Amusement Caught the Eye

Chapter Four:

Chapter 4:

Tony's POV:

Fire was all around him. Things were burning. People were screaming. Everything was dieing. But he kept hearing his name. In it people kept saying that it was his fault. 'What did I do to deserve this?' The boy thought to himself. Then everything stopped and when he opened his eyes he was in a black room. No windows, no doors, and wait no walls? This wasn't a room, this was just, nothing.

He stood up, and started to look around. He didn't spot anything or anyone for as far as he could see. 'What's happening? Where am I?' He thought frustrated. He screamed, "SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

He heard nothing but the echo of his own voice. He felt weird, he clutched his stomach. He fell to the floor and curled up into a little ball. He didn't feel so great.

"Anthony, you're showing weakness?" He looked up towards the voice.

"Jenny?" He couldn't believe it.

"Little Anthony being a weakling? How Pathetic!" He heard another voice, and turned.

'Kate?' He couldn't even speak. What the hell was going on? They started to laugh, and more voices joined in just laughing. He recognized some of them and some he never even heard of. He curled up and put his hands over his ears. But they kept coming back. Just hovering over him.

"You weakling, can't even protect yourself from a peasant!" He heard Zivas' voice yelling at him. He couldn't take it; he closed his eyes and wished to disappear.

He kept hearing things beep. And he smelt a scent that had hospital written all over it.

'Damn' he thought to himself. But then remembered about what was just happening.

'It was just all a dream and nothing more.' He thought to himself. He started to laugh then stopped since he heard a startled gasp. He opened his eyes to see a nurse who probably crapped her pants.

'She looks as if she saw a ghost.' He laughed to himself again. He couldn't stop, this was too funny. He was laughing so much that he started to have a coughing fit. That snapped the nurse out of her dazed look. She rushed over there, ignoring any crap in her pants on the way to help him.

What the hell was wrong with him? He couldn't remember even if his life depended on it.

' Fuck' he didn't like this. Why was that beeping thing beeping faster? And why were men in white coming in here? WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING WITH THOSE PADS?

Once again he was waking up, this time every damn doctor was next to him. And there was something wrong, no something different. But he couldn't figure out what it was. Their clothing? Maybe. Their hair? No, it still looked like nerds fixed it up. He sighed, he couldn't figure it out even if his life depended on it. He turned his head away because all those beady looking eyes were starring black holes into him and went to close his eyes. But then he realized that he didn't know how long he's been out of it. He tried to speak but all that came out was small groans.

"Hey, don't talk! You're not ready yet. Your voice hasn't been used for some time now sir." He heard a nice Doctor man say.

'What, and how long is "for some time"?' He thought, trying hard not to panic. The Doctors went to work with whatever Doctors do. Removing things, adding some, pinching, poking, and being nerds. Whatever, he was on the verge of panic and didn't know what to do. What the hell was happening? He heard one of the Doctor's speaking.

"Well, we need one of his available kin." Silence. "What! Really? Then get one that's the closest! Isn't that McGee character in the Secret Service still alive and near?"

'What! McGee, in the secret service? No way. Who knew? And just exactly how long have I been out?' He was beginning to get pissed. No one was saying anything. And he wanted information damn it! He tried to screamed out, 'WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!' But it only came out as a mingled gurgle.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and it took all his will power not to cough from the out burst that he just did. A Doctor motioned for everyone to leave the room. Once it was empty she began to talk.

" Well Mr. DiNozzo, we're all happy that you're awake. And we're all just shocked at the same time. And I am sorry for not talking about what has happened, but I was busy getting everything ready. Like finding some of your kin and all the medications." She stopped for a breather, waiting for him to reply. He nodded at her and calmed down a bit, but still wanted to know some things.

"How long have I been out Doctor?"

She breathed deeply, and started fiddling with her thumbs. He grunted. Then she whipped her head back to him. "Well, a while, a long time." He was getting impatient and she wasn't getting to the point. So he mentioned with his hands to "get on with it." She looked nervous but still stared at him and cleared her throat. "Um, you've been out for Two Decades, or twenty years." She looked at him as shock reveled in his eyes. She was pacing herself for the scream that should be followed after this. But it never came.

"So, what ever happened to my whole team?" He said looking down at his hands.

She looked surprise, she'd forgotten all about his kin. "Well as I think you over heard, McGee is in the secret service. Ziva is back in Israel, Abby is in Paris, I don't know what she's doing. Your Former Director Vance was shot in a cross fire not even involving him. Ducky died, a peaceful, and quiet death. And Gibbs, he. Well I don't know what happened to him. No one does. And if they do they aren't saying. But he fell of the radar years ago and there has been no sight of him since then. We weren't expecting you to wake up now. So we didn't call them all back but we can't even get a hold of them. And I'm afraid that, in the morning, you will be released. Somehow you're going to have to find a place to stay. And well." She looked at him. Maybe she should stop? This was a lot to take on. Something happens and there's twenty years that you can't get back! She rubbed his hand and said sorry. Then she walked away.

'What hell? Why did this happen? No, how. My life was just sucked out of me.' He sat there in shock. That was all he could do. How do you react when someone says that your whole life was erased, and your friends either moved somewhere far died, or fell of the damned Earth!

'This can't be happening. But for some strange reason it is.' He thought to himself. But everything felt like a dream. Was this real? It doesn't feel like it. He didn't know when it happened but some time during his shock he fell back to sleep.

