm heading down to my lab now, call me soon as you hear anything." Abby frowns.

"I will!" Jenny reassures her and hangs up. Her attention is drawn up at the clock. Gibbs has been in surgery for several hours.

0600 Hours

Gibbs surgeon Doctor Peter Valor walks inside the waiting room. "Director Shepard!" He calls out to her. Jenny gets up from her chair as Valor approaches her. "Your husband made it through surgery." "He lost a lot of blood, I had to do several blood transfusions on him."

"Can I see him?" Jenny anxiously asks him.

"He's in recovery." "I have Agent Gibbs heavily sedated, he'll be asleep for most of the day." Valor answers sharply.

Gibbs' Room

Jenny walks in and approaches her husband's bed. She picks up his left hand and clutches on to it. Todd Gelfand walks in. "You need anything Jenny." Todd softly asks.

"What I want, I can't have." Jenny sighs.

"Forgot about your caffeine addiction." Todd laughs.

"It's Jethro's fault." Jenny smiles and leans over and tenderly kisses her husband on the mouth.

"Difference between now and 2006, you can kiss him now." Todd nods over at her.

"I wanted to, before I went back to my office." Jenny frowns and sits down in a chair beside Gibbs' bed.

"If you need anything, call me." Todd smiles over at her.

"I will!" Jenny answers, her full attention is on her husband lying in bed in front of her.

At the crime scene

Ten Minutes Later

Tony is on his cell phone with Jenny. "Thank god!" Tony sighs with relief. "We'll be on our way over after the crime scene is processed." Tony glares over at McReynalds as he's talking on his cell phone. "All of us!" Tony grumbles.

"What do you mean all of us?" Jenny asks and gets up from her chair beside Gibbs' bed and begins to glance out the window.

"Detective McReynalds wants to question Gibbs." Tony answers sharply.

"The hell he is." Jenny snaps.

"That's what I told him, he wouldn't take no for an answer." Tony bitterly answers.

"I'll handle him." Jenny smirks.

Tony deliberately walks over to gurney as Ducky and Palmer are strapping Flores on the gurney. "Remember what Ducky said about getting your blood pressure up." Tony innocently says to her.

"He isn't here Tony." Jenny snaps.

"He's standing next to me." Tony grins.

Ducky grabs a hold of Tony's cell phone. "Do you want me to go over there personally to baby sit you Director?" Ducky scolds her.

"Don't you have a body to examine?" Jenny sarcastically asks him.

"Mr. Palmer is perfectly capable Director." Ducky muses.

Jenny pissed off at Tony for setting her up for Ducky to chew her out on the phone. "I'm going to have Cynthia put Detective McReynalds Captain on a three way phone call, with me, and I'll straighten him out." "Nobody is talking to my husband today." Jenny angrily answers and hangs up.

Ducky hands Tony his cell phone back. "Lord help their children with both of their tempers." Ducky grumbles and then glares over at McReynalds for getting Jenny worked up.

Half an hour later

McReynalds walks over to Tony. "I just got off the phone with my Captain." "I'm not suppose to question Agent Gibbs for another twenty four hours." McReynalds snaps.

"Must have gotten an earful from the Director." Ziva laughs.

"She wasn't too thrilled on the phone." Ducky sighs.

"Ducky the autopsy can wait until tonight." "I'll head back with Palmer." Tony nods at him.

Ducky sighs with relief. "I really wanted to keep an eye on Jenny for Jethro." "Stress isn't good for her or the twins." Ducky bitterly answers and once again, glares at McReynalds.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

0800 Hours

Inside the waiting room, Ducky is checking Jenny's blood pressure. "Is this necessary Doctor?" Jenny hisses in protest.

"Yes Director!" Ducky chastises her and notes that her blood pressure is up. "Do I need to remind you that you need to relax?" Ducky lectures her.

"My husband just got shot and you want me to relax." Jenny snaps in disbelief.

"The stress isn't good for you or the twins." Ducky warns her. Jenny gets up from the couch and moves away from him. "There was a time when you were a Probationary Status Agent, when a certain Supervisory Senior Field Agent would send you to the breaking point and you would come to me in Autopsy." Ducky smiles at her.

