A/N: Okay, so i was supposed to post this chapter later this week, but i got it written so i decided to put it up since you people asked for an update so nicely ;) The next chapter will be up later this week, I'm thinking Saturday seems like a good day doesn't it?

Some of the mistakes you might encounter are the result of my writing program jumping between Finnish and English rendering the spell check kinda useless at this point... (but most are just me being me ;D ) Now I shall shut up and let you get on with the reading... Enjoy!

It didn't take long for Abby, Ducky and Kate get to McGee's house after hearing the news. When the two men heard the car pull up to the drive way they made their way downstairs just in time for Tim to catch the black mass that was Abby, who came barreling from the door and threw herself at the young man.

"Oh God Timmy, i can't believe this happened! How could someone do this? I mean Tony hasn't done anything to anyone and someone kidnapped him and are doing god knows... NO! Not thinking about that, positive thoughts, we'll get him back won't we?" The goth went from hysteric to determined and to distressed so fast that it made Tim's head spin and seeing this Gibbs stepped up and extracted the Goth and pulled her into his arms.

"Well find him Abs" And he whispered to her ear so quietly that no-one else heard the words "And you need to keep it together for McGee"

Gibbs pulled back and met the labtech's wide eyes and placed a kiss on her forehead as she nodded her understanding and went to pull Tim to sit with her into the living room.

Jethro smiled sadly as he watched his docile lover being shepherded to sit on the couch as Abby tried to support her friend. He turned back towards the door to see Ducky and Kate standing by the door and he waved them in.

"I'll go make coffee" With that he turned and headed for the kitchen.

Kate and Ducky shared a look before they headed separate ways, Kate joining the two younger people by the couch and Ducky following his old friend to the kitchen.

Dr. Mallard stood by the door for a while, just watching Jethro making coffee and putting the tea cattle on.

"I'm sorry to hear about young Anthony's disappearance, how are you two holding up?"

Gibbs didn't turn around from his task as he answered "I'm fine, Tim is taking this hard, he's blaming himself for all of this"

"Should he be?" Ducky asked as he moved to stand a bit closer to his friend's back.

Gibbs sighed and hung his head a bit "It wasn't his fault, not really. If Marco is behind this like I think, he would have found a way to get to Tony. I just-"

"Jethro, you are not fine. You might have forgiven Timothy his lack of thought concerning Anthony's safety, but now you need to allow yourself the same forgiveness, though I dare say that there isn't anything to seek forgiveness of, but knowing you, there is much undeserved guilt resting on your shoulders" Ducky placed one of his hands on Gibbs' shoulder in a show of support "I took the liberty of informing the good Director of what's going on and he made a call to have Fornell take the case from then local police and handle it as he knew your team wouldn't be able to work the case and he didn't want you shooting the poor officers in your frustration"

Gibbs turned sharply at that, it spoke a lot of his mental state that he hadn't even thought of calling Fornell and asking him to handle the investigation.

"That's good, I trust Tobias more than the cops." He made no comment about the guilt he was feeling and Ducky saw through his attempt to get out of talking about it and with a sigh Ducky let the subject drop, promising himself to bring it up again if the need arose, and knowing Jethro, they would be talking again soon.

The two men waited for the coffee and tea in comfortable silence while in the other room the three younger people were sitting in not so comfortable quietness which was only broke by the tic of the clock.

Abby had tried her best to cheer McGee up, but really how can you make someone feel better when their child is missing? It just wasn't possible. So Tim had tried his best to smile at his friends and act like everything was fine when all of them knew that nothing would be even close to fine before Tony was back to where he belonged.

Kate was relieved when Gibbs and Ducky emerged from the kitchen with coffee and tea for everyone. She didn't really know what to say or do and it was making her feel a bit irritated to be so hesitant. It was a different thing to deal with the parents of a kidnapped child on the job, but when it were your friends and colleagues, it was a completely different matter. There was no reassuring that she'd do her best to make sure the child was returned safely and no words to express how sorry she was for the pain the two men were going through without offering platitudes and sounding a bit rehearsed. So she sat in the armchair and accepted the tea Ducky handed to her with a smile and settled to being a silent support and let the others do the talking for the time being.

