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Ziva had her hand over her mouth in shock tears falling down her face; mossad had not trained her for this. Gibbs closed his eyes pulling ziva into a tight hug. Tony was breathing heavy killing those assholes over and over in his head. Gibbs nodded to the surgeon to continue.

"McGee will need to stay here for a couple of weeks so to make sure he heals probably and has no complications. No major organs were hit, but we-umm-we had to rearrange his big intestines back in since it was-"tony stopped him knowing it will do no good hearing that. Ziva pulled out of Gibbs hold and ran to the trash bins throwing up. Gibbs was shaking it was getting harder to hold back his anger for the one that did this and fear for his youngest kid. "Sorry, but whoever did this was aiming to gut him and leave him for dead." the entire waiting room froze at the sound a bang looking over they spotted agent Gibbs sitting on the floor, back against the wall his head in his hands. A chair was thrown across the room making a hole in the wall. Ziva sat next to him her head on his shoulder both agents silently letting the tears fall.

Tony gulped. "Will he be okay? I mean after the wounds heal?"

"He will need a large amount of time to gather his full straight, but after that he should be fine. It will also be a while before he can eat solid food, but all that will be explained to you after you are ready to talk. I will send a nurse to get you three when he's in his room."

Tony nodded thanks as he turned to his team mates. "Boss we need to call the others." Tony whispered.

Gibbs nodded. "yeah." His eyes trailed back to the surgery door. "Can you handle that tony?

Tony nodded pulling his phone out. First was first he called ducky then Abby, which earned him a scream and some yelling before palmer took the phone away from her. Tony then called Tim's family surprisingly Admiral McGee had confirm he would be there shortly. Having finished the calls tony walked back into the waiting room, Gibbs had not moved from his spot, ziva sat next to him with her head on his shoulders whispering into his ear. Not wanting to disturb the couple he took a seat on the chair next to them, he was startled when a hand fell on his arm glancing down he gave a sad smile to ziva.

It took the rest of the team less than an hour to arrive. Abby made a run towards Gibbs, but was intercepted by tony. "He needs some time abs." tony whispered hold the crying girl in his arms. Looking up he saw ducky, palmer and director Vance.

Palmer studied Gibbs and ziva; it had to be bad for that kind of reaction. "Tony what happen?"

Tony glanced at him for a moment. "Tim-tim was picked up last night in the middle of the road."

"What do you mean picked up? What happen to him?" Leon demanded, Leon knew what many said of him not caring about his agent, but they were dead wrong. Like Gibbs he just never let it show.

"Some-someone." He cleared his throat. "Someone tired g-I can't-I can't." Tony buried his face in Abby's hair as he fought to hold back his tears.

Leon frowned sharing one look with ducky he walked over to Gibbs, kneeling before him. Ziva gave him a warning look to not upset him even more as she stood up and walked to the others. Looking back at Gibbs he flinched the man had a vacant haunted look in his blue eyes. "Gibbs what happen to McGee?"

Gibbs looked at him fear in his eyes. "They tried to kill him Leon. They tried to kill my son."

Leon didn't react at his choice of words; it wasn't the first time Gibbs had called Tim 'son'. "How Gibbs?"

"I-they cut him, they tried to gut him." as Gibbs said the words reality started to sink in. someone tried to kill his boy! He needed to find the sons of bitches that did this! "They cut him open and left him for dead on the middle of the road!" Leon stood up taking a few steps back as Gibbs jumped to his feet and pulled out his phone. "I want agents at hardwood road an agent was found injured last night; gather all you can find and send it back to NCIS only." Leon was about to protest, but one look from Gibbs kept his mouth shut. "Dinozzo!"

"Yeah boss?" tony handed Abby over to ducky.

"I want you to find out who McGee was meeting with last night." Gibbs ordered.

"On it boos." Tony gathered his stuff knowing ziva was going to go with him he waited.

"Ziver?"

Ziva turned to him with a look of determination. "Yeah jet?"

"Go with tony." He didn't want her to leave, but they needed to find them. "I'll join you once I know Tim is stable and alright."

