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Chapter Four: Blown Away
Gibbs got to his feet as soon as he regained himself and ran towards the sidewalk where Tony and McGee had landed.
"MCGEE, DINOZZO" he shouted as he knelt down beside Tony.
He immediately felt for a pulse on Tony and found that he had a very weak one. He then bent down so that he could see if Tony was breathing. He was but Gibbs knew it wasn't good when he heard an unstable shallow breathing. Then he moved to where McGee had landed and felt for a pulse, which thankfully he too had. He then called for an ambulance before bending down to check McGee's breathing. His breathing pattern was better than Tony's, but it still sounded a bit shallow.
"Hang on guys, help is on the way" he said to both of them
By that time the other officer who had been talking to Gibbs got up and ran to where Gibbs was.
"Are they okay?" the officer asked
"No, I called an ambulance and they're on their way. But I need something to help stop the bleeding"
"Oh my God, my partner" he said, turning to the house
"HEY, I need your help. There is nothing you can do for him, he's gone. Now get me some towels out of the back of that truck" ordered Gibbs
The officer ran to the truck and grabbed some towels, then ran back to where Gibbs was kneeling beside Tony. He took two of the towels and wrapped Tony's head in one. The other towel he used to apply pressure to Tony's stomach, which was bleeding profusely. He was afraid that one of Tony's lungs had been punctured by whatever hit him in the stomach, and that's why his breathing pattern was so off.
"Take the other towel and apply pressure to the worst wound on my other agent there" Gibbs ordered the officer
The officer complied and knelt down next to McGee, holding the towel to the side of McGee's head. But he noticed his arm in pretty bad shape, so he took the towel, took out his knife and cut the towel in half, using half for McGee's head and the other half for his arm.
A few minutes later the ambulances finally arrived and the paramedics took over.
"I think this on may have a punctured or collapsed lung, his breathing is very shallow and offbeat and his pulse is weakening" one paramedic told the others about Tony as they loaded him into one of the ambulances.
Gibbs climbed in after them and rode to the hospital with Tony, while the other police officer rode with McGee in the other ambulance.
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Meanwhile Kate was at the hospital interviewing Tyler Bradley's wife, Kathy. They were in the break room talking about the night before his so-called murder when Kate received a phone call from Gibbs.
"Gibbs I'm at the hospital interviewing Kathy Bradley, just like you told me to" she said into the phone, figuring he was calling to check up on her.
"Kate that's not why I'm calling. McGee and Tony are on their way to the hospital-"
"What? Why? Are they okay?" she asked in a panicked voice
"Kate I don't know any details we just pulled into the hospital parking lot"
"Which hospital?"
"The one your at" he told her before hanging up on her
Kate immediately ran out of the break room without a word to Kathy and ran to the elevator. She got in and pressed the down button waiting for the door to close. It seemed like it was taking forever for the doors to close and she lost her patience as she began to punch the door close button and kicking the side of the elevator before the doors finally closed. She was trying not to lose control of herself before she found out exactly what had happened. For all she knew Tony could just be getting stitches. But she knew Gibbs would never have called her if it was something minor like that. She could also tell by the tone of his voice that it was something serious.
She finally made it down to the main nurses station.
"Excuse me, my husband was just brought here, I need to know where they took him" Kate said to woman
"What's the name?" the nurse asked calmly
"Anthony DiNozzo, he's a Federal Agent. He was brought in with his partner"
"We don't have anyone by that name in the computer"
"I told you he just got here" Kate said harshly
"Well hang on let me phone down to the emergency room"
Kate tried her best to be patient with the nurse but she was really losing it and was about to say something when the nurse got off of the phone and turned to her.
"They just took him to surgery. If you go up to the fifth floor there's a waiting room and the Doctor will be there to see you as soon as he's out of surgery"
Kate nodded and went back to the elevator, getting in and pressing the fifth floor button. When she got off the elevator she saw Gibbs standing in the hallway.
"Gibbs" she yelled down the hall as she walked up to him
"Kate" he turned to face her, blood running down the side of his face, "I'm so sorry"
"What happened?" she asked nervously
"The house blew up"
"What"
"Tony and McGee were walking up the path to the house when the officer opened the front door and the house exploded"
"Oh my God" Kate said, her knees buckling beneath her. Gibbs caught her before she fell and helped her walk into the waiting room to sit down in a chair. He knelt down in front of her and looked her in the eyes.
"Kate he's going to be fine. We both know him. He won't give up"
Kate nodded but didn't say anything. Gibbs got up and sat down in the chair next to her. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes before Kate asked,
"How's McGee?"
"He's in surgery also. But I think he's going to be okay"
"Oh my God did you call Abby" Kate asked in a panicked voice as she got up from the chair.
"Yes, Kate calm down, Ducky is bringing her here. They should be here any minute" Gibbs told her as he grabbed her arm and tried to get her to sit back down.
But she just yanked her arm away and was fighting the urge to cry. She was not going to break down in front of Gibbs. She turned to him and saw he was still sitting down and asked what she had been wanting to ask since she saw him.
"How bad is it?"
"What?" he questioned, looking up at her
"How badly is Tony hurt?"
