A touch late. I had planned to update on Friday, but you know... life. Hope you like it! :D

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Gibbs received the call in the afternoon this time, but the urgency wasn't any less. His girl was in a coma. When he arrived, Gibbs saw a very disheveled and depressed looking Tony sitting in a corner. "DiNozzo," Gibbs said before sitting down next to the young man.

"Boss," he greeted back. The two men sat there quietly for a few minutes before Tony spoke, "I could've killed her."

"Tell me what happened, DiNozzo." Tony went through everything, from waking up on an uncomfortable hospital chair to being scared out of his mind whilst carrying the fragile body that had been Ziva. Gibbs thought back over the past few days

"We have to call Abby down here. Don't tell her why," Gibbs ordered. Tony flipped out his phone and called Abby to the hospital. Abby arrived not even ten minutes later.

"What's going on Gibbs?" Abby asked, unsuccessfully trying to mask her distress.

"We need to get to the bottom of this for Ziva to recover," he told her.

"What's wrong with Ziva?" Abby asked growing more frantic by the second.

"Why don't we go visit her," Gibbs offered. They walked to her new room. Abby gasped when she took in the sight. Ziva, unconscious on the bed. She looked so feeble and helpless.

"What happened?" Abby squeaked.

"Too much stress. Any reasons why?" Gibbs asked. He was truly concerned about his team and this had gone far enough.

"I can't Gibbs," Abby choked out. Tears were streaming down her face.

"Please Abs," Gibbs actually pleaded with her. Abby looked away and mumbled something.

"What?" Gibbs asked thinking he had missed something important.

"I'm asking Ziva to forgive me," she told him. He looked at her as if to say 'go on.' "Okay Gibbs, here it is... Ziva and I, well, we're lovers," Abby told him. Instantly it felt like one hundred pounds had been lifted off of her shoulders and she almost lost her balance. Gibbs caught her and stared her straight in the eye.

"You could've told me Abs," he said sternly.

"But Gibbs, what about rule #12?" Abby asked, stunned at what he had just said.

"That's between two agents. Obviously, you are a forensic scientist," he said with a smile. Abby looked at him and suddenly threw her arms around him. After the hug ended he said, "I'll give you two a little time." Abby walked over to the bed and started caressing Ziva's cheek. She pulled back a few loose hairs and kissed Ziva's forehead. Abby then took Ziva's hand in her own and started running her thumb aimlessly over it. Abby sat there for at least an hour before planting a soft kiss on Ziva's palm and going home.

Gibbs walked out of Ziva's room just to find Tony still sitting where he had left him. "DiNozzo," Gibbs walked over and put his hand on his senior field agent's shoulder.

"Is she okay Boss?" Tony asked tentatively. He didn't know if he could handle it if Gibbs said no.

"She'll be fine Tony. You should go home... get some sleep. I hate to say it DiNozzo, but you look like crap," Gibbs told him. Tony smiled. Same old Gibbs.

"You'll call me? For anything... anything minor, right?" he asked Gibbs. Gibbs simply nodded. That was all it took. Tony knew that Gibbs was going to take care of it. Gibbs sat down. He decided to call Jenny... then thought better of it. Jen would have to take care of the situation and Gibbs didn't want it to get any worse than it was. So Gibbs called Ducky instead.

"Hello?" the elderly M.E. answered.

"Hey Duck. Do you think you have a few minutes?" Gibbs asked his friend.

"I have all the time in the world. Well, until mother gets back from bingo, but that still has a few more hours," Ducky told him.

"Well in that case, would you like a face to face conversation?" Gibbs asked.

"That would be wonderful. Where should I meet you?" Ducky asked.

"At Bethesda," Gibbs told him.

"Jethro you didn't do something completely mindless again, did you?" Ducky asked, concerned for his friend's wellbeing.

"No Duck, I'm here for Ziva,"

"Oh my. Well, I should be there soon," The two hung up and Ducky was there in about fifteen minutes. "Now, what can I do for you Jethro?" Ducky asked after the pair had gotten settled.

"I don't know how it got this bad!" Gibbs said running his hand through his gray salt and pepper hair.

"First, tell me what's wrong with Ziva. Jethro, what happened?" Ducky asked, concerned.

"Well, right now she's in a coma... shock relapse," Gibbs said suddenly sounding tired.

"Relapse?"

"Yeah. Yesterday, she was running. She became dehydrated. But that wasn't the only trigger. She blacked out because of stress, overexertion and a small panic attack. She was non responsive when they brought her in," Gibbs told Ducky.

"Oh my! What's troubling the poor dear?" Ducky asked, knowing how deadly that combination could be.

"A relationship, secrets and people finding out. But, unfortunately her secret is out now... Abby told me," Gibbs told Ducky.

"Are you the only one who knows?" Gibbs nodded. "Then there is nothing to worry about. You would tell no one... right?" Ducky asked searching Gibbs' face for an inkling of an answer.

"That's the thing Duck. I can't keep it to myself... relationships in the office never work out and have to be reported," Gibbs said glumly. Ducky took a deep breath before plunging in.

"So, who is it Jethro?"

"Abby," was Gibbs' answer.

"Abigail?" Ducky was shocked, but then... not. "It is no wonder they could hardly be in the same room together."

"Yeah, I know that now," Gibbs growled. He was thinking about how he forced Ziva to stay in the lab with Abby. He mentally slapped himself.

Ducky, sensing something like this said, "don't beat yourself up over this Jethro." After a few moments of silence, Ducky got up and went into Ziva's room.

I don't know if the medical parts are ACTUALLY true, but... oh well! XD
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