Leaning up ziva gave him a quick kiss. "No rush, Tim will need you. I'll see you two later." Grabbing her coat she followed tony.

Leon took a seat next to him. "Gibbs you know you can't wo-"

"Don't!" Gibbs yelled. "I don't care what the rules say! My boy was just cut open, dumped on the street like trash and is now fighting for his life! I will not stop until I find out who did this and is begging for their life!" Gibbs was not having none of this, he will find them and he will make them pay. "Leon please, just this one time I am asking you to look the other way."

The director sighed. "You have three days agent Gibbs, after that another team will take over."

Gibbs clenched his jaw. "Fine."

The sounds of an alarm sounded thru out the hallways of the hospital, nurses and doctors running all to one destination. They took no notice until the surgeons that attended Tim ran pass them.

"Whoa, whoa what is going on?!" Gibbs exclaimed reaching for the doctor only to be intercepted by a nurse.

"Sir, you need to wait out here."

"What is going on? Is my son alright?" Gibbs was scared for the first time in many years he can honestly say he was scared.

"I don't know, I will let you know soon."

Gibbs watched as she rushed pass the door, taking a step he paused as the doors shut in his face. Placing a palm on the door he dropped his head. "Come on McGee, you need to hang in there."

Tony and ziva walked into the bullpen both still in shock. Ziva dropped into her chair, he mind still unable to grasp what just happened. This was McGee for crying out loud! Who would want to hurt him, he's nothing but a sweet loving man. It just didn't make any sense.

"Ziva?" tony called his tone void of all cocky and joking.

"Yeah tony?"

"Come, we-uh-we have to head to the crime scene."

Ziva flinched, giving him a nod both agents grabbed their gear and headed for the scene. Once they arrived tony grabbed the camera while ziva went for the bags, it felt wrong not having Gibbs barking out orders and Tim bagging the evidence. Tony walked with confidence, but his steps falter at the amount of blood pooled on the ground. Luckily for them the man that had found Tim was smart enough to lay a blue car cover over the spot he found their team mate, saving most from the rain. Swallowing hard he photographed the scene following the trail across the road and down a muddy slope. Even though all was wet, he could still see remains of Tim's blood. Ziva walked up behind him letting out a small gasp. Right there in the smack middle of the slope the spot McGee was dumped at, the grass was plastered down to the ground, but it wasn't green or yellow no…it was a light crimson color. Tony glanced behind him giving her a forced smile.

"Come on lets finish this quickly."

"Please…I can't stand being here." ziva whispered, neither spoke not thru the scene or on the drive back to NCIS. Walking inside they spotted Abby, ducky and palmer in the bullpen they instally thought the worst.

"Did something happen? Is Tim alright?" ziva exclaimed franticly rushing towards them she fought hard to hold back all emotion, but god help her it was becoming impossible. Tony was hot on her heels fear evident in his eyes.

Ducky raised a hand onto her shoulder. "Breath my dear, timothy had to go back into surgery. Jethro told us to come help; he will call us as soon as he knows something." Ziva solemnly nodded.

"Is Gibbs alone?" tony asked, now was not the time for any of them to be alone especially Gibbs.

"No, director Vance is with him." palmer said.

"Alright then, Abby all that was found at the crime scene has been sent to your lab…in fact it should be there now." Tony said, with Gibbs gone for the moment, tony took the reins. Abby nodded rushing for her lab. "Ducky, jimmy we have no body for you, but for the moment there are some things from the scene that could use your set of eyes." both males nodded as they turned to leave, he then turned to ziva. "Gibbs want use to find out who McGee was meeting with last night."

Ziva nodded. "Then let's find them." with a small smirk they began their search, being completely honest they were uncomfortable searching thru his stuff.

Gibbs sat in the waiting room staring at nothing, his leg bouncing up and down from the nerves. Leon watched him, the last time he saw him so worried, so distort was when Dinozzo had disappeared. Yet there was something more to all this.

"Gibbs he's going to be fine, McGee is strong. You taught him well." Leon reassured, he had to admit he sucked at this.

Gibbs chuckled. "Sometimes I believe he was the one teaching me."

