The silence engulfed the entire room, leaving only the sounds of the beeping machines to echo through their ears. Although, Tony could've sworn that his heart beat was so loud that it was bouncing off the walls, leaving an incessant thumping in everyone's heads. "Baby? My baby?" he wondered.

"So does anyone know who the lucky father is?" Brad asked, prying just a little too much.

"If we did, don't you think that we would have called him and at least let him know his girlfriend was lying in a hospital bed?" Gibbs replied in a tone that clearly said 'none of your business.' Silence, pure silence once again.

"Doctor to doctor, when do you believe she can be released?" Ducky inquired, stepping forward.

Brad cleared his throat. "Well she isn't in terrible condition. But just to be on the safe side, probably in the morning."

"Okay. Thank you Dr. Pitt. Now, do you think that maybe you and I could talk a bit more? Maybe you could show me how all of these machines work. I only work with the dead ones so all of this technology is new to me," Ducky requested.

"Certainly," Brad replied, ready and willing to leave the confines of the small room the housed the evil glares of Gibbs.

"I'm going to get some coffee. Anyone want anything?" McGee asked, after the two doctors had left.

"I'll go with you Tim," Gibbs said, walking out the door, McGee in tow.

"Did he just call him Tim?" Tony asked in a daze, wondering if the accident had caused him some hearing problems somehow.

"He is worried," Abby retorted. "Almost as worried as you."

"You knew didn't you?" Abby just sat there, not answering him. "How far along is she?" Tony stared at Kate's sleeping body, breathing in and out slowly.

"Almost two months I think. But she has only known for about a month," Abby answered. "She'll be okay." She squeezed his hand for reassurance.

"Thanks Abby. Umm... can you..."

"No problem," she said before Tony even finished his sentence. "I'll wait outside the door... but will you come and get me when she wakes up?"

"Yeah," Tony told her as she walked out the door. "Wait Abbs!"

"Hmm?" She turned around.

"Are you... is she sure it is mine?"

"Now come on Tony. You know Kate better than that. Give her a little credit. Geeze."

"You're right. I do know her better than that. She's Kate, my Katie."

Abby closed the door and left Tony alone in the room with Kate.

Tony pulled a chair closer to the hospital bed. He could see Kate's chest, rising and falling as she slept soundly on the white sheets. She always looked so peaceful, like an angel.

"I am so sorry," Tony said, taking her hand in his. "That car just came out of nowhere. If I could've stopped or moved you in some way, I swear I would have in a heartbeat. I wish I could change places with you, you be safe. And the baby..." After saying that, Tony felt his voice cracking and tears forming in his eyes. "The baby. My baby. No, our baby. I like the way that sounds." He laughed slightly, wiping away the tear that slid down his cheek. "Our baby," he repeated, still holding her hand.

"I like the sound of that too." Tony was shocked to hear Kate speak. Her voice was soft and weak, un-Kate like.

"Hey! You're awake," Tony said. "Let me go get Abby."

"No," Kate croaked out. "I just want to be with you. Only you."

"But, I promised Abbs..."

"Let me handle Abby. I can take her." Kate laughed.

"Even in this condition?" Tony laughed too.

"Well, I can take you for sure, but Abby... maybe."

"How is Caitlin?" Ducky asked when he returned from his journey around the hospital.

"She's awake. I just haven't been in to see her... yet," Abby replied.

Ducky was about to ask why, but he looked through the small window and saw Kate looking straight into Tony's eyes and his hand rubbing lightly against her bruised cheek. "Ahh, I see. Our dear Anthony is going to be a father. What does Jethro think of this?"

"Hmm," Abby snorted. "He doesn't know... yet."

"That's where you're wrong Abigail. He knows. We just don't know that he knows. Which my dear, is very, very dangerous. We are in uncharted waters here Abby... we've never been in this position before."

Chapter Title- I titled this chapter 'Call of Silence' because when the chapter starts and everything is quiet, the uncomfortable silence. Plus, in the end we are all left pondering how long Gibbs will be silent about whether or not he knows who the baby's father is.