(A/N: Congrats to Anne, Shannon, and Lynne for all who got
the closest guess to what had transpired. Congrats and thanks
to all of those I missed. I am really sorry to the one person
who really did get it, but I lost your e mail. Standard
Disclaimer: Same as in last chapter. Please enjoy, and e mail
me if this makes no sense whatsoever.)
Fade in
(Five minutes earlier out in the bull pen.)
Harm, Webb, and AJ's daughter, walked briskly to AJ's office ignoring the stares they that Harm was getting from co- workers.
"Looks like they are glad to see you're back, Rabb."
"Knock it off Webb, you know as well as I do why they are staring. It's not everyday someone rises from the dead," Harm couldn't help but saying.
"Sir?" Lieutenant Singer said, catching up to the three. "How- "
"Let me put it this way Lieutenant, you can't get rid of me that easily." He said, walking faster.
Fade out.
(The Admiral's Office; where I left off in the last chapter.)
"Harm? Is that really you man?" Sturgis asked leading the group of people over to where the three were standing.
As the Admiral's daughter ran over to him, Harm snapped to attention. "Sorry we are late sir, traffic was a nightmare." (A/N: Sorry, I just had to throw that line in. I would write that the Admiral called out his daughter's name, and she ran and hugged him, but since I don't know how to spell her name, I can't. So just pretend I did.)
Trish reached out and pulled Harm into a tight hug, minding the bandage on his neck. "Oh Harm we thought-"
"I know Mom, I know."
"What happened, Harm?" Bobbie asked breaking the silence.
Harm looked at the Admiral, whose eyes were popping out of his head. Mac looked just as worse, like she would collapse any second.
"Why don't we all sit down, and I can tell you what happened," he said leading Mac by the elbow to a chair. She grabbed his hand, with her free one, and squeezed it tight before releasing it.
It was Mac who noticed the grimace that crossed Harm's face as he sat down.
"You okay, Harm?"
"I'm fine Mac; nothing a few years of vacation couldn't cure," he said with a touch of humor. Remembering that the SECNAV was present, he got to his story.
"I was wearing a vest when the Admiral shot me. I had promised Mac earlier that day that I would, but at the exact same time that he shot me, a sniper that was on a beam on the ceiling, shot me with a silencer. (A/N: A gun that makes no noise when firing.) I woke up in the ambulance, and they told me that the bullet grazed my neck. (A/N: The blood that was forming around Harm's head.) Having no idea why the Admiral would want me dead, I called Webb and told him what had happened. He-"
"I convinced him that it would be safer if he played dead, so to speak, until we had figured this thing out. He went into hiding, and I had all of the Admiral's lines tapped. We heard the call between you and Hicks, and traced the call."
"He wanted you to kill Mac next papa. He said once he had ruined your career, and took care of the people who put Marcus away, then would kill me."
"So let me get this straight," the SECNAV cut in. He pointed to Harm, "you had no idea that AJ was trying to kill you, and because the Colonel made you promise to wear a vest, you survived, but you got shot in the neck by a sniper at the exact moment that AJ shot you." Not waiting for a response, he looked over at Webb. "And you convinced the hospital staff to fake Rabb's death, and to make it look like AJ killed him?" Then he turned to the Admiral. "And you killed Rabb, without even thinking of another way to resolve this?"
"That's what happened sir," Webb answered.
"So now what happens?" The SECNAV almost yelled.
"Well sir, you really can't charge the Admiral for something he didn't do. "He was only-"
"As you were Rabb; I can speak for myself."
"Maybe we need to discuss this in private Admiral," the SECNAV said, in a tone that was not to be argued with.
"Dismissed," AJ said. While everyone was headed for the door, he called Harm back.
"Rabb, I want to talk to you afterwards."
"Yes sir."
Fade out
As the group all headed over to Harm's office, they knew that the Admiral was getting chewed out bad, but how loud the SECNAV was yelling.
(In Harm's office.)
"We are so glad you are okay, sir." Harriet said while hugging him.
"We all are Harm," Bobbie said.
"I'm sorry I had to put you all through that. When I had made the decision to call Mac and tell her, (A/N: It always has to be Mac that he calls, right?) Webb told me why all this was happening, I decided to wait."
"We are just so glad that you are okay Harm," Trish said while taking his hand.
"It's weird though," Sturgis said.
"What is?"
"That you came in just as the Admiral was about to relieve the Admiral of duty."
Harm gave them all one of his famous flyboy grins. "Well you know me; I always have to make an entrance."
They all smiled for the first time in days. After everyone left so Harm could have some time alone with his mother and step father, Sturgis followed Mac into her office.
"What can I do for you Sturgis?"
"Mac, you remember that subject that I promised you I would never talk about?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"You know, you almost lost him this time. Next time it could be too late, and he'll never know. And believe me Mac. I know he feels the same way."
"He told you?" Mac almost yelled.
"No. Call it man's intuition. Listen to what I said Mac," and with that he left.