"I think you should wait for the Doctor-"
"Dammit Gibbs tell me, I have a right to know from you" she yelled at him
He looked up at her, "They think he punctured one of his lungs because he was having trouble breathing. He was losing a lot of blood Kate"
"Oh my God" she said turning away from him and letting a few tears fall.
A few minutes later Abby came running down the hall, followed by Ducky.
"Gibbs, Kate" Abby yelled as she ran
"Here Abby" Kate said composing herself as she stepped into the hall from the waiting room.
"Oh my God, are they alright?" Abby asked as she reached Kate.
By that time Gibbs was standing behind Kate.
"They're both in surgery. The Doctor said he'd come talk to us as soon as they could" he told her
"What happened Jethro?" questioned Ducky, obviously concerned for his young friends.
"The house was rigged to explode when the front door was opened. McGee and Tony were walking up the path to the front porch when the on duty police officer opened the front door and it exploded" Gibbs answered
"Oh my God...Gibbs...How bad is it?" Abby asked
"I don't know"
"Don't lie to me Gibbs" Abby told him angrily
"I don't know if anything was wrong with him internally, but he was losing quite a bit of blood from his arm" he told her
"Oh my gosh...Kate" she said turning to her friend. Kate embraced her in a tight hug.
"It's gonna be okay Abby. They're both going to be fine" Kate whispered in her ear. 'They have to be' she told herself.
They all sat around the waiting room for what seemed like hours, but when Kate looked at the clock, it had barely been an hour. That's when she thought about how badly she had treated Tony yesterday and today. He was trying so hard to be a great husband to her through her pregnancy and all she could do was yell at him. And he was being so great with the kids. The kids.
"Oh my gosh, the kids" she said out loud looking at the clock. It was almost time for them to get out of school and she and Tony had promised to take them to get ice cream.
"Kate do you want me to call someone" Gibbs offered
"No, I'll take care of it. I'm going to make a phone call, Ill be right back" she told everyone as she left the waiting room and walked down the hall.
She pulled out her cell phone and hit speed dial six, which was her sister in law Sarah. After three rings Sarah answered,
"Hello"
"Sarah" Kate choked out
"Kate is that you?"
"Yeah"
"What's wrong, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, but Tony...he was hurt and...he's in surgery" she told Sarah as the tears began to flow more freely.
"Oh my gosh, sweetie, is everything-"
"I just need you to pick up the kids...If you don't mind"
"Okay no problem"
"Thanks" Kate said right before she was about to hang up.
"Oh and Sarah"
"Yeah"
"Tony and I were supposed to take the kids for ice cream today and-"
"Not a problem I'll take them"
"No, no, I don't want you to have to do that"
"Kate I don't mind, seriously. Don't worry about them"
"Okay...Oh and don't tell them what's wrong. Just tell them we got held up at work. I want to explain everything to them when I know more"
"Okay"
"Thanks Sarah"
"Sure"
After Kate had hung up she leaned against the wall and the end of the hall and began to really cry. She was so busy letting the tears fall that she didn't hear Abby approach her.
"Kate" Abby said softly as she touched Kate on the arm.
"Abby" Kate said, her hands immediately going to her face to wipe away the tears.
"Kate it's okay to cry. We don't have to be the strong ones, you know. I mean our husbands are in surgery and we don't even know how badly they're hurt"
"I know, but Abbs...I was so mean to Tony"
"I'm sure he understands you're under a lot of stress, with the babies and all"
"But what if he doesn't. I mean there's no excuse for me to treat him like crap"
"Kate he knows you. And he loves you so much, no matter what. You should know that by now."
"I know, but what if...What if he...dies, before-"
"Caitlin DiNozzo I don't want to hear you talk like that. Tony's going to be fine-they both are, right" she told Kate as she took her in her arms this time.
"I was so mean to him" Kate told her as she cried into Abby's shoulder
"It's okay" Abby whispered before she too broke down and they continued to cry into each other's shoulders.
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Meanwhile:
Sarah was at the kids school gathering her two kids along with her four nieses and nephews. She spotted Kayden and Annie standing next to each other and walked up to them.
"Hey guys" Sarah said cheerfully
"Hi Aunt Sarah" Annie said
"So guess what?" she said to the two kids
"Mom and dad couldn't pick us up" Annie speculated sadly
"I'm sorry kiddo, they got held up at work. But I'm still going to take you guys for ice cream" she told them with a smile
"But mom and dad always pick us up on our first day of school, no matter what" Kayden told her
"Honey-"
"No, even if something comes up, one of them always gets us" he told his aunt
"Hi Aunt Sarah" Kaylee said as she and Anthony joined them
"Hey guys, guess what. I'm taking you to get ice cream"
"Where's mommy and daddy?" Anthony asked looking up at his aunt
"They couldn't get away from work sweetie"
"But mom promised she'd take us to get ice cream" said Anthony
"Well I'm going to take you instead buddy"
"I want daddy" he whined, "They promised"
"Anthony don't cry. I'm sure it must have been real important if they couldn't come get us" Kayden told his brother as he put his hand on Anthony's shoulder, "Besides, we still get ice cream"
"Mom's never lied before" Kaylee said looking up at her brother
"She didn't lie Kaylee, or at least she didn't mean to" he told her
"But she promised" she said as she looked down at the ground
Sarah bent down to look Kaylee in the eyes, "Sometimes sweetie no matter how hard we try, we have to break a promise if it's really important"
"Can we call her?" asked Annie
"We'll see. How about we go get some ice cream first" she said taking Anthony's hand
"Okay" Annie answered as they all headed to Sarah's mini van.
