Dan looked up at Tony. "Charity's pregnant?" He asked.
Tony nodded. "Yeah, that's why she ended up in the hospital." He replied.
"So, you're gonna ba a dad. I think you'll be a good one." Dan said.
"Thanks." Tony replied.
"I do have to say that I'm gonna feel a little sorry for your kid when it grows up."
"Why?"
"Think about it. That kid is gonna have a detective for a dad, a federal agent for a mom, and a Marine for a grandpa. He or she is not gonna be able to get away with anything." Dan answered.
Tony chuckled slightly. "I'm going to call Charity and when I get back, we're finding these perverts."
Dan nodded. "Alright, I'll go ahead and work on what I can."
Tony walked off and dialed the hospital. He asked for Charity's room and then waited a few minutes.
"Hello?" came Charity's voice. She sounded a little tired.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked.
"Like I'm gonna throw up and food is my enemy." Charity answered.
"I'm sorry." Tony replied, feeling bad that he wasn't going to be there.
"Hot case?" She asked.
"How did you know?" Tony asked.
"Why else would you be calling?" Charity replied. "Besides, once again, I know the job."
"I just feel bad." Tony admitted.
"I'll...we'll be fine." Charity replied. "I understand. Besides, every sick and twisted bastard we take off the streets makes it that much safer for our baby."
"You have got to have a direct link into my brain." Tony told her.
There was a pause on Charity's end. "I gotta go. Love you." She said and then hung up.
Tony had a feeling that the morning sickness was really getting to her. He hung up his phone and headed back to his desk. He and Dan got to work. After a couple of hours, Tony's cell phone rang. It was Jack. He had a lead on who was in charge of the sex trafficing ring.
"His name is Vincint Lumis." Jack told Tony. "I was able to find a finger print that belonged to him on the needle that was used on the victim."
"Are you able to track him somehow?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, I'm tracking his cell phone right now." Jack answered. "As soon as I have a fix on him, I'll send you his location."
"Good work Jack." Tony said and then hung up the phone.
Just a little while later, Jack sent Tony the location and then he and Dan were on their way. They arrived and sat in the car, waiting and recording. They needed more than just a finger print to convict him. They also wanted to find where he was keeping the other girls.
Just as they arrived to the location, Jack had given them, Vincint was getting in a car. They followed him, filming everything. They soon arrived to an abandoned warehouse. They watched as men led young girls out and loaded them on the back of a truck.
"We're gonna need back up." Dan said.
"Already on it." Tony said, getting their radio out and calling for back up. "We're gonna have to do something soon." He said, after putting the radio down.
"I know, otherwise we'll lose the girls." Dan replied.
"Let's go." Tony said. "On three?"
Dan nodded. "Yeah." He then reached for his gun.
Tony grabbed his gun. "One...two...three..."
Charity...
Charity lay in her hospital bed, feeling rather miserable. It seemed that the morning sickness was getting worse. She felt so sick that she hadn't been able to sleep or eat. It seemed to have gotten worse when she found out the cause of her sickness. She placed a hand on her stomach and looked down.
"There's a baby in there." She whispered to herself. "I have a life growing inside of me. This is the scariest thing, I have ever had happen in my life."
Charity thought more about the tiny life growing inside of her. "I'm going to be a mother. This tiny person is going to depend on me for everything. How am I going to be a mother? It's been so long since I've been around a baby."
"You're going to be a good mother." came a familiar voice.
Charity looked up to see Dan standing in the doorway. She looked up at him confused. "What are you doing here?" She asked. "I thought you and Tony had a case."
"We did." Dan answered. "We solved it."
"Where's Tony?" Charity asked, that was when she noticed that Dan was leaning on a crutch. "Wait, what happened to your leg?"
"Gun shot to the knee." Dan answered. "Tony should be here soon." He then moved inside the room and took a seat in the chair beside her bed.
"Is he okay?" Charity asked.
Before Dan could answer, Tony was walking in the room. His left arm was in a sling. "Oh my...what happened?" Charity asked, concern causing her voice to rise a couple of octaves.
"Nothing to worry about." Tony replied, sitting down on the edge of the bed. "Just a flesh wound."
"You were shot, weren't you?" Charity asked.
"Yes, but the doctor says that I'll be just fine." Tony reassured her, reaching out his good arm to stroke her cheek. "The guys that shot us had really bad aim, so the wounds aren't that bad."
Charity stared him in the eye for a moment.
"Are you trying to determine if I'm lying to you?" Tony asked.
"Yes." Charity answered.
"And?"
"You're not." Charity admitted.
"You two have a very interesting relationship." Dan observed. "I can't wait to see how your baby turns out."
"Wonderful." Tony said. "He or she will be wonderful."
Just then a nurse came in with a small covered tray. "Miss Gibbs, here is your breakfast. Dr. Fines says that he wants you to be eating before you leave." She said, sitting the tray down and then walking out.
"I'm guessing your night didn't go very well?" Tony asked.
"I couldn't eat dinner and I felt so sick I couldn't sleep." Charity replied. She then reached over and lifted the cover off the tray. There was Sprite, a small bowl of jello, and some toast sitting on the tray. Charity saw the jello, green and jiggling on the tray. "Why do they have to bring jello?"
"Charity, are you okay?" Tony asked. "You're looking as green as that jello."
Charity was kicking off her covers and pushing Tony out of her way, as she rushed to the bathroom.
"You weren't kidding about severe morning sickness." Dan observed.
"I just wish there was something I could do to help her." Tony said.
A few moments later, Charity was walking slowly out of the bathroom. Tony got up and walked over to her. He wrapped his good arm around her and helped steady her. "Is there anything I can do to help?" He asked.
"Eat the jello so I can get out of here." Charity answered.
"I can't do that, but I can stay with you." Tony replied.
Charity turned her attention to Dan. "I will give you twenty bucks to eat that jello."
"I think this is my que to leave." Dan said, pulling himself up on his crutches. "See you later. And congratulations to the both of you on the baby. I think you're both gonna be great parents."
