A/N ~ sorry it took me awhile to get back but i went away for the weekend :)

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Bethesda Hospital

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Mac was lying on the stretcher slowly going unconscious as the words of the paramedics became more unclear, but she still kept a tight grip onto harm's hand as they took her out of the ambulance.

"What do we have here?" a doctor questioned as he greeted them at the emergency room entrance.

"A female shot in the left shoulder Sir." one of the paramedics answered back.

Harm tried to stay with Mac but one of the assistance's behind the front desk told him to stay behind to fill out some forms.

"You're going to be ok Sarah. I'll be right here." He said as he left her side to reassure her that he wasn't going to leave.

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Harm finally finished filling out papers and decided to make some phone calls. The first people that came into his mind were Bud and Harriet. So he went to the pay phone across from the waiting area so he could keep an eye open incase the doctor came to talk to him.

"Robert's Residence." Harriet picked up

"Harriet it's harm." he responded in a sad tone

"Sir? Is everything alright?"

"No, I'm at Bethesda. Mac was shot." He said not able to make full sentences.

"What!? How did that happen Sir? Actually, I'll talk to you when we get down there." A determined Harriet answered

"No Harriet I'll cal..." and by that time Harriet had hung up and he was talking to a dial tone. He hung up the phone and dug into his pockets to find more change to call his mother when he was distracted by someone calling his name.

"Commander Rabb?"

"Yeah that's me."

"Hi. I'm commander Andrews." He said extending out his hand to Harm. "Colonel Mackenzie will be fine. We just sent her into surgery though. We stopped as much of the bleeding as we could. When the bullet entered it hit her shoulder bone causing it to shatter and we have to go in and reconstruct it. She is lucky that it didn't hit an artery, but not so lucky that it didn't just hit flesh. We also have to operate to get the bullet it out. The surgery should take about an hour and a half, so you should be able to see her in two hours. Any questions?"

"No. Thank you Commander." Harm answered back

And then the Commander was gone.

"Sir?" Bud said spotting harm.

"Bud. You guys didn't have to come all the way down here."

"Well sir we were worried and Aj is with our next door neighbor."

"Well then I'm glad you did."

"So how is she." Harriet asked.

Harm explained everything that the doctor had told them.

"So I guess all we can do is wait." he concluded

"Well should I go call someone? The Admiral maybe?" Harriet Asked

Harm didn't want to say anything because he knew that she was only trying to help.

"Yeah that would be great Thanks Harriet." harm said

15 minutes later......

"The Admiral is on his way sir. I tried to stop him sir but he insisted on coming." Harriet mumbled on.

"That's ok. And thanks again for calling."

"No problem sir."

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An hour and 45 minutes later.....

Harm, Bud, Harriet, the Admiral, and some how Tiner, and PO Coates were there all in the waiting room silent when the doctor came back.

"The Colonel is fine. She is out of surgery and is stable right now. You may go see her now if you wish."

"Thank you Commander." harm replied back.

"Rabb you go in first then you can come get us when you are ready." Aj ordered

"Ok sir." and with that Harm practically ran to her room.

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He got to her room and entered slowly careful not to wake her if she was sleeping, which she was. So he pulled a chair over to her bedside, sat down and grabbed hold of her hand.

She quickly woke up when harm touched her hand. "Hey." she said in a low voice.

"Hi. how are you doing?"

"Well how do I look?"

Harm didn't even have to look her over to answer that one. "You look great."

"Yeah right." she said with a slight laugh barely able to open her eyes.

The bandages and goss were from her left elbow up to her neck where it then extended over her chest and under her right armpit to keep the left side in place and to prevent it from folding over. And she was also wearing a sling.

"Mac why did you go back."

"Because I wanted him to leave us alone."

"Well you really should have told me so that we both could've gone."

"I thought that if I told you, you wouldn't have let me go. I'm sorry harm."



"I'm just glad that you're alive." he said and he leaned in and kissed her trying not to hit her elbow.

"Did they arrest David?" Mac questioned

"They haven't been able to find him yet. He fled the garage after he shot you. But they will trust me, because if they don't I will." harm said

"Well everyone is waiting outside to see you."

"That will have to wait.." A nurse said as she come in with a cart full of machines "We have to do some tests then she will be all yours."

"Tests?" Harm questioned

"Standard procedure tests. We run them 45 min. after surgery to make sure everything is ok. It should only take a half an hour or so." The nurse answered.

Harm kissed Mac and told he would be back and left to tell everyone the news.

"Umm.. Sir?" Harm said to the Admiral pulling him aside. "I need to leave the hospital but I should be back before the nurse is done." Harm told him and then left.

I wonder where he is going......... (hint.. it's not where most of you are thinking!)