A/N: Hey guys I AM SO SORRYfor the long gap in between chapters. Hopefully now that summer is here I can get my chapters up a lot quicker because I won't be as busy. And I swear I had already wrote the majority of this chapter before the season finale of NCIS aired. But it's kind of ironic that Gibbs was hurt in an explosion, huh? Maybe I'm psychic! Just joking, anyways here's the next chapter in this series of stories.
Chapter 5: Finding Out the Truth
A Doctor finally made it to the waiting room to check on Kate and they ended up rushing her off to be examined, without telling Gibbs or anyone else what was going on.
"What the hell is wrong with this hospital. Don't they believe in telling the family what's going on?" Gibbs shouted
"Jethro you need to calm down" Ducky told him
"Calm down. You want me to calm down when I have all three of my Agents now admitted to the hospital without knowing what's wrong with any of them" he shouted, "I mean what kind of hospital is this"
Everyone was silent, afraid to say anything in front of Gibbs.
"What happened to Kate, Ducky?" Gibbs asked quietly
"I don't know Jethro. She could have gone into labor. Or she could be having some of complications due to stress"
"Could she lose the babies?" Gibbs asked looking at Ducky
"Yes" he answered
Gibbs shook his head before sitting down in a chair and burying his head in his hands. No one said anything else. They all just sat down and stared at each other, hoping for the best for all of their friends.
It seemed as if they had been waiting forever. Finally a Doctor came into the room and everyone immediately jumped out of their seats.
"Are you all here for Caitlin DiNozzo?" he asked looking around at the group
"Yes, how is she?" Gibbs asked
"Well she seems to have gotten too stressed out during her pregnancy and-"
"Are she and the babies going to be alright?" Gibbs questioned
"It's touch and go right now. When I was examining her she told me that this wasn't the first time that she had any sharp pains, but this was the first time it was this bad"
"She never mentioned anything" Gibbs said out loud
"I realize that, and that is very dangerous. We have to keep her heart rate and stress levels down. Because if she gets too excited over something she could go into premature labor. And with any birth that is dangerous, but it is extremely dangerous with twins"
"Can we see her?" Abby asked
"We are moving her to a more comfortable room and getting her hooked up to some monitors so that we can keep an eye on her and the babies heart rates. Once she is settled you can see her one at a time" the Doctor told them
"What about her husband, how's he?" Abby asked
"Her husband's here?" the Doctor questioned
"Anthony DiNozzo and Timothy McGee were admitted to this hospital this morning. We haven't heard anything" Gibbs told the Doctor
"Okay I'll get someone to check on them for you" he told them as he turned to leave
"Did any of you know that Kate had been having problems with her pregnancy?" Gibbs asked as he turned around to face everyone.
Everybody shook their heads no, but Gibbs continued to glare at them, especially Abby.
"Abby are you telling me the truth?"
"Gibbs I swear. You know if Kate were in any kind of danger I would tell you" she told him
"I know" he replied as he sat back down
About twenty minutes later a different doctor came into the waiting room.
"Are you all here for Anthony DiNozzo and Timothy McGee?" he asked, standing in the doorway
"Yes, how are they?" Abby asked jumping out of her chair.
"Well Mr. McGee is in stable condition, he lost a lot of blood from a deep gash in his left arm, which severed some nerves. We did surgery on his arm to repair the nerves the best we could. We won't know how much good that did until his arm is completely healed and he is able to start physical therapy"
"How long will that take?" asked Gibbs
"Anywhere from 4-10 weeks depending on his strength"
"What about Tony?" Abby asked, relieved that her husband, was for the most part, going to be okay.
"Mr DiNozzo is still in critical condition. He lost a lot of blood through his injury on his stomach. He had a punctured lung that must have happened when he was struck in the stomach. We repaired all of that the best we could. We have him on a ventilator to help him breathe, and we are positive that he has some type of concussion, but we won't know how bad that is until he wakes up"
"How long will that be?" Gibbs asked
"To be honest I don't know. All cases are different, but we found that when loved ones are close, talking to them, they seem to recover faster."