Sarah took all of the kids to an ice cream shop not far from their school. After they had all ordered what they wanted, the kids went and found a table to sit at while Sarah stood up by the counter waiting for their order. Kayden walked up to her and stood beside his aunt waiting for her to notice he was there, which wasn't long,
"Need something Kayden?" she asked without looking at him
"Just the truth" he answered looking up at her
She turned and looked down at the boy who shared so many characteristics of both Tony and Kate. The boy, who from the moment he was born, changed his father's outlook on life and children. And also the only member, besides Kate, who could read people like a book, and could sense when something was wrong.
"What do you mean sweetie?" she questioned
"Aunt Sarah I know I'm only nine and a half but I know when something's wrong. And there is definitely something wrong. No matter what happens our first day of school one of my parents always picks us up"
"Kayden-"
"Aunt Sarah I know mom and dad probably don't want us to worry, but it's too late. I want to know what's wrong" he told her, crossing his arms and staring up at her in a very Kate like fashion.
"Listen Kayden, I promised your mom that I would pick you up from school, take you to get ice cream, and take you home with me until she could come get you"
Kayden stood there staring at his aunt until it hit him.
"So something's wrong with dad?"
"What?"
"You said mom called you and she would pick us up, but you didn't say anything about dad" he stated
"Look Kayden don't go scaring your brother and sisters okay. I don't know what's wrong, but your mom said she'd call as soon as she could. That's all I know" she told her nephew as she put both of her hands on his shoulders and squeezed them gently.
Instead of responding he turned around and walked back over to the table where the rest of his family was and sat down with them.
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At the hospital Abby and Kate had regained themselves enough to return to the waiting room. When they did they saw that Jen was now also there.
"How are you two doing?" Jen asked as she walked up to Abby and Kate
They both shrugged their shoulders before sitting down next to each other. They all sat in silence for quite awhile before Ducky looked over at Kate and saw that she had a smile on her face.
"Caitlin, dear, what are you thinking about?" he asked, causing everyone else to look at her.
She stopped smiling and looked around the room at everyone, who was now looking at her.
"I was just thinking about when I found out I was pregnant with Kayden" she told them, smiling again.
This time as she looked around at everyone she saw smiles spread across their faces as well.
10 years ago:
Tony and Kate had been married for two months now. They had just gotten home from work on a hot mid-July day. They were living at Kate's apartment because it was smaller than Tony's and they decided they didn't need that much room since they weren't home very often anyway.
They decided they were going to order some take out, so they both walked into the kitchen where they kept the take out menu's. Kate jumped up on the counter and sat there while Tony read off some different suggestions. All of the sudden while Kate was listening to Tony read the different types of food she got sick to her stomach. She jumped off of the counter and cupped her hand over her mouth as she ran to the bathroom.
Tony ran after her and heard her in the bathroom. He knocked before opening the door and he saw her hunched over the toilet.
"Babe, are you okay?" he asked as he knelt down behind her and rubbed her back.
"I think so" she said as she leaned back against him
"Are you sure because you've been like this all week. Maybe you should go to the Doctor, I don't think it's just a bug anymore" he told her as he kissed the top of her head.
"Tony I'm-" before she even finished her sentence she threw up again.
Tony got up and got her a cool washcloth and patted the back of her neck with it.
"C'mon babe, let's get you to bed" he said bending down and picking her up in his arms.
He took her into their bedroom and pulled back the covers before laying her down and covering her up.
"Tony I'm fine, really" she said sitting up
"Kate I think you have a fever so just stay in bed while I go heat you up some soup" he told her as he walked out of their bedroom and to the kitchen.
The next day Kate was still sick, so Tony called Gibbs and told him about her. He told Tony to make Kate stay home that day and rest, and to make her a Doctor's appointment.
Two days later Tony took Kate to the Doctor where she was told she was pregnant.
"What? Are you sure?" she asked, a little shocked
"Oh I'm positive Mrs. DiNozzo" he told her with a smile
Tony was also in the room with her and his jaw nearly hit the ground when the Doctor told them that.
"But how did that happen?" Kate said out loud
"Well Kate when a man and woman love-" began Tony
"Shut up DiNozzo. That's not what I meant" she snapped at him
"Okay geeze, just trying to lighten the mood" he told her
"How far along am I?" she asked looking back at the Doctor
"About six weeks"
"We've been back from our honeymoon for almost seven weeks" she stated
"Well it's possible you got pregnant on your honeymoon, or it could have happened right after you got back" the Doctor told her, "Well I'll leave you two alone, just don't be too long" he told them as he left the exam room.
Tony turned to Kate with a smile on his face,
"We're going to be parents Katie"
"I know, God help us"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tony questioned
"Well c'mon, we don't exactly have the best qualifications to be parents"
"Why do you say that?"
