A/N: Thank you to all who read and reviewed. Now based on a review that I got, I want to make things clear. First off, I know that McGee's parents are actually not dead but for the purpose of this story I made them dead, if you have read the first chapter you would have known. Second, I do know my facts since I actually do watch NCIS. Other than that, I warned readers beforehand what type of story this would be so if you read the story and think the idea is stupid, I really don't know what to say.

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or its characters


Gibbs and Tony watched with a horrified fascination as McGee's body seemed to shrink. Neither knew what to say as they saw Tim start to sink in his clothes until it barely hung onto his frame. Skin seemed to pull tighter and bones seemed to grow smaller. His hair started to change color until it reached an almost angelic blond. After a few minutes everything stopped. Throughout the whole transformation Tim stayed quiet and did not wake up.

Neither man knew what to say or do. Instead of the grown 6'3 frame of agent Timothy McGee, there seemed to be a boy or twelve or thirteen. It was strange seeing the once tall young man now a mere 5'3 and a lot younger. Before either agent could think of what to do though, paramedics swarmed the area and started to take him away.

"Sir, what happened?" One of the young paramedics asked. This seemed to spur Gibbs into action.

"Take him to Bethesda, he had violent seizures and my agent knows the rest" The paramedics nodded loading him onto the ambulance. Tony asked to go with him and they left to go to Bethesda.

Watching them leave Gibbs sighed. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes he wouldn't have believed it. He was sure glad Tony had been with him during the transformation; he would have thought he was crazy otherwise.

In the ambulance Tony was having the same thoughts. How did this happen? More importantly how could this happen? As he was having these thoughts he could barely register that the people in the ambulance were asking him questions. All he could think of was the small boy lying unconscious in front of him. Feeling a shake he got back to his surroundings.

"Sir, do you know his name?"

"Timothy McGee" Tony knew without a doubt that this was Tim, however strange that may be. He knew that there would be a lot of explaining later on, on how this young boy was supposed to be a grown agent, but right now he could care less. All he wanted to know was what had been done to his friend and what could be done to fix this.

Gibbs was not in a good mood, simple as that. As soon as the ambulance had left for Bethesda he had called Ducky and gone to the hospital. Ducky had expressed concern when he heard that McGee was in the hospital but Gibbs wouldn't tell him what it was.

"Just get here Duck, I can't really explain it." Was all he had told him.

Standing in the ER he was now looking for sign of Gibbs or Tony. Seeing neither of them he asked the lady at the desk. "Timothy McGee, Oh he is in the second floor room 212." Thanking her he went off in search of the missing agents. Getting off the elevator he noticed a large sign stating that it was the Pediatric Unit. Thinking it was strange he kept walking in direction of the room number he was given. Looking around he saw several small children and teenagers, thinking he had gotten the wrong number he started to leave. Just as he was about to go back downstairs to the receptionist, he saw Gibbs.

"Jethro; thank goodness I was able to find you. I'm afraid I received the wrong number." Gibbs gave him a small smile.

"Nope, you got it right. Come on follow me Tony is keeping watch." Ducky followed Gibbs to the room.

"Jethro, this is the pediatric unit. Whatever is Timothy doing here?" Ducky was bewildered.

"You'll see. Let me warn you Duck this is really strange. Heck I saw it and I can barely wrap my mind around it." Gibbs opened the door.

To say Ducky was in shock would have been an understatement. In front of him was a child that could not have been more than twelve. At the moment he appeared to be asleep. He had a serene expression on his face as Tony was protectively watching him sleep. Ducky knew without a doubt that this boy was Tim. He knew that Tim did not have any children or younger siblings other than his sister Sarah. Another clue was the fact that the chart on the bed said Timothy McGee and the young man he was looking for was nowhere to be seen.

"What happened Jethro?" Ducky was astounded. HE really didn't know what explanation he was looking for but anything to explain how this occurred.

"We don't know for sure Duck." Gibbs stated sadly.

Looking over at Tony Ducky saw that he had a guilty look on his face. He seemed to watch over Tim as if he were to disappear at any moment. Ducky sighed knowing that Tony was probably blaming himself for what had happened to Tim same as Gibbs was.

"Anthony" He gently called out.

"It's my fault Ducky." Both men turned to look at him. "If I hadn't left him for a while he would still be normal, he wouldn't be like this." Tony gestured toward the bed.

"It is not your fault Anthony" He firmly corrected.

"He's right it's not your fault Tony." Gibbs stated feeling guilty as he hadn't come earlier. He was the team leader he was supposed to be the one who always saved the day. Now though he hadn't gotten there on time and he had failed his agent. He had failed Tim. Sensing the guilt that Gibbs was going through Ducky decided to correct that. As far as he knew no one was to blame for what had happened to Tim other than the ones who had done this.

"Jethro I also meant it wasn't your fault. The only ones at fault are the ones who did this." This led to a pressing question. "Have you caught the person who did this?"

"Yes, there were three and we caught them all. They're in custody." Hearing that Tony perked up there had been four.

"Boss there was four of them."

"Are you sure Dinozzo, because in the premise there were only three."

"Yeah boss, one got hit when we were in the motel, he was handcuffed."

"We searched the room and no one was there." This did not bode well with Gibbs. If one of the perps was still out there, it meant that he could be after Tim.


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