"Are you saying he's in a coma?" Abby asked
"No, he's just unconscious as far as we can tell"
"As far as you can tell. What the hell kind of response is that" Gibbs yelled at the doctor
"Jethro-" began Ducky
"Shut up Ducky" Gibbs yelled at him
"Listen Mr.-"
"It's Agent Gibbs, Doctor, and those two men are Federal Agents as well, and you better hope and pray that they pull out of this okoay"
"Agent Gibbs, Mr. DiN-...Agent DiNozzo's injuries are extensive and we've done just about everything possible to make him better, but there's nothing more we can do. Now it's his fight" the Doctor told everyone in the room
"Can we see them?" Abby asked the Doctor
"One at a time" he told them "Agent McGee is down the hall to your left, room 324. Agent DiNozzo is in the Intensive Care Unit"
Abby went in the direction of McGee's room, while Gibbs followed the Doctor to the Intensive Care Unit. Gibbs took a deep breath before entering Tony's room, but he still wasn't prepared for what he saw.
Tony was lying in the bed, machines hooked up to him everywhere with a tube down his throat to help him breathe. His head was completely bandaged up and there were cuts and bruises all over his face. As Gibbs looked down at Tony's chest, that's when he noticed the other tubes coming out of his chest area and draining into two containers under the bed. Gibbs looked carefully at the containers and noticed one was draining what looked to be fluid, most likely from his collapsed lung. But the other one looked to be draining blood.
Gibbs turned and marched out of the room and found the Doctor talking to one of the nurses. Gibbs walked up to him with an angry look on his face.
"What the hell is your problem" he yelled at the Doctor
"Excuse me, Agent Gibbs, calm-"
"Do not tell me to calm down. I have three Agents in the hospital. And you never said anything about Agent DiNozzo having internal bleeding" Gibbs yelled at him
"We have it under control, but that is why we were asking for anybody in the family who could donate blood, because he lost a lot and we need to replace it as quickly as we can to help him regain his strength" the Doctor told him
Gibbs nodded, "What's his blood type?"
"B positive, which isn't rare, it's just with the blood shortage it's made it more difficult to obtain blood"
"So what blood types can donate, besides B positive?" asked Gibbs
"B negative, O positive and O negative as long as his body accepts it"
"I'm O negative, let me donate" Gibbs told the Doctor
"Okay just let that nurse over there check you out to make sure everything is okay with your blood and if everything checks out then you can donate to him"
Gibbs nodded as the nurse led him into a room and drew some blood to test it. Once it had been tested, Gibbs was given the okay to donate. Once he finished donating he went back towards Tony's room and he saw Ducky coming out.
"Ducky"
"Jethro. I've been looking for you. Caitlin has been put into a new room and the Doctor said that one of us could go in and see her. We figured that it should be you" Ducky told him
"Where is she?"
"Room 413"
"She's on a different floor?" Gibbs questioned
"I believe she's in the neonatal ward"
"Okay I'm going to see her. How's McGee?" Gibbs asked as he headed out of ICU
"He looks better than Anthony, but he's still unconscious. Abigail and the Director are in with him now" Ducky told him as they both walked towards the elevators
Gibbs nodded as he got into the elevator. He got off on the fourth floor and headed down the hallway to room 413. When he went inside the room there was a doctor there who noticed him enter the room.
"I'm sorry are you family?" he asked Gibbs
Gibbs looked at Kate lying in the bed, hooked up to all kinds of monitors, but before he could answer, Kate opened her eyes and answered for him.
"Yes he's family" she said with a half smile
"Okay. Well she needs to stay as stress free as possible. So whatever you do don't say anything that will stress her out. I know she is a Federal Agent and I'm assuming you are too, so no discussing work" the doctor told Gibbs sternly
Gibbs nodded to the doctor as he left. Then Gibbs walked up to Kate and stood next to her bed.
"How are you doing?" he asked her
"Fine. How's Tony?" she asked
Gibbs gave her one of his looks, which told her to drop it, which of course she didn't.
"Gibbs I'm going to be just as stressed if you don't tell me, because I'll just lay here and fear the worst" she told him
She reached for Gibbs' hand and took it in her own, giving it a slight squeeze.
"Please" she asked him
He looked at her before telling her everything he knew.
