A/N: Again, sorry for any and all weirdness produced from this chapter. I'm sleep deprived… that's my excuse.

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A bright, spring Saturday blew through the window as McGee woke up from a dreamless sleep. He was lying on his sofa, with Aeron curled up in a tight ball, almost cat-like, sleeping as well. I guess she did need sleep, McGee thought as he gently poked the young looking girl. The TV had been turned off promptly last night after the final curtain call.

Aeron woke up suddenly, "Oh my god! Did I fall asleep last night?" she asked loudly.

McGee nodded, sitting up as Aeron jumped into a standing position.

"Immortals only sleep when they need to refuel… I guess something was sapped out of me as we were watching Spring Awakening…"

"Speaking of which, why don't you sing to me when I'm thinking?" McGee asked.

"Kenzie sings to Tony in his sleep. That's her thing, not mine. I chose writing, she chose singing," Aeron said. She yawned deeply, stretching out her arms toward the ceiling and curling her fists into balls.

"Good tired or bad tired?" McGee asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I think it's the good kind…" Aeron replied. She disappeared into McGee as McGee turned on the coffee machine and went into his room to change.

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Aeron fell asleep Saturday and Sunday night too. Though it was weird, Aeron shrugged it off, so McGee didn't even think about it…

With the weekend done, McGee returned to work with a heavy heart. There was a possibility that Tony had a boyfriend now, being the bi-sexual man he had become since, McGee thought, meeting his Guardian Angel. Aeron was freaked out, as well, because that meant that the man Tony liked had an Immortal Conscience as well. "Gil's been training more Special Agents since I've been gone…" she cried after McGee's morning ritual.

They got into work two minutes earlier than usual, so McGee turned on his computer, not even noticing that a certain someone had spent the night (or maybe the weekend) at his desk, and was just waking up.

"Morning, McGoo," Tony said, smoothing out his hair, which had been matted down by the desk. He also had the slight imprint of some of the keyboard keys, especially along his forehead.

"Whoa! Hey, Tony… have you been here all weekend?" McGee asked.

"I came in a couple of times, yes… I must have forgot what time it was last night and… just fell asleep," Tony replied. He stretched upward, and McGee saw a distinct ripple go through the other man's muscles. Those perfect, sexy muscles, he heard himself tell Aeron.

Aeron was groggy and, to put it mildly, not at all herself that morning. McGee had, again, shrugged it off, but that would cost him later…

It happened almost immediately, as McGee fainted right as Tony was getting up. Tony paused for a brief moment, then rushed over to the younger man. McGee's forehead was hotter than an oven, and he was flushed all over.

Tony heard the elevator doors open and Ziva walked in. Tony picked McGee up bridle-style and yelled, "I'm getting McGee home… call Gibbs and tell him McGee's sick…"

Ziva rushed to her desk and picked up the phone as Tony took the still open elevator, closed the door, and rushed to his car.

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"Please, keep a key under the door-mat," Tony prayed as he set the still-unconscious McGee down and looked under the mat. As luck would have it, the key was there. He unlocked the door and semi-dragged McGee into the apartment, setting him on the sofa. As soon as the door was closed, Tony turned to see Aeron appear in McGee's arms. He was shocked for a minute, still not used to the whole Immortal Muse thing, but he calmed down as Kenzie appeared beside him. She rushed over to McGee and Aeron.

"It's not serious," Kenzie said after a vitals check, "Just a fever… go see if they have aspirin in the medicine cabinet."

Tony obeyed and found the container in the cabinet. When he returned, he saw that Kenzie had placed a wet kitchen towel on McGee's forehead. Since Aeron was a part of McGee, she would feel the coolness of Kenzie's ancient healing technique even though the cloth wasn't directly on her head.

Kenzie took a glass out of the kitchen and filled it with water. She then placed one tablet to McGee's lips. He awoke suddenly.

"K-Kenzie…?" he said, remembering Aeron's description of her, he looked passed her to Tony, "T-Tony?"

"Swallow," Kenzie replied.

McGee did as he was told, and drank some water after the first pill. Kenzie made him take the second pill, and he was forced to drink again. Aeron awoke slowly as the pill began to work inside McGee's body. She panicked when she saw Tony, but remembered that he had an Immortal Conscience, and looked at Kenzie, who was no longer kneeling beside the sofa.

