A few minutes passed after Tony's flashback and he appeared to calm down and act as if nothing had happened.
"I'm ok," Tony said, knowing that his boss, Ducky and the doctor were all worried.
"Yeah?" Gibbs questioned, not really believing him.
Tony smiled but didn't reply, knowing his boss wouldn't believe him if he agreed.
"Anthony, I was wondering if it would be better if I were the one taking the blood needed?" Ducky asked, realising that Dr Matthews wasn't going to get it otherwise.
Tony visibly relaxed, trusting the ME more than he did some strange doctor, and he nodded, giving Ducky his permission.
"Would that be ok Dr Matthews?"
"Yes that's fine, anything that will make Tony more comfortable," the doctor replied, hoping that it would work.
Ducky took the offered syringe and brought it close to Tony, showing him that it was empty and nothing was going to be entering his system. He then pierced the skin and withdrew a vial of blood, Tony only wincing slightly as it was done.
"There, all done!" Ducky exclaimed, handing the vial over to the doctor.
"Well done, I'll get this sent of to the lab as soon as possible. Now there is one other thing," the doctor said, hoping that Tony was going to agree to her request.
Tony looked worried at the doctor's words, but listened as she carried on trying not to panic at what she wanted to do.
"I need to put in an IV, you're dehydrated and you need fluids, and the best way to do that is intravenously. (I think that's right!!) I'd also like to give you antibiotics, but we'll leave that until you've relaxed more and you feel up to it."
Tony didn't know what to say, as he wasn't sure how he'd react to something being put into his body.
"I promise you that all we'll give you is saline, and Dr Mallard can confirm it for you. The IV will go into the back of your hand so you won't have to worry about anything entering your arm. That way the IV will be there later on if we need to give you anything else, and it will stop anymore needles being stuck in you."
"Ok," Tony said after a minutes thinking, realising that he was being silly and that the doctor was only trying to help.
Dr. Matthews nodded and left the room, returning after a minute with the equipment, setting the IV up quickly and attaching the saline.
"I think one bag will do, but I'll check on you later to see how things are going. I'll also fast track this blood sample, so we can find out what's in your system, hopefully it'll be nothing, but we need to be sure. Just one more thing before I go, here are some painkillers, so there's no need for anymore needles. I know you're in pain, so don't deny it!"
Tony took the pills and the water that Gibbs passed to him and was silently pleased that he was getting something to help with the pain.
Once she was satisfied the doctor left the room, leaving Gibbs, Ducky and Tony alone.
"Will you be alright for a minute Tony, I've got to call McGee and Ziva, get them down to your apartment to see if there's any evidence left," Gibbs said, moving towards the door without waiting for a reply.
"Sure boss, I'll be fine. I don't know whether they'll find anything though."
"I still want them looking!"
McGee and Ziva arrived at Tony's apartment, not long after the call from Gibbs telling them what had happened.
"I can't believe nobody noticed Tony was missing!" McGee exclaimed, as they approached Tony's door.
"Well it's not like he lives with anyone, or had to come into work," Ziva replied, following McGee closely.
"I know, but imagine what could have happened in the time he was gone, I don't want to think about it."
"Gibbs said that Tony was doing ok, now we need to concentrate on finding out who took him."
"You're right, I'll start shooting."
McGee brought his camera to his eye and began taking pictures of the surrounding area of Tony's apartment door. Ziva sketched as McGee shot, and then they both collected any evidence that was in the area.
"These look like rag marks," Ziva said, crouching down a few metres away from Tony's apartment.
"They look like what?" McGee asked, not understanding.
"Rag marks, you know," Ziva replied, indicating to the path in front of her.
"Oh, drag marks," McGee said, finally seeing what Ziva was talking about.
"Yes whatever, take some photos, I'll see where they lead."
McGee did as he was asked and then went in the direction his partner had gone, finding her crouched down again apparently finding something of interest.
"What have you got Ziva?" McGee asked, coming up behind her and taking a look.
"There was a car parked here, the drag marks stop and then you can just make out tire tracks heading right," Ziva replied, looking up as McGee approached.
"So they knocked Tony out by his apartment, dragged him to their parked car, and then drove…. Away!"
"Yes."
"I wonder if there're security cameras around here, they might have captured something."
"Let's hope so."
Author's note: sorry I've ended this a bit abruptly but its getting late and I've run out of time!! I'll update tomorrow sometime and hopefully the chapter will be longer!!