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Ziva is sitting semi-upright in the hospital bed, both her legs are in what looks like a medieval device, holding them in position, but more to Gibbs' shock is the state of Ziva's face, it's extensively bruised and swollen, if he didn't know that the person lying in front of him was Ziva, he wouldn't be able to recognise her.

"Ziva." Gibbs whispers in shock as he stares at her battered body.

The nurse lays a comforting hand on Gibbs' arm as she tells him. "She has severe damage to both her legs, that's why she was in surgery so long, they've cleaned and stabilized them as well as possible, and her face hit the windscreen in the accident, she will need numerous reconstructive procedures over the next few months, there're also quite a few rib fractures which will heal by themselves, but in the mean time they'll be painful." She pauses before telling him. "You should go closer. She can only whisper and her eyes are swollen closed." Before she backs out of the room, sensing Gibbs' need for some time alone with Ziva.

As the nurse leaves, Gibbs moves closer to Ziva, eventually stopping at her side, he gently takes her hand, and says. "Hey Ziva. How're you feeling? It's Gibbs."

"..." There is a pause as Ziva tries to reposition herself in an attempt to see him, but stops as she gasps as pain shoots through her. "Damn it."

Gibbs cautiously places his free hand on her head and carefully strokes her hair, making sure not to cause her more pain. "It's okay, just rest."

Shockingly Ziva doesn't follow his request, and in a weak voice, she asks. "Tony and McGee? Are they okay?"

"..." Gibbs' silence says more than words could.

"Both?" Ziva asks.

Gibbs knows that she is asking if they are both dead, and after a moment, with an emotionally weighted voice, he replies. "Tony is critical, but he's doing alright, considering. But McGee..." He hesitates. "McGee was thrown through the windscreen, they couldn't save him."

As soon as she hears this, Ziva bursts into tears, her injured body wracked by sobs, she doesn't stop even as blood starts seeping through her gown, she's torn some stitches. It isn't until a nurse comes running into the room, alerted by the monitors, and quickly pushes a sedative into one of the IV lines that Ziva settles, and drifts back into unconsciousness.

Once she is sure that Ziva is settled and she hasn't done any serious damage, the nurse, Cara turns to Gibbs, and says. "She'll sleep for at least a couple of hours, you should come back later. I am assuming that she knows about her friends?"

Gibbs nods in confirmation, then glances at Ziva before he walks past the nurse. He's need to find some coffee.

It is early the next morning, very early, when Abby is sitting with Tony, and she notices that his eyes are open. At first she thinks that his eyelids must have slipped open, but then she sees that he is in fact looking at her. "Tony! You're awake!" Abby says as she leaps out of her seat, and rushes close to him.

Abby repeatedly presses the buzzer above the bed as she leans over Tony, running a hand through his hair as she reassures him. "It's okay. You're okay, Tony."

Jay comes in a matter of seconds later, and Abby quickly tells him. "He's awake." Her eyes never leave Tony.

"That's great." Jay says encouragingly as he moves to start checking over Tony, while Abby continues to keep Tony calm. After doing a full set of vitals and generally makes sure that Tony is stable, Jay moves into Tony's line of view. "Hi Tony, my name's Jay, I've been taking care of you."

Tony makes an attempt to pull out the breathing tube.

But it isn't hard for Jay to anticipate and intercept his move as he says. "You need to keep that in for now, give your body time to heal." He pauses a moment before he says. "I just need to run a couple of checks, okay?"

Tony nods weakly.

Jay moves to the end of the bed, and lifts the blankets off Tony's feet before he asks him. "Tony, I need you to wiggle your toes for me." He isn't surprised when there is no response.

But Abby quickly questions him. "Why isn't-"

Jay interrupts her, saying in a hushed tone. "He's not ready to hear this, we need to give him some time." He then turns his attention back to Tony as he asks him. "Okay, that's good. Now I need you to press your feet down as hard as you can, like you're pushing on a gas pedal." Once again, no response, not so much as a twitch.

Abby pulls Jay to the doorway, and in an anxious, but for Tony's sake quiet voice, she asks. "What does that mean? Is he paralyzed?!"

"We can't know for certain, but it doesn't look good. But you should try to stay positive, for his sake." Jay encourages her before returning to Tony, and resuming his work.

Abby lingers in the doorway, trying to regain her composure, she doesn't return to Tony's side until Jay leaves several minutes later.

Tony, still unable to talk because of the breathing tube can only watch her in frustration as she tries, and fails to stop the tears rolling down her face, all while she is comforting, telling him that everything will be okay. He knows she's lying, but what can he do?

Things go on much the same for the next week, Tony is kept on the ventilator in the ICU and he has multiple operations to finish the repairs in his many broken bones, while Ziva is for the most part kept sedated due to fears that she could do herself a lot of damage otherwise, she had proven their concerns several times, delaying her recovery by weeks when she broke two previously bruised ribs trying to get out of bed.

Gibbs spends his time equally between sitting in Tony and Ziva's rooms, never leaving the unit, while Abby and Ducky are there every day, spending time with Tony and Ziva, and also trying to get Gibbs to look after himself, with no success.

But one night Gibbs finally gives in, and allows Ducky to drive him home, strictly just for the night and then he'll be back, but when he arrives back in the ICU first thing the next morning, Gibbs is stopped by Ziva's nurse, Cara before he can reach Ziva's room. "What happened?" Gibbs questions her, instantly on guard.

Cara places a comforting hand on Gibbs arm as she tells him. "Ziva attempted suicide last night."

"What?! How!? Is she okay?!" Gibbs shouts at the nurse, panic overriding all else.

"The sedation wore off and she was somehow able to get out of the traction. She tried to hang herself. But another nurse found her, and she's been taken into surgery. I'm sorry I don't know anymore."

Gibbs stumbles backwards, shocked by her words. There's no way, Ziva would never do that. The accident wasn't her fault. I never should've left her.

TBC...

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