Chapter 3

"The car's not mine." Tony stated.

Dean grinned. He felt bad for the guy, sure. But this was too good. "Vamps stole an NCIS vehicle." Dean chuckled. "Put that on your insurance claim form." He laughed even more.

"This is not funny." Tony declared. "You destroy so many, and they start taking it out of your paycheck."

Dean pressed on. "How many…" He really was taking too much pleasure in this. "How many have you destroyed?"

Tony looked at Dean. He could see the pleasure the man was taking from his misery.

Tony sighed. "Two, one fire-bombed, this one, stolen." My team, 5, 2 submerged in water, 1 totaled in a wreck, 1 driven into a building, on purpose, and 1 stolen. Thank God, for GPS." He paused. "Seven total."

Sam stared for a moment. "You guys drive cares into buildings, on purpose?"

"We arrived at the scene and the guy was pointing the gun at his hostage, ready to shoot." Tony paused. "We had to stop him, and Gibbs stopped him alright."

"Yeah," Dean said. "I guess he did. It sounds like your boss is worse than the criminals."

Tony shook his head. "Nope, he's just a headstrong Marine with an overwhelming sense of wrong and right, and an extreme loyalty to the military."

Sam and Dean looked at one another when Tony said the word 'Marine.' It explained how Tony was able to get the drop on Sam. And his excellent knife skills. Could this Gibbs be the same one that their dad talked about? Was it possible?

"So, this Gibbs, he's your boss? He trained you?" Dean asked.

Tony nodded. "He was a sniper in the corps. But, yeah, he showed me weapon and knife skills."

"That explains it." Dean said. "Our dad was a Marine, too."

"This little 'getting-to-know-you' session was nice. But I really do need to get back to the warehouse. I've lost my phone." Tony just realized. "I need to contact my team. They can't find me without the GPS."

Sam and Dean talked quietly for a moment, and it made Tony nervous. But he could do nothing about the situation.

"We can't, in good conscious, leave you alone at the warehouse." Sam said. "The vamps might come back."

"So, we're going to hold up here for a few more days." Dean stated.

"You're going to keep me hostage?" Tony asked.

Dean shook his head. "You're free to leave anytime you want." He said. "I just, physically, don't think you can."

Tony sighed. Dean was right. He couldn't leave on his own. He weighted his options. He was much better off here. Considering what the vamps had done to him before the Winchesters had found him.

"Why are you doing this?" Tony asked. "I mean, under ordinary circumstances I'd be…."

"You'd be shooting or arresting us." Sam said. "Yeah, we know."

"So, why…?" Tony asked, again.

"We're great humanitarians." Dean offered.

Sam looked at his brother and sneered. "We help people, and we hunt things. It's the…the family business."

Tony considered what Sam had said. He was at their mercy. He realized, regardless of what they did for a living.

Sam and Dean didn't ask Tony any more questions. But from the way Tony described their boss, this had to be the Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the same Marine who had made such as impression on their dad when he was in the corps. It had to be. John had talked about meeting up with Gibbs from time to time. He said he had told Gibbs about hunting and about his boys. And Gibbs had been one of the few people who didn't look at him like he was crazy when he talked about his hunts.

The next couple of days passed pretty quickly. Tony slept a lot. He appreciated SAm and Dean changing his bandages. They also made sure he had enough food and fluids. And they made him take pain medicine, which, they soon discovered, was not an easy task.

"You're like Dean." Sam told Tony. "I have to force him to make pain medicine."

"It makes me loopy." Dean stated. "I don't like that."

"I have a low tolerance, too." Tony admitted. "I'd rather just deal with the pain."

Dean nodded in agreement.

Tony was able to get up in a few days. Some he was able to walk around with little pain. He was ready to go back to his team.

Meanwhile, Dean had gone back on his own and found Tony's phone. He had brought it back with him and had it ready to go by the time Tony was ready to leave.

And it was because of that signal that Team Gibbs was waiting when Dean opened the door. They saw Tony leave the room in front of Sam. They headed towards a black Impala. Gibbs, Tim and Ziva moved in. They took positions on either side and behind the Impala. Their guns trained on the Winchesters.

Sam and Dean automatically put up their hands. When they raised their arms, the agents could see the weapons the two brothers were carrying.

"You okay, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked, not lowering his weapon.

TBC