"Tony there are things you don't know about me. Things that nobody does. And you, you're a big kid yourself. You aren't that responsible and last time I checked you didn't even like kids"
"Just because I don't like them doesn't mean I don't want them"
Kate tilted her head and pursed her lips at Tony.
"Okay so we haven't really talked about it, but no time like the present" he told her with a smile
"Tony-"
"No Kate, hear me out. You're right, I've never really liked kids. But it's because I've never really known how to interact with them. And my parents weren't really the parents of the year. I mean I went to boarding school pretty much my whole life. I always told myself if I didn't like kids then I wouldn't have to worry about having them, therefore I wouldn't have to worry about turning out to be a parent like the one I had"
"Tony-"
"Let me finish. When I fell in love with you I realized that if you ever gave me a chance I would make sure it worked, because I knew you were someone I could spend the rest of my life with. But I also realized something else. I realized that I wanted to give you a family, I knew you always wanted a baby of your own, and I wanted you to have that. And the more I thought about it, the more it occured to me that I wanted that also. I wanted to have babies with you and I wanted to be a dad, the kind of dad that I always wished I had. And I still want that Kate, more than ever. I want to have a real family with you and I'm so excited that we are going to have a baby. Trust me" he told her
Kate didn't know what to say, so she just smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his neck. As he wrapped his arms around her waist she whispered in his ear, "I love you"
He smiled into her neck as he replied, "I love you too"
When they got home Kate went straight to bed without a word to Tony. He walked into their bedroom and saw her curled up in a ball. He went and sat down on the bed beside her.
"I need to get back to work" he told her
"Tell Gibbs I'll be in tomorrow"
"Kate I think-"
"And don't say anything to anybody" she told him sternly
"Okay babe" he replied as he bent over and kissed her on the cheek.
"I love you, if you need anything just call" he said as he got up to leave
"Tony" she said as he was about to shut the bedroom door.
"Yeah"
"I love you too" she told him
He smiled as he shut the door to their bedroom and headed back to work.
Kate showed up for work the next day, feeling somewhat better. Tony begged her to stay at home for one more day, but she of course refused. They still hadn't discussed when they were going to tell their friends, but Kate decided they still had a couple months before she would start showing. She knew that once Gibbs found out he would put her on desk duty and she was definitely not ready for that, she hated desk duty.
About one week later Tony and Kate still hadn't told anyone that they were having a baby. Kate had been doing her best to avoid Gibbs whenever she was feeling sick, and today was one of those days. Gibbs had thankfully gone out for coffee so Kate mad her way to the bathroom. After she had splashed some water on her face she headed down to Abby's lab. Abby saw Kate coming and noticed how pale she was.
"Kate are you okay?"
"Yeah I think I just ate something that disagreed with me"
"It wasn't Tony was it" joked Abby
"Abbs"
"Right. You know I've noticed the past couple of weeks how some days you sneak off to the bathroom. And if I didn't know any better I'd say you were pregnant"
"What?" Kate asked, trying to act surprised, but Abby knew Kate too well.
"Oh my God, you're pregnant aren't you" Abby said gleefully as she began to jump up and down clapping her hands.
"Shhh Abby, keep it down" Kate told her, "Nobody knows, okay"
"Does Tony know?"
"Of course he knows" Kate said obviously
"So I can talk to him about it?" she asked
"No Abby, no mention of it at work, okay" Kate told her friend
"No mention of what Kate?" asked Gibbs as he entered the lab.
Kate and Abby both looked at each other then back to Gibbs, before they answered simultaneously,
"Nothing"
"In that case, Kate we have a body in autopsy, let's go" he ordered as he turned around and headed back to the elevator followed by Kate.
They got to autopsy, where Tony and McGee were already waiting. Tony made eye contact with Kate and he could tell she wasn't feeling well and he wondered if she was going to last five minutes down her, considering the smell.
Ducky was telling Gibbs about the cause of death and the other thing he had found. But neither Kate nor Tony heard any of it. Tony was busy watching Kate to make sure she was going to make it through this, while Kate was concentrating on not throwing up.
Then Tony saw it, she couldn't control it any longer. She cupped her hand over her mouth, turned and ran out of the room. Of course everyone noticed and turned their attention to Tony.
"Oh dear, is Caitlin alright Anthony?" Ducky asked concerned
"I don't know... Boss can I?" asked Tony pointing in the direction Kate had gone.
"Hurry up DiNozzo" Gibbs told him sternly
Tony found Kate in the women's restroom. He went in and found Kate in one of the stalls.
"Kate"
"Tony you shouldn't be in here"
"Well that's too bad because I'm here and I'm not going anywhere" he told her as he got a paper towel, wetted it, and walked up behind Kate, before squatting down behind her. He then began to rub her back with one hand, while taking the damp paper towel and rubbing the back of her neck and her forehead.
"What did Gibbs say?" she asked Tony
"He just told me to come check on you"
"He probably knows"
"Well then maybe we should just tell him" Tony suggested
"Abby knows" Kate told Tony as he helped her up
"I thought you said we couldn't tell anyone"
"I didn't tell her, she guessed"
"Well then, if she knows, then Gibbs probably does too" Tony said as he watched Kate walk over to the sink and wash her face and mouth.
