So Sorry its been so long since i have made a chapter i had to do some resurch for this one. Hope it was worth the wait :)
Disclamer i dont own NCIS or its characters.
Its been about a week since Ziva was put into the hospital. Tony watches as she gets worse every day, he only leaves her side if he needs coffee or a bathroom break.
Tony and Ziva were bored sitting Ziva's hospital room playing some lame card game on the bed to pass the time because she didn't want to watch any more movies. Tony had put on his old radio his mother used to use when he was little. Ziva thought it was cute so she let him but she was getting tired of listening to the oldies but it made him happy.
"Go fish I win." Ziva said triumphantly as she through her cards on the bed her voice sounds like she gargles nails.
"uh Zi you're playing the wrong game" Tony looks at her confused. His attention was then turned toward the radio as a familiar song came on.
"no I am not" She watches him get off the bed and turn up the little radio.
"I had no idea they still play this" he said in almost a whisper.
"play what?" She listened to it for a second and realized Tony was singing with it.
He smiled at her. " it's Young at Heart by Frank Sinatra. My mom use to sing it to me and we would dance around the house" He noticed Ziva was looking at him with a soft expression something she never did or at least he hadn't seen it before. "Come on" He held out his hand to her. She placed her hand in his and the both stood up together. Tony put the other hand on her waste and she put her other hand gently on his shoulder. They slowly swayed and stepped while the song played. Tony sang while keeping eye contact with Ziva. She blushed and giggled, she wished this moment would never end. At the end of the song Tony twirled her. After she was facing him again he noticed the window looking out into the hallway was not covered but the shades like it usually was and that the little girl from the waiting room was standing with her brother watching them dance. The little girl had the biggest smile on her face and so did the boy but he was looking at her not through the window. The little girl was about to wave but something startled her making her jump and look the other way down the hall. The father walks over and picks her up now all three look miserable. The Father looks like he says something to the boy but Tony can't tell because the man's back was toward him. Tony was completely staring but then He though he heard Ziva say his name but before he could react she started coughing .
"… we don't exactly know what's making her this sick she isn't reacting to the meds.." The Doctor tried to finish his sentence but Tony cut him off.
" So what your telling me is that after 2 weeks you dumb a…" He had stood up ready to strangle the doctor.
"Tony" Ziva was lying in the bed her eyes half open she sounded tried and week.
He sighed." So what exactly can you do at this point?"
"We can d-d-do some more tests but other than that n-n-not much" The Doctor became nervous it was obvious he didn't have much experience with people like Tony. Tony was about to lose his mind his fist were clenched it was absolutely frustrating to hear the person taking care of Ziva and their unborn child say we don't know.
"Tony please" Ziva even though sick knew Tony was about to through a punch. Tony took a deep breath he couldn't beat the shit out of this guy like he would want to knowing it would upset her.
"I-I-I think this is my cue to um leave" The Doctor practically ran out of the room. Tony watch him leave.
"Can you please control yourself" She said still sounding like the same Ziva she was only a few weeks ago.
"How does this not infuriate you?" Tony was still irritated but a little bit more calm than before. He found himself sitting on the bed next to her holding her hand.
"I do not have the energy to" Ziva didn't realize that Tony twitched after she spoke.
"They have your life in their hands you know" His tone became more like a small scared child.
"I know but I know they're trying" She sounded stern almost angry.
"I know they are trying but you aren't getting any better, your night mares are happening more often and both you and the babies' hart rates… " He stops himself to catch his breath and whip away the single tear from his face before Ziva noticed.
"I know" She squeezed his hand. "Do not worry about the night mares they are the last of our problems" She sniffled.
"I know" He half smiled at her.
"Do you want to watch one those movies you like so much?" She wanted to take their minds off of things for a little even if it's for a second.
"Sure" Tony got up and went to the other side of the room where they had the bag full of Tony's collection of classic movies.
"You know if I were you I would have hit him" Ziva joked.
"I would have but you didn't let me" He still didn't fully smile.
" I didn't want you to hurt the man who has my life in his hands" She was still joking but yet something still sounded serious about the way she said it.
