AN: Here is another part of the story. Sorry if I didn't get the names of the Dark Angel characters right. And thanks for all the reviews. You are great guys.
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Part 27
Abby was busy to prepare the wedding. Everything should be perfect for her best friends. And it would be perfect. She had the best ideas for the wedding. And it wouldn't be all dark.
First of all, there was the place the wedding should take place. It wouldn't be a normal church, which was too boring for Abby. But she had the perfect alternative. April was warm enough to have an open-air wedding. Abby arranged to have a priest and a tent at the place she had picked out. The cake and the dinner were also arranged just like the flowers. All Abby needed now, was a guest list of both parties, so she could write the inventions.
Abby went up to the bull pen to look for Kate. "There are the five I was looking for." Abby said when she spotted Kate at her desk, talking to Max. Max gave first Abby then Kate a look telling her 'Why is she looking for five?'
"Abbs, please. We haven't told them yet so please keep your voice down. What do you need?" Kate asked hoping Max would forget what Abby said.
"I need the guest list of both of you. Got them ready?" Abby asked bouncing up and down.
"Not really. Jethro and me, we have an idea who is going to come but there are still some persons we couldn't decide to invite."
"Same problem here. Tony doesn't know about his family. His parents are dead and so is the rest of his family. There are only a few friends from Seattle I'm sure he is going to invite. Well, I don't have any family I can invite. But some of my 'normal' friends will come. Don't panic they are human. We are going to give you a list by tomorrow, okay Abby?" Max asked.
"That's okay. Kate, will Boss-man and you be able to get a list too?"
"I will see what I can do, Abbs." Abby went back to her lab, making more plans for the wedding. Max got on Tony's desk to start the list, just like Kate. Kate's list was way longer than Max' one but both of them weren't finished yet.
Shortly before the shift was going to end the men came back from their case. Gibbs went straight to Kate. "How are you feeling? Were they any trouble?" Gibbs asked, kissing Kate on the forehead.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking and they were like little angels. Not much kicking." Kate smiled back not aware of Max standing behind them.
"Okay, I definitively know something is wrong here. Abby asked about five persons today and even Gibbs is talking in plural. So what's up?"
Gibbs and Kate looked at each other. "Looks like the cat is out of the bag." Gibbs stated.
Kate just smiled. "Tony, McGee would you come over for one moment?" She asked them. When they arrived, she spoke up.
"There is some news we would like to tell you. Yesterday I had a doctor appointment. She did an ultrasound and discovered that I'm pregnant with twins. Actually we were going to tell you after the wedding, but Max noticed we were something hiding. You would be real good in the field." Kate said.
"Well, that's great news. Two little Gibbs." McGee said.
Tony didn't answer, he was just pale.
"Tony, everything all right?" Max asked concerned.
"Everything fine, just a little shocked. I never thought about the possibility of twins. How about we pay Ducky a visit, Max?" Tony was really afraid to become father of twins. Max agreed to see Ducky. She would do nearly everything to make Tony happy.
"Hello Ducky," Tony said entering the morgue.
"Young Anthony and his lady-friend. What brings the two of you down to me?" Ducky asked, just finishing off a body.
"You remember that you offered your medical knowledge, right?"
Ducky nodded.
"Okay, could you please do an ultrasound on Max?" Tony asked.
"Of course I could do that. What I'm looking for?"
"Twins?" Max just said.
"Dear Max, what makes you think about this possibility?"
"Kate just told us about her getting twins. I just want to be sure, you know."
"Well, it runs in the family." Ducky just said preparing Max for the examination. Done with it Ducky explained that their child was very healthy and there was no twin. Tony was really relieved, not that he wouldn't have been happy about this fact, but it would have been too much too soon.
When Kate and Gibbs got home this night, they talked while having dinner.
"Katie, don't you think it's time to give Jess a call?" Gibbs said.
"Because of the wedding? Yeah, I think it's time. She will be thrilled, you know."
