Warning! This chapter contains a major character death!

Gibbs noticed a large crowd of people in the ER. As he was leaving with Abby. It was all doctors and nurses attending to a patient whose heart had stopped. As they walked through the automatic sliding doors Gibbs heard one of the doctors call a time of death. Abby looked him in the eyes she looked like she was going to cry. Both felt bad for whoever had just died and their family. Abby was hungry after her exam but the hospital cafeteria was closed. So he took her to the diner. When they arrived he turned his phone back on. He had several missed calls from Ziva and Jimmy. He was confused as to why they would both be calling him. Tony's anniversary wasn't for another few weeks and Breena's wasn't until December. He knew that something must be very wrong. He tried Jimmy first since he had called most recently. The feeling of dread was cemented by the tears on Jimmy's end. He hung up and called Ziva.

"Oh Gibbs good finally."

"I am sorry I was uh busy."

"It's OK I just really need to talk to you."

"Is everything alright Ziver?"

"No... no it's not!"

"What's wrong? Why are you and Jimmy so upset."

"I am so sorry Gibbs but Ducky is dead."

"What?! What happened?"

"I went out to buy diapers for baby Tony and when I got home he was lying on the floor. I guess he tried to call Jimmy. Because I heard Jimmy screaming on the other end of Ducky's cellphone but he was lying on the floor unconscious and unresponsive. Jimmy had called an ambulance I guess from Breena's phone. They got there pretty quick and were able to get him stabilized. I followed behind in my car because they wouldn't let me bring Tony in the ambulance and Jimmy met us at Bethesda. His heart stopped in the Emergency Room. They did CPR but it was too late. I am so sorry."

"The body"

"Jimmy and I are bringing him to NCIS."

"Great"

"Are you OK?"

"Look I am going to drop Abby off at my place."

"Why your place?"

"She and Tim are having problems. She had a bad fall and I had to take her to the doctor. She is fine but she needs to rest and be with the twins."

"OK well I hope Abby is feeling better."

"She is going to be fine."

McGee sat on the floor of the twins empty nursery. He raised the bottle to his lips, took a long sip, and then slammed it back to the ground. He didn't know when he had gotten this bad. He had been unhappy for a long time. He pulled himself up and stumbled down the hall to the third bedroom. The room he used as his office/game room. He picked up the picture that sat on the desk. He hugged it to his chest for a moment and then just held it and looked it. Before he knew it tears were freely falling down his cheeks.

"Everything went to hell after you died." McGee slurred to the picture.

Abby lay on the bed in Gibbs' guest room. She hated herself for letting her Timmy get so lost. It just didn't make any sense to her. Now to make things even worse as they were driving home from the hospital. Gibbs had gotten a call that Ducky was dead. They didn't know anything right now but Jimmy and Ziva both guessed that it was a heart attack. She rubbed her stomach according to the doctor she was about six weeks and everything was going great. She knew that it would be heard being a single mom to three kids under two by herself but she knew that she could do it. Jimmy and Ziva were doing everything on their own and they were actually in worse circumstances than her. Jane had been a single mom for years to four kids and they were doing great. The bedroom door opened and somebody came in and sat down beside her on the bed.

"Abby sweetie how are you OK?" Jane asked.

"Yeah I guess." Abby replied.

"I am sorry about Tim." Jane replied.

"Don't be he is a lost cause and I am better off without him." Abby replied.

"That may be but I know how hard a divorce is. Especially when there are kids involved." Jane replied.

"Thanks" Abby replied.

"Well I am glad the baby is OK and I am down the hall if you need anything but I am too tired and pregnant to be on my feet and awake anymore." Jane replied.

"Oh no go take care of your baby." Abby replied.

Jimmy sat cross-legged on the floor of autopsy. His mentor, his surrogate father, his best friend was dead. In the past year a span of just under twelve months. He had lost his other best friend to cancer, his wife to a car accident, and his mentor to whatever happened to Ducky. The NCIS family had taken a hard hit the past couple of years and Jimmy was just praying for it to end. Being the youngest member of the group. He always knew that there was a chance that he would end up being the last one left. Now it was looking more and more like it was going to happen sooner than he thought. He saw himself not even in his forties burying the last of his work family. Maybe he was just being a pessimist. He had always been a pretty optimistic guy. Until that day he woke up in a hospital bed and Ducky told him that Breena had died. After that he was just another cynical old pessimist. If it weren't for Ben and Delilah he would be Gibbs. Scratch that Gibbs was married with five soon to be six kids. He was the new Gibbs. He heard footsteps on the tile floor behind him and somebody placing a hand on his shoulders.

"I am so sorry Jimmy." Ziva said.

"Thanks I am supposed to pick up Ben and Delilah tomorrow but I don't know if I can now. I have to do the autopsy in the morning." Jimmy explained.

"How about you collect them in the morning and then I baby-sit them until you are ready to pick them up?" Ziva offered.

"You would do that?" Jimmy asked.

"Of course." Ziva replied.

"Wow thanks." Jimmy replied nervously.

"Um I am going to give you some privacy to deal with your friend." Ziva teased.

"No I am going to do the autopsy in the... Oh no! God Ziva I am so sorry! I swear that hasn't happened since Breena died!" Jimmy cried putting his hands over his crotch.

A/N: R.I.P Ducky. Who is McGee missing so bad it is driving him to drink? Poor Jimmy a tragedy and an embarrassing incident. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.

A/N 2: There will be changes to the parings there will now be McGee/Delilah, Jimmy/Ziva, and Abby/OC. The Jimmy/Ziva and Abby/OC may not happen until the third installment but McGee/Delilah will happen in this story.