"He has a concussion, a collapsed lung, broken ribs, a few burns, and some internal bleeding. But the doctor assured me that they have everything under control"
"But he's going to be alright?" she asked quietly
"Of course he is, he's DiNozzo" Gibbs told her, which made her smile
"How's McGee?"
"The doctor believes he's going to be okay. He has some broken ribs and a concussion as well. But their main concern is his arm" he told her
"Why?"
"It was cut pretty bad and it severed some nerves which they had to repair surgically, but they won't know if it did any good until he wakes up and tells the doctor if he can feel anything in his arm. And even then the final test will be when he starts physical therapy"
Kate closed her eyes and shook her head before asking,
"How's Abby holding up?"
"I haven't seen her in awhile, but Jen's in McGee's room with her"
"Good"
Kate looked back up at Gibbs and saw that he was staring at her in an almost angry/disappointed fatherly way, which he had become accustomed to doing the past few years.
"What?" she questioned
"Why didn't you tell me?" Gibbs asked her
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me Kate. Why didn't you tell me that you had been having problems with your pregnancy"
"I didn't know it was a major deal"
"Don't give me that" Gibbs said raising his voice
"Gibbs I swear. I didn't even tell Tony, okay. I mean I had a couple of sharp pains a few times, but I thought maybe I had just done a little too much. So I would lay down and rest and then it would go away" she told him
Kate looked up at Gibbs, who had his eyes closed, so she squeezed his hand again. He opened them, his blue eyes staring into her hazil-brown ones.
"You're going to be here for awhile Kate" he told her
"I know" she nodded, "But can't I go down and see Tony" she questioned Gibbs
He shook his head no as he watched her close her eyes tightly and he knew she was trying to hold back the tears. He carefully sat down beside her on the bed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her to him. It surprised him when she didn't fight him, but gave in, letting her head rest on his chest, before the tears started to fall.
"It's going to be okay Kate, everything's going to be okay" he told her as he held her and rubbed her back as she cried
He knew she was exhausted, emotionally and physically. He also knew that she and Tony had been fighting that morning and had never made up or even apologized. So he knew she was blaming herself and if anything did go wrong with Tony, she would never forgive herself.
Kate finally cried herself to sleep in Gibbs' arms. And a few minutes later Jen came into the room and smiled at Gibbs, who returned the smile.
"How's she doing?" Jen asked quietly
"Not too good, but she'll survive" he replied quietly as he carefully laid her back down in the bed.
Then he turned and ushered Jen out the door. They stood in the hall looking through the glass at Kate as she slept.
"How are Tony and McGee?" Gibbs asked
"The same" she answered, "Ducky is with Tony and Abby is still with Tim"
Gibbs nodded, still looking at Kate. Jen reached out and took Gibbs' hand in hers, which got him to turn and look at her.
"They're all going to be alright" she told him confidently
He nodded his head again as he turned and walked towards the elevator, pulling Jen with him, since they were still holding hands.
They took the elevator back down to the floor that Tony and McGee were on. They got off the elevator and walked down to the room that McGee was in. He opened the door and walked in. As soon as he had entered the room Abby flew into his arms.
"It's okay Abby. He's going to be alright" Gibbs told her as he held her. He felt Abby nod her head, then slowly pull away from him.
She looked up at him slowly,
"How's Tony and Kate?" she asked
"They're both okay, considering"
"You better not be lying to me Gibbs"
"Tony's in critical condition Abbs. There's nothing more they can do for him. It's his fight now" he told her
"And Kate?"
"Right now she and the babies are okay. They have her hooked up to some monitors to keep an eye on her and the babies heart rates. They told me she needed to stay as stress free as possible"
"Right. Like that's possible with all of her friends and her husband in the hospital. Sometimes I don't-"
"Abby...Calm down, okay" Gibbs told her as he rubbed her arms.
After Gibbs had comforted Abby, he left Jen with her and then headed back down to ICU to check on Tony again. After spending some time with him he got up to head back up to Kate's room, leaving Ducky alone with Tony again.