"Of course she will. I just hope Charlie can make it to the wedding. You never know where he will be."
"I'm sure he will manage. He loves you and would do everything for you."
"I know and so would I. That's the special connection between twins."
Gibbs got up and went over to the phone. There he dialed the number of his sister-in-law. She answered at the third ring.
"Hello Jessica, how are you?" Gibbs asked when Jess answered the call.
"Jethro, nice that you call. I'm fine. And so is Charlie, he's in Cuba at the moment."
"Cuba? Do you know how long he has to stay there?" he asked.
"Well you know Navy. They never exact with that. I hope he will be back at the end of spring. Why do you ask, Jethro?"
"Actually we are calling to invite you for our wedding."
"You are going to marry Kate! Oh Jethro, I'm so happy for you, congratulation. It's about time. You know Kate is the best thing that happened to you in all those years."
"That's the reason I asked her. Even I said I would never marry again. But it's different with Kate. It's the first time I feel it's the right thing to do. You will come at least? The wedding is going to take place on first Saturday in April."
"April? What a nice month for a wedding. I didn't know you where that romantic or was it Kate's idea."
"It was neither my idea nor Kate's. Abby is planning the wedding. All we have to do is giving her a guest list." Gibbs said, knowing about what would come now.
"What? You let Abby prepare your wedding? Jethro, how could you? You know Abby and you know the way she is, don't you?"
"Jess, calm down! Abby promised it wouldn't be completely dark. And we have to do it; otherwise she wouldn't speak again with us. We did something, Abby hadn't agreed with." Gibbs said grinning. Kate was grinning, too.
"And what would that be?"
"Actually we already got married, without any friends of family. Abby was really disappointed. And to make friends with her again, we allowed her to plan a double-wedding for Tony and his fiancée and the both of us. So you will come?"
"Of course I will come, just to see what Abby got planned. I'm really curious about it. I'll call Charlie so he has some time left to arrange for a leave."
"That would be great. See you soon, Jess." Gibbs said and ended the call.
The next two weeks they spent most of the time preparing the wedding. Abby still didn't tell them what she was about. Both couples finished their guest list and now there were about 75 persons to come. Most from Kate's and Gibbs family and only about 10 persons from Max' and Tony's site. Abby told them that there would be enough space for all of them and even for more guests. The next few days they got calls from the guests telling them they would love to come and would really be happy to see Kate's wedding.
Kate just got to her desk and was about to boot her computer when her phone rang. Calls this early in the morning didn't mean something good.
"Todd speaking." She answered it.
"Hi Katie-bug. I see you are already at work." Gil Grissom said.
"Hello Grissom, I just got to the office. What can I do for you?"
"I received your invitation. After some fight with my supervisor I was able to get a whole week off for the complete team. We are going to do a team holiday to join your wedding. I hope that's okay with you. I would really love to see you for some days." Gil said.
"That would be great. Then you all can meet my friends and teammates. They are really curios about you. So when are you coming?"
Gil and his team was about to come the weekend before the wedding should take place. Even Lindsey was going to come since she had school holidays. When everything was said, Kate put down the phone and sat back in her chair, smiling. Just in this moment Gibbs entered the office. He had to meet Director Morrow for some early meeting.
"I hope you are thinking about me, Katie." He said and went over to her, giving her a kiss.
"Actually I wasn't thinking about you. Gil just called. All of them will be able to come down for the wedding and Gil even managed for them to take a week off. So they are coming in early to spend some time together with us."
"So another man made you smile?" Gibbs asked a hint of jealous in his voice.
"Matter-of-factly, yes. But not about the man himself but the time we are all going too spent. You know what? Don't you think Abby and Greg would get along quite well?" Kate smiled, remembering the young lab-rat of Gil's graveyard shift and about the behavior of Abby. They had lots in common.
