CHAPTER 17: WRITTEN IN BLOOD
Tony and Smith exit the elevator minuvering around the various items on the floor, broken glass, papers, melted evidence bags and the burned out shell of
a computer.
"All the evidence has been destroyed for a reason!" Tony says
"I know, let just get this over with" Smith says seeing where her colleague and friend had been at the time of the explosion
Tony makes his way into the middle of the lab avoiding the mess that is now the left over of the lab, he sees something on the floor, it
looks like blood and he begins to photograph it when he suddenly realises what it is.
"Vicky come look over here!" Tony says
"What is it Tony?" Smith asks as she makes her way towards Tony
"It looks like writing in blood" Tony says looking at the strange marks on the floor
"Oh my god!" Smith says bending down to read the writing on the floor
"1 no hu tuk Ab, What is that? is she dislexic or something?" Tony asks
"No dingbat, it says I know who took Abby" Smith says
"I knew that" Tony says smiling
They continue to proces the scene untill Vicky recieves a phone call from the hospital.
"Agent Smith" She answers
"Yes" She says
"ok i'l be right there!" She says closing her cell and slowly placing it in her trouser pocket
Tony hears the conversation and trying not to look like he is listening he slowly begins to walk towards Vicky to hear what she is saying and stands
on what is left of Bert, his fur and face are badly burned and it is difficult to relise what it is until Tony hears the fart noise coming from him.
His fart noise is now a slow deep groan sound but it it definately Bert.
"Ew Tony!" Smith says
"It wasn't me it was Bert" Tony says defensively
"Whatever!" Smith says back not caring about where the noise came from
"Whats wrong?" Tony asks
"Emma has taken a turn for the worst they don't think she will make it through the night" Smith says sounding upset
"I'm so sorry Vicky" Tony says reaching her and pulling her into a hug
"I just wanna finish this and go see her ok?" She says pulling out of the hug immediately and getting back to work
"Its ok i'll get McGee to finish up with me" Tony says
"I can do it Tony!" She shouts and picks up an evidence bag that has not been burned or ruined by the explosion "Can we make a re-enactment of the
explosion?"
"Sure, Abby is great with that" Tony says realising what he said he turns around, grabs his cell out of his pocket and calls McGee
"McGee, can you get us a re-enactment done for the explosion?" Tony asks
"Yeah sure" He says somberly
"I'm sorry Probie, we will get her back" Tony says sorrowful
"I know" McGee says sighing
"Thanks probie, let me know when your done" Tony says and closes his cell
Gibbs and Veron are at the lab at the FBI building and are waiting for Tony and Smith to arrive as they said they have found something that may help
them with the case to get Abby back and also to try to help Emma stay alive.
"You're late" Gibbs barks
"We've got some bad news" Tony says looking at Veron
"Well what is it?" Veron asks impatiently
"Emma is not doing so good and may not make it through the night" Vicky says holding back tears
"Well we had better crack this case and get her better" Veron says trying to avoid the fact that he may lose a member of his team
"I have the re-enactment for you" McGee says
He begins the program and they all look in horror as they see the figure representing Emma being thrown accross the room and being slammed down
by the force of the explosion and realising that she is lucky just to be alive.
"I think i know why she didn't leave when Abby did" Vicky says holding the three perfect specimen evidence bags containing the items they had
collected from Kate's and Tony's Appartments and placing them on the table in front of them.
"Were did you get those?" Gibs asks
"I found them on the floor of the lab where Emma was found" Vicky says
"But how could they be still like that everything else was destroyed?" Veron asks
"Thats because she was trying to save some evidence, i think she may have known who took Kate" Vicky says
"We also have this" Tony says placing the several photographs on the table also
"Emma is trying to tell us who took Abby!" Vicky says
Back at the hospital Veron is sitting in a chair by the side of Emmas bed waiting for her to wake up, hoping she will wake up, and making sure
that if she does die he will personally hunt the bastard down and kill him before anyone could find out and stop him.
"Emma wake up!" Veron screams, nothing
"Harvey" He shouts again, but still nothing
He sits back in the chair and tries to think what he can do to get her to wake up, he needs to know who this bastard is and as she is the only
one who knows it is making it difficult to find him and he will most probably get away with it. Her does not let any get away with it! not even
the time of 7/7 attacks when they said it would be difficult to find those that planned and executed the attacks but he never gave up and with the
help of Scotland Yard managed to find over 20 people connected.
"Emma, you can't die, we need you, i need you" Veron says admitting it to himself
"Do you really need me?" Emma said sounding croaky
"Well you are the only one who knows who took Abby, What the hell were you thinking" Veron said angrily
"I'm so sorry boss" Emma said before drifing back to sleep
Veron watched her close her eyes and quietly stepped out of the room and closed the door, he made his way to Kate's room where Gibbs was talking
to a now concious Kate, looking better than she did yesterday. She still has alot of cuts and bruises and will probably have to stay in the hospital
for a few days to make sure that nothing more serious arises but then she would be discharged and allowed to go home.
"How are you doing Agent Todd?" Veron asks walking into the room
"Much better thank you and please call me Kate" She says smiling
"Very well Kate its great to have you back" Veron says smiling
"Any news on Emma?" Gibbs asks
"No not yet she is sleeping at the moment but nothing more than that" Veron says taking a seat next to him
"What has happened?" Kate asks
"You haven't told her?" Veron asks
"Not yet she needed her rest and i didn't want to worry her" Gibbs says knowing that he is going to have to tell her now or Veron will
"Will somebody tell me what s going on!" Kate says worrying
"There was an explosion in the lab, Emma was still in the lab when it happened" Veron informed Kate
"And Abby?" Kate asks
"They have taken her" Gibbs says getting to his feet and pacing accross the room
"Oh no, do we know who took her?" Kate asks
"No, only Emma does and she still in a critical condition they she may not make it through the night" Veron added
"Oh god, poor Emma" Kate said tearing up
The sudden sound of bleeps, noises, hospital staff running around and panic stops them and they realise that it is coming from a room down from
where Kate's is.
"Emma!" Veron shouts running from the room
"Jason wait!" Gibbs shouts
"Gibbs!" Kate shouts and climbs out of bed, puts on a hospital night gown and makes her way towards the other two agents
"Whats happening?" Veorn asks
"I'm sorry sir unless you are family i cannot release any information about this patient" the nurse responds
"I'm her fiance" Veron says much to the surprise of Gibbs and Kate who are standing behind him
"Very well, she is stable for the moment but she will need alot of rest and will be here for a few weeks" The nurse said
"When can i go in and see her?" Veron asks
"In a few moments they are just getting her ready for her scan" The nurse said
"A scan? for what?" Veron asks
"Oh you must no know yet" The nurse says
"Know what?" Veron asks confused
"Your fiance is pregnant" The nurse said smiling
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