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AN: I know you guys are all waiting to see how the girls are. I understand the the chapter is shorter than my others, but I think where I stopped it was necessary. I hope you like it! And note that while I am not a doctor, I am going into the medical field that all the medical areas in this chapter aren't necessarily accurate and I do apologize for that! Anyway, enjoy!
At the hospital, Jenny and Abby rushed in followed by Ducky who Tony had called moments after he had hung up from Jenny.
Upon entering the emergency room, Jenny took notice of who was in the waiting area and who wasn't. She saw Tony, McGee, and Ziva, but missing were her husband and her twins. She rushed up to Tony as Abby crushed McGee and Ziva to her.
"What happened Tony? Where's Jethro and the girls?" Jenny asked with worry and concern heard in her tone.
"When we got there, McGee and I were told to head through the back which turned out to be easier said than done. Some genius decided to put rose bushes up throughout the back. Hence the scratches," Tony said as he pointed to his arms, "Gibbs and Ziva were in the house before we were and a lot of guns went off. When I saw an opening, I saw on man on the floor with a woman, dead, and another who had Nikki in his arms. He was staring down at her and in that moment, Gibbs nodded to me and I took the shot. He dove to catch Nikki and was hit in the head by the man's gun that was concealed by her."
"Are they okay, Tony?" Jenny asked determined this time.
"Gibbs has a concussion and some scrapes. Rachel is a little dehydrated and malnourished, and Nikki has a broken arm and some cuts that have gotten infected. The doctors say that Gibbs can go home, but Rachel and Nikki have to stay. Rachel only one night for observation, and Nikki until her infection is cleared," Tony reported.
Jenny, Abby, and Ducky all breathed a sigh of relief. Jenny put a hand on Tony's shoulder. Tony looked at the redhead.
"You did good Tony. Thank you," she said and pulled him into an embrace that shocked him and his coworkers.
"I'm just glad that my little sisters are safe and healing," Tony whispered in her ear. They broke the embrace and Jenny nodded with tears of relief and joy in her eyes.
Jenny stepped over to the younger agents and looked them over as any mother would to her children. She thanked them both for getting her girls back safe.
"No problem, Direc…Jenny. They are family. We would've done the same for each other," McGee said.
"I agree with McGee. They are our family as much as you and Gibbs are. I am glad we got there when we did," Ziva said as she remembered how bad Nikki looked.
"What do you mean?" Jenny asked.
Ziva hesitated about answering, but told her, "When we got there, they were moving the girls and Nikki looked awful. One man had Rachel tight to him and the other had Nikki. The woman, Allison, she stood from the chair and went behind the man who had Rachel. She then accused Gibbs of killing her brothers. Rachel screamed at her captors and the distraction was enough for me to take the man and for Gibbs to take the woman. Once they were taken, Gibbs tried to get the third to put Nikki down, but he did not comply. He looked at Nikki and that was when Gibbs saw Tony and Tony took the shot. Gibbs moved before I could to catch Nikki before she hit the ground and was knocked unconscious. The paramedics took them all in the ambulance. They all said that Nikki was really bad off."
Jenny gasped at the end of Ziva's memory of what had taken place in the cabin. She fought back the tears that threatened to spill over. It made her worry more for her husband and children.
A doctor came into the waiting area. "Family of Agent Gibbs, Rachel, and Nicole?" he announced.
The team moved as a unit to stand in front of the doctor. The doctor looked at the people in front of him and raised a brow.
"You're all family?" he asked. Tony huffed, McGee snorted, Ziva sighed, Abby glared at him, Ducky shook his head, and Jenny stepped ahead of everyone.
"Jethro is my husband and the girls are my children as are these three and their grandfather," she said as she indicated everyone, "Now, how are they?"
The doctor noticed the ice in the woman's tone and decided to just go on with the information he had to give.
"Agent Gibbs was discharged, but refused to leave Rachel or Nicole which is understandable. Rachel has been given IV fluids and some food and electrolytes to help with the dehydration and malnourishment. Nicole is the one I'm worried about. We've set her up on antibiotics to counteract the infection of her cuts and we had to re-break her arm to set it correctly. She still has a fever and hasn't regained consciousness. All we can do now is pray," the doctor reported.
"May we see them?" Ducky asked as he stepped up and wrapped an arm around Jenny who was on the verge of breaking down.
"Agent Gibbs and Rachel are in room 302. Nicole is in ICU right now until she regains consciousness. No more than two people can see her, and be advised that visiting hours are almost over," the doctor told them, "Nicole is in room 207." He walked off and left them to decide what to do.
It was Tony who spoke with a plan.
"Jenny, why don't you check on Rachel and Gibbs with McGee, Ziva, and Ducky and Abby and I will watch over Nikki until you come to see her?" he suggested.
"I think that's a good idea," Jenny mumbled as she was trying desperately not to fall apart for her husband and her children.
The group split up and went to their destinations all of which were praying that the little girl in ICU would regain consciousness and grace them with her smiling face and bubbly personality. They could only hope that the entire ordeal would just soon become a bad memory.
AN: So what did you think? We are all worried about little Nikki Gibbs. Leave a review, please and thank you!