Is my eyes failing me or was that Tony?" McGee asked Ziva.
"Who is this Tony you speak of?" Ziva asked.
"Right I forgot you came after Tony and Kate resigned. Once they found out they were pregnant they both resigned and moved to Indiana." McGee explained.
"Oh right, right, right, he was the one that came in a few years back with a short lady and a baby." Ziva recalled.
"Yes. I know Tony lost his wife and son a few weeks back. But if Tony would have come back to D.C. he would have let someone know. Tony wouldn't come in here without making a huge entrance." McGee spoke.
Surly Tony didn't have a twin; the world couldn't handle two DiNozzo's. But that guy looked exactly like Tony.
It felt weird to Tony to be back inside the Navy Yard. Kami and himself walked in to HR to get his credentials. After he took his pictures, he waited for the new credentials to be printed.
"Go see Papa Gibbs?" Kami asked pulling at her daddy's coat.
"If Papa Gibbs is here, yes we will go see him." Tony told his little girl.
Gibbs had made his way to Indiana at least once a year to visit the DiNozzo family. He was more of a grandfather to Kami then Senior ever thought of being.
"Here you go Mr. DiNozzo. Gosh it's hard not to call you Agent DiNozzo anymore." The HR lady said as she handed Tony his credentials. "You start this Monday."
Tony smiled and thanked her as he and Kami left.
"Why are we staring at the elevator?" Gibbs asked as Ziva and McGee who still stood awestruck.
"If I didn't know any better I would have said I seen Tony go down to HR Boss." McGee answered.
"Don't be ridiculous McGee. Tony left 4 years ago along with Kate. Tony, Kate and Kami have been in Indiana ever since. Why would he decide to come back now?" Gibbs said in his gruff voice.
"Boss, Kate died a couple of weeks ago. Complications during childbirth." McGee explained.
"Why the hell are you just now telling me this? I would have been there for Tony's sake. Not to mention Kate was a hell of an agent." Gibbs snapped.
"Papa Gibbs!" Kami yelled as she seen the older agent. Kami broke away from her daddy and went running into the bullpen. She wrapped her little arms around Gibbs leg.
"Kami what are you doing here?" Gibbs asked the young child as he looked down to find she had a death grip on his leg.
"Come see you!" Kami smiled.
"Where is your daddy?" Gibbs asked knowing Tony would never leave his daughter alone.
"There you are Kami!" Tony said running into the bullpen and grabbing up Kami. "Hey boss how ya been?"
"It really is you!" McGee exclaimed.
"Yeah sorry, didn't want to make a huge entrance. I was going to stop by and see if you guys were here. Wasn't expecting little Kami here to run from me." Tony said as he tickled his daughter and she let out a squeal.
"What are you doing back in D.C.?" Gibbs asked.
"Well looks like I am coming back to work for NCIS."
"As an agent?" McGee asked with hope.
Before Tony could answer Ziva chimed in.
"So you will be joining our team, yes?" Ziva asked.
"No. I am coming back to NCIS, but not as a field agent. I will be a part of MTAC. Jenny says I will have my own team in 2 weeks." Tony said throwing shade at Gibbs that he too could have his own team.
"Miss Kami why don't you go visit with your Uncle Tim while your daddy and I have a little talk. Tony a word NOW!" Gibbs said motioning for Tony to follow him.
They stepped on the elevator and Gibbs flipped the switch.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me about Kate? I would have been there to say goodbye and not to mention be there for you and Kami!" Gibbs snapped.
"Boss it all happened so fast. Kate was pregnant with our son. We were one big happy family." Tony paused thinking of what had happened in the past few weeks. "One night Kate was in excruciating pain. There was…God there was so much blood. We had a feeling that she was trying to miscarry the baby. Once we got to the hospital they determined the baby was still alive but they had to do an emergency c-section. Kate's placenta erupted and they tried to save Kate and the baby." Tony paused and rubbed his tired face. "It was worse then they thought. The baby was so little and his lungs weren't fully developed. Kate lost way too much blood…they lost her Boss. I lost my son and my wife all in one night."
Gibbs had no idea just how bad things were for Tony. He took the crying man in his arms and rubbed circles on his back.
"It's ok Tony. Your home now. I would love to have you back on my team though." Gibbs whispered. Tony pulled away from Gibbs and looked into the older man's steel blue eyes.
"That's the thing. Kami needs me. I'm all she's got. What would happen if I got shot, stabbed or heaven forbid taken hostage who would watch over Kami? If I died my daughter would be an orphan. I am not ready to do that to her. She's too young and she's already lost her mother, she doesn't need to lose her father too." Tony spat.
It took a few minutes for the words to really sink in for Gibbs. He didn't say a word. He moved closer to Tony and wrapped his arms around him again.
"I'm glad your back son. That little girl needs you more than I do." Gibbs said.
"Thank you, boss. But hey on the bright side, we are back under one roof."
"That we are DiNozzo."
"Oh and one more thing. We bought a house just around the corner from yours."
"You what?"
"Surprise!" Tony said throwing his hands up in the air.
"At least I know I get to see my granddaughter a lot more now." Gibbs chuckled.
They both shared a laugh before switching the elevator switch and going back to the bullpen. Kami was still acting shy with McGee and Ziva when Gibbs and Tony walked back into the bullpen. The minute Kami seen Gibbs she went running to him. It didn't take much for the two of them to bond. Kami had that DiNozzo charm about her.
On the way to their new house, Kami fell asleep in the back and Tony had time to think. He was happy that he had come back home. They had their family back and around them. Their house was just a few blocks away from Gibbs in Alexandria. Tony couldn't but smile at the fact of how close Gibbs was and that he would get to see his granddaughter grow up and be there for her. It was getting late when Tony pulled into the driveway. He took one look at their new house and a grin creeped across his face. Tony planned on going inside and start unpacking. Instead he looked in the rearview mirror at how peaceful his daughter was when she was asleep. Unpacking could wait. He got Kami out of her car seat and carried her up the stairs before unlocking the door. As he stepped into the new house he looked around. The movers had already placed his piano in the living room. Boxes lined the living room. Tony couldn't help but smile noticing most of them were his movies. Next to that was Kami's movies. She had gotten her love for movies from him and insisted on have nearly every Disney movie there was. He found that the couch had already been moved in and placed across the way from the piano. Instead of trying to find sheets for the beds he knew where probably already in their respected rooms, he took a sleepy Kami and her blanket and laid down on the couch. He placed Kami on his chest. It was one of the positions that he could always put her in and know that she would fall asleep fast. He figured it was because she loved to listen to his heart beat. With his sleeping child curled up to him it wasn't long before Tony's eyes were growing heavy. He set an alarm for 8am the next morning. Before he knew it they were both asleep.
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