Ducky has to be wrong
“Come on” Bruce said gently. “You can barely stand and we’ve just got back from New York. Whoever you are texting can wait” he added as he pulled her toward the bed.
“Just need to send this to Hetty then I am done” Jen replied placing the phone on the bedside table and turning to Bruce. “It’s a shame I am dead on my feet-it’s nice to have a room to ourselves” she added with a smirk.
Bruce chuckled “Down girl-Later” he whispered in her ear-giving her a gentle kiss as he quickly got them ready for bed. They were asleep before their head hit the pillow-the messages Jen received throughout the night never woke them.
Message to Henrietta Lange sent at 10:20PM
The meeting was a success. Made introductions with birdy. More meetings in D.C. Lunch tomorrow at 3? LJG diner. If I don’t respond-asleep GG
Voice message from Jethro Gibbs Received at 12:01AM
Hey it’s me. Listen Hetty met up with Him today-I had to watch. Went and spoke with him after-Steve was practically glaring at me the whole time. Might have overstepped some but I took him to the grave. We talked-had a breakthrough I think. Call me in the morning and-have someone check in on Steve too-Bye
Message from Steve Rogers Received at 1:20AM
Hi Jen-I am sorry I didn’t call earlier but I figured you and Bruce would be asleep do I thought a text would be better. The meeting with Bucky went ok. I was surprised how much he talks with Gibbs. Still hate that he will talk with others more than he will talk with me. Not sure if Gibbs told you about my breakdown-but I think I finally get it now. I was pressuring him to remember because of my own guilt and making him feel anger and hostility. I am going to try and be a better friend. I will see you in the morning. Steven G Rogers
Message from Henrietta Lange Received at 3:30AM
Something came up I had to go back to L.A. Be back in D.C by end of week. MTAC at 8:00AM about meeting birdy. HL
In the morning Jen stretched and noticed her phone blinking. She unlocked it and looked at the numerous messages she had missed during the night.
“Good Lord” Jen said as she read through all of the messages.
Bruce cracked an eye “what” he grumbled.
“I missed messages from Jethro, Steve AND Hetty last night” she replied.
“Any important ones?” he asked.
“I apparently have a meeting in MTAC at 8am” She answered leaning over to kiss Bruce before she climbed out of bed and searched for clean clothes. “And Steve either had a breakdown or a break through yesterday concerning James” she called from the bathroom.
“A breakdown or a break through?” Bruce asked as he finally climbed out of bed and stared at her through the doorway.
“Jethro says break through-Steve says breakdown” Jen clarified.
“Who do you believe?” Bruce asked.
“Steve” they said in unison after a moment of thought.
NCIS NAVAL YARD
Jen sat down when she was done heaving into the toilet. Of course of all mornings she would pick TODAY to get sick. She waited making sure her stomach had calmed before she flushed and left the stall. She winced at her reflection as she washed her mouth and hands-she was pale, her hair was a mess, red eyes-so she looked awful. She just hoped whatever this was-wouldn’t last long-she didn’t have time to be sick. She sent a silent prayer that no one had noticed her absence as she opened the door-and came face to face with Clint waiting for her. DAMMIT
“You ok?” he asked looking her over.
She sighed “Not sure-hopefully this is a 24 hour bug” she said.
“Doc know?” he asked-knowing full well he didn’t.
“Since I JUST got sick and unless he’s acquired new powers in the last 30 minutes-I’d say no he doesn’t” she snapped as she walked to the elevator.
Clint stayed quiet and raised an eyebrow at her-waiting for her to continue. She stared back at him then deflated.
“I am sorry-that was uncalled for” she said. “If this continues I promise I’ll tell him” she adds.
Clint continued to stare at her-until it bugged her enough to ask.
“What” she said.
“Is there-Is there any way you could be pregnant?” Clint asked.
Jen blinked at him-taken off guard by his blunt question-then in true Gibbs fashion hit the emergency button-stopping the cab’s ascent.
“No Clint-I was given an experimental procedures when I was a teenager. I can’t have children because of it” she stated.
Clint looked at her “That’s not in your file?” he replied-unapologetic that he read her file.
“Failure tends to be omitted from one’s file” she answered cryptically.
Clint blinked but kept all the questions he wanted to ask to himself. He had an idea of what she was talking about from Natasha. He wisely kept silent. She hit the button-allowing the cart to continue to the squad room.
“I just need to get into MTAC-talk with Hetty and Fury then I can go home” Jen said.
“Where’s Banner?” Clint asked as they walked out and took the steps toward MTAC.
