Title: Times Destiny
Author: Anaika Skywalker
Author's Email: lindsay30@austarnet.com.au
Rating: PG 13
Disclaimer: I don't own JAG; I just like to spread my wings occasionally.
Author's Note: Sorry this has taken so long; I just couldn't seem to get a start on it. Then the ideas just kept coming, so I hope it makes sense and everyone likes it. Thanks too: SarahRabb705 (Sorry for making you cringe in that last episode, I just couldn't resist though. Sorry), CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur (Thanks and the answer is coming), Cathy F (I'm not sure about parallel universes colliding but I'm not really good with that sort of thing, so bare with me. That's though for loving the story), DD2 (No it wasn't the end, but all things must come to an end.), Winjan (I hope you like the end).
Times DestinyChapter six: Coming to an end: Part Two
USS Patrick Henry
Adriatic Sea
Captain Mike Hayden walked out onto Vultures Row, he saw the person he was looking for. "Hey Hammer."
Lt. Commander Harmony Rabb turned. "Cag."
He stood next to her. "Where's Blades?"
"Sleeping."
"So why aren't you?" He asked her.
She grinned, it would be twelve months to the day they arrived in the morning and in those twelve months they'd made a home and became part of a family. She'd even managed to get a promotion and become XO of the squadron. "I guess I'm not tired."
He glanced out over the flight deck. "I spoke to Captain Rabb."
"How is he, sir?"
"Excited about coming out here, but he's the Fleet JAG who's also a aviator, it's in his blood," he remarked, coming to the point. "He wanted to know how you and Blades were? Why didn't you tell me the two of you were having problems?"
Harmony sighed and turned, leaning against the rail. "We're not having problems, our personal relationship just got less complicated over the past few months."
"So you stopped sleeping with him?" He asked her bluntly.
She was surprised. "How did you?"
Mike shrugged. "The sexual tension between you two was pretty thick the first five months you were with us, then when you redeployed, it was gone. So when did it change?"
"After we got back, we'd spent the six months keeping our relationship platonic. We found we couldn't go back," she sighed again. "I guess we were better friends then lovers."
"So you relationship is now totally platonic?"
"Yes."
"Good, because I'd hate to have to break the two of you up. You're a damn good team," the Cag lent off the rail. "Besides where would I get a Lieutenant Commander who can keep Pappy in line."
Harmony chuckled. "You could always call Skates sir."
"I could," he smirked. "Except her husband likes her state side and out of the cockpit and in the class room."
"She is a good instructor sir."
"Yes she is, Hammer," he patted her on the back. "Go get some sleep, Commander, that's an order."
"Yes sir," she said with her flyboy grin and wandered back inside.
Mike chuckled quietly. Nothing Harmony Rabb did surprised him; she was a lot like Harm. Too much at times and for a week he would have two Rabb's to deal with, luckily only one was under his command.
In her stateroom, Harmony removed her boots and flight suite, leaving the later draped over the computer chair, she crawled onto her bunk and drew the curtain across after slipping under the covers.
"Hey Harm?"
"Yeah Shelly?" She addressed her roommate, Lt. Shelly Winters, one of the RIO's.
"Are you okay? You don't usually wander around this late?"
"I'm fine, I just needed some air."
"All right, night."
"Night Shell," she said with a smile and rolled onto her side, hugging her pillow. As she slept, imagers of the mist that had brought her and David to this parallel past filtered into her dreams. So much they stayed with her as she walked into the ready room the next morning.
David gestured her over. "Hey if it isn't the Queen of the Greenie board," he announced a little louder then necessary and her fellow aviators and RIO's clapped and cheered.
Harmony blushed and rolled her eyes, perching on the arm of the chair. "And you guys still haven't figured out I'm an alien yet."
They laughed harder.
"We've known that since you joined us Hammer!" Someone called out.
"Thank you so much," she retorted with her flyboy grin. She saw the Cag come into the room with the Fleet JAG, jumping to her feet. "Attention on deck!" She called out.