"Do me a favor Duck, don't talk him to death, okay" Gibbs said with a smile
"Jethro, that's not an appropriate joke"
"Who said I was joking" Gibbs said before leaving the room
When Gibbs got to Kate's room he found that she was still sleeping. So he pulled a chair up next to her bed and sat down in it. Not two minutes later Kate opened her eyes and looked up at Gibbs.
"Hey" he said with a smile
"Hey" she replied, "How's Tony"
"The same. Ducky's with him" Gibbs told her, "Don't worry I told him not to talk him to death"
Kate smiled, "Gibbs"
"How are you feeling?"
"I feel fine. They should just let me go home" Kate said as she sat up in her bed
"Well that's not gonna happen" he told her sternly, "Now since you're going to be here for awhile do I need to call someone?"
"I guess I need to call my sister-in-law and ask her to keep the kids for awhile"
"Don't you think they're going to want to come see you"
"I wasn't planning on telling them about me"
"Right. That should go over well, especially with Kayden" Gibbs remarked
"What am I supposed to tell them?"
"The truth Kate" he told her as he handed her his cell phone
Kate took the phone from him and dialed Sarah's number.
"Hello"
"Sarah, it's Kate"
"Kate, how's Tony?"
"Well I haven't actually gotten to see him"
"Why not?"
"I was admitted to the hospital as well-"
"What? Are you okay?"
"Sarah I'm fine. I just had some complications with the pregnancy and they want to keep me here for awhile to monitor me"
"You need me to keep the kids for awhile"
"If you don't mind"
"Not at all. Did you want me to bring them up there to see you. Because I don't think Kayden's going to believe anything else I tell him"
Kate smiled as she pictured her son standing his ground until he heard the truth.
"Yeah. Go ahead and bring them to the hospital. I'll have Gibbs meet you downstairs and bring you up to my room"
"Okay"
"Thanks Sarah"
"Anytime Katie"
"Bye"
Kate handed Gibbs his phone before smiling at him.
"You don't mind do you?" she asked
"Of course not. You know how I love to be volunteered for things" he told her
"It will probably take about twenty minutes for them to get here" she told him
He nodded.
"So not to pry or anything, but do you know what the sex of the babies are?" asked Gibbs
Kate smiled and shook her head.
"No, we argued about whether or not to find out"
"I'm guessing Tony wanted to know?"
"Actually no, it was me who wanted to know this time, he didn't"
"Really" Gibbs said surprised
Kate nodded, "Yeah, I told him I couldn't deal with anymore surprises and that we should find out the sex of the babies so we could pick two names and stick with them"
"Interesting. Well have you picked any names?"
Kate smiled again and nodded, "We've picked a couple. But we were trying to decide whether or not to stick with the A and K them or not"
"I see. And did you decide on that"
"No" Kate laughed
"Of course not. Well what names do you guys have picked out?"
"Remember how I told you guys what we were going to name Kayden if he would have been a girl"
"Ava or Caydence"
"Right, well Tony still likes the name Ava, as do I. But I also like the name Kylee"
"Okay what about boys names?"
"Well that's the thing. Tony swears we're having girls" Kate laughed, "Can you believe that. After he thought almost all of our other children were boys. Now he swears we are having girls. So we haven't really come up with boys names yet"
"That is pretty interesting" Gibbs smiled, "So what do you think the sex of the babies is?"
Kate raised one eyebrow as she looked at Gibbs with a sly smile, "Actually I think they're boys"
"Really"
"Yep. Just by judging the way they act in here" she smiled holding her belly, "But I could be wrong"
"Well so could Tony" stated Gibbs
Kate smiled as she looked at the clock, then back to Gibbs, "You should probably-"
"I know" he said as he got up out of the chair and headed out the door.
He met Sarah and the kids just as they were coming across the parking lot.
"Agent Gibbs" Sarah said with a nod
"Sarah, how are you?"
"That depends" she answered
"Where's my mom? I wanna see her" Kayden said as he kept walking past the two adults and down the hospital hall towards the elevator.
"How's daddy?" Annie asked as she looked up at Gibbs
Gibbs reached his hand out to the soon to be nine year old girl and she slipped her small hand into his as they all turned to follow Kayden to the elevator. Once they were all inside Gibbs looked down at the four children.
