Chapter 8 is up!!! Well, this is a twist to the last cliff-hanger, a big twist you probably didn't expect, well maybe you did, so let me know what you think, please! ENJOY!!!

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"No, Gibbs, no!" Abby screamed and Gibbs' body convulsed and flopped on the bed. Doctors and nurses rushed to get him breathing normally again as a nurse pulled her back. She stumbled out into the hallway, trying to stop the tears from flowing as she stumbled into Tony's room.

"Tony…" Abby whispered as she somehow walks into his room. He immediately opens his arms for her, and she throws her arms around his neck, saying,

"Gibbs, he flat lined, they're trying to save him, I'm so scared, Tony!" Tony pulled her close, saying,

"Don't worry, Abbs, he's a fighter, he'll make it through."

"But, but what if he wants to live with Shannon and Kelly now? What then?"

"I don't know, Abbs." Tony said honestly, and Abby started crying softly.

"I can't lose him, Tony, I just can't!" Abby said quietly, and Tony stroked her hair, saying,

"Me too, Abbs. You and me both."

Just then, a nurse came in and says, "Agent DiNozzo, you need to walk around a bit. To build back your lungs up. Doctor's orders."

"Thank you, Nurse Emily." Tony said, smiling at the young nurse. Nurse Emily blushed and then walked out. Abby hit Tony on the arm and he said,

"Ow!" He held his arm, saying, "What was that for?"

"For hitting on a woman when you already have a girlfriend. I'm sure Ziva already discussed that with you."

"Oh yeah." Tony muttered, vividly remembering when Ziva threatened him with castration if he ever flirted with another girl since they had begun dating.

Abby smiled and held out her arm, saying, "Well, you gotta walk, so walk with me!" Tony nodded, surprised at Abby's change in emotions, but then this was Abby, and Tony could see the hurt in her eyes, which meant she was using her feistiness and peppiness to cover up the fact that she was really worried.

Tony took her arm and they slowly made their way outside, where the sun was actually shining. Abby scowled at the sun, as it seemed to mock her, saying that everything was right with the world, wait, except the fact that the love of your life is fighting for his life in a hospital room and may not make it.

"You okay, Abbs?" Tony asked, reaching Abby through her thinking fog.

"I will be." Abby sighed, and then leaned her head on Tony's shoulder. Just then, her cell phone rang and she jumped up to answer it, walking a few feet away from Tony.

"Hello?"

"If you want revenge for your friends almost-deaths, come to the abandoned fishery on 2nd and Applewood. Tell anyone, and your only chance to avenge them is gone. Not to mention I might try it again. And maybe I'll succeed."

"There isn't a chance in hell I'll miss that," Abby hissed, and added, "What time?"

"Today, 4 o'clock sharp. Be there, or gamble with your friends lives." The voice said, and hung up. Abby stared at the phone weirdly, thinking that the voice sounded familiar, but then again she just could be imaging things.

"Hey Tony, I'll walk you back to your room, see McGee and Ziva, check on Gibbs and then I gotta go back to my apartment for a few things to keep me busy while I stay at the hospital." Abby called as she walked back over to Tony.

"Okie dokie." Tony said with a smile, and Abby rolled her eyes, saying,

"There should be a note in your file to never give you pain killers. Makes you all loopy." Tony shrugged and took Abby's arm as she helped him back to his room. When he was lying down in his room, Abby went out into the hall and debated on whether to just leave or go see the others.

She checked her watch and saw that she had about 3 hours left, so she had time. Abby walked by Gibbs' room, but the only information she got was that Gibbs had to go back into surgery to clear his blocked airways. This information only made Abby more depressed as she went to McGee's room.

"Hey Abby." McGee said with a slight smile, and Abby hurriedly hugged him, saying,

"Oh my God, McGee, I'm so glad you're okay!"

"Me too, Abbs." McGee said, mumbling into her shoulder that was covering his mouth. Abby backed off and worry came back on her face and said,

"Gibbs' heart flat lined about an hour ago." McGee nodded with a sad look coming over his face and said,

"Yeah. The nurse told me."

