{"id":10777,"date":"2018-05-05T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T03:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?page_id=10777"},"modified":"2018-05-05T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T04:54:12","slug":"reaching-out","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/the-generals-office\/bj-jones\/ncis-navel-criminal-investigation\/reaching-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title:<\/strong>Reaching out<br \/>\n<strong>Author:<\/strong>Bj Jones<br \/>\n<strong>Rating<\/strong>: PG<br \/>\n<strong>Summary:<\/strong>DiNozzo reaches out to Gibbs<br \/>\n<strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/the-generals-office\/bj-jones\/ncis-navel-criminal-investigation\/operation-woo-dinozzo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Woo DiNozzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs jerked awake, quickly taking in his surroundings. Realizing he was in his basement, and no threat was pending, he began trying to figure out what woke him up. He heard the distinct ring of his cell phone, reaching for it he saw DiNozzo\u2019s name and number on the Caller ID.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGibbs,\u201d was his tight answer. It was one o\u2019clock in the morning and he was going to kill DiNozzo if he was calling him for something frivolous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoss?\u201d Gibbs could barely hear Tony on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiNozzo, you called me, remember?\u201d Gibbs frustration was inching into his voice. He had fallen asleep once again in the basement and now his neck was sore. The last thing he need was a drunk and whining DiNozzo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoss\u2026\u201d Gibbs alertness went up a notch hearing for the first time the pain laced through Tony\u2019s voice. \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to wake you, but I\u2026\u201d A cough and someone spitting up came through the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTony, are you okay?\u201d Gibbs asked, standing up and heading for the main house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, boss I don\u2019t think I am,\u201d Tony\u2019s voice sounded weaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are you?\u201d Gibbs demanded, grabbing his car keys. \u201cI\u2019ll come get you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, everything is a blur,\u201d Gibbs could hear Tony\u2019s breath labor, \u201cPark &#8211; no alley behind a club\u2026I think. God it hurts boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs grip on the phone tightened. For DiNozzo to actually admit he was in pain, real pain, it had to be bad. \u201cWalk me through your night,\u201d He had to keep Tony awake and coherent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went out with friends, to a club\u2026\u201d Coughing irrupted into the phone; Gibbs tried to calm his own breathing.<\/p>\n<p>He had to stay calm if he was going to keep Tony calm, \u201cDo you remember where?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few seconds went by with out a response; Gibbs feared he had lost Tony to unconsciousness, \u201cGeorgetown,\u201d a muffled reply.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs got into his car; at least he had a direction. \u201cTony, I know you\u2019re in pain, but what else do you remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never been there, new, hip, not your style.\u201d He could hear Tony\u2019s smile laced in through the pain.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs couldn\u2019t help but smile back; figures Tony would still make a joke even in a dire situation. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know I took boxing lessons in high school?\u201d Tony asked, his voice becoming slurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t.\u201d Gibbs realized he really didn\u2019t know a lot about Tony. Just that he had came from money, and never talks about his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t do me any good, should\u2019ve done karate,\u201d Tony wheezed. \u201cBoss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, Tony?\u201d Gibbs could here Tony moving around, it sounded like metal hitting upon metal. \u201cAre you outside next to the club?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so, no lights.\u201d Gibbs didn\u2019t like the drossiness in Tony\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs told the young man, \u201cTony you have to stay on the phone with me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired,\u201d Tony slurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI don\u2019t care! You have to stay awake!\u201d Gibbs put on his best Gunny Sergeant tone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, boss.\u201d Tony answered sharply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink Tony, where are you?\u201d Gibbs pulled off the parkway and headed straight for Georgetown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCampus\u2026\u201d He could hear Tony trying to concentrate. \u201cThere was some girl and some guys hidin\u2019\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying hero, DiNozzo?