"I'm not that Probationary Status Agent anymore." Jenny frowns at him.

"But your still Jenny." "And at this moment you're not the Director, your Jethro's wife." Ducky reminds her. Jenny walks over to Ducky, sits down on the couch, buries her face up against his right shoulder, and bursts into tears. Ducky holds Jenny in his arms as she openly sobs up against his shoulder.

In the doorway, Ziva and McGee are standing and watching. Ziva pulls McGee by the arm so that Ducky and Jenny can have some privacy. "I've never seen the Director cry like that before." McGee frowns.

"That wasn't the Director McGee." "That was Jenny." "It should bring down her stress level now." Ziva smiles.

"Why is it that Ducky has a way with both Gibbs and the Director?" McGee says with envy.

"Because he knows them both." Ziva softly answers.

Gibbs' Room

1100 Hours

Jenny is sitting at her husband's bedside holding on to his hand. Detective Estéves is standing in the doorway watching. Jenny glances up, spots Estéves' badge, gets up from her chair, and walks over to Estéves. "Which part of no questioning of my husband don't you understand?" Jenny angrily snaps at her.

"I only came down here to see if you needed anything Director." "I'm Detective Ceira Estéves." Estéves reassures her. Jenny sighs with relief. "Your husband was lucky a few inches more to the right and he would of bled to death." "I was an EMT before I became a cop."

"You worked on my husband before the EMT's arrived?" Jenny says with surprise.

"Yes, I controlled the bleeding until the EMT's arrived."

"I don't know how to thank you." Jenny smiles.

"Your husband pulled through that's what counts." Estéves softy answers. Jenny returns to her chair and takes a hold of Gibbs' left hand. "You were the last thing on his mind, before he slipped into unconsciousness." Estéves smiles at her.

"Still don't understand why he didn't wait, for back up." Jenny curiously answers.

"Agent DiNozzo said he didn't want to wait." "That he wanted to end the case." Estéves answers dryly.

"So he gets sloppy to close a case, stupid." Jenny answers in disbelief and begins to rub his fore arm. "He never accepted sloppiness when Gibbs trained me as a Probationary Status Agent." Jenny chastises her husband.

"I didn't know he trained you." Estéves sheepishly answers.

"I was his partner for three years." "We mostly did classified Black Op's over in Europe." Jenny smiles.

"And along the way the two of you became more than just partners." Estéves nods down at her.

"Yes!" Jenny softly answers and brings her husband's hand to her mouth and tenderly kisses his hand.

1600 Hours

Gibbs feeling the lull of consciousness begins to stir around on the bed. "He's starting to come around." Ducky notes.

"I'll go get the nurse." Ziva smiles and rushes out of the room.

Jenny gets up and leans over the bed clutching on to Gibbs' hand. "Jethro!" She calls out to him.

Ducky gets up from his chair and approaches the other side of the bed. "Keep talking to him Jenny." Ducky smiles.

Jenny touches his face. "Leroy Jethro Gibbs get your ass out of bed." She chastises him.

Gibbs opens his eyes to find Jenny and Ducky watching over him. "The question is?" "Is he Special Agent Gibbs or Marine Staff Sergeant Gunny Gibbs?" Ducky chuckles.

"Special Agent Duck!" Gibbs weakly answers.

"Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again, you scared the crap out of me." Jenny angrily screams at him.

"I wasn't expecting the Director." Gibbs snorts.

"That wasn't the Director, Jethro, that was your wife." Jenny tearfully answers and leans down and passionately kisses him on the mouth.

Ziva walks in with Nurse Winters. "Doctor Valor is on his way over." Winters informs them.

Gibbs breaks away from Jenny's kiss. "When do I get out of here?" He anxiously asks.

"That's up to the Doctor, Agent Gibbs." Winters sheepishly answers.

Gibbs brushes the tears out of Jenny's face. Noting that Gibbs and Jenny need to be alone for a minute, Ducky approaches the nurse. "Nurse can we give them a minute alone before the Doctor comes in?" Ducky asks.

