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''As a father he's even worse, boy'' Senior continued. And Tony felt Gibbs hand on his chest gripping at his shirt. ''He couldn't even protect his own wife and daughter. He left them instead! and they died because of it!''

Gibbs wanted to punch the guy in his face. He let go of Tony's shirt and started to get forward when a breeze went by him. He didn't register it was Tony until it was too late.

Olivia saw Gibbs lose his grip and saw Tony's expression on his face change. Her eyes went wide as she saw Tony storm passed Gibbs. ''Tony!'' She yelled making Mason cry in the process.

In one swift movement Tony had tackled his father to the ground and was straddling him. His fist made contact with Senior's jaw. Gibbs winched at the sound of a snap and he didn't know if it was Senior's jaw or Tony's hand. ''You freaking Son of a Bitch!'' He yelled at him.

''Tony!'' Gibbs yelled and tried to get the younger man off Senior, but somehow it felt like Tony weighed a ton.

''How dare you to speak of him like that!'' Tony continued and again a fist connected in Senior's face. His nose started to bleed.

''Get off me, fool!'' Senior screamed back and landed a fist in his son's eye. But Tony didn't back down.

''You have no right in saying he didn't protect them! No he wasn't around, at that time'' Again Tony's fist hit Senior, this time in the chest. ''He was freaking protecting thousands of people, while he trusted an whole agency to protect the two most important people in his life!'' He vaguely heard Olivia and Gibbs screaming his name again. ''He was there for his wife and daughter! He loved them and they loved him. They spoke everyday about him, how much they missed him and wanted him home, but they understood why he did what he did! They respected his decision!''

''And where were you when I was her age?'' He asked with venom. ''You were drinking in your office and beating up my mother, your freaking wife! because she protected me! And then you got your fucking Goddamn wish! She left me and you had your own personal punching bag in living form!''

He punched again, but Senior got his hand and hit him instead in his face. Tony's head snapped to the right and a second later his lip began to bleed. Again Tony got hit by Senior, this time on the temple. It made him freeze for a moment as dizziness went over him, but the adrenalin kept him up. Suddenly he let out a sick chuckled as he gripped his father harder.

Gibbs was scared when Tony began to laugh after the hit in the face. ''I'm not 12 anymore! You can't hit me and beat me up and expect I fall into a coma, just like last time!'' He said. ''That was too much of a mess wasn't it? That's why you sent me off to military school, the moment I was released from the hospital!''

Gibbs had never seen Tony like this, with such rage and he was panicking that Tony wasn't able to stop himself, but he didn't know what to do. He couldn't get Tony off Senior. The younger man had such a strong grip. ''See how it feels, huh?'' He continued. ''Hurts doesn't it? Now you know how I felt every single day. How mom felt everyday!'' Tony hit him again and again and a scream of help escaped Senior.

The sudden scream made Tony's grip on his loosen and Gibbs finally got a hold of him and pulled him of Senior. He wrapped his arms around Tony and fastened Tony's arms to his side.

''Tony stop!'' Gibbs yelled, he didn't try to hide the panic in his voice.

Tony struggled against Gibbs grip on him as kept yelling at Senior. ''You are no father! I question if you are even a human being!'' Tony stated. ''How can you come here and just insult everyone who means something to me? You can't do that! I won't let you talk and insult my family like that!'' His voice cracked at the end.

Tony's legs wobbled and Gibbs was unprepared when he fell on his knees as finally the adrenalin left his body. He sat on his hands and knees and he fell forward as pain shot through his hand and arm. He leaned on one arm as he held his right hand against his chest, trying to catch his breath.

Meanwhile, by some miracle Senior was trying to sit up, when Gibbs walked over to him.

''I will have his freaking badge for this!'' Senior yelled. ''He will be arrested for assaulting me!''

''Who's going to believe you?'' Gibbs shouted at him. ''As far as I know, you started all this'' He grabbed Senior and hurled him up. He dragged him towards the door. ''He's right. You have made a big mistake talking about my family like that! If I didn't know what the law would do, I wouldn't have tried to stop him!''

''You are lucky I can't arrest you as long as Tony doesn't file a complaint about what you have done to him when he was just a kid. You leave him and Olivia and Mason alone and I don't want to see you're Goddamn ass in D.C. Again'' He finished as he pushed him out of the door.

