Gibbs stood nervously outside of Tony's hospital room. He was relieved that Tony was finally awake and didn't seem to have any severe permanent side effects but he hated that he had amnesia. Which he knew could be permanent but he hoped that Tony would recover like he did. It had been decided unanimously that Gibbs would be the one to talk to Tony. Since he had been in almost the exact same situation nine years ago. He knew that the first and most important thing he would have to do. Was tell Tony that Noah was still alive. Then would come the hard part. Breaking the news that Kate was dead. He shuddered at the memory of Tony's reaction to Kate's death when it first happened. The idea of having to relive it all made him physically ill. Part of him wanted to lie to Tony and tell him that Kate was still alive but he knew that he would be caught eventually. It would be worse for Tony if he lied and Tony would be furious with him. Just like he would have been furious with Mike if he had lied to him about Shannon and Kelly. Finally he realized that he couldn't avoid it anymore. He opened the door and walked into Tony's room.
"Tony? You up for a visitor?" Gibbs asked.
"Depends who are you?" Tony asked.
"Tony it's me, Gibbs." Gibbs replied.
"Gibbs? You got so old!" Tony gasped.
"Your lucky you are in the hospital with a head injury." Gibbs commented.
"Head injury? No, I have the plague." Tony replied.
"Tony, we need to talk." Gibbs replied.
"What's going on? Are you going to be the one to tell me that Noah is dead?" Tony asked.
"Tony, Noah is alive. He survived the plague." Gibbs replied.
"He is? He did? Where is he?" Tony asked.
"He's out in the waiting room." Gibbs replied.
"Are Holly and Kate with him?" Tony asked.
"Tony, here's the thing." Gibbs started.
"What's the thing?" Tony asked.
"Tony, Kate is dead." Gibbs replied.
"She's dead? What happened? They said she wasn't sick!" Tony cried.
"She was shot and killed Tony. She died right in front of you." Gibbs explained.
"What do you mean? I have been sick." Tony asked.
"Tony this is going to be hard to take but you have amnesia and it is two thousand and fifteen. You beat the plague ten years ago and Kate died two weeks later." Gibbs explained.
"That's not funny." Tony argued.
"Tony, I am not joking." Gibbs explained.
"Yes you are! Bring me Kate! I want Kate! I know that she is alive! She was just here! She was here when I woke up!" Tony snapped.
"Tony, that was Ziva and she is your girlfriend." Gibbs replied.
"I would never cheat on Kate! Out! Get out!" Tony snapped.
"Tony" Gibbs started.
"GET THE FUCK OUT!" Tony snapped.
Gibbs gave himself three, hard slaps to the back of his head. He had handled Tony all wrong. How could he be so stupid? He had, had amnesia before. He really should have handled it better but he had fucked up and now Tony was angry and afraid. Even worse than he was before.
"How did it go?" Holly asked.
"I fucked up." Gibbs admitted.
"What did you do?" Holly asked.
"I was way too blunt with him, way too soon." Gibbs replied.
"Oh" Holly replied.
"I told him about Kate and everything just came rushing out." Gibbs explained.
"Oh dear" Ducky sighed.
"What do I do?" Gibbs asked.
"You wait it out and once things start to come back to him, he will forgive you." Holly assured.
"How do you know?" Gibbs asked.
"I know my dad." Holly replied.
Tony could not believe that Gibbs would tell him such horrible lies. Gibbs was like a father to him. A real father who loved him and didn't tell him lies just to hurt him or at least he thought he was. Now it was painfully clear. That Gibbs he was one in the same with Senior. He should have known. Senior had always told him that he was a worthless loser and that nobody would ever be able to honestly love him. He knew that Kate was alive and he would never cheat on her. Especially not after she had helped him through the plague and if Noah were still alive then where was he and why wouldn't he let him see his boy. He closed his eyes and slammed his head heard back on to the pillow. That's when it all came rushing back to him...
Tony looked back at his wife as they ran up to the roof top. She had come to NCIS at the end of her Maternity Leave after having a falling out with her boss at the Secret Service just before the twins were born. Noah Kellen and Holly Jeanette were now twenty-three months old. A good chunk of the twins lives the team had been hunting Ari Haswari a wanted terrorist and member of Mosad. That's who they were after right now. They were on the roof with Gibbs and McGee was on the ground. They were surveying the roof when Kate was shot. She fell to the ground but quickly revealed her vest.
"Thank God you are OK!" Tony cried.
"What worried you would have to raise Holly on your own?" Kate asked.
"No I love you well a little that." Tony replied.
"Tony DiNozzo you are a..." Kate said before getting hit in the forehead.
Tony fell to his knees but she was already dead. She had died the second that bullet hit her. He sobbed over his wife's limp body. Gibbs called McGee up and the two of them carried Tony down to the bullpen. He fell from his desk and rolled onto the floor. He cried onto the carpet.
"Come on Tony I am taking you home." Gibbs said.
"She's dead! Kate's dead!" Tony sobbed.
"I know Tony." Gibbs replied.
"I loved her. I will never love again." Tony sobbed.
"I will never love anybody again." Tony said to himself as he sat back up in his bed.
Ziva parked her car at the nearest park. She knew that she should get home to Eliana but she needed to clear her head. Tony couldn't even remember her. It had taken months for him to finally want to date her and now in an instant it had all been undone. At least Ray had gotten what he wanted. Because she and Tony were probably over. Over, before they even began. She had lost the man she loved all because her ex-fiancee was too psychotic to let her go and move on. She slid down to the concrete and let tears fall from her cheeks. She heard a rustling in the bushes and then a rock, came flying from the spot where she heard the noise and landed at her feet. She bent down to pick it up and saw that a note was tied to the top.
"If you thought you could get away from me. You are an idiot. I will get you back and next time I will kill Tony DiNozzo and his twins too."
A/N: Both Tony and Ziva are in trouble now. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.
