A/N: Here's another chapter folks! To all my recent followers/favourties, welcome aboard this ride! So glad to have you with us! Can't believe I've reach 50 fav's & over 100 followers, blows my mind that so many are loving these stories of mine! I love watching those numbers climb, so keep them coming!
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Lets get into it! But a warning, there will be a death or two in this chapter, this chapter though is the peak of the fight, so it wont be getting worse in terms violence, as I want to keep the T rating. I hope you all like the way I handle it!
Jenn raced towards Gibbs, he was lying flat on the ground, with Lt Dayle right on top of him. She could see that Samuels & Migel were still in a scuffle with Acron, she prayed Gibbs was ok!
Samuels & Migel were right on top of Acron they had to deal with him quickly because they'd seen & heard the shots, but weren't able to help until they dealt with him. Giving each other a nod they both used all their bodily strength & shoved the guy to the ground on his stomach, it enabled them to cuff him.
Samuels got to his LT at the same as time Jenn "Boss" he called concerned as he pulled him off Gibbs & laid him on his back.
Dayle moaned in pain "argghhh"
Samuels looked him over, his eye's widened, he'd been hit "Damn boss!"
Jenn leaned over Gibbs as Dayle was moved off him "Jethro?" she called to him gently.
Gibbs opened his eyes, ow! That hurt!
Jenn saw him open his eyes, she scanned his body looking for any sign of injury, and her eyes settled on his upper shoulder, there was a small amount of blood. She was about to try to stem the bleeding when he moved to sit up "Careful, you've been hit" she remarked.
Gibbs knew he'd been hit, his right shoulder was definitely hurting! But it would have to wait, he had Mac to deal with "It can wait" he said determinedly as he tried to get up.
Jenn reluctantly helped him to his feet "get your bearings" while she wanted him to at least pay some attention to his wound, she knew he wouldn't do it until the threat had been eliminated.
Gibbs took a deep breath "no time" he got out, he had to refocus, because right now he could see 2 NCIS Director's in front of him. "Help him!" he ordered motioning to Dayle, he hated that the guy had been hit as well, obviously in the shoulder region just like him. He took one more deep breath before charging into the street.
Jenn crouched back down as she watched him move away, Samuels was already applying pressure to the wound "how is he?"
"Needs the EMT's" Samuels replied "Hang on boss"
"I'll get someone" Jenn offered.
"Get out of my way!" Mac demanded.
"Not happening" Tony retorted.
Mac just glared "You don't know who you're dealing with you piss ant, I could have you…."
Tony had to interrupt him "Don't care who the fuck you are or what connections you have, You. Are. Not. Getting. Past. Me." he stated determinedly.
Mac flared his nostrils "Try & stop me"
Before Tony could react though he saw Gibbs storm right up to Ma, he grabbed the guy around his neck & threw him down to the ground, not caring one bit about how he landed.
Gibbs threw Mac to the ground, then using his good arm he aimed his weapon right at him & just glared "I am going to stop you"
Mac flashed a look down the street, his men had either fallen or were locked in battle, how could this have come undone so quickly? He had had everything sorted & planned, this wasn't how this was supposed to end! He just narrowed his eyes at Gibbs in disgust.
Tony was watching Gibbs closely, his boss had a definite shoulder injury, the blood while not gushing was slowly dripping down his arm, but he wasn't caring about that, he looked to be hell bent of dealing with Mac & it was something Tony could more than understand.
Gibbs just stared the man down "You're thinking you can still get out of this? You…." He'd have continued but he saw Mac had drawn a weapon, he reacted instantly & fired his own weapon.
Tony had taken a step closer to Gibbs, ready to back him up right when Mac had drawn a weapon, then Gibbs had shot Mac. Then the scene went up to a new level of utter chaos, another shot had rung out & his eyes widened in horror as his boss fell to the ground with an instant thud. He instantly turned in the direction of where the shot came from & saw that one of Mac's men had somehow grabbed a rifle, he instantly fired his weapon back at him.
