Gone Chapter 6

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Nell and Gibbs knelt on either side of Callen, not letting go of his hands as he continued to seize. They could hear the sirens getting closer.

Gibbs looked up at Nell. "Nell, I need you to go outside, show the EMT's in." Nell looked at Gibbs. "I can't leave him Gibbs." She whispered as she held on tight.

"Nell, Nell, look at me." He said seriously. "I've got him. I promise he's not going anywhere." He said as he looked her.

Nell nodded and let go of his hand and headed outside to guide the EMT's in. "He's in here. He's got a brain tumor, a Glioblastoma Grade IV. He's taking anti-seizure medication." She said as she guided them into the house.

"Okay, how long has the seizure been in progress?" Asked one of the EMT's.

"About 5 minutes." Replied Gibbs.

"Alright, what's his name?"

"It's Callen." Replied Nell

"Callen, Callen, my name is Derek. I'm an EMT. I'm gonna check your airway okay?" He said

"Alright, your airway looks good. I'm gonna roll you onto your side, okay." Said Derek as he looked at Gibbs. "Sir. I'm gonna need to let go of him, while I roll him."

Gibbs shot the EMT a look before releasing his grip allowing the EMT to get him into the recovery position.

The EMT started to assess Callen as best he could while he was still seizing as Nell and Gibbs watched on nervously. After about a minute he noticed Callen's body start to relax and he was slowly coming out of the seizure.

Nell leant down next to him, assisting him as he tried to get up. "Callen, are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah I.." He said as he struggled to get his bearings. "What happened?" He asked Nell, not realizing the EMT was there.

"You don't remember?" the EMT asked startling him.

"No, sorry. Who are you?" He asked.

"My name's Derek. I'm here to help you. I need to check you over and then we can head to the hospital." He said

"Hospital? No I'm fine. I have a doctor back in Los Angeles, who has my file."

"Callen, your wife told us about your tumor. You need to go to the hospital to be checked. Especially since you had a"

Callen looked at Nell, who had looked like she had, had the life scared out of her. He knew she would want him to go and get checked out. He pulled her in close to him. "I'm sorry I scared you." He said.

Nell held onto her husband.

"I'll go to the hospital, get checked out okay." He said as his caressed her face and kissed her. "Come on" He said as the EMT's loaded him into the ambulance and Nell jumped in back.

"I'll meet you at the hospital." Said Gibbs. Nell nodded in acknowledgement as the doors slammed shut. Gibbs watched on as the ambulance pulled out of his driveway. He pulled out his phone and dialed OSP.

"Hetty, Gibbs. Callen's in the hospital. He had a seizure. Nell's with him. I'm heading there now."

"Thank you for letting me know Gibbs." She said as she hung up the phone and took a deep breath in while she watched as Kensi, Deeks and Sam were laughing and talking at their desks.

Meanwhile Callen had just arrived at the hospital with Nell. He listened as the EMT gave his stats to the attending doctor, who turned to face him.

"Mr Callen. I'm Doctor Petrov. How are you feeling?"

"I feel okay Doc. I just feel a little exhausted, that's all but I figured that it was just one of the side effects from the medications."

Dr Petrov nodded. "And what medications are you on?" He asked as Callen gave him the list.

"I see and is this the first seizure you've had since you've been on the anti seizure medication. Callen nodded yes.

"May I ask what you were doing when the seizure occurred?"

"Just eating dinner." Replied Callen

"Okay" mumbled Petrov as he made notes.

"Anything unusual or strenuous in the past 24 hours?"

Callen and Nell looked at each other. "Um, yeah we had sex." Said Nell.

"I se." He started to say before Nell cut him off.

"Well it wasn't sex, sex, it was oral stimulation." Said Nell as Callen's face went red and Dr Petrov raised an eye brow.

"I mean him to me and not me to him." She said sheepishly as Callen just looked on shocked.

"Okay I see well, I'm going order a MRI, we need to confirm whether there is any change to the tumor and I'll have nurse come in a few moments to draw some blood and fluids from you. I'll speak with Dr Nolo and be back shortly.

"Uh doctor, just one second." Said Callen as Doctor Petrov stopped. "Nell, can you do me a favor and grab me some water, cup of tea, something, my throat, it's a little bit scratchy."

Nell nodded and smiled softly as turned to start to walk out, stopping just as she rounded the corner out of sight.

"Dr Petrov. " Petrov? chto russkiy, ne tak li? (Petrov, that's Russian right?)"

"Da (Yes)" He replied.

