They entered the hospital with Ziva in Tony's arms. Nurses and a doctor immediately rushed over to them with a stretcher and loaded Ziva onto it. Gibbs, McGee, and DiNozzo simply stood there in shock as her lifeless form was rushed through the two emergency doors.
It seemed like hours, but it had in fact been only 20 minutes that they'd been sitting in the waiting room. Dinozzo paced back and forth impatiently, hoping for news, but none had come yet. Abby suddenly entered the room, worried and in tears. Her face clearly displayed the grief she felt over Ziva being in the hospital. She ran up Gibbs, embracing him, and noticed his and Tony's hands and clothing covered in blood. She released him, beginning to cry even harder when Gibbs grabbed her forcefully and shushed her, placing gentle kiss on her forehead.
"She'll be fine". He assured her.
"Who would do this, Gibbs? How did it even happen? Why her?"
McGee was sitting with elbows resting on his knees, hands dangling towards the floor, looking silently ahead. He was usually the one to comfort Abby but DiNozzo turned to her.
"We'll find out what happened," he told her.
"We all will," Gibbs said, looking at Tony.
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It was almost five in the morning now. Abby had fallen asleep leaning against McGee, who was also dozing. Gibbs stood, awful hospital coffee in hand, and stared at his surroundings. DiNozzo sat in a chair, forearms resting on his thighs, freshly cleaned hands clasped tight. Abby and McGee were startled awake as the waiting room doors swung open. The doctor entered the room, he didn't appear to be much younger than Gibbs. He had graying hair and weary face and he looked down to the clipboard in his hand as he approached them.
"Ziva David?" He asked. The pronunciation was perfectly correct, and it made Tony and McGee raise their heads, surprised.
Gibbs approached and asked, "How is she?"
"Stable now, Ms. David had lost a lot of blood. She had a large gash on her thigh, a broken rib, a deep cut between her ribs that needed stitches, and some trauma to the forehead."
"Abby jumped up from her chair. "She's fine?"
"Yeah, Abs." McGee put a calming hand on her shoulder.
"She is in a room now, but she's sedated," the doctor informed them.
"Can we see her?" Tony asked.
"Like I said, she is sleeping, and she won't wake up for at least a couple of hours, but you can go to her room to visit."
"Tony, you stay with her. McGee and I will go back to her apartment to collect evidence. We're gonna find the bastard that did this," Gibbs told them.
"Yes, Boss."
Gibbs turned to Abby, who was still standing there silently. "Abs."
"I know, Gibbs. You need me to run the evidence. Let's go." Before she left, she turned to Tony and hugged him.
"Take care of Ziva," she commanded quietly.
"I will, Abby. Go find who did this."
"We can't lose her too."
"We won't lose her," Tony insisted. "I'll make sure of that."
Tony walked into Ziva's hospital room. She seemed so fragile and pale, laying there on the stark white sheets. Her left thigh was bandaged and was wearing a thin blue hospital gown. She had a nasal cannula inserted and a bandage on her forehead as well. The machines that monitored her heartbeat and IV line rested to the left of the bed.
He approached the bed, noticing how un-Ziva she looked. She was a woman who feared nothing and nobody, the woman that he liked to mess with just to see her laugh or smile. Tony stopped beside her. He felt the need to make sure she was still there, still alive and strong, so he brought his hand up to her face and stroked her cheek gently, so he supported the hand with be careful to your chest feeling the rising and falling. Eventually, he settled on the Chair next to the bed with the hand on your chest just wanted to stay there and feel strong and irregular breathing . With his hand resting on her smaller one just to assure himself that she was still alive and she wasn't going anywhere.
After a while, he slowly rested his head down on the edge of the bed, drifting off to sleep.
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L. S. Becker
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