Tony was at the coffee machine in the waiting room from the crap machine they had. He would go to the cafeteria but it was too far from Ziva's room. He was trying to think of things to do while they waited for news from the doctor when he noticed he ran out of coffee. Tony was thinking back about three days before they came to the hospital. They had went out to dinner at some family owned restaurant. They sat across from each other. Her hair was down and curly the way he liked it. She was wearing a pretty blue blouse and skinny jeans. He remembered her laughing because he had said something but he didn't remember what he said. He missed that night and he would give anything to go back to that moment. Just then he heard a small voice say hello. Tony looked up but saw no one but he felt a light tug on his shirt causing him to look down. When he did he saw the same boy from the waiting room on the first day.
"hi I'm uh…" The boy seemed nerves.
"um Alex… right?" Tony couldn't believe he remember that.
"yes" Alex blush "How did you know that" He took a step back.
"your sister said it in the waiting room I was in there with my…" Tony didn't have a chance to finish his sentence.
"Your wife! My sister and I saw you dancing." He sounded excited first but his voice trailed off and he became sad.
"oh you alright kiddo" Tony couldn't tell him that him and Ziva were together but not in that sense. Tony felt bad for the kid but he didn't know what to say to him.
"well that was the last time I saw her smile and she doesn't do that very much after our mom died." Alex looked like he was going to cry soon.
"Hey kid uh Alex it's all going to be okay" Tony bent down so he could be face to face with Alex and put his hand on the kid's shoulder.
"How do you know?" Alex was of course skeptical of the man he just met.
"Some things you just know" Tony lied but he didn't know what else to say.
"Oh ya then if you know so much ware did we go out to eat 3 nights before we got here?" Alex had the biggest smile on his face.
"I don't know Chucky Cheese" Tony joked.
"No Luigi's italiano restaurant I win!" Alex looked at Tony triumphantly.
"Wait what?" Tony suddenly had an idea.
"Ya my father said we are never going to eat there cus an old lady that was there the same night we were died last week. He says its food poisoning but the doctors say it is just a coincident." Alex noticed Tony's eyes were wide and It made him nervous. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No. No but are you positive that the old lady was there the exact same night?" Tony was reaching for his phone.
"That's what my dad said… What's wrong?" Alex said worried he did something bad.
"Nothing okay come with me" Tony grabbed the kids hand and started speeded walking down the hall.
"Where are we going? My Father said I should go any were with strangers." Alex was basically getting dragged by Tony.
"It's okay I'm a NCIS agent" Tony dialed McGee's number and put the phone to his ear. "Hey McGee you know how we got an email with a document from Vance that we had to memorize about a month ago saying a list of diseases that could be used in a biological attack…Ya that one now scroll down to the middle… Okay go to the one that says tularemia … I will tell you later okay now copy and paste that into Google… Yep click the one that has the list of symptoms…Now I want you to list them off in one second" He stops in the middle of the hall way got down to Alex's level and took the phone away from his ear. "Alex I need you to listen carefully to the man on the other end. Okay?"
"Yes" Alex was scared and wanted to go back to his sister. Tony put the phone to Alex's ear. "Okay I'm ready" Alex listened to everything McGee said and after McGee stopped speaking Alex looked at Tony.
"Does your sister have any of those symptoms?" Tony was hoping for a yes even though it meant they had bigger problems.
"Yes" He was still scared.
"Do you know if the old lady did?" He was starting to get nervous himself.
"No but my Father might." Alex felt bad that he couldn't answer that.
"Do you know her name?" Tony tries not to sound like he is interrogating the poor kid.
"Um my dad said it once its uh… Lindsey Parks I think" Alex sounds unsure but Tony took it anyways. Tony put the phone back up to his own ear.
"Kid uh Alex what's your dads name?" Tony started walking again.
"Victor Twith" Alex was again being dragged.
"McGee I need you to check to see if there are any connections between Ziva, Lindsey Parks, and Victor Twith… Ya I know that…Okay go get him…I don't know put to and to together… There you go now get Gibbs I have to go." Tony hangs up the phone and puts it back in his pocket. They had stopped in front of Ziva's room. Tony opened the door to see the Doctor talking to Ziva.
