Okay. Now, I would apologize, but apologies are a sign of weakness. So instead I'm just going to say that I know this chapter is short, and it took a long time to write, I couldn't help it. -.- I had stupid writers block FOREVER and I am currently on my iPod in a car back from a baseball game as I type this. So it may not be as good, or as long, but I promise the next one will be not only longer, but much better. ;3 and Kate will play a part in Tony's recovery and later on it will be discovered... Why Tony, a senior field agent, got captured in the first place.

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS

PS: Dx Tony may be a little OCC but. Eh. I needed him to show some type of weakness. NOW R&R!

A dark, smoky sky was what he woke up to. And he was flying- no, floating, in it. But for some reason he wasn't afraid. His heart continued thumping at a steady rhythm and for once in his life he felt good, safe and at peace. He felt like nothing could ever hurt him again. That's when he heard someone call his name. It was faint, and he could barely hear it. It sounded like it was talking to him. Spinning around, he tried to find the source of the voice but all he could see was the same smoky darkness. And then, he heard her voice. "DiNozzo."

Tony stiffened slightly in surprise and slowly turned around and met the eyes of the only girl he had ever liked. Kate Todd. She was standing exactly five footsteps in front of him. His voice sounded hoarse when he spoke, like he hadn't talked in years. "Kate?"

Caitlin's eyes twinkled and she laughed. "Yes, you idiot." She stared at him sadly. "Its nice to see you, but you need to go back Tony." Of course her words only caused Tony to become extremely confused, though he tried not to show it as he smirked at her. "'Fraid not sweetie. You're stuck with me."

"Tony!" Kate's voice was sharp, like it was when she found something dangerous on an investigation that he almost set off. He immediately shut up and stiffened, clamping his jaw shut and staring at her as she continued, slowly walking towards him. "Tony to home. Go back."

The voices he had heard earlier began to get louder, and more annoying as he started listening. Keeping his eyes on Kate he shook his head back and forth, like a little boy who wasn't getting his way. "No. No I don't want to go back. It hurts."

Just as he expected, Kate smacked him in the chest. Not enough to hurt him but enough to make him wince. "Man up, Tony." As he stared at her in disbelief, her eyes softened slightly. "I know it may hurt but there are people who need you." She reached up and pressed her lips against his cheek. "Go home, Tony. For me."

The voices got louder as his shock filled eyes stared at her, and he started panicking when she started fading away. "No! No Kate don't leave me." He pleaded, staring at her wide eyed as she went away. For a moment he was by himself in the dark was with voices surrounding him, and then he was surrounded by a gigantic white light and he passed out.

The annoying voices were there again, forcing him to wake up. But he didn't want to wake up, he was so tired... And then he heard a quiet voice that seemed to overpower the other voices. He couldn't quite make out the words but something in what the voice said seemed to give him energy. Over the loud voices, he began to hear a steady mechanical beeping. Over and over again, the same steady beep each time.

A small groan escaped his mouth and his eyes slowly fluttered open. When he blinked away the fuzziness, he saw seven people surrounding him and began to feel closed in. His heart rate began to pick up and he started hyperventilating, eyes widening as he stared at the faces of his coworkers and doctors. He heard firm orders being given and something was injected in his arm; but no one was moving away. Then he felt someone touch his leg and he lost it. He began struggling weakly to get out of the bed and he heard a voice that wasn't his own, yet it came out of his mouth. It sounded so weak and fragile, so unlike him. "Go away. Go away!" He cried, yet no tears came out. Because Tony remembered that DiNozzo men do not cry. "Let go of me. Kate! Kate, help me!"

That quiet, yet firm voice came into his ear again. It was his boss, Gibbs. He was he one giving him orders, the one that gave him energy to wake up. "Tony." He said quietly. "Be quiet." Instinctively, Special Agent DiNozzo clamped his mouth shut but he did not stop his weak struggles to get out of the damn bed. He had to get out of here, Michelle could be just around the corner. "DiNozzo. Stop, now." Reluctantly, Tony slowly stopped struggling against the bed and blinked his eyes, the blackness going away and he turned his head to the side to stare at Gibbs, who was sitting on a chair near his bed. Weakly, the young agent whispered, "Please... Get them out of here..." He coughed and struggled for breath. "Ducky... Stay though..." A slight smirk came onto his face. "I like his... Stories..."

Gibbs nodded slightly and Tony sighed in relief and put his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes, the beeping of the heart monitor slowing and returning to its original beep as he heard everyone leave. Tony struggled to stay awake, he was afraid of what would happen if he fell asleep. Then he heard Ducky begin to tell a story about one of his many adventures in Scotland when he was a young lad. Forcing his eyes open, he looked at Ducky and smiled slightly, a rare, genuine smile then caught Gibbs gaze and he remembered what he was going to say. "Boss. I-I need to-"

Leroy Jethro Gibbs shook his head and put a finger to his mouth. "No. He quiet and sleep DiNozzo. Whatever it is can wait till morning." A reluctant grumble came from Tony's mouth but he asked one question before he fell asleep, his eyes drooping shut as he listened to Ducky's story. "Boss... Is she gone?"

Gibbs answered immediately with a quick yes and Tony sighed before he fell asleep. Little did he older man know, Tony was not talking about Michelle Grey. He was talking about Kate. And hearing Gibbs say she was gone just gave him heartbreak all over again.

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