Only an hour later Gibbs phone was ringing. He was not really happy about that. I usually meant some case to take care off.
"Gibbs." He howled.
"Hello," the voice said in Russian.
"Michael, my brother! How are you? I haven't heard from you in an awful long time."
"Same goes for you, Jethro. But I'm fine. It's kind of frosty here at the moment but nothing I'm not used too. What about you? I just got a letter, something about a wedding and guess what. You were named as groom. Some mistake?" Michael asked.
"No, that's not a mistake. I'm going to marry in April." Gibbs stated.
"That's sure a surprise. I can remember after your last divorce you told me never to marry again. What happened to that?"
"Well, Kate had happen. I love her, really love her. I have never felt like this before. You have to meet her to know what I'm telling about. You are coming, aren't you?"
"Of course I will come. I really need some break from Russia. And I haven't seen any of my family in a long time. I think your wedding is the perfect opportunity to have a family gathering. Charlie is going to be there, too?"
"Of course and so will the rest of the family. This is going to be great. Our whole family complete. Kate will be shocked to see the bunch." Gibbs said smiling.
"She doesn't have met all of us? Jethro, I'm disappointed. That was usually the first thing you did. Showing your new ex-wife around."
"Well, things are different this time. Katie only met Charlie and Jess. But no-one else. And Jess promised me to bring all of them. What about you. Who will come with you?" Gibbs asked, not being up-to-date with the family matters of his brother. They kind of lost contact over the years. Sure they called from time to time but they never really spoke about Michael's family live.
"Well, how many persons did you calculate with?" Michael asked grinning.
"Well, the planning is not finished yet. So, how many will be with you? I really would love to meet your family."
"Okay, I think we will be about 10 persons. I just hope my grandchildren will be up to travel."
"Grandchildren? We really lost contact, didn't we? I know you have children, but grandchildren. But I will meet them soon. How long are you planning to stay?"
"We all have some free time on our hands. I plan to stay at least two weeks. One with you and your lovely wife-to-be, you know to get in touch with my new sister-in-law. And another week I plan to stay with Charlie and Jess, if that's possible. You know, we have much to catch up. That's okay with you?"
"Of course is that okay with me. I think Charlie will be happy too, to have you around for a bit. You are coming in one week earlier so we can spend some time."
"Will you have time for me? I know how you are one week before the wedding should take place. There is so much to take care off." Michael said, being there to help Gibbs with all previous weddings.
"No problem. A friend of mine, Abby, is taking care off all the preparations. So there will be plenty of time for you. A close friend of Kate is also coming in earlier. We can do stuff together. I'm sure you will like the rest of them. See you next month." Gibbs said and ended the phone call.
Tony was at his desk, trying to finish some of his paperwork. He was really startled when his cell phone began to ring with a tune he hadn't heard in a long time.
"Hello Bling," Tony said, answering the call. The caller-ID had told him that his old friend and personal trainer from Seattle was calling him.
"Hello to you too. So you know my name, but I have no idea who I'm speaking with. I got this number with an invitation to a wedding of an old friend. But you don't sound like her. So I take, you are the groom, I'm right?"
"Yes, Bling. I'm the groom. I'm kind of disappointed that you don't remember me. You spent an awful lot of time with me in Seattle."
"Okay, I know you from my time in Seattle and you are going to marry Max Guevara. Let me guess, you are Logan Cale?" Bling said.
"That's right. I'm Logan Cale but I changed my name when I left Seattle two years ago. It would be Anthony DiNozzo now. It's good to hear your voice, old friend." Tony said, leaning back in his seat.
"Same goes here. So you are really going to marry Max? I can remember a time you told me there was nothing between the two of you. What happened?"
"That's a very long story. We were apart for two years and finally got together and nothing is going to take us apart ever again. You are going to come, aren't you?"
"Well, I think I could manage that. I would love to see you both again. I missed you; even you were a pain-in-the-ass sometimes. Can I bring someone with me?"