"I don't think that boy should be in hear" The Doctor was less nervous this time.
"He is fine. Did you test her for tularemia?" Tony expected him to say no.
"No we don't have a reason to" The Doctor still was calm and confident.
"Really? So she suddenly got very sick with no warning and she has high fever, swollen glands, and a throat infection she vomits if she eats anything oh let's not forget that now she is getting reddish ulcers on her skin none of that tipped you off?" Tony was starting to get angry.
"Well no…" The Doctor suddenly got nervous.
"What about Lindsey Parks she had the same symptoms right?" Tony was trying not to punch the doctor who he thought was an idiot.
"Uh yes I think." The Doctor was starting to feel dumb.
"Hey what are you doing with my son!" Victor Twith looked angry and was run down the hall.
"It's okay I'm a NCIS agent" Tony whipped out his badge.
"Alex what have you done now" Victor looked angrily at his son.
"He didn't do anything wrong. Has your daughter been tasted for tularemia?" Tony said seriously.
"I don't even know what that is." Victor sounded like he didn't even care.
"It's a disease that is caused by a bacteria. It can go undetected by the body's immune system it makes you get sick fast and spreads fast. Which makes it venerable to be used for a biological attack." Tony already didn't like Victor.
"So if that's true then why does only my daughter have it?" Victor sounded unimpressed.
"She is not there are 2 other people with it one died and one is sitting right there. I think the waiter at the restaurant we all went to is planning an attack." Tony was getting pissed.
"Okay I'm the doctor here and I will say whether they have this or not" The Doctor sounded angry.
Tony was sitting next to Ziva who didn't say a word through the whole fiasco that had happened only a few hours ago. She was sleeping now which is what she usually did when she wasn't coughing or vomiting. Tony sat next to her watching making sure she doesn't have a night mare. One time the dream was so bad she had kicked him in her sleep and almost punched when he tried to wake her up. Another time she was talking in Hebrew in her sleep and was tossing and turning so he had no idea what she was saying but when he woke her up she looked upset. Ziva ended up leaving the room after she realized where she was and wasn't in the mood to talk so she made herself some tea. She never told him what they are about but he thinks its Somalia. He thought he heard her say something but he wasn't sure her face was scrunched up and she moved slightly. He wasn't sure if he should do something until she did it again.
"Zi wake up" Tony shook her gently because he didn't want to startle her but she opened her eyes and sat up quicker than she has moved in a while. She started having a coughing fit and Tony grabbed the though up bucket. "Okay Zi okay calm down breath" He held her hair out of her face just in case she threw up.
"Tony-I-I" Ziva was trying to talk between coughs.
"shhhh Ziva" Just then she threw up and the monitors went off. "Breath for a sec" This happened so much Tony thought he would be used to it by now but he still freaks out. An older nurse came in and took the bucket from tony.
"Come on honey chill out or whatever the kids say these days." She was trying to joke but it wasn't helping. Ziva threw up again. "Oh dear okay hun relax the baby needs that nutrition and some oxygen" Ziva takes a quick breath ,slowly stops coughing and the monitor stops beeping. The nurse takes the bucket and leaves. Tony gets up and sits on the bed with Ziva.
" We really need to do something about those night mares" Tony wrapped his arms around her and they leaned back in to the pile of pillows she had.
"It's fine" She didn't want to talk about it. Just then the Doctor came in with Ziva's chart.
"I don't know how you did it Mr. DiNozzo but you were right." The Doctor kept flipping through her chart.
"So what do we do now?" Tony wanted to hear some good news.
"well we can put her on gentamicin." The Doctor smiled.
"So everything is okay?" Tony was ready for some good news.
"Everything is fine." He looks at Ziva. "Your very lucky to have a smart guy like him and that for reasons we can't figure out the bacteria didn't spread as quickly as usual."
She looks up at Tony and smiles. "I know"
My new favorite name ever Twith lol. Please Review and all the jazz.