As mention previous I am using a little creative licensing in regards to the blood type
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or its characters.
Chapter 3
Sat on a hard plastic chair in the waiting room, Gibbs was becoming increasingly frustrated and concerned, things had rapidly gotten out of hand and his youngest agent was now fighting for his life for reasons unknown. Being at the hospital meant that he wasn't aware of the events that were currently unfolding on their current case, but he wasn't holding that against Tim, no right now Tim's safety was just as import as the Directors, which is why he was there, doing one of the thing he hated most - waiting.
It wasn't that he didn't care about what was going on with Vance and Lee Wuan Kai, but at least they had an inclining as to why that was going on and there were other agents working the case, Tony and Ziva included. With Tim it was different, there was a possibility it was all connected of course, which would make sense, but Gibbs wasn't about to assume anything and if it wasn't then they had another problem on their hands. Right now and from the start of this whole debacle with the director, Gibbs was just grateful that Abby Sciuto was away on leave, on holiday with her adoptive family somewhere in Europe.
"Doctor Mallard, Agent Gibbs" Brad's greeting brought Gibbs out of his musings and he rose along with Ducky and Palmer to talk with the two doctors who had just made their way into the waiting room, shaking hand with Gibbs, Brad continued on "First let me introduce my colleague Doctor woods, he has been the lead surgeon"
Quick and polite greetings are exchanged between all of the men, before Brad continues on "Firstly let me quite clear, that as of right now anything can happen, the surgery itself has been complicated enough, without the additional complications of Agent McGee's rare blood type of AC negative. Now he's currently on….."
"I'm sorry did you just say AC negative?" Jimmy question hesitantly, receiving a glare from Gibbs for interrupting, but in his studies he hadn't heard of this blood type.
"Yes, yes I did, it's the rarest blood type there is; you properly haven't covered it yet on your course. This blood type exists in less than point one of a percent of the world's population. Now as I was saying Tim is currently on a ventilator, which is aiding his breathing because of the damage to his right lung, we have done as much as we can, his abdomen is severally damaged, due to the closeness of that shot and it diagonal path, but until Tim stabilises, or a blood donor can be found, it is too risky for us to continue with anymore surgery."
"Meaning?" Gibbs growled
Brad goes to answer, but Doctor Wood gets there first "Meaning that as of right now we're keeping Tim heavily sedated and giving him lots of fluids along with antibiotics, in order to give his body the time and help it needs as it works to reproduce the blood that has been losted. This is very risky, we will be monitoring his condition very closely over the next twenty four to forty eight hours. Unfortunately there is no guarantees that this move will work, and the risk of infection is extremely high. Even if Tim does become stabile enough for us to take him back to surgery, there is still the problem of find a suitable donor"
"But you can use other blood, right?" Palmer questioned and was about to continue on only to be stopped by Ducking cutting in before he could get going again.
"Mr Palmer please, I will explain everything later, but it's just not that simple with this type of blood work"
"Duck?" Gibbs questions
"Let me Doctor Mallard" Brad offers as he turns to Gibbs "AC negative is not like other blood types, the only type of blood we can use is AC negative. The only other viable option is the blood plasma of a relative, preferably male, which has gone through Plasmapheresis"
The blank looks on Gibbs and Palmers faces told Ducky he would need to explain, but Jimmy jumped in before Ducky could get started, completely changing the course of the conversation.
"Well that easy, we just need to get his dad down here" Palmer jumped in happily
"Not that simple am afraid" Ducky replies sadly
"Something you want to tell us Duck?" Gibbs demands
"Am afraid, Jethro that Admiral McGee is not Tim's biological father, in fact I believe he is of no blood relation what so ever"
NCIS
Tony and Ziva, arrived at the Directors house following a call from the man himself, just as agent Fornell and Sacks were walking up the drive way.
"Well if isn't Tweedledee and Tweedledum" DiNozzo stated with a smirk
"Funny DiNutso, funny" Fornell replied, Ron Sacks threw Tony a dark look and was about to reply with a cutting remark of his own when the front door opened
"Agent Fornell, Sacks thank you for coming, you had all better come in" Vance gestured standing to the side, Tony and Ziva stayed back allowing Fornell and Sacks to enter first
"Any news?" Vance questioned as his agents made their way inside, neither Tony nor Ziva needed to guess what the man was asking about
"Not yet, sir" Ziva replied
"Okay then, let's get this side of things wrapped up shall we?" Vance stated indicating towards the lounge area off the hallway were Lee Waun Kai body currently laid
"News on what, wait a minute were Gibbs?" Fornell questioned
NCIS
"Care to explain Duck?" Gibbs questioned demandingly, this was the first he'd heard this piece of information, he certainly didn't remember reading about it in his agents file
"It's complicated Jethro and I was told in confidence, though I will admit I did not know about young Timothy's rare blood type, if I had I would have certainly ensure that he made regular donations, so that a supply would be on hand" Ducky replied, something in his voice told Gibbs to let it go at least for now, so he just inclined his head, silently telling his long term friend he'd wait, at least until they were in private.
"He did Dr Mallard" Dr Woods informed "Thankfully it appears Agent McGee donated quite regularly, in fact he came in at the end of last week and donated, we had two pints readily available, but unfortunately due to the nature of his injuries and the amount of blood loss, it just wasn't enough"
"We need access" Gibbs informed, just as Doctor Wood's pager went off
"Gotta go, another emergency patient just arrived, I'll leave you with Dr Pitt" he informed before scurrying away.
"I was expecting that, we've moved him into a room within ICU, so if you like to follow me" Brad replied, gesturing for them to follow as he started walking "Now I will warn you that you need to be prepared to get out the way if anything happens, the health of my patient comes first, any arguments I will not hesitate to have you thrown out, do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal, however my top concern right now isn't just his health, but his safety" Gibbs responded
"Care to explain agent Gibbs?" Brad asked
"Right now Tim could be someone who just got in the way, there's a trained assassin taking an unhealthy interest in our Director or he could be a target of a person/persons unknown for a completely different reason" Gibbs replied
"Meaning either way he could still be in danger" Brad nodded his understanding, years of working with military and federal employ's gave a person a certain insight
Arriving at Tim's room, Gibbs looked at Jimmy and motioned him to stay outside, the younger man nodded his understanding and sat down on a chair on the opposite side of the corridor, just outside the room, before Ducky and Gibbs followed Brad into the room.
"Oh Timothy" Ducky stated sadly "Look at what they've done to you"
Gibbs walked round the bed, taking everything in, the machinery was expected of course and thanks to the earlier information, so was the ventilator, but even with the knowledge of Tim's injuries the amount thick wadding on top off his agent's abdomen, along with numerous tubes was a surprise. Coming up next to the bed, on what would be Tim's left hand side, Gibbs ran his fingers lightly over Tim's forehead and down the right side of his face, cupping his cheek gently in his hand, before leaning forward and whispering in his ear.
"You keep fighting, McGee, you hear? That's an order" Gibbs informed, before he backed off, walking over to the chair in that was in the corner of the room, grabbing hold and moving it to the side of the bed, sitting down and he placed his hand back where it had been moments before "Your safe, son and I'm going to keep you that way"