Two
Ziva walked back into Tony's room and sat down on the chair.
"What did he say?" Tony asked.
"He wants to see you, and he wants you to know that he does not think any less of you." Ziva told him.
Tony nodded. "Okay."
"Can I ask you a question?" Ziva asked.
"You just did." Tony said with a small smile.
"That is not what I meant, and you know it."
Tony laughed lightly. "Ask away."
"Have they done a rape kit?" Ziva asked slowly.
Tony shook his head. "I haven't even been here long enough to see a doctor, just nurses."
"You are going to have one done right?" Ziva asked.
Tony shrugged. "I don't know."
"I think you should Tony. It will help us catch whoever did this." Ziva said softly.
Tony nodded. "I know."
"Okay."
A knock on the door snapped them out of their conversation, and they turned to watch a tall, dark-haired woman in a white coat walk into the room.
Ziva stood up. "Can I see your identification please?" Ziva asked.
The woman held up her ID badge for her to see; Doctor Sofia Roberts. Ziva nodded. "Thank you." She said before she sat back down.
"Special Agent DiNozzo, I'm Doctor Roberts, how're you feeling?" She asked.
"I'm fine." Tony said.
Doctor Roberts nodded. "Because of the circumstances, and the manner in which you were brought in, I would like to have my nurse do a rape kit, if that's okay with you."
Tony nodded silently. "It's fine."
"Alright, if you're in any pain I can give you something for it." Doctor Roberts said.
Tony nodded again. "I wouldn't say no to some Advil or something."
"Alright." She said as she took a key out of her pocket. She unlocked one of the cupboards and pulled out a bottle marked Ibuprofen. She shook two onto a napkin on Tony's table and he picked them up and swallowed them.
"Thanks." Tony said as he put his water back down on the table.
"You're welcome." Doctor Roberts said. "Would you be more comfortable with a male or female nurse?" She asked.
"I'm not sure."
"It's completely up to you, whatever you feel you would be most comfortable with." Doctor Roberts told him.
Tony stayed silent.
"If you're worried about being judged, I can promise you, you don't have to be. The SANE nurses here are some of the best I've ever worked with, both male and female, and they won't do anything that you aren't comfortable with." She said.
Tony nodded. "Can I have a female nurse please?" He asked quietly.
Doctor Roberts nodded. "Of course. I'll send Sarah in."
Tony nodded, and Doctor Roberts walked out of the room.
"Are you okay Tony?" Ziva asked.
"Define okay." Tony told her.
She nodded. "Good point."
A moment later, another knock on the door came and a small blonde woman in pink scrubs walked in with three folded up paper bags, and a plastic bag full of medical supplies.
"Hi," she said as she put the bags down on the counter, "my name is Sarah, I'm one of the Sexual Assault Examination nurses here." She said, walking over to shake Ziva's hand.
"Ziva David." Ziva told her as she glanced down at her ID badge.
"It's nice to meet you Ziva." She said. She turned to face the bed. "That means you must be Tony."
Tony nodded. "You found me."
Sarah smiled a little. "Okay, well, I'm very sorry to have to be doing this, but I'll try to make it as quick as possible okay?" She asked.
Tony nodded once again.
Sarah turned back to Ziva. "If you could just step into the waiting room Ms. David, I'll come get you when we're finished." She said.
Ziva started to stand up, and Tony put his arm out to stop her. "Can she stay?" He asked Sarah.
Ziva looked down at him, and then at Sarah, and then back to Tony, who looked more scared than she had ever seen him.
Sarah nodded. "Of course, if you're comfortable with it." She said.
Tony nodded and Ziva sat back down.
"So to start I'm just going to ask you a few questions, alright?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded. "Okay."
Sarah grabbed her notepad and pen. "Are you on any medication?" She asked.
"No."
"Are you allergic to any medications?"
"No."
"Do you have any medical issues that we should know about?"
"No."
"Have you had any recent sexual encounters?"
Tony shook his head. "No."
Sarah nodded. "Okay, I'm going to give you these to take." She said as she handed tony a little plastic cup with four pills in it. "They should prevent any STD's."
Tony nodded and swallowed the pills.
Sarah took the cup and threw it in the garbage. "Alright, we can get started with the exam, okay?" She asked.
Tony nodded.
"If you need me to stop at any time, tell me, and we can take a break, alright?" She asked.
Tony nodded.
"So, I'll do your hands first. I'm going to scrape your fingernails and then cut them, is that okay?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded and put his hands on the table in front of him as Sarah puts on a pair of gloves. "Are you allergic to latex?" She asked.
Tony shook his head no.
"Alright. Can I have your right hand first please?" Sarah asked.
Tony held up his right hand and she took it, making quick work of scraping and cutting his fingernails.
"And the left now please." She said as she let go of his right hand.
Tony's hand dropped down off the side of the bed, in search of Ziva's hand, or some sort of comfort. She slid her hand into his and started to rub the back of his hand with her thumb.
Sarah finished with the left hand and Tony let it drop down beside him.