"Okay kids, listen up. I'm taking you to see your mom, okay. Now she's doing okay she's just hooked up to some machines so the doctors can watch her and the babies better"
"What about dad, can we see him?" Kayden asked
Gibbs shook his head, "Sorry Kade. Only adults are allowed into your dads room"
Kayden rolled his eyes at Gibbs, but Gibbs said nothing to him.
They got off of the elevator on the fourth floor and Gibbs led everyone down the hall, still holding onto Annie's hand as they came to Kate's room. Kayden immediately flung the door open and ran over to his mom. But instead of jumping up on the bed with her, like he had planned, he stopped as soon as he got to the side of her bed.
Kate heard all of the commotion and opened her eyes to look right at Kayden.
"Hey handsome" she said
Before he could reply, the other kids came filing in and Anthony climbed right up the side of the bed and laid down next to his mom. Gibbs lifted Kaylee up on the other side of Kate so she could sit next to her mom.
"Hey there Little-T" she said as she kissed the top of Anthony's head
Then she turned to Kaylee, "Hi Princess"
"Hi mommy" she said, "Can I hug you?"
"I would love a hug sweetheart" Kate told her daughter as she stretched her arms out and Kaylee reached her arms out, wrapping them around her mother's neck.
"What's this mommy?" Anthony asked, holding two sets of wires in his hand that ran from a machine and attached to Kate's stomach.
"Those wires stick to my tummy. That way the doctor can keep an eye on me" she told her four year old son
"Are the babies okay mom?" asked Annie as she stood next to Kayden, beside the bed.
"Yeah, they're okay" she told her daughter
"Then why can't you come home?" she asked
"Well the doctors just want to make sure they're okay. So I'm going to stay here for awhile"
"What about daddy?" Anthony asked as he laid next to his mother, still rolling the wires around in his hand.
"Daddy's going to be here for awhile. But don't worry because the doctors here are taking very good care of him"
"Is he gonna die?" he asked
"What?" Kate asked, caught off gaurd by her youngest son's question.
"Tyler's daddy died when he was two" stated Anthony
"Who's Tyler?" Kate asked
"The boy with the spider man backpack" he told his mom
"A boy in your class?" asked Kate
"Duh" Anthony answered with a giggle
"Anthony's been talking a lot about Tyler" Sarah said with a smile
"So you made a friend?" Kate asked her youngest
Anthony just shrugged his shoulders.
"Well what about the rest of you? How was your first day?" Kate asked looking around at her other three children
"Mom we don't want to talk about school" said Annie
"That just cause you got into trouble and it was only the first day" Kayden said to his sister
"Shut up" she told him
"Guys calm down" Kate told her two oldest children. Then she turned her attention to Annie, "Sweetie is that true?"
"What?" she asked, pretending she had no idea what her mother meant
"Annie"
"Mom" said Annie with that huge DiNozzo smile, "I didn't do it on purpose" she said as she batted her eyelashes at her mother.
Kate couldn't help but smile. She was definitely her father's daughter.
"You didn't do what?" Kate asked
"She released the mice from the science cage" said Kayden with a smile, before his sister could have time to answer.
"What?" said Kate
"I like to think of it as freeing them from the cages of experimentation" Annie said
Kate looked at her daughter slightly shocked, not from her freeing the mice, but from her vocabulary as she explained why she had done it. As Kate looked around she saw Sarah smiling and Gibbs biting back a smile at Annie's comment along with the mental picture of mice running free through a classroom full of nine and ten year olds. Kate burst out laughing both from the mental picture and Annie's comment.
"That's it Annie, I think you've seen the Secret of Nimh way to many times. And I think you need to start hanging out with you sister more, because it's obvious to me that you and Kade have been hanging out a little too much" said Kate through laughter
"Actually I watched a lot of X-Files reruns over the summer and learned a lot of new words" Annie told her mother
Kate continued to smile and shake her head at her oldest daughter. Then she turned to Kaylee who was still sitting beside her on the bed.
"And what about you baby? How was school?" she asked her youngest daughter.
Kaylee just shrugged her shoulders as she looked at her mom.
