Can I Come Back?
Chapter 6
A/N: Thank you so much for the lovely reviews. They make me smile. Sorry for any mistakes, I do try and get everything right. Hope you enjoy the next chapter, Thanks Haylee! I do not know military ranks or any medical stuff, so if they are wrong I apologise. WARNING: This contains some language.
Vance stared at the man lying in the bed in shock. When the Military man walked into his office all he said was they found someone at Saleem's camp and had sent them straight to the hospital. Vance would have never guessed it would Tony DiNozzo, considering everyone thought he was dead.
The door opened and in walked Mater Sargent Charlie Evans, the lead of the group of military men.
"How did you find him?" Vance whispered loud enough so Evans could hear him. He was still in a state of shock at seeing the man with his own eyes.
"While we were on our way to get your team, one of Saleem's men was out on patrol. He saw us and radioed one of the other men. We split up into two teams. One to get your people, the other to get Saleem and try and stop his people from getting to yours" Evans started, glancing between Vance and Tony, "By the time my people got to Saleem's camp it was cleared out. They must have left in a rush because they left a lot of stuff behind, including him" Evans pointed to Tony then looked back to Vance.
"We almost didn't find him" he whispered.
"How long had he been here?" Vance asked, trying to absorb the information being told to him.
Evans shook his head slightly "Not that long. He and some of my people where the first transport out of that place on a medical plane" he paused, glancing at Vance before looking to the ground "Luckily he wasn't that injured" Evans finished.
"Jesus" Vance sighed, rubbing his hands down his face.
There was a moments silence before Vance asked "Where's Saleem now?", however he got no response so he looked at Evans "Do you know where he is?".
Evans shook his head "Saleem's was gone before we were anywhere near that place. We don't know where he is" he answered.
'Shit' Vance thought to himself. If Saleem wasn't done with whatever he was doing with Tony, then his life was in danger.
"If you don't mind me asking, Sir" Evans started and Vance looked at him "Who is he?" he asked, taking a glance towards Tony in the bed.
Vance gave a sigh "Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS Senior Field Agent to Agent Gibbs".
Evans frowned "If he's one of yours then what's he doing out there. And why didn't you know he was there?" he asked, confused.
"It's a long story, Evans. One in which I don't know the full story" Vance said, sounding frustrated.
Evans gave a nod and walked out the room, stepping aside when a Nurse walked in.
"Hello" she greeted "May I ask who you are exactly?".
Vance smiled at her "NCIS Director, Leon Vance" he answered.
The Nurse smiled back "Oh sorry, no one had told me you had arrived yet" she apologised "I'm nurse Maggie Green, I'll be treating Mr DiNozzo".
"Nice to meet you nurse Green".
"I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to step put the room for a moment. I just need to check on how he's doing" nurse Green said.
"No that's fine. I need to make a few phone calls anyway" Vance said as he walked out the room.
Bull Pen
Gibbs and Ducky stared at the elevator as it closed and Vance disappeared.
"Something is going on" Ducky mumbled to himself.
"Yeah, and we're being left out of it" Gibbs said, not liking it at all.
Abby looked over, having heard the conversation "Now you know how we felt being left out of the mission in Somalia" she said, her voice slightly smug yet annoyed.
Gibbs glared over to her, knowing she was right but never admitting it.
"Where is he going?" McGee asked.
"Don't know" Gibbs said then looked over to McGee "Find out".
McGee's head shot over to Gibbs in shock "What?!".
Gibbs walked round his desk and stopped when he reached McGee's "Find out" he whispered dangerously.
McGee blinked nervously and turned to his computer mumbling "I can't believe I'm doing this", knowing Gibbs meant to track the Director's phone.
Both Ziva and Abby walked to stand behind McGee's chair and lean over, watching him.
"If he finds out, you're so dead" Abby said quietly and McGee glanced over to her.
"That makes me feel so much better" he grumbled.
The computer pinged and McGee brought up the result "He's at the George Washington University Hospital" he said, with a slight frown.
"What is he doing there?" Ziva asked.
"Let's go and ask him" Gibbs said as he grabbed his gun from his desk draw and began to walk out the bull pen, only to be stopped by one of Evans men.