Ziva watched as Sarah carefully labeled the fingernail clippings and scrapings and put them on the counter behind her.
"Can I take some blood now?" Sarah asked.
Tony tensed. "Why?" He asked.
"To screen for STD's mostly, but a drug and alcohol screen will be performed too."
Tony sighed. "Okay."
"Are you left handed or right handed?"
"Right." Tony said.
Sarah nodded. "Alright." She said as she tied the tourniquet around his left arm.
She prepped his elbow with alcohol, then grabbed the needle off the tray.
"Okay, I'm gonna count to three, and on three I want you to wiggle your toes for me, okay?" She said.
Tony looked up at her, puzzled.
Sarah laughed lightly. "Trust me."
Tony nodded and closed his eyes tightly.
"One, two, three."
Tony wiggled his toes as Sarah slid the needle into his arm. His eyes opened, and he looked back at Sarah, surprised.
"I told you so." She said.
"What happened?" Ziva asked, thoroughly confused.
"He's afraid of needles. It's a trick I learned when I was younger, if you focus on wiggling your toes, you don't even feel the needle." Sarah told her.
"How do you know he is afraid of needles?" Ziva asked.
"Because I've never met one person who isn't a least a little bit weary of me piercing their skin with a sharp object." Sarah said with a smile as she changed the vile attached to the needle.
"She's right Ziva, everyone's afraid of needles. Especially people who almost died from Pneumonic Plague." Tony said.
It was Sarah's turn to look shocked. "Pneumonic Plague?" She asked.
Tony nodded. "Long time ago, even longer story." He said.
Ziva smiled. "I am not afraid of needles." She said.
Tony laughed lightly. "Well then you're the exception to the rule."
Ziva smiled, as Tony laughed. At least he could still joke.
"Okay, you ready to wiggle your toes again Tony?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded.
"One, two, three."
Tony wiggled his toes and Sarah slid the needle out of his arm. She collected the three vials of blood and placed them on the counter, then threw the needle and the tubing in the appropriate bins.
"Is it okay if I take some swabs from your mouth, for your own DNA, and then I'll do your, well… other areas?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded.
"Alright." Sarah said.
She took off her gloves and threw them in the trash and walked over to the sink to wash her hands. She pulled on a fresh pair of gloves and picked up three long cotton swabs, all individually wrapped.
"Alright Tony, can you open your mouth please?" Sarah asked.
Tony did as he was asked, and Sarah swabbed both of his cheeks, his throat, and his tongue, and put the swabs back into their respective containers.
"Okay, are you okay for me to do the rectal swabs?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded slowly.
"Alright." Sarah said as she walked back to the counter to label the swabs. She picked up two more long cotton swabs and dragged a stool to the left side of the bed.
"Can you turn onto your right side and tuck your legs up to your chest, basically curl into the fetal position?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded and turned over and curled his legs up in front of him.
"This shouldn't hurt, but it might feel a bit uncomfortable." Sarah said.
"Okay." Tony replied quietly.
Sarah moved Tony's gown, and Tony's eyes squeezed shut as his hand tightened around Ziva's.
Ziva brought her free hand up to run through his hair in an attempt to comfort him.
"Are you okay?" Ziva asked softly.
Tony forced a nod.
"You're doing great Tony, just one more, then I'm done." Sarah said.
Tony's hand tightened around Ziva's once more, and Sarah put his gown back down and stood up.
Tony opened his eyes to look up at Ziva.
"It's all done." She said, smiling softly.
"You can roll onto your back if you like Tony." Sarah told him.
She labeled the swabs and moved back to stand in front of Tony.
"The next part, you may want Ziva to leave for." Sarah told him.
"Why?" Tony asked.
"Because I'm about to ask you to take off your gown so I can look at your injuries, and take some photos, if that's okay with you. I won't take any photos of your genitals, just the bruises on your face, and any other visible injuries, is that alright?" Sarah asked.
"It's fine." Tony said.
"Do you want me to go Tony?" Ziva asked.
Tony shook his head. "No, stay."
Ziva squeezed his hand. "Okay."
Sarah grabbed a large folded paper sheet off the counter, then unfolded it and placed it on the floor.
"Are you okay to stand Tony?" She asked.
"I think so." Tony told her.
He let go of Ziva's hand and slowly swung his legs over the side of the bed.
Ziva stood up and walked around to the other side of the bed, ready to catch Tony if he fell.
He stood up without a problem.
"Great Tony, can you walk over and stand on this please?" Sarah asked, pointing to the sheet on the floor.
Tony nodded and walked slowly over to the sheet, wincing with every step he took.
Ziva stood close to him in case he did fall.
"Can you take your gown off please?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded and undid the ties at his side.
Sarah held up a paper bag for Tony's gown and he dropped it in.
