A Time in Need
Chapter 3
Tony opened the door to his house with a feeling of déjà vu, what have I gotten myself into he thought, not for the first time.
“Come on in, there’s a spare bedroom that you two can share if you don’t mind that is.”
“Non mon ami, dat would be fine by me.”
Tony gave his guests a quick tour of the house, not that really needed it since they’ve been here before.
“Right now that everyone is settled I’m going to ring Ducky and then Jen to get us time off work.” Gibbs said, then walked out of the living room and into the kitchen.
“So what exactly are yer powers, Xavier didn’t tell us much ‘bout ya before we came here.” Asked Logan
“Oh that reminds me I should make a shield around the house to prevent anyone unwanted trying to break in.” Tony closed his eyes and concentrated for a few minutes. A shield began to form around him that continued to get bigger and eventually left the room altogether. When Tony was happy with the size of the shield he make it invisible to the naked eye.
“Y’ can make shields den?”
“Among other things, yes.” At that moment Gibbs walked back in. “Did you get our time off?”
“Yup.”
“Both of us at exactly the same time and she let it happen?”
“Yup”
“You’re gonna make me ask how you did it aren’t you.”
“Yup.”
“You know you can be as bad as me sometimes. And that’s a rhetorical question don’t answer it. So how did the great and almighty Gibbs manage to get us both time of without arousing her suspicion?”
“It was actually very simple I got Ducky to call her to tell her you came down the a bad case of the cold and because of your lungs needed someone to watch over you, so I came. Then I got the cold and we’re both to sick to go to work until this clears up. Which is magically will in about a week.”
“And she fell for that?”
“Yup”
“She’s really not that bright is she?”
“Nope” Gibbs said smirking “Which works to our advantage of course. Also Ducky is coming round tomorrow with some more painkillers for you and tablets for migraines, which I know you’re going to get so don’t even bother whining to me.”
“But Gibbs they make my head all fuzzy and then I can’t concentrate so I won’t be able to use my powers properly!”
“It’s because of your powers you’re probably going to get a migraine, so it won’t much matter either way.”
“Fine. Well I’m tired I’m going to go get some sleep. I’ll see you all in the morning. Gibbs does a wonderful breakfast so make sure your up for it!”
“I’m not cooking for you all this week Tony.”
“Aww but Gibbs your such a good cook.”
“And what did I tell you I would do if you let that secret out?”
“Don worry mon ami, Logan here is a terrific cook too, he’ll take turns wit’ y’”Remy said smirking at Tony.
“I like the way you think.” Tony said wincing as he got up to go to bed. He hoped his ribs would heal quickly, he couldn’t afford to be injured now.
“Cajun” Logan growled
“Come on Logan it’s impolite to not pitch in when staying in a persons house.
“And how exactly are you going to pitch in?”
“I think I might also go to bed.” Remy said as he got up and stretched.” Long day and all that.” Then quickly left the room.
Logan and Gibbs just looked at each other for a few minutes then said in unision. “They’re doing all the cooking.” Smirking at each other they both headed their separate ways to bed.
Tony awoke to the smell of breakfast being cooked and smiled. He lay there a few more minutes in the comfortable warmth of his bed, not wanting to get out and face what lay ahead for him today. He was safe in his bed and all the worries were outside of it waiting for him to deal with them. Grudgingly he eventually admitted to himself he needed to get up. Getting changed quickly he took of towards the kitchen. Passing the spare bedroom he heard a whispered “I love you too.” Interesting he thought. Now either Gibbs is cheating on me or….
“Morning!” Tony chirped as Logan and Remy opened the spare bedroom door.
“Tony!” Remy gasped. “Uhh good morning.” Remy snuck past a grinning Tony and took of towards the kitchen, Logan quickly following on his heels. Tony followed them in time to see Gibbs dishing out three plates of food.
“See I knew you would cook for me.”
“This is a one of DiNozzo.”
“Oh please old man I know by now your bark is far worse than your bite.”
“Old man eh?” Gibbs asked. Then strode over to a wide eyed Tony, swiped his legs out from underneath him, caught him gently so as not to jar his ribs too much when he was close to the ground and kissed him gently on the forehead, then brought him back up to his feet and continued handing out food.
“Good morning to you too boss” said a shell shocked Tony. “Not having any food?”
“Already had mine when I came back from my run”
“I still don’t see the point of getting up that early.”
Gibbs just grunted and headed of towards the shower with a quick “enjoy”.
“So are you two together then?” Tony asked calmly. Remy, who was taking a drink at the time, proceeded to choke until Logan helped him out by slapping him hardly on the back.
“Did y’ ‘ave t’ hit me so hard?”
Logan just grinned and continued eating. Clearly he was leaving Remy to deal with the question.
“Oui, we are t’gether. But we appreciate it ‘f y’ told no-one ‘bout dis. We not got ‘round t’ telling de rest if de team.”
