Chapter 10

Morgan stepped in "look Tony" as he watched Tony gently placed Kaitlin in the fir-lined basket between them. She just tried nursing for the first time but wasn't successful. "What am I doing wrong? Is there something wrong with my milk? Does she just not like me? He questioned beginning to panic. "If I can't feed her she is going to starve."

Gibbs rubbed Tony's back in gentle circles. "Honey she just needs some time. This kind of thing is far from abnormal, isn't that right Reid?"

Spencer replied to Tony's anxious question "not sure Tony all the books I read focused on the delivery. I guess we will have to depend on the two with actual experience.

"Tony my man" Morgan chimed in, "she doesn't hate you, she hasn't be around you long enough. You're her Daddy she has to love you, or so my Momma said. Let's let her kinda catch her breath and you can try again, before her lungs get wound up, ok?

At least she seems to like to sleep." Gibbs said with a small smile. "When I was trying to give both of them their first bath things were rather comical. Franklin kept wiggling and trying to slip away from the water while Kaitlin kept kicking Franklin. That could be why he kept trying to get away. He was thinking 'get me away from this crazy Bitch,' "

"I will ignore the fact that you just called our daughter a Bitch and instead laugh at the thought of you trying to give two minute old infants a bath." Tony laughed shaking his head. He looked down at his daughter. "You're just a spitfire aren't you? You want everything the way you want it. You are going to have all the boys in this mixed up family wrapped around your little finger…actually maybe more like your middle finger."

Morgan looked over at Katie, as he had already named her in his mind. "Think you're right Tony. Just looking at the two of you stare at her lets me know you will have a spoiled daughter. "Hey" He continued "I don't think Frankie here is gonna be any slouch in the in the middle finger department either. We can't exactly call him Bastard that is already taken. Hey what about Bruiser? He looks like he's already at a nice fighting weight. I mean he's fatter and longer than Katie. Look Tony, she seems to be rooting around for a nice warm breast try feeding her again."

Katie whimpered looking up at her daddy from her place in the basket.

"I guess I can try again." Tony said as he picked the baby up nervously. He wasn't afraid of the little baby but more the fact that she didn't seem to like HIM very much. Taking a deep breath, he placed the tiny bundle up to his chest and without even a seconds hesitation she latched onto Tony's right nipple and started to suckle. Tony got a huge smile on her face. "See….she's doing it!"

Gibbs smiled, "I knew she would. She just needed to do it on her own time."

Both Spencer and Derek smiled as new fathers looked at their newborns. Yeah these little ones were gonna be just fine in spite of their rugged start.

"You know these little guy's" Morgan said full of pride "are a miracle. They survived a plane crash, living in less than stellar living arrangements, having their Papas deliver each of them, a first bath and now they are each nursing from their Daddy's breast getting the wholesome milk they need to survive. All in all I think we did one hell of a job."

Both couples looked with pride at their newborns. "Yup and we can all have sex again real soon." Spencer made an extravagant sigh as he added "I've missed having sex with all of you for so long."

"That is something I never thought I would hear Spencer so upset about. I mean I know he has sex, I've been a part of it, but It's just funny to hear him talking about it." Tony said as he patted Katie's diapered bum and she continued to nurse. "BUT I too am ready for sex again." He then thought of something. "Wait the only way we can have sex again is if we have protection and we don't have anything like condoms or birth control pills." He had a forlorn look on his face as he said this.

Morgan smirked and said, "wait a minute I have a surprise for ya all." Getting up and running to in to the bedroom, he soon returned with two boxes in his hands and held them up. Two boxes of Trojan Magnum condoms, 48 to a box and pre lubed. "If we're carful think these will last?"

Gibbs laughed but mostly at Tony's reaction not Spencer's. "Hey at least they are prepared. We should have been that smart."

"Well remember we were TRYING to have a baby before we left for this mission. So why would I have condoms? Heck I already knew I was pregnant when we left so again why the condoms?" Tony tried to show why he didn't have any condoms. "AND I didn't think we would be gone more than a few days not months."

"Okay you have a good point." Gibbs said patting Tony's thigh. "Now we just have to wait a few weeks before we can actually have sex again…get your body back to normal."

Tony smirked at Gibbs and then at Derek. "I am sure Spencer and I would like a show…"

"Ok, OK" Derek said interrupting Tony. "We know what you want to see, and we might even give it to ya but NOT before you are both healed. We, at least I know, just how much Spencer will find it necessary as soon as the fun begins again. So as I said we all wait. How long is that time Spence? I'm sure it was written about in one of those books"

"Probably too long." Tony said with a pout on his face. He then made a disgusted face and looked down at Katie. "Kaitlin seriously? Already?" he held the infant away from his chest as possible. "We need to get back to civilization and real diapers because this shirt thing is NOT working."

"You're right Tony but remember our ancestors did it this way". He looked and Derek then LJ "hey guys you think we might make some type of outer covering from those hides to go over the diapers making them a little more shielding to use?"

"I had sisters remember and my mama didn't like those fancy throw away diapers. Come on boy's time for diaper changing duty again. I found a pale we can soak the diapers after we wash them out" Derek \said laughing.

"Okay I have decided she was less messy inside." Tony said rubbing Katie's back as her Papa held her. "Then again morning sickness was rather messy."

