Jimmy tightly gripped onto the door handle as Gibbs raced towards the hospital where Tony had been taken. If one of his closest friends wasn't laying in a hospital bed scared and possibly dying he would have yelled for him to slow down. Besides the fact that it would be a futile act. Leroy Jethro Gibbs's son was in trouble and nothing was going to stop him from getting to his side. Especially since his carelessness and rage was part of why Tony was in that bed.


Leroy Jethro Gibbs had a million thought racing through his head. Most of which were morbid and horrible. If he was lucky his son was in the hospital. He never thought it would be a good thing for someone he loved so dearly in the hospital but the only other place he could be was the morgue. God if his boy was dead or died. He'd go down into his basement and die there. It was a sick irony really. The girl and her mom being murdered leaving a Gunnery Sargent widowed and alone. The mom had died almost a year earlier from poisoning but the daughter had been killed in a car accident just like his Kelly. The agent driving Shannon and Kelly had died and now Tony who had been driving Sharon and Keely may die too.


Jackson Gibbs sat in the waiting room of the hospital Tony had been taken too. The young man had been whisked off to surgery as soon as he arrived. It had taken the paramedics almost ten minutes to get him breathing again. Jack had asked what Tony's chances were and the paramedic had simply looked at him and shook his head. It was the same way the doctor looked at him when they got Ann's cancer diagnosis. That was almost forty two years ago at this very hospital. He remembered when they told Jethro that his mom was dying. The poor child had cried for days when found out and had a similar reaction after she died. He had missed out on most of what happened after Shannon and Kelly died but he imagined that the reactions had been similar. Now Leroy may lose his son too. How much more loss would his only son have to go through? Jack closed his eyes, bowed his head, and folded his hand, and said a prayer.

"God Please just let this young man survive my Leroy needs him and I do too. I know Leroy is sorry for what he said to Anthony and he needs to be able to say that he is sorry. Amen"


Jimmy and Gibbs were about halfway to the hospital where Tony had been taken. When Jimmy heard a muffled sound. That sounded almost like crying. He looked over and saw the tears streaming down Gibbs's face. He never thought he would see the day that he would be the one to see the great Leroy Jethro Gibbs cry. Ziva had so had Ducky and Tony and maybe McGee and Abby but he never thought that he would. Gently he placed his hand on the former Marine's knee and did his best to make eye contanct. Without making Gibbs take his eyes off of the road.

"What is it kid?" Gibbs asked semi annoyed.

"Gibbs are are you crying?" Jimmy asked nervously.

"No" Gibbs lied.

"Gibbs" Jimmy warned.

"If Tony dies I killed him just as much as the woman who hit them." Gibbs replied.

"He won't die." Jimmy assured hiding his own fears.

"Then he will never forgive me." Gibbs replied.

"You called him worthless." Jimmy replied.

"I know." Gibbs replied sadly.

"But Tony is a really sweet and forgiving guy." Jimmy explained.

"I still called him worthless. He's not the one who's worthless. I am." Gibbs replied.

"You aren't worthless Agent Gibbs. You did make a really bad mistake and you have to make it right but you certainly are not worthless." Jimmy replied.


When they were ten minutes from the hospital Gibbs realized that he should probably contact Dr. Pitt to inform him of Tony's current condition. Since he was driving Jimmy offered to do it.


"Hello Dr. Pitt?"

"Yeah this is Dr. Jimmy Palmer. Agent Anthony DiNozzo Junior's friend and co-worker."

"I just wanted to let you know that Tony was involved in a car wreck today and has been rushed to the hospital."

"No he is in Pennsylvania."

"Yes the wreck occurred in D.C.."

"I do not know."

"He came up to visit a friend a started bleeding."

"Unfortunately he did stop breathing."

"I am not aware of his current condition."

"We followed him up and were informed upon arrival. It's a small town and he needed more intensive medical care then they could provide for miles."

"Agent Gibbs and I are on the way too see him right now."

"I will inform you as soon as I find anything out."

"Thank you."

"Goodbye"


"What did Brad say?" Gibbs asked.

"He wants to be informed of Tony's condition ASAP." Jimmy replied.

"Why? We are hours away?" Gibbs asked,

"If he is bad enough he is going to fly out here and treat him himself." Jimmy replied.

"Okay I guess." Gibbs replied voice cracking.


Gibbs and Jimmy had just pulled into the hospital parking lot when everything went to hell. All Jimmy did was ask Gibbs if he was ready. Because he was not and he hoped that maybe the older man would tell him to man up just like he would his team. Instead he just fell apart right before Jimmy's eyes.

"Gibbs are you okay?" Jimmy asked.

"NO! NO! NO! NO! Gibbs screamed.

"Agent Gibbs?" Jimmy asked concerned.

"NO! NO! NO! NO!" Gibbs yelled.

"Do I need to get help Agent Gibbs?" Jimmy asked terrfied.

"I DON'T DESERVE HELP!" Gibbs shouted.

"Why not you are hurting?" Jimmy asked.

"I KILLED MY SON! I KILLED MY SON!" Gibbs yelled waving his arms and kicking his legs.

"Gibbs relax you don't know that." Jimmy replied.

Gibbs didn't listen he just continued to thrash and scream tears pouring down his face. Jimmy stood completely frozen unsure of what to do. He had never seen Gibbs like this and prayed he never would again. Finally a doctor came out and injected Gibbs with something. He slumped over and was loaded onto a stretcher. Jimmy fell to the ground and began to openly sob in the middle of the parking lot. One little tiny mistake on what was supposed to be a happy day had ruined everything.


A/N: Sorry for the delay I will hopefully be able to update by next Friday. In the next chapter the team finds out and is semi divided. Thanks for reading and please review.