(A/N: These "very subtle hints" that I have been dropping I
can no long comment on because that would give everything
away. But just a hint, go back to a shot in the dark and
reread the part where the Admiral shot Harm where did he
shoot him, and where did the blood come from? And I can
assure all readers that this is not a dream. Standard
disclaimer: Same as in first chapter.)
Fade in.
Back in the office, Sturgis and Mac noticed that the Admiral walked in without Harm. They followed him, intending to talk to him, but the slam of his office door told them otherwise. A few minutes latter, along with Harriet, both of them were called into his office.
"Sir, where is Commander Rabb?" Harriet finally asked.
When the Admiral didn't answer, Mac looked over at Sturgis who nodded. Something wasn't right.
"Sit down," he ordered, taking his own seat.
After a long silence, and the strange looks he was getting from his officers, he finally began.
"When Harm and I went to the warehouse-"
"Oh God, he's dead," Mac put her hand up to her mouth and stared at the Admiral.
Sturgis looked from the Admiral to Mac, not waiting to believe it. "Sir?"
"But he can't be dead he said he would help me-" Harriet tried but couldn't get the rest of the words out of her mouth.
"He was shot.the doctors tried everything they could, but they couldn't save him."
Ignoring protocol, Mac got up and left without so much a word. Sturgis and Harriet looked desperately at the Admiral, hoping he was wrong. But the look on his face didn't lie.
"Dismissed; I have to call Harm's mother, and then make an announcement to the staff."
Fade out.
Sturgis and Harriet lightly tapped on Mac's door before stepping in, and closing the door behind them. Mac was facing the window, staring out into nothing.
"I made him promise me," she said just barely above a whisper.
"Promise you what?" Sturgis asked.
"I made him promise me that he would wear a vest. He promised, and Harm never makes a promise he doesn't intend to keep."
"He didn't know ma'am. How could he?"
Mac shook her head, and kept on staring out the window. "Could you guys give me a minute? I just want to be alone."
Both hesitated, but finally Sturgis touched Harriet's arm, indicating that they should give her some space.
By the time they got into the bullpen, they caught their college's faces, after the Admiral told them the news. It was a look that tore at Harriet's soul. She still had to tell Bud, and had to find someway to tell her son that he would never get to see his Godfather again.
Back in Mac's office, Mac was still staring out the window with silent tears rolling down her face. Harriet was right; he had no way of knowing that something would go wrong. But she knew Harm. Harm always kept his promises. Something just wasn't right.
Fade out.
Back in AJ's office, he was pacing yet again, waiting for Hicks to call. Finally when Tiner announced the call, the Admiral jumped to pick it up.
"Where is my daughter Hicks?"
"Nice to hear from you to Admiral; isn't it a great day?"
"Where is she Hicks?"
"You know, they told me on the news that Rabb died, and I must say, it must have took some guts to kill your senior officer for your daughter's life. But your daughter is a very pretty and attractive, and I think I'll hang on to her for a little while longer. I'll contact you again, when I want something," and with that he hung up.
The Admiral slammed the phone down hard and banged on his desk. This was getting out of hand. Something had to be done now.
TBC
(A/N: Oh come on guys, somebody has to be getting this! and if you to please e mail me this instead of posting it on my reviews. We want to keep the other people in suspense, now don't we?)
Fade in.
Back in the office, Sturgis and Mac noticed that the Admiral walked in without Harm. They followed him, intending to talk to him, but the slam of his office door told them otherwise. A few minutes latter, along with Harriet, both of them were called into his office.
"Sir, where is Commander Rabb?" Harriet finally asked.
When the Admiral didn't answer, Mac looked over at Sturgis who nodded. Something wasn't right.
"Sit down," he ordered, taking his own seat.
After a long silence, and the strange looks he was getting from his officers, he finally began.
"When Harm and I went to the warehouse-"
"Oh God, he's dead," Mac put her hand up to her mouth and stared at the Admiral.
Sturgis looked from the Admiral to Mac, not waiting to believe it. "Sir?"
"But he can't be dead he said he would help me-" Harriet tried but couldn't get the rest of the words out of her mouth.
"He was shot.the doctors tried everything they could, but they couldn't save him."
Ignoring protocol, Mac got up and left without so much a word. Sturgis and Harriet looked desperately at the Admiral, hoping he was wrong. But the look on his face didn't lie.
"Dismissed; I have to call Harm's mother, and then make an announcement to the staff."
Fade out.
Sturgis and Harriet lightly tapped on Mac's door before stepping in, and closing the door behind them. Mac was facing the window, staring out into nothing.
"I made him promise me," she said just barely above a whisper.
"Promise you what?" Sturgis asked.
"I made him promise me that he would wear a vest. He promised, and Harm never makes a promise he doesn't intend to keep."
"He didn't know ma'am. How could he?"
Mac shook her head, and kept on staring out the window. "Could you guys give me a minute? I just want to be alone."
Both hesitated, but finally Sturgis touched Harriet's arm, indicating that they should give her some space.
By the time they got into the bullpen, they caught their college's faces, after the Admiral told them the news. It was a look that tore at Harriet's soul. She still had to tell Bud, and had to find someway to tell her son that he would never get to see his Godfather again.
Back in Mac's office, Mac was still staring out the window with silent tears rolling down her face. Harriet was right; he had no way of knowing that something would go wrong. But she knew Harm. Harm always kept his promises. Something just wasn't right.
Fade out.
Back in AJ's office, he was pacing yet again, waiting for Hicks to call. Finally when Tiner announced the call, the Admiral jumped to pick it up.
"Where is my daughter Hicks?"
"Nice to hear from you to Admiral; isn't it a great day?"
"Where is she Hicks?"
"You know, they told me on the news that Rabb died, and I must say, it must have took some guts to kill your senior officer for your daughter's life. But your daughter is a very pretty and attractive, and I think I'll hang on to her for a little while longer. I'll contact you again, when I want something," and with that he hung up.
The Admiral slammed the phone down hard and banged on his desk. This was getting out of hand. Something had to be done now.
TBC
(A/N: Oh come on guys, somebody has to be getting this! and if you to please e mail me this instead of posting it on my reviews. We want to keep the other people in suspense, now don't we?)