Escaping

Tony woke to the pain in his ribs. The pain was nothing new, he couldn't remember a time in the last few months were he had been pain free (at least he thought it was months, it could have been years or just a couple of weeks for all he knew). But today the pain was worse, about 10 times worse in fact, he was pretty sure about half of his ribs had been broken. He tried his hands round in front of him to check the damage but once again he found his hands were tied behind his back. He shut his eyes, trying to remember what had happened and just came up with more of the same, Parker was trying to get him to turn on Gibbs, like that would ever happen, he was sure Gibbs must have a rule for that somewhere.

He groaned and shifted slightly, pulling at the rope which was tied around his wrists. That was when he noticed it was loser than it was before. He tugged at the rope trying to make it lose enough so he could pull his hands free. The rope was cutting into his already damaged wrists but if he could get out of here then it would be worth it. Finally his hands came free of the rope and he stumbled to the door at the far end of the room, ignoring the pain it caused him. The door was locked, so he stood to the side, leaning against the wall, and waited for someone to come and unlock it. He didn't have to wait long. He waited until the man, who he recognised as Ray Skelton, was in the room before using the rope which had been tied around his hands to choke him from behind. As soon as Skelton had fallen to the ground, unconscious, he grabbed the guy's cell phone and keys and stumbled out of the room locking the door behind him.

Tony found himself in the middle of the woods; he spotted a small cabin close to where he had been kept. He figured that must be where Parker was so he ran the opposite direction from it. As soon as he was far enough away he slid down against a tree, the adrenalin, which had been blocking out the pain, draining from his body. Using all the strength he had left he grabbed the cell phone and dialled the number of the person he trusted most, Gibbs.

The phone rang a couple of times before he heard his boss pick up and bark, "Gibbs," down the line. Tony smirked slightly (the action causing his spilt lip to hurt more than it already did), Gibbs' temper certainly hadn't improved, he wondered if McGee had been annoying him with geek speak or if he was just annoyed at the phone for interrupting whatever he had been doing. "Who is this?" he heard Gibbs asked, sounding even angrier than before. Tony took a deep breath, gathering his remaining strength and said, in a weak voice which he barely recognise himself, "Hey Boss."

"DiNozzo?" Gibbs shouted leaping from his seat and looking over at McGee who was already tracing the call.

"Yeah Boss," he heard Tony say in the same weak voice.

"Where are you?"

"Dunno. There are a lot of trees though," Tony replied, pausing to take deep breaths every so often

"I've got it," McGee said, "He's in some woods about 30 minutes from here". The team were already half way to the elevator by the time he had finished speaking.

"DiNozzo, keep talking to me," Gibbs ordered. They were now driving at top speed, following McGee's directions and ignoring the beeping of horns from the other drivers. Tony had gone quiet and the only thing which told them he was still there was his slow breathing.

"Don't know if I can boss," Tony replied voice now barely a whisper.

"That was an-"

"Got to go, Parkers coming," Tony cut him off, sounding scared.

Gibbs heard the sound of a phone being hung up. "Hold on, Tony, we're coming for you," Gibbs said before snapping his own phone shut.

Tony pulled himself up using the tree for support, he could hear the footsteps getting closer and, even though he would never admit it to anyone, he was terrified. He tried to run but he didn't make it two steps before he stumbled and fell. He could hear the footsteps approaching but he didn't have the strength to move.

Parker kicked him over onto his back, foot digging into his broken ribs. Tony yelped in pain and Parker smirked at him and pulled out a gun. All Tony could think was 'where the hell is Gibbs?'

Gibbs heard the gunshot as he was getting out of the car.

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What? You didn't think I was going to just let Tony be rescued straight away did you? that would be so anti-climatic. Anyway review, I'll get the next chapter really soon, I promise. :D