Thanks to Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Sean Murray, David McCallum and all the other for giving life to the wonderful characters of NCIS
Everything belongs to CBS and Bellisarius Productions except for a few things like Shane Caulfield, Randall Hunter, and his son, Lee, Evan McIntire, Thomson Oliver are mine as well as Tanisha and Janet and their background.
For the purpose of the of the rest of the story, let's pretend that the episode "Baltimore" doesn't exist.
I also want to apologize for any spelling and or grammar mistakes.
Meet Chris Burton, a friend of Abby's that's also a creation of mine.
Previously on "Driving me Crazy"
Personally Shane Caulfield preferred, reserved woman, how didn't really show their affection in public. Women who were docile, who had the shape of coat hook and not that of an hourglass.
Danielle Attersee, she was everything he loved in a woman, he knew she would be part and share his bed the moment he saw her. Danielle was just like him and had the same opinion on basically everything. A perfect match for him. He would have loved to get rid of Luna but he couldn't, he needed her, she worked at the hospital and she had access to more than one medicine, and he knew she had to go and check on Gibbs from time to time though he knew he couldn't ask her to poison or even kill the man, thanks to her, he knew everything he needed to know.
He had forged her key that opened the medicine cabinet and had given it to Danielle and she had done the dirty work. Now all they had to do was way and see what the result would be, if the dose, Danielle had administrated him would be lethal or not. And the best of all that plan?
He's hand were kept clean, no one would ever suspect him.
His plan was perfect.
THIRTEEN
"They did it again, Tony and you promised it wouldn't happen again."
"I know, Abbs, I know what I promised you and I'm sorry." Tony cursed inwardly why hadn't he thought of posting a guard at Gibbs' room, now the man is fighting for his life once more.
Damn it!
He needed to let Ziva and McGee know about this, but he didn't really want to. They would come over which he understood, but they could have the luxury to let this happen again. They didn't even know if Gibbs was going to pull through
Positive thinking, DiNozzo, he told himself.
"How didn't I see her, sooner?" Abby asked herself out loud.
"Abby this isn't your fault. You were with me, searching for clues about Randall Hunter to give us a start point in all this. How could you have foreseen this ? No one could have."
"What are we going to do if he..." She couldn't finish her sentence.
"He won't" DiNozzo told her firmly as he took her face in his hands. "Look at me, Abby. He won't."
"You can't know that."
"No, I can't, you're right about that. But there is one thing I know. He care about you more that he would like to admit it himself and he won't leave, definitely not if he has any say in it."
Despite the sadness she felt inside, a smile found its way to her lips.
"We'll have to tell, Ziva, McGee, Ducky and Palmer about what's happened."
Tony signed heavily. "I know."
"You don't really sound convinced."
"It's not that, but if I call them, they'll want to come over here and the work on the case will be delayed and if he or she is able to do that when he's in an hospital room..." He tailed off.
"... Nothing will stop him unless he gets caught." Abby finished for him.
Nodding his head, Tony silently agreed.
"I just hope we'll be able to get out of this mess."
"We've had worse and we got out of it and even stronger."
"There is one positive thing to this second attempt on his life though..." Abby suddenly said, surprising the man who was holding her in his arms.
"Now we know he or she's not working alone. He or she and I would bet on a he has at least one accomplice."
He smiled as he looked at his little sister. "You are right." At least she doesn't seem to let it get to her as much as it would normally do.
They both knew it wouldn't help him and that he wouldn't be very happy if they were letting themselves worry. It would affect their work and that was something their boss wouldn't allow.
"Tony could you wheel me outside, please ? I need some air."
DiNozzo pulled himself up, they had put, her in a wheelchair for her to be able to go check on the man she loved and since then, Abby sat in one, it was the easiest way to travel through the hospital, her legs were still weak. Not that she had to travel that much, but her body was still aching from her injuries caused by the car explosion, but other than that she was feeling alright.
"You're sure, you're okay, Abbs?"
