After getting coffee, Gibbs parked in front of NCIS and got the wheelchair out of the car. He lifted Tony out of the car and placed him in the wheelchair. Tony somehow managed to bring his legs up into the chair, and sat on them. Ducky closed the car doors and locked the car.
"Okay Tony, there's going to be a lot of people, if you get scared, just grab my hand and we'll go some place nice and quiet" Gibbs said as he sat crouched down in front of Tony and adjusted Tony's tie. "There's three people who desperatly wants to see you" Gibbs said, "They're going to introduce themselves to you and you might get a hug" Gibbs said with a smirk as he thought about Abby. "There, now you look like yourself again" Gibbs said, satisfied as Tony sat in an Armani suit, legs up in the chair. Gibbs wheeled Tony into Authopsy where McGee was talking with Winnie, the replacement ME, just for as long as Ducky had to be with Tony and Gibbs.
"Hello Winnie" Gibbs said.
"Hi, he's at the bottom left shelf" Winnie said matter-of-factly. Abby looked at Tony, sadness in her eyes as Tony started to bite on his left hand fingers. He stared straight ahead and looked like he didn't even notice the five other people in the room. "I'm just going to leave you alone" Winnie said and left. Abby waked over to Tony and crouched down in front of him.
"Hi Tony, you might not remember me, but I'm Abigail Scutio, you can call me Abby, or Abs, whatever you want" Abby said, "Mind if I give you a hug?" Abby asked. Tony said nothing, just continued to bite on his fingers. Abby hugged him and Tony froze up until Abby let go of him. She quickly turned away and wiped a couple of tears off her face.
"Hi, uh.. my name is Timothy McGee, but.. but you can call me Probie, if you'd like to" McGee said. He didn't exactly know what to do, so he stood in front of Tony a little while and then walked over to Abby. Jimmy Palmer crouched down in front of Tony and searched for his line of sight. When he found it, he smiled.
"Hey Tony, I guess you don't remember me but-"
"Authopsy Gremlin" Tony said quietly. Jimmy looked up at Gibbs who raised an eyebrow. "Authopsy Gremlin Jimmy Palmer" Tony continued and went back to chewing on his fingers. Jimmy smiled and patted Tony's leg before going back to sit with Abby and McGee.
"Where's Ziva?" Gibbs asked.
"She's..busy" McGee said. Gibbs knew why Ziva wasn't there. Ziva had never been good with sick people, and she saw Tony as a superman who survived everything. When she had seen him down in the damp cell, she had worked like a robot, hadn't said a word, and looked like she was about to throw up.
"Busy my ass! Go find her and bring her down here!" Gibbs growled. McGee disappeared out the door quickly, and Gibbs smirked. "Okay, let's get down to business while we wait" Gibbs said and crouched down in front of Tony. "Okay Tony, this is important, we're going to show you a man, and you have to tell me if you recognize him, just squeeze my hand if you recognize him, okay?" Gibbs asked. Tony kept chewing on his fingers. Gibbs wanted to sigh, but bit it back. Getting disappointed wasn't doing anyone any good. "Okay Duck" Gibbs said and wheeled Tony over to the slot the DB was in. Ducky pulled out the man and Tony stared at him. "Do you recognize him Tony?" Gibbs asked.
"Andrew, be careful or I'll kill you, make sure he doesn't speak to anyone Andrew, Andrew you're such a looser, Andrew, you're dead if I catch you" Tony said, "Andrew Andrew Andrew" Tony continued.
"Okay, this is Andrew then?" Gibbs asked.
"Andrew Andrew Andrew" Tony repeated. Gibbs landed a hand on Tony's shoulder and Tony flinched but settled again.
"Good work Tony" Gibbs said, "Now all we have to do is find George" Gibbs said.
"George lives in the forest, he has a cabin, the cabin's red, it has a fireplace and a shower, it has electrisity, George likes his cabin, George wants to live there once Tony's dead" Tony rambled, "The forest has a lot of nice trees that George owns" Tony said, "Lots of firewood, George said so" Tony mumbled. Gibbs looked at Ducky who looked back and smiled sadly. McGee and Ziva entered at that moment, Ziva looking disgusted at the sight of Tony.
"This is Ziva" Gibbs said and pointed at Ziva, "Ziva David, she would like to give you a hug" Gibbs said. Ziva looked surpsied, but shuffled over to Tony and gave him a quick and stiff hug.
"Ziva doesn't hug people, she kills them" Abby whispered to McGee. McGee snickered but cleared his throat when Ziva shot him a look that would've killed him ten times over if looks could kill. "Don't worry Ziva, I won't tell anyone that you hugged Tony" Abby said.
"Abs!" Gibbs said, "Enough" he continued, "Tony looks about ready to get some sleep, can we borrow your sofa Duck?" Gibbs asked. Ducky nodded and Gibbs wheeled Tony into Ducky's office, lifting Tony over to the sofa where Tony immediatly fell asleep. Gibbs ran his fingers through Tony's hair and smirked. "You did good Tony" Gibbs whispered and got back up. "Would you sit with him Duck? I'm going to see where we are on this case" Gibbs said.
"Of course" Ducky said. Gibbs left the office and looked at the three people standing there, looking at him.
"What're you looking at? Get back to work!" Gibbs growled. Both McGee and Ziva left, but Abby continued standing there. "What?" Gibbs asked. Abby came walking over and gave him a long hug. "What was that for?" Gibbs asked.
"For taking care of Tony" Abby said, "Come on, join me in my lab, I got some soil samples from underneath Andrew's fingernails" Abby said and grabbed Gibbs's hand, leading him to the elevator. They entered the elevator and went up to Abby's lab. "Here we are, and you didn't even have to buy me a CafPow! Because McGee already bought me one" Abby said and sipped her CafPow! with a slurping sound, "My baby's running the test as we speak, should be done within the hour" Abby said. Gibbs smirked and kissed Abby's forehead before leaving into the elevator. "Hey! Don't leave me all alone!" Abby said. But the elevator doors had already closed.
"Soilsamples, George lives in the forest" Gibbs said to himself, "We might just get lucky" he said and watched the elevator doors slide open.
"Jethro" director Jenny Sheppard said, "Just the man I've been looking for"
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AN: Yeeeeeeeees??? Tell me that wasn't too much ? I like this story very much, and I think Tony needed a break, so I let him sleep for a while.
Disclaimer: All hail DPB