"Yeah, I know. I have to tell him." Mac whispered.
TBC
(A/N: The next chapter will deal with Harm's talk with the Admiral and Harm's talk with Mac. Please review.)
Fade in
(Five minutes earlier out in the bull pen.)
Harm, Webb, and AJ's daughter, walked briskly to AJ's office ignoring the stares they that Harm was getting from co- workers.
"Looks like they are glad to see you're back, Rabb."
"Knock it off Webb, you know as well as I do why they are staring. It's not everyday someone rises from the dead," Harm couldn't help but saying.
"Sir?" Lieutenant Singer said, catching up to the three. "How- "
"Let me put it this way Lieutenant, you can't get rid of me that easily." He said, walking faster.
Fade out.
(The Admiral's Office; where I left off in the last chapter.)
"Harm? Is that really you man?" Sturgis asked leading the group of people over to where the three were standing.
As the Admiral's daughter ran over to him, Harm snapped to attention. "Sorry we are late sir, traffic was a nightmare." (A/N: Sorry, I just had to throw that line in. I would write that the Admiral called out his daughter's name, and she ran and hugged him, but since I don't know how to spell her name, I can't. So just pretend I did.)
Trish reached out and pulled Harm into a tight hug, minding the bandage on his neck. "Oh Harm we thought-"
"I know Mom, I know."
"What happened, Harm?" Bobbie asked breaking the silence.
Harm looked at the Admiral, whose eyes were popping out of his head. Mac looked just as worse, like she would collapse any second.
"Why don't we all sit down, and I can tell you what happened," he said leading Mac by the elbow to a chair. She grabbed his hand, with her free one, and squeezed it tight before releasing it.
It was Mac who noticed the grimace that crossed Harm's face as he sat down.
"You okay, Harm?"
"I'm fine Mac; nothing a few years of vacation couldn't cure," he said with a touch of humor. Remembering that the SECNAV was present, he got to his story.
"I was wearing a vest when the Admiral shot me. I had promised Mac earlier that day that I would, but at the exact same time that he shot me, a sniper that was on a beam on the ceiling, shot me with a silencer. (A/N: A gun that makes no noise when firing.) I woke up in the ambulance, and they told me that the bullet grazed my neck. (A/N: The blood that was forming around Harm's head.) Having no idea why the Admiral would want me dead, I called Webb and told him what had happened. He-"
"I convinced him that it would be safer if he played dead, so to speak, until we had figured this thing out. He went into hiding, and I had all of the Admiral's lines tapped. We heard the call between you and Hicks, and traced the call."
"He wanted you to kill Mac next papa. He said once he had ruined your career, and took care of the people who put Marcus away, then would kill me."
"So let me get this straight," the SECNAV cut in. He pointed to Harm, "you had no idea that AJ was trying to kill you, and because the Colonel made you promise to wear a vest, you survived, but you got shot in the neck by a sniper at the exact moment that AJ shot you." Not waiting for a response, he looked over at Webb. "And you convinced the hospital staff to fake Rabb's death, and to make it look like AJ killed him?" Then he turned to the Admiral. "And you killed Rabb, without even thinking of another way to resolve this?"
"That's what happened sir," Webb answered.
"So now what happens?" The SECNAV almost yelled.
"Well sir, you really can't charge the Admiral for something he didn't do. "He was only-"
"As you were Rabb; I can speak for myself."
"Maybe we need to discuss this in private Admiral," the SECNAV said, in a tone that was not to be argued with.
"Dismissed," AJ said. While everyone was headed for the door, he called Harm back.
"Rabb, I want to talk to you afterwards."
"Yes sir."
Fade out
As the group all headed over to Harm's office, they knew that the Admiral was getting chewed out bad, but how loud the SECNAV was yelling.
(In Harm's office.)
"We are so glad you are okay, sir." Harriet said while hugging him.
"We all are Harm," Bobbie said.
"I'm sorry I had to put you all through that. When I had made the decision to call Mac and tell her, (A/N: It always has to be Mac that he calls, right?) Webb told me why all this was happening, I decided to wait."
"We are just so glad that you are okay Harm," Trish said while taking his hand.
"It's weird though," Sturgis said.
"What is?"
"That you came in just as the Admiral was about to relieve the Admiral of duty."
Harm gave them all one of his famous flyboy grins. "Well you know me; I always have to make an entrance."
They all smiled for the first time in days. After everyone left so Harm could have some time alone with his mother and step father, Sturgis followed Mac into her office.
"What can I do for you Sturgis?"
"Mac, you remember that subject that I promised you I would never talk about?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"You know, you almost lost him this time. Next time it could be too late, and he'll never know. And believe me Mac. I know he feels the same way."
"He told you?" Mac almost yelled.
"No. Call it man's intuition. Listen to what I said Mac," and with that he left.
"Yeah, I know. I have to tell him." Mac whispered.
TBC
(A/N: The next chapter will deal with Harm's talk with the Admiral and Harm's talk with Mac. Please review.)