Haha well this story was fun while it lasted but I'm afraid that this is the last chapter, I hope you all liked it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Chapter 12- Finally Found

The way was getting harder and harder, as Tony stumbled along behind the warehouses, he had already used up his reserves in his latest tussle with who he now remembered to be called Ric. Now, he was running purely on fumes. His strength wavering, and his head pounding.

The sun had begun to set in the horizon, Great he thought now it's gonna get cold. 'You really got your self into a mess this time didn't ya DiNozzo' he could almost hear Gibbs scolding; he chuckled a little at that particular thought. No matter, he had to find someone that could help, so they could finally arrest this guy for killing their petty officer. Tony had pretty much figured that the petty officer had either gotten too close to finding them out or just simply got in the way. Being an experienced cop he knew how little people killed for, not that this was little, it just wasn't the worst he had seen.

Hearing a noise from behind him, he spun, making himself dizzy then unceremoniously fell to the ground. He cursed as it jarred his injuries, again looking for a weapon to defend himself he found a metal pipe amongst all the rubbish that you would find behind warehouses. He took in the appearance of the man following, his face now uncovered. The guy's hair was a dirty blonde colour that he could see from this distance anyway. He was a little on the scrawny side though, didn't look like he had had the strength to do what he had done earlier.

The guy approaching smiled smugly down at the agent as he reached him, thinking of all the ways he could maim and kill the stubborn man. What he didn't expect was for said agent to swing at him with a thin pipe.

Whacking the guy with the thin but somewhat heavy pipe gave Tony a certain satisfaction, he hadn't done too much damage just knocked the wind out of him, giving him enough time to pin him to the ground. Not really expecting anyone to come just yet he started looking for something he could use to tie the guy's hands up with. Being the resourceful agent that he was he managed to find some kind of wire and used it to tie Ric's hands up. Tony could feel the guy struggling beneath him and his own strength fading but he had to hang on somehow, at least until someone walked by. Just then a familiar voice shouted.

"NCIS, put your hands up!" Gibbs shouted by force of habit, he lowered his weapon slightly when he saw that it was his agent in control. He smiled at the sight of his injured senior field agent trying to hold down a suspect..

"'bout time you got here boss." Tony smirked. He was drained but he was safe now, back with his team.

"Ziva, McGee!" Gibbs shouted, the order to get their butts over to where he was in the way he said their names.

Said agents came running carefully over to their friends, they saw that Tony was bleeding and looked a bit worse for wear but was clearly smiling. Maybe, a little too smugly but they let him have his moment, he had after all managed to kill one guy and capture another, all while being injured.

x-X-x

Later at the hospital…

"OW! What was that for, Boss?"

"For trying to convince the staff you let you go home, what do you think, DiNozzo." Gibbs chided. Tony gave him his usual sulky look before he tried to speak again.

"But-" he was cut off before he even stated.

"DiNozzo! You'll stay until the doctors clear you."

"Fine" Tony huffed, he really wanted out of the hospital, he never did like them. The food was inedible. Just as he was settling in to his bed the sounds of heavy boots were heard and Abby came running in, a mess of black and chains.

"TONY!" she hugged him as tight as she could. Then she punched his arm, then another hug as he yelped a little.

"What was that for Abs?" She was practically beaming now, of course while telling him off for getting into trouble, again. She was followed by the rest of the team and they all were glad to see him awake and breathing.

After about an hour of chatting from the team, Gibbs noticed that Tony was getting tired and herded them out, promising them that they could come back tomorrow. Abby had complained a little at first but went away when Gibbs had threatened to cut off her caff pow, everyone had laughed at this, they didn't really know Abby without her caff pow. She glared in her out way and went, promising Tony to bring him something to do so he wouldn't get bored.

"Thanks, boss." Tony smiled. Gibbs just nodded. But Tony still had one question.

"We get them boss?" he yawned and started settling down to sleep.

Gibbs smirked and answered. "Yeah, we did, now go to sleep."

"Yes boss" came the weary but usual tone from his agent. "Night boss." And Tony was asleep.

All Gibbs could think was that he was damn proud of his agent, the guy he had managed to capture had given up all the information they needed to close the case. Now if only he could actually tell Tony that he was proud. He smiled as he watched Tony sleep, needing to do something that showed he cared, he brushed a stray hair out of Tony eyes and he watched as Tony smiled in his sleep, a genuine smile. Tony knew that he cared and his team were happy now that Tony was back.

The end.

I thought I'd just put the hospital scene for a little cheese and humour lol, hope you all liked the ending.