“Your secret is safe with me, I promise. I know what it’s like to want to hide it from your team. It was only recently we told the team I work with that me and Gibbs are together. It was a shock to them, but they stuck by us and we’re closer for it.”
“M’ glad to hear dat. Hopefully it work out dat way for us too.”
A knock at the door interrupted the breakfast. “Excuse me a minute.” Tony said as he got up of his chair, with a little more ease than yesterday. As he walked towards the door he made a gap in the shield around the house, which extended to just inside the front door. So someone could come up to the house but not be able to get inside. A few minutes later an older gentleman entered. Tony made quick introductions.
“I’m afraid I’m only able to stay a few minutes, I’m just dropping in these tablets for you while on my way to work.”
“Thanks Ducky but you really didn’t have to.”
“Well I heard what happened to the last batch I gave you. Is Gibbs around I’d really rather give these to him.”
Tony glared at Ducky. “No he’s in the shower I’ll take them for you.”
Ducky walked towards Tony and dangled the medicine in front of his face. “If these end up in the same place as the last ones then the next medicine I give you will be injected by a needle into a very tender place. Do we have an understanding?”
Tony gulped “Yes Ducky.”
“Very well I shall see myself out I’m running a little bit late. Oh and Tony there hasn’t been a threat yet which I haven’t carried out.” Tony stood shocked for a few minutes then heard the front door close and turned to look at the medicine. Remy and Logan sat and watched as a battle was clearly raging on inside Tony’s head. A decision must have been made as Tony went to grab the medicine and make for the sink, only to have them snatched out of his hand before he took one step.
“Now you wouldn’t be planning to do what I think you’re planning to do are you DiNozzo? Because you know I’ve heard injections really hurt when they’re injected in that area.”
“G..Gibbs. How did you know about Ducky’s threat? Never mind I should know by now that you’ll never reveal your sources. And for your information I was just going to put them on that shelf over there….by the sink.”
“Uh huh, like I haven’t heard that one before.”
Tony just gave Gibbs his award winning smile before grabbing Gibbs’ car keys and shaking them in his hand. “Come on Gibbs we don’t have time to waste arguing about petty things, I have to go practice using my powers again!” Tony took of towards the front door. Gibbs not too far behind yelling “If you think your driving my car you’ve got another thing coming.”
“I don’t want to end up with another bruised rib, you’re driving is going to kill me one day!” Tony yelled back.
Remy and Logan turned to face each other amused with the antics between the pair, then stood up to follow them out the door.
Tony opened the door to his house with a feeling of déjà vu, what have I gotten myself into he thought, not for the first time.
“Come on in, there’s a spare bedroom that you two can share if you don’t mind that is.”
“Non mon ami, dat would be fine by me.”
Tony gave his guests a quick tour of the house, not that really needed it since they’ve been here before.
“Right now that everyone is settled I’m going to ring Ducky and then Jen to get us time off work.” Gibbs said, then walked out of the living room and into the kitchen.
“So what exactly are yer powers, Xavier didn’t tell us much ‘bout ya before we came here.” Asked Logan
“Oh that reminds me I should make a shield around the house to prevent anyone unwanted trying to break in.” Tony closed his eyes and concentrated for a few minutes. A shield began to form around him that continued to get bigger and eventually left the room altogether. When Tony was happy with the size of the shield he make it invisible to the naked eye.
“Y’ can make shields den?”
“Among other things, yes.” At that moment Gibbs walked back in. “Did you get our time off?”
“Yup.”
“Both of us at exactly the same time and she let it happen?”
“Yup”
“You’re gonna make me ask how you did it aren’t you.”
“Yup.”
“You know you can be as bad as me sometimes. And that’s a rhetorical question don’t answer it. So how did the great and almighty Gibbs manage to get us both time of without arousing her suspicion?”
“It was actually very simple I got Ducky to call her to tell her you came down the a bad case of the cold and because of your lungs needed someone to watch over you, so I came. Then I got the cold and we’re both to sick to go to work until this clears up. Which is magically will in about a week.”
“And she fell for that?”
“Yup”
“She’s really not that bright is she?”
“Nope” Gibbs said smirking “Which works to our advantage of course. Also Ducky is coming round tomorrow with some more painkillers for you and tablets for migraines, which I know you’re going to get so don’t even bother whining to me.”
“But Gibbs they make my head all fuzzy and then I can’t concentrate so I won’t be able to use my powers properly!”
“It’s because of your powers you’re probably going to get a migraine, so it won’t much matter either way.”
“Fine. Well I’m tired I’m going to go get some sleep. I’ll see you all in the morning. Gibbs does a wonderful breakfast so make sure your up for it!”
“I’m not cooking for you all this week Tony.”
“Aww but Gibbs your such a good cook.”
“And what did I tell you I would do if you let that secret out?”
“Don worry mon ami, Logan here is a terrific cook too, he’ll take turns wit’ y’”Remy said smirking at Tony.
