When heaven is missing an angel
By Mimy
Summary : A little innocent being arrived on Earth, bringing a
small ray of light in this somber day, when another wonderful person hat to
quit this world.
Paring : Tiva
Rating : K
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Through the window in the small, cold room,
enlightened by the bright white glow of the neon’s, Gibbs was watching the
young woman who was fighting for her life and his heart was aching at the
struggle she put forth.
It was combat lost in advance, according to the
doctors. They were positive. She had hung on as long as she could, even
above all odds. She was lying on that
bed, looking so fragile and lost in the middle of all these tubes that were
keeping her alive.
The black of her air was contrasting over the white of
the sheets, making a dark halo around her pale features. She looked so peaceful. Without the tube in her throat helping her to
breathe and the monitor testifying that she was still alive, one would believe
that she was asleep. Beside her was
Anthony DiNozzo.
The young man had no rest since he received the
fateful call. A drunk driver had just
shattered his life, taking away the women he loved.
When they arrived at the hospital, she was in
surgery. Together, the entire team had waited,
worried sick, hoping to learn something about her condition.
Abby was crying loudly, snuggled in Tim’s arms, who was also trying to keep his emotion under
control. Tony was pacing in the waiting
room, taking his anger and fears out on anyone who was trying to talk to
him. Gibbs was still, looking straight
ahead of him, an indescribable look on his face. Jenny was beside him and she
had slipped her hand in his, seeking for comfort in the familiar touch. The doctor appeared, his tired features showing
that he had bad news.
“ We did all we
could, however the brain damage was too significant. She’s stable for now, but her scan doesn’t
show any signs of cerebral activity.
Frankly, it is a miracle that she survived as long as she did” The doctor advised them in a compassionate
tone, and went on “She’s a fighter; she has evidently been holding on for the
child. who by the way is fine. It’s a
little girl and she’s perfect”, he finished soberly.”
The doctor moved to the side, letting space for a nurse
who walked toward them and handed the child to Tony, who hadn’t said a word
until then. Tears streaming down his face, the young Italian carefully took the
child, cradling her protectively in his arms, staring in the deep dark eyes of
the little girl. Her mother’s eye, he
thought. Ziva. He had to see her.
“ Where is she?
I want to see her” he said to the doctor on a firm tone allowing no room for
objection.
As he was about to protest, the man in the blue scrubs
met the icy gaze of Gibbs and waved the little group to follow him. He had
leaded them to the intensive care unit before leaving them behind the window of
the room where their colleague and friend was laying. He added that they could
go inside one at the time before giving them some privacy.
They were
still there, a few hours later. Gibbs had taken Jenny in his arms when she got
out of the room a little while before. She wasn’t able to stop her
tears. Seeing
the one, once so full of life, who saved her life, now laying there, broken and
vulnerable on this hospital bed was unbearable.
The
ex-marine was trying to comfort her, gently stroking her air in a calming
motion, but he himself had a hard time containing his rage at seeing the one he
thought of as a daughter suffering like
this when he could do nothing about it.
They each had a few moments alone with her and now, Tony was back at her
side. The doctor was with him. Gibbs saw his agent moving in his way.
“I’ll be back when everything is finished. He needs me,
he’ll need every one of us”, he whispered to Jenny, loosening his grip.
-Go, and tell her goodbye for us, she answered
softly, wiping her tears. I’ll be with
Tim, Abby and Ducky” she added, lightly moving her head toward the rest of the
team that was standing not far from them.
Gibbs came close to the broken member of his team and
carefully took her hand in his. He put a light kiss on her forehead before
saying softly in her ear:
“ Semper Fi, Officer
David. I’ll always owe you Ziva and I’ll look after them, I promise. You’ll have good company up there and here,
we’ll take care of them. We’ll miss you,
you know.”
He took a few steps back and stood beside Tony, his
eyes clouded with emotion and a lump in his throat. Tears were still going down
the young man cheeks and crashing down on the blanket wrapped around a little
being full of life. The doctor
approached the young woman and was about to turn off the respirator when
weakly, Tony interrupted him:
“Wait, please. Just a moment”
The doctor retreated a little bit, giving Tony some
space near to the young Israeli’s bed.
He moved toward her, holding in his arms their little girl who was know
fully awake. He sat on the bed and held
onto the unconscious woman’s hand. He
carefully lifted it, intertwining their fingers before stroking gently the soft
hairs covering the child head and tracing her delicate features.
“ Ziva David,
please meet Allyson Ziva DiNozzo. She’s a fighter, just like her Mommy. She
hold on and thanks to you, I can hold her in my arms. She’s beautiful. She looks so very much like you. I’ll miss you, my angel. I swear that she’ll never forget her mommy;
I’ll never forget her mommy. I promise,
Ziva. You can let go know, she’s
safe. I love you.”
His shoulders shaking from the sobs, he backed up
lightly, without letting go his fiancée’s hand, stroking her palm with his
thumb. He nodded to the doctors who
silently turned off the machines which were keeping her broken body alive. Quickly, the regular beep of the heart
monitor slowed to finally became a long straight sound. A nurse turned it off and the room was filed
by a pregnant silence which was only disturbed by the muffled sobs escaping
from the young Italian.
He sensed his superior put a comforting hand on his
shoulder hand left his eyes to met Gibbs’, silently begging him to tell him
that it was a nightmare.
“ It’ll be okay,
Tony. It’ll be hard, but everything will
be okay, he said on a reassuring tone.
You’ll have to move on, for her” he continued, letting his gaze fall
upon on the soft face with big deep dark eyes who was watching them intently.
They stayed like that, at the side of the young woman
who changed their lives and who was now so abruptly taken away from them. A little innocent being arrived on Earth,
bringing a small ray of light in this somber day, when another wonderful person
had to quit that world.
Heaven
was missing an angel, Gibbs
thought, leaving the room, supporting a young man who was tore apart between
the joy of holding in his arm the child he had expected so much and the hurt of
the loss of the woman who was making his heart beat. They left behind them the lifeless body of
the young Israeli with the rabbi who would make sure that here, among her
family, she would be buried according to the belief she cherished.
The End