"I'll go talk to him." Gibbs said pulling himself from the chair; he followed the lingering scent of Dinozzo outside to his back yard. He found the vampire/man standing in the sun; his face turned upwards, arms out. "Tony." Gibbs said softly not wanting to startle the man.

"I can hear you now Gibbs, most of the time I know when your behind me."

"Then why do you."

"To keep the secret Jethro. I think I need to go, no, I know I need to go."

"Tony Abby and I want to help you understand this. We think it might be a good idea to tell Ducky."

"No Gibbs two people can keep a secret if one is dead remember, there is…"

"My rules, I can change them."

"No I Jethro, I can't. I have to go, I can feel it slipping."

"Let us help you Tony." Gibbs stepped up into Tony's personal space.

"God I have almost no control right now and you smell so damn good." Tony dropped his head on Jethro's shoulder. "I want to taste you again but I can't, I won't hurt you again."

"Tony." Jethro took a half step back, lifted Tony's head up until he could look the taller man in the face, there was hurt in Tony's eyes because Gibbs had stepped back from him. "I only moved so I can see your face. You take so little when you drink I think I can handle it again."

"No god Jethro, I boss. I don't want to take you again, no that's not right. I want you again. I oh I have had a man crush on you for years, I have wanted to know what it would be like to be with you but I know you're not into me. It's okay I'll go find…"

"Tony," Gibbs sighed with exasperation, "if I didn't want you again I wouldn't offer, you know that. I may not have had a crush on you but you're a damn fine looking man."

Tony laughed, "Am I even a man anymore Jethro?" he pushed the older man away from him, "am I? I drink fucking blood." he hissed between his teeth which had suddenly shifted on him. "I can't even control these."

Abby had been standing at the door for a few minutes watching the pair, she wanted to help her friend so much be she was a afraid he would freak at her offer more than their boss's. Going with her first idea she stepped out on the porch, "Have you tried bagged blood Tony?" she asked her head tipped to one side.

His shoulders dropped, "Yeah I stole a bag from the ra during the Martin case."

"Tony." Gibbs said his name with some condemnation.

"After they coded him Jethro, after. I would never have taken supplies that might have hindered them, never."

"I know. I know, I'm sorry."

"It didn't help." Abby said guessing the outcome.

"No it made it worse I think, whatever they use to keep it from coagulating made me sick."

"Alright, have you tried drink it fresh but from a glass or cup."

"No I Abby thanks but I need to go I." Tony stumbled trying to turn away from his friends.

"Gibbs caught him before he hit the ground, "No I don't think you're going anywhere Lestat."

"Did Gibbs just quote a movie name?" Tony asked Abby.

"Yes he did."

"Kay just making sure I wasn't hearing things on top of seeing double."

"Damn it Tony when did that start?"

"About twenty minutes ago."

"Tony." both Abby and Gibbs growled. "Help me get him up stairs Abby."

"On it boss." Abby said putting her shoulder under the limp arm of her friends. When they finally got Tony on to the bed, Abby made short work of his clothes.

"Abby, stopping I'm not going to drink."

"Yes you are. You're going to drink and sip. Gibbs said it didn't seem like you took very much maybe if you drank more you wouldn't need to drink as often."

"I don't want to hurt anyone Abby." Tony whispered, his head was killing him.

"We could each give a pint and be just fine Tony."

"Abby I don't know how much a pint is when I'm."

"I know, it's okay. I would say if your drinking from an artery no more than ten seconds or hmm like 6 mouth full's if you on a smaller vein like with Gibbs shoulder you could go closer to a minute and more like a dozen or so."

"Abby just please go I don't want to do this."

"Tony we're here for you." Gibbs said sitting on the bed.

Tony looked as if he had lost weight since he got dressed this morning. He's cheeks where sunken in and his ribs were defiantly more prominent. Deciding the man was going to be too stubborn for his own good Gibbs did what he needed to do to protect one of his own, even if it was from themselves. He pulled Abby off the bed, hearing Tony sigh he pulled her to the spare room.

"Gibbs stop it."

"Abby shush he can hear us." he started signing to her.

"He won't willing do this, we are going to have to make him drink. I think one of us should feed him and the other…"

Abby stilled his hands and said "I will take which ever you feel less comfortable with Gibbs you fed him last night I can do both actually."

"Abbs it's ok. I'm alright with being with Tony. I haven't been with a guy in many years but with Tony it's…" Gibbs shrugged.

Abby singed back, "it's Tony."

"Yeah."

"Rock paper scissors for who feeds him?"

Gibbs felt like a kid for doing it but it seemed better than silently arguing who was going to take the other part of the package. In the end, Abby was to feed him and Gibbs was to take the sexual part of the feeding.

Still signing Abby asked "Do you thing I should cut my hand or something?"

