Forgot to mention last chapter - To O'NeillRocMyWorld - yes i am a huge stargate fan

(just had to get that little reference in ;) )

Gibbs stopped the van just outside the main gates and turned off the engine. Quiet enveloped the pair sitting side by side.

"You can back out now," Gibbs spoke, giving Tony one last chance to forget the plan. It's not that he wanted Tony to back down and have the plan fail, but even he would be having second thoughts about a task like this.

Tony kept his eyes down. "You know I can't." He lifted his head, unclipped his badge and gun and handed them to Gibbs.

"Okay." Gibbs took the gun and badge and placed them in the glove compartment. . "Reedville was informed that a dangerous prisoner was being transferred for evaluation, we won't tell them otherwise unless the situation calls for it." Tony nodded. "We'll try and stay as close as possible, but without a panic button or wig and mic, you're going to be on your own."

"I know."

"Do not let you guard down for one second in there, you hear me?" Gibbs ordered.

"I hear ya, Boss."

Tony and Gibbs stepped out of their respective doors and moved around to the back of the van. Gibbs opened the outer door and then unlocked the inner steel cage door. On the bench lay a pair of handcuffs and ankle cuffs. Tony ducked his head as he stepped up into the dark containment cell. He sat down on the bench and, with a resigned sigh, cuffed his ankles together. Tony clenched his fists and pushed them together, holding his wrists out to Gibbs. Gibbs picked up the handcuffs and snapped them onto Tony's wrists. Once Tony was settled, Gibbs shut the steel door, locked it, and then shut the main van door, sending Tony into complete darkness. Tony heard the engine start again and was jolted in his seat as the van began to move.

Tony felt the van lurch to a stop. He didn't have to wait for long before the doors were opened. His eyes acclimatised quickly to the bright light.

"This him?" A stranger spoke.

"It is," Tony heard Gibbs reply. The cage door was opened and Tony got a good look at the stranger. The woman stood just below Gibbs' in height and was thinner than a broom. Her long flat hair lay in a limp ponytail and her narrow eyes watched Tony at all times. She raised an eyebrow and placed her bony arms on her non-existent waist.

"He doesn't look that dangerous."

"That's because we gave him a mild sedative for the journey, Miss Hiskett," Gibbs replied.

"Hmm, not bad looking for a crazy guy." Tony nearly flirted back, but with one covert glare from Gibbs he suppressed the urge. Instead he growled at the woman and with a deadpan face he spoke, "Woof."

"Yes, well." The woman didn't seem fazed, but, then again, when you worked in a mental asylum there probably wasn't much that you hadn't already seen. "What did he do?"

"Killed a guy," Gibbs replied.

"Then why isn't he in a prison?" she asked, obviously unimpressed with Gibbs.

"He was just about to eat the guy's foot when we burst down the door." Tony didn't remember that being part of the cover story, but he could work with that. Looking the woman in the eyes, he licked his lips. She ignored it and immediately called over for a couple of burly men in scrubs to join them. They pulled Tony out of the van and each held an arm tightly. Tony struggled slightly to add to the performance then let them take him inside the building.

"He'll be placed in the secure ward for the first twenty four hours. He'll be assessed by our resident psychologist and will then be placed on a more permanent ward, depending on the psychologist's recommendation; though, from what you said, I don't believe he'll be leaving the secure ward," Miss Hiskett told Gibbs as they followed Tony and his escorts.

"I'll be staying nearby as he is still part of an on-going investigation."

"Very well." The woman dipped into her jacket pocket and pulled out a single rectangle card. "My private office number. I will be able to update you on his condition." Gibbs took the card and thrust it into a trouser pocket for safekeeping. He followed the woman into the building and up a flight of stairs. Once on the second floor, he tried to follow Tony further but was held back by Miss Hiskett. "This is as far as you can go," she told him. Gibbs looked up and watched from afar as a large metal door closed behind Tony, signalling the communications blackout.