Hello all you happy readers! So it was brought to my attention that I should consider doing a sequel to this story. But I need some feedback first. If I were to write one, would you read it? What would you like it to see in it? I have a few ideas for a possible continuation but I want to see what you guys are into. This sequel won't be happening anytime soon because I have to finish this one first, of course! So…

Here we go! Chapter 26! Enjoy :-)

I DO NOT own NCIS or anything related to it but you already knew that!

Ziva started shouting something in Hebrew.

"Ziva! Speak English!" shouted Kate, trying to stay calm but panicking after having her water break.

Abby ran over. "What's wrong?" She looked to the ground and saw the amniotic fluid. "Oh my God, Kate! Your water broke!"

"I noticed!" replied Kate.

"Should we get her to a hospital?" asked Ziva, clearly a bit panicked by the situation.

"No, we should just let her have the twins in the valet parking line!" snapped Abby as she helped Kate into the car.

Tony and Arissa napped on the sofa. Tony jumped up to the sound of his cellphone ringing. Half sleep, he searched the coffee table for his phone.

"Hello?" answered Tony, dazed. "Hey Ziva…Me and Arissa are just napping, where are you guys at? Why are you going there? What! Okay, tell her to hang on, I'm on my way!"

"Daddy, what wrong?" asked Arissa, rubbing her tired eyes.

"We gotta go, Rissa," said Tony as he hopped over the sofa, grabbing his things to leave the apartment.

"Go where Daddy?"

"We gotta go to the hospital! Kate is in labor!"

"What that mean?"

"That means that she's about to have the babies! Go grab your shoes!"

Arissa's face lit up with excitement as she ran to her room to get her shoes. Caught up in the excitement of the moment, Tony ran out the door. Arissa came back into the living room.

"Daddy?" called out the little girl, confused about where Tony had gone.

Tony ran back into the apartment. "Sorry, sweetie. Let's go!"

Arissa giggled as she followed Tony out the door.

The elevator dinged and Tony franticly ran off with Arissa searching the maternity ward for any sign of Kate.

"DiNozzo!" shouted Gibb, getting the father-to-be's attention.

"Boss! Where is she? She didn't have them yet, did she? Please tell me I didn't miss the birth! You only get to have your first once…"

"DiNozzo, calm down! You didn't miss anything! They took Kate to the back and are getting her checked in."

Tony breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, because I didn't want to miss the birth of my first kid…kids, you know?"

"You're fine, Tony!"

"When did you get here?"

"Abby had Ziva, call me and McGee when they left the hotel. Are you okay?" asked Gibbs, noticing Tony gasping for air.

"I'm a little short of breath here, Boss!"

"Breathe, Tony!" ordered Gibbs as he tried to hold up the hyperventilating agent.

"Sorry, Boss! I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed! Kate is about to have the babies!"

"I know, Tony! And she needs you right now, so get yourself together!"

"I don't know if I can do that, Boss! I'm freaking out right now! I'm about to be a father!"

Gibbs gave Tony a strong slap in the back of the head.

"Thanks, Boss!"

"Daddy where Mommy?" asked Arissa.

Abby ran up and hugged Tony. "Tony, you're here! Kate's water broke while we were at the hotel and…"

"Where's Kate, Abbs?" asked Tony, ending her rant.

"Room 305. They just finished settling her in!"

Tony walked into the delivery room with Arissa, to find Kate laying in bed with all sorts of wires hooked up to her in order to monitor her and the babies. Ziva stood by Kate's side while Dr. Miller checked her vitals.

"Tony, you made it!" said Dr. Miller with a smile.

"Yeah. How is she?" asked Tony.

"She's four centimeters dilated and has been having pretty good contractions. If she keeps this up, we could be seeing these babies within the next few hours!" said Dr. Miller as he left the room.

Tony noticed Ziva standing near Kate. "Wow! Must have been one heck of a girls' weekend? You two are actually being nice to each other," smirked Tony, once again using his humor to hide his true feeling.

