Tony stood in an alleyway, dressed in holey jeans, a ratty t shirt, and a dirty denim jacket. An ear piece was cleverly hidden in his ear and a small microphone was disguised as a button on his jacket. Dan was in an empty warehouse across the street with a camera recording the entire thing. He was there to catch a drug dealer that had sold his recent victim some bad crack. The dealer soon came up to him and they began their discussion.
After a few moments, Tony could hear Dan speaking in his ear. "We need to get you out ASAP. Scratch your nose if you understand."
Tony nonchalantly scratched his nose. He then changed his tactics, unfortunately the dealer caught on and pulled a gun out on Tony. "Look, I know you're a cop. So drop the act and get down on your knees."
Tony complied, knowing that that was the only way to handle the situation. "Hey, look I..." Tony began.
"Shut up." The guy ordered, coming closer and holding the gun to Tony's head. "Any last words?"
"I've got one for you." Dan's voice came from behind the drug dealer, the barrel of his gun on the back of his head. "Don't."
The drug dealer let out a sigh and dropped his gun. He put his hands in the air and Dan cuffed him. A few moments later, a couple more cops arrived and Dan loaded the drug dealer in the back of the car. He then looked at Tony. "We have to get you to the hospital." He said.
"He didn't even touch me." Tony said. "I'm perfectly fine."
"Let me rephrase. We need to get you to the hospital, your wife is in labor."
"What?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, she called while you were out here. She was on her way to the hospital."
"Then let's get going." Tony said, heading for the car.
Back at NCIS...
Burley hung up after Charity had called. He then headed down to the lab, where McGee was working on something with Abby. He walked in and they were both hard at work, doing whatever it is they did with computers. "McGee we have to get going."
"Where?" McGee asked, furrowing his brow.
"To pick up the suspect."
"But I thought Charity and Ziva went to pick her up."
"Yeah, well Charity kind of went into labor on the way and they're at the hospital." Burley replied.
"What? AJ is on his way?!" Abby exclaimed, her eyes wide and her mouth agape.
"Yeah." Burley answered.
"Oh my gosh! I have to get to the hospital!" She said, jumping away from the computer.
"She wants us to finish the case first."Burley said, grabbing Abby's upper arm.
Abby's face fell in disappointment. "Okay." Then a look of determination crossed her face. "I'll get this computer hacked and get to the hospital to meet Mr. AJ." She then turned to the computer and began to work her magic.
Burley and McGee headed out of the lab and to the car. They would do exactly what Charity wanted. If they didn't she would kill them all.
Abby was typing away furiously, when Ducky entered the room. "Abby, I found something on the body I think you should test." He said.
"Okay, just sit it over there Ducky. I'll get to it in a moment." She said, not looking away from her computer.
"Abby, is something wrong?" Ducky asked.
"Charity and Ziva were on their way to pick up the suspect when Charity went into labor." Abby answered. "She wants us to finish the case before we even think about coming over to the hospital. I want to get this done so I can be over there to see the baby."
"She's having the baby?" Ducky asked.
"Yup." Abby answered. "I want to see him when he gets here."
"I can go to the hospital and keep you updated until you can get there." Ducky said.
"That is a wonderful idea Ducky." Abby said, taking a break from her computer to turn and give him a hug.
Charity...
Charity gripped the rails of the hospital bed and clenched her teeth as another contraction ripped through her body. The contractions were getting closer together and stronger. She could feel the sweat coating her body. The contraction eased up and stopped.
Charity unclenched her teeth and let out the breath she didn't realize she'd been holding in. She panted and reached for the ice chips. Ziva grabbed the cup and helped Charity by holding it to her lips and tipping it up so that Charity could get some of the ice.
"Is there anything else you need me to do?" Ziva asked.
"Call Dan and see if he and Tony are on their way." Charity answered, sucking in a deep breath.
Ziva nodded and picked up Charity's cell phone and dialed Dan's number. After three rings there was an answer, but it wasn't Dan. "Hey honey." came Tony's voice.
"It's Ziva."
"Is everything okay?" Tony asked.
"Charity wants to know if you are on your way."
"We are. Is she able to talk?" Tony asked.
"Hold on a moment." Ziva said. She held the phone away for a moment and looked at Charity. "It's Tony. He wants to talk to you."
Charity removed her death grip from one of the rails and held her hand out for the phone. Ziva handed the phone over. "Tony?" Charity asked, holding the phone to her ear.
"Hey, honey, I'm on my way."
"How soon do you think you'll...Ah!" Charity said, as a contraction hit her once again.
"I should be there in ten minutes." Tony said.
Charity then heard Dan's voice muffled in the background. "You might wanna make that a little longer. There's been an accident and the road is blocked and we are stuck here."
"What was that?" Charity asked, panic in her voice.
"Honey, I'll be there as soon as I can. I will make it in time to be there with you." He told her.
"Oooh...Ah! You'd better hurry. I don't know if AJ will be waiting much longer."
"I'll find a way to be there in time." Tony told her. "I promise."
"Just hurry." Charity said, biting down on another contraction.
"I love you." Tony told her.
"I love you, too...now get your ass here."