"He's going to be okay, right McGee?"

"That I can't tell you, Abby." McGee said with a sigh and Abby started knocking her hands together like she always does when she's nervous.

"I gotta go," Abby said quickly, and before McGee could blink Abby was out the door. He blinked a few times, and then decided that that was just what Abby did.

Abby walked by Ziva's room, and Ziva called, "Abby!"

"Yeah?" She said, popping her head into the room. Ziva beckoned her closer and Abby edged into the room, obviously fighting between wanting to leave and wanting to hear what Ziva had to stay. Wanting to hear what Ziva had to stay won, and she plopped down in the chair next to Ziva.

"I just heard from the nurse, Gibbs is still unconscious but breathing with a tube. When he wakes up, the doctor's will be able to find out the damage that not being able to breathe has done." Ziva said to Abby, and all thoughts of leaving vanished from her mind, for the time being.

"Oh thank God." Abby muttered, and rubbed her temples. Then, she remembered the 'no idea what kind of damage had been done' part and jerked her head back up and said, "oh my God."

"What?"

"What if he lost his memory? Again?" Abby said, a little desperately.

"I'm, not sure," Ziva said, hesitating as she didn't want to think of that possibility either. Abby took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, not wanting to admit the possibility, even though she already did. Abby took another deep breath and stood up, saying,

"I'm going back to my apartment. Going to get an overnight bag and then I'll be back."

"All right. Make sure the FBI…" Ziva started to say, and Abby rolled her eyes, saying,

"Yeah, yeah, Ziva, make sure they're stalking me. I get it."

"They are protecting you, not stalking you." Ziva said with a grin, and Abby blew out a breath with a slight smile, replying,

"That's what they all say." She smiled and left Ziva laughing as she walked out and pulled out her cell, checking the time. She only had an hour to get to the warehouse, and that should be enough time, since first she had to go to her apartment and ditch the FBI goons tailing her.

Then she's go and end this for good. Whoever this guy was, he better be scared of Abigail Sciuto. No one, and that means NO ONE messes with her team.

Abby looked in her rearview mirror and saw the FBI car following her. Of course it was an unmarked car, but Abby could spot an unmarked police car a mile away. She went to her apartment and saw the car stop. She had given the detail strict instructions to never come into her apartment building or follow her into the building.

They stayed in the car, something Abby had been hoping for. She moved around her apartment, setting up to shake off the detail. She put her lights on a timer, so they would go off in a few hours. She stuck her cell phone in her waistband so whoever the person was, they might not know she was carrying her cell.

Then she took a gulp of Caf-Pow and went over to her window, carefully climbing out. She took cautious steps downward and eventually reached the ground. She took her note out of her pocket and taped it to the building, letting whoever followed her route know that she was okay.

Abby walked towards her car and then took out her remote control that she had installed to track back to her lights. She flickered them a few times, and saw the two FBI goons go up to her apartment. She hurried to her car, started it but left the headlights off, and then drove off as quickly and as quietly as she could.

Once she got on the highway, she realized that the warehouse she was headed to was the same one that Gibbs went to rescue Kelly's best friend. She was surprised, and realized that it had to be an ulterior motive. Then she remembered that Tony had been there too, so it had to be someone connected to either Gibbs or Tony. Or both.

But she would soon find out. As she kept driving, the FBI detail was frantically phoning Fornell.

"Fornell." Tobias' voice said sleepily, and Agent Mulroney said,

"Fornell, we've got a problem."

"With Miss Sciuto?"

"Yeah. She's, uh, gone."

"What do you mean she's gone?" Fornell demanded, fully awake now.

"Her lights flickered, we went up there and she climbed out her window and took her car and disappeared." Mulroney said sheepishly, and Fornell swore quietly, saying,

"Dammit! Gibbs is gonna kill me!"

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End of another chapter! Only two more chapters to go after this one, and I hope you liked this chapter! So, what do you think Gibbs will do to Fornell for 'losing' his Abby? I'm going to enjoy writing that! ;) Thanks so much for reading, and let me know who you think the guy is! Adios for now!!!