All snapped too becoming quiet.
"At ease, people, take your seats," the Cag ordered and continued when they did. "I'm sure you all remember Captain Rabb, so I won't bore you with long introductions. The Captain will be with us for a week and I can guarantee he will be flying with us as well as sorting out Lt. Michaels, without scaring the hell out of him."
"Like he does every time he comes onboard." Harmony smirked and her squad laughed lightly.
"Thank you Lt. Commander Rabb," Harm said with a warm smile.
"No problem, sir."
"All right people suite up, lets go flying." Mike ordered.
A few minutes later they were in full flight gear, with helmets resting on their legs as they received their briefing. Which Hayden wrapped up. "All right people, watch the weather, there's a swell moving in. So lets fly."
Standing they filed out.
Captain Harm Rabb patted his 'cousin' on the back. "Been good Hammer?"
"Yes sir," she said happily. "And you, how are the Colonel and little Harmony?"
"They're great, sweetheart. Little Harmony has grown so much since you last saw her," Harm said with a new father grin plastered on his face. "Did you get the photos Mac e-mailed?"
"I did, Harmony is so cute, and I loved the sailor suite."
He chuckled. "That was a present from Harriet."
They came out onto the flight deck, putting their helmets on they walked across to their Tomcats, the bantering continued until they climbed aboard their respective birds.
David had listened to it, but even the bantering didn't ease the concern that was building in the pit of his stomach.
Harmony noticed it was they were going through the checklist on the catapult. "What's wrong, Blades?"
"Nothing. Wing sweep auto?"
"Check," she responded. "Now what's wrong, I know you well enough to know when some think is brothering you."
"I'm fine. Engine instruments normal?"
"Check."
"List complete."
She saw he wasn't going to tell her any more. "All right Blades, call it in."
"Control this is Raptor one, one, five, up and ready."
"Rodger one, one, five, your clear to launch,"
After giving the crewman a salute, they were catapulted off the deck, her wingman launching after her, forming up on her wing. The squad launched behind them, going on with their assignments after breaking off into divisions. The Cag and his wingman came up beside them.
"Lets get this over and done with before the swell moves in," the Cag ordered.
"Rodger that Cag," Harmony acknowledged.
"Lead the way, darlin!" A strong Texas drawl came over the radio.
"Always do, Tex, always do."
A second voice was heard. "Are you flirting, Hammer"
"Now Pappy you know me better then that," she remarked with a grin.
The wings on his Tomcat when up and down as he rocked it a couple of times, to signify he was laughing. "That's what I thought."
She laughed, and then playfully grumbled. "The things I have to put up with."
"Yeah, the things you do," the Cag's voice came over. "Lets get going. Pappy why don't you fly wing for Hammer, Tex, you're with me."
"Aye sir," both acknowledged, and then switched places. The two divisions then broke off.
"So Pappy, how's your RIO?" Harmony asked him, she knew who he was flying with. Her roommate, Shelly Winters – Snowy.
"What can I say Hammer, she was trained by Skates. She'll handle anything," he remarked playfully.
"Yes sir," Shelly agreed. She'd gotten Snowy because of her name and the fact she had blond hair. "Skates also warned me about you sir."
"Gee thanks Snowy."
"You're welcome sir."
Harmony grinned; she glanced at her RIO's reflection. "What's wrong, Blades?"
"I told you, nothing," he forced a smile. "I'm all right."
"Liar."
"Only because you know me."
She shook her head lightly, but the visions of the mist lingered in her mind. "Blades, check the swell?"
"It's still forming, Hammer. West south west of us."
"Keep an eye on it."
"Yes Ma'am."
"What's up Hammer?" Harm asked seriously.
"I just want an eye kept on the swell, that's all sir."
"Very well."
A half an hour later the Patrick Henry contacted them. "Batman two, this is Warpaint, the swell is moving in. Time to head home."
"Rodger."
Captain Ingles came on. "Hammer, Pappy. Tac two," he ordered, knowing both would change frequencies.