"I don't see anything wrong with that." Winters smiles and walks out of the room with Ziva and Ducky following behind them.

Gibbs pulls Jenny up against his chest and holds her close. Jenny bursts into tears and openly sobs up against his right shoulder. Gibbs rubs her back. "Jen, I'm alright!" He gently says and pulls Jenny's face up and tenderly kisses her on the mouth. Jenny wraps her arms around his neck and deepens his kiss.

Out in the waiting room, Ducky is on his cell phone with Abby. "Abigail he just woke up." Ducky smiles.

NCIS Headquarters

Abby's Lab

Abby sighs with relief. "Is the Director with him?" Abby curiously asks.

"Yes, we're giving them a minute alone before the Doctor comes in to look at him." Ducky answers softly.

Squad Room

Tony is on his desk phone with Ziva. "Did he ask for coffee?" Tony laughs.

"Not yet, all he wants is his wife at the moment." Ziva smiles.

Gibbs' Room

Half an hour later

Doctor Valor is finished his examination. Jenny and Ducky walk into the room and approach the bed. "You should be released by the end of the week." Valor smoothly says to Gibbs.

"End of the week." Gibbs groans in protest.

"Jethro!" Jenny chastises him.

"And when the stitches come out, some rehab on your leg at Bethesda." Valor nods down at him.

"How long will I be out?" Gibbs roughly asks.

"Three weeks and restricted to desk duty for two."

"What?" Gibbs barks.

"Jethro it's for your own good." Ducky mutters.

"My own good." "Are you out of your mind Duck?" Gibbs growls.

"And you will be on desk duty when you get back." "You pull a stunt like you did the last time when you were restricted to desk duty, I'll keelhaul your ass." Jenny warns him.

Doctor Valor bursts out laughing and leaves the room. "Not funny Jen." Gibbs frowns and begins to sulk.

"I don't see any humor in this Jethro." "If you would of waited for Detectives McReynalds and Estéves to arrive for back up and help out with the arrest on Angelica Flores." "You wouldn't be lying in this bed." Jenny snaps at him.

"I didn't want her to get away." "I wanted the case to be over and done with." Gibbs sighs.

"So in your rush to end the case, you got sloppy." Jenny bitterly answers, and then glares down at her husband. "You didn't accept sloppiness from your team of agents, nothing good comes from it."

"Throwing stuff back in my face again, when you were a Junior Agent." Gibbs growls.

"I have that luxury now, I'm your boss." Jenny smirks at him and sits down in a chair next to his bed. Ziva and McGee are standing in the doorway listening in and they begin to laugh.

Gibbs glares over at Ziva and McGee. "I see the two of you are enjoying this." He snarls at them.

"A lot boss." McGee chuckles.

"I'm in desperate need of coffee." Gibbs mutters in protest.

"Not until tomorrow." Jenny answers softly. Gibbs rolls his eyes at her. "Don't start with me Jethro, I've been going on caffeine withdrawal for the past four months." Jenny hisses.

1800 Hours

Gibbs is in bed sleeping. Jenny is standing near the window on her Blackberry with Jack. "It's not necessary for you to come all this way." "He'll be out by the end of the week." Jenny reassures him.

Stillwater, Pennsylvania

Jack's Living Room

"Leroy took care of me when I was in the hospital." "I'm taking care of my son." "I'm not taking no for an answer." Jack answers sharply.

"I'll have Cynthia see if she can get a flight out from Harrisburg to Norfolk." "Earliest should be by tomorrow, Jack." Jenny softly says.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Jack smiles.

"Bye Jack!" Jenny smiles and hangs up.

"Jack coming over tomorrow." Ducky sheepishly asks from his chair next to Gibbs' bed.

"He's not taking no for an answer this time." Jenny laughs.

2000 Hours

Gibbs is sitting up in bed squeezing on to Jenny's hand, she has a Doctor's appointment with her OB|GYN tomorrow and he doesn't want her to miss out on it. "Jen I don't want you missing your Doctor's appointment, besides, McGee has court tomorrow." Gibbs frowns.

