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Control

Chapter 7 – Waiting

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Gibbs was the one who found her.

Tony had rung Gibbs after his and Ziva's fight. Tony told him what had happened and that he was going for a drive and might not be back by tomorrow. Gibbs thought Tony was being stupid and selfish but he kept these thoughts to himself; Tony did not need to become even angrier than he already was.

He went to Ziva's house, maybe an hour after Tony had called him; he had been a bit too drunk to drive there straight away. Gibbs knocked on her front door for at least 5 minutes. After the first minute he started to get worried. He knew she was home as there were still lights on. He couldn't figure out why she wouldn't answer. All he could think of what that she thought it was Tony.

After 5 minutes Gibbs knew something wasn't right. Even an angry Ziva couldn't put up with someone knocking on her door for 5 minutes straight. He picked the lock and walked in. The last room he checked was the bathroom.

God, I hope she was just in the shower, he thought, his panic rising. He pushed the door open and the red water was the first thing that caught his eye. There was no time to think; he pulled her out of the bath and placed her on the floor as he called 911. He wrapped both her wrists in towels and applied pressure, trying to stop the bleeding. But there was too much blood, way too much blood! From the redness of the water he could tell she had been bleeding out for only a couple of minutes but the blood was flowing thick and fast. He had been answering 911's questions but he had grown impatient.

"She's dying!" Gibbs screamed into the phone. Dying. Ignoring the person on the other end on the phone attempts at calming him, he realised that what he said was true. Ziva was dying.

Gibbs heard the ambulance screech to a stop outside Ziva's house. The paramedics ran in and did their best attempts to stop the bleeding. Gibbs heard phrases like "lost too much blood", "might not survive" being thrown around but he was too distressed to make sense of it all. They then placed Ziva on a stretcher.

As Gibbs looked at her he realised how peaceful she looked. He felt some wetness on his face and wiped it off; he hadn't realised he was crying and had no idea when he had started to cry.

He followed the paramedics out of the house and watched them load Ziva into the ambulance. All he could think about was how lifeless she looked, but he realised that was how she had looked every day since Somalia. The only difference now was that she looked peaceful.

He followed the ambulance to the hospital, sat in the waiting room and made the necessary calls.

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Abby was hysterical when she got the news from Gibbs and he knew she would just be worse when she got to the hospital. He had tried to calm her but she hung up. Abby got to the hospital as fast as she could.

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! Her mind screamed, what if she dies? Abby would normally be screaming and freaking out but when she walked through the emergency room doors she was almost calm. She was so distraught she had lost the ability to form words. With tears running down her face, she walked into Gibbs' open arms and hugged him.

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Although it might have been selfish, Tim was hurt. When Gibbs had called him and told him everything that had been going on with Ziva in the past couple of months all he felt was sadness and hurt. He thought of Ziva as a big sister and he was hurt because he didn't see what was happening to her. He knew she was upset but he didn't know that it had gone this far.

Going to the hospital was the easy part for Tim; the wait for news about Ziva's condition would be the hard part.

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Ducky was the calm when Gibbs told him the news. He knew being panicked and frantic would do nothing. He offered to call Jimmy, knowing Gibbs would be sick of repeating the story.

Ducky loved Ziva like a daughter and seeing her so upset the past couple of months had been hard, but this, this was heartbreaking. He knew he had to be strong though, because there were others that Ducky knew wouldn't be.

He made his way to the hospital, knowing this would be a long night.

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Jimmy got the call from Ducky and immediately excused himself from the dinner he was at. He may not have been part of the "main gang" but he cared about Ziva just as much as the others.

He had to catch a taxi as a friend had given him a lift to the party. He knew there would be a delay but it didn't worry him. As bad as it was to say, Jimmy was not too worried about Ziva. He knew she was strong enough to pull through this, and she would have unwavering support.

What Ducky had failed to tell him, and what Jimmy had failed to take into account was the fact that Ziva might not be able to be saved, that she still had a chance of dying.

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"I will make my way down there now," Vance said, just before he hung up the phone. Gibbs had just told him about Ziva and what had been happening with her in the last couple of months. The news saddened him and he just hoped he wouldn't have the lay another agent to rest.

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When Tony got the phone call from Gibbs, he almost crashed his car. He couldn't believe it; he never thought Ziva would try to kill herself. Although Gibbs hadn't told him why, he wasn't stupid and could figure it out for himself. He hadn't thought about what he was saying when he and Ziva were fighting and now he was seeing the consequences. He knew he was the cause of this.

He had been driving for 2 hours but it would take him half that time to get to the hospital; he didn't care how many speeding tickets he might receive, he just had to get to Ziva.

The words Gibbs had said kept swirling around in his head; Ziva's in hospital, she's tried to kill herself, she might not make it. He just couldn't get it out of his head. The words were like a poison, seeping through his brain, and slowly but surely killing him. He didn't know what he would do without Ziva.

When he arrived at the hospital, he ran inside as fast as he could. He was the last of his team to arrive and that made him even more upset. Even Vance and Palmer had arrived before him.

He sat down in one of the uncomfortable, plastic chairs and waited for some, hopefully good, news.

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Tony had walked in two hours after Ziva had been found. Everyone had looked at him and then went back to waiting. No-one was talking; no-one had the energy to. Vance was staring at the white walls, Jimmy was looking at his hands, Abby's head was rested on Gibbs shoulder while Gibbs just looked at the floor and Ducky was pacing, up and back, up and back.

Everyone was just waiting for some news.

The doors swung open and a doctor walked in. Everyone looked up in anticipation but the doctor kept walking. Everyone went back to waiting.

Another hour had passed when a doctor walked in and head towards the group. He tried to smile but there was a sad look on his face.

He started to speak...

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Wow I'm mean, just leaving a cliff-hanger like that ;)