“Abby is keeping him occupied and semi hidden in her lab” Jen replied with a smile.
“You going to tell Bruce you got sick?” Clint asked knowing her answer.
“I don’t want to worry Bruce unless I have to” she said. “If this continues I will-I promise” she added.
Clint thought about it then nodded “okay” he said.
“Thanks” Jen said.
Unfortunately Jen continued to feel worse and worse as the meeting progressed. She was suddenly light headed and could feel herself paling. Her only saving grace was she debriefed first and could sit the rest of the meeting-otherwise she knew she would have fainted. She stayed seated after the screen went black and most of the others had left. She slowly got up and walked to the door. Clint was waiting for her again-a frown forming when he saw her.
“Still not feeling good?” Clint asked.
“No-but um let’s go get Bruce and head back to my place” Jen said.
“Sure” Clint said helping her to the elevator.
As soon as they walked into Abbey’s lab Bruce could tell something was wrong.
“Are you ok” Bruce said rushing to her side.
“I am fine” she lied.
“Genevieve” Bruce softly growled. “What’s wrong?” he demanded.
“Not sure exactly” she admitted “You know I’ve been feeling weird for days now. I might have gotten sick earlier in the bathroom-and THOUGHT I was going to get sick in MTAC.” She added with a flinch.
“What!” he exclaimed.
“Think we can swing by Ducky’s and asked if he could take some blood-run some test for me.” She responded.
Bruce looked troubled “Can he do that?” he asked.
She shrugged “couldn’t hurt to ask” she said.
Back at her place Bruce immediately made her sit down. She tried to make him sit with her so they could snuggle but his body was strung tight so it wasn’t very comfortable.
“Stop it” she said sitting up-“Let’s wait and see what Ducky finds before we worry ok?” she demanded.
Bruce took a deep breath and tried to calm down “ok-you’re right. Let’s wait and see what Ducky finds.” He said agreeing with her.
The Next Morning
Jen walked into NCIS autopsy by herself because the Avengers got called out for a mission at the crack of dawn.
“Genevieve my dear how are you?” Ducky said with a smile and a hug when he saw her.
“I am fine Ducky” she said returning the hug.
“I just made some tea and was about to go through your results-Would you like some?” Ducky asked motioning toward the teapot.
“I would love a cup” she said watching as Ducky poured them both a cup.
“You didn’t bring Robert with you?” Ducky asked handing her the cup.
She shook her head “No not today-they actually got called away early this morning on a mission. So it’s just me.” She said.
Ducky nodded and patted her hand and motioned for her to sit. “His loss is my gain” he said smiling at her.
Jen sat and watched Ducky read through the file-trying to sip her tea. His face was neutral and she was trying to stay calm but she finally snapped when she couldn’t take the silence anymore.
“If it’s something deadly could you lie to me?” she asked “I’ll never hear the end of it from Bruce.” She added.
Ducky chuckled shaking his head “No-No it’s nothing like that.” Ducky took off his glasses and wiped them-a stalling tactic she knew well from Bruce.
“Congratulations my dear. It looks like you and Robert are going to be parents.” He said gently looking at her.
Jen’s vision thinned and whited and all she could hear way the blood rushing in her ears. All of a sudden Ducky was in her line of vision making her take deep breaths-trying to calm her down. Her mind was running a thousand miles a minute.
“Ducky you need to do the test again-it’s wrong-you’re wrong!” she demanded.
“Genevieve” Ducky began.
“No Ducky do them again!” she snapped loudly.
“What the hell is going on here?” Gibbs demanded as he walked in taking in the scene.
Jen continued ignoring Gibbs presence.
“Ducky I can’t get pregnant-it-they –made sure of that. Bruce-Bruce can’t have kids since the gamma-and the hulk.” She exclaimed stopping only because she literally ran out of air.
“Wait-you’re pregnant?” Gibbs asked shocked.
DiNozzio walked in hearing Gibbs question and froze “wow B as a dad-um Congrats Jen.” He added not sure what to say.
Jen twirled at Tony- eyes widening with a new realization “Oh god! Bruce isn’t going to believe-he’s going to freak! He’ll run and I’ll never see him again!” she said as the panic started again.
“For heaven’s sake Anthony I had just calmed her down!” Ducky reprimanded.
“Sorry Ducky” DiNozzio said sheepishly.
“Genevieve you need to breath-in and out-there you go.” Ducky instructed calmly and once she calmed down he continued. “If it will make you feel better I can do the test again.”
