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CHAPTER ELEVEN-
Monday October 11th 2004
Third Person POV
The doors to the Emergency Unit of the Bethesda Naval Hospital burst open as Abby rushed in, having sped over from her lab. She knew she would probably get there before they brought Kate in from Virginia Beach, but she had to be there. As soon as she was in the hospital, she made beeline for the front desk, where two women were sitting; one was speaking on the phone, while the other was typing on the computer.
"Excuse me. Can you please tell me if Special Agent Caitlin Todd has brought in yet?"
The woman typing on the computer looked at her with a strange expression on her face. Abby didn't even notice the woman's look. She got it so often she no longer notices. "Caitlin Todd?" Abby asked again.
"Oh." The woman said, glancing back at her computer. "No, there is no one of that name here?"
"How about Kate Todd?"
The woman shook her head slowly. "No. Did you say she was being brought in?" Abby nodded. "Well maybe she is still on her way in. Would you like to take a seat and wait for her?"
"I can't sit." Abby said. "I've had two Caff-Pows already and my pregnant best friend has been shot. What if she loses the baby? What if she dies? Why won't anyone tell me –."
"Abigail!" Abby's one woman show was interrupted by Ducky as he came rushing over the desk.
"Ducky!" Abby said, enveloping the good doctor into a huge hug. "Oh my god, they haven't brought her in yet Ducky. What if she's not ok? All they said was that she had been shot. Where has she been shot? How bad is it?"
Ducky sent an apologetic look to the women at the desk, before leading Abby over to a chair and forcing her to sit. "Abigail, you know as much as I do. We both spoke to Timothy at the same time and I was under the impression we were going to ride over here together."
Abby's eyes widened in shock. "Oh no, I'm so sorry Ducky. I forgot. I was a woman on a mission. I just had to get here."
Ducky gave her a small smile. "That's quite all right Abby." He said gently. "We're both worried about Kate and her baby."
The doors to the Emergency Room flew open again, revealing two doctors pushing a gurney. "Caucasian female, late twenties, bullet wound to the left shoulder. Patient is in her fourth month of pregnancy."
Abby gasped, standing up. That must be Kate. She barely got a glance at the woman, before she was rushed through another set of doors adjourning the waiting room. She rushed after them, only to be stopped by a nurse. "I'm sorry ma'm but you can't go in there."
"But that's my friend." Abby insisted.
"I'm sorry, but you will have to wait out here."
Abby was about to start arguing, when out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tony entering the waiting room at a slow pace. "Tony." She shrieked, rushing over to hug him, so glad that he was alright.
"Where did they take Kate?" he asked, his voice sounding hollow.
"Somewhere else." Abby answered, pulling away from him. "Tony, what happened?"
Tony shrugged, as Ducky came over. "It all happened so fast." He replied and that was all he said. He felt guilty. Kate shouldn't have been shot, it should have been him.
"Do you want a change of clothes Anthony?" Ducky asked and for the first time, Tony realised that his clothes were covered in blood. Kate's blood and at these words, it hit Tony that Kate and their baby might die. He sunk to the floor, his head in his hands. Abby and Ducky tried to talking to him, but Tony had gone into his own world, wondering how he would survive if he lost Kate.
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Hours passed by. Gibbs and McGee arrived, with McGee bringing a change of clothes for Tony as requested by Abby. It was Gibbs who pulled Tony out of his self-pity and guilt long enough to get him to change. Now he was in clean clothes and had been sitting stiffly in his chair, staring at the doors the doctors had taken Kate through.
It was starting to get dark outside when the doors opened and a female doctor exited and after speaking with one of the women at the front desk, made her way over to them.
"Are there any family here? The doctor asked, looking around. Tony stood up immediately.
"I'm her husband." He said gruffly, feeling a little strange saying it, since they were only married on paper. He wasn't sure how Kate would feel if she knew about this, but the hell with it. He wanted to know how she and his baby were and this was the only way. "How is she? And the baby?"
The doctor smiled. "They're all fine." She said. "Kate has been stabilised and is receiving blood. We checked on the babies and there appears to be no damage."
"Wait." McGee said, ever the investigator. "Babies?"
She nodded. "Yes." She said, still smiling as she turned to Tony. "In a few short months, you will be the proud father of twins."
Tony just stared at her. Twins? Kate was having twins. Two babies. "Would you like to see your wife?" the doctor asked him and Tony nodded, still in shock at finding out he had impregnated Kate twice.
Leaving the others in the waiting room, Tony followed the doctor down the hall to Kate's room. "Now, she is still asleep, but you're welcome to sit with her."
Tony nodded. "Thank you."
The doctor left him alone and with slight hesitation, he entered the room. Kate was lying in the bed, looking very pale against the white sheets. The only sound in the room was her breathing and the beep of machines. Slowly, Tony made his way over to her beside and stared down at her, taking note of the way that her hands were resting protectively over her stomach. Had Kate known she was pregnant with twins? Or would she be as shocked as him when she woke up. Not thinking about what he was doing, Tony reached out towards Kate's stomach and rested one of his hands just beside hers, feeling the small swell that had formed there as a result of their night in Las Vegas all those months ago.
Suddenly, he was hit with a sense of pride. What man wouldn't be proud to find out that two of his boys had made it through the journey? With a sigh, Tony glanced around the room, noticing a chair in the corner. Dragging it over to Kate's beside, he took a seat and hesitantly took Kate's small hand in his larger one.
"When you wake up, I think we need to talk." He whispered softly to her sleeping form.
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A/N: I did this chapter in just under an hour. Yeah me!!!! I hope everyone is pleased. I can't believe some of you thought I would kill Kate off.