''This isn't over!'' Senior yelled as he stumbled down the path and down the street.

''I'm sure it isn't'' Gibbs slammed the door and turned around.

''Tony?'' Olivia's voice came from the other room. It was a question and she didn't get an answer. Mason was still crying too. Gibbs ran to the other room, to see Tony still struggling catching his breath.

Olivia's eyes shut to Gibbs, she still sat on the couch trying to get Mason to calm down. ''Sshh Honey. It's okay... it's over...'' She whispered to her child, as Gibbs knelled down next to Tony, looking him over. Blood was coming out of a cut on his lip and the side of his head and jaw were already bruising. His knuckled were bloodied. The blows had ripped his skin. ''Gibbs is he okay?''

''Tony?'' Gibbs asked him. ''Come on. Take deep breaths... calm down''

Tony shook his head. ''I don't feel so good'' He mumbled, just before he heaved and threw up on the floor.

Gibbs made circles on Tony's back as the younger man threw up. It didn't matter to him it was his floor. He would clean it up after they had calmed down, but right now Tony was troubling him.

Tony wiped the back of his hand over his mouth. A wave of nausea fell over him. He gagged, but nothing came out. He tried to balance himself on both hands again, but had forgotten that his right hand was hurt. He winched.

''You okay?'' Gibbs asked him.

Tony shook his head. ''No...''

''Your hand hurt?'' Gibbs asked, but he already knew the answer.

''And head... dizzy... feel like I'm going to be sick again'' Tony said honestly, then closed his eyes. ''Tired''

Gibbs tapped the untouched cheek, making Tony open his eyes again. ''Hey. Not going to sleep yet, Tony''

Finally Mason stopped crying. ''Gibbs?'' Olivia asked in question. She stood up having Mason calm in her arms again.

''Think we need to go to the hospital'' Gibbs told them both.

''No, I'm fine'' Tony protested.

''God, one moment he tells me he's hurt and sick and now...'' Gibbs thought. ''No your not!'' He stated. ''We're going to the hospital, if you like it or not''

''I'm not bringing Olivia in there!'' Tony shook his head again.

Gibbs looked over to her. She indeed had a look of fear in her eyes when he brought of the word hospital.

''And she can't be alone'' Tony added. ''Ducky can help my hand''

''He can't help you here, Tony'' Gibbs explained. ''You need to have cast and I think you have concussion'' Tony sighed. He knew that Gibbs was right. ''I'll call Abby to stay with Olivia. That okay?''

''I don't know if that's a good idea'' Tony said quietly.

''I can handle her'' Olivia spoke up. ''You saw that the last time. She won't ask anything, if she does I talk my way around it. I'm not fifteen anymore, T. Please, go the hospital'' She pleaded. ''I won't be alone long, before she arrives''

Tony closed his eyes at her tone. Scared, concerned. He took another couple of deep breaths and then nodded. ''Okay''

Gibbs grabbed his phone from his pocket and quickly told Abby he was going to go to he hospital. Abby on her chance was rambling his ear off, with panic of what had happened and who she had to kill, but he had cut her off, with just an ''I'll explain when we are back'' and hung up again

''Can you stand?'' He asked Tony.

''Think so'' Tony said and with help of Gibbs, he straightened himself slowly. Gibbs pulled Tony's good arm around his own shoulder.

Tony gestured for Gibbs to lead him towards Olivia and walked slowly to her. He saw the tears in her eyes and knew was she was thinking. He shook his at her as she stood in front of her.

''I'm sorry'' Olivia whispered. ''If I didn't call him, then he wouldn't be here''

''He would've shown up sooner or later'' Tony told her. He looked at Mason and he now felt guilty. ''I'm sorry Big Guy''

''Don't think he will blame you, Tony'' Olivia said.

''Maybe not'' Tony shrugged. ''Doesn't mean it was right what I did. Knowing my father he will do something''

''Then we file him too'' Gibbs said simply. ''Now come on, Abby's almost here''

Tony kissed Olivia's and Mason's forehead and let Gibbs lead him to the door and car.

…

The car ride was silent. Gibbs tried several times to get Tony to speak, but the younger man just cut every conversation off with one word answers. Next to that, Gibbs was also busy keeping him awake when Tony's eyes would close from exhaustion.

