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Sorry for the long delay, but I didn't know how to write this chapter

Chapter 3

Ducky turned around and got up from his chair. "Ah, Jethro and Anthony! What can I do for you?" He smiled.

Gibbs just turned Tony's head to the left, so the ME could see the black eye.

"I see… What happened to your eye, Anthony?" The doctor asked, while he helped Tony onto one of the autopsie tables.

Tony was completely silent, while Ducky examined the large bruise on his face. When he was finished, the ME said: "It's not serious, Jethro. Just a bruise."

Gibbs nodded before he said: "Can you check him through, Duck?" The elder man shot him a questioning glance, but followed the request.

"Would you take your shirt off please, Anthony?"

The young Italian locked eyes with his boss but did not comply.

"DiNozzo! If you don't do as you're told…" Gibbs said, leaving the sentence hanging.

Tony hesitated two more seconds, before he took off his shirt slowly.

When the shirt was gone, Ducky and Gibbs saw the whole damage and where shocked.

"What happened to you, Tony?" Ducky asked gently, but DiNozzo stayed silent.

The young man's chest and arms were covered with dark bruises. The ones on his arms had the shape of hands, so it was obvious that someone had repeatedly held him with a hard grip. There was also a boot shaped bruise on Tony's left side as well as on his abdomen.

First Ducky looked at Tony's arms, but the bruises weren't serious so he concentrated on Tony's chest and abdomen next.

When Ducky touched Tony's ribs the younger man flinched slightly. The ME looked up at Tony's face but said nothing.

While Ducky was occupied with probing around Tony's abdomen, Gibbs moved around the autopsie table to look at his agent's back.

The senior agent held his breath at this sight: There were more bruises along with four long scuffs on Tony's back. One of the marks was still bleeding slightly.

"Ducky, come here" Gibbs said quietly. Gibbs saw Tony stiffen on the table, as Ducky moved to stand beside Gibbs,

Ducky let out a gasp when he saw the injuries on his friend's back. The ME opened his mouth to say something, but Gibbs whispered something to him that Tony couldn't understand and the doctor just started to examine his back.

Tony tried hard not to flinch as Ducky cleaned out the scuffs on his back.

Then Ducky began to bandage Tony's upper body.

Finally when Ducky was finished with treading Tony's injuries, he asked: "Jethro, could I please have a word with you in my office?"

Gibbs nodded and said: "You stay here DiNozzo." With that, he follows Ducky into his office. When the doors to Ducky's office closed behind Gibbs, Tony was left in complete silence.

As soon as they were alone, Gibbs looked questioningly at his friend. "What's wrong with him, Duck?"

"It looks like our young friend was beaten for about a week. Some of the many bruises on Anthony's upper body have almost healed but some are fresh. At least two ribs are broken and another two are cracked. And the injuries on Tony's back… those scuffs look as if they've been inflicted with something like a belt…"

When Gibbs turned around to leave the office, Ducky added quietly: "Ah Jethro, I think you'd want to know that I've found no defensive wounds."

Gibbs stared at Ducky. "You mean…?" "Yeah Jethro, I'm afraid that I do."

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