Author's Note: Chapter 3 already. As you can guess I know nothing of Tony's family so I made up my own. I hope to get more reviews. Thanks for reading so far.

III

Abby, Kate and McGee were sitting outside of Tony's room the next morning when they saw him walking towards them.

They each did a double take then turned to stare at each other.

The man looked so much like Tony it was impossible to not know that he was Tony's father right away. Even though, unlike Tony who always wore a grin, his features were hardened.

He walked right pass them not even acknowledging their presence and went to Tony's bedside.

He looked down at his son, touched his hand and said only one word, Anthony, before turning to leave. He walked right pass them, again not acknowledging their presence, and down the hall.

They were all stunned.

"Can you believe that?" Abby asked near hysterics, "He just left? Who does that? Even Gibbs stayed a little while with Tony."

"At least he came," McGee said, "the way Tony talks about him you wouldn't expect him to even show up."

Abby nodded.

Kate didn't say anything, she simply stood and heading in the direction Tony's father had disappeared.

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"What!" Gibbs shouted at the man on the screen.

He was in MTAC and he had been there for hours trying to find out where Ari Haswari was and this man actually had the gall to tell him that Ari had left the country and they had lost track of him.

"He is your mole and he almost killed one of my agents," Gibbs said on top of his voice.

The man hung his head. He himself couldn't believe that they had made such a huge error in judgment.

Not only did he just find out that Ari had indeed been the shooter on the warehouse but that the man had organized a terror attack on the Israeli Embassy just that morning.

"Agent Gibbs we know your feelings towards Haswari and trust me I do not blame you, but we are trying our best to locate him," he said.

"Try harder!" Gibbs said angrily before turning on his heels and exiting the room.

He almost collided with Director Marrow.

"Gibbs," Marrow said, "I was just coming into see you."

"Is that right Director," Gibbs said leaning on the railing looking out over the bullpen.

Director Marrow smiled and leaned on the railing beside him, "Sorry about DiNozzo," he said, "Do they have any leads on Ari Haswari as yet?"

Gibbs shook his head, "Bastard left the country last night and he better not return."

"Well usually I'd have something to say about a comment like that," Marrow said with a sigh, "but that isn't my problem now."

"What?" Gibbs asked.

"I took a position at Homeland Security," Marrow told him.

"Okay who's the new director?" he asked.

Marrow looked at him.

"Me?" he asked shocked.

Marrow laughed, "I wouldn't do that to the agency," he said, "the new director is in her office."

With that Marrow left.

"Her?" Gibbs asked himself before heading to the director's office to see for himself.

He walked into the director's office ignoring the protest of her assistant.

"Jethro," she said as he entered.

"Jen!" he said a little surprised.

Jennifer Shepherd was one of the last people Gibbs had expected to find sitting behind the director's desk.

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Kate was angry.

Sure Tony was annoying and disgusting the way everything to me had to be about TV, movies and sex, but he was injured and he was her partner and on some level her friend.

His father had no right to just dismiss him or them.

She walked out to the reception area of the hospital and was surprised to see that he hadn't left. Instead he was talking to Tony's doctor, Dr. McCaffrey, and a man she hadn't seen before.

She walked closer and caught a bit of their conversation.

"Sir, I assure you that Agent DiNozzo is getting the best care possible," Dr. McCaffrey was saying.

Tony's father shook his head, "If he were getting the best care Dr. Garrett would be his doctor." he said pointing to the third man, "If you wish, you can stay on as my son's doctor but I've hired Dr. Garrett to do his surgery and that's final."

Dr. McCaffrey looked as if he wanted to argue but decided against it, "If that's what you want," he said giving in.

Mr. DiNozzo smiled as if he didn't expect anything less. The smile took years from his features. He then turned to shake hands with Dr. Garrett and quickly exited the building.

Kate didn't know what to think now.

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Tony heard the voice.

It said Anthony.

He would recognize that voice anywhere, even though he hadn't heard it in a while.

It was his father and he sounded worried.

His father never worried so Tony knew that it must be bad.

He wanted to call out to his father. He couldn't so he tried to grab a hold of his hand. He couldn't do that either and before he knew it his Father was gone.

Sometimes his father wasn't all that bad, he thought before the haziness overtook him once more and the darkness returned.

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One week later

The lights were so bright.

He wanted to close the blinds.

He opened his eyes and blinked.

It was light from outside that was bothering him, it was the light in the room.

He stirred, trying to sit up.

Abby and Kate saw him move.

"Tony!" Abby screamed with glee as she threw herself on him to gather him in a tight hug.

He groaned, "Abbs…can't breathe," he said.

His voice sounded hoarse.

"Oh Tony I'm so so so sorry," she said letting go.

He smiled and looked passed her to see Kate, "Hey Kate," he said, his voice still sounding hoarse.

"Hey DiNozzo," Kate said with a smile.

The door opened and someone Tony recognized but didn't expect to see walked in.

"Dr. Garrett?" he asked not really sure if it was the same Orthopaedic surgeon who had operated on his injured ankle years ago.

Dr. Garrett smiled, "Always good to see you again Anthony," he said coming closer to check his vitals.

Tony smiled, he remembered dreaming that his father was there but obviously if Dr. Garrett was there and not at Hopkins then it wasn't a dream.

Dr. Garrett explained to Tony about the surgery and his recovery process. He then left the room after assuring him that everything should be back to normal after rehab.

Tony was happy, even though he wasn't looking forward to rehab.