"What's up Skipper?" Harm asked.
"That swell is moving towards you two, it has the same reading as the one that appeared twelve months ago."
Harmony's heart pounded a little faster. "Permission to check it out sir?"
"Hammer…" He hesitated. "Very well. Good luck Commander. Captain return to the Patrick Henry."
"Aye sir," both acknowledged.
Harmony glanced over to the second Tomcat. "Pappy."
"Yeah Hammer."
"If by any change this is it," she swallowed hard. "There's a message on my laptop for you and Mac."
"Understood Commander," he stated, and then switched to Russian for what he wanted to say next. {Be careful, it was a pleasure serving with you both.}
{And with you sir," both replied in Russian.
His Tomcat banked away, heading for the carrier.
Harmony turned hers after clipping up her mask, noticing her RIO had done the same. "Give me a reading Skates."
He accepted the use of his original call sign. "Closing, visual in five minutes."
She noticed the cloud formations, the darkness that was building. "Davy?"
"Yeah Harm?"
"If this is it, will we get home or some other time?"
"I don't know, I'm theorizing we'll get home."
"Okay," she took a deep breath, changing back frequencies. "Warpaint, this is Batman two, entering the swell."
"Rodger Batman two."
As it happened before, the mist seemed to enclose the small fighter, the turbulence and electrical inference was twice as bad, coursing the two aviators to be tossed around. This was worse then they'd experienced the first time round, especially since the Tomcat didn't have the strike resistant skin the F-32 did, it couldn't absorb the strikes and render them harmless. So when a bolt of lightening streaked across the sky and struck the side of the Tomcat near the cockpit, Harmony was covered in a shower of sparks and she fought to control the fighter. "We've been hit, the stick is fighting me!"
"Hold it Hammer, we're almost clear!" David called back as he held on.
The Tomcat shot out of the mist into bright sunlight with a loud boom, both her engines flaming out as it went into a flat spin.
Harmony pushed down her helmets visor quickly as she fought to restart the engines. "They're dead, Skates. I'll hold it, you call it!"
"Rodger. Mayday, mayday, this if Raptor one, one, five, declaring an emergency, mayday, mayday."
They were falling fast as they spun. "I can't hold it, Skates, punch us out!" Harmony yelled to him.
He reached up and pulled the ejection system, the canopy blew and they were shot into the air, clear of the falling Tomcat. Their parachutes jerked them into the air away from the ejections seats, and then floated them towards the water, their bird exploding as it hit. They hit the water hard themselves, and the last thing Harmony saw before she blacked out was David reaching out towards her.
Rabb's Residence
Alexandria, Virginia.
Two weeks later – 2005
Mac came back into the living room and sat next to her husband, she handed him a cup of coffee, putting hers on the coffee table next to the laptop. They'd returned from a memorial for Harmony and David, as far as anyone was concerned they'd been killed when their Tomcat crashed into the ocean after being struck by lightening. Only a few knew different. "There is a good chance they made it Harm. There was no wreckage."
"I know," he put his cup on the coffee table and took her hand. "Are you ready?" He'd found the message Harmony had left for them and had Romy prepare it. He saw his wife nod. "Begin message, Romy."
"Message beginning," the computer announced.
They saw Harmony sitting in her stateroom. "Hi Mac, Harm, I guess if you're watching this then one of two things has happened. Either David and I have returned home to our own time or we've been killed in the line of duty. I'm hoping it was the first," she paused. "If that's the case then we'll be fine and back we're we belong. I just want to say you two gave me great insight into what my parents must of went through when they were first together and the love that has kept them together. There are a lot of questions I'm going to ask them, but I have a new respect for them both," she grinned. "I also have a couple of great stories to tell them concerning you both," she paused again, her expression softening. "No matter what has happened I want you to know neither David or I could have made it without you both, your love and support has kept us going and made our time with you something to remember and cherish. And I want you to know I love you both, you were the best honorary cousins a girl could ask for. Thank you for everything and take care of little Harmony. Please tell her about me one day, tell her how much I enjoyed being a small part of her life. I wish I could have said goodbye, but perhaps until next time is better. So until next time," she smiled sadly. "Lastly, David and I decided after a length debt to include a special message file for Bud and Harriet Roberts. David wanted them to know about Sara, he even included a copy of the picture he carries with him. I know this will be hard, but perhaps it will also give them closer to know in a parallel timeline their daughter survived and became a beautiful young woman. I'll leave the decision up to you as to whether or not you give them the message file. I think it helped David to make it." She touched the screen with her fingertips. "Take care Mac, Harm. Tell Harmony I love her."