"Mr. DiNozzo? Wake up sir. It's time for you to get ready to leave. You can shower and shave. Also a meal, but afterward you have to leave." The Nurse went to open the blinds. His eyes opened and looked around. They had his bags by a chair, ready for him.

'Where the hell did they expect him to go?' he sighed. And started to get up. He was slow at first, letting his legs get use to it once more.

'Wait, twenty years. Doesn't this mean I'm in my fifties or something.' He laughed.

"Are you okay sir?" The nurse looked at him.

He smiled and said, "Yea, but I just realized that I'm in my fifties now." He grinned when the nurse got an amused look on her face.

"Well it's nice to see that you have an optimistic view. Good, you're gonna need it in this world." She smiled and mentioned to get ready so he can eat before he had to leave.

He showered and almost fell in there. He laughed and made a stupid joke to himself. When he was done he went and fixed his bags, just as the nurse was coming in with some food. She had some extra bags filled with some more too.

"Here is the meal provided by us, and" She put the bags next to him and opened them up. "This have been food and water provided by your Doctor." She smiled and said goodbye. He sighed, well this was gonna be a long day. He had to find a place to stay, a job. But he needed money and had to learn if the city had change any since the past twenty years! He slapped himself mentally.

"Of course it's changed since then you idiot." He said to himself. He then ate his food and put on his shoes and coat. He walked out of his room. He went towards the exits and saw light for the first time in a long time. It was blinding.

'Well, time to start over, till the day I die.'

Somewhere not the hospital:

He was walking, looking at everything that has changed.

'Wow, so much. I don't even recognize this place.' He sighed. 'Good thing the Doctor included this map or I would be insanely lost.' He walked around some more. Looking at the sun every once and awhile, 'When did the sun become this bright?' He thought to himself. When he bumped into a hooded person.

"Oh, sorry sir." He started to say, but the person didn't even hear. Actually, it was just staring at him.

'Creepy' he thought and said sorry and quickly looked back to the map and started to walk. 'First stop, Bosses house.' He thought to himself. Not realizing that he was being followed.

"Well, here I am." He took a good look at the house. "It looks really, run down. Wow Boss, what happened?"

"You." Tony looked behind him and saw the hooded figure he bumped into earlier. He looked surprised.

"What! You're that guy I ran in to." Tony was in shock and when did he become Boss?

" DiNozzo, I see that sleeping has infected your brain if you can't even recognize my voice! Here, maybe this will help." The guy came over and slightly slapped the back of his head.

Tony was in shock. 'No way, I thought you went of the grid! How did you get here!' He wanted to say but could only say in his head. He heard the man laugh as he took his hood down. Tony started to chuckle. The man just looked at him like ha was insane.

"Wow, and I thought your hair was white before. And are those more wrinkles Gibbs?" He started back up laughing again.

Gibbs rolled his eyes, "Yea, haha very funny Tony. I'm old now so I look it too!" Tony started to laugh harder. Gibbs looked confused.

"Gibbs you were old before then too!" That comment got Tony a good smack on the head. "But I see you still got the touch." Tony said, rubbing the back of his head.

Gibbs shook his head and asked, "You want to go in or stand out here and keep getting slapped by me?"

Tony couldn't believe what was happening. Everything was going crazy. And he had this strange dreamy feeling around him. It was unsettling to him and he didn't like it.

"Hey Gibbs, what happened?" Tony asked, wanting to know why the whole team fell apart. Gibbs thought for a moment then his eyes went wide. He spoke slow at first but picked up speed fast.

"Well, I can't really recall DiNozzo. I've been trying to for years now but I still don't remember becoming like this. I don't even remember the whole team breaking off. I remember the Doctor twenty years ago saying that you would only be in a week coma. Then I and the team went back to headquarters to find out who that guy was so we could catch the bastard!" Gibbs breathed. Then mumbled something about old men having heart attacks when angered.

Tony thought for a moment, "So could I be in a coma still, just dreaming this?" Gibbs looked up and smirked.

"If that's so then you could dream about anything. Anyone." Gibbs was standing behind Tony when he morphed into Jeffree White.

"Tony, you could remember when you killed me." Tony started to turn. "I trusted you, I didn't think you would blow my head of. Why'd I give you that gun anyway?"Tony just stared at him, not hearing his ramble.

'Is this a dream still?' He couldn't believe it. No more having to try and start his life over. Now he just had to get out of this nightmare.

"Hey are you listening to me?" Jeffree popped his head in Tony's vision. "I am in the middle of a ramble here if you haven't noticed! Now where was I? Oh yea. About to push you off that cliff." This snapped Tony to attention.

"What?-" Jeffree pushed him lightly off the cliff and just stood there watching him fall.

"AHHHH!" He screamed, falling and his eyes opened to show he was in a room. He looked around to the best of his ability. The TV was on playing a movie that he couldn't remember the name of, but a hot babe suddenly came into view. He whistled and startled the people in there.

"Tony! Are you awake?" He saw Abby get up and run over to him, looking him over. "Oh my God, finally, you're awake!" She began to squeeze the air out of him. "The whole week was boring as you slept. We had no entertainment at all!"

He looked over and spotted Gibbs, staring at him. "I was out only a week?" Tony asked.

Gibbs answered, "Yea Tony, a week. Why?"

He laughed, "No reason at all really." He started to hug Abby back, aware but not making it noticeable that he knew Gibbs was still staring at him. He didn't care no more though. He was free and awake after what felt like forever. He smiled and laid back. Listening to what Abby had to say.

'I'm really awake this time. I can feel it!"