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Gibbs opened his eyes and tried to get out of bed.
A pair of hands pushed him back onto the bed. "Boss you need to rest."
"No, you don't understand…..let me go!" Gibbs frantically tried to wriggle free, "Tony…Luca…in danger," He gasped.
"We know you got us the information," McGee said as he calmed his boss down.
"Did you find him?" Gibbs asked getting more coherent by the second.
"No." McGee admitted, "We have BOLO's out for the SUV and Rene Benoit."
"Help me get out of here." Gibbs ordered and McGee went to find a doctor to sign him out.
"Mr. Gibbs." Dr. Sangster said as he entered the room.
"Just Gibbs," He growled, "I need to get out of here."
"Well lucky for you both the gunshots were flesh wounds both the one in the arm and the leg; however we are concerned about where you hit your head as you fell." The doctor said.
"I know the drill for concussion Doc, now where are those damn papers I have a missing agent and a kid to find."
The doctor reluctantly handed over the papers. "I trust you to bring him back if he has any adverse effects." The doctor said to McGee.
"Sure Doctor." Tim promised.
Gibbs and Tim made it back to the naval yard where Ziva was still running down the Bolo trying everything she knew to find both Tony and Jain-Luca.
"Sit Rep," Gibbs said as he limped into the bullpen.
"Nothing yet, I have a statewide alert out," Ziva told him.
No one looked up as the elevator dinged until one of the support staff screamed as Tony collapsed in a bloody mess just outside the bullpen.
Gibbs grabbed his phone, "Ducky get up here bring your med kit now!"
Tim lifted Tony gently and put his jacket under his head.
"Tony….Tony?" He said.
Tony's eye looked around until they locked on Gibbs.
Gibbs' heart clenched as he saw a look that had been familiar to him years ago.
"Boss, he's dead…." Tony groaned and fainted
Ziva and Tim looked at each other stricken. "His son is dead?" Ziva asked
"I think so." Tim said sadly.
Ducky and Jimmy turned up and started patching up his wounds.
Gibbs had collapsed into a chair and from his vantage point on the balcony; Vance had never seen his MCRT look so broken.
As the paramedics came in to help Tony was lifted upright but showed no awareness of his surroundings.
"Mr. DiNozzo?" The paramedic said.
"It's Agent DiNozzo," Tim corrected automatically.
"Agent DiNozzo, my name is Jim…can you hear me?" He asked he looked over at his partner Andy, "Hey Andy it looks like he's catatonic, he has multiple abrasions and possible broken ribs and an arm…..OMG these look like an electrical wire was tied around him…so possible electric shock." Jim said getting himself together. He listened to his lungs. "Lungs sound strange." He said to himself.
"Our Anthony had the plague a while back," Ducky told him.
Jim raised an eyebrow in surprise "Really!"
"Yes he was infected with Y pestis. You should take him to Bethesda his doctor is Brad Pitt." Ducky informed him
Jim nodded, "Yeah he's a good guy." He looked at Andy, "Are we good to go?"
Andy nodded and he finished strapping Tony onto a gurney.
"I'm coming too," Gibbs, said, "I'm his next of kin."
"I'll take you in my car Jethro," Ducky said, he did not want to upset his friend by telling him he was not Tony's next of kin anymore, Ducky was and had been for five years. He figured he could tell him privately in the car on his way to Bethesda.
They arrived at Bethesda, Ziva and Tim in one car and Gibbs and Ducky in another.
Gibbs had nodded blindly as Ducky had explained that he was no longer Tony's next of kin and was having flashbacks himself to when Shannon and Kelly died and needed to be roused by Ducky as he parked up the car.
"Jethro…Jethro we're here, come on Anthony needs us now, we must not let him down." Ducky said.
Gibbs shakily got up and went to the nurses' station with Ducky.
"Anthony DiNozzo?" Ducky said as the nurse looked through her records.
"Are you Dr. Mallard his next of Kin?" She asked
"Yes my dear," He replied.
"Dr. Cooper will be out soon, we are waiting for his cousin it is on his notes that he needed to be called in case of emergency."
"Oh, I wasn't aware he had family." Ducky said surprised, of course, he knew about his father but other family had not been discussed.
"Kort." Gibbs said and picked up his phone and called him. Ducky looked at him and listened. "Kort, its Gibbs, DiNozzo's in Bethesda he needs you how fast can you get here…..ok." He put the phone down. "He's on his way Duck." Gibbs said and sank into the waiting room chair.
An hour later Kort arrived at the hospital.
"What happened?" He demanded
"Luca and Tony were kidnapped. Tony arrived at the office and collapsed outside the bullpen, he was brought here." Gibbs said.
"Where's Luca?" Kort demanded angrily.
"He's dead, Beniot killed him." Gibbs snapped
"The hell he did." Kort answered back, "There's no way in hell Rene hurt that kid, and all his plans hinge on him raising him."
The two men stood nose to nose each one wanting to hit the other but out of respect for DiNozzo neither one made a move.
Dr Cooper walked into the room, "Family of Anthony DiNozzo?"
"Yeah, Doc." Kort said.
"He's awake but not talking he's refusing medication," said concerned for his patient
"The hell he is!" Kort walked into the room with Gibbs and Ducky hot on his heels.
"JUNIOR!" Kort yelled and Tony shot up in the bed.
"Shit Kort, you sound like my old man!" Tony growled.
"Good!" Kort shot back at him, "What the hell do you think you're doing refusing medication and wallowing in self pity when your son needs you." He said not giving Tony an inch.
Tony's face broke and tears spilled from his eyes, "He's dead, they shot him."
"Did you see it?" Kort asked blankly.
"I saw him playing, and then they turned off the lights and then I heard the shot." Tony sobbed.
"Bloody hell Junior, He played you. Luca is alive!" Kort growled.
Tony sat up and ripped the I.V out of his arm, "What am I doing here then, we've got to get him back," he said