Fornell & the others were all in a mad scramble with their targets & three were in the process of being taken down, but it was this last guy that was causing them utter grief. As he was dealing with another target he couldn't do anything but watch as he knocked one of the swat officers & grabbed his rifle, he then heard a shot from up the road & looked up to see Gibbs fire a weapon at Mac. There was not a second before the guy fired right at Gibbs & to his horror had gotten Gibbs, sending him right down to the ground, he threw the piece of shit that he'd been cuffing to the ground & opened fire at the man.
Ziva had just come back onto the street & saw Gibbs go to the ground, she reacted on instinct & instantly found who had fired the shot, she opened fire.
Tony was beyond furious but within mere moments the man that had shot at Gibbs went to ground, he turned his attention back to Mac, wanting to make sure the guy had been dealt with, and couldn't believe that despite being hit in the abdomen region he was staggering to his feet, but that didn't last long, a shot range right past his ear straight at the guy & Mac had just fallen back to the ground.
Tony spun in the direction of the store & saw that there was a bullet hole right in the middle of one of the windows, he wasn't sure who'd taken the final shot until he saw a older man almost burst out of the door.
Jack had tensed as Mac had gotten closer, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his son appear. He kept his rifle ready just in case as he watched his son bare down on Mac, but then everything happened so fast, his son had clearly reacted to something he couldn't see & taken a shot a Mac, but then….. then Jethro, his boy had fallen to the ground, he felt instant pain, what had happened to him? But only a moment later he saw the man he knew was ultimately responsible, Mac, was getting to his feet, his fury boiled over & he fired his Winchester.
Having taken care of the threat, Jack hastily lowered his weapon & rushed out of his store, those agents tried to stop him, but he was having none of it, he just forced his way out of the store "Jethro!" he exclaimed trying to reach his son.
Ted had a firm hold of Shannon, he knew she wanted nothing more than to rush out there, namely because he wanted to do it too, but until the all clear was given he wouldn't let her out, he had to keep her safe "He'll be ok Shan, there's plenty of backup out there & the kids are tucked away down in the store's cellar with protection"
Shannon was beside herself, all she could hear was was weapon fire, she was beyond scared for husband, the little comfort she had was that her kids were safe in the store's cellar. She realised that the gunfire had gone quiet, it brought relief, maybe they were finally getting the upper hand, but it didn't last long she suddenly heard a barrage of weapon fire, she tensed again & could tell that Ted had done likewise, but then she heard it.
Ted had tensed, such rapid gunfire was never a good thing, especially as he heard so much, there was clearly something big going on, then the gunfire stopped & he heard what he could only presume was Jack, it was a loud & painful screech, what had happened to Gibbs? He felt Shannon try to pry herself out of his arms "hang on Shan"
"No!" Shannon cried, hearing a voice she remembered to be Jack's screaming her husbands name, couldn't be good! "I have to get to him!"
"Are we clear?" Ted demanded as loudly as he could, he knew she had to get there, but he also knew that he couldn't take her out there if it wasn't safe.
"Clear Lt Taylor!" Migel shouted.
Ted instantly released his grip on Shannon & the pair sprinted out the door.
Tony was down on the ground next to his boss right as Gibbs's dad had screeched, while he couldn't see any major injury to his head there was a gash where'd he clearly hit the pavement & his right shoulder was now a complete mess "Ducky!" he yelled.
Ducky had rushed out on the heels of the senior Gibbs & went to ground on the other side to where he crouched down, he'd never seen his friend in such a state! He instantly got some bandages out, he needed to deal with the gash on his forehead & stem the bleeding from his shoulder where he'd obviously been shot, it didn't look good! He was out cold which just added to his worry.
Shannon rushed out of the door Ted had dragged her through, there were people everywhere, bodies on the ground, people standing over them all, where was her husband?
Ted was right behind Shannon, he scanned the scene & saw a grouping of people standing out in the street, he recognised a couple of the people, he put a hand of Shannon's back "There Shan! Come on"
Shannon instantly took off to where Ted had motioned "Jethro!"
Jenn had just reached the group huddled over Gibbs when she heard the scream & watched as Tony had jumped back out of shock, Shannon had basically thrown herself onto him.
"Jethro!" Shannon screamed as she threw herself onto her husband, she couldn't loose him!