"How about we tell everyone tomorrow morning" she suggested
"Promise?" he questioned
"Promise"
Just as they left the bathroom and headed back to their desks, Gibbs and McGee were grabbing their gear.
"Where the hell have you two been. We know who killed the gunny. Grab your gear and let's go" Gibbs ordered
Tony and Kate grabbed their stuff, ran to the elevator and squeezed in just before the doors shut.
"Feeling better Kate" Gibbs asked her on the elvator ride down.
"Yeah, I'm on this new medicine my Doctor prescribed and it tends to make me nautious" she lied
"I noticed"
Once they got to the house where the killer lived, they split up. Tony and McGee took the back of the house, while Gibbs and Kate took the front.
Gibbs knocked on the front door, but recieved no answer. He knocked again as he and Kate pulled their guns out of their holsters, ready for what was going to happen next. However they were unprepared for what followed. Gunshots began ringing through the air, Gibbs and Kate both diving in opposite directions away from the front door as bullets ripped through it.
Kate pulled herself up enough to look through the front window that was only a couple feet above her and she managed to spot two men with guns before one of the guys started shooting at her again, causing the glass to shatter, falling on her.
"Kate stay down" yelled Gibbs
"I can distract them while you try and get inside" Kate said, while they noticed the gunshots were coming from the back of the house now as well.
Kate crawled along the porch back towards Gibbs and the front steps before she was about to get up and run to distract the shooters. Just as she was about to stand up, Gibbs grabbed her by the arm and jerked her back down beside him just as gunshots came at them again. Gibbs rolled on top of her to try and shield her as much as possible. When he knew the shooters attention had been turned again to the back of the house he rolled off of Kate and looked at her.
"What the hell were you thinking Kate?" he yelled at her
"What the hell were you doing yanking me down" she shouted back
"I'm not going to let you put yourself at risk like that when you're pregnant" he shouted at her
"What? But-"
"How I know is not importnat right now. We need to take these guys down without getting killed or shot" he stated
"What if we all charge in at the same time" Kate suggested as she dialed Tony's number. He picked up after the first ring.
"Kate you okay"
"Fine, we're going to charge on three" she told him
Gibbs had already positioned himself in front of Kate, ready to bust through the front door. Tony was in front of McGee in the back.
They began to count to three simultaneously,
"One"
"Two"
"Three"
All four of them busting through the front and back door at the same time, catching the two shooters off gaurd. Gibbs made sure to stay in front of Kate at all times, before both shooters began to shoot again. Luckily Gibbs and Tony were ready and shot the shooters before of them got hurt.
Once they had made sure the two men were indeed dead all four agents went outsied where their backup and paramedics had arrived. Tony ran over to Kate just to make sure she was okay. Besides some cuts from the flying glass earlier, she looked fine. Tony was just about to suggest she get checked out by the paramedics when Gibbs came stalking up to the two of them.
"What the hell were you two thinking" he shouted at them
"Boss what-"
"DiNozzo were you planning on telling me your wife was pregant before or after she got shot in the line of duty" he yelled at him, causing everyone around the crime scene to turn their attention towards the yelling.
"Gibbs it was my idea not to tell you" Kate told her boss
"Oh well that was just brilliant of you Agent Todd. You better be glad I'm observant or you could be in a body bag right now" he yelled
Tony immediately turned to Kate with a look of concern on his face.
"You" he said pointing to Kate, "Go get checked out by the medics. And you" he said turning to Tony, "Get your ass inside and help McGee collect the evidence"
The trip back to NCIS was driven in silence. Once they got back to the office Gibbs sent both Tony and McGee down to the lab with the bullets from the shootout, so that Abby could make sure they matched that which was in the gunny.
Kate sat at her desk praying that Tony would hurry back up so that she wouldn't have to sit there alone with Gibbs.
"Kate" Gibbs said, turning in his chair to face her desk
"Yes" she answered, not making eye contact with him
"Why didn't you just tell me. You know I became suspicious last week and my suspicions were confirmed today when you got sick in autopsy"
"Then why did you take me to the suspects house?" she asked, turning to look at him
"I figured you would tell me if you knew you might be put in a dangerous situation"
"Yeah well, I wanted to prove to you that it wouldn't interfere with my job. I knew when you found out that you'd put me on desk duty, or force me to go on leave for six months"
"Well it's going to interfere with your job. It already has" he told her
"I know"
"Kate I'm not going to fire you or force you to take a leave of absence. Getting married and having kids is a part of life"
"I know but-"
"No buts Kate. I'm happy for you and I know you've always wanted a family. I don't want you putting yourself in danger just to prove to me you can still do the job. I know you can or I wouldn't have hired you"
"But-"
"Kate I want you to take care of yourself and the baby, so after it's born you can come back to work. Okay"
"Okay"
"Now that we have that settled, don't you ever pull that crap again, do you understand" he told her sternly
"Yes sir"
"Okay then. You are allowed to go out in the field only when I say and only when accompanied by Tony or myself. Then once you start showing you're on desk duty, got it" he told her in a more fatherly tone this time, instead of that Boss tone that he uses.
"Okay"
"Good, now, how far along are you?"
