Points of View
Stuart748
Summary: Harm & Mac get sent to investigate a murder, confessions are made and the there is an accident, H/M. Please R&R.
Standard disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did.
Chapter 5 - Getting Home
An hour later Harm and Mac sit in the cockpit of an F14 waiting to be catapulted off the Seahawk, while they had been waiting for the aircraft to be made ready they had contacted Chegwidden and told him how they were getting back and he had told them the report first thing Monday morning.
As they are shot off the bow Harm jokes with Mac about if she has any sick bags with her. As they head towards there destination they again start to chat about JAG again and where they wanted to go with their careers, about 30 minutes before they were due to land they started to talk about their relationship and what they had left unsaid over the years.
"Mac you know that I really wanted to just tell you how I felt and not let you go on the Admiral's porch right?"
"Yeah Harm but it wasn't the right time for either of us"
"I know but maybe it is now"
"Harm what are you telling me?" Mac asks trying to keep the hope out of her voice
As he was about to reply he saw that the transport plane in front of him had suddenly started banking away, scanning the sky he can see a missile level with him but heading for the transport plane hearing them screaming a mayday he acts immediately pushing his engines into afterburner and shooting forward he starts shouting into the guard radio "Transport, transport, this is navy fighter 542, I'm right behind you bank into the sun and dive, I'll try to get it to go after me instead of you"
"Roger that 542, airlifter 101 turning into sun"
Harm now concentrating completely on the missile jumps into the path it is taking, a sharp bank ensures it is locking onto his fighter instead of the transport streaking away from Baghdad airport he knows that he cant out run it and shouts
"Mac, get ready to pull the ejection handle as soon as I say, we'll be ejected together so I'll see you when we land"
"Harm tell me know what you were trying to say before" pleads Mac taking hold of the red loop above her head
"I will on the ground" replies a tense Harm
Still pulling wild manoeuvres Harm is throwing chaff and flares out of the back of the fighter, but this is having no effect and slowly it is gaining on the fighter in its sights, when the missile is just about to move into the kill radius Harm shouts "EJECT"
Swiftly tugging on the lever they feel a very powerful force pushing them from below as they are fired away from the stricken fighter as it dips towards the ground the missile finally closes and detonates, turning the fighter it was chasing into chaff. The two occupants of the aircraft however were just beginning to fall towards the ground below, as the seats fall away from them they are jerked upward by their deploying parachutes.
As the ground rushes up at them Harm quickly gets a bearing for Baghdad and looks for where Mac lands. Landing and disposing of his chute he runs over to where Mac is and finds her curled in a ball crying, pulling her into his embrace he again starts whispering comforting words to her, when she stops crying he pulls back to hold her at arms length and looks deep into her eyes he asks softly
"Want to know what I was trying to say now?"
Not trusting herself to speak at that point she simply nods
"Well its fairly simple Sarah, I was trying to say that I love you move than anything in the world"
Breaking down again she rushes into his arms and sobs against his chest holding him tighter than ever before. Turning her face up to him she pulls him down for a kiss that is soft and tender and full of love, braking away she puts her head on his chest and says
"I love you too Harm" it is a simple statement but it is heart felt and meaningful. Harm then turns her head back up and kisses her again, this time it deepens quickly and they only pull away when the need for air arises.
"Well I guess the first stop when we get back is at the Admirals" jokes Harm
"Why" asks the confused marine in his arms
"I don't know about you but I don't want to tell him about us in the office, and I don't want the pool resolved jut yet"
"What pool and why not?" ask a still confused Mac
"The pool on when we get together and because I think Sturgis and the Admiral should be allowed to share the winnings don't you?"
"The Admiral sure but why Sturgis?"
"Easy he said something to me before we left that made me take my head out my six"
"What did he say?" demands Mac angrily
"Oh just to not mess it up this time"
"That all?"
"I think so why?"
"Didn't want to have to kill him before his moment of triumph" she smiles and pulls down s head for another kiss, it is cut short by the sound of an approaching helicopter and they separate quickly. Collecting their parachutes they stand waiting for it to land besides them, their intertwined hands hidden in the folds of the chutes
When the chopper settles a young airman jumps out and runs over to them and shouts "ARE YOU CMD. RABB AND COL. MACKENZIE?"
"YES AIRMAN, WHERE YOU TAKING US?" replies Harm wondering who else is standing in the middle of the desert
"TO THE AIRPORT SIR, YOU'VE GOT A MEETING TO MAKE" he replies walking them towards the waiting chopper.
