AN: so we're nearing the end of this 'season'. Many thanks to Cria and TZ
for betaing.
Rescue On Its Way
May 24th 2003
Harm was finally getting on the plane to go to Paraguay. He had been surprised when the admiral hadn't let him go, but he hadn't even asked for a reason why not. It didn't matter right now because the most important thing was that he was going to Paraguay to find Mac. Regardless how this trip went he didn't regret going after Mac. She had said there was no price not worth paying for her daughter and Harm felt the same way about Mac. No price was too great.
At the moment he didn't feel any resentment towards the admiral for not letting him go, maybe that would come later on.
Bud was the only one who knew that Harm was going away. Harm had decided to tell him all about it since, he had helped him and Catherine Gale with the 'wedding ceremony'. Even though Catherine had later told him that if she had known what it was about she would have helped him regardless, he didn't regret 'marrying' her. If nothing else came out of this mission to find Mac, at least he had helped a dying woman. It was a small comforting thought.
He didn't really have a plan yet for what he was going to do once he was in Paraguay, but he hoped that it would somehow work out when he got there.
At the same time at the compound, Mac was sitting on the bed with her daughter in her arms. So far they didn't suspect that she had any connection to Elena, but it had gotten harder and harder for Mac not to show how concerned she was for her well-being. It might have been believable that a pregnant woman was concerned about the baby, but Mac realized that once she let down that wall she wouldn't be able to hide exactly how much Elena meant to her. Mrs Robinson called her Sarah, which was kind of ironic in a way.
Mrs Robinson seemed to have taken care of her as well as she possibly could and because of that it was hard for Mac not to feel any gratefulness for her. What she had just done however was horrible. She had some how figured out that Mac wasn't pregnant and told Sadiq, who had proven it by sticking a knife into her pregnancy suit. A couple of hours later they had come and gotten the Robinson's out of the room where they were being held. Mac was left to take care of Elena herself now, which worried her a lot.
Harm still didn't have a plan for what to do when he landed in Paraguay, but he was lucky and Gunny found him. Together they had a better chance to rescue Mac and Webb from Sadiq.
Webb had only been awake for a short amount of time and then fallen back to sleep. Mac hadn't been able to sleep at all. She had fed Elena and than watched her fall asleep in her arms. It was a beautiful thing to see. She was however worried about her condition. She wasn't at all growing and getting stronger like Mrs Robinson had said, instead she had hardly grown at all. Mac wasn't sure what that formula that they were feeding her was, but it didn't seem like it was helping her much. It was better than anything else they had though, so she had to keep giving it to her.
Suddenly Sadiq and some of his men burst in through the door. Webb and Elena both woke up and Mac started to rock Elena so she would fall asleep again.
"Things have changed. I will leave it up to you. I will take one or the other, you can choose," Sadiq said.
"Sarah," Webb got out. He wanted to make sure she wouldn't go.
Mac could hardly hear how Sadiq talked about how the name on her passport was Jane and what was going to happen to the one who went with him. She wasn't going to let him take Webb again. He was already in such a bad shape that she wasn't sure he would survive another round of torture and if he was tortured she no longer trusted him to be able to keep their secrets. This was something she needed to do for her daughter and she knew that she could. She didn't care about Webb saying that he would go, she was going.
Two of Sadiq's men grabbed her as soon as she had put the baby back in her 'crib' and dragged her out of there.
TBC
Rescue On Its Way
May 24th 2003
Harm was finally getting on the plane to go to Paraguay. He had been surprised when the admiral hadn't let him go, but he hadn't even asked for a reason why not. It didn't matter right now because the most important thing was that he was going to Paraguay to find Mac. Regardless how this trip went he didn't regret going after Mac. She had said there was no price not worth paying for her daughter and Harm felt the same way about Mac. No price was too great.
At the moment he didn't feel any resentment towards the admiral for not letting him go, maybe that would come later on.
Bud was the only one who knew that Harm was going away. Harm had decided to tell him all about it since, he had helped him and Catherine Gale with the 'wedding ceremony'. Even though Catherine had later told him that if she had known what it was about she would have helped him regardless, he didn't regret 'marrying' her. If nothing else came out of this mission to find Mac, at least he had helped a dying woman. It was a small comforting thought.
He didn't really have a plan yet for what he was going to do once he was in Paraguay, but he hoped that it would somehow work out when he got there.
At the same time at the compound, Mac was sitting on the bed with her daughter in her arms. So far they didn't suspect that she had any connection to Elena, but it had gotten harder and harder for Mac not to show how concerned she was for her well-being. It might have been believable that a pregnant woman was concerned about the baby, but Mac realized that once she let down that wall she wouldn't be able to hide exactly how much Elena meant to her. Mrs Robinson called her Sarah, which was kind of ironic in a way.
Mrs Robinson seemed to have taken care of her as well as she possibly could and because of that it was hard for Mac not to feel any gratefulness for her. What she had just done however was horrible. She had some how figured out that Mac wasn't pregnant and told Sadiq, who had proven it by sticking a knife into her pregnancy suit. A couple of hours later they had come and gotten the Robinson's out of the room where they were being held. Mac was left to take care of Elena herself now, which worried her a lot.
Harm still didn't have a plan for what to do when he landed in Paraguay, but he was lucky and Gunny found him. Together they had a better chance to rescue Mac and Webb from Sadiq.
Webb had only been awake for a short amount of time and then fallen back to sleep. Mac hadn't been able to sleep at all. She had fed Elena and than watched her fall asleep in her arms. It was a beautiful thing to see. She was however worried about her condition. She wasn't at all growing and getting stronger like Mrs Robinson had said, instead she had hardly grown at all. Mac wasn't sure what that formula that they were feeding her was, but it didn't seem like it was helping her much. It was better than anything else they had though, so she had to keep giving it to her.
Suddenly Sadiq and some of his men burst in through the door. Webb and Elena both woke up and Mac started to rock Elena so she would fall asleep again.
"Things have changed. I will leave it up to you. I will take one or the other, you can choose," Sadiq said.
"Sarah," Webb got out. He wanted to make sure she wouldn't go.
Mac could hardly hear how Sadiq talked about how the name on her passport was Jane and what was going to happen to the one who went with him. She wasn't going to let him take Webb again. He was already in such a bad shape that she wasn't sure he would survive another round of torture and if he was tortured she no longer trusted him to be able to keep their secrets. This was something she needed to do for her daughter and she knew that she could. She didn't care about Webb saying that he would go, she was going.
Two of Sadiq's men grabbed her as soon as she had put the baby back in her 'crib' and dragged her out of there.
TBC