Now they were waiting for the doctor to return with the results of the x-ray and examination. Altough Gibbs already knew that Tony's hand was broken and maybe a finger or two. He had seen how Tony was punching and was sure that not all cracking sounds were from Senior's jaw or nose.

As they waited for the doctor, the silence was awkward. Tony was lying on the bed, while Gibbs was sitting next to it on the chair. Tony's eyes were closed and he tried to pretend to be sleeping. They had giving him something for the headache and pain, that could cause him to feel sleepy.

But he couldn't sleep anymore. He kept thinking about the rage that he had felt, when his father blamed Shannon's and Kelly's death on Gibbs and then everything seemed to come at the same time. His mother, his pain when he was a kid. Olivia's miscarriage, Shannon and Kelly.

''You're thinking too hard'' Gibbs spoke up.

''At least I'm thinking now'' Tony said simply, not opening his eyes.

''Yeah? Did you discover what the hell went through your head when you attacked Senior?'' Gibbs asked.

''Too many things''

''Not just Shannon and Kelly?''

''Started with them... then it just all came crashing down'' Tony sighed and finally opened his eyes. He narrowed his eyes. ''I was so angry''

''Yeah I could see that'' Gibbs nodded.

''When I started hitting him for your family, I just felt like hitting him'' Tony admitted. ''But when I saw the blood all I could see was him hitting my mom when I was younger and then me. I wanted him to feel how it felt to be beaten up by family, while flashbacks went through my mind and I couldn't stop. I wanted him dead, instead of my mom'' He whispered the last sentence, as if he couldn't believe he just said it. ''But then he screamed and it reminded me of when I used to scream and I was shocked. Then you pulled me off him and I said pretty much what I thought of him''

He turned his head to look at Gibbs. He was shocked to see the concern and slight fear.

''You scared the hell out of me, DiNozzo. I thought you were going to kill him'' Gibbs said.

''I think somewhere deep down that was the plan'' Tony said softly.

''I don't want you to. Not for what he did to you. Killing him or hurting him is not going to work. You can only speak up for what he did and arrest him. That's the way you should pay him back'' Gibbs paused. ''And not that I don't appreciate why you hit him in the first place, I don't want you to, Tony. They wouldn't have want that''

''I know... I just... I don't know''

''Lost it?''

''Yeah'' Tony nodded.

''It was building. This past few weeks were a mess and you talked a lot... But you didn't talk either'' Gibbs explained.

Tony knew that. Whenever something was on his mind, he chose many other subjects to talk about. Those seemed important, but they weren't bothering him, they hid what he was really feeling and when he was talking about that, he eventually would be distracted to think about the real things on his mind and at some point it would come crashing down on him.

The whole week he was bothered by the fact that his father would show up, but when he heard from Olivia he had poured all his energy in that problem, that he distracted himself from his concerns for his father's visit. Then he told his story to Gibbs and then his father called and it came back... He didn't handle it right and it crashed down on him.

''I should have talked to you'' Tony said.

''Yeah you should've'' Gibbs agreed. ''So? Something on your mind next to the fact that you beat the crap out of your father?''

''He's not my father!'' Tony exclaimed, ignoring the jolt of pain.

''So I've heard'' Gibbs smirked.

''You enjoyed that, didn't you?''

''Have to admit it does feel good hearing it'' Gibbs smirk turned into a small grin.

Tony chuckled and then hissed as more jolts of pain went through him. ''Ow! Don't do that, it hurts''

''You didn't answer my question''

''I need to show you something, but it can wait until we're home. I don't know how you're going to react''

Gibbs frowned. ''How would do you think I will react?''

''I really don't have any idea, that's why I want to show you when we're home'' Tony told him.

Gibbs tilted his head and looked at Tony. He didn't know what he was thinking now. As he wanted to open his mouth again, the doctor came him followed by a nurse who held a tray with medical stuff.

Tony sighed as he saw the stuff they used to make a cast and let the doctor explain what was going to happen.

…

Nearly five minutes after Gibbs and Tony were gone, Abby knocked on the door of Gibbs house. Olivia placed Mason in the car seat on the coffee table and walked over to the door. She opened it and Abby came flying in.