"Sweetie what's wrong?" Kate asked
Once again Kaylee just shrugged her shoulders.
"Baby" Kate said as she reached her hand out to stroke Kaylee's long dark hair with her fingers.
"I don't want you and daddy to die" she told her mom as she began to cry
"Oh sweetie" said Kate as she pulled Kaylee to her and laid down on the bed beside her as she rubbed her back and carefully rocked her from side to side, "Your daddy and I are not going to die"
"But-"
"Shhh...No buts young lady...Your dad and I are going to be fine" Kate told her youngest daughter as she continued to rub her back.
Kate continued to lay in her hospital bed, Kaylee on one side of her and Anthony on the other, while Kayden and Annie remained standing next to each other beside the bed. A few minutes later Kate's doctor came into the room to check on her.
"Excuse me, didn't I tell you only one visitor at a time" the Doctor said looking from Kate to Gibbs
"Well I think an exception can be made for her family" replied Gibbs
"Visiting hours are over. So I suggest you begin your goodbyes now so this patient can get some rest" the Doctor told everyone in the room
"I thought you said your Doctor was nice" remarked Annie
"Annie" said Kate as she looked sternly at her daughter
"I'll be back in fifteen minutes to check on you. And there better only be one visitor left in this room finishing their goodbye" the Doctor said as he turned to leave the room
"Alright guys you heard the Doctor. Let's say your goodbyes because it's getting late, and we still need to stop by your house to feed the animals and get you some clothes" Sarah said to the kids
"But I-" began Annie
"Annie, do what your aunt says" Kate told her daughter
"Fine" she pouted
"I'm glad your okay Kate. I'll just wait in the hall for the kids" she said as she and Gibbs stepped out of the room
"Okay guys you behave your Aunt Sarah and Uncle Chris, okay. And before you know it your dad and I will be back home" Kate told her kids
"I love you mommy" Kaylee said as she gave Kate a kiss on the cheek and wrapped her arms around her neck
"I love you too sweetheart" she told her daughter as she returned the hug, "I love all you kids"
"Love you too mom" Anthony and Annie said in unison
As Kate let go of Kaylee she reached for Anthony, stealing a hug and a kiss before he could pull away. Then she stretched her arms out to Annie, who immediately entered her mothers embrace.
"Try to stay out of trouble tomorrow, okay" she told her daughter with a smile
"Night guys" Kate said as Annie, Anthony, and Kaylee walked towards the door.
"Night mom" said Annie, before stopping and looking at Kayden
"Are you coming?" she asked him
"In a minute" he told his sister
So Annie, Kaylee, and Anthony left the room with Gibbs, leaving only Kayden and Kate. Kate looked at her son and managed half a smile.
"What's on your mind handsome?" she asked
"Can I sit with you?" he asked as he looked at her
"Of course, comeon" she replied as she motioned for him to join her on the bed
He climbed up on the hospital bed and laid down next to his mother, placing his head on her shoulder and his left hand on her stomach. Her right hand went to cover his left hand and she smiled.
"Do you feel them?" she asked her son about the babies
"Yeah" he answered, "Does that mean they're okay?"
"Yeah they're okay" she told him
"For now" Kayden stated
"What?"
"What if you come home in a couple of days and something bad happens to the babies...or to you" he said, whispering the last part
"Kade I want you to listen to me" Kate told her son, "I'm going to be alright. The Doctors are taking good care of me and the babies"
"You're gonna be in the hospital longer than a couple of days, aren't you" Kayden stated, more so than asked
"Probably" she answered
"Mom don't be mad, okay" Kayden began, "But sometimes I feel it when you hurt"
"What?" she questioned
"Today when Aunt Sarah told us that dad was hurt and in the hospital I knew you were okay. But a few hours ago I got a weird feeling that something was wrong with you...And it scared me" he said as he tried to snuggle closer to his mother
Kate smiled when her son told her that because she knew exactly what he meant. She and Tony had both developed certain feelings over the last ten years and they could usually sense when the other was hurt or in trouble. Kate knew it wasn't uncommon for people who had a strong bond between one another.
