ok, firstly apologies i didnt mean to take so long to add the next chapter seemed to keep running out of time, this is only a short one but will try and add more soon. Thanks for all the support, hope you enjoy.
Gibbs went to ask Tony more, how did that help now he was even more confused but his senior field agent was sleeping and Gibbs knew he needed that more than anything now. It could wait until morning, now that Tony was being moved out of ICU he was happy that his agent was over the worst of it.
The following morning Tony awoke to find his doctor but no Gibbs.
' When can I go doc?'
Tony's doctor turned in surprise not realising that his patient had woken up yet. 'Not for awhile, your body needs to rest after what you have put it through but we have taken out the catheter though you will have to use a bedpan for now.'
Tony just nodded, he had no intention of staying, he needed to rectify the slip of the tongue he had had the night before, Gibbs couldn't know that his Dad had tried to run him over. It wasn't like he had meant to anyway it was the drugs that Maloney had injected him with that had confused him.
Alex Maloney, now that was someone he thought he would never have to see again. His old partner at Baltimore that had turned bad and shot him during a drugs bust. He had got out of prison and Tony hoped he wouldn't find him but he had. He knew that Gibbs would be mad when he found out that he hadn't told him he was out but he thought it would be ok. Now his dad was Maloneys's hostage and by the looks of him on some pretty bad drugs.
Gibbs walked back to the hospital hoping he was going to get answers out of his senior agent this time. There was more going on than he was prepared to admit to and there was no way Gibbs was going to let him get away with that.
Gibbs walked back into Tony's room but was surprised to find it empty, he saw Brad heading towards him
' Brad, they sent Tony for some more tests?'
'No, why?'
'He's not here'
' Oh no, I know Tony hates hospitals I mean I remember the times he tried to escape when he had the plague, but surely he wouldn't be that stupid he could do serious damage to himself.'
' Damn' was all Gibbs said as he walked back out, why had he left him. He rang Ducky filling him in and getting him to tell the others, McGee was going to try and get a location on him from his phone.
Tony had managed to get a taxi quite easily but the journey was more painful than he thought it would be and on top of that it was really cold out and the thin scrubs he had managed to find did nothing to keep him warm. He noticed the taxi driver kept looking at him worriedly but chose not to say anything instead dropped him off outside an apartment building. Tony knew Gibbs would be looking for him so he needed to quickly get changed and out to where Maloney was holding his father. After struggling with his crutches which were painful to use with broken ribs, Tony entered his apartment passing out before he could even get to the couch.