AN: Tony is 34 in this story.

Gibbs and Fornell rushed over to Tony. In really looking him over, they could see more bruises on his body. Whoever did this to him; sure did a number on him.

"Emily!" Fornell called.

"Call an ambulance, I already did." She answered. "Daddy, will he be okay this time?"

Gibbs picked up on the "this time" and he did notice how a 9 year old knew exactly what to do the moment Tony collapsed.

"You want to explain to me, what the hell is going on here?" Gibbs growled at what may soon be his ex-friend if he doesn't start explaining.

"Not now." Fornell answered knowing that Gibbs won't drop it until he is completely satisfied with the answer.

Tony remained unconscious as the ambulance arrived and strapped him to a gurney to transport him to the hospital.

"I'm coming with you in the ambulance."Gibbs told the paramedics. "Tobias I will see you at the hospital and you better clue me in as to why he came to you when he was hurt."

Fornell had his arm wrapped around his daughter; he pulled her closer to him. Emily looked up at her father with wide eyes.

"What are you going to tell him?" She asked.

"The truth, what choice do I have. Sometimes Gibbs is like a dog with a bone, he will never just let it go. Come on. I will call your mom from the hospital to come and get you." Fornell answered leading her to the car.

"But, Daddy; I want to stay with you and Tony."

"We don't know when he will wake up. I'm sure your mother will bring you by to see him after he wakes up."

Fornell arrived at the hospital dreading his meeting with Gibbs. He decided to wait until after Diane picks up Emily before facing the music. He kept Emily close to him while they waited. Knowing Tony had really made him appreciate his daughter so much more.

"There is mom." Emily announced as she ran up to her.

"Hello Diane." Fornell said as she walked up to him.

"How is he?" She asked.

"Haven't heard yet. Jethro is waiting to hear as well and he is not happy."

Diane ignored the comment; she didn't want to see her ex. She knew she would have to eventually. After all Tony works for him. "Call me when he wakes up."

Fornell nodded and watched as his ex leave with his daughter. Now it was time to face an irate Gibbs.

As Fornell walked up to Jethro, he was talking to the doctor.

"How is he?" Fornell asked not quite sure what to call him. If they were at NCIS, it would be "DiNutso." After Tony showed up injured on his doorstep, keeping up appearances just wouldn't work.

"In surgery, he has internal bleeding which they have to try and stop other than that, there is no permanent damage. He will be sore for a while, but he will live. Now you want to tell me what the hell is going on 'Uncle Toby'." He growled.

Fornell knew he didn't have a choice.

"For the past 20 years, I have been trying to nail this rich and powerful SOB. He is a business con man. Every time I think I have something on him, he manages to skate. He has the best high-priced lawyer that money can buy."

"What does this have to do with DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked.

Fornell was going to do this his way and Gibbs would just have to learn patience.

"16 years while trying to dig up dirt, anything to nail Anthony DiNozzo with; we track him to a college, Ohio State University. My men ran the staff and students of the college through the computer looking for some type of connection to this con man business tycoon. Imagine our surprise when we find out that there is an Anthony DiNozzo Junior registered at OSU. He is 18 and a freshman. We had been tracking him for 4 years and we just now find out he has son. Unfortunately, we figured it out to late. Senior, as we now him as, had just beaten his son unconscious on the football field."

Gibbs didn't know what to say, he just continued to listen.

"I finally had something to nail him on. Assault and Battery, hell I was even going to push for attempted murder."

"What happened?" Gibbs asked.

"I went to the hospital to talk to Junior. We needed him to testify against his father. He wouldn't do it. Wouldn't testify. I was so frustrated; I finally had something on him, but without the kid I had nothing. If he had been just 6 months younger, it would make him a minor and I wouldn't need him to nail his father. It would be child abuse. I tried to talk to the kid again, still refused. I did some digging on Tony. Found out that this teenager had been disowned at 12 and shipped off to military school where he spent the next 6 years. Received a scholarship to play football and ended up at OSU. This kid has never had anyone in his corner. I was sure that this hadn't been the first time he had been beaten."

"I decided that even if I can't nail his father, I could help him. Be in his corner, someone to show him that he didn't have to go through the rest of his life alone. His father keeps showing up from time to time and Tony will show up on my doorstep beaten to a pulp. As long as I don't push him to testify against him, Tony will keep coming to me for help when he has been hurt. Really that is the only time he ever calls me Uncle Toby. Whenever I hear that, I know he has been hurt and hurt bad."

"Why didn't you tell me that you knew my agent?" Gibbs asked.

"The first time I saw him with you, he pretended not to know me. I went with that, whatever will keep the kid's trust. Now it is for appearances that we pretend to hate each other, but actually he has dinner with me at least once a week. Emily adores him, she gets really scared when he is hurt; and for me, it makes me appreciate my daughter that much more."