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Chapter 3
Gibbs paced impatiently outside the doors to the ER room that Abby had been whisked into, she had briefly regained consciousness in the ambulance ride to the hospital but she had soon fallen back into blessed sleep and the cessation of pain it bought to her. Gibbs had phonedKate,who in turn called in the othersand they had gone straight over to Abby's apartment building to cordon off the area as a crime scene and to find out what they could.
Gibbs turned to see Ducky hurrying down the corridor towards him
"How is young Abigail?" he asked Gibbs, his face screwed up in concern, Gibbs shook his head
"They won't let me in with her" Gibbs retorted back, his voice full of anguish and equal measure anger. Ducky placed his hand on Gibbs arm
"You said she regained consciousness in the ambulance, that is a good sign Jethro but I will go and try to find out how our Abigail is doing" he said turning away after a brief pat on Gibbs arm. Gibbs continued with his pacing, his eyes never leaving the door that Abby had been whisked through.
A short while later Ducky returned to find Gibbs still pacing
"Come and sit down Jethro" Ducky told him as he handed him the styrofoam cup of coffee that he carried. Gibbs hesitated before doing as Ducky said, gratefully sipping at the bitter brew.
"Abigail will be fine; she has a couple of broken ribs, some major bruising, minor cuts and a concussion. She won't be playing that awful racket she calls music too loudly for a few days, but she will be fine" he informed a relieved Gibbs
"Was she…" Gibbs swallowed unable to complete the thought let alone say it
Ducky shook his head
"No, there is no evidence to support that she was raped" he said calmly, "but whoever did this meant to hurt her badly, and sadly for our young Abigail he succeeded" he added angrily.
At that moment the door to Abby's room opened and the doctor stepped out, both Gibbs and Ducky stood and intercepted the woman.
"Can I go in?" Gibbs demanded
"Is Abigail alright?" Ducky asked at the same time, the doctor smiled at them and motioned for them to both step away from the door, as a nurse came out carrying a tray of blood samples
"Miss Sciuto is going to be just fine, but she needs some rest, so if you promise to sit quietly I will let you go in to see your daughter for five minutes" she told Gibbs with a smile and a flick of her blonde hair. Gibbs nodded and walked past her not noticing the look in the doctor's eyes, and ignoring the fact that she thought Abby was his daughter, all he wanted was to see for himself that Abby was ok.
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Tony, Kate and McGee had all arrived at Abby's apartment building within moments of each other. And had got to work quickly, this was one of their own and nothing would be missed.
They had very little to go on as to what had happened at the moment, except that Gibbs had said he had found Abby by the bushes, so that was where they started
"I think that she got out of her car, and was jumped from behind" Kate said surveying the area, there was astreet lightto the front of Abby's car, which would have highlighted anyone approaching her, which would have given her time to take action
"Unless she knew him" Tony added from his position by the bushes
"No he came from behind, got her in a neck lock and threatened her in some way" she looked down at the damp grass, then knelt to get a better view "these look likefrsh drag marks, as though something was being dragged" she said as she pointed to some marks in the grass beside the path.
Tony and McGee both crossed over to look at what Kate was pointing at, careful to stay on the path
"Yeah you're right for once Kateie" Tony said, drawring out her namein away he knew she hated, Kate refused to reply just glared at him instead.
McGee walked away down the road slightly; "There are skid marks here" he told the other two, pointing to an area behind Abby's car
"Yeah Gibbs properly made them" Tony said "you know he thinks he races in the Indy 500" Kate crossed over and looked at them,
"No these were made by a car leaving, look at the angle and curve of them, these were caused by someone accelerating away, not braking fast" she said reaching for her camera and snapping pictures from every angle, making sure she took a close up so that Abby… she stopped her train of thought, Abby wouldn't be working the case, Abby was the victim she thought sadly, struggling to keep the tears back. Tony noticed the strain on Kate's face and his first reaction was to try to comfort her, but he realised that that would make her uncomfortable so instead he decided to make her angry at him
"Well I bet Abby wont want to sleep in a coffin now, seeing as she nearly went in one for real" he joked, hating what he had said but not seeing any other way to get Kate back on track. Both Kate and McGee spun round and stared at him in shock. Kate recovered first
"You really are disgusting DiNozzo" she stormed at him "Abby is our friend and your joking that she nearly got killed!" she railed, her tears forgotten in her anger. Tony looked at her solemnly for a moment
"Better that than scream and cry Kate" he said quietly and turned away to check around the bushes
Kate watched him leave and sighed, would she ever figure him out she wondered?
Suddenly Tony bent down and reached under the bushes
"Get me a bag McGee" he called out
"Kate, get your camera, I have founda gun here" He told them both, pointing to the middle of the bush and waiting for Kate to photograph it before he carefully picked it up with a pen, so as not to smudge any possible fingerprints.
