sorry it's been so long - I've been on holiday with no access to a computer. Hope this makes up for it.
Thank you to my beta Rinne for all the hard work!
"Special Agents Gibbs." Gibbs held up his badge to show at the front desk. "I'm here to see Miss Hiskett." The guard examined the badge before pointing down a corridor. "Thank you." Gibbs nodded at the guard and walked off. He passed several doors until he came to a door with Hiskett on the door. He knocked and waited for an answer. The door swung open moments later and the spindly woman greeted him with a slight smile.
"Agent Gibbs, what can I do for you?" She opened the door further to let Gibbs into the room.
"I need to talk to Tony Gordon, some new evidence has come up and he needs to be questioned."
"I'm afraid that's going to be impossible, at least for another couple of hours."
Gibbs furrowed his eyebrows. "And why is that?" he asked as calmly as he could.
"There was a little bit of an incident here yesterday, he had to be restrained and sedated."
"What?"
"Yes, I have the report right here." Hiskett picked up a folder from the desk and opened it. "Tony got into a fight with another patient. The nurses had to restrain him from doing any damage to himself or others. Nurse Windsor thought it best to sedate him." She passed the file to Gibbs who re-read what she had just told him.
"Take me to him."
"Agent Gibbs, it's just not-"
"Take me to him," Gibbs ordered more forcefully. He needed to see that his agent was all right.
Hiskett hesitated for a minute before conceding. "Very well, this way."
She led him out of the office, up the stairs and towards the secure ward. At the door, she swiped her pass card and entered in a five digit code and the door opened with a loud beep. She closed the door behind them, then led him up another corridor to the last door on the right.
"He's in here."
She swiped her card again and the door opened. Gibbs did everything he could to hide how shocked he was at Tony's treatment. Although it looked like Tony was waking up, he was far from lucid. He struggled in vain against the restraints, having hardly any energy to do any real damage. He could see red marks on Tony's skin where the restraints had scratched him. Tony's head lolled from side to side in a futile attempt to get free.
"I'm not supposed to be here," Tony mumbled, barely coherent.
"Get him out of these restraints," Gibbs ordered. He wasn't going to stand here and watch Tony struggle like that when he could do something about it.
"Special Agent Gibbs, you said yourself, he's a dangerous criminal."
"No he's not, he's one of my agents undercover now untie him!" he shouted.
"What's going on in here?" Nurse Windsor appeared at the door.
"This man is a federal agent undercover, Nurse Windsor," Miss Hiskett explained, still trying to process the information herself. "He needs to be untied."
Nurse Windsor was equally shocked but, after a moment, stepped up to the bed and untied the restraints at each ankle, then both wrists and finally his neck. Tony calmed instantly when there was nothing holding him down. Nurse Windsor left quietly. Gibbs grabbed the plain wooden chair from beside the door and dragged it towards the bed. He sat down, waiting for the onslaught of questions that would come from Miss Hiskett.
"May I ask what one of your agents was doing undercover in my hospital without my knowledge?" she asked calmly.
"Research," Gibbs replied.
"Has there been some sort of complaint against us? Because I can assure you all our staff are specially trained and we are one of the best sanatoriums in the state."
"We're here for Kevin Wickson, Miss Hiskett, no-one else."
"What do you want with him?"
"He killed Lucy West."
"I'm well aware, Agent Gibbs."
"We're trying to find the body."
"The body? After all this time, surely you don't think you'll find it?"
"We have to try. Special Agent DiNozzo was here to get the location out of him, try being the operative word. Once he's fully lucid I want him back on the ward, he will be treated like any other patient and he will be given time away from the ward to report back to me."
"I don't think you are in any position to make demands, Agent Gibbs."
Gibbs glared at the woman. He stood up. "I make a couple of calls and I can have this place shut down in less than an hour. You do as I ask and you can keep this place running." He held out his hand. "Do we have a deal?" After a moment Miss Hiskett, placed her hand inside Gibbs and they shook.
"Now, I'm going to stay here for a bit, do you have a problem with that?"
"No."
"Good, leave us."
Miss Hiskett, defeated easily by Gibbs, left the room. Gibbs sat back down and waited for Tony to slowly wake.