Sitting in the most comfertable chair that Sheppard's office had to offer, Gibbs waited for Jen to start talking. She had been quietly going through some papers for the last five minutes, but as a trained investigator and interrogater, Gibbs knew this was SOP for making their suspect squirm. Gibbs of course, wasn't affected by her methods.
"Jethro" Sheppard said and removed her glasses, "We need you back, full time, not like now where you waltz in here when you feel like it" Sheppard said.
"Not going to happen Jen, I'm taking care of Tony" Gibbs said.
"I understand that, but we need you here" Sheppard said. Gibbs smirked.
"I told you, I'm taking care of Tony" Gibbs said. Sheppard sighed and leaned back in her chair, folding her hands in her lap.
"You can't take care of him forever Jethro" Sheppard said and sighed, "There's some excellent caring facilities, I'm sure Tony would be better off there, and we REALLY need you here, full time" Sheppard said.
"Tony's not going to a 'caring facility', he's not a nutjob, you're just going to have to fire me" Gibbs said, "I'm sure my team will say the same, as will all of Tony's friends" Gibbs said.
"Is that a threat?" Sheppard asked. Gibbs smirked again as he stood up and leaned over Sheppard's desk.
"No Jen, it's a promise, now, I'm going to go find the bastards who did this to Tony" Gibbs said and walked out of Sheppard's office.
"You can't take care of him forever Jethro!" Sheppard called after him.
"Watch me" Gibbs replied and walked down the stairs and into the bullpen. "McGee, Ziva, what have we got so far?" Gibbs asked. McGee pulled up a picture on the plasmascreen and sat on his desk.
"Andrew Witthouse, 38 years old, been in prison for stealing two cars and assault on a teenage girl when she refused to have sex with him. Some minor things after that, shoplifting, unpaid parking tickets, never anything that included weapons" McGee finished.
"Anything connecting him to someone named George?" Gibbs asked.
"Two people named George on his cellphone" Ziva said, "I've tried both of them, and noone's picking up" Ziva said. Gibbs stood silently thinking this new information over. "Shall we bring them in?" Ziva asked.
"Can't bring them in without an address" Gibbs said, "I'm going for coffee" he said and turned on his heel. He went into the breakroom and got his mug of coffee before heading into the elevator. Instead of going downstairs, he went up to the roof and sat down on the chair Tony had brought up there half a year ago. Tony loved the view from the roof, and Gibbs could easily understand why. Everything was quiet up here, some birds in the sky were making noises, but other than that, quiet. Peaceful. Gibbs sipped his coffee, going over the information his team had gathered. Andrew Witthouse wasn't much older than Tony was, and had probably not been in charge of Tony's kidnapping, or Carmen's for that sake. George was the key to all of this, Gibbs was sure of it. Gibbs's cellphone rang and he checked the number. Abby.
"What've you got Abs?" Gibbs asked.
"Soil is rich on cowdung" Abby said. "Other than that, I'm not sure yet, I've got to analyse a DNA sample we found under Witthouse's fingernails, I just wanted you to know Tony's awake and is sitting in my lab, seems Ducky nodded off and Tony took a walk on his own" Abby said.
"What?" Gibbs asked,
"He's just playing around with some drawing paper I had laying around, he's really good at drawing, never knew that, I thought Kate was the artist" Abby said.
"I'm coming down" Gibbs said and hung up. He finished his coffee and went into the elevator, pressed the button Abby had marked 'Abby's crib', and waited for the doors to slide open. He walked into the lab, finding the music turned off, and saw Tony sitting on the floor, drawing.
"I think you want to see this" Abby said and held out a paper to Gibbs. It was a drawing of a beautiful woman. Gibbs frowned. "I asked him who it was, and he just looked at me at first, but then he said 'Carmen' and began drawing again, Gibbs, do you know hat this means?" Abby asked. Gibbs was way ahead of her and crouched down in front of Tony. He looked down on the sketching pad and saw Andrew's face on the paper.
"Tony, listen to me, this is very important, can you draw George?" Gibbs asked. Tony looked up at him and touched Gibbs's nose.
