AN: Hope you like and I know Tony only being 5 years older than Kelly is not correct but I tweaked that a bit for my story line... Please Please review Thanks!
Gibbs was angry and anyone who knew Gibbs would understand just how scary an angry Gibbs could be. Tony had gotten himself shot through a series of very brave but very dumb heroics and now this nurse had the nerve to demand that Gibbs fill out paper work. How the hell was he supposed to know Tony's allergies or insurance carrier he thought bitterly. He had but these questions to the nurse but she had firmly insisted that this was necessary and suggested that he call one of Tony's relatives. He decided to drive back to NCIS to see if Tony had emergency contact information at his desk. He was supposed to be caring it in his bill fold but of course Gibbs thought bitterly he was not. As he drove Gibbs decided on making a new rule about always having emergency contact information with you. He quickly parked his car and walked to the bull pen; he sat and began going through Tony's desk. Gibbs opened drawer after drawer looking for anything that could be helpful but other than the fact that Tony was extremely messy Gibbs had learned nothing. Finally he came to just one drawer left, it was locked but Gibbs easily picked it and began to rummage through it, he was about to close it seeing that it was mostly case files when something caught his eye. A file that said GIBBS KELLY was laying at the top of the stack. Gibbs was furious he was contemplating barging into Tony's hospital room surgery or not and firing him. Finally he snatched the file and slammed Tony's desk shut, he stomped to his car and sat there breathing heavily. At last he opened the file not that he wanted to read it again but he had to know exactly what Tony knew about his past. What Gibbs saw inside the file was not at all what he was expecting he almost dropped the file he was so shocked. Gibbs had seen the results of the DNA test but at the same time he couldn't believe that this Katelyn Geer was his daughter it had to be a hoax or a trick he thought bitterly. Until he saw the photo in the back it was a picture of a redheaded woman holding a baby it was grainy and looked as if it was a photo of a picture on a projector rather than the original copy but there was no mistaking that this was the picture of Shannon and Kelly he'd been carrying around for almost twenty years.
Gibbs never went back to the hospital he didn't think he could face Tony without screaming at him. Deep down he knew Tony had been investigating Kelly's death for all the right reasons, but at the moment all Gibbs could think was that Tony had completely betrayed him. Finally Gibbs got out of his car and returned the file to Tony's desk locked the drawer and tried to make it look as if no one had gone through it. In a daze he drove to the address he'd seen in the file for Katelyn Geer, he pulled up to a white modern looking house with a large yard and parked his car on the opposite side of the road. He wasn't entirely sure what he was waiting for but suddenly he saw a girl with golden blonde hair jogging down the street. He long hair whipped widely around in the wind but he was still sure that this had to be her. He wanted to get out of the car and talk to her but his legs would not do what he wanted, so he simply sat there and watched. The girl stopped at the house looked at her watch and preceded to walk inside. A few minutes later he saw her exit the house with a large curly brown dog, and two people that must be her "parents" he thought almost bitterly. The three sat around a large wooden table and started to play cards as they ate breakfast, he could hear them all laughing and felt a bitter pang thinking that happy couple should have been him and Shannon sitting around playing cards with their daughter.
Kate smiled slyly then she put her ace of hearts down easily undercutting her parents and winning the game. She laughed lightly and playfully nudged her dad "the master loses again!" she said in a sassy tone. He father grinned " Oh Mel dear look at the humble daughter we raised" he said smirking at her. She laughed and hit him lightly in the back of the head before announcing she was tired and needed to rest before time trials the next day. Her parents agreed wished her luck and headed out to walk the dog. Meanwhile Kate walked inside and flicked on the news to hear "..yes there was a shoot out in Anacostia park late this morning a special agent Tony DiNozzo was shot and is currently in critical condition at Washington General hospital."Kate dropped the glass she was holding. It was all so strange she barely knew the man and yet she was almost in tears and already getting in her car to drive to the hospital. She wasn't sure what she could do or why she was even going but somehow she felt like she wouldn't get any rest until she made sure he was ok. It's just because he is Izzy's friend she tried to convince herself, that's why I care so much, but somehow she knew this want true. Tony had been different from other men there was just something about him... Kate pulled herself from her thoughts parked her car and walked through the double glass doors of Washington General Hospital. Once inside she found out that Tony was out of surgery and had been moved from the ICU. "he's doing much better but he is not out of the woods yet" the kind nurse had told her. Kate timidly walked back up to the nurses' station a few hours later "Can Tony Dinozzo have visitors yet?" she asked. The nurse quickly keyed a few things in to the computer "are you a relative?" She asked, Kate hesitated for the space of a heartbeat then nodded "I'm his cousin" she said with as much conviction as she could muster. The nurse nodded and led her down a hallway past a gothic looking girl and a pretty sleeping woman with dark brown hair. Once she entered the room Kate was astonished to see how pale Tony looked. His chest was heavily bandaged and he lay resting but if it hadn't been for the sound of his steady breathing he would have looked quite dead. Once the nurse left Kate took a seat awkwardly in an arm chair she still wasn't exactly sure why she had even come here in the first place, while Tony was extremely handsome she hadn't exactly liked his boisterous attitude it was a bit off-putting .Just as Kate decided she better leave Tony's eyes opened and he groggily said "Kate?" She beamed and walked over to the bed taking his hand "Oh I'm so glad you're-" but she was interrupted the pretty brown haired woman Kate had seen in the lobby had loudly opened the door and now wore a look of complete surprise to see Kate holding Tony's hand. Tony stammered "Wendy what are you doing here."The girl brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes and blushed "I had to make sure you were alright and to apologize for this morning I was completely out of line." Kate cleared her throat "I'll just give you two a minute she said as she backed out of the room feeling very uncomfortable. Before she could leave however Wendy stopped her "wait dear who are you I thought only family was aloud in." Kate blushed "I'm just a friend my names Katelyn, and you must be Tony's friend Wendy-the one who needed the babysitter"Kate replied kindly. Wendy whorled around to stare at Tony "What babysitter? You told her we were friends! What is she then, working late!" Wendy screamed derisively. Kate looked incredulously at Tony "You lied to me." She said accusingly before turning and walking out of the hospital room. As she left Kate could still here Wendy screaming at Tony and passed several nurses rushing to intervene. Kate thought how stupid could I be he is five years older than me he would never be interested in me at least not like that. Then she began to feel guilty she had probably just ruined a relationship for some silly schoolgirl crush, surely Tony would hate her now...
Mike Franks was perplexed he had just had the strangest call from Gibbs about Kelly, he had apparently found Tony's research and even seen the girl, Kate, who was supposedly Kelly. Gibbs was sure that it was Kelly but had said that he never wanted to tell her."She already has life worked out why would I go and ruin it for her." Mike thought Gibbs was afraid which he hadn't previously thought possible he'd never imagined Gibbs taking the cowards way out and had fought him desperately on this issue "Jethro she has a right to know the truth!" he had nearly screamed but Gibbs merely stated that she already had a father and she didn't need another one. Finally however, Mike had consented to make Tony believe the whole thing was some horrible mistake then to never speak of it again. It was not a decision Mike felt good about but after all he, Mike had taken the cowards way out once too when he'd "retired" from NCIS.