"Yeah, Tony, I simply need some fresh air." What she didn't say is that she had the impression to suffocate. She was feeling too much conflicted emotions at once. Abby felt sad, helpless, useless, in fact, anything but happy and she hated it. She wanted to be able to turn back that to be able to lay in Gibbs arm again and make love like they had done before all this occurred she thought they had finally found the happiness they both deserved. Gibbs was finally ready to give him a chance at love again, and now it was shattered into piece because someone decide once again that Gibbs has ruined their lives in some way. They'd really needed to pick up the wire of their lives and learn to assume their choices and mistakes. Blaming someone else is such an easy thing to do.
"Abby?" He called her name softly as his hand places itself on her shoulder.
She slightly jumped at the touch. " Sorry, I was lost somewhere in thoughts."
"You want me to call a nurse or something? He asked her concern evident in his voice.
"No. I'm fine, I swear. Can I borrow your cell phone for a minute, please?"
"Sure, here you go," Tony told her as he reached for it, in his jacket pocket."
DiNozzo looked at her but didn't say a word, he simply waited for her to make her call.
"Who's Chris?" Was the first thing DiNozzo wanted to know when she handed him his cell phone back.
"Eavesdropping have we, Tony?"
"Me? Noooo, never, I wouldn't dare."
Abby laughed, and simply told him, "Chris is a friend of mine that Gibbs knows too, and he's coming over here so you can go check if Ziva and McGee have found something of use for us. I'll keep digging with Chris' help."
"Abby I'm not sure..."
"No buts, Tony, don't worry about my friend he can be trusted, I pinky swear." She smiled, "Trust me."
"I do trust you."
"Then go. Shoo, or I'll tell Shirley to kick you out."
Tony smiled and pointed out to his friend that she couldn't do that. "And why wouldn't I do it?"
"You can't ask her that because I'm already outside." He smirked.
"Get you six out of my sight." She laughed as he moved toward her to kiss the top of her head in a way the man she loved would have before he finally walked away from her.
"Don't you want me to wheel you back inside before I go."
"No, I'm fine right here for now. The fresh air does me good."
"Call if there anything."
"I will." She assured him before he finally walked away.
000
Special agents Timothy McGee and Ziva David were back on the crime scene, still secured cause Ziva had given instructions when they had first left has if she'd known from the beginning that they would miss something.
"Could you remind me why we are here for, Ziva?"
"We're searching for forgotten clues or evidence or whatever it might that could help find the person who did this."
"We're search this place already, other agents have searched it to and nothing was found..."
Ziva cut Tim off instantly. "Don't, Tim. If it would have been Gibbs asking you to search a crime scene again you would've done it with asking questions well imagine I'm him."
McGee looked at his colleague, but didn't say a word as he focused on the scene of the crime, though he was still convinced that this was a waste of time. There was no way they could still find anything useful here, as if the criminal they were after would leave his identity card, telling them immediately where to pick him up. Once again their boss was in trouble and they had to solve it and in the meantime they'd have to deal with Abby that would go hysterical, or if not something very close to it.
"McGee, I'm not only doing this for Gibbs. Do I have to remind you that a kid died in that explosion as well a man that was probably his father." Ziva told him, slightly irritated by the agent behavior."
"I know a kid died Ziva, and that's just it." Gibbs has pissed someone enough again, and we have to deal with the consequences and this time a child had to pay for it."
"What's is that suppose to mean?"
"Tell me seriously do you really think this is all worth it?"
"Yes, it is!" He heard another familiar voice say before feeling a hand entering in contact with the back of his head.
"Shouldn't be with Abby?" Ziva asked him, curious.
"Abby's doing fine, surprisingly fine even, I brought her a laptop and doctor Bratt has given some instruction so we can use a room to do our jobs, our forensic tech is now waiting for a friend of hers who's going to help her a hand."
"Who is it?" Tim inquired.
"No idea, McCurious, all I know is that both Gibbs and Abbs know him."
"What was that all about, being worth it."
"Oh nothing, but McGee seems to say that Gibbs is responsible for the kid's and his father's death."
