At the hospital, everything was a blurr to Tony as Ducky took complete charge of the younger man's care, calling in Dr. Pitt when he realized that Tony's lungs could have been compromised.

Three hours later, Tony was sleeping , having been lightly sedated and given pain meds, and Ducky was sitting with Jethro going over his current findings.

"It's going to take several weeks of physical therapy for that knee of his to heal, Jethro," Ducky said quietly. "Whoever it was that did this to him knew just how to hurt him without killing him, but only barely."