Tony awakes, yet he can not see anything there is some thing covering his eyes. He grasps at them with his fingers, but is stopped by and warm, firm hand. "You don't want to be doing that now" he hears his boss’s smooth commanding voice. "Boss, what’s happened?" He can now sense that another person is entering the hospital room. "Anthony can you hear me? My name is Lt Susan Murdock" a soft maternal voice asks. Tony nods, "what’s happened?" he asks again. Gibbs notices his firmer tone. The doctor inhales "There was a shooting at Norfolk, and I am afraid that a due to a blow in the head that you optical nerves where shattered". "*what*" Tony yells outraged, Gibbs tries to restrain him. "You mean I can't see?" He can feel Gibbs’ strong forearm against him, he hugs it like a child and starts to weep. Gibbs comforts him stroking the brown hair on the back of his head. "It will be ok" he wisped soothingly in to his ear "it will be ok". Tony falls asleep with Gibbs soft touch on his skin. During the night images flash trough Tony's head, there is a man with a AK47 then a flash of bullets, the sharp sting of metal in to flesh. He awakes his heart feels like it is going to jump out of his chest he throws his hand out the drip spinning from it. The whole NCIS team run in Kate grabs his hand so to stop him from doing any more damage to the medical equipment. "Easy there DiNozzo" Gibbs had hold of his arms in a pin on Tony's chest. "You’re at Bethesda still, if you keep moving you will split a stich" Tony lies still. "You need to rest for now". “O-Ok boss” Tony lies back on his pillow, forcing his neck to muscles to relax. Timothy McGee was standing in the corner watching the scene unfold, Tony is blind, Tony is blind. It keeps ringing through his head. He walks out side to the waiting room shaking. How could this be? Tony was indestructible, and now he can not see? Kate comes out to join him, she is shaking too. They sit together in silence.

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Over the next two months Tony learns to deal better with his disability, using a cane, learning to read brail and becoming more independent. He had told his parents with Gibbs help, and they had done up his apartment so to help him. Gibbs was still a regular visitor and today they where going to NCIS. Tony had really missed the place he was still on leave; he did not have the heart to quit. In his first month away he got really consumed with grieve and thought of taking his life, Gibbs and the Prozac’s has talked him out of it. He was dressed neatly in a grey suit and white shirt. He had brail tags attached to all of his clothes so he could find them. The door bell rang and he walked to the door, he did not need his cane in his own apartment he knew where every thing was. He slid back the locks and opened the door for Gibbs. He put his hand on his shoulder and followed him down the hall and eventually to the car.

At NCIS the elevator opened at the bull’s pen. Gibbs and DiNozzo walked out, except last time he was here he could see and did not have to use a cane. He heard footsteps coming towards him at a quickening pace, Abby in braced him in a hug rocking him from side to side. She lead him to his desk where he guessed everyone was waiting. It was odd meeting every one again, and he was worried that they would treat him differently. But not Gibbs, Tony knew that, he could feel him standing next to him, and then Tony knew that every thing would be OK.