"Jethro I'm not leaving you." Jenny defiantly answers.

"You're getting on a helicopter back to Washington." Gibbs orders her, pulls Jenny up on the bed, and rubs her belly. "I don't want you skipping out on your examination."

"Jethro is right Jenny." Ducky softly says.

"After my Doctor's appointment, I'm heading back up here." Jenny snaps.

"Dad should be here in the morning." Gibbs smiles.

"And I'll be staying the night here." Ziva grins at him.

Gibbs glares up at Ziva. Jenny gets off of the bed and folds her arms down at her husband. "You can glare at her all you want Jethro, but if I order Ziva to stay there isn't anything you can do about it." Jenny smirks at him, then leans over, and tenderly kisses him on the mouth. "I love you." She smiles and steps away from the bed and retrieves her coat and pocketbook.

"I'll call in the morning Jethro." Ducky smiles and gets up from his chair and grabs his coat.

McGee waves over at Gibbs. "See you at the end of the week boss." McGee smiles and walks out of the room.

"And Norfolk PD can't question you unless I'm present in the room." Jenny reminds him and walks off for the doorway. Jenny turns and glances over at her husband.

"Anything should happen, I'll call you." Ziva reassures her.

Jenny emotionally drags herself out of the room and rushes off for the elevator. "Duck!" Gibbs nods over at him. Ducky walks out of the room and goes after Jenny.

"She didn't want to leave, Gibbs." Ziva frowns.

"I don't want her missing out on her Doctor's appointment." Gibbs answers roughly then begins to look around the nightstand next to his bed. "My cell phone around." Gibbs shrugs, Ziva walks over to the nightstand and opens up the drawer and hands Gibbs his cell phone.

Washington, DC

NCIS Headquarters

Abby's Lab

Tony and Abby are standing at her workstation. "He'll be out by the end of the week and his Dad is coming down from Stillwater." Tony smiles.

"I'm still going to see him tomorrow." "My work should be caught up by mid day." Abby smiles.

Tony's cell phone begins to ring. "DiNozzo!" He answers.

"Director is headed back to Washington, make sure that Melvin and Hector are waiting at the helipad." Gibbs sharply asks.

"Director is coming home." Tony curiously answers.

"She has a Doctor's appointment tomorrow, plus McGee has to testify." Gibbs answers roughly.

"Right forgot about that." "Ziva coming back." Tony shrugs.

Gibbs glares over at Ziva as she watches over him from her chair next to the window. "No the Director ordered her to stay with me." Gibbs growls over at her. Ziva smirks over at him and waves at him. Tony shakes his head and begins to laugh. "Find this funny DiNozzo." Gibbs barks.

"Yeah boss!" Tony snickers.

"That's Gibbs let me talk to him." Abby smiles and grabs Tony's cell phone. "Gibbs, you had me frightened with worry." Abby pouts.

"I'm fine Abs, I'll be home by Friday." Gibbs reassures her.

"I heard your Dad is coming down." Abby smiles.

"Yes tomorrow morning, he has a flight out to Norfolk." Gibbs answers smoothly.

"I'm visiting tomorrow." Abby grins.

"Abby special favor." Gibbs smiles.

"Name it you Silver Haired Fox." Abby winks.

"Sit with Jenny during her Doctor's appointment tomorrow."

"Gibbs that's so sweet, I'll be happy to." Abby squeals with excitement.

Gibbs glances over at the doorway and finds his nurse glaring at him. "I have to go now the nurse is staring daggers at me." Gibbs groans.

"I'll see you tomorrow, I'll hitch a ride with the Director." Abby smiles.

"Night Abs!" Gibbs smiles.

"Night Gibbs!" Abby answers and hangs up and gives Tony his cell phone back.

"What's so sweet?" Tony sheepishly asks.

"Gibbs wants me to go with the Director when she has her Doctor's appointment." "'I'll get to hear the Gibblets." Abby says in awe.

"He didn't ask me." Tony frowns.

"Um I don't think the Director wants you to see parts of her." Abby giggles and continues with her work.