"Yeah Abbs I think you're going to have to."

Gibbs grabbed Abby's arm as she entered the room and pointed to the bed.

Now they knew for sure something had to be done, they had only been gone a few minutes and there was a huge difference in Tony's appearance.

"He is withering ways boss," Abby had to sign because there was no way she could get her voice past her throat.

It looked as if in the five or so minuets Tony had lost 50 or 60 pounds, his hair lay limp about his face and even his hands looked thinner.

With a very determined look on her face, Abby grabbed Gibbs pants from him and pulled the pocketknife off the belt, she carefully crawled on to the bed hoping any movement she did cause didn't make her friend hurt.

There was a small moan but nothing really beyond that. With so much body mass gone, Abby could see how shallow his breaths were. She accidently jarred him and he let out a breath he had been holding to, to try to keep from crying out in agony. Abby smelt the scent Gibbs had mentioned it was an odd combination on rotting meat and flowers.

Gibbs watched as Abby took his knife and dragged it across her palm, she bit her lip to keep from crying out and alerting Tony to their plan, not that Gibbs figured he was able to do much about it until it was too late.

Tony's mouth was wide open, panting through the pain surging through his body when he felt something drop on his tongue. He almost gagged but then more liquid was there and he couldn't keep the moan from him lips, so lost in the agony and simultaneous bliss of blood entering his system, he reached for it and bit down, he heard Abby's soft moan but it didn't register.

Gibbs watched Tony, he knew the second it dawned on the man what he was doing. Gibbs sat down and as soon as Tony pulled away from Abby's hand, he kissed the man. He could taste the blood on his lips and when Tony tried to pull back again Jethro pushed him into the mattress, he didn't let up until Tony finally gave in and kissed him back. To his side he heard Abby whimpering "Boss I don't think this idea is going to work."

"What idea Abby?" Tony said hoarsely.

"No I don't think it is Abby, plus I think he's going to need more because he waited so long."

"What idea?" Tony asked again his voice strong but ragged.

Turning his back to Tony, Gibbs signed to Abby once again, "Give me the knife I'll take care of both of you."

"Gibbs." Abby whispered before she handed him the knife and curled into a ball on the corner of the bed rocking back and forth.

"What idea?"

"Tony you need to drink."

"I just did from Abby she's oh god what did I do?"

"Tony, focus. Look at your hand."

"What?" Tony said shaking his head which still hurt badly and his vision was still double and blurred.

"Look at your hand." Jethro said picking it up from the bed where it was wrapped around the sheets.

Tony focused long enough to see that he could literally count the bones in his hand "oh god."

"You looked worse before you feed from her Tony you need more."

"I can't Jethro; I don't want to take too much."

"We'll be fine Anthony, take from me and I'll take care of Abby."

"No no no." Tony whispered trying to pull away from both of them. "no just let whatever this is finish."

"No we are going to help you beat it."

"Please." Tony begged he couldn't stand to see Abby in the state. She was she was whimpering and thrashing on the bed.

"You can't leave us Tony that's an order."

"No fair Gibbs that fighting dirty."

"I fight with any means necessary to save my people, Tony. You know that, come here Abby girl."

Abby uncurled and moved over to Gibbs. "Lay down little one we'll fix it."

"Please it hurts, it hurts."

"I know baby, I'm sorry." Tony said.

Abby reached for Gibbs, who hovered over her and pulled him down onto her chest. "please Jethro."

He never took his eyes from her and he slid into her, her back arching as he did so.

"Dinozzo you better get over here and drink before I cut my damn hand and force feed you like Abby did."

Tony looked at his boss and mentally shrugged. He watched for a moment as Abby writhed under him, he reached out to touch the man's back and saw his own hand again. A shiver ran down his spine, if he didn't drink, he would die. "Are you sure Jethro, I, you're still sore from…"

"Tony you're trying my patience."

Tony smirked a little and said, "On your six boss." carefully he lined up with the ass in front of him and gently pushed into the man's core, and both men stopped and shuddered together. Abby even stilled for a moment.

When Jethro was ready for this to continue, he tipped his head to the side while he reach behind him and pulled Tony's head down to his neck. When he felt Tony's mouth on his neck, he lifted his shoulder up a fraction of an inch and rubbed Tony's cheek. "Drink Tony I want some meat on your bone when we're done with this."

"Jet I can't I don't."

"Anthony. You're disobeying me."

Tony shivered once more and sighed, "Yes gunny." He licked the skin once more and bit as gently as he could. Both Abby and Jethro cried out as they came, a moment later Tony came with a loud growl. Tony flung himself off to the side of the spent pair panting.

Gibbs looked over at the vampire, there was a little red ring around his lips but the fact that there was color in his face again and his cheeks were once more full made Gibbs heart skip a beat, they had stopped whatever had been happening.