"About six weeks. They baby is due in February"
Gibbs eyes widened as the reality hit him, "That's a long time away"
Kate smiled and nodded her head.
"Well have you thought about any names?"
Kate shook her head as she answered,
"No, we haven't really talked about it"
Gibbs raised his eyebrows at her as well as giving her a half smile.
"It's not like that Gibbs. We just haven't had time" Kate stated
Gibbs just nodded his head as he turned his attention back to his computer screen. Not a minute later Tony and McGee cam around the corner, Ducky and Abby in tow.
"Caitlin dear, I just heard your wonderful news. Congratulations" Ducky told her happily as he gave her a hug.
"Yeah, well I'm still not sure it's a good idea that Tony is procreating" said McGee
Abby and Kate let out a laugh, while Gibbs smiled at McGee's comment.
"Better me than you Probie" countered Tony as he stood in front of Kate's desk.
"Haha" said McGee
"Uh-em" Gibbs let out as he stood up from his desk, "I believe somebody still has a report to write" he said looking at McGee, "Everyone else make yourselves useful, you are still at work, not at a baby shower"
With that everyone dispersed in different directions.
That night while Tony and Kate were lying in bed Kate brought up baby names.
"So Tony, have you thought about any names that you like?"
"Anthony is a good, strong, handsome name" he told her with a smile
"I had a feeling you were going to say that" she laughed, "And if it's a girl?"
"It's definitely a boy"
"Tony you can't possibly know that"
"Well I think it's going to be a boy. And I predict he's going to be just like me"
"God help us all if you're right"
"Hey"
"Seriously, what if it's a girl?"
"Hmm, I like the name Anita or Alanah or-"
"Tony" Kate laughed, "Are you going for an 'A' theme here"
"Maybe" he told her
Kate just rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Well Katie, what names do you like?" he asked looking at her
"Let's see, if it's a girl I like the name Ava-"
"Ha, that's an A name" Tony told her, sitting up in bed excitedly
"Okay but you didn't let me finish" she told him sitting up next to him
"Okay continue" he told her, motioning with his hands to speed it up
Kate shook her head and smiled before adding some more names to the list.
"I like Emma and Caydence also"
"Hmm" Tony said turning his head to the side and raising his eyebrows, "Caydence is a pretty name, kind of unique"
"Ah-huh"
"And if it's a boy?" he asked rubbing his hands together, "Because that's probably the name we will need to use"
Kate rolled her eyes once again as she thought,
"I like the names Lucas and Nathan"
"Mmm, so so" Tony told her rocking his hand back and forth.
"Okay what about Caleb or Andrew?" she asked looking at Tony
"Hmm Andrew is definitely a strong name, Caleb's not bad"
"Matthew?"
"Mmm, not bad"
"Okay well we should each pick our three favorite names, for both sexes Tony, and then we can compare them and pick out which one we both like the best" she told him as she leaned over to her nightstand for a pen and pad.
"Okay" he agreed as he reached for his pen and pad on his nightstand.
They decided they would think about names for the rest of the week and then show each other what they had picked at the end of the week.
During that week both of them discussed baby names at work with Abby and McGee, and Tony was caught by Gibbs when he was discussing baby names with McGee.
"C'mon McGee don't you have any good suggestion. It needs to be something strong and handsome. I mean he is my son, so don't pick any names like Timothy" Tony said giving him the eye.
"Tony Kate's only like two months pregnant and you don't know it's going to be a boy"
"I do so know Probie. Would you like to bet on it?" Tony asked, swinging his chair around, getting up, and walking up to the side of McGee's desk.
"C'mon Probie, what do ya say? Twenty bucks says it's a boy"
"Fine" McGee gave in shaking Tony's hand.
"Now give me some name selections" Tony told him picking up a pad and pen from McGee's desk.
"What about Peter?"
Tony looked at him with a look of disappointment, "That's why it's a good thing I'm the one procreating"
"Then why did you ask me"
"Because it makes my names sound one hundred times better"
"What'd you pick?"
"You really want to know?" Tony questioned, but before McGee could reply Tony had started talking again.
"Okay, well for boys, Anthony"
"That's a surprise" McGee said sarcastically
"Hey" Tony said pointing his pen at McGee, "It's my kid, not yours, so you can't judge me...Timmy"
McGee looked harshly at Tony before Tony continued, "Besides it's a good name"
"If you say so"
"Probie you're going to be wearing your lunch if you don't watch it"
"Please Tony, by all means, continue" McGee said sarcastically
Tony eyed him before continuing again,
"Andrew, and my final one, okay I couldn't decide between Bryce and Brayden"
"Gibbs" said McGee looking at Tony
"What? Probie are you insane I am not naming my kid Gibbs"
"No-"
Just then Tony got slapped in the back of the head.
"This is not a baby name registry. The next person I catch talking about it will be fired. Got it" Gibbs told them
"Got it Boss" they both replied
"Boss I just want you to know, I think your name is-"
"Shut up DiNozzo" Gibbs told him as he sat down at his desk.
"Right" he said walking back over to his own desk.
Without looking up from his desk Gibbs said,
"I don't think Kate's going to go for any of those names, but I like Andrew"
Tony smiled at McGee, a kind of 'I told you so' smile before sitting down at his desk.
