Disclaimer: I do not own anything, the characters all belong to the creator of the show. I just own the idea and the plot for this story. As well as my OCs AJ Gibbs, his wife Amber and his kids, as well as Jason DiNozzo, his wife Maria and their kids. They are mine as well as Mia and Gabriel DiNozzo.

A/N: To Anna – the reviewer from chapter 1, I'm not going to say much, I don't really want to waste my time. All I'm going to say towards the likes of your review and for people out there like you to each their own I suppose, but ever hear of the saying 'If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all.' If you Plus, your interpretation of my interpretation of Tony was totally off. He was treated exactly the opposite of what you said. That is all I have to say to you.

A/N: I am neither a doctor nor do I have technical medical experience, so all the medical related stuff in here is pretty generalized. I do however know quite a bit about staying the hospital as a patient, spent a lot of time as a kid in the hospital. So, I know how scary and confusing the unknown can be. Especially in the situation that the kids in.

A/N: I still looking for three Male OC's one Medic OC, one Point-man OC and one Leader (Supervisory Special Agent) for the CRT. One (the Medic OC) must have a military background in the Navy as a corpsman, preferably green side meaning he goes down range with the Marines on the ground. Think that's about it for this note. Onward to chapter 2.


Goodbye Washington Hello Hawaii

Chapter 2

Tony booked it out of the Navy Yard, not a care in world of what his teammates were yelling at him to stop or to wait. The only thing on his mind were his children and if they were okay. He had to get to the hospital as fast as possible. Tony probably broke half a dozen traffic laws trying to get to the children's' hospital in the area. It was the same one he took Gabe to when he broke his left arm two years ago. Children's' National was one of the best pediatric hospitals in the U.S. Tony wouldn't entrust the care of his children to anyone else.

Tony careened the emergency department bay and all but vaulted over his car. "Sir you can't park there." A nurse exclaimed who was on her smoke break outside. Tony paid her no mind and ran straight into the ED. He stopped the first person he saw and pretty much demanded answers.

"My kids Mia and Gabriel DiNozzo they were brought in about twenty-five minutes ago. I'm their father Mr. Anthony DiNozzo, where are they?" he practically growled in a young nurses' face.

"Sir you need to calm down, if you follow me over here I can pull up their information and tell you where to go." The nurse said.

"Don't tell me calm down." Tony told her angrily fists balled up in anger.

"Sir." The nurse tired.

"No, you have to tell me I'm here now, where are they?" Tony asked her.

"This is a civilian children's hospital. We have rules and regulations and protocols and procedures we have to follow." The nurse informed Tony sternly. She'd looked up his information and found out he was a retired Navy Lieutenant.

Tony took a deep calming breath. He really didn't like hospitals not since Izzy died. "I'm sorry ma'am it's just their all I've got you know and I was at work when I got the call." Tony informed her.

"I understand, I see parents like you come in here all the time, this must a hard time for you and your wife I'm sure." The nurse started typing in information into the computer. Tony stiffens visibly.

"I'm a widower." Tony said softly. Not soft enough apparently.

"I'm sorry sir." The nurse whose name he sees is actually Amelia. Amelia looked up at Tony. "I've got the information you need. Your son Gabriel is currently in surgery to repair the burned area on his right hand and arm. Your daughter Mia was unharmed in the accident, she's the one who called 9-1-1. She saved your sons' life, she is currently on the fifth-floor play room with one of our child life specialists'."

That made Tonys' heart swell. He knew he'd taught both of his children well in that area of what to do in an emergency, and he wasn't there. He'd hoped that it would never have to come to that, but here he was now.

"The PICU is on the sixth floor. I'm afraid since your daughter isn't old enough she cannot stay overnight with you. She must have adult supervision at all times." Amelia informed Tony.

Tony knew even with his situation that the hospital wouldn't budge on letting Mia stay with him and Gabe. It was more of safety for other patients concern than anything else and Tony understood that.

Just tell them who you are here for and they'll check you in and get you settled while you wait on the floor." Amelia informed Tony.

Tony thanked Nurse Amelia and then made his way out of the ED, where he actually ran into Ducky and Jimmy. "I have to move my car, before it gets towed." Tony said.

