Chapter 3

NCIS HQ – Abby's Lab 13:30pm

Abby staggered into her lab not long after Ziva had run off crying after reading the letter he had left, Abby still couldn't believe that he had done something as irresponsible as leaving without saying anything first, re-reading her letter off him bought a fresh round of tears to her eyes as she tried to figure out the real reason why he had just left.

"Abs, I have a job for you, I need you to find Tony use every trick in your arsenal and find him"

Still sitting there with her back to Gibbs who had just walked in, Abby nodded her head and with a final tear filled sniffle she turned to Gibbs and asked,

"What do I do if I cant find him Gibbs, I mean he's been in law enforcement for years so he knows all the tricks and how to get round them, he could be under so many different names and addresses by now that we could never f-f-find him" and after the last two words were said Abby burst into a fresh round of tears as her fragile control over her emotions broke.

"I believe in you Abs, if any one can find him it will be you, so start from the basics and go from there I'm going to go and see Ducky, call me if you need anything." whispered Gibbs as he sat the sobbing goth back on her seat, walking out of the lab Gibbs knew that the team was starting to fall apart with DiNozzo gone.

NCIS HQ – Autopsy

Dr Donald Mallard sat in his chair in shock over what he had just read,

"Anthony my dear boy what have you done! I don't think you realise what you leaving is going to do to the team let alone poor Ziva." laying the letter Tony had left for him Ducky, as he liked to be known, stood up and started walking towards the elevator when it opened and unsurprisingly Gibbs walked out,

"Ducky, do you know what has happened now?" growled Gibbs as he followed Ducky back into autopsy,

"If you mean young Anthony leaving in the middle of the night and only leaving letters to people then yes, if you meant with the case then no" said Ducky in his customary Scottish accent,

"dammit Jethro what reasons does he have to just leave like this, I know Ziva is going to take it hard, even though the two of them have been arguing ever since they got back from Somalia, personally I think the arguments are Ziva's attempt at keeping Tony at arms length so she won't get hurt if anything happens to him."

The two friends stood in silence as Gibbs thought about what Ducky had just said, with a heart felt sigh Gibbs started walking towards the exit,

"I'm going to go find Ziva, and then I'm going to find him and bring him home" said Gibbs over his shoulder as he left.

One Week Later

Ziva sat at her desk in the bullpen, her mind stuck on one thought like an old record,

"Tony's gone and it's all my fault," silent tears tracked their way down her cheeks as McGee, Gibbs and Vance all looked on worriedly as the normally strong woman cried silent tears in front of them,

"Jethro, any news on our wayward agent," asked Vance quietly to Gibbs as the shock of DiNozzo's abrupt leaving still surprised him,

"No, he's done a good job of hiding from us but for Ziva's sake he needs to be found, I've even contacted his old police buddies and told them what's happened so hopefully they may find him for us."

McGee just stood there silently as he watched his friend and co-worker fall apart, thinking back to all the pranks and names Tony had pulled on him ever since he joined the team he realised that Tony was the big brother he never had but always needed, thankful that Abby was looking after Ziva outside work McGee went back to thinking about how to find Tony.

Oakfeild, Maine, I 95

Sitting in his motel room, (read bug infested, smelly and cold) Tony knew that NCIS were getting closer, his former police buddies had told him that they had been told to report any sightings of him back to Gibbs but had promised to give him at least a couple of days head start just for old times sake.

Tony started coughing has he felt his chest start tightening, thinking back to when he had the plague he realised that even though he had been fine ever since that day he had been living on borrowed time in regards to getting a serious chest infection.

Once his latest bought of coughing had subsided Tony knew he would need to see a doctor at his last destination, double checking that all his paperwork was inn order he stood up and headed to his rental car.

On the road Tony whispered a prayer to any god that was listening that Ziva and his friends would be okay without him there, leaving Oakfeild Tony headed north to a possible future and hot food.

NCIS Abby's Lab 4 Hours later

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Abby jolted out of her light nap as her computer flashed up some results on her screen, staring dumbfounded at the monitor Abby blindly reached out and grabbed Bert, squeezing him to her chest she knew Gibbs had to be told, grabbing her phone she quickly dialled Gibbs's number and waited with baited breath for him to answer,

"Gibbs, what you got Abs?" said Gibbs down the phone,

"Bossman, I've found him, I've found Tony" whispered Abby as the results on her screen stared back at her,

PATIENT: Anthony Dominic DiNozzo

BLOOD TYPE: AB Neg

NEXT OF KIN: N/A

INJURIES: 3 broken ribs, acute pneumonia, concussion

LOCATION: Halifax General Hospital, ICU Ward

A/N: I've had a hard time with this chapter, tell me what you think :) oh can you guess where I'm sending him, the first right answer gets a digital Abby doll :) enjoy

A/N: This is a edited version :( I deleted the original by mistake but its all fixed now :) thanks to everyone who reviewed and put the story and me on their favourite list and a huge thanks to Betherzz ( for pointing out my mistake :)