Not a fan of the cliffhangers, are we? Well a few more to come. And there will be a slight delay in posting, as I am moving back to the US and my flight is this afternoon. My next post will be tomorrow (Thursday at some time, but I'll be back in the PST – I think, time zone? Washington State.) But then I'm not sure if I will be posting in the mornings, or in the evenings… likely evenings, once I start my job. Anyway, I ramble, and most of you I'm sure have skipped right to the story.

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Abby was still looking out the window when Gibbs threw his arm across Abby in an attempt to protect her as he swerved to try and avoid the car that was headed right towards them.

Abby woke to the sound of people shouting around her and warms hands at her neck. "Gibbs?"

"Relax. My partner is getting a stretcher for you."

Abby blinked a few times and her vision cleared. "Gibbs?" She was a little confused, but the tangled mess of steel in front of her reminded her that she was in a car. Her body screamed in pain, but it was easy to block out as she sought out Gibbs. "Gibbs?" From where she was trapped in her seat she could see Gibbs stretched out to the side of the car as one EMT pumped on his chest and another squeezed the bag delivering life saving oxygen.

As the reality of the situation sank in, Abby began struggling against the hand holding her steady in her seat. She noticed that the front of the car was smashed in around her, though the majority of the impact had been on Gibbs' side. "Gibbs!"

"Hold still, miss. We need to get a neck brace on you before we can pull you out."

"Gibbs?"

"Can you tell me your name?"

"Abby. Abigail Sciuto. How is Gibbs?"

"Gibbs?"

"My…" She wasn't sure how to define her relationship with Gibbs. "The driver, his name is Leroy Jethro Gibbs." Abby could see that they were still performing CPR as they loaded him into the ambulance. The last thing she saw before the ambulance doors closed was a small electrode pad being placed on his right pectoral muscle and one on his left side, slightly lower.

"I'm not sure." The man tightened a neck brace on her before they worked her free from the car and onto a backboard. Abby felt the tears well up in her eyes as she was slowly lifted from the tangled mess of a car. She was only able to get a brief glimpse of where Gibbs had sat, his seat covered in blood. Trying not to cry on the ambulance ride to the hospital, she answered basic medical information about herself and Gibbs, and she gave Tony's name and number to call. Hot tears were burning down her cheeks by the time they pulled into the ambulance bay.

Abby didn't hear much of what was said around her, she just kept envisioning Gibbs' lifeless body as the EMT's worked to save him.

A small light was flashed in her eyes as the doctors and nurses swarmed around her. She heard someone say something about a full spinal X-ray to check for a broken neck and back before a full-body CT-scan to check for various other internal injuries.

"Ma'am we need to take your jewelry off before we can do the x-rays." A nurse began removing her various bracelets and her choker. When the nurse started to remove the dog tags, Abby started to panic. "Don't worry dear, we will get these back to you, I promise."

The x-ray was first, and it didn't take long for them to declare that she hadn't broken anything along her spine. Once any spinal injuries were ruled out, the neck brace was removed.

"Miss Sciuto? I'm Dr. Sheen. How is the pain?"

"I… my arm… I don't know."

"Understandable, you've been through a lot. I'm going to press here on your belly. Tell me if this hurts."

Abby felt the fingers press against her stomach. "No. It doesn't hurt. Gibbs? The man I came in with?"

"I'm sorry." Dr Sheen shined a small light in Abby's eyes. "I don't know anything. I'd like to send you for a full body CT-scan."

"Abby! ABBY!!" Abby heard her name and footsteps thundering down the hallway. She heard Tony again before she saw him. "Back off, I'm a federal agent. I'm looking for Abigail Sciuto? Where is she?"

Dr. Sheen poked his head outside and waved Tony in.

"Oh God, Abby," Tony was at her side in minutes. "What happened?" Tony then turned to the doctor. "Will she be ok?"

"I'm sending her up for a CT-scan soon, but so far we've eliminated any spinal injuries. I believe her wrist is broken, but we'll have to get a second x-ray for that. After the CT-scan we'll be able to rule out any internal injuries. She has a concussion, but that's to be expected."

Tony leaned forward to kiss her softly on the forehead, avoiding the scrapes and bruises. Brushing a tear from her cheek, he asked, "What happened, babe?"

"I don't know," Abby sniffed. "We were driving and then… I don't know."

"Shh, shh… It's okay. Everything will be okay."

"Gibbs?"

"I don't know. I came right to you."

Two nurses arrive to take Abby for her CT. "You have to find out, Tony. Please?"

"I will." Tony watched as Abby was wheeled out of the room, and then let out a ragged breath. He dug out his cell phone and dialed Ziva and after quickly explaining, he asked her to call McGee while he called Ducky.

Scrubbing his hands across his face and then running his fingers back through his hair, Tony set off for the nurse's station in search of information on his boss. Tony didn't have the energy to flirt with the nurse at the desk; he tried for a smile, but was fairly sure he failed. "I'm searching for information on Leroy Jethro Gibbs."

"And you are?"

"Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo. I believe I'm on his contact list, we work together."

The nurse typed in Gibbs name, they had a long history for Gibbs being in and of the hospital with a variety of work-related injuries. Sure enough Anthony DiNozzo was listed as one of Gibbs contacts. "I'll see what I can found out, Mr. DiNozzo. I haven't heard anything yet."

Tony nodded and then headed towards a few chairs in the hall as the nurse scurried off to find out what she could about Gibbs.

Tony wasn't surprised that Ziva was the first to arrive – she drove like a maniac on a good day, he didn't even want to imagine the wake of angry drivers left behind as Ziva made her way to the hospital.

"Tony?" Ziva was at his side in a flash. "How are they?"

"Abby… Abby is okay. They are doing a CT to rule out internal injuries, but otherwise a broken wrist, a concussion and some cuts and bruises. I don't know about Gibbs. No one seems to know."

Ziva reached for her knife. "I will find out."

"Ziva." Tony stopped her. "You'll just get yourself kicked out. I need you here. Abby will need you."

Ziva replaced her knife and sat beside Tony, patting his arm semi-affectionately, she had a hard time dealing with people and their emotions. "They'll be okay."

"Yeah."

They sat in silence a few minutes until they heard Ducky rushing down the hallway, McGee a few steps behind. "Good heavens, Tony. What happened?"

"Ducky." Tony stood and hugged the older man. "There was a car accident. I don't know all the details. I saw Abby, she's banged up, but they think she'll be fine with a little rest. I'm still waiting for news on the boss."

"Where is Abby?" McGee asked breathlessly.

"They took her for a CT-Scan. I told her I'd find out about Gibbs, while she was getting the test done and no one is telling me anything!" Tony slammed his palm against the wall out of frustration.

"Mr. DiNozzo?" The same nurse Tony had spoken early pushed through the doors into the waited area.

Tony jumped to his feet. "How is he?"

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TBC….

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