His mind was racing, burned his boy had been burned, and it was all his fault. He didn't know how bad, but it was still his fault. "No Anthony, I'll have Jimmy move your car, I'll come with you to see the children."

Tony just nodded. Tony doesn't remember entering the hospital or the ride up in the elevator. It was pretty much all a blur until they found the right children's play room on the fifth floor there were three of them apparently. Tony automatically zeroed in on Mia, he was so happy to see that she was unharmed. All his stress, anxiety, and nerves flew out him when he saw her, and was filled with relief. But that relief was quickly replaced with worry again, he saw tear tracks on her face. She'd been crying. SEAL Daddy Tony was bubbling to the surface. SEAL Tony was one thing, and protective Daddy Tony was another, but combine those two and whoever hurt is his kids for any reason would be in for a world of hurt. He absolutely dreaded when Mia would start dating oh wait she wasn't going to date until she was thirty. He once hated to see Abby cry, but seeing that his only daughter had been crying, that dwarfed Abby crying.

Tony called out to his daughter across the play room. "Mia honey, I'm here." Mia heard her dad call her and she practically bolted through the room around IV poles and kids playing. She leapt into her arms and started crying all over again.

The child life specialist a young woman in her twenties with blonde hair named Shelly according to her name tag walked over to them. "Mr. DiNozzo?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm her father, thank you for looking after her, until I got here."

"It was no problem at all, it's my job to help siblings understand what is going on with their siblings who are in the hospital. By the way she thinks it her fault her brother got hurt. I keep telling her, it's not, but she insists it is. I'd talk to her about that. If you need me again, throughout your stay here is my number." Shelly pulled out a small business sized card with her name and number on it.

"Thank you, Shelly, I'll keep that in mind." Tony then turned to his twelve-year-old daughter who was still quietly crying into his shoulder. Ducky was over at the entrance giving the two some semblance of privacy. "Is that true Mia, do you think Gabe being in here is your fault?"

Tony felt Mia nod into his right shoulder. Mia and Tony had moved now to a quiet sitting room just off of the play room. "Yes, dad, it- it is it was getting late, and- and Mrs. Ramirez was asleep and we were hungry." Mia started to explain what happened and how the whole accident occurred. Tony just sat that offering encouraging soothing back rubs, and let her explain herself.

Tony could see where this was going already, but he let Mia finish explaining. "I'm so sorry daddy, are you mad at me, I promise, I'll never do it again, I'll be more responsible you can ground for a month, not allow me to go on the vacation." Mia started to ramble. She tended to do that when she was nervous.

"Mia-Mia honey, listen to me I'm not going to do any of that. I'm not leaving you alone without reasonable capable adult supervision ever again. You or your brother. Until you're at least seventeen." In Tony's mind he was thinking never, but he knew that was possible, he'd have to let go at some point. "Am I proud of you for stepping up and doing what was right to help your brother yes, am I also upset and slightly disappointed that you broke the rules, yes, but I am not mad at you. What you didn't do, that hardly compares to how scared and worried I was, when I got the call, that you and your brother had been in an accident, and I wasn't there to prevent it."

Mia looked up her dad, green eyes rimmed with tears. "R-really dad?" Mia asked.

Absolutely, honey you're only twelve years old, it's partly my fault I started to give you more responsibility at home, and you thought it carried over into when we're not at home. New rule no using the kitchen to cook anything without proper adult supervision. It doesn't matter whose house you're in ours, Uncle Jay's, AJ's, the next-door neighbor, you understand me Mia Isabelle?"

Mia shook her head yes. "Yes, sir."

"That's my sweet pea, now dry those tears and how about we go see your brother?" Tony looked up at saw Gabriel's doctor, Dr. Randall Burd at the entrance of the quiet sitting room, still decked out in blue scrubs and blue OR hair cover. "Dr. Burd, I'm Anthony DiNozzo, Gabriel's father, this is his sister Mia. How is he, how's Gabe?"

"Mr. DiNozzo, your son's surgery went better than we expected no complications, and we expect with the right amount of rest and recuperation your son will make a full recovery. Your daughter's quick thinking to pre-treat the burns immediately may have saved your son from a more severe burn injury."