\u201d Gibbs decided to look around Georgetown University first, and then circle out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI screwed up. Didn\u2019t check\u2026\u201d A pause and labored breath \u201cDidn\u2019t see it coming. I\u2019m sorry boss, I screwed up again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, Tony you didn\u2019t. I\u2019m going to find you\u2026\u201d Gibbs voice hitched, he looked around trying to spot the club, or Tony\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to make it\u2026\u201d More wheezing and coughing, Gibbs could hear the gurgle, a sure sign of a punctured lung.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs about dropped the phone, \u201cDiNozzo you listen and you listen good. You will make it and you will keep talking until I find you. And once you\u2019re healed, I\u2019m going to kick your ass for not paying attention to your surroundings. Then you\u2019re going to take a refresher course in self-defense. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?\u201d Gibbs growled out.<\/p>\n<p>He could here Tony\u2019s breathing getting worse. His voice was laced with pain, it wasn\u2019t disguising it anymore, \u201cBoss, I should\u2019ve told ya&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can tell me later, Tony.\u201d Gibbs answered, \u201cNo deathbed confessions on my watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony voice was so soft Gibbs barely heard the declaration, \u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs heard the phone drop, his own phone dropping next to him. He cursed his luck, and Tony\u2019s hero complex. The neon sign caught his attention, \u2018Campus\u2019. He pulled up next to the curb, slamming onto his brakes. He grabbed his phone and ran up the dark alley, he could hear one of the clubs bouncers yelling at him, to move his car. \u2018Yeah, where the hell was he when Tony was getting the shit beaten out of him?\u2019 He thought, as he searched the dark alley. A movement caught his attention; Tony was in the back corner, lying in a pool of blood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTONY!\u201d He kneeled down in next to the young man, feeling for a pulse. \u201cYou will not die on me DiNozzo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A soft, \u201cboss?\u201d was the sweetest sound Gibbs had ever heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI\u2019m here, just relax,\u201d Gibbs yelled at the onlookers from the club to get an ambulance, using his own cell phone to call Ducky, and Kate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>~Hospital~<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gibbs looked at his watch, it was one o\u2019clock in the afternoon; it had been the longest twelve hours of his life. There was more than one occasion were he had thought he had lost Tony, in the five minutes it had taken the ambulance to get there. It wasn\u2019t until they had gotten him into the light of the ambulance; they could see the extent of his injuries. Gibbs had phoned Ducky and told him to wake Kate and Abby and meet him at the hospital. When he arrived, they wheeled Tony into the ER, leaving Gibbs in the waiting room, covered in Tony\u2019s blood. He didn\u2019t know how long he stood there staring at the doors, just waiting for the doctor to say they couldn\u2019t do anything to save him. Ducky and forced him to sit down and tell them what had happened. All he could say was Tony had called him, and that he was in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Kate took it upon herself to find out what happened. Gibbs reminded himself never to get on her bad side; she was demanding and threatening when it came to her friends being injured, the two may fight and argue but they had the beginnings of a strong sibling bond forming. She pulled every string, and threatened every employee of that club to find out what happened. After she gave him her report, she sat down next to him and waited.<\/p>\n<p>She informed Gibbs that it seems Tony was at the club with friends. He had left early because they had an early flight to Georgia to follow a few leads on a case. While walking back to his car, he heard arguing in the alleyway. When he called out to make sure everything was okay, he heard a woman scream. When Tony went to investigate, three other men jumped him. It had been a set up to rob passing do-gooders.<\/p>\n<p>Kate also informed him, that the local police have been after these guys for months, and Tony was their sixth victim. It seems Tony must have put up a hell of a fight, because the local cops stated that most left with a black eye minus a wallet. His hands were bruised and battered indicating he gave as good as he got. Tony ended up with multiple broken ribs, and a punctured lung. If Gibbs hadn\u2019t found him when he did, he would have drowned in his own blood. A thought Gibbs didn\u2019t want to think about.<\/p>\n<p>The more pressing matter in his mind was Tony\u2019s quiet declaration. Gibbs knew his feelings for Tony weren\u2019t purely friendship, they had gone deeper over the years. He also knew he would never act on them, despite Ducky\u2019s harassing and pressuring. Tony was straight, no indication, especially all the skirts he chased, but now, well now the cat was out of the bag. Gibbs didn\u2019t think he could go back to watching, when he knew his feelings were returned. He would have to tread lightly, didn\u2019t want to scare the kid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Gibbs, you can see him now,\u201d The doctor walked up to him. \u201cHe should be waking soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, how is he?