"Bishop! Bishop! Ellllliiiieee! You can wake up now. You're not dead, don't worry." I hear as I open my eyes to Tony at my bedside.

"How long was I out?" I say as I realize I'm in a hospital.

"Only a few hours. But you really got busted up when that dirtbag hit you with his car. Remember that?"

"Not really. Did you get him though?"

"You bet we did."

"Good," I say as I shift positions uncomfortably. I take a moment to take in my injuries. Splint on my upper leg, right arm in a sling, pain in my rib cage. Tony sees me looking around and adds,

"Fractured femur, dislocated shoulder, and a few cracked ribs. You are going to have surgery on your leg, but the doctors wanted you to wake up first so they could be sure you weren't brain damaged or anything," Tony says with a smirk on his face. As soon as I start to laugh though a wave of pain hits me.

"It's okay, it's okay, just work through it." Tony says as he takes my hand and hits the nurse call button.

"It's nice to see you're awake, Mrs. Bishop." The nurse says as she walks in. "Now lets get you some pain meds."

"Yeah, that would be helpful," I say through gritted teeth. The nurse quickly attaches a syringe full of medicine into my IV line.

"It will start to take effect in a minute," the nurse says as she empties the syringe into my IV line. I grip Tony's hand as the medicine starts to take effect.

"That's better." I say as the pain eases.

"If the pain comes back, just hit the call button and I'll be right there."

"Thanks," I reply as the nurse walks out. I look back at Tony, who still stands by my bedside. "Where's the rest of the team?"

"Gibbs sent them home. We were all really worried about you. The doctors weren't sure how long it was going to take you to wake up. I was supposed to go home too, but I just couldn't sit around doing nothing, so I came here."

"Well where's Gibbs?" I ask.

"I'm not sure. You getting hurt was really hard for him, considering what happened to our past female agents."

"If you don't mind me asking, how many other women were there on the team?"

"Two. Kate and Ziva." Tony replies, looking out the window. I can tell this is hard for him, so I stay silent as he gets ready to continue. "They were both great agents. They are both very missed. Kate especially. I mean, we miss Ziva too, but I know if I really wanted to see her, I still could, but Kate… she's gone forever."

"Oh," I say. I can tell he's struggling to keep it together. "You don't have to go on if you want. I mean, I can tell this is hard for you."

"No, no, you have the right to know. I might as well start at the beginning….