Tony was scared to death. The last thing he remembered was being told that Noah and him had the pneumonic plague. Both Holly and Kate had been spared but both him and Noah had been infected with the virus. Even worse Noah was much sicker than he was. The doctors were uncertain if either would survive. He had a fifteen percent chance but Noah only had a five percent chance. Had his son died? What was he going to do? How could he let this happen? Why did he open that envelope? What was he trying to prove? He was such a stupid idiot and now his child had paid the price for his behavior.

"Noah?! Where is he?!" Tony demanded.

"Tony are you OK?" Ziva asked.

"Where's our boy, Kate? Where is he? Let me see him." Tony begged.

"I am getting a doctor." Ziva replied hastily.

Tony watched as the woman he thought was Kate left the room. Why wouldn't she tell him where Noah was? Why wouldn't she just be honest with him? Why did she run off to get a doctor? What if she hated him? What if she blamed him for what happened to their son? What if she left him? What if she never let him see Holly again? What if his stupid decision to open that SWAK envelope had destroyed his life? How was he going to deal with this? How was he going to cope with his son being dead, his wife hating him, and his daughter kept from him? How would the team feel about this? Would they hate him too? Would they be divided? Abby and Timmy's marriage was already on the rocks. God, what if he had destroyed two marriages? He was such a failure and such a loser. Moments after Kate left a doctor entered the room but it wasn't Dr. Pitt. It was a slightly older female doctor. Brad was around his age maybe even a little younger but this doctor was in her early to mid forties.

"Good evening Mr. DiNozzo I am Dr. Fowler." Dr. Fowler greeted.

"Where's my son?" Tony asked.

"He's around." Dr. Fowler replied.

"Can I see him?" Tony asked.

"Soon but first I have to ask you a few questions." Dr. Fowler replied.

"OK" Tony agreed.

"What is your full name?" Dr. Fowler asked.

"Anthony Dimitri DiNozzo" Tony replied.

"And your birthday?" Dr. Fowler asked.

"July 8th 1973" Tony replied.

"What are the full names of your wife and children?" Dr. Fowler asked.

"Kaitlin Faith Todd-DiNozzo, Noah Kellen DiNozzo, and Holly Jeannette DiNozzo" Tony replied.

"Who is the president of the United States?" Dr. Fowler asked.

"George W. Bush, can't speak about him. Never been political but Kate can't stand him. She's the brains in the marriage. The brawn too when you think about it." Tony explained.

"Tony? What is today's date?" Dr. Fowler asked.

"May 10th 2005" Tony replied.

"What is the last thing you remember, before waking up?" Dr. Fowler asked.

"They told me that me and my boy had the plague. My girls were safe but me and Noah were sick. He's gone isn't he?" Tony replied.

"I need to speak with one of my colleagues real fast but we will be back to speak with you shortly. OK? Call the nurses if you need anything." Dr. Fowler replied.

Tony was supposedly waking up but Gibbs still had an uneasy feeling in his gut. Just because Tony was waking up did not mean that he was out of the woods. What if Tony had woken up with some form of brain-damage? How would he explain it to the twins? Maybe it wasn't brain-damage but something was definitely not right with his boy. He heard a commotion coming from the back of the room and looked up to see Ziver running through the room with tears in her brown eyes.

"Ziver, what's wrong?" Gibbs asked.

"Tony's awake" Ziva replied.

"That's good isn't it?" McGee asked.

"He called me, Kate." Ziva replied.

"Oh" Gibbs whispered.

"Why would he call me, Kate?" Ziva asked shakily.

"Kate was Tony's wife and the twins mother. She was killed almost exactly ten years ago and it destroyed Tony." Gibbs replied.

"Why would he ask about, Noah?" Ziva asked.

"What do you mean?" Gibbs asked.

"He called me Kate and then asked where Noah was." Ziva explained.

"Oh no" Gibbs replied.

"What do you mean oh no? What is happening?" Ziva asked.

"Just before Kate died is when Tony and Noah got sick. Tony must think that it is still two thousand and five and that Noah and him have the plague." Gibbs explained.

"Are you saying that Tony has amnesia?" Ziva asked.

"Yes" Gibbs replied.

"What are we going to do?" Ziva asked.

"We have to get him to remember the past ten years." Gibbs replied.

"How do we do that?" Ziva asked.

"We talk to him, answer his questions, and here's the hard part. We are going to have to tell him that Kate is dead." Gibbs explained.

"Isn't that mean?" Ziva asked.

"Yes but it has to be done." Gibbs replied.

"How do you know? How could you possibly know that telling him is the right thing to do? Ziva questioned.

"Because I was in the exact same situation nine years ago." Gibbs replied bluntly.

Ziva had no idea what to do. The man she loved had amnesia and thought that it was ten years earlier than it was. He thought that his wife was still alive and that him and his son were still battling a horrible illness. Even worse he was under the impression that his son was dead. Gibbs said that they had to remind him of what had happened in the past ten years including Kate's death but she couldn't be involved. At least not in breaking the news about Kate. What if he never got his memories back? What if he did but he decided that he didn't want to be with her anyway? She should have known this wouldn't work out. She wasn't meant to be loved. She quietly slipped out of the hospital and got into her mini cooper. This was all her fault, Ray would have never hurt him if it weren't for her.

"I am sorry Tony. Sorry I made you relive all this." Ziva said to herself as she drove away crying.

A/N: They work on getting Tony's memory back in the next chapter. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.