A not so happy conversation

"Ziva, you´re going to interview Jones! McGee, if you ever do something that Tony tells you again, I´m kicking your ass!" Gibbs screamed. "I´m the only one telling you what you´re supposed to do! And when I say 'No undercover work' then it´s NO UNDERCOVER WORK! You got it?!"

"Y... yeah, boss..." McGee stuttered.

"And now go back to work! DiNozzo!" Gibbs yelled again.

"Yeah?" Tony asked with an innocent voice.

"With me!" Gibbs said in an dangerous low voice and shoved Tony to the stairs. Gibbs was already pissed, because the elevator wasn´t working and there were no empty rooms. So he decided to take the stairwell as his 'office'.

"And now?" Tony asked wondering why Gibbs wanted to talk to him in the stairwell.

"And now, I´ll tell you, and you better listen to this, it´s my team not yours! You don´t have a say!" Gibbs barked.

"Woa! Calm down, will ya? You weren´t there. We had to make it quick and this was the best way." Tony said calmly.

"The best way?! McGee could be dead, because of your best way!"

"Gibbs, you weren´t there." Tony tried desperately.

"You weren´t left in charge, DiNozzo! I was just gone for coffee and you´re playing the boss!"

"Hey! I´m the senior field agent. You weren´t there so I was responsible for the team. And besides you left me in charge when you were pissed and ran off to Mexico!" Tony yelled back.

"Watch it, DiNozzo! You don´t know a thing! Giving the team to you was a big mistake. That´s why I´m back here! So NCIS isn´t going down!"

"That´s shit! You just came back, bacause you got tired of lying on the beach!" Tony yelled and turned around.

SLAP!

Tony stumbled by the sudden contact at the back of his head and fell down the stairs.

"Tony!" Gibbs yelled and ran down the stairs he saw Tony lying on the ground motionless. "Tony!" He kneeled next to his agent and turned him on his back. Gibbs saw blood trickle out of Tonys ear. His first thought was, Tony might be dead. He patted Tonys cheek lightly. No reaction. Gibbs pulled out his cellphone and dialed Duckys number. "Ducky. Come to the stairs. Tony is unconscious."

Just a few minutes later Ducky came in the stairwell. "My god Jethro, what happened to him?" Ducky looked at the gash at the side of Tonys head. "Jethro the blood isn´t from his ear. It´s from the gash. It´s not that serious. Back in college I had friend which fell down the stairs, too -" Ducky began one of his never ending stories.

"Not serious?! Tony is unconscious! IT IS SERIOUS! And I don´t want to hear ANY STORIES NOW!"

"Jethro, calm down. Tell me what happened."

Gibbs sighed. "We had an arguement and I slapped him. He tripped and fell." Gibbs explained short.

"Call an ambulance, Jethro." Ducky ordered. "Anthony? Anthony can you hear me? Jethro, we need to get him carried out."

"I´ll do that. Hold open the door please." Gibbs lifted Tony in his armes and carried him down the stairs to the ambulance.