The message ended and the screen returned to the main page.
Harm took a mini disk and loaded it into the drive. "Romy download Roberts file, then delete."
"Locating and downloading," the computer informed, then. "Download complete. Deleting from main drive."
"Thank you Romy," he removed the disk and put it back into the case, sitting back. "So do we give it to them?"
Mac took it. "I think we should and let them make the decision as to whether or not they watch it."
Harm slipped his arm around her. "God I hope they made it."
"So do I," she agreed. "So do I."
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland, Virginia
14th of July 2021.
Admiral Harmon Rabb sat back down, leaning back in the seat; his wife took his hand giving him a reassuring smile.
Like her husband, General Sarah Rabb wanted to know what had happened to their daughter. Four hours ago Harmony Rabb and David Hawks had been found floating in the Atlantic Ocean half frozen but alive. Twelve months since they'd disappeared. Wreckage from an old F-14 Tomcat was found near by and both had been wearing flight suites dating back to around the year 2004 or 5. What had surprised them more, other then Harmony's change in rank, was one of the photos they'd found in her flight suite. Which had been given to them. The photo had shown Harmony and David standing with a much younger and lower ranked Harm and Sarah Rabb, all four were smiling happily.
Harm looked up as his half brother and the SeAL came down the corridor, he'd rang Sergei as soon as he'd heard his daughter had been found. Sergei Rabb worked for the CIA and had done so long before Harm had been told about him, so if anyone could find Lt. Commander AJ Chegwidden Jr, then he could.
Lt. Matt Rabb, who had been brought home on emergency leave, also saw them, snapped too. "Sir."
Next to him Lt. Sara Roberts did the same, she'd been aguishly waiting for news too. "Sir."
"Cut it out you two," AJ ordered lightly. He nodded to the two officers. "Admiral, Ma'am."
"Sorry we're late, it took longer to find AJ then I first thought," Sergei apologized. "Has there been any news?"
"No, not yet." Harm informed.
Sergei heard something in his brother's voice. "What's wrong?"
He handed him the photo. "This was found along with the few others in one of the pockets on Harmony's flight suite."
Looking at it, Sergei was stunned. "Is this real?"
"Look at the date."
He did after turning the laminated photo over. Written on the back was 'Harm, Mac, David and myself, 3rd of December 2004'. "Is this a joke?"
"We want know until they wake up."
AJ looked at the photo too and what was written on the back. "If this is real, then they what? When back in time?"
"It looks like it." Harm stated dryly.
"Dad, that's impossible, isn't it. I mean if they'd gone back in time, then wouldn't you and Mum remember them?" Matt asked.
"Not if they went back to a parallel timeline," Sara theorized and everyone glanced her way. "I took Temporal Dynamic's at the Academy."
Sarah was going to comment when the doctor came down the corridor to them, she and Harm stood and waited for him to give them news about their daughter and her RIO.
"Admiral, General," Doctor Mitchell greeted. "Both Lt. Commander Rabb and Lt. Hawks are resting, we've managed to bring their temperatures back down to normal. They suffered a number of injures though from hitting the water hard, the Lt. Commander has a broken right foot and cracked ribs. Lt. Hawks has cracked ribs and a fractured left wrist. All were treated and both have been settled in a room. At the moment though we're more concerned about their memory lose."
"Memory lost?" Sarah was stunned. "What do they remember?"
