After about two minutes of utter shock, Ari finally spoke up, "Y-you have Navy SEAL training?" Ari asked incredulously. Tony only nodded his head as he took another bite out of his sandwich. "Like, ACTUAL Navy SEAL training!?" Abby exclaimed, excited and shocked at the same time. Tony just glared at her for a few seconds while he swallowed his food. After taking a long swig of his water, he simply nodded his head in acknowledgement. "B-but, how did you get that kind of training?" Tali stuttered, shocked speechless. Hell they were all shocked speechless, since Navy SEALS were known to be the best of the best in America, and to have a 17 year old kid have the same kind of training was, well, mind blowing. Tony's gaze shifted to the table, lost in thought. Why he was sharing this he didn't know, but what he did know was that that was the end of the conversation, no questions asked. "I just did." Tony replied as the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Without another word, Tony stood up and walked over to his locker, leaving them even more confused and curious then they had been moments before.

The rest of the day went uneventfully, other than the discovery that Tony shared Science and Auto with Ziva, Ari and Tali. Despite multiple times to start conversation with Tony, Tony either shook his head or flat out ignored them. In Tony's mind, he'd let his guard down too easily, shared too much. Unless he was sure he could trust them, there was no way he would let his emotions show again. For too long he subconsciously craved affection, and only Chris offered that. Until today when he thought that he found it. His own emotions had gotten the better of him, and never again would he let that happen. This he swore.

As for Ziva and her siblings, well, all they did really was take notes and stare at Tony. And they did A LOT of the latter. Often times they would stare at his face, searching for even the slightest sign of emotion, to no avail. Tony brought his mask of an emotionless soldier back on, and damn was it convincing. It turns out Tony is a wiz in all of his subjects, granted without the passion Abby and McGee have, but still, he was really smart. In auto he worked on his car by himself, still making the most progress in the class. Ziva already started working with Ari and Tali on their own car, and they were making good progress. Mossad training came with the assembly of a car, so to them this was a walk in the park.

Spanish was easy for them to learn, already speaking with perfect pronunciation of simple Spanish greetings. The bus ride back home was extremely awkward, the tension in the back of the bus so blatant all the students were squished in the front, leaving a good six rows of empty seats. Everyone continued to stare at Tony who just stared outside the bus window. After a few minutes of the relentless stares Tony was receiving, Tony turned around to face them all, a gleam in his eyes that said 'don't piss me off' and sure enough, they all shied away from his gaze. As soon as the bus pulled into their stop, Tony immediately jumped up and came barreling down the aisle, shoving a few of the beat-up seniors back into their seats, earning a whimper with each senior shoved. The only thing he could think of was getting back home so he could blow off some steam at the gym.

Arriving home, Abby, Ziva, Ari, and Tali each sat down in front of Gibbs and Jenny at the kitchen island. "Hello, how was school today?" Jenny asked, sensing some of the tension already in the room. Gibbs sensed this too, so he poured himself a cup a coffee before returning his attention back to them. Ignoring the question, Ari and Ziva shifted their gaze to Gibbs and asked simultaneously, "Did anything happen to Tony over summer break?" At this question Gibbs and Jenny both stilled, casting nervous glances to all the other faces in the room. With a heavy sigh, Gibbs set his coffee cup down, preparing for a conversation he hoped to take to the grave with him. That day was one he wish he could wipe from his memory. The things he saw scarred him for life, Jenny too, which is why he developed the 'papa bear' protective instinct for his children and anyone he cared about.

"How much do you want to know?" Gibbs inquired. Immediately everyone's head's shot up, obviously eager and nervous to discover the secret of Tony's past. "Everything," they all said simultaneously. With that answer, Gibbs and Jenny regaled them with their own experience and knowledge of what happened to Tony.

