By the time Tony had arrived in Stillwater. Gibbs and Jimmy were about halfway through their trip. Gibbs looked over at the younger man who was beside him in the passenger seat. Jimmy had hardly spoken during the two hours the two men had been in the car. He just stat there leaning his head on the window with his arm propped up on the door.

"Hey kid are you okay?" Gibbs asked.

"No! No I am not!" Jimmy yelled.

"Don't worry we'll find Tony and bring him back." Gibbs assured.

"Oh you better find him but that's not what I am mad!" Jimmy yelled.

"What's wrong?" Gibbs asked.

"Well let's see my best friend quit the job he loved and ran away while injured I might add! Because he made one mistake! Tony is a really good cop! All he wanted to do was save people! Do you know how many mistakes McGee and Ziva have made and you have never yelled at them! Except when your precious Abby made him leave and she almost got killed! What happened today is going to haunt Tony for the rest of his life and what you did only made it worse!" Jimmy yelled.

"Look kid I am sorry but you need to calm down." Gibbs replied.

"How does it feel to have the person you turned to for comfort flip out on you! When you are already down?! Huh?! How does it feel?!" Jimmy demanded.

"It feels pretty bad." Gibbs replied.

"Did you even hear me before?! Tony is hurt! If anything happens to him because of this I will never forgive you!" Jimmy yelled.

"Look kid I said I was sorry." Gibbs replied.

"I guess I was kind of hard on you but you really hurt my feelings when you attacked Tony like that." Jimmy replied.

"Tony is hurt how bad is it?" Gibbs asked.

"I don't know but when me and Ducky came to get the killers body. I checked on Tony he was bleeding bad on his side and covered in glass. He said he was fine but when we got back. I checked my first aide kit and two rolls of bandages were missing. I called a friend of mine who is a surgical resident at Bethesda and asked him to check on Tony. He called me back and said that he did but Tony refused any medical attention. I am really scared for him." Jimmy replied.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize." Gibbs replied.

"Well you should have with your gut and all. I just want Tony to be okay." Jimmy tearfully replied.

"He will be kid." Gibbs assured.


Jackson Gibbs knelt beside Tony's prone form. His grandson was sickly pale and rapidly losing blood. He held the towl to his side in an attempt to stem the bleeding. He had sent L.J. to find the town doctor. Jack shuddered as the younger man's lips started to turn blue.

"Hold on son help is on the way. Please just hang on for my Leroy." Jack pleaded.

"It's okay Jack! Help his here!" L.J. cried as he burst in with the town doctor.

"I can't help him on my own. I have already called an ambulance." Dr. Miller replied.

Jack stroked Tony's hair and reassured him while Dr. Miller took his vitals and treated his wounds as best he could. The nearest hospital was over an hour away. So even with an ambulance it would be a while before the help Tony needed arrived.

"Who is this young man Jackson?" Dr. Miller asked.

"This is my Leroy's Senior Field Agent and surrogate son Anthony DiNozzo Jr. but everybody calls him Tony." Jack replied.

"Do you know what happened to him?" Dr. Miller asked.

"He was in a car accident while protecting a little girl. The child didn't make it and it brought back all these horrible memories for Leroy and I guess he just went off on the poor kid." Jack replied.

"Oh dear." Dr. Miller whispered.

"He is sorry at least and on his way up here to apologize." Jack replied.

"Well I hope he gets here fast because I'm not sure this kid can hang on." Dr. Miller replied.

"But you called an ambulance." Jack replied.

"Yes but he is getting weaker by the second he may not even last that long." Dr. Miller replied.

"Tony son you have to hold on. Leroy is really sorry about what happened and just wants to make up with you. I know you are strong. Leroy has told me some of the things you have come through and I know you can beat this. I know it's usually him telling you that you are not allowed to die but he is not here. So you have to listen to me. You will not die. You will live and go back home with Leroy. He will nurse you back to health and then you will go back to NCIS. Where you will keep saving lives. Please you have to do this. I have never asked you for anything and I probably never will again but you have to survive for my Leroy. Please just come through this." Jack pleaded.

Tony was whirlwind and nearly unresponsive but he still somehow heard what Jackson was saying. He squeezed the older mans hand weakly to show that he had heard and would fight as hard as he could.

"That's my boy." Jack said voice cracking after he felt Tony squeezing his hand.


Gibbs had not spoken a word since Jimmy had gone off on him. He just gripped the steering wheel and starred straight ahead out the windshield. Jimmy had apologized up and down to him for what he had said but Gibbs never even acknowledged him. Finally when they were ten minutes away from Stillwater. He looked at Jimmy in the rear-view mirror.

"I suppose you are going to report me to Vance. Just make sure Ducky gets a good assistant who treats him with respect the same respect I did but doesn't over step the line like me." Jimmy said.

"I'm not going to report you to Vance. What you did took guts and we need that for what we do." Gibbs replied.

"I could make an autopsy joke right now but you finally have respect for me and I don't want to lose that. It took me ten years and a horrible tragedy to get this far." Jimmy replied.

"I always respected you kid. I just have trouble showing feelings and stuff." Gibbs replied.

"It's alright." Jimmy replied.

"I am pretty good at showing rage though. I guess that started after my mom died. Losing my girls and three divorces didn't help." Gibbs replied.

"Have you ever been in therapy? I know it's not your thing to talk about feelings but you could really benefit from it. Besides after all this Tony is going to need some serious counseling. Maybe you guys could go together as father and son. Having you there may help him you know stick to it." Jimmy suggested.

"I don't know Palmer. I mean psych evaluations are one thing but regular therapy?" Gibbs asked.

"I have been to therapy. I mean after my dad died my mom kind of made me go but I did really need help. I only went for a year after that but I have been going ever since Michelle died." Jimmy explained.

"Really?" Gibbs asked.

"Well it was originally supposed to be a short term thing but them I lost my mom and not long after that I met Breena. I mean love Breena but after having your first serious girlfriend get shot you kind of get a little nervous. It has helped with all the crazy things that have happened the past few years getting kidnapped twice, Ducky's heart attack, Dearing. Jackie dying. I know that doesn't make sense but I am afraid of losing Breena." Jimmy replied.

"Don't worry kid she will be fine." Gibbs assured.

"I hope so." Jimmy replied.

"I guess if it will help Tony I may consider going to therapy. I could also really benefit from anger management I guess." Gibbs replied.

"Tony is lucky to have a boss like you." Jimmy replied.

"No he is lucky to have a friend like you." Gibbs replied.


Just as the two men finished their conversation they pulled into the parking lot of Jackson Gibbs's store. They saw Tony's car parked on the sidewalk. Gibbs swallowed hard at that sight. Tony was far to careful of a driver to park like that when he was at one hundred percent. He knew right away that something was wrong. Very very wrong. He put the car in park and jumped out with Jimmy not far behind. Right away he saw L.J. standing in the doorway looking nervous.

"Hey L.J. where is my dad?" Gibbs asked.

"He rode in the ambulance with Tony." L.J. explained.

"Ambulance?" Jimmy asked nervously.

"He almost crashed into the store when me and Jack went to check on him he was passed out and rapidly bleeding out of his side." LJ explained.

"Do you know anything on his condition?" Jimmy asked.

"He stopped breathing just before the ambulance arrived. They were working on him when he left. I don't know Leroy. I am sorry." L.J. replied.


A/N: Will Tony still be alive by the time Gibbs and Jimmy get to the hospital? New chapter probably next Friday. Anyway thanks for reading and please review.