Valarie felt a little guilty, for leaving Tony. She knew that he had to learn to cope on his own and that he had actually had a pretty good day. Still the guilt remained. She worried endlessly about Tony before the accident and now she could barely sleep through the night without checking on him. He was always a damaged soul, but now he was broken. For Tony's sake she shifted her focus to the meeting she had enjoyed. She laughed with the friends she had not seen in a few weeks and indulged herself on cheesecake and Ziti. She wept at the thought of the story she had read. It was one of those stories where the character was struck by cancer but it was not sappy. It was just emotional enough. She turned onto her street and instantly the good mood and hope disappeared. She saw a strange car parked outside of Tony's house. She looked back to see Jeremiah's car turn onto the street and turn into Tony's driveway. She got out of the car and followed close behind. She could hear screams coming from inside the house. She picked up her pace and raced through the front door. Jeremiah followed close behind. Tali was lying over Tony's limp body.

"TONY!" Valarie screamed, falling to her knees beside her friend.

"Abba! Wake up! Abba! Why won't Abba wake up!" Tali screamed.

"He's hurt but he is going to be OK." Valarie assured.

Jeremiah had only planned on grabbing KiKi's doll from Tony's backyard and leaving. He saw the lights were out and assumed that Tony was asleep. So he pulled into the drive and walked to Valarie's door. They shared a backyard and figured she could help. He knocked but got no response. He looked over to confirm she was home. Her car was in the drive. He had raised his hand to knock again. When he heard a horrible scream. He didn't hear it with his ears. He heard it with his gut. His grandmother called it second hearing but it had happened since he was a child. He remembered hearing his dog yelp after being hit by a car. He remembered hearing his sister crying after a bad breakup and he heard the scream. He was racing towards Tony's house when he saw dark figures in the yard. He raced into Tony's home and saw Valarie kneeling over Tony's bloodied body. She looked up at him and he knew she had already called for an ambulance. He headed to the back to investigate the figures. He found them in the figures and was instantly furious. He grabbed the first figure he could reach. It just happened to be Abby.

"Get your hands off of her!" Gibbs demanded.

"Get out!" Jeremiah signed.

"She did nothing wrong." Gibbs replied in sign.

"Then why are you here?" Jeremiah asked.

"We were just visiting Tony." Abby insisted.

"Then why aren't you helping him?" Jeremiah demanded.

"He knows why." Gibbs replied.

Jeremiah did not know what came over him. He had always been strong and intimidating. He was a big guy who liked tattoos but he was mostly harmless. He hadn't been in a real fight since Danny Peters unhooked his sister Michelle's bra, in front of the entire school. That was in the sixth grade and he was the one who got hurt. He would roughhouse with his buddies after a few drinks but he never actually hurt anybody. Until that day. He just started kicking and hitting. The Marine fought back but Jeremiah was still younger and less cocky. He grabbed the Marine by the collar, looked him square in the eye, called him an asshole, and punched him square in the nose. The Marine, AKA Jethro Gibbs fell back stunned and actually looked like he was going to cry. The police arrived and even though Jeremiah had done major ass kicking. They knew who they were looking for. Naturally the horrible trio tried to play victims. Jeremiah was taken to the station, only so he could give a statement to an officer fluent in sign language. Abby was pitching a fit to go to the hospital. Even though she had only scratches. Gibbs was raising hell and an officer was lying a towel on his seat so McGee's wet pants didn't stain the leather.

"Assholes" Jeremiah scoffed.

Valarie climbed in the back of the ambulance with Tony. She knew they were to blame. Even before the accident. She knew they would hurt Tony one day. They were immature bullies. She had heard stories Tony told and was horrified to learn that adults could behave that way. Tony had told her how Gibbs' thanks for saving his life. Was screaming at him for not focusing on saving this girl Maddie, who happened to be Kelly's friend. Failing to mention how Maddie was cleared after a quick visit to the ER but Jethro spent the night in the hospital. Also failing to mention how Tony ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. That was not the only interesting story. She heard how McGee and Ziva had turned the radio off on Tony. She knew that Tony, suspected McGee had seduced Abby to keep her quiet. Because Abby did not fear Ziva's threats. Speaking of Abby she knew that Abby had pressured Tony into giving blood. Unable to just leave well enough alone. Sure Abby had gotten a pretty girl to help Tony with his fear but that didn't stop the nightmares. In the end they couldn't even use Tony's blood because of his past health problems. Those were just examples of the abuse Tony had endured. The worst however was knowing the team had become friendly with DiNozzo Senior. Now that Tony had moved on with his life. They had chosen Senior over him. They invited Senior to get together but Tony only found out via social media. After the fact. They were horrible people and even though she was not sure about being a mother again. She would gladly raise Tony if God forbid it came down to it. She would not trust those monsters with a cheap house plant. Let alone a child.

A/N: Tony's fate is revealed in the next chapter. New chapter will be up soon. Thanks for reading and please review.