Tony looked toward his daughter and gave her a small side hug. Wrapping his arm around her. "That's my girl." Tony exclaimed.

"Now, your son is upstairs in the PICU sedated for the pain, and probably won't wake up until tomorrow morning, though you may still see him now, though I'm afraid, your daughter can only stay for an hour, as she's underage." Dr. Burd informed Tony and Mia.

"That's okay." Tony said. "I'm sure any time she's get with him now will be acceptable." Tony told his son's doctor. "Come on Ducky let's go up and see Gabe." Tony called over to Ducky who was waiting by the entrance of the room.

Back at the Navy Yard, Gibbs, Tim, Ziva and Abby. had just been dismissed from Director Vance's office with explicit instructions not leave the building, unless it was a for a case. He would know if they caught a case or not.

Gibbs and his three subordinates all left Director Vance's office. Two looking thoroughly chastised, Tim and Abby and the other two held unreadable expressions, Gibbs and Ziva. Gibbs walked on passed the stairs that led down to the squad room. He gave Tim and Ziva one look, and they knew what it meant. Go down to the bullpen and stay there.

"Abby stay with Tim and Ziva, I know how you get when you're alone in your lab at times like this." Gibbs told Abby gently. After that he continued walking on forward to where neither of three young people knew. Nobody knew what was going on in the bossman's head anymore these days.

Tim and Ziva sit back at their desks, and try and work on the case paperwork, but all they can really think about is Tony and all he left. Despite the way they'd all treated him over the past year. It really was unacceptable, but they never did bother to look any further into Tony's personnel HR file. Especially with Agent Bromstead manning the HR department and her reputation. Were they really blaming another person for the way they treated Tony. They took him at face value, something Gibbs, once said never to do. Not specifically of Tony, but of suspects, or even victim's family members. If they did that they could possibly let a killer run loose. Always check and recheck your facts, was another thing Gibbs always had a habit of saying.

While Tim and Abby were trying to do paperwork, and admittedly failing, Abby was pacing the length of the bullpen, occasionally sitting down at Tony's desk. Just to get back up again and start pacing. It was driving Ziva mad.

"Abby, Abby." Ziva exclaimed at the frazzled forensic scientist trying to get her attention. Abby finally stopped pacing Ziva hardly yelled at her. "Must you continue your pacing it is not helping matters, at all. Gibbs have given us orders, and we must follow them."

"How, how can you say that Ziva, Tony needs us. How can you be so tactless, you liked him at one point? You even apologized for doubting his skills once, but you still treated him poorly."

Abby there is nothing we can do. We have tried calling and Tony has not answered." Ziva told Abby.

"Not being unreachable is one of Gibbs' rules." Abby said a bit dejectedly sitting down in Tony's chair and looking at Tim.

"I've tried calling too Abs, Tony hasn't answered, I've left him multiple messages and texts, he hasn't replied to any of them." Tim explained to the still pouty and frazzled forensic scientist.

"I wouldn't either if I was in his position. I came by to see where Tony was and now I know." A familiar voice commented. Ziva looked up from her paper work at hearing former partner speak.

"Jaecyon what are you doing here?" Ziva asked the black man. Jaecyon McConnell, was a 6'1" 228lbs., Agent full of muscle, and a pension for driving at break neck speeds. He was even a well-trained sniper and spotter. Trained by Gibbs himself.

"I'm looking for Gibbs' he around, I kind of want to give him a piece of my mind?" Jaecyon asked casually leaning on the wall, that separated Tony's desk from the hallway.

"I don't know where Agent Gibbs is Jaecyon he left down the hall after we got out of Director Vance's office. I know he's still in the building just not exactly where." Tim informed his friend.

"Okay then, I'll wait until he shows up." Jaecyon said deciding on what he wanted to do. "I still can't believe he's leaving though, I mean I can't really blame him, he's got family to think about and all that." Jaecyon said offhandedly.

"Tony only showed us who he wanted us to see, what were we supposed to do?" Tim asked.

"I don't know for someone who has a brother is currently serving you're pretty clueless. Not just in any service the same one Tony was in. That's just being a bad friend in my opinion Tim."