On board the airman remarks over the intercom "I hope you two are thirsty your gonna get brought about 300 beers"
"Why?" asks Harm looking puzzled
"Sir that plane you saved had 2 companies of marines onboard plus the flight crew"
Both Harm and Mac's jaws dropped at this point from the shock of this discovery and didn't know what to say, so they just looked at each other and burst out laughing. When he had composed himself Harm started to tease Mac about how she hadn't thrown up this time.
"Well by the time I got to feeling sick I was pulling the ejector handle and floating back to earth" she teased back with a big smile of her own "Flyboy why do the Navy even let you touch their jets you only break them"
"Hey we got shot down this time" he replied with a pout and a hurt look, then smiled "Well by doing that we saved a few dollars, an F14 is much cheaper than a C5 and all those marines must be worth something to someone"
"Gee thanks Harm, know any marines someone wants to keep around?"
"Don't know the Admiral was quite keen to get Gunny back, but there is one marine, I met her a few years back, drop dead gorgeous, brown hair nice figure, wouldn't mind keeping her around for Oh I don't know the rest of my life"
"Really" she exclaims with a blush
"Yeah really, but we should finish this later we're landing" the flyboy grin firmly in place as he gets off the helo a couple of minutes later and snaps to attention in front of a 2 star general
"Cmdr. Rabb and Col. Mackenzie, reporting sir" he announces and is shocked as the 2 star general offers him his hand to shake
"That was some nice flying son, now you two have to get back to Washington, but the transports going to be a few minutes so lets head over to the O club, there's someone people who want to meet you"
"No offence sir, but can we wait at the plane"
"Any reason?"
"Yes Sir. Admiral Chegwidden is going to kill me now, so I'd like to keep it to a fairly quick death rather than the long drawn out one I'd get if I was hungover" seeing the general was laughing he turned to Mac and says "Any idea what he's going to say?"
"No Harm I haven't but I noticed that you haven't lost your..skill? For getting into trouble" At this Mac too starts laughing
"You're so right I can't wait to see the look on Chegwidden's face when he finds out, I hope Harriet has a camera to hand"
JAG HQ Falls Church VA
"Admiral Sir, there's something on the news that you might like to hear" says the shaky voice of his Yeoman through the intercom
Walking out of his office and towards the bank of TV's he turns to Tiner who is following and asks "What is it Tiner"
"Just something that will interest you on the top of the hour sir" squeaks Tiner now absolutely petrified of the reaction he is going to witness and runs for the desk of Lt. Harriet Simms to tale cover.
Stuart748
Summary: Harm & Mac get sent to investigate a murder, confessions are made and the there is an accident, H/M. Please R&R.
Standard disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did.
Chapter 5 - Getting Home
An hour later Harm and Mac sit in the cockpit of an F14 waiting to be catapulted off the Seahawk, while they had been waiting for the aircraft to be made ready they had contacted Chegwidden and told him how they were getting back and he had told them the report first thing Monday morning.
As they are shot off the bow Harm jokes with Mac about if she has any sick bags with her. As they head towards there destination they again start to chat about JAG again and where they wanted to go with their careers, about 30 minutes before they were due to land they started to talk about their relationship and what they had left unsaid over the years.
"Mac you know that I really wanted to just tell you how I felt and not let you go on the Admiral's porch right?"
"Yeah Harm but it wasn't the right time for either of us"
"I know but maybe it is now"
"Harm what are you telling me?" Mac asks trying to keep the hope out of her voice
As he was about to reply he saw that the transport plane in front of him had suddenly started banking away, scanning the sky he can see a missile level with him but heading for the transport plane hearing them screaming a mayday he acts immediately pushing his engines into afterburner and shooting forward he starts shouting into the guard radio "Transport, transport, this is navy fighter 542, I'm right behind you bank into the sun and dive, I'll try to get it to go after me instead of you"
"Roger that 542, airlifter 101 turning into sun"
Harm now concentrating completely on the missile jumps into the path it is taking, a sharp bank ensures it is locking onto his fighter instead of the transport streaking away from Baghdad airport he knows that he cant out run it and shouts
"Mac, get ready to pull the ejection handle as soon as I say, we'll be ejected together so I'll see you when we land"
"Harm tell me know what you were trying to say before" pleads Mac taking hold of the red loop above her head
"I will on the ground" replies a tense Harm
Still pulling wild manoeuvres Harm is throwing chaff and flares out of the back of the fighter, but this is having no effect and slowly it is gaining on the fighter in its sights, when the missile is just about to move into the kill radius Harm shouts "EJECT"
Swiftly tugging on the lever they feel a very powerful force pushing them from below as they are fired away from the stricken fighter as it dips towards the ground the missile finally closes and detonates, turning the fighter it was chasing into chaff. The two occupants of the aircraft however were just beginning to fall towards the ground below, as the seats fall away from them they are jerked upward by their deploying parachutes.
