The next morning Gibbs woke up at 6a.m. looking around he was surprise to be alone. Tony and Ellie must have stepped out probably to get coffee. He was in more pain today for some reason. He looked for the pump and it was on the table. Unfortunately the table was a few feet away from the bed. He looked to the door but they weren't coming down the hallway. He sighed slightly, wincing. His ribs were an 8, abdomen a 7 ½, arm an 6 ½, and his shoulders a 6. He's hurting worse by the minute. He went to throw off the blanket, barely lifted his left side, weight on the right, but the pain flared. He slowly laid back down after flinching to a halt. He controlled his breathing, eyes pinched, and blood rushing in his ears. Three minutes later Tony and Ellie walked in seeing his tense pained body. Tony rushed over to the bedside table and put their coffee down. They both rushed to his side Tony on his right and Ellie on his left. Ellie clutched his hand, while Tony had a hand on his shoulder and forearm. They shared a worried look as he didn't respond and started shaking worse from pain.

"Boss" Tony called softly. He got no response but Gibbs whimpered.

"Gibbs" Ellie called gently. "Gibbs" she squeezed his hand as she repeated.

"Ahhhh." Gibbs just moaned in pain.

"Why is he in so much pain?" she asked.

"I don't know it hasn't been this bad since the first few days."

The others walked in and all but ran to the bed. Jimmy and Brenna stood at the foot. McGee had Abby in his arms they stood on the side by the foot of the bed. They were next to Ellie. Ducky took Tony's spot, putting his hands on his shoulder and elbow. Tony placed a hand on his forearm and his left on the rail. The others were worried and shocked as he didn't notice.

"How long has he been unresponsive?" Ducky asked.

"We walked in about five minutes ago, no idea how long before." Tony said and Ducky nodded never looking up from his pinched face and scrunched eyes. He moaned and whimpered.

"Jethro….Jethro?" No response.

"Ellie could you take his hand of the blanket and turn his hand open." After a few seconds of working gently, opened and turned his hand.

"That's a problem." They all followed his line of sight. His morphine pump IV had slipped out.

"Jethro can you hear me." He got a rumble that may have been and= affirmative. The pain kicked up another notch and he shook more.

"Can you open your eyes for me?" he asked him. His eyes fluttered but didn't open.

"That's it come on, Gibbs." Ellie said squeezing his hand and shoulder.

"Come on boss." Tony said. Gibbs eyes fluttered and groaned.

"Jethro, open your eyes." Ducky said firmly. His eyes fluttered several times and opened half way, immediately seeing the severe agony clear in his eyes.

"What's your pain level, Dear lad." He just moaned and shook his head slightly, almost violently shaking from pain.

"Okay, can you tell me how your IV got disconnected?" He smoothed his hair back.

"No" he mumbled.

"Hey Gibbs" Ellie waited until he looked at her. "Squeeze my hand…hard as you can." He did

"Good, that's real good Gibbs." She smiled slightly, his lips curved very slightly in response.

"Boss, I'm gonna get a nurse to put another IV in." Jimmy said getting a small nod, he and Brenna left to get one. His breathing was shallow, fast, and labored.

"Does it hurt to breathe?" Tony asked. He got a nod.

"Can you tell us where it hurts?" Ellie asked.

"R-Ribs…fiery…9, Abd-abdomen…burn-ning…pinch 8 ½, arm achey…7 ½, ...sh-should-der st-stiff…achey 7." He slowly stuttered out. His breathing was still labored and he was shaking from pain.

"Okay, alright relax, boss." McGee said as he set his hand on his ankle.

"You're alright, Bossman." Abby said.

Jimmy, Brenna and the nurse walked in. Ducky informed the nurse of his pain and she hooked up the new pump. She handed him the new pump control and he pressed it five times.

He relaxed after about ten seconds. They sat down reclined in their chair. Tony had a hand on his shoulder. Ducky was reclined back. Jimmy and Brenna sat at the end of the bed. McGee sat by the head of the bed with Abby curled in his lap, hand on Gibbs forearm. Ellie sat with his hand in his. They relaxed as he leaned comfortably into his pillows. The dose would usually knock him out but the pain made it less tiring them usual.

"Why was your IV, on the table." Tony asked.

"Gibbs replied tiredly, "dunno."

"You didn't take it off?" Abby asked gently. He shook his head.

"None of the nurses knew anything." They looked questioningly at him. "We sorta raised hell."

"You have learned how to tell when people are lying." Abby said.

"Wait, then who did it?" McGee said. They shared a look.