Harm woke up and noticed that he was lying on his living room couch, with his daughter anxiously standing by his side.
"Daddy?" she said.
"Hi Annabelle," he said as he lifted her onto his lap.
"Daddy are you ok?"
Harm thought back to what he last remembered. He remembered going to answer the door. He remembered the police being there and telling him about Mac's car. Oh God! Mac.
"Yes Annabelle I'm fine," he said trying not to worry the child.
Trish walked in and went straight over to her son.
"Harmon your finally awake. We were so worried. The paramedics said it was just all the stress finally getting to you."
"Where is everyone?" He asked getting up.
"Everyone went home. AJ asked you to call him at home when you woke up."
"Thanks mom."
"Your welcome," Trish said as she took her granddaughter from her son.
Harm went into the library to call Admiral Chegwidden.
"AJ," the Admiral said when he answered the phone.
"Sir it's Commander Rabb."
"Harm how are you doing?" AJ asked concerned.
"Fine under the circumstances sir," Harm answered honestly. "What did the police say? I don't really remember much after they showed up."
"Basically it's not good news. They don't really know much. All they know is that it looks like Mac's car was forced off the road. Her purse and cell phone were still in the car. There didn't seem to be any signs of a struggle. Right now they are looking for any potential witnesses. They will let us know if they find anything." AJ heard Harm's sigh.
"Don't worry. Mac knows how to handle herself. Oh and Harm, I better not see you in JAG tomorrow."
"But Sir, I've already missed…"
"Do I have to make it an order?"
"No sir."
"Good. Stay with your kids Harm. They need you."
"Thank You sir."
Harm hung up the phone and looked to see one of twins standing in the doorway.
"Daddy?" Little Robert asked in a shaky voice.
"Yes Robert?" Harm said as he sat with the boy on the couch.
"Is mommy goanna be ok? Cause I asked grandma and she said mommy is fine but she's still not here and everyone seems sad."
Harm knew a question like this was going to come. He just didn't think it would be so soon.
"Mommy is fine. She just went out to do something important."
"You mean like when she goes away for work?"
"Yep. So don't worry she's fine."
"Ok daddy if you say so. It's just she didn't say goodbye. Whenever mommy goes away she always says goodbye."
Before Harm could answer, Frank walked in holding the phone.
"Harm, Webb is on the phone," he said as he handed Harm the phone.
"Come on Robert why don't we see what your brother is up to. I think he's up in the tree house."
"Ok grandpa." On their way out Frank closed the door.
"Webb?"
"Hey Harm. I heard what happened to Mac. I'm sorry. I just called to let you that I'll help in anyway that I can. I've gotten a hold of the police report. It looks as if she just walked off. There were no signs of a struggle and so far no witnesses."
"You know as well as I do that she didn't just walk off. Something happened to her."
"I know. I also know the police have nothing to go on so since it looks like she walked off, they're not going to do much. But don't worry Rabb we'll find her."
"I hope so."
"We will."
Mac woke up slightly disorientated with an aching head. She looked around and couldn't figure out where she was. She was tied to a chair in a unfamiliar place that looked like a basement of some kind. Soon the events of the last couple of hours flooded her mind. She remembered going out to get the birthday cake. Then she remembered being run off the road. But after that everything was fuzzy. She heard a door open behind her and she tried to turn her neck to see what was going on. She couldn't see anything, the room was too dark. She did hear a woman's voice.
"So your finally awake Colonel."
Mac knew that voice was familiar but who was it?
"I bet your wondering what's going. Well I'll tell you."
That's when the woman stepped out in front of Mac.
"Lieutenant?" Mac asked in disbelief.
"Lieutenant Cynthia Jameson, reporting as ordered," she mocked as she approached Mac.
"What are doing," Mac asked her.
"Well let's see. I've kidnapped you and now your family has no idea where you are. Actually even the police have no idea. From what they can deduce it looks like you just walked away from your car."
"But why are you doing this?"
"Your husband is going to come in to work exhausted and depressed. After all, his wife is missing. Well someone is going to have to comfort him and cheer him up. That someone would be me," she said with a gleam in her eyes.