"Why the hell is he talking in Russian?" She asked as she pulled out her phone and started to record.

Callen knew Nell would have suspected something was up when he sent her away as he continued to converse with Dr Petrov in Russian.

"Posle togo, kak vy delayete vashi testy i pogovorit' s doktorom Nolo . Mne nuzhno , chtoby ty rasskazal mne , chto proiskhodit . Pered tem, kak skazat' zhene . Ona beremenna i ne dolzhny byt' peregruzheny pryamo seychas. Ponimayu? (After you do your tests and speak to Dr Nolo. I need you to tell me what is going on. Before you tell my wife. She is pregnant and does not need to be overwhelmed right now. Understand?")

Dr Petrov nodded and turned walking out of the room. Nell heard the two finish their conversation, she stopped the recording, put her phone back in her pocket and headed off to find 2 cups of team.

Meanwhile Gibbs had arrived at the hospital, checked in with the reception desk in emergency who gave him Callen's room number after a short argument about how Gibbs wasn't family. He walked in to Callen's room to find him sat up in bed.

"I thought for sure you'd be getting dressed trying to leave Callen."

Callen chuckled. "Yeah, well I can't say the thought hasn't crossed my mind."

Gibbs smiled and chuckled. "Where's Nell?" He asked.

"She's gone to grab some tea."

"What did the doctor say?" Asked Gibbs

"Gonna do a MRI and they've taken, blood, urine, and any other fluids they can get their hands on and test it. It'll be back in a couple of hours."

"You think the tumors gotten worse?" Asked Gibbs

"Well it'd explain why I had a seizure right?"

"I mean I'm not a doctor Callen. I don't know."

"Have you spoken to Hetty?" He asked

"Yeah I called. I let her know you were in the hospital and you were being looked after."

"Did she tell the others?"

Gibbs shook his head. "I don't know Callen" He replied as Nell came back into the room with a glass of water and a cup of tea. She placed them down on the tray.

"How are you feeling?" She asked as she leant down to kiss him.

"I'm alright. I'm just tired. I want to be home. That's all. I'm not the biggest fan of hospitals." He said

"Oh and I don't I know it." She said as she smiled.

Callen reached over and placed his hand gently on her stomach. "How are you doing" He asked seriously. "This stress can't be good for you."

"Callen's right Nell. You've got a mini you or Callen growing inside there. You should get some rest. I can watch over him." He said.

Before Nell could answer an orderly appeared at the bed. "I'm sorry to interrupt but I'm here to take him for his MRI."

Nell smiled. "Sure." She said as orderly and Gibbs helped Callen out of bed and into the wheelchair. "I love you." She said as she kissed him.

"I love you too." He smiled as Nell watched as Callen was being wheeled away.

Nell turned to Gibbs. "Coffee Gibbs?" She asked.

"Sure" He replied with a smile across his face as they walked towards the cafeteria. "How long did they say?"

"About half an hour" She replied.

"We'll head back in 20 minutes" Said Gibbs.

Meanwhile Callen was lying inside the MRI as it begun to take the images of his brain.

"I had Dr Nolo in Los Angeles email through the images from the patients last scan, can you put them up on the screen." He asked the radiographer.

Dr Petrov begun to compare the images taken with Dr Nolo and the new images and hung his head.

"Damn." He said as the MRI finished up 20 minutes later.

The orderly escorted Callen back to his bed where Gibbs and Nell were waiting. "Did they say anything during the scan Callen?" Asked Gibbs.

"No, radio silence, nothing." Replied Callen as Dr Petrov came by.

"I see you have a friend visiting." He said

"Special Agent Gibbs." He said extending his hand.

"Good to meet you Special Agent. May I please have a few moments alone with Mr Callen?"

"Is everything okay?" Asked Nell as she started to panic.

"I just have a few follow up questions. That's all." Replied Petrov.

Nell looked at the Doctor not believing what he was saying. Gibbs touched her arm. "Come on, we'll take a walk, get some air." Said Gibbs as he escorted Nell away from Callen's bedside and they started walking down the corridor.

"Something's going on Gibbs. What was so important that he couldn't he ask with you or I there?"

"I don't know Nell."

"I get here and Callen sends me to get tea and water and he starts talking to the doctor in Russian. I recorded it." She said as she played the recording for Gibbs.

"Can you translate it? Your file says you speak Russian." She said as she looked him.

"You should be asking Callen, Nell" He said.

"Gibbs, please" She said almost pleading with him.

"He just asked him to tell him the results alone before telling you two together. He doesn't want to worry you, that's all."