Ziva rolled her eyes. "I shall leave you three alone," said Ziva as she exited the room.

"Hey!" smiled Tony as he walked over to the kiss Kate. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine, now that you're here!" exclaimed Kate.

"The babies coming, Mommy?" asked Arissa.

"They sure are, sweetie!"

"This is actually happening Kate! You're about to have a baby!"

"Babies," corrected Kate, rubbing her belly as she felt another contraction coming.

"You okay?"

"Yeah," winced Kate. "I'm having another contraction! They weren't so bad when they started but they are really starting to hurt!"

Tony sat on the side of the bed and hold onto Kate's hand. "Just breathe, honey!"

"Mommy, you okay?" asked Arissa, voice shaky from seeing Kate in such pain.

"I'm fine, sweetie!" said Kate as she took a few deep breaths and then started to feel the contraction end. "Geez, these contractions are strong! I don't know how much more of this I can take?"

"Hang in there, Kate!" said Tony, gently stroking Kate's hand/

"Daddy, Mommy tummy hurting?" asked Arissa.

"Yeah, her tummy is hurting her, sweetie!"

"Make Mommy tummy stop hurting!"

Tony noticed Arissa stared at Kate with a sad look on her face. He could tell that she didn't like seeing Kate like this.

Abby walked in. "How you doing, Kate?"

"Not good! This hurts like…" Kate stopped as she looked at Arissa in Tony's arms. "This hurts bad!"

"Natural childbirth is better for the babies!"

"No offense, Abby but you're not the one feeling this pain! I am!"

"Hey, Abby would you mind taking Arissa for a while?" asked Tony.

"Why? What's wrong?"

Tony nodded towards Arissa, who buried her face in Tony's chest trying to hide her worry for Kate.

"Sure."

"Arissa, you want go with Aunt Abby?"

Arissa nodded yes. "Daddy, you take care of Mommy?"

"I will," said Tony, giving the little girl a kiss on the head, before sending her with Abby.

Kate tried her best to go with without any medication during her labor. Afternoon rolled into evening and Kate's contractions only got worse and it didn't help that she wasn't dilating very quickly. Unable to hold out any longer, Kate gave in a got an epidural. It was nearly ten at night before Kate found relief from her pain and was able to sleep for a bit.

"How much longer do you think she has, Doc?" asked Tony as he and Dr. Miller stood in the hallway.

"She's not dilating as quickly as I would like. I'm keeping an eye on the twins' heart rate to make sure they are not going under stress because of the labor. Right now they are fine but I'm afraid that a prolonged labor may cause them to have an elevated heart rate. If she doesn't delivery within the next few hours we may have to do a C-section."

Tony let out a heavy breath as he walked towards the waiting room where Gibbs, Ziva, McGee and Abby were waiting. Arissa had fallen asleep leaning against Abby.

"Kate's asleep," said Tony as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"How is she?" asked Gibbs.

"She got an epidural to help with the pain but she isn't dilating very quickly. Dr. Miller says if she doesn't deliver in the next few hours they might have to do a C-section."

"Well, we are here for you, Tony," said McGee.

"Thanks guys but you can head on home. I don't think anything is going to happen anytime soon!"

"I'm staying!" interjected Abby.

"You don't have to do that, Abbs."

"Kate is my best friend! I want to be here for her!"

"What are you going to do with Arissa?" asked McGee as he looked at the sleeping child.

"I'll take her if you like, Tony? My place is not far from here. I can have her back as soon as Kate has the twins," offered Ziva.

"I can't do that to you Ziva," said Tony

"It would be my pleasure. Arissa is a sweet child, I'm sure she will be no problem!" replied Ziva as she picked up the sleeping child.

"Thanks Ziva."

"You let us know as soon as anything happens, Tony," said Gibbs.

"I will, Boss!"

The team dispersed for the night. Tony and Abby made their way back to Kate's room where she rested comfortably. Abby laid down on the pullout sofa in the room and tried to get some rested. Nerves on edge, Tony simply pulled a chair beside Kate's bed and watched his fiancée while she slept.