Gibbs took a seat next to Tim on the couch and handed his lover a cup of coffee before wrapping his now free arm around the younger man's shoulders.

"Has there been any news yet Jethro?" Tim asked hopefully from his lover, but his expression fell as he caught the sad shake of Gibbs' head

"Not yet, but Tobias is on the case now and I trust him to find Tony"

McGee didn't seem convinced but remained silent. He knew that if he asked, Gibbs would go and find Tony himself and he knew that it was selfish, but Tim really needed Jethro to be there and ease the worry that was eating at him. Tim looked at Jethro and saw the struggle the older man was having with having to sit and wait while the faith of their son was in someone else's hands, but he knew as well as the others that it wasn't wise to let Jethro handle the investigation, if for no other reason then for the fact that any suspects probably wouldn't survive the interrogation. And as he had already confessed to himself, he was glad to have Gibbs be there with him.

They all sat in silence, all lost in thought and silently praying for the safe return of the young boy they had all grown attached to. Even Abby was being uncharacteristically quiet and once in a while she unconsciously squeezed one of Tony's plushies she'd found on the sofa and taken to her lap.

The five people waited for a long time with no news. Tobias had called with an update at one pint, but there really wasn't anything new to tell so it hadn't improved the mood of the waiting people. Finally when it was starting to get dark Gibbs tried to send everyone home, but none of them were willing to leave the two men alone, especially as McGee was getting more and more depressed by the hour and Gibbs was getting pissed with the lack of progress.

Finally Ducky had to leave to take care of his mother, but he promised to be back in the morning and made Gibbs promise to call him if there was any news. The two women refused to leave so Gibbs brought out pillows and blankets so that one of the women could sleep on the couch while the other could take the spare bedroom.

The night was restless for them all, but to Gibbs and McGee it was the hardest. When the two men had been getting ready for bed, Tim had moved to go and check on Tony only to stop by the doorway and turn tear filled eyes to his lover.

"He's not there" With that Tim had broken down and Jethro had guided him to the bed and held him until both of them fell into a restless sleep.

In the morning a very subdued bunch again met in the living room of McGee's house. Abby and Kate has woken early after a night of not so restful sleep and decided to make breakfast for everyone. Ducky had just arrived and was sitting by the kitchen table, talking with the women as Gibbs and Tim came down.

"Morning Jethro and Timothy, I hope you two got some sleep last night" Ducky said to the two men, but the darkness under their eyes spoke of a night spent tossing and turning and worrying.

Silently all of them took some breakfast Kate and Abby had cooked and said a quiet thanks to them, before going to sit by the dining table.

Gibbs watched as Tim pushed his eggs around the plate and was just about to tell him to eat when his phone rang. He didn't bother looking at the caller id, but just barked his usual greeting.

"Gibbs"

"Jethro, we found him" Fornell's voice came from the phone and caused him to momentarily freeze before the words finally registered. Gibbs looked at his lover an took his hand as he responded.

" You found Tony? Where is he?" Abby squealed with delight as she heard the words and the other people in the room breathed a sigh of relief and Tim felt tears fill his eyes but he held them back.

"He was brought to Bethesda and he's in the children's ICU"

"What? What the hell did they do to him? Why's he in the ICU? Did you catch the kidnapper?" The words made everyone pause in their relief and Abby hugged Tim who had went pale at his lovers words.

"We didn't, the boy was found this morning by a couple walking their dog, he was still in his carriage, but it seems that he was just abandoned in a park and he was there the night. The doctors are concerned with his breathing and the possibility of pneumonia so he's in the ICU- "

Gibbs didn't give Fornell the possibility to say more as he just barked a quick "We're on our way" And closed the phone before turning to his lover who had extracted himself from Abby and had gone to get their jackets and car keys and was ready to go.

In Bethesda Fornell sighed as Gibbs hung up on him. Well it might be better to tell the rest of the news in person. He wiped a weary hand over his face and sat down on one of the waiting room chairs and looked up to see the CPS lady who had talked to him earlier sitting on one of the chairs waiting for McGee to make an appearance. Fornell shook his head as he thought of Gibbs' and McGee's reactions to what the lady had to say about the custody of one Anthony McGee-Dinozzo.

TBC...

A/N2: if someone didn't get it or doesn't know: CPS is child protective services.