That night Kate and Tony sat in bed, both of them with a piece of paper with their three favorite girls names and boys names.
"You first Tony"
"Fine. For boys I like Anthony, Andrew, and I couldn't decide bewteen Bryce or Brayden" he said looking at her
"Oh"
"What do you mean 'oh'?" he asked
"Nothing. I just figured we would have at least one common name"
"Well what were you three for boys?"
"Matthew, Lucas, and Bradley" she told him
"Well the only names I like out of those is Matthew" he told her blatantly
"See, we're never going to agree on anything" she said sadly
"Kate it's okay, I mean we still have seven months before we have to pick a name" he told her
"I know, but I don't want to stress out over names later, I want to do it now, so then we can worry about other stuff"
"Okay well, lets think of something we both agree on. Should we compare girls names?" he asked, looking hopefully at her
"Okay, I'll go first. I picked Ava, Caydence, and Grace" Kate told Tony
"Okay, good, I picked Alanah, Andrea, and Ava" he told her
Kate just laughed and said, "You and your 'A' theme"
"Hey we agreed on Ava. And you know, I really like Caydence also" he told her with a smile
"Hmm, Ava Caydence DiNozzo" Kate said out loud with a smile
"Or Caydence Ava DiNozzo" Tony said
"Well at least we agree on a girl's name" Kate stated
"Yeah, there's only one problem with that"
"What?"
"It's going to be a boy" he told her seriously
"Tony will get over yourself. You don't know that"
"Fine, don't believe me. But when Caydence turns out to be a boy, you're going to have to rethink that name"
Kate didn't respond to what Tony had said, so he turned to look at her and saw that she was deep in thought.
"Yoo hoo, earth to Kate" he said as he waved his hand in front of her face.
"Kayden" she said out loud
"What?" he questioned, slightly confused
"You said if it was boy I would have to rethink the name Caydence. So if it's a boy how about Kayden" she suggested
"Hmm, Kayden DiNozzo. Not bad. However I still think Anthony or Andrew DiNozzo sounds better"
Kate rolled her eyes and then looked intently at Tony.
"What?" he questioned
"What if we play rock, paper, scissors. Whoever wins gets to pick the first name. The loser gets to pick the middle name"
"Why don't we just draw for it" he suggested
"Fine whatever" she said, getting excited
"No, rock, paper, scissors" he said changing his mind
"Fine"
"No-"
"DiNozzo make up your mind" she said annoyed
"Okay, okay, rock, paper, scissors" he said
"Okay, one, two, three" she said before they both went
They looked at each other, Kate had picked paper and Tony had picked rock.
"Ha I win" Kate said jumping up and down on the bed
"I want a rematch" Tony whined
"Nope I won"
"But a rock should beat everything. I mean it can smush a piece of paper you know. It's ridiculous that in a real life situation a piece of paper would trump a rock, I mean c'mon"
"Tony it's a game. Besides I knew you were going to say something like that"
"What do you mean? You knew I would pick a rock?" he asked
"Duh DiNozzo. I figured you'd pick what you would think would be strongest" she told him before smiling again
"Well Katie that's like cheating, so I want a rematch of something different"
"It's not cheating just because I know you better than you know me"
"Kate"
"Tony"
"Kate"
"Fine"
"Okay lets draw for it. Short stick gets to pick the first name"
"Deal, but what are we going to use?" she asked looking around the room
"Ooo, I know" he yelled as he jumped up and ran out of the bedroom
Some five minutes later he came running back into the bedroom and jumped up on the bed, holding sticks of spaghetti.
"Tony"
"What, it'll work. Look" he said as he showed her about ten sticks of spaghetti, all the same length. Then he took one piece and broke it, before sticking it back into the full length bunch. Then he mixed them up and stuck them in his hand.
"Go ahead, pick one" he told Kate
"Question. What happens if neither of us draw the short piece?"
"We keep going, duh. Eventually one of us will get it" he told her sarcastically
"That's stupid. This isn't going to work" she stated as she drew one
"Ha, look I got the short one, I won again" she yelped happily
"What, no way. Not on the first try" Tony commented as he opened his hand and looked at the rest of the pieces, which all happened to be the same length.
"Ha" Kate laughed as she stuck her tongue out at him
"C'mon Kate let's do it again"
"Nope, not gonna happen Tony. I won both times fair and square" she told him with a smile, "Besides, it's not like you don't have any say. You get to pick the middle name" she smirked
"This sucks" he pouted, crossing his arms, "And you cheated the first time, even if it was indirectly"
"Tony" Kate said sharply
"What, it's true. Can't we draw for it please. Just one more try and if you win then I swear we can name the kid whatever you want"
"And you won't complain about it?" she asked, eyeing him
"I promise" he said crossing his heart
"Fine"
"Cool, I'll get the cards" he said as he got up and jumped off the bed, running out of the bedroom.
He came back in a few seconds later with a box of cards in hand. He jumped back up on the bed and sat down Indian style facing Kate.
