Emily was torn between leaving Dylan with Dan and going to see Tony and staying with her kids. Carly wouldn't be up for visitors much longer anyway but her kids had been in a fire and needed her more. Her whole life was off-balance right now. Her house was gone, she had almost lost his kids, and she still may lose her boyfriend. She would probably end up staying with Carly tonight and Dylan could stay with her mom but where would they go after that? Her mom's house was only two bedrooms and a pullout couch. Not to mention how far it was from her work and the kid's school. There was so much she would have to replace and so much she couldn't. She would have to deal with the insurance companies and questions. She was so distraught by her ordeal she didn't notice how upset Dylan was.
"Don't worry about it Dylan. I will take care of everything." Emily assured.
"Mom, Carly told me something." Dylan replied.
"What? Is she OK?" Emily asked.
"She saw a man outside our house before the fire started." Dylan replied.
"Really?" Emily asked.
"Yes" Carly replied from her bed.
"I need to call the police. Do you think you can describe him?" Emily asked.
"I think so." Carly replied nervously.
"It's OK I will be with you the whole time and the police will make sure nobody hurts you. We just need to get the man checked out. So that if he started the fire he can go to jail." Emily assured.
"OK" Carly replied.
Between all the bandages, tubes, and wires Tony's body was nearly completely covered. At least his burns would more than likely heal on their own. There were some that may end up require skin grafts. His lungs were a different story. The scarring he had suffered when he first contracted the plague had wreaked enough havoc. Not even Dr. Pitt could give and exact answer on what would happen now. All they could do was hope for the best and prepare for the worst. The door opened and Ducky took the other seat by Tony's bedside.
"How are you holding up Jethro?" Ducky asked.
"Tony was in a fire and may die and I can't even be mad! Because he was saving a little girl's life!" Gibbs yelled.
"Jethro lower your voice please." Ducky begged.
"Why does everything have to have complications with DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked.
"I cannot answer that I am just glad he is a strong young man." Ducky replied.
"He will beat this." Gibbs replied confidently.
"As much as I would love to make that promise to you Jethro. That is what I am here to talk to you about." Ducky explained.
"What the hell do you mean?" Gibbs demanded.
"The scarring that Anthony already has on his lungs is severe enough. How he was able to return to his normal life is beyond me. This time however whatever this smoke did to him. There is a good chance that it will kill him." Ducky explained.
"And if it doesn't?" Gibbs questioned,
"Even if it doesn't kill him the damage may just remove him from the field permanently." Ducky replied.
"What are his chances of being just fine?" Gibbs asked.
"Next to nothing Jethro. I am sorry." Ducky replied.
"St...stay with Tony in case he wakes up." Gibbs stammered.
Emily sat in the hospital bed with Carly. The police would be in any second to ask her about the man she saw. Emily had hoped and prayed that it was just her daughter's over active imagination but the more she talked to her children. The more obvious it became that the man really was there and that he was responsible for the fire. Whoever he was. Emily would give anything to make all of this go away and be spending a relaxing Friday night with her boyfriend and their children. She nearly burst into tears when the cop walked into the room.
"Good evening mam. I am Officer Roberts." Officer Roberts introduced.
"Hello I am Emily Lewison and this is my daughter Carly." Emily introduced.
"Hi" Carly replied.
"Are you up to this sweetie?" Officer Roberts asked Carly.
"I guess so." Carly replied.
"I can stay with her right?" Emily asked.
"Of course." Officer Roberts replied.
"Great" Emily replied.
"I'm ready." Carly added.
"Alright can you give me a description of the man you saw?" Officer Roberts asked.
"Do you know how tall he was, what color his eyes and hair were?" Emily explained.
"He was tall and had brown hair and brown eyes." Carly explained.
"How tall exactly?" Officer Roberts asked.
"I don't know." Carly replied.
"What color was his skin?" Officer Roberts asked.
"Light brown" Carly replied.
"Do you have any other descriptions tattoos piercings, glasses?" Officer Roberts asked.
"No tattoos or piercings that I could see but he had on black sunglasses." Carly explained.
"What was he wearing?" Officer Roberts asked.
"A black long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up and blue jeans." Carly explained.
"Did you see his car or anything else?" Officer Roberts asked.
"No" Carly sighed.
"Don't feel bad you were a very big help. We will check this out." Officer Roberts replied.
"Thank you so much." Emily replied.
"Thank you both of you." Officer Roberts replied.
"Your welcome." Emily replied.
"Yeah welcome." Carly added.
"No problem." Officer Roberts replied tipping his hat and leaving the room.
Jimmy volunteered to stay with Tony. After everybody else had to leave and Gibbs was still pulling himself together. He really wished that McGee had not come to the hospital. Jimmy was as in the dark as everybody else about what exactly had happened between the two of them. It had all just come out in a barrage of hate the night her revealed Jack to the team. Jack that was something that Tony needed to know about just in case he died. Taking a deep breath Jimmy squeezed Tony's hand and willed himself to speak.
"Tony you may not understand this. So I will tell you again when you get better but you need to know now. Ziva told me about Jack. The day she found out she was pregnant actually and I never told you. Because well she swore me to secrecy. I wish that I had told you. Because maybe you, her, and everybody would be OK. I am sorry. You can hate me. You can despise me if you want. I deserve it what I did was wrong. There now you know the truth. Now please fight for us." Jimmy explained.
"So you knew about all this?" An ominous voice asked from the darkness.
"What the?" Jimmy asked just before a blunt object slammed into the back of his head throwing him into darkness.
A/N: How much more damage can be done before the attackers are caught? What will happen to Emily and her kids and Tony and Jack? New chapter should be up Monday. Please review and thanks for reading.