"Family for Agent DiNozzo?" a female voice asked, and Gibbs jumped up and stood in front of the woman, he had a five o'clock shadow on his chin, and he had blood whch had startchened over the hours on him, "And you are?" the woman asked.

"Leeroy Jethro Gibbs, power of attorney" Gibbs said matter-of-factly. The woman looked down at the chart and nodded.

"Follow me please" she said and Gibbs gave Ducky an appologetic look before leaving, following the brunette walking in front of him into a familyroom. He sat down in a chair. "Can I get you anything before the doctor comes?" She asked, just a tad to happy. It made Gibbs's gut scream. Something was wrong. He shook his hed. "Alright then, the doctor will be here shortly" she said and disappeared out the door. Gibbs looked up, to see a poster. It was a drawing. A crooked sun, some blue dots and a purple tree.

"Matt, 25 years old" Gibbs read, and his gut churned even more. Head injury. The way Tony had been staring into nothing, he.. he was pulled out of his thoughts as the door went up and a doctor came in. Gibbs made a move to stand up, but the doctor made a swift move with his hand, sitting down, strictly business.

"Hello, I'm doctor metthews" The doctor said. His glasses slightly askew, Gibbs took the now offered hand, shaking it.

"Leeroy Jethro Gibbs" Gibbs said and pulled back his hand. Doctor Matthews removed his glasses and sighed, looking at Gibbs.

"I'm not going to lie to you mr Gibbs"

"It's Special Agent Gibbs, and I appreciate it" Gibbs said, "the non lying part" he added hastily.

"Right, Special Agent Gibbs, Tony is awake. Sort of" the doctor said and paused, "we have no explanation for what has happened, but he's catathonic. We have some excellent caring facilliti-"

"Wait" Gibbs said and put out a hand to stop the dctor who blinked, looking up from his papers, "catathonic? Why? How does that happen?" Gibbs asked. Matthews cleared his throat and looked at Gibbs.

"Well, after severly traumatic experiences, a person can retreat into him or herself, it could go either way, he could become himself again, and he could stay where he is" the doctor said, "but right now, he is mostly unresponsive, the good news is, he is swalloving on his own, and breathing on his own" Matthews said, "now, as I was saying, we have some excellent caring fa-"

"Not gonna happen Doctor.. Matthaus was it?" Gibbs asked on purpose, watching the doctor's cheeks redden.

"Matthews, and I will have to ask, who will take care of him?" Matthews asked, there was an edge to his voice. Gibbs didn't let the smirk he had inside play on his lips.

"I will, I have a doctor who can prepare me for anything I'll need" Gibbs said.

"Alright then, I have some papers for you to fill" Matthews said, "I'll just go get them" he said and disappeared. Gibbs rested his head on a curled fist. Catathonic.

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