Bethesda Hospital
Isolation Area
It was just a matter who got there first and it happened to be Ducky and Abby. As they entered the isolation area they saw a very upset Tony sitting on the side of the bed, a nurse on one side with a syringe and Gibbs on the other attempting to talk some sense into his agent.
Ducky shook his head, standing outside of the plexiglass, outside of the chaos that was going on inside the glass room " What happened here?" He wondered out loud, taking in the scene before him.
"We had better get in there." Abby nudged her friend and started towards the door, the swoosh sounded and all inside the room turned their heads, except for Tony.
"Tony, I assure you, Moses is locked away and you are safe." Gibbs was reaching his limit arguing with the man.
Ducky immediately knew that something had happened here also, that they had not been immune to the strange things that had occurred over the past two hours.
'I need to speak with you Jethro." Ducky motioned for his friend, needing to fill him in the happenings at NCIS.
"Tell him Ducky, tell him that Moses is no longer locked away. Tell him what he doesn't want to hear, that the man, the demon, has escaped." Tony pleaded with the ME.
As Ducky was about to respond to the sick man he was interrupted by Abby's cell phone ringing, she immediately answered, then handed it to Gibbs. "It's Tim."
Gibbs looked perplexed that Tim was calling him on Abby's phone then he listened, stepping away from Tony, Abby taking his place beside the agitated man.
"Boss, before you say anything I need you to hear me out. Moses is gone. He just disappeared, literally." Tim announced to his boss. "I checked the video cameras, no one entered or exited the room. It's like he just vanished."
"How long ago?" he asked as he continued walking out of Tony's room and into the corridor outside of Tony's isolation area.
"Approximately an hour ago." he replied.
"I need security to the hospital increased, Tony is a sitting duck here. I think something happened in radiology, Tony saw him. I didn't believe him but now I just can't ignore him. Get here as quick as you can McGee." he hung up the phone, watching the two security men as they scanned the area, they had overheard the conversation, the man inside was not hallucinating as earlier thought.
As Gibbs turned to reenter he noticed Ducky had followed him out, "Moses escaped somehow." The expression on his face nothing short of seething anger that a monster could possibly escape their secure holding area.
"That doesn't surprise me Jethro,, Too many things have happened over the past two hours, things that I can't explain." Ducky started wanting Gibbs to know what had occurred.
"Not now Ducky." he felt as though he needed to get back inside with Tony.
" Moses is not the only one who disappeared Jethro, the bodies of Dr Stephen Moore's and Dan Brown are also missing. So is the note from the crime scene in Roanoke." he hesitated long enough for the news to sink in and then continued, "Abby's lab was virtually destroyed, the smell of sulfur was strong in the room afterward. I think we are dealing with something bigger than a crazed psychopath here Jethro, maybe a demon or even Satan himself. I'm not really for sure but I will guarantee you this, Tony is not safe." Ducky was determined in wanting to get his point across that whatever it was that had been working for the past two hours was a greater evil than they first thought.
Gibbs hand went up and rubbed at his forehead, the talk of demons was beyond his comprehension, men were evil enough without bringing in demons and devils. "Ducky, I really don't have time for this." he was about to storm past his friend when Ducky reached out his arm and grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around.
"Then you had better find time Jethro. Too many things point to something I can't explain with my medical expertise, my years of experience or my intellect." his voice had ratchetted up a notch, wanting to get his point across that the evil that had invaded their world, Tony's world, was something bigger than them.
" Find me proof Ducky but until then, I have a sick agent who really doesn't need this stress in his life, breathing should be his only focus and not some crap from Grimm's Fairy tales." Gibbs then walked off leaving a very concerned Ducky outside the doors.
Ducky knew he had to convince them, convince Gibbs,they had to know what he knew. He turned to leave, he knew of a man who could explain what was happening. He hoped that he wouldn't return too late. Ducky exited the area, glancing at his watch as he entered the elevator, time wasn't on their side.
Gibbs reentered the isolation area and walked back into the glass cubicle where Tony still sat on the side of the bed, the nurse had injected his intravenous port with a strong dose of medication to assist in calming her patient. He was getting groggy, almost to the point of losing his balance on the bed but continued to fight sleep, to fight the drugs.
"Tony, you need to lie down before you fall out of the bed." His agent was still resisting their attempts to get him to lie down and rest.
"He called me Elijah, and he told me that I was his." Tony's gravelly voice spoke in a whisper, shaking his head. "Never been a church goer like Abby or you boss, just thought good works would win me favor with God. I guess I was wrong." Tony continued, his slurred words still comprehensible. "Never thought that the devil would want me as his own. That he would want me to do his bidding."
"Tony, this nonsense about demons and devils is about to reach a limit. I need you to lie down and sleep before I get them to give you something even stronger." he had lost patience with the satanic talk, Moses was a man, a mere man who did evil things.
"He's not a man boss, he's a fallen angel, a demon. The one thing he is not boss, is a man." Tony shook his head, he looked as pale and weak as any man he had ever seen sitting up in bed before and he ahd seen soldiers shot and blown up, Tony was looking bad.
Dr Pitt entered the room, he had been called regarding his patient's agitation and he wanted to see for himself how Tony was doing. It didn't take but a few seconds to realize that his patient was not resting and that he was in need of sleep.
"Carol, let's give Tony another two milligrams of Haldol. Intramuscular this time." he rounded the bed and looked at his patient, taking off his stethoscope and listening to his lungs. "Tony, you can't get better if you keep getting stressed."
"Don't want to sleep Brad. Can't." he now was attempting to get off the bed again, but strong arms caught him, the nurse rounded the bed and tugged open his gown, pushing the syringe in his hip quickly, which caused Tony to yelp in pain. "What did you give me?" he yelled, becoming more agitated by the act.
" Tony, I need you to rest." he ordered his patient.
" I can't rest, the devil is too close. He's too close." his voice even more slurred, as he slumped over into the bed, quick hands rearranging the tubes and lines. The side rails were raised and the lights were turned off, even the blue lights, Brad needed his patient to sleep.
Ziva came around and gently stroked Tony's head, Abby was on the other side holding his hand, both whispering calming words.
Gibbs followed Brad outside the glass walls, concerned about set backs for his senior agent. Worried about his state of mind.
"He needs rest Agent Gibbs, I am concerned about his recovery at this point. He should be improving but he isn't. He needs to be without any interference or stress for a while. Maybe it is best for you and your staff to go home for the night."Brad was upset at the turn of his patient, instead of getting better he seemed worse.
"He needs his work family. We're all he has." Gibbs wanted to get his point across also. Without his work family he might not fight at all at getting better.
"I will either ban visitors or limit them, Tony's health is worsening and I don't need anymore complications Mr Gibbs." he turned and left, wanting to get his point across, his patient was his priority.
Gibbs quietly reentered the room, they would have to physically remove him. He was going nowhere.
Wanted to get this chapter out...have to work again. Hope you like. Thank you for all the wonderful reviews ….hopefully I don't disappoint.