"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to leave" he said, blocking Gibbs and the team.
Gibbs frowned "Why not?" he demanded.
"I am under orders to not allow any member of Agent Gibbs team to leave the building until Director Vance says otherwise" the man answered with a straight face.
Gibbs gave an angry sigh and shook his head. Abby looked at the man closely and a thought popped into her head.
"Well I'm just going to head back down to my lab now guys. See you later!" she said and began to walk away, but was soon stopped by another one of Evans men "Excuse me" she said and tried to walk around him, but he blocked her again.
"You can't leave either, Ms Sciuto" he said.
Abby frowned and was about to say something, but McGee pulled her back before she said something she might regret.
Unknown
Tony stared at the plain wooden door in front of him, waiting for something to happen. He had lost track of time, not knowing how long he had been confined to the exact same room, staring at the exact same four, dirty brown stone walls, or the same dark grey floor, layers and plies of dust and sand surrounded the place. The only source of light came in the day, when the bright hot sun shone through the two windows behind him. He didn't really feel anything anymore. Only the hot sun burning his back, and the feeling of sweat dripping down his face, before trailing down to his neck and chest. These things he could forget in time, but the one thing he could never forget, no matter how hard he tried, was the feeling of Saleem's hands on his body. Every. Single. Day. He could never forget what he did to him.
He jumped slightly when the door opened and in stepped the man himself. Saleem Ulman. Or as Tony preferred to call him, The Asshole.
"I see you haven't eaten your food" Saleem said, looking down at the silver bowl full of, well, Tony didn't really know what the hell it was. All he knew was he wasn't going to eat it.
Tony said nothing, deciding it was best not to answer.
Saleem smiled in annoyance, and slammed the door shut behind him, causing Tony to tense for a second.
"Why haven't you been eating, Anthony?" he asked, walking further into the room, closer to Tony.
Tony debated on saying answering him, but before he could do so, Saleem was kneeling in front of him, face only inches from his own.
Saleem slowly placed his both his hands-on Tony's knees and squeezed them slightly, causing Tony's breathing to hitch "You going to answer me?" he said, his tone screaming danger.
"Not hungry" Tony mumbled, looking anywhere other than Saleem.
Saleem's hands pushed Tony's legs apart and his hands travelled higher slightly, so they were laying just above Tony's knee's, "You know how I feel about mumbling" he said, squeezing Tony's legs tightly. "Talk properly, Boy!" he demanded.
"I'm not hungry!" Tony shouted, but immediately regretted it.
Saleem smiled that wicked smile and suddenly grabbed Tony by the throat, causing Tony to gasp as Saleem's hand tightened "DON'T YOU EVER RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME AGAIN. YOU HEAR ME BOY!" he shouted.
Saleem loosened his grip slightly, allowing Tony to breath then leaned in close until his mouth was next to Tony's ear "You're going to regret that" he whispered.
And at that moment Tony felt like he was dying all over again. The problem for Tony was that he knew Saleem wanted to keep him alive. So, death would never come for him.
Hospital
Tony's eyes shot open with a gasp as the memory soon faded way. 'Where am I?' he thought.
He kept blinking, trying to get the fuzziness out of his eyes so he could see. It wasn't until his eyes cleared that he noticed he wasn't in the dirty, smelly place of Saleem's, but a clean hospital room. What was he doing here? And how did he get here?
He was about to get up, but pain shot through his right arm and ribs, causing him to fall back to the bed with a sigh. He looked down at himself to see his right wrist was in a cast, and his chest was covered in black, blue and purple bruises. No wonder it hurts to breath.
Tony looked around the room and noticed he was alone. 'Noting new then' he thought. But then he froze suddenly. Maybe this was one of Saleem's tricks. To make him think he was safe then suddenly change it around. Or maybe this is a dream and he's still stuck in that place wherever Saleem was keeping him.
Tony jumped as the door opened and in walked in a man. His face turned from shock to anger as he stared back at Leon Vance.
A/N: Hope this was okay. I tried to do my best with the Tony and Saleem scene. Please tell me what you think and if you want anything added into the story. Thanks – Haylee!