"Leaving Norfolk for the USS Liberty Island, then nothing," the doctor reported. "I've downloaded the data from their dogtags," he handed the disk to the General. "Both the Lt. Commander and the Lieutenant are confused. Don't try to force to much, it's possible their memories will simple return when the shock of what happened to them wears off."
"And if it doesn't?" Harm asked.
"Then we may never know what happened to them," the doctor retorted.
"Can we see them?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, this way," he guided them down the corridor, opening the door to the room. "Not to long."
They went in, seeing the two aviators had been settled, casts on the fused broken bones.
Harmony turned as she heard the door open. "Mum, dad."
Harm and Sarah hurried over to Harmony; gentle hugging their daughter, as did Matt and AJ. Sara went to David's side, hugging and kissing him.
AJ was given the chance to preach on the bed and took it, gathering Harmony in his arms. "I miss you darlin."
"I'm okay, I don't remember what happened but I'm okay, despite everything."
"You two don't remember anything after you left Norfolk?" Sergei asked.
"Nothing," she answered.
"Not a thing," David agreed. "I don't even remember how we got into the water."
"Must have been a great twelve months then." Matt remarked.
"It doesn't seem possible," Harmony whispered.
Harm handed his brother the disk the doctor had given him. "What does it say?"
Sergei took the PAD from his pocket and inserted the disk; bring up the information, reading it through. "Well according to this Harmony and David went back in time to 2004, where they served aboard the USS Patrick Henry with the Raptors."
"You're kidding," his brother exclaimed.
"No, they flew Tomcats. Harmony was promoted and became the squadron XO," he handed his brother the PAD.
Harm took a look and then handed it to his wife. "You two have had an exciting twelve months," he stated, glancing at both of them. "You're going to have interesting stories to tell when you get your memories back."
"If we get them back," David said.
"Give it time, Davy," Sara said gently. "What is important is you're home."
He hugged her again. "I'm sorry babe, for putting you through that."
"Just don't do it again," she said, the tears she'd been holding back fell.
Harmony smiled and saw the relief on AJ's face too. "I'm sorry too."
"You're back, that's all that matters," he said tenderly. "Back where you belong."
She lent forward and kissed him. "I'll always come back to you."
"I know," he said and then kissed her back.
Harm smiled at Sarah. "That's my girl."
She rolled her eyes. "Don't I know it," she mused and they all laughed.
Chegwidden Residence
McLean, Virginia
Two weeks later.
AJ came out of the house, finding his fiancée sitting on the back steps, after almost losing her he'd made a decision. One he was going to marry her and two he was going to request a transfer and use that law degree he'd gotten at the Academy to stay out of danger. Of course Admiral Rabb had given him permission to marry his daughter and agreed to have him at JAG. He sat down next to Harmony. "Hey darlin."
She moved to sit in his arms, the cast was gone from her foot and she'd been cleared for flight duty. As had David, who was under Sara Roberts tender care still. Yet Harmony was thinking long and hard about her career, since being released from the hospital she'd been seeing flashes of memories in her sleep.
"What's wrong Harm?"
She smiled warmly. "I was just thinking."
"What about?"
"What happened, what I remember, what I want."
"That's a lot of what's," he messed. "Made any decisions?"
"Yeah I have," she stood and pulled him up into her arms. "One; I don't want to wait, lets get married as soon as it can be arranged. Two; my dad and I are going to have a long talk and three; I'm going to ask to be removed from carrier duty. I want to continue flying but I need to sort out my life first."
AJ grinned. "Why don't you ask your dad if he needs another lawyer, I'm sure he could arrange it. As for the first, anytime, anyplace darlin."
"Thank you AJ,"
"I love you Harmony."
"I love you too, AJ."
He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her, a slow passionate kiss. He moved his hand to the back of her neck, expecting to find the silver disk all aviators wore to control the g forces they experienced while flying and to control contraception. It wasn't there; he hadn't noticed it before, not even while he'd held her in his arms at night. He pulled back.