Ziva did her best not to look, for the sake of Tony's ever shrinking privacy, but she could help but notice the bruises all over his back. He had defensive bruises on his forearms, bruises all the way down his sides, the back of his knees, 'probably how they got him to the ground,' Ziva thought. Even the tops of his feet were bruised from trying to fight his attackers off. His shoulders and the back of his neck were bruised from being held down, his inner thighs were bruised, consistent with rape, and there was a bruise in the middle of his back that made it look like someone was kneeling on him. Ziva actually felt nervous to see the bruises on the front of his body.
"Okay Tony, I'm just going to take pictures of the bruises on your legs and feet first, alright?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded. "Okay."
Sarah picked up the camera and started taking photos of the front of his legs, writing down what each photo was as she went.
"I'm sorry Tony, can you move your penis please, so I can get the thighs?" Sarah asked gently.
Tony did as he was asked, and Sarah's camera flashed a few more times.
"Okay." Sarah said before she aimed the camera at the bruises on his abdomen, then his arms, and then his face.
"Alright Ziva, can you come around in front of Tony, so I can photograph his back?" Sarah asked.
Ziva nodded and walked around to stand in front of Tony, who was looking down at his bruised body.
"Are you alright Tony?" Ziva asked.
Tony looked up at her. His right eye was slightly open now. "How bad is the back?" He asked as Sarah photographed the bruises on his hips.
"How bad do they feel?" Ziva asked.
"Bad."
Ziva nodded. "That is about how they look."
Tony nodded silently.
"I just have to get the back of your knees and then I'm done Tony." Sarah said.
"Then can I shower?" Tony asked.
"I'm going to need a urine sample first, but if it's alright with Doctor Roberts, you can shower." Sarah said as she put the camera back down on the counter.
"Can I have a new gown please?" Tony asked.
Ziva walked over to the bedside table where there was a stack of fresh gowns on the bottom shelf and grabbed one.
"Do you need some help?" She asked.
Tony nodded.
Ziva unfolded the gown and opened it. "Hold your arms out." She requested.
Tony stepped off the paper sheet, so Sarah could fold it up, and walked toward Ziva. He slid his arms into the sleeves and Ziva draped the gown over his shoulders.
"I am going to tie it up, okay?" Ziva asked.
Tony nodded and Ziva walked around to tie the gown.
"Is it too tight?" She asked.
Tony shook his head no. "It's fine."
"Can you get back to the bed on your own?" Ziva asked.
"I think so." Tony said.
He made his way over to the bed successfully and sat down.
"Do you think you could fill this about half way?" Sarah asked, handing Tony a plastic urine sample cup.
Tony nodded and took the cup from her, then headed toward the bathroom.
He barely got three steps in before Sarah interrupted him. "Oh, wait, Tony, I have a question for you before you go in there." Sarah said.
Tony turned back to face her.
Sarah looked toward Ziva, almost like she was asking Tony's permission to say something in front of her.
"It's fine, whatever you want to ask, Ziva can hear." Tony said.
Sarah nodded. "When I was checking you over, I saw some… fluids on your stomach and penis, I forgot to swab them, can I just do that really fast?" Sarah asked.
"You don't need to, um, it's mine." Tony said, looking down at the floor.
"Oh, I understand, but just to be one hundred percent sure I've gotten all the DNA I can, can I take a swab?" Sarah asked.
Tony nodded. "Alright."
"I'm so sorry, can you sit down on the bed please?" She asked.
Tony nodded and sat back down on the bed. He reached for Ziva's hand. She took it, and smiled Tony looked away from her.
"Okay, I just need a quick swab. Can you lift your gown?"
Tony nodded and lifted his gown.
"Okay, now you can do the urine sample." Sarah said as she put the swabs in her containers.
"Are you sure?" Tony snapped.
Sarah nodded. "I am so sorry, Tony. I understand that this isn't easy."
Tony nodded. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped. You're just trying to help."
"It's fine Tony, really." Sarah said.
"I'm gonna go pee in a cup." Tony said as he walked toward the bathroom door.
A few minutes later, the bathroom door opened, and Tony walked out of the bathroom with his cup for Sarah to put into a plastic bag.
"Are we done?" Tony asked.
"Yes, I've got everything I need." Sarah said.
"Can you have everything sent to Abigail Sciuto at NCIS Headquarters please?" Ziva asked.
Sarah nodded. "Of course. It'll be there within the hour." She said.
Ziva nodded. "Thank you."
"I'll go check to see if Doctor Roberts is okay with you taking a shower." Sarah said.
A few minutes later, the door opened to reveal Doctor Roberts. She stepped into the room.
"Sarah said you wanted to take a shower?" She asked.
Tony nodded. "If it's okay with you."
Doctor Roberts nodded, looking over his chart. "I'd like you to wait at least until the morning, with the extent of your injuries, everything is gonna be really sore, and with the concussion… I just don't want you to fall." Doctor Roberts told him.
Tony sighed. "Okay. When can I go home?"
"Probably tomorrow morning, I'll come check on you first thing and check out your cognitive function, but I'm not worried."
Tony nodded. "Alright. Thank you."
Doctor Roberts smiled. "Don't hesitate to call someone if you need anything."