“I like the way you think.” Tony said wincing as he got up to go to bed. He hoped his ribs would heal quickly, he couldn’t afford to be injured now.
“Cajun” Logan growled
“Come on Logan it’s impolite to not pitch in when staying in a persons house.
“And how exactly are you going to pitch in?”
“I think I might also go to bed.” Remy said as he got up and stretched.” Long day and all that.” Then quickly left the room.
Logan and Gibbs just looked at each other for a few minutes then said in unision. “They’re doing all the cooking.” Smirking at each other they both headed their separate ways to bed.
Tony awoke to the smell of breakfast being cooked and smiled. He lay there a few more minutes in the comfortable warmth of his bed, not wanting to get out and face what lay ahead for him today. He was safe in his bed and all the worries were outside of it waiting for him to deal with them. Grudgingly he eventually admitted to himself he needed to get up. Getting changed quickly he took of towards the kitchen. Passing the spare bedroom he heard a whispered “I love you too.” Interesting he thought. Now either Gibbs is cheating on me or….
“Morning!” Tony chirped as Logan and Remy opened the spare bedroom door.
“Tony!” Remy gasped. “Uhh good morning.” Remy snuck past a grinning Tony and took of towards the kitchen, Logan quickly following on his heels. Tony followed them in time to see Gibbs dishing out three plates of food.
“See I knew you would cook for me.”
“This is a one of DiNozzo.”
“Oh please old man I know by now your bark is far worse than your bite.”
“Old man eh?” Gibbs asked. Then strode over to a wide eyed Tony, swiped his legs out from underneath him, caught him gently so as not to jar his ribs too much when he was close to the ground and kissed him gently on the forehead, then brought him back up to his feet and continued handing out food.
“Good morning to you too boss” said a shell shocked Tony. “Not having any food?”
“Already had mine when I came back from my run”
“I still don’t see the point of getting up that early.”
Gibbs just grunted and headed of towards the shower with a quick “enjoy”.
“So are you two together then?” Tony asked calmly. Remy, who was taking a drink at the time, proceeded to choke until Logan helped him out by slapping him hardly on the back.
“Did y’ ‘ave t’ hit me so hard?”
Logan just grinned and continued eating. Clearly he was leaving Remy to deal with the question.
“Oui, we are t’gether. But we appreciate it ‘f y’ told no-one ‘bout dis. We not got ‘round t’ telling de rest if de team.”
“Your secret is safe with me, I promise. I know what it’s like to want to hide it from your team. It was only recently we told the team I work with that me and Gibbs are together. It was a shock to them, but they stuck by us and we’re closer for it.”
“M’ glad to hear dat. Hopefully it work out dat way for us too.”
A knock at the door interrupted the breakfast. “Excuse me a minute.” Tony said as he got up of his chair, with a little more ease than yesterday. As he walked towards the door he made a gap in the shield around the house, which extended to just inside the front door. So someone could come up to the house but not be able to get inside. A few minutes later an older gentleman entered. Tony made quick introductions.
“I’m afraid I’m only able to stay a few minutes, I’m just dropping in these tablets for you while on my way to work.”
“Thanks Ducky but you really didn’t have to.”
“Well I heard what happened to the last batch I gave you. Is Gibbs around I’d really rather give these to him.”
Tony glared at Ducky. “No he’s in the shower I’ll take them for you.”
Ducky walked towards Tony and dangled the medicine in front of his face. “If these end up in the same place as the last ones then the next medicine I give you will be injected by a needle into a very tender place. Do we have an understanding?”
Tony gulped “Yes Ducky.”
“Very well I shall see myself out I’m running a little bit late. Oh and Tony there hasn’t been a threat yet which I haven’t carried out.” Tony stood shocked for a few minutes then heard the front door close and turned to look at the medicine. Remy and Logan sat and watched as a battle was clearly raging on inside Tony’s head. A decision must have been made as Tony went to grab the medicine and make for the sink, only to have them snatched out of his hand before he took one step.
“Now you wouldn’t be planning to do what I think you’re planning to do are you DiNozzo? Because you know I’ve heard injections really hurt when they’re injected in that area.”
“G..Gibbs. How did you know about Ducky’s threat? Never mind I should know by now that you’ll never reveal your sources. And for your information I was just going to put them on that shelf over there….by the sink.”
“Uh huh, like I haven’t heard that one before.”
Tony just gave Gibbs his award winning smile before grabbing Gibbs’ car keys and shaking them in his hand. “Come on Gibbs we don’t have time to waste arguing about petty things, I have to go practice using my powers again!” Tony took of towards the front door. Gibbs not too far behind yelling “If you think your driving my car you’ve got another thing coming.”
“I don’t want to end up with another bruised rib, you’re driving is going to kill me one day!” Tony yelled back.
Remy and Logan turned to face each other amused with the antics between the pair, then stood up to follow them out the door.