Disclaimer: We totally don't own any of this stuff.

A/N: This story is the collaboration of the brilliant minds of Karen and Brittany.

A/N2: For the purposes of our story, Kate did not die in twilight, but the bullet skimmed her head and she's been in a coma ever since. Ziva still came and pretty much everything in season 3 actually happened, though we did make a few twists to the plot here and there. Also, unbeknownst to Gibbs and Ziva, Tony and Kate had been dating for about a year before twilight. This story will be a crossover between several other awesome crime shows, which will be introduced as they come.

Pairings: TATE! (duh), others TBA

Spoilers: anything's fair game (so if you're not up-to-date with all your crime shows and maybe some sitcoms too then we would recommend proceeding with caution.) most major spoilers will be from NCIS, and everything else is pretty minor.

CHAPTER ONE -- AWAKE AT LAST

It was a fairly quiet morning at NCIS; Gibbs was pounding his computer, McGee (who flinched at every pound) was inventing some new data processing program, Ziva was trying (however unsuccessfully) to make wise cracks, and Tony, well, no one really knew (or for that matter wanted to know) what Tony was doing.

The monotony was finally broken about an hour before lunch, in the form of Tony's cell phone ringing.

"DiNozzo here."

"Hello doctor."

At this point, everyone was watching Tony intently, trying to figure what was going on.

"Thanks doc, I'll be right there."

Without a word to anyone, Tony quickly grabbed his jacket and hurried to the elevator.

--AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL--

As Tony reached the hospital, he quickly made his way up to the floor that he knew Kate's room was on. He rushed past the waiting rooms and nurses station, only slowing down when he finally reached the room where Kate had been held since May.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly entered the room, a smile reaching his face at the sight before his eyes.

Kate was awake, and smiling up at him.

"Hey Tony," her voice was weak and almost inaudible from not being used for such a long time.

For the first time in his life, Tony was speechless. He could hardly believe what was happening. His beautiful girlfriend (and co-worker), who he held so dearly and loved so much, was finally awake from the coma that had held her prisoner for the past six months. Tears started to well up in his eyes s he moved to sit next to her on the edge of her bed.

Kate looked at him with wide eyes, unsure of what his next move would be. Slowly he traced his fingers lightly across her face, his finger coming to rest on her lips.

"Don't you ever scare me like that again," he stated playfully, and instantly Kate knew that everything was going to be ok. She laughed lightly before reaching up to hug him tightly.

They stayed like that for a long time, before Tony finally pulled back slightly. He stared into her teary eyes and brushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear before he finally spoke.

"I love you so much Kate. I've been so scared that you'd die these past few months. I don't know what I'd do if that happened."

"I love you too Tony, more than you'll ever know. And you don't have to be scared anymore, I'm fine now." Kate paused for a second, then perked up, "The doctor said I could go home next week too!"

Tony laughed, and then leaned in and kissed her. Moments later, they broke apart, and not a moment too soon, judging by the squeal that could be heard from the doorway.

"Kate! You're awake!" Abby bounded into the room and jumped up on Kate's bed to give her now-conscious friend a hug.

"Whoa, Abs, calm down a sec," Tony said as he easily lifted Abby off the bed and set her back down on the floor. "We've just got her back, and I for one, would like to keep it that way."

Abby calmed down just enough to apologize.

"Sorry Kate. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"That's ok Abs," Kate quickly replied, "You didn't hurt me. Tony's just in that mindset of…"

"An overprotective boyfriend." Abby finished, cutting her off. This was probably a good thing, as Gibbs took this moment to appear through the doorway.

"Kate. Nice to see you're back in the land of the living. Now, what's this I hear about an overprotective boyfriend?" Gibbs demanded as he entered.

Tony, in a rare stroke of brilliance, quickly replied, "Oh hey boss, Abby was just telling Kate about that guy Michael she was dating last month."

Kate and Abby both nodded in confirmation. Gibbs must have accepted this answer, because he moves on to another topic of conversation.

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