Tony's dark eyes went cold, blank, and emotionless. There was nothing in them as he looked up at Gibbs, the man he had respected and the one who had saved his life countless times. Could this man, this father of sorts actually be his own father? He shoke his head, no Gibbs is simply Gibbs not Dad. The thick darkness of closed eyelids slowly closed in around him, that sense of fading hit him so hard that he doubled over in his wheel chair. He felt hands on his shoulders before he threw out his long arms, striking their owners with weak blows. He wanted so much to run from this moment of weakness, and he tried only to once more hit the floor after slidding down from the chair.
"Anthony!" He could hear her voice, sense her in the background. His mother, yes that's who it was, but why did she sound so paniced? Why was he feeling fingers on the side of his neck? He knew what they were doing, but he couldn't understand why. He felt lost in the void of darkness, then the pain hit him. That unearthly choking of the insides. He could feel himself breaking and shutting down, he had tried so hard to keep it under control and now...in this moment the nail was hit on the head. He heard the rush of someone running across the floor, felt arms around his body lifting him.
"Dinozzo!" He could hear Gibbs, no his father yelling at him and shaking him. But it didn't change the pain, the darkness. He was emptying himself upon his childhood home's floor and he could feel the essence of his life leaving him. Why was it ending like this? Why was he falling so hard?
There was a rustle, a gun shot. He heard it and reached for his waist, it was absentmindly. He was weakening, his life force just draining idly by. He heard another shot, and another before all was quiet. Not even the soft beat of their hearts, it was all just...gone.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is short I know, but this part has to be put up before anything else. The next chapter will be longer. And I suggest you watch everything in this scene, things are going to get hectic from here on out!
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