Tony's eyes darted frantically around the room, his fingers trembling, the gun threatening to slip from his grasp. A single drop of sweat ran down his forehead and dripped onto his own outstretched arm- onto the shirt that wasn't his, which was too big in the body and too short in the sleeves.

His best friends, his teammates, his family, were being restrained by various people that were each the size of human giants, who had arms of steel and unbreakable grips. Even the Mossad ninja was utterly still, hold motionless in an iron-tight hold. Their own weapons had been dropped onto the beige carpet of the prison of an apartment, while the one in his hand was pointed at the woman who for years, he'd believed to be dead. However, despite the fact that there was a sig being pointed directly at her, she didn't flinch, didn't look scared. In fact, she appeared to be completely calm- because she trusted him. She always had.

He felt his captor walk up behind him and place a hand on his quivering shoulder sharply, however, he didn't avert his eyes from the woman standing in front of him. The woman whose hazel eyes were bright as day even though he'd watched the life drain out of them; the woman whose chocolate brown hair was fresh and fluffy even though he'd seen it become stained with her own blood. The corrupted girl leant up and whispered softly enough to be intimidating, but loud enough for the whole room to hear her.

"Do it Agent DiNozzo," she said, her breath hot on his ear, "you know that she has to go. It's either her or all of them," she gestured to his teammates, who watched him blankly. They knew that if they made a scene, it would just get worse. He wondered where it'd gone wrong; when the innocent little kid who'd helped them with her incredible sense of hearing despite her complete blindness had turned into this insane, corrupted young woman. She couldn't be helped- he'd seen the things that she'd done while laughing the whole way through doing them. He gulped, trying to figure out if there was a way that he could use her lack of eyesight to his advantage. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Gibbs signalling to him, clearly not quite as stuck as he looked.

Tony placed his finger on the trigger of the sig and closed his eyes briefly nodding his head as he did so, absorbing what he had to do.

"I love you Kate," he whispered, before pulling it.

A/N: Hello! This is the first chapter of my new fic I See Darkness. It was originally called Seeing Darkness, but I changed the title. It has sort of a flashback theme- this chapter is set in the present, while the next few chapters will be set in the few days leading up to it. I hope you like it!

Louise :)