''Where are they? Is Gibbs alright? Tony? Why did they go to the hospital?'' She asked, turning around to face Olivia.

''Tony got into a fight'' Olivia said. ''And I think he broke his hand hitting his father in his face'' Olivia said.

''His father?'' Abby asked in disbelieve. She had never seen or heard from DiNozzo Senior.

''Yeah... How much did Tony tell you about his parents?'' Olivia asked. She didn't want to tell things Tony didn't want others to know.

''Just that his mother died when his was eight and that he was left with his father''

''Yeah well, Tony and DiNozzo Senior don't get along very well''

''Why not?'' Abby asked.

''Let's just say that they had very different opinions on everything'' That was a serious understatement. Olivia went to the couch and sat down ''Anyways they got in a argument and Tony got mad when Senior said something inappropriate and they got into a fight''

''Must be a really hard punch for Tony to break his hand'' Abby said shocked.

''DiNozzo's have thick skulls'' Olivia replied to that.

''What were they arguing about'' Abby pushed a little.

''I'm not supposed to say, Tony doesn't want you to know everything'' Olivia said.

''But I'm his friend and want to help him!'' Abby exclaimed softly.

''Tony told me about what happened when Gibbs was in Mexico'' Olivia stated, half glaring at the other female.

''Why would he talk to you about that?'' Abby asked surprised.

''Because he likes to talk about his work, good or bad. He wanted to know why he behaved like that towards you'' Olivia explained.

''Oh'' Abby eyes lowered to the ground, as she walked to the couch and sat down next to her.

''Yeah oh'' Olivia repeated. ''Look Abby. I'm not happy about how you treated him and I understand why he's like he is now''

''I just want everything back to normal'' Abby whispered.

''I know'' She did, she had seen the honesty on the woman. ''But normal was the problem. Tony did as if everything was normal and it made you guys treat him like that. Trust it gone and it's going to take time for him to get that back, but I can tell you that it will never be the same'' Abby nodded sadly. ''It's the same with Tony and me. We haven't seen each other since I was sixteen and he was nineteen, because I hurt him''

Abby eyes shot up in surprise. She knew that Tony and Olivia knew each other from when they were little, but this Tony didn't tell her. ''But you look like so... normal''

''As good as it seems like that, because it doesn't feels like eighteen years. I know that I hurt Tony, very badly, even if he says it's okay and he understands'' Olivia explains. ''I can feel that he, even though he helps me and he talks to me, he's holding back the Tony I knew, and I understand that things will never be the same and I have accepted that. That's the difference between you and me. You still have to accept that fact''

Abby nodded in understanding, finally thinking about it that way. She didn't like it that things were off. Things felt wrong, but Olivia was right. How wrong it felt, she had to accept the fact that it wouldn't be the same anymore. ''Can I ask a question?''

Olivia sighed, knowing what Abby was going to ask. ''Sure''

''You said you hurt him... what did you do?''

Olivia thought for a moment. ''He helped me when I was in trouble, and then that problem spiraled out of control and I left him''

''Left as in... You were together?'' Abby asked.

Olivia chuckled. ''No! I know Tony is uh... very handsome and he's charming and sweet and funny and all that what most woman look for in a man. And I trust him completely. He's a part of my life and he always will be, but I never, ever thought of him as a potential boyfriend'' She said. ''It's like... an... uh... soul mate with out the romance part''

''You believe in soul mates too?'' Abby's face lit up.

''Yeah I do. Soul mates always end up in each other lives again. And it can be in several circumstances''

''You know, I kind of like you'' Abby grinned.

''Tony said to me that it would take you a while to warm up to someone''

''He's right. I didn't know what to think of you, but I do now'' Abby said. ''And I'm sorry for hurting Tony''

''I know you are. Just know that he doesn't have to tell you everything you want to know. The thing about having more than one friend is that, some things you tell to the one person and other things you tell the other'' Olivia told her.

At that moment, Mason began to make a noise and both Abby and Olivia looked at him. They didn't know if it was muscle twitching, but they could have sworn that he was smiling.

Olivia smiled back at him. He was the reason why Tony and her were in each other lives again and therefor she was grateful. And she thought of what Tony would think of it, if she asked him to be Mason's godfather.

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