"I don't like being seen Tony, if you see me, I have to kill you, behind this mask is nothing of importance to you Tony. Hey! Don't try to rip my mask off you prick. Why'd you kick him that hard George? Mind your own buisiness Andrew, get the girl! Please don't hurt her! Please, I'm begging you. Don't scream Carmen, everything's going to be okay, please don't hurt her anymore, I'll be good, I promise, I'll be good" Tony said and pulled his knees up to his chest and began rocking, "See? Was that so hard Tony? Be a good boy and Carmen won't get hurt. Please don't cry Carmen, everything's going to be okay, I promise. I promise but I fail, I promise and fail. Fail fail FAIL!" Tony said louder and louder, beginning to pull his hair.
"Easy Tony, everything's okay" Gibbs said and lay a hand on Tony's shoulder. Tony flinched and pulled back, biting Gibbs in the hand. "Son of a BITCH!" Gibbs yelled and held his hand.
"Noone touches Tony anymore!" Tony hissed and glared at Gibbs. " Noone touches Tony!" Tony hissed.
"Okay, okay, I won't touch you" Gibbs said. Tony went back to pull his hair and rock back and forth on the floor, sketchpad and pencil forgotten. Gibbs got up and flexed his hand. "Nothing wrong with his teeth" Gibbs muttered. "He didn't break the skin though" Gibbs said and shook his hand, "Maybe he broke some bones" he mumbled to himself.
"He's scared" Abby said quietly. Gibbs turned around and looked at her, "You were scared. When you didn't remember, scared and angry. We were all there for you, but Tony, Tony deals with things his own way. Remember when Kate died?" Abby asked, not waiting for a reply before she continued, "Tony was all alone back then. He had noone. Kate was his best friend, and he had noone to talk to" Abby said, "When I finally realized that, he didn't want to talk at all, he was so depressed. I had to get him dangerously drunk before he finally talked" Abby said.
"I didn't know that" Gibbs said.
"What I'm saying is not get him drunk, but show him something you like, something he likes to do, something he remembers doing together with you" Abby said.
"We sand the boat toge.." Gibbs said and looked at Abby who grinned.
"I already know, I blackmailed Ducky into telling me" Abby said.
"Of course" Gibbs sighed, "Who else knows?" Gibbs asked.
"Just me and Duckman" Abby said, "So you two sanded the boat together? Show him" Abby said, "Show him how to sand the boat and maybe he'll remember" Abby said.
"You know what? That's a good Idea, tell me when you got something" Gibbs said. He crouched down in front of Tony. "You ready to go home?" Gibbs asked.
"No" Tony replied. Gibbs raised both eyebrows. "Not going! Yes you are! Not going without Carmen! Killed her last night you little prick, now get up! Get up or I'll kill you! No! Not going! Not going with you anymore, kill me! Just kill me! KILL ME!" Tony yelled and grabbed Gibbs's shirt with surprising force, shoving Gibbs into the wall. "Not going with you anymore George! You have to kill me!" Tony spat.
"Tony, I'm Gibbs, I'm your Boss, let me go" Gibbs said and grabbed Tony's wrists. He then turned Tony around and held him firmly. Tony screamed and tried freeing himself with biting and kicking. "Call Ducky! Tell him Tony needs a shot" Gibbs said, "Hurry!" Gibbs said. Ducky was there two minutes later and plunged a needle into Tony's arm. He emptied the contents and after a couple of minutes, Tony calmed down. Gibbs slid to the floor with him in his arms. "Easy Tony, everything's okay" he said. Ducky crouched down in front of Tony to find two dazed green eyes at half mast. Ducky ran a hand down the left side of Tony's face and sighed. Tony leaned back against Gibbs and closed his eyes.
"I wish I didn't have to do that" Ducky said.
"So do I" Gibbs said. "Let's get him home" Gibbs continued and got up with Tony in his arms. "Let's get you home" Gibbs said to Tony who was now laying limp in his arms, barely concious.
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AN: Yeeeeeeeeeeeees???
Disclaimer: All hail DPB