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DON'T OWN HOUSE OR NCIS. DARN IT.
Gibbs finally had enough of the staring.
"Do something!" He barked.
"Jethro…" Jenny said, placing a calming hand on his shoulder.
"Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy!" Abby yelled, clomping around in her black boots.
"Calm down, Abbs, he'll be fine." Gibbs said.
"We're going to take him up to the patient room." Chase declared. He and Thirteen each took a side on Palmer's bed, when Gibbs grabbed Chase's hand.
"Who is she?" He asked.
"Uh… Why?" Chase asked, not sure how to answer. Even he didn't know Thirteen's name.
"Purely precautionary, Dr. Chase. He works for a federal agency." Jenny explained.
"Of course. Thirteen, I think you're gonna have to tell them." Chase said, then turned to Thirteen.
"Dr. Hadley." Thirteen said quickly, then started moving the bed, signaling to Chase that they were now going to get Palmer into his room.
"We need an agent with him at all times." Jenny said.
"He's mine." Gibbs grumbled to his boss, outraged that she was calling the shots.
"No, you have your agents, and I have the non-agents. And I'm your boss, which makes you mine." Jenny explained, smirking ever so slightly.
"Dinozzo, go with them." Gibbs barked.
"On it, Boss." Dinozzo said, racing to catch up with the doctors.
"Jethro, if I could go with them…" Ducky said.
"Yeah, go ahead, Duck." Gibbs nodded. Ducky quickly took off to go with them, barely making it onto the elevator in time.
"So, you're name's Hadley." Chase smirked.
"That's my last name, yes." Thirteen replied.
"What's your first name?" He asked.
"There's a snowball's chance in of you knowing that." Thirteen said.
"You don't know each other's names?" Tony asked.
"Nobody knows her name." Chase answered.
"Why?"
"What're you going to do, arrest me?" Thirteen shot as she shoved past Dinozzo to get the other side of the bed as they rolled Palmer out. He let the doctors go ahead a few feet, chuckling to himself.
"You definitely have a way with the ladies." Ziva sneaked up behind them, causing Tony to jump.
"Ah! What have I told you about sneaking up on me?" Tony asked, gratefully accepting the coffee she held out.
"Not to do it. But when do I ever listen to you?" Ziva replied.
"Never, that's the problem." Tony huffed. "Did Gibbs send you up here?"
"Yes, to deliver you a coffee." Ziva answered.
"We might wanna go and catch up with them." Tony suggested. The trio walked down the hall, trailing 50 or so feet behind Chase and Thirteen.
"What do you think Jimmy has?" Ziva asked.
"Definitely not the plague." Tony responded.
"Let's not relive that, shall we?" Ducky asked.
"Agreed." Tony said.
"Could it be a stroke?" Ziva questioned.
"I already ruled that out, my dear. If only it were that easy. Dr. House is the best diagnostician in the world, and has the best working for him. They'll figure it out." Ducky said, patting Ziva reassuringly.
XX
"Jethro, I told you, I'm calling the shots!" Jenny yelled. McGee was just standing there, desperately trying to not get caught in the crosshairs of his superiors.
"I know him better!" Gibbs countered. House just sat next to McGee, twirling his cane, smirking at the show before him.
"Like heck you do!" Jenny yelled, then took a deep breath. "I'm your boss, so you listen to me. If you don't, I will have you removed. Got it?
"I need coffee." Gibbs grumbled. Jenny hid a small smirk. That was the closest thing she'd get to Gibbs giving in.
"I want you to meet someone." House smirked. This is going to be good, he thought.