"Of course you can. I'll tell Abby that you are coming with someone. Can I ask who is coming with you?"
"Still curious, aren't you? But I will tell you. I'm going to bring my wife."
"You are married? I never thought that would happen to you." Tony said surprised.
"You are the right one to tell me. If I remember correctly, the last time you were with Max, you nearly got killed. Are you sure about what are you doing? Not that I would try to tell you off your plans."
"I'm more than sure. We found a solution for this little problem and everything is fine now. Actually it couldn't be any better. I'm marrying Max, the love of my life. We are going to live together and nothing will do us apart ever again. The past two years without her were the saddest years in my life. And I will see you again. What could a guy want more than this?" Tony asked his friend and smiled.
"Probably nothing. I'm really looking forward to see you, you know. I really missed you. How are your workouts? Found someone how could cope with you long enough to establish a workout plan?" Bling laughed, remembered the way Logan had tried to avoid his training.
"All I can tell you is you will be surprised. But you were the best and the only one who could cope with me. But you will see yourself in a while."
"Yeah, I'll see you soon. Tell Max I said hello and I'm really happy for the two of you. Good-bye Tony."
Tony flipped his cell close and was about to put it away when it was ringing again. This time he didn't look at the caller-ID, assuming that Bling had forgotten to tell him something and was calling again.
"Bling, you forgot something," Tony said answering the phone.
"This is not Bling. This is Detective Matt Sung of Seattle PD." The caller identified himself.
"Matt, had been an awful long time, hasn't it?"
"I could answer you that question if I got your name? I don't remember you at the moment."
"What happened to my closest friends that they don't remember me? I have helped you very often and so did you. Does 'Eyes Only' ring a bell?"
"'Eyes Only'? I haven't heard that name for quite some time. Does he still exist?"
"Sometimes, he still does some work but he has gone to hideout. Nobody knows where he is. So do you now remember who I am?" Tony asked.
"You mentioned 'Eyes Only', and there is only one person who knows about my contact with him. And that would be Logan Cale."
"You got 100 points."
"Logan, where have you been? You left without notice and nobody was able to get in contact with you. And we could have used your help from time to time. I looked up your name, but I wasn't able to find you. Where have you been? How are you? And why did you left?" Matt asked.
"Whoa, that are an awful lot of questions but I'm going to answer them. I left because of private reasons, Max being one of them. I'm fine; actually it couldn't be any better at the moment. I have a very nice workplace, nice friends and my wife to be. At the moment I'm living in DC, where I got when I left Seattle. I'm working with NCIS and it's really great. Much better than freelancer writer. And the reason why you didn't find me is really easy. I changed my name when I moved up here, trying to start a whole new life. Anthony DiNozzo would it be now. Enough answers for the moment? I take you got the invention?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, I got it just a few hours ago. I was really surprises to see that Max is going to get married. At this time I didn't know it was you she will marry. You know that she came to me after you left to search for you, don't you?"
"No, I didn't know that. Max found me about five months ago, when some of her friends were missing. I never knew that she was looking for me." Tony said.
"The week after you left, she came to me and asked me for help. You know, being a cop I could do something to find you. But Logan Cale was never registered at any other city. Max tried everything she could to find you."
"One week, you said? When I left I told her that she needed some time to find out what she would like to do with her life. That was the reason why I left. I just wanted her to be sure about us, not wanting to rush her into something she would regret sometime later. I told her, she would find me when she was ready to face me again. I didn't think that she would start to look for me after just one week."
"She was in love with you from the beginning. Everyone could see it, just the two of you not. But I think you sorted that out, after all, you are going to marry."
"Yeah, we sorted your problems out and we are very happy about that fact. About the wedding, you are coming, aren't you? I would really like to see you again. Bling is coming. Just like in old times back in Seattle."
"Of course I'm coming. That's the reason I'm calling. I'm really happy for you. See you soon."
