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Chapter Five:-
It was 1:00 in the morning yet Gibbs was still awake...lying in bed as he couldn't sleep
This case is consuming their energy...they're all exhausted...he shifted in his bed
The girls are missing...no clue...Vance and SecNav are losing it...and above all this ...McGee and what happened to him
He rubbed his face tiredly...If only something goes right...If only he gets good news soon...He was lost in his thoughts when his phone started ringing
It seemed very loud in the silence of the night making him flinch
Gibbs checked the caller ID before he answers and it was Bethesda
"Gibbs"
he answered Immediately...His heart started beating so fast...
"no more bad news, please" he thought
He listened to what was said to him, ended the call and jumped out of his bed
"Finally" he said
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Gibbs met with Tony in front of the hospital door
"Is he really...?" Tony couldn't finish his sentence for he was so emotional
Gibbs nodded and said
"Yes, he is, Tony"
They hurried toward the nurses station and the nurse informed the Doctor that Gibbs and Tony are here to see him
"Dr. Newton is waiting for you" She smiled at them
"Agent Gibbs...Agent DiNozzo"
Dr. Newton shook their hands and gave them a smile when they walked into his office and said
"Please, take a seat"
"So?" Gibbs said impatiently after sitting down
"Is he really awake?" Tony said eagrly
"Yes, he's, Agent DiNozzo...a little confused about events and dates but that's to be expected in his case...Anyway we need to run some tests but I thought seeing a familiar face would help him feel better" The Doctor said
"So are you ready to see him?" he added and they both nodded eagrly
The three of them walked down the hall towards his room
Tony felt his heart beating so fast when they stopped in front of the closed door
Dr. Newton open the door and walked into the room
"Are you up for some visitors?" He asked his patient and when his patient nodded, he invited Gibbs and Tony to get in
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Two hours earlier...
The first thing he heard when his consciousness came back to him was a steady beeping
He opened his eyes slowly and scaned the room
His head was hurting like hell...He wanted to lift his hand to touch his head but his arm was so heavy and his body was so stiff...
He tried to take a deep breath to calm this headache down but that's when he became aware of the presence of something in his throat ...it was painful
He tried to lift his hand to find out what it was but one more time his arm felt so heavy
His heart started beating so fast and the beeping of the machines started geting louder...What's going on with him
suddenly some people in white rushed into the room to help him
"Doctor... He's fighting the ventilator" A woman in white, apparently a nurse, said
"Relax, son. We are here to help you...I understand you want this tube out of your thoat...I need you to cough so I can get it out...can you do that?" The Doctor said
He nodded and the doctor smiled kindly
"Then cough now, please" the Doctor said and pulled the tube out when his patient coughed.
"Welcome back, Agent McGee. How do you feel?" the nurse smiled
"W...water, Pl..please" He couldn't hear his own voice
The nurse grabbed the ice chips cup and put a few of them inside his mouth to moisten his dry throat
Tim closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling then gave the nurse a grateful look.
He looked around for a minute... he was disoriented and confused...He's in a hospital apparently. What's he doing in a hospital?!
He kept looking around silently
"Agent McGee"
The Doctor came in his line of sight and used a small flashlight to check his pupils
"Do you know where are you?"
Tim nodded wincing in pain when his head hurt.
"Hos...hospital" he managed to say
"Good...Do you remember what happened?" The Doctor asked one more time
Tim just shook his head slowly...
"It's okay...That's very normal in your case...don't worry memories will come back to you soon" The Doctor gave him an encouraging smile
What's going on?! What happened?! Why is he in a hospital?!
