The beginnings of a new life

Chapter 77th

And in the meantime Riccio and Virginia were getting ready behind the field for where they thought Gibbs and Madeline along with Taft were located. While Riccio was with Auriel at his apartment complex.

He was hoping to receive word later with the good news that Gibbs and the DOD agent was dead along with Taft. He was paying them a great deal of money to have the job done in the first place.

Gibbs had set up onto the cold ground with his rifle and scope with checking through it with checking out the warehouse and what type of activity was going on leaving the work to Jose Alverse knowing his job well.

Madeline was some 2000 feet away in order to get a better view as well staying separate. It was dark out as she and Gibbs are able to use the special goggles to see in the dark with seeing their targets. One thing for sure it was bad for Gibbs knees especially with the right one ever since it was shot out from under him from Luke Harris a number of years ago.

Riccio asked Virginia on whether or not she was ready to try and have Madeline to check out the noise of gun fire. "Ready Riccio."
She stated to him with grabbing her rifle to fire three times before Riccio moved in.

Meanwhile Madeline heard the noise sounding like gun fire and needing to check it out. She called Gibbs over his cell phone letting him...

"Hey! Be careful Madeline. We don't even know what exactly is going on." he commented with Madeline moving off away from him when Riccio moved in closer to see his target as well with wearing the same type of goggles to see in the dark.

Taking a moment to wait until Madeline moved further away...He fired at Gibbs to miss him by a wide margin. As Gibbs fired back at a possible target missing the person not knowing it was...

Gibbs had gotten up when all of a sudden his right knee buckled under him to have him slip slightly before being hit by a bullet into the right shoulder to have him crying out in pain and Madeline hearing it to turn back to their position.

Gibbs had fallen to his knees trying to use his arm to stop the flow of blood. When he's hit again but this time in the upper left leg of his thigh very painful dropping to the ground completely with Riccio moving in for the kill like a prey.

Madeline had caught up the time with seeing Riccio getting ready to fire again at Gibbs already down on the ground. She fires three times to hit the back of his head exploding his brains and the blood splatter. Turning she saw Virginia this time with her rifle getting ready to fire when Madeline fired with a quicker response to hit her four times in the front of the head, chest and stomach while dropping to the ground with her rifle flying...

She ran quickly to Gibbs position and right away she torn her shirt underneath her black jacket to stop the flow of blood with the shoulder and and thigh. Most important with Gibbs semi awake grabbed her arm with his bloodied hand to say the following..."Please tell Loreile that I am sorry and that I love her and Shane." He passes out completely with Madeline calling Taft to get here quickly with Gibbs having been shot twice.

"What the hell happened?" he screams over the phone.

"Get your ass here now before it's too late! I will need to call 911 to have them send a helicopter right away." she cried out with tears falling down her cheek.

She had gotten in contact with 911 explaining the situation to them and with contacting the local hospital that an NCIS agent has been shot.

911 DISPATCHER -"Ma'am we are sending the helicopter right now and they will be at your position in ten minutes. Is there a doctor with you?"
she asked over the phone.

"Yes, we do. Heart specialist Doctor Cyril Taft of the Bethesda hospital in Virginia is with us and Gibbs primary care physician with us on the operation before the firing happened."

911 DISPATCHER-"I will advised the hospital to have the operating room on standby. Good luck the helicopter is on it's way now."

"Thanks." Madeline said with Taft arriving with seeing the scene and cursing under his breath..."The helicopter will be here in ten minutes Doc." she commented with the next task was calling McGee with the news and advising Loreile.

"Don't you think it's best to have a woman call Loreile instead of McGee?" Doc said with his response.

"You're right I will call him afterwards. She brought up the number to Loreile's cell...

Loreile was sitting downstairs in the kitchen with Shane and Nathan upstairs with Alicia the DOD agent as part of the protection team.

Since she wasn't able to sleep with a cup of tea. She had placed her cell phone onto the table when all of a sudden the phone started to vibrate on the wooden table that Gibbs had made a few years back.

When all of a sudden the phone began to vibrate on the table as Loreile was able to see that it was Madeline calling with her heart now in her throat. OMG! She said to herself expecting the worse with the call.

"Madeline what's going on with the call at this late hour?" she asked with a tone that was scary even for herself..

"Loreile I am sorry to say that Jethro has been shot twice earlier with being hit in the right shoulder and his upper left thigh leg. Doctor Taft is currently attending to him while we wait for the helicopter to arrive to take us to the Harrisburg medical center hospital." she responded with the information.

"Who shot him Madeline? I need to know." she stated with anger for the most part.

"Riccio. However I was able to take him out as with Virginia converging on me at the time Riccio was moving in the kill. No way was I going to let the both of them alive with blowing out their brains without checking and leaving their bodies in the field."

"Good for you, Madeline. I am going to catch the next flight if possible and hopefully have McGee to pick me up at the airport. Does he and his team know? I will be coming alone with Alicia to watch both Shane and Nathan since she is the DOD protection like yourself."

"I will call McGee when I am done talking to you with the helicopter on the way. By the way just before Jethro passed out he had a message for you."

"What did he say Madeline?" she was holding her breath...

"He said that he was sorry for everything and that he loves you, Shane and Nathan so very much."

"Thank you. I will let you go now. While I call the airport and begin to pack quickly." she stated with turning to face Alicia telling her that she will help with packing while she will be calling the airport...