"What? Could you repeat this? I think, I haven't understood you right."
"No, you did." Ziva said seriously.
"If there is anyone responsible for the kid's death, it is the one who place that bomb into or under the car and NO ONE ELSE McSmartypants. Is that clear!"
"Yeah, but I still think that coming back here is a waste of time."
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Nothing."
"Go tell that to someone who'll believe you." Told him irritated by the special agent's behavior.
"Split it out, Tim." Ziva intervened
"Spit it out, you, Tim, Ziva's right."
"There's nothing going on."
"McGee." DiNozzo's voice didn't leave any doubt to the fact that he wasn't happy.
DiNozzo wasn't their boss, but he could also be a pain in the behind when he wanted it and he knew that Tony was in charge now that Gibbs was in an hospital bed.
"Abby could have been killed." He finally let out.
"I know, she could have, but she wasn't. She's just injured." Ziva pointed out to him.
Which to what McGee sighed heavily "I know but why did she have to be with him at that moment?"
"Tim, Abby, is a big girl, capable of making her own choices. She's always been around Gibbs even before you came into the picture at NCIS. It's almost been like this from day one."
"It's a sad thing to say, but if it would have been her or his time to go there was nothing no one could have done. Thank goodness it wasn't and I hope it won't be any time soon. It's part of the job."
"I just wish things would have be different..." He said, staring into emptiness before him.
"I'm sorry, McGee." Ziva told him as she placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. Her brows lifted when she felt his hand move slowly toward his holster.
The fingers of her hand on his shoulder applied some extra pressure so he looked at her. "The car... it's back."
NCIS special agent David slowly turned in the direction Tim's eyes were fixed on and noticed that car was back, they were indeed being surveyed.
"Don't." Was all she said, and her eyes read the license plate. Now they had a starting point for this case finally.
000
Those agents are really stupid why did they come back here? Shane hasn't left anything behind, he isn't such an idiot. And that female agents doesn't really know a damn thing about fashion. Don't they have a dress code at NCIS? Women shouldn't be allowed to wear jeans like that woman does. It's such a crime of fashion.
One days he will get you all, he already had Gibbs and it would take long for him to get to all of you. After what you have done to him, it will be all you deserve. And when this will be over, I will take care of our sweet little Lune Watson and what kind of name is Lune anyway, her parents' must have been both drunk when they agreed on the name.
I will take care of her. The girl is too weak and too sentimental and she could become a threat to Shane if she ever get questioned by the police. Then and only then, Shane and I will be happy.
Danielle slowly started her car and left. She was going home to change her clothes and take her Corvette to do some shopping, she always felt happy after a few hours of shopping. Maybe she would also go to a coffee shop to sit there and think about a plan, to get rid of Lune and her future with Shane Caulfield.
Danielle Caulfield... It sounded great to her ears.
000
Chris Burton was sitting with Abby in the room that Bratt had fit out for her to work, but she couldn't really concentrate. No doctor or nurse had come to talk to her yet. She hadn't heard anything from Ducky or even Palmer... She wondered how Ziva, Tony and McGee were doing.
"Everything will be okay, Abby, I promise." Chris Burton told her gently as he slowly took her hand in his.
The forensic scientist titled her head a little when she looked at him, and suddenly she knew that he was speaking the truth, everything would be okay, every pieces would fit together sooner or later and it. He still had it.
Chris had this ability to make her feel at piece when things were getting too hectic. Gibbs did it too, a word, a kiss on the cheek, but now he wasn't around, he was fighting for his life surrounded by doctors and nurses that were in her eyes as helpless as she was right now to help him, it was his fight and his alone. She hoped that Shannon and Kelly would tell him to come back to her that they would tell him it wasn't his time to get yet.
As if reading her mind her friend said. "He'll come back to you, have faith."
Abby simply nodded her head and reached to take Chris' hand. Taking hand seemed to give her renewed strength. And she realized she believed his words, Gibbs would come back and all she had to do is have faith in him, in them, in life itself.
To be continued...
So that's it for this chapter.
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