His exhausted mind couldn't find the answer
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Gibbs and Tony walked into Tim's room when his Doctor invited them in
"Hello, Probie" Tony said cheerfully
"How are you doing, Tim?" Gibbs said with a genuine smile
"Heeey..guys"
Tim said with a weak rough voice that sounded very strange to his own ears
Dr. Newton was satisfied when Tim remembered his colleagues, so he walked away and before he gets out of the room he said
"I'll be back soon to check on you, Agent McGee"
Tim was looking very exhausted especially with his plae face and those deep dark circles under his eyes but they didn't care...the most important thing is that he's awake and speaking with them
"What happened?" Tim asked them in confusion
"You don't remember anything at all?" Tony asked him and When Tim shook his head, Tony added
"We were working on a case and..."
"You need to rest now, Tim. Just focus on getting better, son" Gibbs said gently interrupting Tony
"Please, boss...t...tell me...W...what happened? I...hate the feeling...lost?"
Tim said weakly and closed his eyes
Gibbs didn't want to distress the younger man so he said
"We were working on that case...Kayla and Julie went missing...kidnapped by Corporal Daniel Damon"
Memories started flowing back to his head all of a sudden
Missing girls...Damon...Gypsies Carnival ...Him being electrically shocked...hospital...Damaged heart...dying...and Rosa maiara
The memories flowed through his brain in seconds and started breathing so fast and when he rememerd his last conversation he gasped
"Take it easy, Tim" They both jumped out of their seats at the same time and tried to calm him down
"I remember" He said panting
He took a few deep breathes
"So I guess I didn't die then...What happened? did you find the girls?" he asked
Tony patted Tim's shoulder gently and said
"No, you didn't die...Thank God and no, we didn't find the girls. Not yet...we've been doing our best but..."
"What do you mean you didn't find them yet...did you find Gabriela?"
"Gabriella?!" Gibbs narrowed his eyes
"Yes, I told you about her before I ...you know" Tim said in confusion
"Listen, Probie, calm down...take a deep breath. We're not following...Who's Gabriella and when did you tell us about her?" Tony asked gently
Tim looked at them in confusion as if he's looking at two crazy fellows and didn't answer
"What's the last thing you remember?" Gibbs asked him kindly, holding his hand encouragingly
"Me... dying in the hospital because of a heart failure!...we've been looking for the girls but we didn't find them...someone...a woman...an old woman actually told me that Gabriella ...Her grand daughter Gabriela knows where the girls are and I told you, right before I ...How come I'm not dead?"
"Dying?!...a heart failure?! " Tony was so confused
"Tim...son...I don't know how to break the news for you but nothing like that happened" Gibbs said calmly
"What do you mean didn't happen...What happened then? " Tim grabbed his pounding head and for the first time he felt a bandage on his head
"What's that? My head is hurt?" He asked
"Yes, Tim...you hit your head pretty hard when you fell on the stairs and ...I thought we lost you when..." Tony's voice choked with tears and he couldn't finish what he wanted to say. He really thought he lost his best friend and the closest thing to a little brother...
"Tell me what happened" Tim urged them to speak
"Tim, son...you have been in a coma for almost two weeks now" Gibbs said
"A...coma" Tim said in shock
"What I told you, now, never happened?!" He said in disbelief
"No, Tim...it didn't" Tony said and added
"As far as I know coma patients don't dream, Gibbs...how did that happen?"
"I don't know, Tony...don't ask me...not a Doctor" Gibbs shook his head and shrugged
One more time Tim grabbed his head in confusion
"Then I'm having a hard time telling what's real and what's not" he rubbed his face tiredly and said
"Did we chase Damon on the road?"
"Yes we did, Tim" Tony answered calmly
"Did he go to a gypsies carnival and we followed him?"
"Yes"
"Did he kill himself?"
"Yes"
"And...was I electrically shocked?"
"Yes"
"I was taken to the hospital and the Doctor told you that I have a heart damage because of the electrical shock?" Tim started panting
"No, Tim...that never happened" Tony answered calmy one more time
"What happened then?" Tim said in confusion
"I will tell you everything, Probie...I was there" Tony's voice trembled as he started reliving the terrible memory "
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