Again Tony was flipping his cell close and this time it didn't start ringing again. During one of his calls Max had entered the office, together with Kate and Abby. The three of them had been down to the lab, making some more planes for the wedding.
"Why are you smiling like this, DiNozzo? Got a call from one of your former girl-friends?" Kate asked, seeing Tony grinning.
"No girl-friend, Kate. Max is the only one important to me but it was someone from my past. A cop I used to work with in Seattle and my former bodyguard and trainer." Tony explained.
"Oh, Matt and Bling called. Are they coming?" Max asked excited.
"Yes, they are both coming. Bling is bringing his wife. Did you know he got married?"
"No, I haven't been in contact with him since you left. Bling moved away from Seattle."
"But you have been in contact with Matt. He told me, Max. You only needed one week, I'm touched." Tony said kissing her.
"Well, what shall I say? After reaching my life's goal you were the only thing important to me besides my friends and Jam Pony. But I didn't find you earlier, Tony."
"Well, now I know that I made a big mistake when I left Seattle. Or maybe it was just the fact that I changed my name that was the mistake. We could have been together for the last two years, Max."
"No, I think it was a good think you left. Don't get me wrong, I missed you big time. But if you hadn't left back then you wouldn't have found Abby. You would still have to use the wheelchair, not that it would matter to me. But Abby got ride of the virus and that is the reason we can be together now. Without Abbs we couldn't do that. See, it was a good thing you left."
"Well, when you look at it this way, you are right. But nothing is going to part us ever again. You are stick with me for the rest of your life." Tony said.
"I really like that. The rest of our life, being a real family. All my dreams come true."
Near the end of the shift Max' cell was ringing. The caller-ID told her it was her best friend.
"Hey Boo." Max greeted OC.
"Max, you finally set a date. And this soon."
"Well, a friend is taking care of the planning and she said it would fit perfect for what she had planned. You are all coming, aren't you?"
"Of course, we are coming. Normal will freak out when about one third of his team is away, but who cares. You are getting married just once. You are happy up there?" OC asked.
"I'm really happy even I miss you and the others terrible. But my place is with Tony. How is the new crib?"
"It's really great there, no policemen to bribe, running hot water and electricity. What can you ask more for?"
"That's good. I'm happy that you like it. Well, Tony has no use for it anyway. He's gonna send you his private jet, so you don't have to worry about a flight up here. It's so great that you are coming. Then you can meet all the other persons in my life." Max said.
"And it will be good to see you again. Seattle isn't the same without you. See you soon."
With all calls finished the day was nearly to end. The men had just come back from an investigation. Tony went to Max' desk and sat down on the edge.
"Max, how are you?" Tony asked.
"I'm fine, but I can tell that you want something from me. So spell your guts." Max said.
"Well, I was thinking."
"Normally that is not a good sign." Kate said, listening to the conversation next to Max' desk.
Tony shot Kate an evil look before he continued his conversation with Max. "So I was thinking about the wedding. There is one person I would like to invite. But I don't know what you are feeling about it."
"Who is it, Tony?"
"Asha. I know, you don't like her that much, but she is a good friend of mine. And you know that there was never anything between us. I was just jealous because you said you had a thing with Alec. But that with Asha was never something romantic. We had just a working friendship, like the way we had at the beginning minus the feelings we had for each other." Tony explained not really sure how Max would react.
"I can't believe it. Tony was near a woman, but not that near." Kate said, getting ready to leave.
"I told you that was just a cover. Since I moved to DC I never had a relationship, let alone an affair." Tony answered Kate. Then he addressed Max.
"So, what do you think?"
"Of course you can invite Asha. It's not like that I don't like her. I was just jealous, too. You know, she was able to get near to you and I couldn't. She got that what I couldn't get. But I would like to see her again, now I got you." Max said grinning.
TBC…
Did you like it? More to come soon. I will even put the new Director in this story (in some later chapters)