As Tony came to he groaned, he hurt so much he didn't even want to think about moving anymore but he had to, his Dad needed him. He may have been a neglect father he forgot about his only child regularly but that didn't mean he deserved to be kidnapped and drugged because of Tony. As Tony struggled to move himself he heard feet pounding towards the door that he knew belonged to one Leroy Jethro Gibbs and that was the last person Tony wanted to see right now he knew that he would be dragged back to hospital and that would mean even longer before he could find and free his Dad.
Tony managed to push himself up in an attempt to try and hide from Gibbs but as he did so his exhausted body gave up on him and he collapsed landing awkwardly and tearing his stitches.
Gibbs pushed open the door to Tony's apartment noting that it wasn't even closed properly but he didn't have time to think to much as the sight that greeted him was of Tony laying face down with a growing pool of blood and trmors running through his senior field agents body. He quickly turned Tony over and applied pressure to the area where the ripped stitiches had caused the bleeding. As Tony came to and looked up into his bosses face he realised he had been caught and really needed to get away, he struggled against Gibbs trying to escape his hold but the reality was he was already weak before the additional blood loss and he wa no match for Gibbs firm hold.
' Quit it Dinozzo you're in enough trouble already'
' Please boss I can't go back he needs me'
'Who? Dinozzo, trust me no-one needs you in this state'
' He's got my father Gibbs, please I need to get him'
' Tony, whats going on, who did this to you?'
' not sure telling you is a good idea boss think you might kill me'
As Tony was finishing his sentence Brad pushed his way into the apartment and attempted to stop the bleeding noticing that his patient was not only extremely pale but had tremors running through his body. He reached up to confirm his suspicion holding a hand to Tony's head.
' Dammit Tony your running a fever, as if your body didn't have enough to contend with'
Tony didn't seem to be listening to Brad though and looking at Gibbs he let out a sigh knowing he needed Gibbs help and expecting to be yelled at
' Maloneys out boss and he has my father'
Gibbs looked wide eyed as Tony passed out and the EMT's rushed in to take Tony back to Bethesda.
As Tony became aware of things around him he heard Ducky and Gibbs talking quietly in the corner, he was going to go back to sleep but instead he started to cough and both Gibbs and Ducky carefully sat him up until he had finished.
He knew he felt worse than before but he still wanted to go find his father. As he was laid back down he looked questioning at Gibbs not having the breath to verbalise the question.
' McGee and Ziva are trying to find Maloney and your father and I have guards posted outside your door though whether to keep others out or you in is still up for debate, oh and when Brad arrives expect to be yelled at. I haven't got time to yell at you at the moment for your reckless behaviour but if you don't start talking then I may well have to reconsider that.
' Sorry boss thought I could handle it, my old boss rang a couple of weeks ago to let me know Maloney was being released and thought I should be warned so I took a few extra precautions stayed at work a bit more and thought that would be it. Then Dad turned up a couple of days ago really aggressive, and as I walked away he drove at me with the car and didn't stop, whilst I was laying on the ground Maloney came up and said that was just the start and soon Dad would have no control left and walked away laughing'
As Tony finished he started coughing again, each cough pulling at his stitches and alarms started going off, Brad came into the room sliding an oxygen mask over Tony's mouth hoping to increase his oxygen stats. Finally Tony stopped coughing and fell asleep leaving a very worried Gibbs, Ducky and Brad.
' His body is having a hard time fighting this infection on top of everything else Gibbs, I don't know if I can stop it from escalating to pneumonia and if that happens we are in for a really big fight.