Author's Note:: Once again, another JAG fic. Harm/Caitlin again!! Sorry all you Harm/Mac shippers! Enjoy it though! XD
Chegwidden looked to Kate as she lay in the hospital bed, her eyes closed over and her hand in Harm's. He gave a gentle sigh, softly shaking his head before he leaned and touched Harm's shoulder, "Son..." he gently said and motioned for Harm to stand and move outside so they could talk. Once outside, Chegwidden sighed again and looked over Harm, "I'm sorry about Kate, people have sick minds Commander and obviously Caitlin was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Though, she just needs rest, so...you know the drill." Chegwidden smiled gently to Harm, "Give her my best, will you?"
"Of course Sir, I will. And Admiral?" Harm smiled a little, softly calling back Chegwidden as he began to walk away, "Thank you. It means a lot to me, and to Kate that you've accepted we can be working partners, and not bring our personal lives into the office."
"Of course Commander. It's what I would expect anyway."
"Yes Sir!" Harm immediately said, standing to attention.
"At ease Commander." Chegwidden smiled and winked to Harm, "Just have her back in one piece."
"Of course I will Admiral. Count on me for that." Harm chuckled.
Chegwidden gave one last look through the glass to Kate before he left, leaving Harm to go back inside the room where she was.
* * * * *
"Did you get the target?" he asked his marksman.
"As best I could Sir." was the reply he received on the other end of the phoneline.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Dennis questioned.
"Well, Pike moved away from the window, I shot but it's reported she wasn't that badly injured as we'd hoped her to be."
"Then go back, and finish the job." Brockman requested.
"Sir, I can't that. Caitlin is in the hospital..."
"Then rip out her tube! Or I don't know, administer her a drug!"
The markman sighed, slightly skeptically before nodding a little, "Aye, aye Sir."
"If I can't have her, nobody can." he said, finally and clicked the end call button.
* * * * *
"Kate..." Harm smiled to her as he sat with her in her room. She'd been asleep for most of the day, the wound taking her out, leaving her fatigued with all that had gone on that day; the excitement and nervousness of being back at JAG after the initial incident, the laughter and finally the fear. All had taken their toll on her body, but now as Harm spoke to her softly, she began to respond, opening her eyes to look at him.
"Harm..." she smiled back thankfully, but weakly.
"How're you feelin'?" he asked her.
"How would you feel with a bullet in your back?" she groaned a little.
"Good point." he replied, smiling a little, seeing she still hadn't lost her sense of humor.
"How long are they keeping me this time, I'm beginning to feel like one of those kids who sticks buttons up their nose just to get off school and be in the hospital for attention." Kate frowned before she continued, "They'll be renting this room out to other people who use it besides me in future."
"It's only going to be a few more hours, Kate." Harm replied, chuckling as she spoke.
"Good, I can't wait to get home and out of this damn indecent robe!"
"It's not indecent to me. I kinda like it..." Harm smirked.
"Trust you to like it!" Kate scoffed.
"Why wouldn't I? Shows you off in all the right places..."
"Oh, like where?" Kate raised her brow, turning to Harm and smirking.
As Harm leaned in to murmur into Caitlin's ear, a nurse walked into the room and he looked up at her, grinning to Kate a little.
"Excuse me." the nurse said, slightly condescending.
Kate looked to the nurse, "Can I be discharged yet?"
"Shortly Ma'am." the nurse replied, smiling sarcastically.
Harm looked to the nurse, frowning as he watched her body language, she seemed slightly edgy, "Nurse, is everything alright?" he questioned her. As the nurse was to reply to his questioned, Harm's phone began to ring, "Excuse me, I have to take this, it's Admiral Chegwidden." he told Kate and left the room, "Sir?"
Kate looked to the nurse as she began to check over Caitlin's vitals; blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate...before she moved to the wound, requesting Kate sit up so she could check that too.
* * * * *
"Yes Sir, of course." Harm responded to Chegwidden.
"Harm, we've caught him. It's Dennis. Commander Brockman..."
"What about him, he's in the brig, right?"
"We thought so, apparently he got out, somehow. He has a sidekick. A woman."
"Oh?" was all Harm could say.
"You're still with Kate aren't you?"
"She's in the room, why?"
"Don't leave her, this sidekick is probably going to pose as a nurse." Chegwidden told Harm.
Harm looked to the door of the room, quickly flicking his cell closed, "Kate!" he rushed back and got into the room, seeing the nurse fishing in her pocket. He got out his firearm, "You hold it right there!" he told her.
Kate looked up at Harm, "What's going on?!" she gasped, trying her best to prop herself up but her arm causing her too much pain.
"This nurse...was going to slip you something." Harm explained, "Under Dennis' orders."
The nurse looked up at him and she glared, "How did you know?!"
"The Admiral." Harm replied, "Now who are you?"
She sighed harshly before pausing, "I'm a J.G." she replied, "Lt. Loren Singer." she told him.
Kate's eyes grew wide, "Loren?!" she gasped.
"You two know each other?" Harm asked.
"Loren is Dennis' niece..." Kate replied.
Next time; Uh oh! Dennis' niece trying to kill off Kate! How rude?! Read the next chapter to find out what will happen next time!!