It was first week in October and the air around the Capitol was starting to get a chill in it. This time every year since Tony got the plague Gibbs made the "suggested" Flu and Pneumonia vaccines a requirement for all his team and any support staff that had a hands on role to play in their day to day lives.
Gibbs tried not to be a tyrant about the requirement to be vaccinated but he figured it was good for the people getting vaccinated and it could save Tony's life so he didn't mind insisting. Most people never fussed over getting the shots.
Once there was an evidence tech that fought Gibbs over the vaccination he even took it to Director Vance. Director Vance was very understanding of the young mans concerns so he offered the young man the option to transfer to Paraguay where they were currently desperate for someone of his skills.
The young man sighed and went to autopsy and got vaccinated. After that no one ever complained.
The Vaccine had been available for a week now and Ducky did not had no issues vaccinating Himself, Jimmy, Abby, Director Vance, the mail boy and the evidence people.
The ones he was waiting to vaccinate were Gibbs and his team. Unfortunately they had spent the first half of the week in the hills of West Virginia and the last half of the week they spent on the aircraft carrier Ronald Regan.
Gibbs was sitting at his desk going through his emails when he came across a gentle reminder from Ducky that team Gibbs needed their shots. He looked over at Tony sitting doing his reports and he giggled to himself thinking about the trickery and deceit they would have to use to get Tony into Autopsy for his vaccinations.
Tony would tell you he is a little scared of, maybe bordering on phobia when it came to needles but Gibbs would call it more of an irrational fear. Tony would lie, cheat and fight his way out of getting stuck with a needle. One year they actually had to cuff him and drag him to autopsy to get vaccinated.
He was about to call the team over and tell them Ducky needed to see them but Director Vance interrupted him. Vance didn't come to the bull pin frequently but when he did it usually meant something big was about to go down.
Vance cleared his throat then called everyone to Gibbs desk, "Listen people we have some new intel that told us two members of the Faja Jihad are held up in a warehouse at the corner of 4th and K street. I don't have to tell you people that bringing these two men into custody safely could be very valuable to our intelligence gathering. Gibbs I want you and your team to suit up and bring these guys in."
Gibbs nodded his head and looked to his team and said, "Gear up people we have some terrorists to catch."
The four members of team Gibbs made their way to the warehouse. Tony and Ziva did a perimeter check of the building and McGee used thermal imaging to locate the two terrorists. McGee reported, "The two men are located in a small office at the back of the warehouse they seem to be lying down, I cant tell if they are sleeping or hurt but they are definitely alive."
As soon as McGee was done reporting Tony came up to the van and told the two men that the perimeter was clear and they were ready to advance into the building whenever they were.
Gibbs and McGee stepped out of the van already in their Kevlar vests and Gibbs gave his team a half smile and said, "Well lets go grab these guys. Tony, you are with me, Ziva you and Tim take the rear. Oh and people watch your backs in there. Something in my gut isn't sitting right."
Tony and Gibbs stood by the front doors and waited with guns drawn to hear when McGee and Ziva were in position. Finally the call came, "In position Boss" from McGee. Gibbs said, "On my mark we breech". Gibbs looked at Tony worried that the unease that he felt had something to do with him and asked, "You okay? You ready for this?"
Tony looked at his boss weird, "Yeah Boss I am fine. Ready when you are. I am on your six."
Gibbs sighed, "All right people on my mark, GO, GO, GO, GO, breech. They made it silently to the back office where the two heat signatures were located. Gibbs signaled for Tony to kick in the door.
With one fluid movement the door was kicked in and the four-member team stormed the small office space yelling, "NCIS FREEZE". One man did not put up a fight and was easily subdued and handcuffed by Ziva and McGee.
The other man in the room rushed Tony and knocked him to the ground. The man had Tony pinned to the ground when he let out a huge sneeze that covered Tony with mucous. Tony said, "Oh Gross man." And flipped the man onto his back and easily hand cuffed the man and gave him to Ziva to take to the waiting patrol car.
Gibbs stood looking at Tony with fear in his eyes. Tony flashed a smile to his boss and said, "No worries Boss I will go wash my face then I will help you process the scene."
Gibbs held up his hand and helped his SFA up and watched in silence as he left the room.
Later after they returned to the Navy Yard Gibbs brought Tony straight to Autopsy to get checked out by Ducky. They were in Autopsy for about an hour Ducky was giving Tony a thorough exam and Gibbs stood as sentry as Ducky took blood and then gave Tony the two vaccinations that he had waiting for him.
Abby texted Gibbs that she needed to see him, he left Tony with a threat to comply with Ducky or else and set of to see his favorite Goth Lab tech.
He walked into the Lab and Abby came running from her office and gave him a huge hug, "Oh Boss it is not good, I tested the snotty terrorist and he doesn't have your normal run of the mill cold he has viral pneumonia. Boss I think their cell left them in that warehouse because they were infected with the stuff that they were manufacturing. Gibbs this is a bioweapon."
Gibbs sat hard in Abby's extra seat and ran his hands over his face, "A bio weapon that Tony was infected with. The one person on this team that doesn't have lungs strong enough to fight this thing off."
Thanks Abby I need to go and let Ducky know and Abby call Brad Pitt and tell him Ducky and I are bringing DiNozzo in.
Abby stopped Gibbs and gave him a huge hug and while in his arms asked, "Oh Gibbs he is going to be okay isn't he?" Gibbs sighed and kissed her head, "I hope so Abbs, I hope so."