"Sweetie why would I be mad at you for that?" she asked her son
"I don't want you to think I'm weird" he told her
"Honey I would never think you were weird" she told him, "To tell you the truth, your dad and I get those feelings about each other when one of us is in trouble"
"Really"
"Yep. It's happened a lot actually. It's fairly common between people with a strong bond"
"Oh...Is dad gonna be alright. Uncle Gibbs said we couldn't see him because only adults are allowed in his room"
"Yeah Kade, he's just hurt pretty bad. But you know how stubborn he is. He'll be fine"
Kayden laughed a little before saying, "Dad and Uncle Gibbs always say you're the stubborn one"
"Oh do they" she smiled as Kayden remained smiling and nodding his head
As Kayden slowly stopped giggling he grasped his mother's hand and said,
"I love you mom, more than the millions of-"
"Stars in the sky" she finished
Just then the Doctor came back into the room and smiled at Kate and the boy.
"Well I see that I got the room cleared for the most part" he said
"I was just telling my son one last goodnight" Kate said as she kissed Kayden's forehead
"Goodnight handsome"
"Night mom" he said as he kissed her on the cheek before sitting up and sliding off the bed
"You better take good care of my mom and brothers" Kayden told the Doctor as he left the room
"Got someone who's pretty protective of you I see" the Doctor said to Kate
"Yeah, he's a good kid"
"I was under the impression you didn't know the sex of the babies"
"We don't" Kate smiled, "Our family just has a bet going on what they are going to be"
"I see" the Doctor responded as he gave Kate one last checkup before he left for the night
Once the Doctor had finished Kate's checkup he left for the night. And not five minutes later Gibbs came back into Kate's room.
"Aren't visiting hours over?" she asked
"They're over when I say so"
"What's up?"
"I know you are going to try and sneak down to Tony's room to check on him"
"Gibbs I wasn't going-"
"So I thought I would come up here and make it easier on you" he said a she cut her off
"And how are you planning on doing that" she questioned
That's when he turned back to the door and motioned for someone to come in. When Kate looked at the doorway she saw Jen come in with a smile on her face.
"Hi Kate, how are you feeling?" she asked
"Tired and Pregnant"
"I bet"
"So we are going to get Jen hooked up to all of these monitors, while you and I take a walk down to Tony's room" Gibbs told Kate
"But she's not pregnant" Kate commented
"No I'm not. But I think it will distract the Doctors long enough for you to see your husband" Jen said
Kate nodded as she and Jen began to carefully unhook the wires from Kate and stick them on to Jen's stomach and chest. After a couple of minutes they finally had gotten everything switched. After Kate had put on a robe, she and Gibbs left the room and went to the elevator. Once they got to Tony's floor Gibbs helped Kate off the elevator and they proceeded down the hall to ICU.
"Kate you have to promise me that you won't get excited or stressed out about his condition, for your own sake, okay. I just think he needs to hear your voice, that's why I'm doing this. Now, I'm going to distract the nurses while you go in there and talk to him" Gibbs told her as he pointed out his room.
Kate nodded as she turned away from Gibbs and walked towards Tony's room, while Gibbs walked up to the nurses station to distract them with his complaints about the hospital.
As Kate looked through the glass at Tony she lost her breath. He looked so helpless and her mind immediately went back eleven years to when he was infected with the Y-Pestis. Tears formed in her eyes as she walked into his room and over to his bed. She pulled a chair up to his bed and sat down in it. Then she took his right hand in both of her hands and squeezed it. Then she leaned forward and kissed his cheek as a few tears slid off her cheek and landed on his.
"Oh Tony" Kate cried, "I'm so sorry...For everything"
She closed her eyes and rested her head beside his.
"I love you so much Tony. And you can't leave me. Do you hear me. Especially not with six kids to raise" Kate told him, "Don't you give up on me DiNozzo, do you hear me"
A/N: I know that was probably a weird place to end it, but oh well. I was having problems finishing this chapter so I gave up. I hope ya'll enjoyed it though. I am going to try everything in my power to get another chapter up next week, because the week after I will be out of state for vacation, but I'm not going to make any promises, I'll just try my hardest. But please review and let me know what ya'll think, because it always helps my ego to know that ya'll like it!