"What's wrong?" Harmony asked him.
"Your disk is gone."
She nodded. "I haven't worn it for twelve months, I was on the pill instead."
"Oh, the what?" He looked at her surprised.
"The contraceptive pill…" her voice faded as she realized what it meant. "We removed our disks because the fighters didn't course black out problems," she remembered that. "Mac suggested I go on the pill."
As excited, as he was that she was remembering, AJ kept calm. "Mac? You mean your Mum?"
She nodded. "Sort off," it was all so confusing.
"Darlin," he got her attention. "Do you realize what this means?"
A grin eased on her lips. "Aha huh, but I would have a certain amount of contraceptive still left in my body."
"No darlin you wouldn't. When you were taken to the hospital after you were found, all drugs would have been cleared from your system for the detox report."
"Which means?"
"It means we need to get married quickly before your dad decides to use me for target practice," he mused as he ran his hand down to her stomach. "And you need to get a test done."
"And if I am, would you mind?"
"No darlin, not at all. I love you," he kissed her again, parting her lips. "Now how about we go inside and continue what we started."
"Sounds good to me," she purred sexily.
Groaning AJ picked her up and carried her into the house, he was going to make love to her, whether they made it to the bedroom wasn't an issue. He just needed her as much as she needed him for the rest of their lives.
One month later:
David nodded to Sergei as he sat next to him, unlike Harmony, he remembered everything and he was glad there were things she didn't. "Hey dad."
Sergei looked surprised. "I beg your pardon."
"I know, about you and mum, I don't know how or why? But I do know you're my father."
"Well how and why is the usual, your mum and I fell in love and you were conceived. Because of my job we decided to keep it a secret, then your mum was killed and it was to late," his father explained.
David sighed. He watched Harmony and AJ dancing, his friend looked beautiful in her wedding gown, snug in the arms of her new husband who wore his dress whites. "She doesn't remember everything, but I do."
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
"A good thing."
"She's pregnant."
"I know," David announced. "She told me this morning, along with the fact she's now the legal advisor at the Pentagon attached to JAG."
"So what about you, where do you go from here?" Sergei asked him.
"Researches at Norfolk are working on the Temporal Dynamics theory, they offered me a position since I've been back in time to a parallel timeline," he answered. "I'm taking it. I'd like to think I might find a way to send a message back in time to the timeline we visited and tell them we made it and are fine."
"I hope you do it then son."
"So do I dad, so do I."
"And you and Sara?"
David grinned. "Well lets just say Harmony and AJ's wedding won't be the only one this year."
Sergei laughed and playfully slapped his son on the shoulder. "Just remember to invite me to the wedding."
"Oh I will," he mussed, and then stood. "Now I'm going to ask my fiancée to dance." He announced and wandered off to find Sara.
Harm came over to his brother and sat with him. "Having a father and son conversation?"
"Our first." Sergei agreed.
"So how was it?"
"Interesting."
Harm chuckled. "Don't worry it gets easier."
"Thanks brother."
"You're welcome."
"So how do you feel about being a grandfather?" Sergei asked him.
The elder sighed. "It had to happen I suppose," he said and they both laughed. "Sarah however is feeling old."
"You're both old, Harm, we all are," his brother noted. "That's why we have grown up children."
Harm nodded. "Yes well you'll be in my shoes one day, little brother."
"True, but I don't mind."
"Sure you don't, Sergei," he patted his shoulder and stood. "And just you keep telling yourself that," he mused, leaving him to his thoughts.
Sergei chuckled and decided to rejoin the party too; it wasn't everyday his niece got married, so he may as well enjoy it.
Christmas Day 2005
Rabb Residence
Alexandria, Virginia.
Mac picked up the last of the Christmas paper, shoving it into the garbage bag, She didn't know who had the most fun, her husband or daughters, Mattie had enjoyed it as much as baby Harmony. Then again so had the Admiral, who they'd invited to join them. AJ Chegwidden had spent the morning surrounded by wrapping paper and tinsel.