"You're kidding me right? You expect to get close to Harm by pulling this stunt."
"No, I know I can get to Harm by doing this. See Colonel the problem here is you. You stood in my way and now with you out of the way the path is all clear."
Mac muttered a stupid bitch under her breath that didn't go unnoticed. This comment earned her a hard slap face in the face. Mac could already feel the bruise forming on her left cheek.
"Listen Colonel, I am in charge here. I'm calling the shoots. So you best keep your comments to yourself. And just to make sure you do, let this be a reminder," Cynthia said as she landed a punch to Mac's stomach.
The first thing Mac thought of as she saw the Lieutenants fist connect with her stomach was the baby. 'Please God don't let her hurt my baby.'
Harm had spent the day with his children trying to act as normal as possible. So far the police had found nothing new. If there were any witnesses none of them were coming forward. Harm decided that he would head in to work tomorrow. The kids would also go back to school. He knew he would already have a huge stack of paperwork waiting for him and he felt that it was important for his children if everything went on as normal. He just hoped that they found Mac soon. If they didn't how was he going to explain to his children that their mother might never come home. He thought about Robert who was definitely mommy's little boy.
One thought had been plaguing Harm's mind all day. The baby. If anything happened to Mac or the baby he personally would kill who ever was responsible. He just couldn't understand who would want to do something like this.
Harm had decided that since he was going to be home for the day he mine as well be productive. He had Bud drop all of Mac's more serious cases from the last six months. So far he turned up nothing. Webb had reported that Palmer was indeed still in jail and so were all the other violent offenders Mac had recently put away.
The doorbell rang and Harm got up to answer it. He was surprised to see Clayton Webb standing on the other side.
"Hey Harm I thought I'd bring some people over to set some things up. Can I come inside?"
"Sure," Harm said as he led Webb inside. Shortly after two men carrying large black boxes also came in the house.
"I thought we'd set this up in the library," Webb said with the two men following behind him. Soon Harm, Webb, Frank and the two men who still had not been introduced were set up in Harm's library.
"Ok this here will trace any calls that come in. If you feel that the call could be important press this button and the conversation will be recorded. Also this phone here is set up on a secure line so you can call if you hear anything."
Webb was convinced that Mac had been kidnapped. Even if the cops weren't he was. That's why he decided to set things up incase Mac's kidnappers decided to call.
"Also Frank you can use this line to call Harm or myself if you find out anything while Harm is at work."
Mac woke up with yet another blinding headache. They had drugged her again but with what she did not know. She found out that the Lieutenant wasn't working alone. Although she was the ringleader, she had two men helping her. Mac thought it must have been the men that abducted her form her car.
She had been fed earlier, but the contents of her lunch were definitely not appealing. Mac had eaten all of it though knowing how important it was for her and the baby.
The door behind Mac opened and she could hear footsteps approaching her direction.
"Hello Colonel. I hope you had a nice day?" Lieutenant Jameson asked.
Mac didn't answer her.
"Not very talkative are we? Well that's certainly a change from yesterday. Yes I must say today was a wonderful day. It seems that police think that you just walked away from your car. There doesn't seem to be any evidence that supports a robbery or a kidnapping. So as far as they are concerned there is nothing more they can do. And the Admiral gave your husband the day off to spend it with your children. It seems that they don't know what's going on. They seem to think that you are away on a trip for business. I wonder how they are going to feel when they find out their mother isn't coming home. Anyway I would love to stay and chat but I have a Navy Commander and three children to comfort."
"Leave my family alone!" Mac shouted.
"What's the matter Colonel? Don't trust me to be alone with your husband?"
"Bitch!" Mac shouted not caring what happened.
"Now, now, such language. You wouldn't want to expose your unborn child to this language would you? Maybe you won't have to worry about that," Jameson said as she proceeded to throw several punches to Mac's face and stomach. Mac doubled over in pain, as much as her restraints would allow her.
"Just remember whose is charge here Colonel."