So far Tony was adoring his new job. He loved everyone of his students and they all loved him. Both Jack and Annalyse were thriving in school and Tali was happy in her new daycare. Tony had been with his new job for just under two months now and the school was in full swing planning for there Fall Festival. It was really a Halloween party but Fall Festival conjured a friendlier image. Annalyse had decided that she would be going as a Marine and Jethro had been kind enough to lend her a few accessories and helped Tony sew a costume. Jack was going as his two biggest fears a zombie dentist. Apparently his friend Rodney's father was a shrink and had told Jack about immersion theory. Tony had found an old doctor's costume and Abby had provided the make-up. Tali was wearing the Pumpkin Costume Jack had worn his first Halloween. Jack had been quite large for a two month old and Tali was pretty small for nearly eleven months. Tony donned a giant pizza suit. It had started as a joke but when a few fifth graders chipped in and bought him the costume. He had no choice but to oblige.

"No see brains are bad for your teeth so I suck them out with the tube and blend them up." Jack explained.

"That's gross." Annalyse laughed.

"When I was a kid zombies didn't worry about such things. They just ate brains." Tony commented

"Well most do that but this zombie was a dentist before he got the virus." Jack explained.

"Do you think zombies remember from before they got infected?" Annalyse asked.

"Probably not but that is very creative Jack." Tony replied.

"Agghhhhhh!" Tali screamed waking from her slumber. She was not as fond of Jack's costume as her dad and sister.

"No Tali it's OK Jackie just has a silly costume." Annalyse assured.

"Agghhhh!" Tali screamed still scared.

"*cough* Here's Bunny *cough*" Tony said stifling a cough as he handed Tali her toy.

"Are you OK?" Annalyse asked.

"Fine" Tony replied.

"You have been coughing for weeks. shouldn't you be better. All of us are better." Annalyse observed.

"It just takes grown ups a little longer to get better." Tony explained.

The truth was that Tony was not OK. All three kids and him had gotten sick three weeks ago. Jack and Annalyse were better after a week and Tali took a week and a half to bounce back. Tony on the other hand just couldn't seem to shake the bug. He had managed to keep up with work but was calling Gibbs most nights to help with the children. Upon arriving at the school Annalyse and Jack hoped out of their booster seats and soon spotted Jethro who was dressed as a farmer and Charlie who wore a pirate costume. Tony had just unbuckled Tali from her seat when a massive coughing fit overtook his body. Farmer Jethro rushed over and scooped Tali out of his arms. Tony leaned hard against the car and struggled to maintain. He ended up sliding down the door of the van and sitting on the cool concrete.

"Abba!" Jack screamed.

"Tony? Can you hear me?! TONY!" Jethro cried.

"Fine just fine." Tony lied finally regaining composure.

"You are burning up. I am going to take you home." Jethro replied.

"What about the kids?" Tony asked.

"The Palmer's are in there. They can keep an eye on Jack and Annalyse." Jethro explained.

Tony had no memory of the drive home. The next thing he knew he was sitting up in his bed the house was pitch black. He discovered a hand drawn get well card sitting on his bedside and a half drunk glass of water. He sat up and greedily gulped down the water. Midway through he started to cough again and most of the water sputtered out of his mouth and all over his bed. The rest went down his throat and into his already irritated lungs.

"Help!" Tony managed to choke out.

Annalyse was the only DiNozzo child home and she had a very important task. She was supposed to keep an eye on Tony while Jethro, Jack, and Tali made an emergency diaper run. Jethro had told her to stay upstairs and check on Tony every few minutes. She had just gotten back from throwing away her dinner plate. When she heard another violent coughing fit come from Tony's room. This time it sounded really scary and she swore she heard the word help. She burst through the door and found Tony sprawled out on the floor, his face was blue and he was hot to the touch. She remembered the talk about health at summer camp. She remembered that she was supposed to make sure the sick or injured person was breathing and then call 911. Tony was breathing but he was really hot and that was one of the things that was a real emergency. She found Tony's cellphone on the table and grabbed it. She dialed 911 and waited.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"My dad is really hot and not breathing right. He's been coughing a lot too."

"Does your daddy have any problems with his lungs?"

"Asthma"

"What does he look like?"

"Blue and pale"

"Are you alone with daddy?"

"Yes grandpa Gibbs is out buying diapers for my sister."

"Where's your mommy?"

"She died"

"I am sorry to hear that."

"What am I supposed to do?"

"What is your address? 1398 Davis Drive."

"An ambulance is on the way. All you have to do is stay with your daddy and make sure that he keeps breathing. Do you know how to do CPR?"

"You push the chest and breathe into the mouth."

"That is very good. Where did you learn CPR?"

"I saw it on TV."

"You sound very smart. How old are you?"

"I just turned seven."

"Well you are very brave and the ambulance is coming but I can stay on the phone if you need a friend to talk to."

"I am OK and I can call back if I need help."

The gut feeling hit Jethro hard when the ambulance sped past him. He prayed that it was not what he thought but the feeling grew as the ambulance headed towards Tony's house. The lights were flashing and Jethro prayed it was a coincidence or kids playing a game. Except he knew it wasn't and sure enough the ambulance was parked outside of Tony's house. He pulled up on the sidewalk, and rushed toward Tony's lawn.

"What happened?" Jethro cried.

"Mr. DiNozzo is in serious respiratory distress. Thank God his daughter was smart enough to call for 911." The medic explained.'

"We just went for diapers. I thought it would be OK. We were only gone a few minutes." Jethro gasped.

A/N: Will Tony be OK? New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.