"Colonel Rabb."
Mac dropped the bag and went over to the laptop. "Yes Romy?"
"Incoming message."
"From where Romy?"
"From when is the correct term, Colonel."
Mac arched an eyebrow. "Harm, Admiral, Mattie, you'd better come in here!" She called out, hopping she didn't wake the baby in the process.
The three of them came into the living room. "What's wrong?" Harm asked.
"Romy is receiving a message."
"From who?"
"When," she corrected and they gathered around the laptop that sat on the coffee table. "Go a head Romy."
The message came through; David Hawks' image came onto the screen. He wore summer whites and had the rank of Commander. "Hello Colonel, Captain. It's taken a number of years to perfect this technique but if you're receiving this then we've had successes. It's been five years since we returned home, a lot has happened since then. When we returned, we suffered from memory lose, to start with neither of us remembered the twelve months we were gone. Slowly though I remembered everything, to this day Harmony only remembers bits and pieces, which in a way is good," he paused. "Harmony married AJ, they have twin son's Andrew and Anthony, who are four. Both work at JAG now, Commander Rabb actually works for the Pentagon, but is on permit lone to JAG and Commander Chegwidden is Adjutant to the JAG himself. Not that the Admiral lets his son-in-law get away with anything, much anyway," he held up a photo. "This is Harmony and AJ's wedding photo," he held up another. "This is the twin's christening." He put them down and held up another wedding photo. "This is mine and Sara's wedding photo and this one," he held up the second. "This is our daughter Elisabeth, Beth. She's two and Sara is expecting again, I'm hopping for a boy this time, but I really don't care. Oh, Harmony is pregnant again too; she's having a girl. She found out, Sara wants to be surprised. Uncle Harm says it's not safe in the break room with two pregnant women around, for that he got chewed out by Aunt Sarah, who is the only one who can."
They all laughed.
The message continued. "I've sent a file through with this message, it contains all the photos and a few extra. I'm sorry you can't reply to this message, I haven't worked out all the kinks yet, perhaps one day. At least now I can send messages and keep you updated. I might even let Harmony send one through next time, if she's nice to me. Cousin's, they drive you mad sometimes," he smirked, and then became serious again. "We both wanted you to know we were fine and we hope your all fine too. Until next time."
The message ended.
Harm slipped his arm around his wife's waist. "At least we know they're all right."
She nodded. "And they certainly went on with their lives. Marriage, children."
"Twins," Mattie exclaimed. "Harmony had twin boys, wow."
AJ laughed. "She married a Chegwidden," he snorted. "And my alternate self missed out on having a Rabb or a daughter-in-law."
Mattie rolled her eyes. "Well, I'm a Rabb, if you adopt a teenage boy, we can get together."
Harm chuckled. "That's enough young lady. Why don't you go check on your sister?"
"Yes sir," she smirked and took off.
Mac accessed the file that had been sent though and brought up the pictures. "She was a beautiful bride."
"And AJ is his father's son," Harm noted, glancing at his CO quickly.
AJ shook his head. "I think I'm going to head off."
"Wait a minute, sir," Mac insisted. "Romy print out the photo please."
"Printing Colonel."
Harm hurried into the office and took the photo from the print Romy had sent it too. He slipped it into a plastic slip and went back into the living room. "Here sir."
"Thank you Captain."
"Merry Christmas sir."
"Merry Christmas Harm, Mac."
Mac gave him a hug. "Merry Christmas, sir."
They walked him to the door and out to his car. The Admiral got in. "At least we know one thing."
"What's that sir?" Harm asked him.
"Our kids have excellent taste," he stated, then stated his SUV up and backed out of the driveway, driving away.
Harm slipped his arm around his wife. "They do, don't they?"
"They certainly do," Mac agreed.
Turning they went back inside to their daughters.
The End. (Okay, this didn't end the way I wanted it to, but in the end I ran out of ideas. I hope it comes out all right thought, oh any mistakes are mine, my computer has given up on me. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed and followed along.)
