Off The Hook
Chapter 9
"Boss, can you hear me it's Tim? We are here to visit you, and so are Phineas safe and sound. " Tim will reply standing on the side of his bed as with his wife Jack. While Phineas, Bishop, and Nick will be next.
Jethro Gibbs continued to hear the voice to bring him back to reality and those brown eyes of Tim for which he knows so well. It was his voice that was soothing for when they were together in Paraguay for the two months being tortured. More so for Gibbs finding him in extreme pain with his legs, head, and stomach from the constant beatings with the whips.
He opened his eyes at first unable to see a thing at first until he wiped his hand over them. He focused on the voice until he finally saw the sweet man with the beard. He slightly moved his head to see his precious beautiful wife holding his hand with such gentleness. "Jack I missed you a great deal during the ordeal I was facing." His throat was extremely dry and needed some water that was placed on the side of the tray with the grey pitcher. "Water please!" He asked with a croaking voice.
"Here you go Jethro cold water. Try to dry it slow since you did wake up from surgery." She stated the fact with a single tear falling down from her face. "Doctor Taft and his team will be here in a while to check your shoulder and leg out."
"How is Phineas taking all this in Tim?" He changed his position to try and sit up slightly asking him to use the remote on the bed to bring his head further to see.
"Phineas is taking it as all considered well. He was more concerned when it came to you getting shot. He wanted to see you first before eating, and I think we have better go to let him in as with Nick and Bishop finding Phineas inside the construction site." Jack responded by bending down to kiss her husband on his dry lips before moving to leave making him feel slighted for some reason and she was hiding something that he wasn't able to pinpoint at all.
Moments later the three musketeers walked in with Phineas excited to see his friend.
Jethro Gibbs, I am so happy to see you again. I hope you're going to be alright with your injuries. I know it's not easy to be in pain all of the time." He moved in to place his head on his stomach without causing him any further pain.
Bishop had tears falling down her face with Nick turning with emotion to move the tears away with his delicate hand and Bishop to falling into his embrace in front of Gibbs and thinking of rule 12th.
Bishop blushed slightly with breaking away from the emotions she was feeling and looking at Gibbs for anything that will tell her that it was fine.
"I wouldn't worry about it, Eleanor. When I get out of the hospital, I am going to be burning rule 12, four and forever remembering that I burnt up rule ten." Gibbs says softly with slight pain with his left leg and again with his right knee after having replacement years ago. He was just plainly getting further older...
Nick and Bishop wound up smiling with Gibbs telling them that he was going to burn up rule 12th soon. "Jethro Gibbs, do you know when you're getting out of here? The reason I asked is the fact my Aunt Mickey and Uncle George will be here tonight at NCIS to pick me up. Special Agent McGee will be taking me back."
"We can still stay in contact Phineas once I am out of here whenever Doctor Cyril Taft lets me leave and finally home to my couch."
"Gibbs, I don't think Jack is going to let you sleep on the couch with your shoulder and leg along with your knee acting up again?" Torres needed to say to get a slight chuckle out of him and everyone else.
"Wanna bet Nick?" He smirked slightly with placing the bet.
"Sure Boss!" It's only once in a while that he would call him Boss unlike another agent named Timothy McGee.