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Gibbs had taken the notebook and Andrew to NCIS straight to Abby's lab when they entered NCIS. He immediately showed the sketch that Tony had done to Abby.
"This is definitely part of the bomb that we pulled from the internet," Abby told him.
"Is it an important part?" Gibbs asked her.
"Well without this, nothing would happen," Abby answered. "Doesn't matter how many times you press the button or whatever, without this, there's no kaboom," She concluded using her hands to push the point across.
Andrew muttered something, Gibbs was sure of it. "Good," Gibbs commented. He went back to the bullpen with Andrew in tow.
Gibbs went through his desk draw. "Have you got a weapon on you?" He asked Andrew who shook his head. Gibbs tossed him his spare sig. "Let's roll," he said. Andrew and Gibbs headed straight out of the NCIS building.
Tony woke up and the first thing he noticed was that his hands were tied. The surroundings weren't telling him much except that he was in some sort of warehouse. Part of his mind was still foggy, the last thing he remembered was being in the kitchen of Gibbs' house.
"Hey," A voice echoed through the area.
Tony was surprised that the dark haired hazel eyed tall man was remembered so clearly. "You got an aspirin?" Tony asked, he had such a pounding headache since his memories wanted to come back in full force.
"The name's Ash," Ashley said as he came into full view.
"Forgive me if I don't shake your hand," Tony said looking slightly behind him to see that his arms were bound to the chair.
"Ah, that DiNozzo mask that hides so much," Ashley said as a ferocious punch connected with the mouth.
"Is that a no for the aspirin?" Tony asked with a grin. "Guess you're the one who stuffed up anyway," he said. "Agent Gibbs is going to be seriously pissed."
Ashley rolled his eyes. "My good friend Andrew will take care of him," he told him.
Tony's face changed color. Bringing harm on himself he could handle, but anyone else was just so wrong. "Can you at least tell me what's going on before you kill me?" Tony asked. He was hoping that rescue would be around soon and he'd be able to stall.
"You don't remember?" Ashley mocked.
"The details are a little fuzzy still," Tony answered. He looked up at Ashley and wondered if he would get the full story or just a bullet to the head.
Gibbs was checking the clothes that Tony had been wearing the day they found him. Of course he believed that Tony took the component to deliberately disable the bomb he was working on and that was probably what had gotten him into the trouble he was in. He searched the inside of the jacket and found it hidden deeply in the pocket. There was something that he couldn't understand was how this was missed. Unless they thought that if he was found with a bomb component that that would sign his death warrant.
"I knew it," Gibbs mouthed. It wasn't that he needed the evidence. After all, he knew Tony better than he knew anybody.
Gibbs heard the weapon being cocked behind him and he turned around to see Andrew pointing it at him. "Oh," Gibbs said casually.
"I was wondering when I had to resort to this," Andrew said.
Gibbs didn't look shaken by this revelation. "Can you at least tell me your plans?" Gibbs asked. It was impossible to be around Tony so much without picking up some things.
"Nah," Andrew said as he raised the weapon to head level. "I think I'd just kill you," he said. He pulled the trigger but had only heard the CLICK! CLICK! That told them the weapon was empty. "What?" Andrew said.
Gibbs pointed his own gun at him. "I didn't trust you… I never did. But I had to be sure before I acted," he told him. "I put an empty clip into it and handed it to you," Gibbs explained the reason why the weapon was empty. "If DiNozzo hadn't got me interested in Die Hard, I'd probably never have thought about that," he added.
Andrew didn't put up a fight when he thought that Gibbs was just going to handcuff him. "Where's DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked as he grabbed the collars of Andrews jacket and swung him around. "Where'd they take him?!"
Andrew tried his best to fight the older man off. "I'll only tell you if I get a deal," he said.
Gibbs shoved him against the wall. "There will be no deal," Gibbs was nose to nose. "If you tell me where he is, I might just find it in me to mention that you were co-operative," Gibbs said. "If you don't, I'll get it beaten out of you."
"No you won't," Andrew said. He was trying to convince himself.
"The hell I won't," Gibbs said as he threw him over the couch and pointed his gun at him once again. "Tell me now…or I will shoot you," he said seriously.
"You wouldn't," Andrew replied trying to plead.
"Try me," Gibbs' finger grip tightened on the trigger.
"You just don't shut up don't you?" Ashley said using his foot to tip Anthony DiNozzo over. "We should have just killed you," he said.
"Why didn't you?" Tony asked as he winced. His nose was bleeding and he was sure it was just a matter of time.
"We believe in a big bang so to speak," Ashley answered. "Not little pissants like you," he said angrily as he booted Tony's side. "When we found you had amnesia, it was perfect and you willingly gave the files to us. It was so easy," Ashley said.
"It's a good plan," Tony said. As long as he was getting beaten he wasn't getting killed. "It's the best plan by a bad guy I've seen in some time," he said as he tried to brace himself for another kick.
Ashley sat the chair up and looked into the eyes before breaking Tony's nose. "There," he said. "Do you wish for me to kill you?" Ashley asked.
Tony just laughed as he coughed. "Oh you took your sweet time about it," Tony said. Ashley looked confused at that.
"Hey Ash," Tony noticed that it was Andrew who had entered first.
Tony had to grin as he noticed how badly shaken the Officer looked, it was as if he had a run in with Lucifer himself. "The other problem taken care of?" Ashley asked.
"Depends on what you mean by taken care of," Gibbs said.
Tony couldn't help but smile. Ashley reached for the weapon.
"I wouldn't do that," Gibbs said as he waved his weapon around. "Untie him," he ordered. It's amazing what you can get people to do when you have a gun pointed at them.
McGee and Ziva had been covering the exits and were soon in. "Are you alright Tony?" Ziva asked.
"Hey Zee-Vah… I'm just dandy," Tony answered as his wrists and feet were finally untied. "I was really thirsty so I'd thought I'd be Angel and start tasting blood… Hmm not bad," he said licking his sore lips.
"You are not looking too good," Ziva commented easing him to his feet. "But you are back no?" She told him.
"Yep," Tony winced slightly as he leaned on Ziva slightly.
"Quit leaning on my so hard," Ziva complained. "You are not dead… Yet," she joked.
"Westpoll shopping center," Tony said. "We must evacuate there," Tony said.
"We'll drop you off at the hospital on the way," Gibbs said.
"The hell you are," Tony responded quickly. "I'm going with you guys," he argued.
"You are going to Bethesda," Gibbs said. "You can't even stand straight," he said seriously.
"Come on Boss," Tony said. "You need me… I'm back, better than ever, I've a knack for making things better," he tried to assure the others he was fine.
"DiNozzo!" Gibbs shouted.
"Good to have them back," McGee said to Ziva and she just nodded.
"Going to the hospital Boss," Tony said in a resigned tone.
"Good," Gibbs said with a hint of a grin as they dragged the suspects into the car while Ziva and McGee took Tony into their car.
A/N: Tony takes another trip to hospital… He should get Frequent Patient Miles or something. Can they get to the shops on time and save the day.
Oh and I can just imagine that they get right back into the bantering right away... Don't worry, there'd be nice moments... maybe.