"Yeah, well I am worried. He had a seizure and that means either meds have stopped working (Said Nell as she started to cry) or the tumor had gotten bigger." She said through her tears.

Gibbs pulled her into him. "Shhh, it's okay. I've got you. Shhh." He said as Nell closed her eyes and started sobbing into his shirt as Gibbs consoled her.

Meanwhile Dr Petrov was speaking to Callen about his MRI results.

"Thank you for insisting to speak to me alone. My wife.. I just don't want to add.."

"It is okay I understand. Now I have had Dr Nolo sent through the results from you last MRI and compared to them this MRI. There has been a slight increase in the size of the tumor."

"Wait an increase? I thought the medication was supposed to stop that."

"The Temozolomide has slowed the growth but it hasn't stopped it Mr Callen."

"Is that the reason for the seizure?" He asked

"We can't say for sure. However Dr Nolo and I have agreed the best course of action is to start you on a stronger anti convulsive and Dr Nolo had requested to see you when you return to Los Angeles."

"Great, how long until I go home." He said.

"I would recommend staying here for a couple of days."

"With respect Dr Petrov I don't really like hospitals all that much and I can't really rest in them. My wife and I are staying with Special Agent Gibbs while we're here and I know they won't let me do anything to stressful."

"We will keep you here for another a couple of hours to monitor you to make sure you don't have another seizure. I'll be back in a couple of hours." He said as he got up and walked away leaving Callen to absorb what the doctor had told him.

Meanwhile Gibbs was still consoling Nell when Dr Petrov came across them in the hall during his rounds.

"Mrs Callen, Agent Gibbs. I have finished speaking with your husband Mrs Callen. We are starting on him on a new anti-seizure medication and we are going to discharge him in a couple of hours. We just want to watch him for next few hours to make sure he doesn't have any more seizures. I have recommended he stay in Washington for a few days to rest before you fly home Mrs Callen."

"Thank you Dr Petrov. Can I see him?" She asked.

Dr Petrov nodded. Nell headed off down the hallway towards Callen.

"Thanks Doc." He said as he smiled and started to follow Nell.

"Uh Agent Gibbs?" He said causing Gibbs to stop.

"Don't worry Doc. I'll make sure he gets some rest." He said, smiling.

Dr Petrov smiled and continued on his rounds.

Nell arrived at Callen's bedside to find him, lying back, which completely surprised her.

"Hey" She said.

"Hey" He said as he smiled as he saw her.

"How are you feeling now?" She asked.

"Just tired." He said as he reached up to caress her face. "I'm looking forward to getting back to Gibbs and getting some rest."

"Yeah, we ran into Dr Petrov in the hallway. He um he was saying their starting you on new medication."

Gibbs arrived and saw Callen and Nell in the distance. He watched on as they talked.

Callen paused. "Yeah, um just a stronger one, that's all. "Hey" He said as he smiled Come here." He said as he patted the side of the bed. Nell smiled as she crawled into his hospital bed. Callen pulled her close and kissed her temple. "I love you so much Nell. I didn't mean to scare you" He whispered.

"I know. Its okay" She said as he turned to face him. "I need to ask you something"

"What's wrong?" He asked

"I heard you talking with Dr Petrov this morning"

"Okay" Said Callen slowly.

"In Russian." She said.

"Ahhh." He said

"I recorded it"

"You did, why?"

Nell looked at her husband. Not sure if she wanted to tell him. "Nell?" He said.

"I was nervous, that it was bad news, and you didn't want to me worry and I started to worry and…

"And you asked Gibbs to translate it didn't you."

Nell nodded.

"Then you know that I was just trying to protect you. I didn't want to stress you out. I knew you were already worried because of the seizure and I didn't worry you unless there was something to worry about."

Nell looked her husband straight in the eye. "Callen, you don't need to do that. I may be pregnant and yes some days everything can be a bit much to take on, but I'm not made of glass. We made a promise to go through this together and we can't do that when you try to hide things from me. Understood?"

Callen smiled softly. "Understood." He said as he kissed her temple.

"Good" She said as she snuggled into him.

Gibbs smiled as he watched Callen and Nell lay side by side. He turned and walked back down the hall.

Hey Guys, bit of a longer chapter. Hope you enjoy. Next chapter we fast forward another month where Callen's condition will really start to deteriorate. It will also deal with Nell's pregnancy and the ultrasound where they find out the sex of the baby and how Callen really comes to terms with knowing he isn't going to be around. Will be a bit more of a feelings based chapter with a special guest appearance by Nate.

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