The following Monday Jenny had to fly to Israel for work, so Gibbs was taking the week off to take care of the kids. After dropping Jenny at the airport, Gibbs and Jackson brought the kids to the park to play in the playground. When they were done they went out for some lunch before heading back to the airport for Jackson to catch his flight home. Jackson didn't want to go home but had to get back to his store and he knew he would be seeing the kids again soon. After dropping Jackson off, they returned home and ordered some pizza for dinner.

They had just finished breakfast the next morning when Gibbs got a call from work, they needed him to come in and sign some documents. Ducky was at work for the day and Jimmy was with him so he couldn't take care the kids and the Richardson's were away, so Gibbs had no choice but to bring the kids to the office with him. He quickly got them all ready and piled them into the car. During the car ride, Tony was talking constantly about a movie he had watched the previous evening, driving them all mad.

When they reached the Navy Yard, Gibbs led them to the bull pen and introduced them to Kate and Stan, his agents.

"Kate, Stan, these are my kids, Tony, Tim and Abby." Gibbs introduced them. "I need to go up to HR, keep an eye on them for a few minutes."

"On it boss." Stan replied and knelt down in front of the kids. "Do you want to sit at the desks and pretend to be Agents?"

"I want to see the lab." Abby said happily looking at Gibbs "Dad, can I, please."

"Stan, bring her down." Gibbs replied with a nod as he started walking away. "Kate, watch the other two."

"Ok Gibbs." Kate replied and blew her nose.

"Don't give your cold to Tony." Gibbs ordered her as he hurried up the stairs.

"I'm sitting at Dad's desk." Tim called as he quickly ran and jumped into the chair. "Oh look, he has loads of mail, can I open it?"

"I don't think that's a good idea." Kate said as she moved beside him.

"Stop." Tim called causing her to stumble. "You can't come near Tony in case he gets your cold. He's had loads of them and has been sick."

"I won't give him my cold." Kate sighed as she moved back to her own desk just as Gibbs was coming back down the stairs.

"Dad can I open your mail" Tim called as he waved the envelopes around.

"Just be careful not to tear anything." Gibbs replied with a smile.

"Here Tony, you can open this one." Tim said handing Tony a letter with a kiss on it.

Tony grinned as he took the letter and then quickly tore it open. Everyone gasped as a fine spray of power came out of the letter and went all over Tony. Tony dropped the letter on the ground and backed away.

"Crap." Gibbs yelled as he ran over to Tony. "Kate, tell everyone to get out now. Tony I'm just going to pour some water over your head ok."

Tony nodded, terrified but leaned his head over a trash can as Gibbs poured the water.

"Ok buddy, now all four of us are going to go take a shower." Gibbs said as he took Tony and Tim's hands.

He led them to the decontamination showers and showed them what to do before going into his own shower.

"Gibbs what was that powder." Tony asked as he washed himself. "And why is everyone scared."

"I don't know what it is Tony." Gibbs sighed "But sometimes people send nasty things in the post and they can make you sick, that's why we are worried. But the post office does something to get rid of the germs so hopefully it will be nothing."

"Oh ok." Tony replied and finished washing himself off.

When they were all dried off, they changed into some jump suits, which were much too large for Tony and Tim and went down to Autopsy where Ducky was waiting for them, dressed in a Hazmat suit.

"Oh Anthony." The ME sighed looking at the young boy, "I'm afraid you are going to have to go to the hospital to be checked out, but Kate here will have to go too so you won't be alone."

Tony's eyes were wide with fright as he looked at Gibbs backing away from everyone. "Please don't make me go. I'm sorry."

"There is nothing to be sorry for Tony." Gibbs assured as he reached out pulled the child into a hug "You are not being punished, but you have to go to make sure you don't get sick. I can't go with you until I find out who has done this. I will be with you as soon as I can."

Tony nodded as the men came into autopsy to take him and Kate to the hospital.

"See you later Tony." Tim called as his brother was led away. "Is he going to be alright?" He asked turning to Gibbs.

"I hope so." Gibbs replied as he gave Tim a quick hug. "We just have to wait. Ducky we need to find out what was in that envelope."

At the hospital Tony and Kate were subjected to an examination and to blood and urine tests. Tony was terrified through it all and was pale and shaking by the time they were shown to a room. The next few hours were very scary for Tony, so he rambled constantly about movies and TV programs, driving Kate insane. Unfortunately the tests came back showing that Tony had been infected by the Plague.

When the doctor came to insert the IV, Tony was shaking in fear.

"I know this is scary Tony but it won't hurt." Dr Pitt assured as he sat down on the edge of the boys bed. "I hear that you like movies. Do you know that my name is the same as a really famous actor?"

"Is your name Brad Pitt." Tony asked in surprise, forgetting about what was happening. "No way that's so cool. He's really famous. Are you related to him?"

"No I'm not." Brad replied with a grin as he taped the IV to Tony's arm. "Now we are all done. Now you just need to lie back and relax."

"What's wrong with me?" Tony asked worriedly. "Am I sick?"

"You have something called Y pestus, also known as the plague."

"I have the plague." Tony gasped in shock "That's a disease from like a million years ago. We learned about it in history class. Loads of people died from it."

"Yeah it is and yeah they did." Brad agreed as he stood up. "But they didn't have antibiotics back then like we do now."

"So I'm not going to die." Tony asked as he started coughing.

"You are going to be fine Tony." Brad assured patting the child's leg. "I'll be back in a little while."

Over the next few hours Tony condition deteriorated quickly and by the time Gibbs arrived, Tony was barely conscious.

"Tony." Gibbs whispered into the boy's ear. "Do you hear me Tony?"

"Yeah." Tony mumbled tiredly.

"You are not going to die. You are going to be just fine."

"I don't feel good." Tony mumbled and started coughing again.

Gibbs helped him to sit up and held him until the coughing fit ended. Tony was so exhausted that he collapsed against Gibbs.

"Agent Gibbs." Brad said as he came into the room. "You said that the Plague has been dead for a few hours now. I need to do another x-ray on Tony to see what damage has been done."

"Alright." Gibbs replied and gently laid Tony back down on the bed.

Brad and the nurses quickly took the required x-rays and let Gibbs back beside the child.

Brad returned a few minutes later with the x rays to show Gibbs.

"While the Plague virus is dead, it has already done a lot of damage." Brad explained pointing at the x-rays. "At the moment Tony has a severe case of double pneumonia which we are treating and he should recover from. He will however be left with scaring on his lungs."

"What'll this mean for Tony?"

"It means that he will have to be more careful of his health. Any cough or cold he gets could cause problems." Brad replied with a sigh "I've noticed he doesn't like hospital s, but he will need constant checkups and he will have to go to the doctor for every cold."

"He's going to love that." Gibbs sighed looking down at the sleeping child. "What can I do for him now?"

"Just be with him. He is exhausted and needs all the support he can get. It's possible we will need to put him on a ventilator, but I would prefer not to do that if we can avoid it."

"Ok." Gibbs replied as he a pulled a chair beside Tonys bed and made himself comfortable.

When Tony was finally resting peacefully, Gibbs made some phone calls. One to Jenny to tell her what was happening and the other to Ducky to update him and see if he could take care of the other kids.


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