"Okay, you ready for this"
"You mean ready to kick your ass, again" she smiled
"Haha. You'll be eating those words in a minute when I win"
"Whatever Tony, just draw"
"Okay" he said as he cut the deck and then drew a card out of the deck. He flipped it over so that he and Kate could both see what he had drawn. It was a Jack of Spades, "Ha, beat that"
"Okay" she said as she cut the deck and then drew a card, flipping it over so that she and Tony could see what it was. It was a King of Diamonds, "Ha, told you I'd kick your ass again. I win. It's final, I get to pick the first name, with no complaints from you"
"This is so not fair" Tony pouted
"Ah ah, no complaining" she told him with a smile as she shook her finger at him
After Tony threw the cards on the night stand beside their bed, he leaned up against the headboard waiting for Kate to say something.
"Okay so if it's a girl I'm sticking with Ava Caydence DiNozzo" Kate stated happily, "No wait, Caydence Ava DiNozzo"
"Umm Kate" Tony said interrupting her
"What"
"I get to pick the middle name, remember"
"Yeah, but I can't figure out which name I want as the first name"
Tony rolled his eyes before saying,
"We still have seven months left to decide"
"Okay well which would you rather-"
"Kate"
"What?"
"Relax. I like either or okay. At least we know we have a name if it's a girl, but it's going to be a boy so-"
"Tony will you stop saying that, geeze"
"Okay fine, but what name are you going to pick if it's a boy?"
"I don't know"
"Well since I'm picking the middle name, I'm gonna go with Andrew, because it's somewhat close to sounding like Anthony" he told her
"What? No Anthony" Kate said faking shock, with her hand over her heart
"Haha very funny" he told her, "I'm going to save Anthony for our next son"
"Oh right. First of all who said we are going to have more than one child. Second who said you were going to name it" she stated
"Okay well first of all we can talk later about how many children we are going to have. Secondly if we do decide to have any more, I think it's only fair that I get to name the next one. The first name anyways"
Kate looked at him long and hard for a few minutes before replying.
"Fine, deal" as they shook on it
"Okay, so how about that name" Tony said, as Kate reached over to her night stand and turned off her light, laying down with her back to Tony.
"Hey" he said again
"I haven't decided Tony, we have seven months left" she told him
"Funny Kate" he said as he leaned against the headboard trying to guess which name she would pick.
"I think I'm going to go with Lucas Andrew DiNozzo" she told him
"Kate" Tony whined
"I'm kidding Tony, geeze" she told him as she closed her eyes to go to sleep
Tony looked at her, thinking she would say something else, but she didn't. After waiting a few more minutes he gave up. He reached over to his night stand and turned off his light before laying down on his back, his hands under the back of his head. A few minutes later he heard Kate,
"Kayden Andrew DiNozzo. For real"
Tony rolled over on his side and wrapped his arms around Kate and pulled her close, before kissing her neck.
"I like it" he whispered in her ear, "And I love you"
She smiled as he told her that, before replying,
"I love you too, and Kayden sounds close to Caitlin" she told him with a laugh
"Funny Kate"
"Goodnight Tony"
"Night babe"
Present Day:
"Well Tony was right about it being a boy. I had to pay him $20 for that" said McGee, "Of course he was wrong about it being like him. But then again he did end up with an Anthony exactly like him" he smiled
"Yeah, and Kayden definitely has some DiNozzo characteristics, he just has a lot of Todd characteristics also" Gibbs stated
"If you both liked the name Ava Caydence, why didn't you name Annie that?" Abby asked
Kate laughed before answering that question, "That's a whole new conversation, with a whole other story behind it"
They were all brought out of the past when the Doctor came into the waiting room. All of them immediately stood up, waiting to hear what the Doctor had to say.
"Who here is Mrs. DiNozzo?" asked the Doctor
"Me" answered Kate
"Your husband is in very critical condition right now. We have him stabilized at the moment, but he's lost a lot of blood" the Doctor told her, "I don't know if any of you have seen the news lately, but there's been a shortage of blood around the area. Do you know of anyone that is his blood type, because we need to give him some blood as soon as possible"
Kate looked horrified as she answered,
"The only person I know for sure has the same blood type as my husband is my nine year old son"
"That's not going to work. We need someone who will be able to donate a lot, and that it won't have a bad effect on them"
"Is he going to be alright?" asked Gibbs
"Right now it's touch and go. He has a punctured lung, that's preventing him from breathing correctly-"
"I thought you were in surgery to fix that" said Gibbs angrily
"Sir we-"
All of the sudden the nurses were yelling in the hallway for the Doctor. So without finishing his conversation, he took off out of the waiting room, running down to the doors marked Surgery Area, Access Restricted. Gibbs ran out into the hallway after the Doctor and heard a nurse yell code red, which Gibbs knew wasn't good. As he turned back to the waiting room he saw Kate grab her stomach in pain, so he ran towards her grabbing hold of her just as her knees began to buckle under her for the second time that day.
"Kate"
"Oww, it hurts. Sharp pains" she said clutching her stomach, "Something's wrong"
"Hang on Kate" Gibbs told her as he held her and helped her to the floor as Ducky ran out into the hall shouting for a Doctor.
A/N: Well there ya go, another cliffhanger. I couldn't resist. Hope you liked and I hope I get more reviews than I did for the last chapter. But thanks to those who reviewed, you guys are awesome, and you're what keep me going!