Her head snapped up “Yes please Ducky. I am sorry I snapped at you-its just-it can’t be possible.” She whispered.
“This coming from the women who is around Captain American, a norse god, a man who turns into a 9 foot green guy and a relative who was born 100 years ago.” DiNozzio said earning a glare from Jen and a head slap from his boss.
“Thank You boss” Tony said automatically.
“Is Bruce back yet?” Gibbs asked.
“Never sure when they will come back-I get a text from someone when the battle’s ended and I haven’t gotten one yet” Jen said with a shrug.
“Come on I’ll drive you home” Gibbs said leading her out to his car.
Gibbs kept his eye on her as he made sandwiches and tea for them in her kitchen.
“Stop staring at me Jethro” Jen demanded softly from her spot at the kitchen table.
“Have you two talked about this?” Gibbs asked handing her the cup.
“No-I thought it wasn’t going to be an issue” Jen replied.
“Doctors can be wrong” Jethro replied as he sat down across from her.
“I have no reproductive organs Jethro-there’s no way I can be pregnant.” She replied.
Jethro frowned at her stunned by her comment. He could feel the anger burning-he knew of the chunks of time where she was kidnapped and Hetty had to search for her. When she was found Hetty would send him a courtesy update on her condition-apparently something had been left out of the updates.
“How come I wasn’t told?” he gritted out-surprising both of them.
“Nothing could be done-I didn’t want to think about it-take your pick” Jen said with a small shrug.
Gibbs phone rang interrupting them making Gibbs curse. He answered it and talked with whoever was on the other end.
“Damn Tobias-I should just let him rot in jail” Gibbs said after he hung up.
“Tobias?” Jen asked.
“Tobias Fornell-my friend who works in the FBI. The one Diane left me for” he replied with a smile.
“That’s why the name sounded familiar!” she exclaimed barking out a string of laughter. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
“He got picked up for suspected of DUI again” he mumbled.
Jen smiled “Go get him-all I am going to do is sit here and stew” she replied.
Gibbs looked over at her “I know this is going to seem weird-but you know to call me if notice anyone strange around you right?” he asked.
Jen looked over at him with a raised eyebrow “Of course. This have anything to do with your case?” she asked.
Jethro sighed nodding his head “I’ve kept my mouth shut since you’ve always had them around you. I’ve made lots of enemies and I just hope none of them are smart enough to figure out who you are” he replied.
Genieieve smiled reaching across the table “I promise if any one strange comes up to me I will call you” she replied with a smile.
"Thanks" Gibbs replied.
“Go get your friend out of jail Jethro” she replied.
He smiled “Fine-call me later” he said as he got up and left to get Fornell.
Jen tried to sip her tea and clear her mind and failing. She needed to think rationally. Hetty always taught her to have a backup plan-right? So she needed a backup plan-who would she trust for an OBGYN? She can’t just go to any doctor-there would be questions and the army will be there in seconds. Are there OBGYN’s for women like her? Wait-Hank! Hank McCoy would be the only other doctor she trust. She knew he wasn’t an OBGYN but he could point them in the right direction. She checked the time and went to her computer pulling up her video chat. This was something she needed to say face to face-she pulled up Hank’s screenname. She sent the video call and waited to see if he would answer.
“Genevieve?” he asked confused as his blue face filled her screen.
“Hi Hank-how are you?” she asked.
‘I am fine my dear-what do I owe this pleasure?” he asked.
“I have a…. predicament I might need your help on?” she asked vaguely.
Hank blinked at her gauging her expression.
“Genevieve you know I will help you with anything you need-can you be more specific?” he asked.
“Not yet-umm-I found out something today-and I need to tell Bruce before I tell you-I am sorry Hank-I know I am not making sense” she said apologetically.
“Well if Dr. Banner is involved I don’t see how I would have any different opinion for you-but I will be glad to help in any way you need” he said.
“Thank you Hank” she said with a sigh. “Will you be there this weekend or the beginning of next week?” she asked.
“I believe so-but you can always call me when you are ready to meet’ he said.
“That might be better-I have no idea how Bruce is going to handle this—so it might not be until next week-when we can meet” she said.
Hank raised his eyebrow in confusion “well whenever you and Dr. Banner decide you need to meet with me-just call me and I will rearrange my schedule if I need to” he said.
Jen sighed happy that Hank would do that for her “Thank you Hank-I’ll let you know when we are coming-and then I’ll explain everything” she said.
Hank smiled reassuringly “Of course my dear I’ll see you then” he said before the screen went black.
Jen leaned back “Ducky has to be wrong” she mumbled again.