Scooting closer he spoke. "How so?"

"He taught me to enjoy life again, to live and to be the man I was before Sharron and Kelly." Gibbs leaned back, his head against the wall. "You know Tim was the one to make me ask ziva out."

"McGee?"

Gibbs smirked. "Yeah, his exact words being 'a man as amazing as you deserves a second chance at love, I want to see you happy dad, truly happy'. That was the first time he ever called me that, Tim then threaten to head slap me if I didn't make a move on her." both men chuckled slightly. "It's true I see tony and Abby like my kids, but Tim is my boy. I love them all and have no favorites, but-"

"He the one that has that special spot." Leon finished.

"Yes, something about him just brings out that fatherly side of me. Just last week he asked me to teach him how to play baseball, said his father never taught him. We spent the entire weekend playing and let me tell you he's quit the hitter."

Leon smiled. "How is ziva with all this?" he wanted to keep the man talking, anything to keep him occupied from the reality if just for a few moments.

"She's amazing; ziva was very anti-social when she first came to us. Tim was the one to knock down that wall she hid behind. He always said ziva held a motherly sense to her. He actually talked to her about having kids." Gibbs smiled. "That was one awkward conversation." Taking a deep breath his smile faded and his eyes showed sadness once more. "For the past week he's been having nightmares."

"Nightmares? Of what?" Leon asked, what could possibly cause McGee to have them?

"I don't know they are random some are about him those he sleeps thru, but then there are those about us. Two nights ago he woke up screaming with tears falling down his face. He was pale and sweaty, his entire body shaking in fear. Ziva and I ran in…Leon I have never seen him so scared." Gibbs swallowed trying to clear his dry throat. "He latched onto me crying, begging for forgiveness. The moment I asked him why he started hyperventilating, it wasn't until I was able to calm him down that he spoke telling me that he couldn't save us…from what I don't know."

"Gibbs it was just a dream."

"I know, I know, but still the look on his face…it took both ziva and I two hours convincing him it was nothing, but a dream and getting him to fall asleep with the promise we wouldn't leave." Taking a sip of his coffee he sighed. "Watching him sleep was…relaxing, he looked peaceful not a worry in the world." Gibbs snapped his eyes to Leon. "What could he possibly have done to earn this?"

"I don't know Jethro, but we will find them." his voice held nothing, but promise and determination.

Before Gibbs could respond, doctor McKean walked out making his way towards the two agents.

"How is he?" Gibbs asked jumping from his chair.

"He's stable. McGee had internal bleeding due to the largest of the three cuts, but we were able to detect it and stop it just in time. During the surgery we lost him…twice, but he's a fighter and got thru It." doctor smiled at the look of relief appear on the oldest of both men 'father probably'. "He is settled in his room if you would like to see him?" Gibbs nodded not trusting his voice at the moment.

"You go; I'll call the team and give them the update." Leon said heading back into the waiting room.

Gibbs followed the doctor down the hallway, stopping in front of room 213. "He is sedated right now and probably won't wake up until tomorrow night or next morning." Gibbs took a deep breath giving the doc a nod he walked in. Gibbs took in a sharp breath grabbing the air that was knocked out of him from the sight before him. There in the bed laid his youngest, Tim's torso and abdomen was wrapped up in bandages patched of blood was seen. His face was bruised up, with a cut lip, black eye and some cuts around his face. Wires attached to him monitoring his pressure, heart, brain, etc. slowly he walked to the side of the bed taking Tim's cold hand into his. "Hey Timmy, its Gibbs." He brushed Tim's slightly long hair back he knew how much Tim enjoyed that claimed it soothed him down enough to sleep. "You really need a haircut son." Gibbs leaned down kissing him on the forehead closing his eyes forbidding the tears to fall. "I need you to wake up Tim; you have ziva a nerve wreck, tony and Abby keep calling and texting, hell even Leon is here. Tim I need you to come back, back to your family. I need you." looking at his bruised face he gritted his teeth. "I swear to you we will find whoever did this and they will pay for it, but I really need to hear your voice right now." Getting no response Gibbs sighs taking a seat next to the bed his hand never once letting go.