\u201d Gibbs stood up, stretching his tired muscles. Ducky had stopped by his place to bring him so fresh clothes. He threw away the blood soaked ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be sore and tired, but overall lucky and will recover.\u201d He walked off towards the nurse\u2019s station.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs walked into the room, a little shocked by how still Tony was, it wasn\u2019t natural. The noise of the door must have alerted him, because the next minute Gibbs was looking into Tony\u2019s brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoss?\u201d Tony whispered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here Tony, how you feeling?\u201d Gibbs walked over to the bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I got beat up by some thugs,\u201d Tony smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m signing you up for self defense classes,\u201d Gibbs sat down in the chair next to the bed. His look and tone indicated he wasn\u2019t kidding. \u201cDo you remember what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really, just that I called you for help, but that\u2019s it.\u201d Tony shifted to look at Gibbs. \u201cI didn\u2019t say anything stupid or anything? I was pretty out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs face showed no reaction to Tony\u2019s statement, \u201cNo, just rambled on about good ole days in high school, and your failed boxing career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony smiled, \u201cThat\u2019s good.\u201d He paused, a series expression forming on his face, \u201cThank you. If it wasn\u2019t for you I don\u2019t think I would have made it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, you would have. You\u2019re too stubborn to die, besides Kate and Abby would be bored and who would I knock about?\u201d Gibbs gave him a small grin. \u201cSleep, then we will discuss your living arrangements. Don\u2019t even open your mouth, you\u2019re staying with me until those ribs are healed and you can climb those stairs of yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, boss.\u201d Tony smiled his whole demeanor lifting. Gibbs never realized how much he relied on that smile to brighten his days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>~Ducky\u2019s Office~<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe remembers nothing?\u201d Ducky asked, watching as Gibbs stared out into the morgue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust that he called me,\u201d Gibbs sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you going to do about it,\u201d Ducky went back to rifling through his desk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d Gibbs turned towards the ME.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly what I ask, Jethro. You can\u2019t hide behind, \u2018Tony feels nothing for me but admiration as a boss\u2019 anymore.\u201d Ducky pointed out, not looking over at the sure to be scowling ex-Gunny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t quite say, \u2018hey Tony while you were out of it, you declared your love for me, so what do you say?\u2019\u201d Gibbs gestured with his hands as the sarcasm dripped from his voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJethro, look at me.\u201d Ducky waited till Gibbs did just that. \u201cCan you tell me that you can go back into denial, knowing now he loves you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs eyes narrowed, he sighed then turned back around, \u201cNo, I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what are you going to do about it?\u201d Ducky asked again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Gibbs, answered, his tone showing the small insecurity he was feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Ducky got up and stood behind him, \u201cThen I have a suggestion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would that be?\u201d Gibbs asked not looking back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoo him.\u201d Ducky turned and sat back down at his desk, laughing at the quizzical expression on Gibbs face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoo him?\u201d Gibbs asked, \u201cAs in flowers and candy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say more along the lines of pizza and beer, but yes, Woo.\u201d Ducky tried not to laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs gave up trying to figure Ducky out and headed back to his office, one thought on his mind. <em>\u2018How does one Woo, Tony DiNozzo?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title:Reaching out Author:Bj Jones Rating: PG Summary:DiNozzo reaches out to Gibbs Series: Operation Woo DiNozzo *** Gibbs jerked awake, quickly taking in his surroundings. Realizing he was in his basement, and no threat was pending, he began trying to figure out what woke him up. 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