A Time in Need
Chapter 1
Tony got out from his car and pushed his front door open. Well that’s odd, he thought. He walked towards his living room, leaving the lights off, he already had a bad enough headache without adding to it. He stopped in the middle of the room and sighed, even though he couldn’t see them he knew they were there.
“You know if you are going to lock pick someone’s door the least you could do is lock it behind you so they don’t realise something is wrong. It’s just common sense.” Tony then continued onto the kitchen and opened the fridge to grab a bottle of water. Light spilled out making him flinch. He grabbed the painkillers Ducky had given him earlier and through them down the sink, then re-entered the living room and flopped down on the sofa.
He flicked on the lamp to his left and looked into the face of Charles Xavier. Two men where either side of him, who he later found out to be Remy and Logan.
“Whatever it is, no” Tony said firmly, trying to keep his anger in check.
“Tony please you must hear me out.” Charles said, trying to reason with him.
“No, I really don’t have to. You see that’s the privilege of this being my home. I can chuck you out.”
“You don’t understand what is going on, the ….”
“Ohh wait. Please let me guess. The world is in terrible danger and I must come to your aid as I am the only one that can help in your time of need. Am I along the right lines?”
Frustrated now Charles tried a different approach “I no our agreement said that I must leave you alone to live out your life, and I have done that! But this threat is beyond even our capabilities to stop. I have not interfered in your life for 10 years, but now I ask for your help, please Tony I have nowhere else to turn.”
“Ummm…no. You seem to have forgotten why I left in the first place. I owe you nothing. Now if you will excuse me I am having a really shitty day and you are not helping.”
“Tony…”
“No honestly it’s been really shit. First my car got a flat making me late to work, which Gibbs did not appreciate. Then my computer decided not to work, probably just to piss me of. Finally, the suspect we were trying to arrest decided it’d probably be better of for him if he just ran, so naturally I had to run after him. Unfortunately he then decided when I caught him that I deserved to be beat up, so I had to spend the remainder of the day down in Ducky’s where he poked me a lot and told me I have badly bruised ribs, then proceeded to give me pills that will make my head fuzzy, which might be an improvement at the minute because I have a rather large headache, that you are adding to. So you see I am not in a very charitable mood, and you have yet to give me a reason as to why you really think I would help you.”
“Who the bloody hell are you.”
“Ah Gibbs hey, meet Charles Xavier.”
“I see.” Gibbs said coldly.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Mr. Gibbs, I am here in an attempt to…”
“I don’t particularly care why you are here, but you can leave now. Tony is injured and should be resting” Gibbs said and then proceeded to ignore Xavier and who appeared to be his two bodyguards. “Tony where are your pills, Ducky said you should take two then go to bed”
“Uhh, the pills right, you see about that.”
“Don’t even tell me you flushed them DiNozzo.”
“I hate what they do to my head and I wasn’t going to take them anyways.”
“Bloody hell DiNozzo you’re worse than a child.”
“Hey! That’s not very nice you know.”
“When have you known me to be nice.”
“You have your moments.” Tony said with a secret smile.
Xavier does a polite cough “Excuse me…”
“Why are you still here, I thought I made it pretty clear Tony needs his rest and I want you out of our house.”
Remy spoke for the first time “Dis is clearly going nowhere. Tony I don’ know what problem y’ got wit’ the professor, but dis isn’t about him. Remy t’inks that y’ seem like a nice guy. We came ‘ere to ask fo’ yah ‘elp. All y’ need ta do is come wit’ us an’ see what our problem is. If y’ don’ wanna ‘elp den dat’s okay we leave y’ right back ‘ome. All Remy asking o’ y’ is dat y’ at least look at de info we ‘ave. Please homme?
There was something in the Cajuns eyes that begged Tony to help, and afterall what harm could it do to just go and look at what their problem is?
“Alright, but if I say no that’s it, you bringing me right back here and you leave me alone.”
“Merci, Remy will personally leave y’ back.”
“Okay then we’re ready to go.”
“We?”
“Yes Charles we. Is there a problem?”
“No, no the blackbird is just outside, shall we?”
The X-men and Xavier headed for the door, Tony made to follow them when Gibbs grabbed his arm
“Tony are you sure about this, I know how much you don’t want to get dragged back into that life.”
“I’m just going to look, nothing more.”
Gibbs grabbed Tony into a hug. “Love you, you know.”
“Love you too. You know you could have given me a lift to work, you knew the tire was flat.”
“I like seeing you all flustered running into work.”
“You’re a bastard you know.”
“It’s what I’m best at”
They shared a quick kiss then headed outside to join the others.
