As it turned out visiting hours for children ended two hours before adult visiting hours. Meaning that she would have time for a short visit with Tony without abandoning Carly. Her mom had come by to pick-up Dylan. So after saying goodbye to Carly. She grabbed her purse and drove as fast as she legally could to Bethesda. She pressed the call button outside the ICU and waited to be allowed to enter. When she talked to him Gibbs had told her that Tony was in one of the little cubicles. What she saw when she opened the door made her feel sick.
"Oh my God Jimmy! Come on wake up! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!" Emily cried.
"What's wrong?!" A nurse cried running into the room.
"I don't know. I came in to visit my friend and he was unconscious." Emily explained.
"He's breathing and has a pulse but barely. It looks like a blunt object. You are going to have to get out of here. I am sorry. This guy has probably had enough got today." The nurse explained.
"His name is Jimmy Palmer. He is a diabetic and he works at NCIS." Emily explained nervously.
"Thank you for your help. We will take great care of him." The nurse replied.
Gibbs poured himself a cup of coffee and settled in for a long night. He had finally gotten calmed down enough to visit his boy. Only to learn that Jimmy had been attacked and was unconscious. Between this attack on Jimmy and the man who Carly saw minutes before the fire started. It was obvious that these attacks were not random and more than likely connected. There were so many questions raised from today. The most important being who was behind all this and what did they have against Tony. He was the common link between the attacks. He had been at the house when the fire started and Jimmy had been attacked in his room. Was Tony's attack the night before somehow connected? All he could say for sure is that he wanted to find the son of a bitch that did all this and make them suffer. He stepped out of the hospital. Hoping the chill that went down his spine was from the sudden cold air and not something wrong with his boy or anyone.
"Gibbs?" Emily asked.
"How you holding up?" Gibbs asked
"I don't know what to do! This is all just too much! Tony and Jimmy! My house is gone! I don't know where to go." Emily sobbed.
"You can stay with me. I have four bedrooms. Jack is in one but you and the kids can fill up the other three. Tony and you can share my master bedroom. Well Tony can when he gets home." Gibbs offered.
"Oh no I can't put you out of your room." Emily replied.
"I have hardly slept in the room since my last divorce. Three divorces and one dead wife. Too many painful memories." Gibbs explained.
"Well if your sure." Emily replied.
"Look with Tony hospitalized I have to take over raising Jack but I also have to work. So I am going to need all the help I can get. Even more so if I lose Tony." Gibbs explained.
"Oh Gibbs I can't lose Tony." Emily whimpered.
"None of us can Jimmy either. Have you heard from Breena?" Gibbs asked.
"No but I am so worried about her." Emily replied.
"Let me know when you talk to her." Gibbs replied.
"I will. Oh I forgot to ask how is Jack? You said there was wrong with him." Emily asked.
"They were changing him and he rolled into the wall. He is going to be OK they just had to stay they had to do some tests on him. He is going to be OK though. Just a bunch of bruises." Gibbs explained.
"I guess he really is his father's son." Emily commented.
"The doctor actually said that injuries that would raise questions of child abuse would be perfectly normal for him." Gibbs explained.
"That will be a load off of Tony's mind. I am glad Jack is OK though." Emily replied.
"Me too I couldn't handle it if both my boys were in grave danger." Gibbs replied.
"Well I should get back to Carly and check on Dylan." Emily replied.
"Yeah I should get back to NCIS. The sooner I catch this bastard the better.." Gibbs grunted.
"I wish I could have a crack at whoever it is." Emily sighed.
"I'll give whoever it is a little something from you." Gibbs replied.
"Good that person needs to suffer. I just hope we get them before there can be anymore damage. I already lost my home and nearly my little girl." Emily rambled.
"Don't worry we will get them and we will take them down." Gibb assured.
Emily sat on the bench outside of DC General. Trying to decide where to go and what to do. There wasn't really anywhere to sleep and Carly wasn't critical but the doctors had said that she would be released first thing in the morning. Maybe it would be nice to go and get a couple of hours of sleep at Gibbs's place though. After she picked Carly up in the morning. She would get Dylan and go to the local homeless shelter and get them some clothes and basic supplies. Right now though she just sat there and waited for something anything. After finally making her decision she stood up and proceeded to her car. Setting between the wind shield wipers and the wind shield was a note.
"Consider the autopsy nerd a warning. We'll leave you and your kids alone as long as you listen to our demands. Your boyfriend and his little bastard are dead though. Don't go to authorities especially not NCIS. Actually do go to NCIS. I want to see that Marine who drove my Israeli beauty away. Into the arms of that disgusting Italian playboy. When he hears that his precious son is a dead man. He should also probably know that I killed her. Did I feel bad yes but she was just such a whore I had to deal with her. OK go on give Tony one last hug the kid too. Then go to NCIS. With any luck Gibbs will catch me in the act. I don't mind prison time to add to his suffering. He should have told her to suck it up and love me. Sorry your home had to burn but I wanted that playboy's lungs to be left as nothing." R.C.
A/N: Emily knows who attacked Tony now. Will she be able to stop him in time? New chapter should be up Wednesday. Please review and thanks for reading.