Gibbs rolled his eyes "You love her even though she is messy." He smiled and pressed a kiss to Tony's temple. "I love you."

Derek leaned over and kissed Frankie on the forehead then went on to kiss Spencer too. "I love you too."

"After all the time I spent in labor you better."

"Katie will be potty trained at the age one." Tony said with a nod of his head, not mentioning that he himself hadn't been toilet trained until he was almost four. Boy did he hope that wasn't hereditary.

"As I learned from Derek you let me know how that works out for you Tony. If we keep breastfeeding for longer than a year it's very likely the children won't be toilet trained until we stop" Spencer demonstrated once again his superior knowledge, but knew this was not the time to verbalize it.

"Oh isn't that great." Tony pouted but then changed the subject as he watched their two partners working hard in the kitchen. "So we can't even watch them fool around for a while? I could totally go for watching a good blow or hand job."

"Tony you are really incorrigible, but I think we can encourage them to up their time line. Now don't you think it would be advisable to get Kate changed. Oh and you As well?" Spencer grinned at the other man.

"Good idea," Tony said trying to hold the baby up and stand at the same time. He found he was shaky on his feet. "Whoa princess lets try this again." He said putting Katie down and then standing and getting his footing before taking the baby back in his arm.

"Well" Spencer said "Franklin I see you're going to follow everything Kate does. Let's go change us too" said as he copied Tony's way of picking the baby. He headed to the changing table the older men had just finished with loving care.

Tony waited for Spencer to be finished before he and Katie took their turn. "Are you as sore as I am?" he questioned the younger man. "I feel like my ass has been torn to pieces." He said rather bluntly.

"Probably more since my delivery was harder. But it should go away in a few days, a week in the most. Aren't they just the most adorable children in the whole world? I know we haven't seen all the baby's in the world but if we ever do they will be the cutest ever. Tony do you ever wonder if we are ever getting out of here?"

"I think they are the cutest ever and I sure as hell hope we get out of here, especially before the winter comes again. I don't think we could handle another winter especially with babies." Tony looked down at Katie and then over at Frankie "I am sure we will get found though. Somebody is bound to want to use this cabin at some point and then they will contact our teams and families."

"I really hope that's how it works, but I'm just not that confident," Spencer answered. "Maybe we should get ready for another winter here. We did a good job this year and if we start earlier we will have a longer time to get the things we need, since Ro and Derek can get a good start on it."

"You have a good point; maybe starting in advance is a good idea." Tony said hugging Katie to his chest, snuggling in her newborn baby smell.

"What is a good idea?" Gibbs questioned as he joined the boys and gently took Katie out of Tony's arms, wanting some Papa cuddle time.

Derek walked in after hearing the conversation. "So guy's what were you taking about"

Spencer hugged Franklin closer and Derek came over and gently taking the baby in his arms he cooed "there's my adorable little boy. You have the strongest name and you are going to live up to it," Derek pulled the baby to his face and talking as he rubbed his nose into Frankie's belly" so you were saying.?" Derek asked not really listening to the answer, as he was busy with Frankie.

Spencer spoke up "We were talking about getting prepared for next winter just in case we are still here then. It would give us the best chance at surviving next winter.

"I really hope we aren't here next winter but I think you guys have a good idea, being prepared." Gibbs said as he rocked Katie in his arms. She really was the cutest baby ever.

"Well once we get stronger after giving birth to these lovely babies, we will be able to help you two prepare unlike last year when we were stuck inside." Tony said but then smirked. "But it was hot as hell to watch you two 'prep' for the weather." He used finger quotations around the word 'prepped' thinking back to watching Gibbs and Morgan blowing each other in the snow.

"Hey" said Derek "don't compline it was those action's that lead to our current life style. It is the most important thing I'll miss once we get back. Those cozy nights all cuddling together. Those loving moments where we actually had sex all together" Derek's voice causing Spencer to sigh.

"Kaitlin would you stop that!" Gibbs exclaimed as he rocked the fussing baby in his arms. She had been up all night and he was trying to give Tony some rest by rocking her out in the main room of the house. "You are going to wake Daddy up."

"Daddy is already up" yawned a sleepy Tony as he walked over to Gibbs. "Don't worry honey you need more sleep then I do today since you are going out with Derek to do some cutting."

Gibbs sighed, "I hate leaving her here with you like this."

Tony smiled, "I am fine." It was the middle of the spring and both babies were growing big and strong despite their interesting lifestyle.

They turned to see Derek coming out of their room with a fussing baby as well "will I guess these two have to answer each other's call" Derek was followed immediately by Spencer. "Tony I know Franklin ate just a while but maybe they need to eat again," Spencer said.

Spencer sat down on the couch and Tony sat next to him. The baby's feet were taping against each other and both Katie and Franklin began to stop fussing. "Tony" let's try changing off and you feed Franklin and I'll feed Katie. I found when I fed them together they fed better."

"That's a good idea." Tony said as he sat with Spencer and Frankie on the couch. Both babies quickly latched onto their daddy's causing the adults to smile.

"Well she is quiet now maybe that is our cue to leave." Gibbs said to Derek. He saw Katie looking at him as they started heading for the door. "Don't start…" he whispered to her praying she would stay content.

TBC