As the ground rushes up at them Harm quickly gets a bearing for Baghdad and looks for where Mac lands. Landing and disposing of his chute he runs over to where Mac is and finds her curled in a ball crying, pulling her into his embrace he again starts whispering comforting words to her, when she stops crying he pulls back to hold her at arms length and looks deep into her eyes he asks softly
"Want to know what I was trying to say now?"
Not trusting herself to speak at that point she simply nods
"Well its fairly simple Sarah, I was trying to say that I love you move than anything in the world"
Breaking down again she rushes into his arms and sobs against his chest holding him tighter than ever before. Turning her face up to him she pulls him down for a kiss that is soft and tender and full of love, braking away she puts her head on his chest and says
"I love you too Harm" it is a simple statement but it is heart felt and meaningful. Harm then turns her head back up and kisses her again, this time it deepens quickly and they only pull away when the need for air arises.
"Well I guess the first stop when we get back is at the Admirals" jokes Harm
"Why" asks the confused marine in his arms
"I don't know about you but I don't want to tell him about us in the office, and I don't want the pool resolved jut yet"
"What pool and why not?" ask a still confused Mac
"The pool on when we get together and because I think Sturgis and the Admiral should be allowed to share the winnings don't you?"
"The Admiral sure but why Sturgis?"
"Easy he said something to me before we left that made me take my head out my six"
"What did he say?" demands Mac angrily
"Oh just to not mess it up this time"
"That all?"
"I think so why?"
"Didn't want to have to kill him before his moment of triumph" she smiles and pulls down s head for another kiss, it is cut short by the sound of an approaching helicopter and they separate quickly. Collecting their parachutes they stand waiting for it to land besides them, their intertwined hands hidden in the folds of the chutes
When the chopper settles a young airman jumps out and runs over to them and shouts "ARE YOU CMD. RABB AND COL. MACKENZIE?"
"YES AIRMAN, WHERE YOU TAKING US?" replies Harm wondering who else is standing in the middle of the desert
"TO THE AIRPORT SIR, YOU'VE GOT A MEETING TO MAKE" he replies walking them towards the waiting chopper.
On board the airman remarks over the intercom "I hope you two are thirsty your gonna get brought about 300 beers"
"Why?" asks Harm looking puzzled
"Sir that plane you saved had 2 companies of marines onboard plus the flight crew"
Both Harm and Mac's jaws dropped at this point from the shock of this discovery and didn't know what to say, so they just looked at each other and burst out laughing. When he had composed himself Harm started to tease Mac about how she hadn't thrown up this time.
"Well by the time I got to feeling sick I was pulling the ejector handle and floating back to earth" she teased back with a big smile of her own "Flyboy why do the Navy even let you touch their jets you only break them"
"Hey we got shot down this time" he replied with a pout and a hurt look, then smiled "Well by doing that we saved a few dollars, an F14 is much cheaper than a C5 and all those marines must be worth something to someone"
"Gee thanks Harm, know any marines someone wants to keep around?"
"Don't know the Admiral was quite keen to get Gunny back, but there is one marine, I met her a few years back, drop dead gorgeous, brown hair nice figure, wouldn't mind keeping her around for Oh I don't know the rest of my life"
"Really" she exclaims with a blush
"Yeah really, but we should finish this later we're landing" the flyboy grin firmly in place as he gets off the helo a couple of minutes later and snaps to attention in front of a 2 star general
"Cmdr. Rabb and Col. Mackenzie, reporting sir" he announces and is shocked as the 2 star general offers him his hand to shake
"That was some nice flying son, now you two have to get back to Washington, but the transports going to be a few minutes so lets head over to the O club, there's someone people who want to meet you"
"No offence sir, but can we wait at the plane"
"Any reason?"
"Yes Sir. Admiral Chegwidden is going to kill me now, so I'd like to keep it to a fairly quick death rather than the long drawn out one I'd get if I was hungover" seeing the general was laughing he turned to Mac and says "Any idea what he's going to say?"
"No Harm I haven't but I noticed that you haven't lost your..skill? For getting into trouble" At this Mac too starts laughing
"You're so right I can't wait to see the look on Chegwidden's face when he finds out, I hope Harriet has a camera to hand"
JAG HQ Falls Church VA
"Admiral Sir, there's something on the news that you might like to hear" says the shaky voice of his Yeoman through the intercom
Walking out of his office and towards the bank of TV's he turns to Tiner who is following and asks "What is it Tiner"
"Just something that will interest you on the top of the hour sir" squeaks Tiner now absolutely petrified of the reaction he is going to witness and runs for the desk of Lt. Harriet Simms to tale cover.