On the way to the hospital, Kate sat in the ambulance as she watched her husband's body be taken over by a seizure. Tony started forming at the mouth and his eyes rolled back in his head. With a horrid and last ditch effort, Tony gasped for air. What brought Kate out of her daze was the shriek of alarms and the sound of a flat line on the machines.
"No Tony, you can't go. You can't leave me. Not yet please." Kate begged.
"Ma'am I need you to calm down." a paramedic said trying to calm a hysterical Kate.
"But that's my husband. You have to save him." Kate screamed.
"We are trying ma'am." The paramedic said before turning and trying to work on Tony.
The other paramedic ripped away Tony's suit and dress shirt and was already starting CPR.
"Dispatch we are heading to Bethesda. I have a 45 year old male having seizures. Let the hospital know that he is crashing here in the ambulance. We have already started chest compression and about to apply the AED." The paramedic said into her radio.
The AED did not seem to be working on Tony which only made Kate more upset.
"I can't lose him. We have only been married a few months." Kate cried.
The ambulance raced to the emergency room. Kate seen on the monitor there was a very faint heartbeat that had showed back up. She could only hope that that his pulse would get stronger.
Once the ambulance pulled under the awning by the emergency room doors, another seizure overtook Tony's body. Kate hoped that he would not crashing again. She went running into the ER with the paramedics only to have Gibbs hold her back from running back there with him.
"Please Gibbs, Tony needs me." Kate cried.
"No Kate" Gibbs spun her around "He needs you to be calm."
"He's dying Gibbs and you expect me to stay out here?" Kate cried.
Gibbs took Kate into his arms and she laid her head against his chest. His warm embrace helped to soothe her but it would never be like Tony's. No one could ever compare to Tony.
It was quiet in the waiting room. The team sat and waited for word, any glimmer of hope on Tony. Kate sat there feeling like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders. She was the only one that knew the truth as to why Tony was here. She pulled out her cell phone and dismissed herself into the hallway. As much as she didn't like the man and despised the way he treated Tony while he was growing up, Kate called Senior.
"Hello dear how is my favorite daughter-in-law." Senior answered the phone.
Just to hear his voice made her break down in tears.
"Kate what's wrong?" Senior questioned.
"It's Tony. He's dying." Kate tried to explain.
"What?" Kate could hear the shock in Seniors voice. "Was Junior shot? Is he at Bethesda?"
"Yes he's at Bethesda. But no he wasn't shot. It would have been more merciful if he had of been. Just please hurry and get here. I will explain everything then." Kate cried.
"Alright sweetheart I will be there soon." Senior said.
He couldn't believe it. His son was dying? For Kate to say it would have been more merciful for him to of been shot, what did Junior get himself into.
'Oh gosh please don't let it be the plague again' Senior thought.
"Mr. DiNozzo are you with us?" Nurse Shelby asked.
Tony still real drowsy opened his eyes.
"Kate?" he mumbled.
"No I'm your nurse Shelby. You are at Bethesda. You had a seizure. You tried to get a way from us but we brought you back." Nurse Shelby tried to joke with him, however he didn't find it funny.
"Where's Kate ?" Tony slurred.
"I will go find her." Nurse Shelby said.
Tony's nurse reported to Dr. Pitt and told him that Tony was awake. Dr. Pitt sat at his desk shaking his head at looking at Tony's results.
"He is asking for a Kate?" Nurse Shelby questioned.
Dr. Pitt sat down the results.
"Yes that's his wife. I will go get her and the rest of the team. To be honest I dread having to break this news to them." Dr. Pitt said running a hand across his face.
As Dr. Pitt stepped out of his office, Shelby looked over the test results on Tony. She gasped when she found what Dr. Pitt was talking about. Tony was in for the fight of his life.
Senior arrived to the hospital to find the team still sitting, waiting in the emergency room waiting area. His poor daughter-in-law's eyes were swelled from the amount of tears she had shed. She sat bent over with her head in her hands. Abby kept trying to comfort her and tell her Tony was going to be ok, while Gibbs sat with a cup of coffee in one hand, and rubbing Kate's back with the other.
"How is he?" Senior asked breaking the silence.
The team looked up at the older man. Kate jumped from her chair and hugged Senior. She broke down into tears once more.
"What's going on with Junior?" Senior questioned again.
Gibbs motioned for Senior to have a seat.
"We don't know much. The doctor hasn't come out and informed us on his condition yet. He was at work and had a seizure. We don't know what caused it." Gibbs answered.
That news caused Senior to take a seat.
"They lost him on the way over here. I just hope he's not gone forever." Kate cried.
"He's a DiNozzo sweetheart. He won't give up that easily." Senior assured her.
About that time, Dr. Pitt walked into the waiting room.
"DiNozzo family?" Dr. Pitt announced even though he already knew who they were. He had seen the team in here more times then he could count.
"How is he?" Kate questioned.
"What caused his seizure?" Gibbs demanded.
"Is he going to survive?" Senior worried.
"I think it would be best for all of you to follow me. We can discuss what happened and options." Dr. Pitt said trying himself not to cry.