They had gotten it all out of Tony, or so they hoped, Ducky had told them Tony was going to make it, that they just had to watch him carefully. And then he had suggested he take a good look at Tony. Abby had turned around and pressed her face into Gibbs's chest when Ducky revealed the scars all over Tony's body. The face and hands, and ancles were the least scarred places. And the arms, luckily.
"What happened to this young man?" Ducky demanded. So Gibbs told him the same thing he told Abby. That Gibbs was set to train Tony into a human being again, that Abby had scared Tony shitless, what they had discovered. Ducky sighed and tucked Tony in further under the covers, "dear lord.. such a fine young gentleman, and they do something like this.. he will have to live with these scars for the rest of his life, unless I could pursuey an old friend of mine for some plastic surgery.. oh well, we should let him rest, I'll just attach this heart monitor.. and this oxygen like so, and.. there, presto, he's good for some time, now, I suggest we all go clean up and sit down for a talk in the livingroom" Ducky said.
After cleaning up, they all sat down in the livingroom, staring at the table.
"Who're THEY, that scared Tony so much?" Abby asked finally. Gibbs took a deep breath and looked at her.
"There's a place Tony only referrs to as the Facility. I've been there.. once. That's how I found Tony. There were a lot of people there, I saw no faces. The guys that worked there told me they were hardened criminals, not like Tony, who could be pursueyed to work WITH pepople. I met him. I saw his eyes over and over, even in my dreams. There was so much.. anger, pent up frustration. When I was at the Facility, it was complete darkness in there all the time, there were cries of anguish, but I couldn't.. I couldn't do anything. And then Morrow comes telling me I'll recieve a person into my care, to train him to be 'normal' again. Human. And there comes Tony, the man I've seen snap people's necks like they were twigs, never shed a tear. And he's.. broken.. he had night terrors the first night here. Yesterday. I can't imagine him 'normal'" Gibbs sighed.
"Broken?" Abby asked. Ducky cast a glance in Gibbs's direction before he locked eyes with Abby.
"When a person endures torture every day for as long as our young Tony has, he becomes.. a product of these terrors, he will never be the same as he was, he might not even remember who he was before all this happened" Ducky said.
"He thought he remembered his name. Anthony Michael DiNozzo, then Abs came barging in after checking the name and finding out Tony was legally dead. Which means his family never looked for him" Gibbs said, "we should find the DiNozzo family, they'll be happy to know he's going to recover" he continued.
"What if they placed him.. in that.. Facility thingy?" Abby asked, "I mean, like they gave him away?" Abby asked. "What if they didn't like him? Think about it, if they never looked, why would they be happy he's alive now?" Abby asked.
"Abs, we owe it to Tony to find out" Gibbs sighed and rubbed his forehead, "he must be wondering about his family"
"But it would devestate him if they don't want him!" Abby argued.
"And he'll find them either way we choose to go!" Gibbs growled and slammed his fist in the table, "damnit Abs, he's scared to death!" Gibbs growled. Abby shrunk visibly in her seat, stared at Gibbs and pouted.
"First you call me stupid and now you scare me... you're mean today Gibbs" Abby pouted. Gibbs held out his arms and Abby hugged him.
"I'm sorry Abs, it's been a long day" Gibbs whispered.
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