And
I thought
I'd never see him again
Prologue
It was 10pm, when Tony made his way down the hallway to his apartment. He was very exhausted. All he wanted to do –after 12 hours of working, was to fall into his bed.
Tony opened his apartment door and entered the hallway. He dropped his backpack to the floor and stopped in his tracks, when he heard a noise coming from his living room.
Out of a reflex, he attempted to draw his gun, when he got next to the living room door. But his holster was empty.
Tony cursed himself for forgetting his weapon at the office, but opened the door leading into the living room anyway.
He froze, when he saw the face of the man, he hated and feared the most.
The young man looked directly in the eyes of Anthony DiNozzo Snr.
"What are you doing here?" Tony asked.
The hard blow to his abdomen came unexpected, so Tony fell to his knees, trying to catch his breath.
"Don't you dare talking to your father like this, Anthony!" DiNozzo Snr. shouted.
And already, after only two minutes with his 'father', Tony felt like a frightened child.
After a moment, Tony stood up and said with a slightly trembling voice: "Leave my apartment!"
That statement got him another blow to the abdomen.
"I said DON'T YOU DARE TALKING TO ME LIKE THIS!!"
Tony, who had fallen to the ground again, stared up at his father with fear in his eyes. All that he could think, was "Not again, he can't do this again!"