Gibbs slammed the door behind him, making the guy sitting at the desk jump. Satisfied for now, Gibbs sat down opposite the guy, who he had just found out was named Derek, and started to tell him off.

"If my agent dies, you'll be up for murder! If she is disabled in any way, you'll regret the day you were born!" shouted Gibbs.

Derek just stared at Gibbs in fear. He didn't doubt for one second that this man would go through with his threats and he was terrified.

"Agent David has her whole life ahead of her!" continued Gibbs. "You better not have ruined it!"

Gibbs was so angry at Derek and all he really wanted to do was hit him until he was hurt as much as Ziva was. The only thing that stopped him was his ringing phone. Gibbs picked it up to see that his dad was calling. Walking outside, Gibbs answered the phone and was relieved to hear that the doctor had been successful in saving Ziva's life.

"She's back with the living Leroy and she wants you. The nurses don't want her to have visitors yet but none of them can say no to her."

"Thanks dad. Tell her I'm coming right now."

Gibbs hung up and ran to his car. He was at the hospital in fifteen minutes.


Gibbs ran through the hallways and up the stairs. He didn't want to wait for the elevator. He wanted to get to his young agent before anything else happened to her. When he got to the ICU, Gibbs sighed as he saw Jack coming out of Ziva's room.

"Can I go in there dad?"

"Of course you can. But only you are allowed until the nurses feel that she's up to visitors."

Gibbs nodded and walked into Ziva's room. She was awake but he could see how tired she was. He sat down in the chair that he had left next to the bed the night before.

"Hey Ziva. Are you feeling okay?" asked Gibbs.

"Gibbs, I'm so glad you came," replied Ziva in a whisper.

"Of course I came. I won't leave you again, I promise."

Ziva smiled at her boss. She always felt the safest when he was around and she knew that she could tell him anything. He cared about her a lot too.

"I want to go home Gibbs."

"As soon as the doctor says you can, I'll take you home. You're going to stay with me until you can go back to work."

"You don't have to do that Gibbs."

"I'll even get Tony to sleep at my house while you're there if it makes you more comfortable."

"Yes please Gibbs. Thank you."

Gibbs stood up to gently hug his agent, being careful not to hurt her in the process.