A/N: Apologies for not updating sooner, I have been without the internet for the past week :(
As promised here is the next chapter with more Hurt!Tony and Protective!Gibbs.
Enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS blah blah blah

PREVIOUSLY:

"You're a cop!" 'Shadow-Man' was pissed, and was obviously the one in charge, making Tony think that 'curly' was actually his no 2.

Tony didn't hesitate, throwing punches at whoever he could reach before his world went grey and he was vaguely aware of being dragged into a small room.

Gibbs was just getting into position behind the guy out front of the shed when he heard "Whats this?" come over the comm. He had just incapacitated the guy with a chokehold as the loud, high-pitched squeal was heard, telling him Tony's earwig had been destroyed. 'Well, no holding back now' he thought. His hunch payed off, entering the shed he saw a figure tied up on the floor. He untied the girl then used the ropes to tie up the guard he just took out.

"Callie, my name is Gibbs. I am a federal agent, I am here to help"

"Oh thank god!" she wrapped her arms around him in a death grip

"Can you walk?" prying her off, Gibbs put a hand on either side of her face to get her focused and calm

"Yeah!" taking a deep breath to shake off the anxiety she responded confidently.

"Good. I need you to take this phone use speed dial 2, tell Ziva we need backup Now! Then go hide in the car and don't move till I tell ya! Understand?"

"Yes!" nodding, she stood there holding his phone

"Good girl" trusting she was safe he turned towards the back entrance of the bar

"Where are you going?"

"My partners inside – now GO!"

Inside the bar Tony managed to find his feet and began throwing punches again. Tony 'curly' and 'shadow-man' were going toe-to-toe one at a time. As Tony landed a hit on one, the other would step in, in an unrelenting assault Tony was tiring fast. Tony didn't know who managed to get the upper hand on him, but as he felt a sickening thud in the back of his head he went down for the count.

There was shouting as Gibbs came through the door. Tony had managed to let him know there were 3 guys with his 3 stooges comment, but as he came in he only saw two standing in the middle of the room by the pool table arguing.

"Who the hell are you?" one of the men said whe he turned and saw Gibbs advancing towards them

"Special Agent Gibbs, now where's my agent?" Tony couldn't risk carrying a gun in case it blew his cover, but he was skilled enough in hand-to-hand combat to not be defenceless, and there was always Rule #9. Gibbs however, came prepared. He was Tony's only backup. He had his gun trained on them before they even knew he was there.
The two went to reach for their own weapons,

"Drop it!" a third guy had his gun barrel sitting firmly against Gibbs head. Well, that's 3 guys, so where's DiNozzo. Outnumbered, he slowly placed his gun on the floor and kicked it away

"Where is my agent?" he stood back up, but resisted the impulse to put up his hands. These guys were tough, but they weren't going to see him beg.

"He's being taken care of" the bastard said with a sick smile. Gibbs was going to have fun wiping it off his face.

"I want to see him" although they had guns, they didn't look like they were planning on using them

"You don't get to make the demands here, Agent Gibbs" as he heard the click of the guns safety being taken off from behind him, Gibbs realised he might have been wrong

I don't have time for this Gibbs thought as he quickly did a 180 turn and knocked the gun out of the hand of the guy that was behind him, and punched him in the face.

Unfortunately he had turned his back on the other two who still had their guns, but instead of shooting him, one of them, the one with the sick smile, grabbed him from behind and got him in a headlock.

Meanwhile, Tony had a rude comeback to reality when something hard hit him in his back as he lay stunned on the floor.

He tried not to scream in pain. Refused to give them the satisfaction, but as the bat came down full force on one of his knee caps he felt the sharp burning pain of his knee exploding and he cried out. Trying to breathe, to stay in control, he was punched in the face, breaking his nose. Then the bat came down on his other leg *Snap*.

As Gibbs was fighting to free himself and get to Tony, Tony was in the office trying to get the upper hand in his own fight. It was two against 1, trying to push past the pain he managed to swing himself around to grab the ankle of one of them, sending 'curly' crashing head first into the corner of the table. Not enough to leave any lasting damage, but enough to knock him out for a few seconds. That pissed off the 'shadow-man' who grabbed the bat and wacked Tony hard across the lower abdomen before holding the bat tight under his throat so he couldn't breathe.

After the first guy went down with a dislocated elbow, Gibbs slid across the floor to where his gun was, 2 well aimed shots later the other two were also incapacitated. He made sure he didn't hit anything vital so they would live to see jail time. Having effectively dealt with the men out the front, Gibbs headed towards the door where he had heard Tony. His heart was racing, it hadn't gone unnoticed that everything was quiet now. Hope for the best but expect the worst...

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