Jaecyon had met Trent the other Navy SEAL in Tim's life. He was a pretty decent guy. When he wasn't trying to intimidate Jaecyon out of not dating his baby sister. Trent eventually accepted it and gave Jaecyon permission to date his sister Sarah. She was pleased and so was Jaecyon. They'd both been through a lot after that one case where Sarah was suspected of murder. That had sure been one emotional roller coaster.

"Me, being a bad friend, you're dating my sister." Tim shot back in spite of anything else to say really.

"That has nothing to do with the way you treated Tony." Jaecyon replied. "Look Tim I like you as a person and everything, but as a friend to Tony you were pretty crappy in the friend department."

"I know, I know and I'm starting to realize that okay. But there's nothing we can do to fix that he's gone, he's not coming back." Tim said evenly.

Jaecyon didn't get a chance to reply before Gibbs strode into the squad room. He took one look at Jaecyon and spoke anyway. "Let's go."

"Go, where boss?" Tim had the wherewithal to ask.

"Hospital where else, now come on." Gibbs waved over his shoulder and started to walk toward the elevator. Tim, Abby and Ziva quickly got up and followed him. They'd reached the elevator bank. "You coming Agent McConnell?" Gibbs asked. Jaecyon nodded, and ran after Gibbs.

Back at the hospital visiting hours were nearing an end. Both Ducky and Jimmy were in Gabriel's room with Tony and Mia. Gabe had actually woken up for a brief twenty minutes, and had seen his dad, but all he did was smile lopsidedly, not really all there. Before he dropped back off to sleep again. Tony had told the nurse that when she'd come in to check Gabe's vitals and she had just said that, that was normal, and he should be more lucid and fully awake tomorrow.

Tony was relieved at that he wanted Gabe fully awake, so he could tell him how sorry he was. Gibbs' rule be damned. It wasn't a sign of weakness at as far as he was concerned. Gibbs was such a hypocrite at times too. He actually said sorry to Agent Todd's corpse apparently, who was an Agent before Tony came to Gibb's team. He didn't know how Agent Todd, died, all he knew was that she had.

It wasn't the first Agent death he'd known of either. Agent Dominic Val was the first one he actually witnessed and that was a self-sacrificing death too. Saved Sam's life.

Tony looked down at his watch. It was ten to eight, and all Mia had had to eat was snacks from the vending machine. "Mia sweetie it's time to go home." Tony called gently rubbing his daughter's arm. Ducky and Jimmy had moved to the family lounge, where they could actually talk above a whisper. Plus, they wanted to give Tony and Mia privacy with Gabe, despite Gabe's nurse Anna coming in on the hour every hour to check his vitals. And other such things.

Mm, s'it morning yet dad?" Mia asked sleepily. Tony smiled at that briefly. She always was cute when she first woke up.

"No honey, it's time for you to go home. Or well to stay with AJ, Jimmy's going to go with you to the house and get some clothes and things for you."

"But- dad, I want to stay with you and Gabe." Mia whined softly. Something she hardly ever did unless she really wanted something and it broke Tony's heart. Even if she was six years older and an adult she still wouldn't be allowed to stay overnight. Because she wasn't her brother's guardian.

"Mia, we've been over this." Tony reminded her gently.

"I know dad, I just don't want anything to happen to him, while I'm gone." Mia told her dad. Tony understood that, she was exactly the same when Izzy was in the hospital.

"How about this is something happens, you'll be the first one I call alright." Tony said hoping that would work. It did because she nodded and rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"Not even your boss?" Mia asked.

"No not even Agent Gibbs'll get a call before I call you." Tony assured. It was late Monday night and Tony was officially not Gibbs' subordinate as of three hours ago when 1700hrs hit. That's why he'd kind of laid it on thick back at the office, but it was more heat of the moment then anything.

"Really?" Mia questioned eyebrows raised in suspicion.

"Really now say good night to brother, and you'll see him in the morning."

"As soon as I'm able?" Mia asked hopefully.

"We'll see what AJ's doing tomorrow okay." Tony said. He'd gotten word from Ducky that AJ was actually in D.C. to see his dad. His dad that was also Tony's former boss. 'Yeah this wouldn't make his situation anymore awkward. And it's not like he was going to ask Gibbs to move out or for AJ to move out with his three kids.' Tony first had to call AJ, and tell him what was going on. "Come on Mia we really have to go now, Jimmy's waiting for you."