Flashback

"Grab your gear! Got a dead body across from my house." Gibbs barked. The three agents shot up from their desks, hauling their packs on their backs as they rushed in the elevator. Even though Gibbs could be a bastard on the outside, he truly considered these people family. There was Tommy, his SFA, who on the outside a playboy and jokester, but on the inside a huge movie-buff and loyal St. Bernard, a man he considered a son. Lisa, former-Mossad Officer that could kill someone 18 different ways with a paperclip. Deadly and stunning at the same time, Lisa was a woman he considered a daughter to him. McGregor, team computer tech with a knack for hacking into virtually anything with wires running through it, McGregor was geeky and lovable all the same, and has earned his way into Gibbs's heart as a son. Amy, the forensic scientist who takes a love for loud music and being a goth, Amy was the bubbliest and happiest person you could ever meet, a daughter in his eyes. Ducky, the Chief ME, he was a wise and caring man who could literally go on for hours regaling you about his life, he was like the grandfather to the team and a great friend to Gibbs. Jimmy, Ducky's assistant and practically a cousin to the team, his nervous ways and fear of the team is heartwarming all the same, and that is how he burrowed his way into Gibbs's little surrogate family. Finally there was Jenny, Director of NCIS in the day, and wife of Gibbs at night. Commanding yet caring, she acts as the mom of the team, a mother hen so to speak.

As the elevator descended, Gibbs noticed Tommy and Lisa giving each other flirtatious shares, much to his dislike. With a quick flick of his hand, Gibbs headslapped Tommy, who quickly recovered with a generic 'sorry boss.' The drive to Anacostia was relatively fast, filled with constant bickering and headslaps. When they arrived at the scene, local LEO's already had the scene closed off and ready for them to investigate. One of the officers on the scene led them down to the basement where through the doorway you could see a dead blonde woman tied to a chair, eyes replaced with red balls and her intestines spilled out on the floor, a huge cut running through the middle of her abdomen. As they approached the body, Gibbs saw a teenager no younger than 14 tied to a chair facing the dead woman, unconscious.

"What the hell were you thinking leaving him tied to the chair like that officer!?" Gibbs shouted as he ran over to the young man, already untying his ankles and wrists. The young officer looked like a deer in headlights, "Uh-uh we thought he was dead when we got h-here so w-we didn't do an-anything about it," the young officer stuttered, inwardly cursing himself for not thinking to check up on the young man. Gibbs gave him a glare which sent him bounding up the stairs. As the young man began to stir, the team relaxed a bit, glad to see that he was still alive. His eyes fluttered open as he felt someone grip his wrists, and he screamed in terror, "NO! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! PLEASE!"

Tommy, Lisa, and McGregor all went to the young man's side trying to calm him down as Gibbs started to untie the last binding, all while the recently unconscious boy screamed and writhed and panic. As Gibbs freed the him from the last binding, he shot up from the chair immediately and ran to a corner of the basement, sobbing and pleading for mercy and for a quick death. Sharing a confused glance with the rest of his team, Lisa slowly approached the sobbing teenager, tears of her own pricking the back of her eyes.

"Shhh, we won't hurt you." Lisa said calmly, soothing the young man. At those words he slowly brought up his head. As his gaze shifted to the dead body, he broke down again in another round of body-wracking sobs, filling the whole house with his cries as he brought his head back down to his knees.

"MOM! NO!" He screamed. The rest of the team shared another confused look before the realization came to all of them. The dead woman in the chair was the boy's mom, and he had to watch her being murdered in front of him.

As the team sat in the bullpen accompanied by half of the other agents in the building as well as Jenny, Ducky, Jimmy, and Amy, they waited for the video tape that was found in the basement to load. After a few seconds the TV flickered to life, revealing Tony and his mom both tied to the chair as a man walked into the basement, identified by Tony as his dad. They watched every grueling second as they watched Tony's father murder and butcher Tony's mom, all the while Tony was forced to watch. As soon as the video ended, every single person who was watching the video ran over to a nearby trashcan, puking their lunch out. That was a video that had scarred each and every one of them for life.

Months passed as they learned that Tony's father became a serial killer, killing five other women in the same fashion before going off the grid. It was a case like no other, even attracting the attention of the FBI and SecNav himself. After years of constant investigation and searching, they still could not catch him. Every day Gibbs and his team worked on the case looking for even the slightest leads to no avail. This was a case that would haunt them for the rest of their lives unless they got the killer.