Gosh, I know it's been awhile for this one but here is the next chapter, I hope you all like it.

Chapter 14

After Gibbs had entered the room holding his agent it had been four days and thirteen minutes before he had even showed a sign of waking.

The fever had ravaged his body, causing it to tremble and fit much to Gibbs' horror; the antibiotics they had had him on were now finished and his temperature was now normal.

Now, it had been two days, three hours and sixteen minutes since Tony had woken up.

And they had spoken to every doctor in this damned hospital.

But none of them could explain why Tony hadn't spoken to them for them two days, three hours and six...no seventeen minutes now.

Nor had they been able to explain Tony's reaction to women, even the ones on his team who he knew.

To say Tony was skittish when he saw them would have been a massive understatement, he was down right terrified of them and without him speaking to them about it since he had woken up, it would seem that they would never know fully why.

Which is what lead to Gibbs sitting by his Agent's bed; 6 days, three hours and thirty minutes after he had stepped through the doors with the kind doctor, looking at the man he thought of as his son, his heart aching to be able to do something to take the blank look away from his eyes.

The fever had broken hours ago and yet still the younger man's eyes were lost to them all. And Gibbs didn't like what that signified, not at all.

Other Agents had been and gone, wishing their friend or fellow colleague well, and yet still all Tony did was stare at them or some place in front of him where nothing was or had been, just looking nowhere.

Sometimes Gibbs thought that Tony was listening to them and just not answering him and it pissed him off to no end but then he knew that Tony wouldn't do something like that, not to his team. There was something else wrong and Gibbs needed to find out and soon before the doctors had no other choice to move him to the psych ward of the hospital.

Getting to find the Doctor, Gibbs took a quick look at Tony; he seemed to be sleeping peacefully for once, though he doubted it would last that long. Gibbs moved quietly out of the room to track down Tony's Doctor.

It didn't take long to search for her as she was going over Tony's medical notes anyway. "Amanda?" Gibbs tried to get her attention; she had asked to be called by her first name a few days ago as the whole 'Dr' thing seem too formal for a case like this.

Amanda turned towards Gibbs, hoping he was coming to tell her something had changed in her patient. "Has something happened?" She was disappointed when the look she was given told her nothing had changed, she sighed.

"Is there still drugs in his system?" Gibbs knew he was grasping at straws.

She shook her head apologetically. "Only the ones we are giving him for pain management."

"Can't you just check his blood again, to make sure?" Gibbs actually asked without anger, he was tired but he still wanted to make sure that nothing was being given to his Agent that shouldn't be, after all both the people involved had been nurses, there was nothing stopping them having friends even in a different hospital.

"I will check again," she faltered a moment knowing what needed to be said but not wanting to say it, "but it might be time to talk to that other doctor I told you about if he doesn't improve by the end of the week."

Gibbs didn't want to hear it but he also knew that she was being fair, there was only so much that she could do within her field. Maybe it was time to let the hospital psychologist try. "Can't you give him more time?"

"Gibbs, he's not even eating, it's affecting his recovery time, he needs to talk about what happened to be able to sleep and he's not talking to anyone. We're going to have to take extreme measures if nothing changes soon." Gibbs knew she was speaking the truth even if he didn't like hearing it, he'd been there and even asked Tony to eat or just say something.

Nothing was working. It was all wrong; it was like she was still ordering Tony around even though it was impossible. An idea sparked in his tired mind and Gibbs walked away from the doctor after thanking her.

x-X-x

Sharp pain seared down his back, he moved but was immediately stopped by strong hands holding him down.

He thought he heard a familiar voice apologising profusely and detected an accent to the voice, but surely someone familiar wouldn't hurt him this much.

His vision turned white in pain and then black as he became unconscious...

...But then he seemed to be his own body and watching what Ducky was doing to it and he could feel the doctor digging around in his back, looking for something. The pain heightened as he saw the usually kind doctor pull on something even though he wasn't connected to his body.

Eve appeared out of nowhere behind Ducky and Gibbs, they seemed oblivious to her, holding a vicious knife he'd seen before. Before he could warn them she slashed down and warm blood blinded him.

After she had finished dissecting his friends she turned to him holding the crimson knife, then she was behind him, whispering in his ear. "This is what will happen if you tell them."

Agony screamed in the centre of his chest, he looked down to try and see the cause and saw the knife imbedded there. Blood gurgled and bubbled up his throat and spilled out of his mouth as he tried to ask why.

Someone shook him roughly...

x-X-x

As soon as Gibbs stepped into Tony's room he knew that he was in the throes of a nightmare and by the look of it, a particularly bad one. Stepping up to his Agent's bedside he grabbed the younger man by the shoulders and shook him as hard as he dared. He didn't want to hurt him but he also couldn't leave him to relive what had happened.

He, Ducky and Amanda had come to the conclusion that something more had happened than what had been evident upon admission but they weren't going to find out unless Tony actually told them, at lot can happen in three months and be hidden.

Tony's eyes shocked open and seemed to choke on something harshly; Gibbs kept a firm hold on Tony hoping whatever was happening would pass soon. When it did, Tony looked around to see where he was and who had hold of him. Seeing Gibbs he wondered if it were a trick his mind was playing on him, Gibbs had just been strewn across the bloody ground after helping Ducky to cut him open.

Gibbs could see that Tony was thinking about something, the look that turned to him, however, was one that half surprised him and also one that he half expected after what they had needed to have done.

Betrayal.

But at least it was better than a blank look. Right?

TBC