Ted instantly tried to pull her off, he knew that his friend was in obvious need of medical attention, it frightened him but he had to keep himself calm otherwise he'd have no hope of getting her calm "come on Shan, give them room to work, he's going to ok" he said trying to sooth her, he flashed a look at the guy he knew was the Doctor "right?" he asked giving him a glare to say there was only one answer he was allowed to give.
"Yes, he's just unconscious" Ducky replied, he could see the woman was obviously petrified about losing him "he should be fine"
Ted was gripping Shannon around the waist "see, let them work, he's going to be ok" totally ignoring the 'should' word.
Jack was beyond worried about his boy but had to look up & was now staring right at Shannon, she was basically nestled into Ted, my gosh it was her! It brought both love & pain to his heart, he just wondered what exactly they'd all been through. He wanted to try to help Ted try to sooth her but how on earth did he even try to start a conversation with her, especially right now.
Shannon could hear Ted telling her that he'd be ok, but it didn't calm her, she just had to touch him, yanking herself out of Ted's hold she threw herself back onto her husband "Jethro, wake up! Pleeeaassssee!" she cried.
Ted sighed as he watched her cry into his friend's chest, it was breaking his heart. He could see all the other people huddled around were either shocked at what she was doing, or like him, was heart broken at it. He could see that Jack was unsure how to start speaking to her, so he knew that he was the only one that could get her off him & let him get the attention required, he leaned back in "Shan, come on, let them help him, he's a stubborn fool, so you wont be loosing him" he said trying to coax her off him.
Shannon was gripping him for dear life "Damn it Gibbs, wake up!" she vented, she needed him to wake up.
Tony could see that Lt Taylor was struggling to get her off him & he saw that Ducky was trying to work around her, at least the shoulder wound was on his side, so he was somewhat able to stem the bleeding. He was struck by the manner of her actions, she really truly loved him, she was utterly petrified that she'd loose him, it was the same thing he recognised in Gibbs's eyes, the look he had when he saw her on the video surveillance was mirroring hers right now.
Jenn had to admit surprise at both Lt Taylor's words & Shannon's, she just watched as she continued to grip him, she also saw that Fornell & Ziva had just arrived on site.
"He'll wake up Shan, he always keeps his own watch, but he needs help, come on" Ted said again trying to coax her up, but this time he actually reached down & tried pulling her off.
Shannon could feel herself being pulled off him, she had to wake him, she needed to know he'd be ok! No, she needed him to be ok, he had to be ok! "Gunnery Sergeant Gibbs wake up for your wife! NOW Goddamit!" she half cried half screamed.
Fornell had just gotten on sight & he wasn't expecting the sight before him, he'd never known Gibbs to be injured so badly, that he was out cold. Then there was the woman, whom he could only presume was Shannon, she was lying right on top of him, she was obviously scared about loosing him, he'd seen it before & could see Taylor was struggling to get her off him, but what was he wasn't expecting was what came out of her mouth. She had basically screamed an order at him, he was not expecting that, but he almost fell over in shock the next minute.
Gibbs had the worst headache, but he heard what he could only describe as the most soul searing sound he'd ever heard, it literally propelled him into opened his eyes & saw her staring straight back, without saying a word he reached up, ow, his shoulder really hurt, he had to put it back down, but he used his good arm & brought them together "Shan!" he whispered as he brought them together for a kiss. My gosh, he was finally holding her, he had her back! He was finally whole again!
Shannon saw him open his eyes, thank the stars! "Jethro!" she said throwing herself back into him, into a first kiss. This was a dream coming true, its all she'd been thinking about for the last day, and she was finally in his arms, it was the best feeling in the world!
Ted had to smile as the pair embraced, while he could tell the others were shocked at her ordering him & him basically obeying, he had to think it was rather fitting for the pair, it was them to a tee.
Ziva's eyes widened at how Gibbs woke up, what was it with this family? This was basically what Gibbs had done with Kelly on the pier, just strange!
A/N: Well... that was! Yea, will leave that with you. But Go Jack! No-one messes with a Gibbs & get away with it! And Gibbs is ok! Here's hoping the damage to his shoulder isn't too bad! So glad that they've been able to reunite! YAY! How typical though was the manner in which Gibbs woke up? hehe
How are the kids though? And how will their reunion with their parents go?
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