Marissa awoke with a jump and tried to catch her breathe. She woke up in the hospital room by herself.

"It was just a dream. Thank God it was just a dream." Marissa said.

With her not doing anything that night she was considered stable enough to go and be with her family. A lot of her dream was true however. T.J. was in the hospital and Jason was in ICU. She didn't know who to go check on first. Jason was still on life support, however his body was healing and his organs were trying to pick up the pace and start working again. The doctor believed if he didn't have any setbacks, he could come off of life support in a few days and be fine. She then went to check on her daughter. Tonya had not had another massive stroke thank goodness. Her face still drooped on one side and she would have to go through therapy after she was released from the hospital. Then she went to check on T.J. she had prayed it was a dream with him. However, that was shattered when she found out he would never walk again. But at least he was alive.


T.J. was the first one released from the hospital. The two teams built a ramp so he could get into their house. It took him a little bit to get the hang of the wheelchair but once he got it he was off and moving.

Tonya awoke from her coma. She couldn't talk but knew that the teams were there for her. Things were finally looking in the right direction for her. Jason was taken off of life support. His brain waves were good and his heart was getting stronger each day. The doctors were amazed by the improvement he had made. Nine days after coming out of her coma, Tonya was released into a rehab center. Jason was released the next day stronger than he was before. He was thankful that his baby girl had survived and prayed she would never try suicide again.


It was during her time at rehab that Tonya realized what she wanted to do with her life. She wanted to work for NCIS as a special agent. However, she would have to learn to walk and talk again first but after that she totally wanted to work as an agent just like Tony and Deanna did. It was a painful, long drawn out process of getting better. She was very weak on the right side but with each day she was getting stronger. She was learning sign language to try and communicate. Her family was able to come and see her which made her extremely excited.

"How are you feeling baby girl?" Jason asked.

Tonya nodded and smiled. She pointed at Jason.

"I'm doing a lot better, still weak but better."

She seen her brother in a wheelchair and gave him a funny look.

"He was in an accident and will not be able to walk again." Marissa explained.

Tonya ducked her head and began to cry.

"Hey don't be sad sis. Just means you can finally out run me." T.J. joked. Tonya looked up at him with a smile.

As the Bull's went to leave, Marissa asked Jason "Do you think she will ever be even close to what she used to be?"

"I guess it is just a waiting game to see. Like Gibbs always said 'she's a DiNozzo and raised by the Bull's she will be fine she's tough as nails.'" Jason responded.


It was a long agonizing 16 weeks before Tonya could come home. She was at least able to walk and talk again. She had regained most of her strength on her right side.

"I am sorry for all the pain I caused you guys. Thank you for taking me and my brother in. You guys really are the best parents we could have ever asked for." Tonya told Marissa and Jason giving them both hugs. It made the couple want to cry. Several weeks ago they almost lost their daughter, now they were holding her in their arms.

"We have a surprise for you!" Jason said.

"What's that dad?" Tonya asked.

"We are going to D.C. I want you to meet the NCIS team. They are kinda like family." Jason explained.

"And they have good stories on our biological mom and dad." T.J. popped in.

"Now this I've got to hear." Tonya joked.


When the Bull family arrived in D.C. Gibbs had them stay with him. Team Gibbs came over that night. They wanted to tell Tonya and T.J. all kinds of stories about their parents.

"I want to know all about mom and dad." T.J. said.

Everyone sat in Gibbs living room sharing stories about Deanna and Tony. Boy where there some good ones too everything from when Jimmy sent Tony onto the Dr. Phil show, to when Tony and Kate was stuck in isolation when Tony got the plague.

"Only your dad would open a letter that would contain the plague." Kate joked.

"So tell us, how did our parents meet, what were they like?" Tonya asked, she wanted to know everything.

"It started like this…" Palmer started.

"How would you know Jimmy? You weren't there yet." Kate said laughing.

"Oh I guess you're right." Palmer said laughing at himself.

"We were called into a case in Oklahoma about a Petty officer who had beat his girlfriend nearly to death. That girl was your mother. We flew into Oklahoma City and that's when we met her. She was beautiful and looked just like you Tonya." Gibbs said smiling at Tonya.

"Your father insisted on interviewing your mother. He always was the ladies' man. He was tall and had gorgeous green eyes. I can see a lot of him in you T.J." Kate said.

"The mad man who was your mother's ex-boyfriend faked his own death. He ended up killing one of his fellow officers and sat his own car on fire." Ducky said.

"Dang this guy really wanted to get out of dodge." Tonya said.

"Your dad had taken your mom out to eat and then they spent the night together in his hotel room." McGee explained.

"Sounds like something I would do." T.J. chuckled.

"To keep your mother safe, we decided to keep her in D.C. She stayed at your father's apartment. Your father was not one to settle down." McGee explained.

"Your mother was scared about leaving her life behind in Oklahoma. I can only imagine what she thought of your father's apartment. He only had a twin's size bed." Gibbs said.

"Your father actually went out and bought a whole new bedroom suite just because of the way your mother had changed him." Ducky added.

"Remember how Abby tried to tell Deanna that Tony was gay? That was hilarious. It was so she may not want to be with him." McGee laughed.

"I can't believe someone would do that!" Tonya said.

"Well it was Abby after all. She was a bit different." Kate mentioned.

"Tony was furious with Abby over it. It ruined their whole friendship." Palmer said.

"His line about being a one night stand man before he met her was always hilarious considering he only had one night stand in his apartment." McGee chuckled.

"I remember trying to get your father out of bed and he wouldn't answer the phone because he fell back asleep with your mother." Gibbs said. "When everything was clear and she could go back to Oklahoma City that is when your father proposed in front of us all in the bullpen. Your mother was a producer at a news station but was studying crime scene investigation and forensic science at Oklahoma State University. So when your dad proposed I decided why not go ahead and let her come on a be a part of the team and be a special agent."

"Hey boss do you remember the bachelor party?" McGee asked.

"How could I forget. Tony bored us all with James Bond movies." Gibbs rolled his eyes.

"Our bachelorette party wasn't that bad. We went to Vegas and seen strippers and got super drunk." Kate said almost embarrassed.

"You did what? With our mom?" T.J. asked.

"It's true." Kate laughed.

"What was the wedding like?" T.J. asked.

"It was beautiful out by a lake. Your mother was beautiful white dress." Kate explained.

Gibbs got up and got a picture from a drawer.

"This was from their wedding day." He explained handing the picture to the kids.

"Remember that time Deanna embarrassed herself by thinking Gibbs said grab your rear." Kate said laughing.

"Yeah I think that was the same day she found out she was pregnant with the twins. However, she thought she was just pregnant with you Tonya. She did know anything about T.J. until she had ya." McGee said.

"They didn't even know about me?" T.J. questioned.

"Nope. Your dad was actually the one that picked your name out. He picked out Anthony because that was his name. Then Jethro because of boss man over there." Kate explained.

"I was so proud too." Gibbs said.

"That explains why I have always been called T.J. instead of Anthony or Tony." T.J. said excited to finally find out the root of his name.

"So what happened to our parents?" T.J. asked.

The team looked at each other.

"Where you with our parents when they died?" Tonya asked.

How will the team explain it to the twins and what kind of surprise do they have for the twins that will show them that they are true DiNozzo's. New chapter up soon! Please review!