Mia sighed as she got up and headed to where her dad stood just outside Gabe's hospital room. "Let's cousin Jimmy."

"Sure, thing Mia. Uh Tony your keys?" Jimmy asked his hand outstretched. Tony handed over the keys and the hugged and kissed his daughter good night and goodbye.

Gibbs, Tim, Ziva Jaecyon, and Abby made it to the children's hospital in record time with Ziva driving the Gibbs' truck. Getting into the hospital was easy enough, the three Agents just flashed their badges, and Gibbs demanded rather gruffly to see Special Agent DiNozzo. Abby followed along with the four agents.

The five NCIS employees rode the elevator up to the sixth floor PICU. They were now faced with a secretarial reception desk. Just beyond the desk were the double doors that led into the PICU. "What do we do now boss, they're not just going to let us in there." Tim pointed out rather matter of factly.

"Tim is right Gibbs. They're not, hospitals are like that you know especially children's hospitals. This isn't Bethesda Naval Hospital, you can't just wave around a badge and demand to see Tony uh sir." Jaecyon added.

Gibbs walked up to the reception desk regardless. He was a man on a mission dammit. "How may I help you today sir." The nurse asked.

"My name is Special Agent Gibbs NCIS, one of my employees is currently visiting his child here, and I'd like to see him, my employee Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Jr." Gibbs politely demanded.

The nurse typed some things into her computer. "I'm sorry Agent Gibbs you aren't on the visitor's list, for Gabriel DiNozzo." Sheryl informed Gibbs. "I can call him if you wish, but none of you can go in there."

Abby had started pacing and talking to herself again at hearing the charge nurses' words. Jaecyon was thinking this wasn't such a great idea. Tim and Ziva were just standing there awkwardly, not knowing what to do exactly.

"It's alright Sheryl no need to call me." Tony said as he exited the PICU.

"Ah Mr. DiNozzo, your boss is your boss is here to talk to you." Sheryl informed Tony. There was a quiet room, used to deliver upsetting news or to just warn family members and friends of what they might see in the PICU when visiting in there. That's where Tony went to talk to Gibbs and everyone. He really didn't know why he was doing this, he'd said his piece at the office. He didn't have anything more to say.

He was surprised to see Jaecyon though. He hadn't seen him a few weeks. "I have to say to Jaecyon I'm surprised to see you here."

"You're my friend I stood up for you it's what I do. I wasn't just going to leave you hanging. I'm sorry to hear what happened to Gabe, he going to be okay?" Jaecyon asked.

"He will be his injuries aren't as severe as they thought." Tony told Jaecyon. Then he turned to the other four in the room. "I don't know what you're all doing here? I said all I had to say back at the Yard. And I meant every word." He eyed every single person individually. "Look I know you aren't exactly happy with the way you found out, I'm leaving, but I made a decision that's the best for family, my kids. I get to be closer to my brother, and I haven't been in a long time. Plus, Mia and Gabriel will be able to be closer to their cousins. I'm doing this for them. Everything I've done has been for them. If you can't accept that, then I guess you aren't really the people I thought you were."

"Tony, I'm sorry you're right. I should have treated you better, I realize that now, and not just because of the job you held before NCIS, just as a person in general. That's not what friends do to one another." Tim stated.

"Too late for apologizes Tim, that train's left the station. I tired letting you know who I am, but you wouldn't have that, now would you Agent McGee. Or what about you Agent David."

Did you ever once, stop and think, who made you the Agents you are today? I guess you didn't did you? No, you didn't. You're just former co-workers, because friends, family don't do what you four did." Tony didn't give them time to try and explain themselves. He wasn't sorry for leaving at all, not one bit. Maybe how he left, maybe, but not by much. "Now if you'll excuse me I have a son to go see." Tony said and walked back out the door.

"Well that went really well didn't it Agent Gibbs." Jaecyon asked sarcastically. Gibbs just growled to himself. He really screwed up, and there was no way to get Tony back now. They'd all messed up, but he messed the most.


Well that's it for chapter 2, what did you think was I too harsh on Team Gibbs. Let me know by hitting that review button down below and leaving a comment.