"You're not totally healed yet…" Kenzie said, nodding to her, "Aeron falling asleep at night involuntarily is a sign of sickness, McGee… maybe Aeron forgot…?"

"Sure… we'll go with that," Aeron replied.

"So… she's not really your niece, is she?" Tony finally said after a few seconds of tense silence.

"No… she was just surprised by you when you came barreling after me that day," McGee replied, not daring to look at him.

"No, no. I know what you were thinking. I never allow Kenzie out in public because I'm afraid I'll have to make up some big lie to cover it up…" Tony replied softly.

McGee took a chance and looked up at him, "When did she come to you?"

"A few days after Aeron appeared to you," Kenzie replied.

"Do you have any idea why?" Aeron asked.

"Gil said he had a job for me, and since I was fresh out of training, of course I took it," Kenzie laughed.

Aeron tried to get up, but Kenzie pushed her back down onto McGee's shoulder. "It may be awkward, but you two need to rest, and you need to stay together. It's too dangerous to go into McGee's head right now, but you should at least be touching each other for you both to heal," Kenzie said, as if reading from a textbook, "If you need anything, Tony and I will try to provide it for you," Kenzie told them, looking over at Tony, who took his cell phone out and answered it.

"Hello, Zi-vah! Yeah, he's fine right now… but I think he just needs to rest… I'm gonna stay with him for today… I know… Gibbs will have a conniption, but he'll get over it. I'll call him myself it I have to. Okay, okay. I'll call you if there's any change. Don't tell Abby just yet. You know how she gets. Bye-bye, now."

Tony closed his phone and sat on the armrest of the sofa, "So, Aeron actually fell asleep this weekend?"

"Yeah… I guess I did. I should of at least wondered about the reasons I was so tired," Aeron said, putting her hands over her face, "God, I'm such a dumbass!"

Kenzie grasped one of her hands and squeezed it, "You just forgot. I mean, this is first your real charge, and you graduated training like, what, 20 years ago?"

"20 years without a job?" Tony and McGee asked.

"No… I was computer consultant, remember?" Aeron asked.

Kenzie looked at her, "By the way… there was a whole bunch of files on how controversial you being an Immortal was… why?"

"I committed suicide. Grant it, it was ritual suicide, but still. I had been good all up until then, but… it was tradition for the offender to commit ritual suicide in Japan, and, Mr. Yamamatsu did find me kind of canoodling with his daughter… and I was clearly a girl…" Aeron replied.

"Wow…" Kenzie and Tony said together.

"How about you? You don't look a day over seventeen."

Kenzie grew quiet, then muttered, "I was murdered."

McGee and Aeron exchanged glances, "By who? Did you ever at least get to see his face?"

Kenzie shook her head, "I followed Aeron to Edinburgh, and I got a job as a barmaid there. There was a riot on my street, and my throat was cut. He came up from behind. I never saw him until they showed me a picture at training… you know the one. They show you pictures of your past and tell you 'That's not your priority…'"

"Well, you at least got to see what he looked like," McGee stated. He tried to get up to get something, but Tony this time pushed him down.

"What do you need, McGoo?"

"I was…" he looked down at Aeron, who had poked him, "Right… the Mother Hens won't let me do things for myself. I was thinking I would have a snack… some carrot sticks, or something like that…"

Tony got up, but Kenzie beat him to it, "Not that I don't think your capable, Tony, but we're in need of a woman's touch here…" she went to the kitchen and opened the fridge.

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Once the day was done, McGee and Aeron were feeling a little better after some rest, but as Tony and Kenzie saw, Aeron fell asleep in McGee's bed when Kenzie had insisted they go to bed.

Tony closed the door just a tad and called softly, "Call me in the morning if you're feeling better…"

"Got it… and thanks!" McGee called.

Tony blushed slightly, but followed his Muse to the door. Kenzie smiled at him as she disappeared into his body. He closed the apartment door behind him and started his journey home.

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No smut just yet. And no threat if you don't review. But me knowing you support me as I slowly begin to write smut would just be… really great. (Something to look forward to! McNozzo/Uhhh… Ailnan? Kealsa? (Aeron/Kenzie) smut!)

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