"Mummy's gonna check on, Zee. 'Kay Abbs" Jenny kissed her daughter's forehead and watched as she struggled to stay awake. Jenny smiled softly before exiting the room. The short walk to Ziva's room gave Jenny the chance to get her emotions in check before entering her older daughter's room.
Gibbs and Tony sat on either side of Ziva, who thankfully was sitting up, smiling weakly at something Tony was telling her.
"Hi, Sweetie" Jen hugged Ziva tightly and placed a kiss on each of her arms causing Ziva to smile a proper smile at her mum.
"Hi, mummy" She smiled sounding more like the vulnerable little 7 year old than the strong, determined 12 year old she'd become over the years.
"How you feeling?" Jen asked
"I'm Ok, doesn't hurt much any more" Ziva answered honestly, she didn't feel much pain now, which made her feel awful about how much her baby sister must be in. Ziva knew she have to go back to the shrink she'd seen for a while when she first joined the Gibbs' family but she didn't mind much. The experience had been horrid and she knew that it would bring the nightmare back and the scars left would be there forever, on show for everyone but right now surrounded by her family, she couldn't have felt more safe and secure.
"I was reminded Zee of that time she bleached Abby's hair" Tony chuckled
Everyone laughed but Jen had to ask Tony something
"How's Kate?" She asked her son
"She's still a bit scared but she's more freak out over what's happened to the girls" Tony explained quietly. Kate had stopped sleeping and eating, what little energy she had was spent worrying about the girls. She blamed herself, every little detail of that night had replayed in her head and her and Tony were constantly arguing over everything. Tony had called her as soon as Abby and Ziva were found and it was nice to have not only his sisters back but also to have Kate back to normal. Ducky had said she'd promised to go to bed early tonight so they could visit the hospital in the morning and then eaten pizza with her brothers, who of course were over joyed that their friends were ok even if they hadn't completely understood what had actually happened.
"Well we'll have visitors in the morning then their letting you both home in the morning" Gibbs told Ziva, stroking her hair out her face. He'd still needed to check on his baby but although both girls had been hurt badly, he knew Abby would look worse physically than Ziva had.
"How's Abby?" Ziva asked
"She's ok, Ladybug"
"How do you know that? You haven't left here to go see her" Ziva's tone wasn't harsh it, she was just curious.
"I'm going to go see her soon, Ladybug" Gibbs gave his daughter a loop sided smile
They all turned towards the large glass wall that separated the room from the corridor as they saw half a dozen nurses and a couple of doctors rush along the corridor...towards Abby's room. Jenny and Gibbs looked at each other with silent panic
"Tony stay with Ziva" Gibbs ordered as he quickly followed his wife out.
"She's crashing!" One nurse yelled as Gibbs and Jenny came into the hospital room to see hospital staff surrounded their child
"What's goin' on!" Gibbs yelled over the panic but was ignored as people rushed in and out of the room as they used a machine that would shock Abby's heart. It reduced Jenny to tears and Gibbs had to support her in his arms so she didn't fall to her knees. He clenched his teeth and looked down at his wife instead of the scene in front of him.
The next few minutes were agonizingly slow as the team of staff fought hard to keep the little girl alive and two words were music to Gibbs' ear
"She's stabilising" Another nurse sighed in relief as she hooked another wire to Abby
"Good work, team" One of the doctors nodded at his co-workers as they shuffled out the room with lazy smiles on their faces
"Mr and Mrs Gibbs" The doctor greeted
"What happened?" Jen asked
"Abigail's heart gave out and we're not sure how well she can breathe on her own with putting strain on it so we've had to put her on some breathing equipment, just to be on the safe side"
"But she was ok, She was awake"
"Sometimes, you can't predict these things. The many thing is she's a strong one, she'd proved that she's isn't going down with out a fight" The doctor smiled and left the worried parents with their ill child.
Gibbs lead a tremblingly Jenny over to Abby and helped her lower herself into the chair beside the bed
"Hey, Princess" Gibbs whispered placing a kiss on Abby's cheek and stroking her hair out of her eyes "Gave us quite the scare there, ya horrible little monkey"
Jenny knew the scene that had unfolded had affected Gibbs in ways he would never admit to anyone, he was the strongest in the family but he just couldn't hide this sort of things well this was everything he dreaded. His family were his life and now both his baby girls had been harmed and he'd just almost lost his princess just now.
"Jethro, she's ok now"
"Yeah for how much longer, Jen. And think how this is gonna affect Ziva, she already believes this is all her fault"
"Just focus on, Abbs for a few minutes please, Jethro" Jenny said quite pissed at his reply "Zee, might blame herself to begin with but she'll understand eventually, she always does, she intelligent and she knows how much we care about her and that she is part of this family as much as the rest of us but Abby needs us right this second. I'll go explain to Zee, just stay here, make sure our baby knows you're here and that its not sleepy time any more" Gibbs almost smile at the last comment
"I know Jen, I just...need them both to be alright again. It's that to much to ask for"
"No, of course it isn't" Jen hugged him tightly pressing a kiss to his neck "I know how much you love them, all three of them and they all know it too"
"I know" Gibbs mumbled his gaze falling on his little angel "We can't lose them"
Jenny looked from her husband to her daughter and silently agreed.
She slowly made her way back to explain to her other kids what was happening, her heels making loud taps on the hard flooring.
Gibbs sat in the seat his wife had just been in and took Abby small pale hand in his larger one and thanked God she was alive.