TBC
Tony got out from his car and pushed his front door open. Well that’s odd, he thought. He walked towards his living room, leaving the lights off, he already had a bad enough headache without adding to it. He stopped in the middle of the room and sighed, even though he couldn’t see them he knew they were there.
“You know if you are going to lock pick someone’s door the least you could do is lock it behind you so they don’t realise something is wrong. It’s just common sense.” Tony then continued onto the kitchen and opened the fridge to grab a bottle of water. Light spilled out making him flinch. He grabbed the painkillers Ducky had given him earlier and through them down the sink, then re-entered the living room and flopped down on the sofa.
He flicked on the lamp to his left and looked into the face of Charles Xavier. Two men where either side of him, who he later found out to be Remy and Logan.
“Whatever it is, no” Tony said firmly, trying to keep his anger in check.
“Tony please you must hear me out.” Charles said, trying to reason with him.
“No, I really don’t have to. You see that’s the privilege of this being my home. I can chuck you out.”
“You don’t understand what is going on, the ….”
“Ohh wait. Please let me guess. The world is in terrible danger and I must come to your aid as I am the only one that can help in your time of need. Am I along the right lines?”
Frustrated now Charles tried a different approach “I no our agreement said that I must leave you alone to live out your life, and I have done that! But this threat is beyond even our capabilities to stop. I have not interfered in your life for 10 years, but now I ask for your help, please Tony I have nowhere else to turn.”
“Ummm…no. You seem to have forgotten why I left in the first place. I owe you nothing. Now if you will excuse me I am having a really shitty day and you are not helping.”
“Tony…”
“No honestly it’s been really shit. First my car got a flat making me late to work, which Gibbs did not appreciate. Then my computer decided not to work, probably just to piss me of. Finally, the suspect we were trying to arrest decided it’d probably be better of for him if he just ran, so naturally I had to run after him. Unfortunately he then decided when I caught him that I deserved to be beat up, so I had to spend the remainder of the day down in Ducky’s where he poked me a lot and told me I have badly bruised ribs, then proceeded to give me pills that will make my head fuzzy, which might be an improvement at the minute because I have a rather large headache, that you are adding to. So you see I am not in a very charitable mood, and you have yet to give me a reason as to why you really think I would help you.”
“Who the bloody hell are you.”
“Ah Gibbs hey, meet Charles Xavier.”
“I see.” Gibbs said coldly.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Mr. Gibbs, I am here in an attempt to…”
“I don’t particularly care why you are here, but you can leave now. Tony is injured and should be resting” Gibbs said and then proceeded to ignore Xavier and who appeared to be his two bodyguards. “Tony where are your pills, Ducky said you should take two then go to bed”
“Uhh, the pills right, you see about that.”
“Don’t even tell me you flushed them DiNozzo.”
“I hate what they do to my head and I wasn’t going to take them anyways.”
“Bloody hell DiNozzo you’re worse than a child.”
“Hey! That’s not very nice you know.”
“When have you known me to be nice.”
“You have your moments.” Tony said with a secret smile.
Xavier does a polite cough “Excuse me…”
“Why are you still here, I thought I made it pretty clear Tony needs his rest and I want you out of our house.”
Remy spoke for the first time “Dis is clearly going nowhere. Tony I don’ know what problem y’ got wit’ the professor, but dis isn’t about him. Remy t’inks that y’ seem like a nice guy. We came ‘ere to ask fo’ yah ‘elp. All y’ need ta do is come wit’ us an’ see what our problem is. If y’ don’ wanna ‘elp den dat’s okay we leave y’ right back ‘ome. All Remy asking o’ y’ is dat y’ at least look at de info we ‘ave. Please homme?
There was something in the Cajuns eyes that begged Tony to help, and afterall what harm could it do to just go and look at what their problem is?
“Alright, but if I say no that’s it, you bringing me right back here and you leave me alone.”
“Merci, Remy will personally leave y’ back.”
“Okay then we’re ready to go.”
“We?”
“Yes Charles we. Is there a problem?”
“No, no the blackbird is just outside, shall we?”
The X-men and Xavier headed for the door, Tony made to follow them when Gibbs grabbed his arm
“Tony are you sure about this, I know how much you don’t want to get dragged back into that life.”
“I’m just going to look, nothing more.”
Gibbs grabbed Tony into a hug. “Love you, you know.”
“Love you too. You know you could have given me a lift to work, you knew the tire was flat.”
“I like seeing you all flustered running into work.”
“You’re a bastard you know.”
“It’s what I’m best at”
They shared a quick kiss then headed outside to join the others.
TBC