I wipe my mouth with a tissue Ducky gives me, and take a deep breath, trying to quell the nausea the smell of the body is causing.

"Caitlin, maybe you should sit this one out." Says Ducky, giving me a knowing look.

I take a deep breath and whisper " No. Then they might suspect something. Let's just do this quickly."

"Alright." He nods "I believe the time of death was…"

I bite my tongue to keep from vomiting at the "Squelsh" noise the liver thermometer makes as it enters through the flesh.

"About 18 hours ago." Ducky finishes.

"Great. Anything else?" I ask my voice strained.

"I'm afraid I can't discern anything else here. We'll need to fly him back to the lab for me to figure out anything else."

"Thank god." I mutter.

"Kate, I'm sorry to ask this of you but would you mind helping me, ah, put him all in one spot?"

I swallow the vomit that rises in my throat as I nod. "Sure."

I focus on everything but the guts I am picking up and placing with the rest of the fragments of the petty officer's body.

Unfortunately, I didn't do well enough on trying to keep myself distracted from the smell.

For the last few weeks I've noticed that my sense of smell has become more acute and Ducky told me that is perfectly normal for expectant mothers. Unfortunately, while the talent makes a bouquet of flowers smell like heaven, it also makes Tony's Chinese take out make me want to throw up.

I drop the remaining intestines in my hands onto the body bag, before I turn and vomit mostly bile onto the dirt.

"Caitlin, go sit on that log over there and breathe. I am afraid it is my job as a doctor to stop you when you are so sick." Says Ducky, somewhat forcefully. I can see in his eyes that he is serious, so I pull off my latex gloves, and trudge over to the log and sit. After finishing with the body, Duck comes over and hands me a water bottle and a piece of gum.

"Here. This should help." He smiles, somewhat ruefully at me

Since Tony, Gibbs and the Pilot are all out of earshot, I whisper

"How much longer should morning sickness be?"

"Well, with luck only another two to three weeks, but motion sickness and sensitive smell will probably last throughout your pregnancy." He whispers back, giving me a pitying smile. "Sorry, my dear."

"It's fine Ducky. Thanks." I sigh, and he wanders away

Something tells me that this is going to be a lot harder than I thought.