2am.

Tony awoke to the sound of Kate screaming his name.

"What?" exclaimed Tony, nearly falling out of his chair.

"Tony, go get the doctor! I think I need to push!" said Kate, trying to fight off the pain.

"What's going on?" asked Abby, in a daze.

"Kate needs to push!" shouted Tony as he rushed out the room to get the doctor.

Kate's breathing became more and more labored as Abby made her way over to her side. Tony stormed back in the room with Dr. Miller behind him.

"I hear we are ready to push?" said Dr. Miller as he examined Kate. "You're at ten centimeters, Kate! It's time to bring these little ones into the world!"

"You hear that Kate?" said Tony, as he stood at Kate's side and held her hand.

"Okay, Kate, on the next contraction I want you to push," instructed Dr. Miller.

Kate took a deep breath and when she felt the next contraction, she pushed as hard as she could for the doctor's count of ten.

"Good job, Kate! I want you to do that for me again, okay?"

Kate did as she was told and on the next contraction she pushed again.

"Oh my God, I can see the head!" exclaimed Abby.

"Me too," said Tony, feeling the dizziness set in.

"Tony, are you okay?"

"Yeah…I think I…I think I…I think I need to sit down!" said Tony as he collapsed in the chair.

"Tony?" shouted Kate, very much in pain but concerned for Tony.

"Okay, Kate! I just need on more good push and we will have baby number one!" said Dr. Miller.

"Tony, get it together! You're going to miss it!" snapped Abby.

Tony took some deep breaths before getting back to his feet.

"Are you going to be okay?" asked Kate.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" said Tony, a bit embarrassed that he almost passed out but still a bit dizzy.

"Give me one last push, Kate and we will have a baby!"

The contraction came and Kate pushed. Sweat pouring from her brow, Kate pushed with all her might until she heard the loud scream of a baby crying.

"Congratulations! It's a boy!" shouted Dr. Miller as he held up the newborn baby for his parents and Aunt to see him.

"It's a boy, Kate!" cheered Abby to the new mom who rested against the bed, smiling as she listened to her son cry for the first time.

Tony was speechless, face glowing with pride as he watched the nurses take his infant son to weight and clean him.

Four minutes passed.

"Time for baby number two! On the next contraction, push!" said Dr. Miller.

Kate did as she was told but the fatigue from pushing out the first baby was setting in.

"I can't!" cried Kate, feeling all the energy in her body disappear with every second she pushed.

"Yes, you can hon!" cheered Tony. "You're almost there!"

"I can't, Tony! I'm too tired!" Tears began to fall from Kate's eyes. She had reached her limit, the pain and the fatigue of delivery was too much for her.

"Look at me, Kate!" said Tony, as he gently cupped her chin and looked her in the eyes. "I have seen you push through far worse than this! Heck, you've put up with Gibbs all these years so I know you can make it through this! Now, we have been through way too much for you to give up now! You're almost there! Just a few more pushes and we will have our baby, okay?"

"Tony, I can't!"

"Please, Kate?" begged Tony, gently kissing her head. "Please?"

Kate took a deep breath and pushed as hard as she could, crying with every second that passed. Tony could feel her grip tightening around his hand, as he watched her body shake trying to push out the second baby.

Kate left out a heavy sigh as she fell back against the bed waiting to hear the baby cry. The room was completely silent. The look on the doctor's face turned from one of excitement to concern. Kate and Tony could see nothing, only the look on Dr. Miller's face.

Kate looked at Tony with nothing but fear in her eyes. "What's wrong?" asked Kate, voice trembling with concern for her child.

"What is it, Dr. Miller? Why isn't it crying?" asked Tony.

Suddenly a gentle whimper could be heard throughout the room and within seconds it turned into a fully blown soft cry as Dr. Miller smiled and held up the second baby.

"It's a…"

CLIFFHANGER! I know I'm awful right? What is it? Is it a boy? Or is it a girl? What do you think? Reviews and comments are welcomed and an update is coming soon (Very soon, if I get some good reviews) ;-)