AN: As you will see there are some definite differences between the show
and the next three parts. I hope you will still like it. These are also the
last parts that are based on episodes so even if you want to stay spoiler
free you don't have to worry about reading the end of this 'season'. As
always thanks to everyone who sends me such nice comments about the story.
They mean so much. Many thanks to my betareaders TZ and Cria too!
Part 26: A Ghost From The Past Is Back
February 11th 2004
Mac had a strange feeling as she walked up the stairs to the apartment. Something wasn't right and it was more than just Harm being in the hospital. The battery of his car had exploded and it had left him temporarily deaf. He was going to stay in the hospital over night, but tomorrow he would be allowed to go home.
It was something else that felt wrong. She didn't even bother to knock on the door and have Mattie come and take off the safety chain. She just opened the door and was greeted by some strange middle-eastern music. For some reason she was sure that the music didn't belong to Mattie.
The phone rang and she answered it. A voice she hadn't heard in a long time and had tried hard to forget greeted her in Farsi.
"I prefer to speak English," she said. She was positive that the music had come from this person as well and that meant that he had been in the apartment probably at the same time as her girls were there.
"Where are you?" she asked seconds later.
"If you ever get close to them again..." Mac said gritting her teeth.
"Who was that?" Mattie asked coming out of her room carrying Elena on her hip. She had heard the phone ring, but Mac had gotten it first.
"Just someone with the wrong number," Mac said "You didn't put on that CD, did you?" she asked walking up to the CD-player and getting the CD out careful not to touch it.
"I just listened to the radio in my room," Mattie said quite alarmed by Mac's peculiar behavior. "How's Harm?"
"Fine," Mac answered shortly. "Come on gather the things you and Elena will need for tomorrow. You're staying with Harriet and Bud tonight."
"But Harriet just brought her over here," Mattie protested. Since Sturgis was out of town on assignment and Mac had taken Harm to the hospital, Harriet had gotten Elena from daycare and left her with Mattie to baby-sit.
"Just do it, Mattie," Mac said strictly and picked up the phone.
Mattie heard that the first call she made was to Harriet declaring that there was an emergency and asking if her girls could spend the night at their house. From what Mattie understood Harriet had agreed to that. The next call Mattie couldn't make much of. She didn't know to who it was, but Mac apparently wanted to meet this person in half an hour at his house.
"Mac are you sure everything is fine with Harm?" Mattie wondered as they drove towards the Roberts' house. She wondered if the reason for the change of plans was that Harm was worse off than Mac had told her.
"Everything is fine. There's just something I really need to take care of now and I thought it was better for you both to stay here. Everything will be just fine," she kept repeating the last phrase over and over in her head.
Mattie wasn't especially relieved, but she understood that Mac wasn't going to tell her anything more.
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Before Mac knocked on the door it was opened by Clayton Webb.
"Why didn't you tell me he was here?" she asked him angrily. Webb dragged her into the apartment so he could close the door.
"I didn't know he was here," he explained calmly. "Not until you called."
"But you knew that he was still free, that he could still come after us. Why didn't you tell me? This whole time I've believed that those other operatives got him, one way or another." Mac was very upset with him right now.
"You never asked. I didn't think you'd want to know that we didn't and I saw no reason to tell you."
"No reason. He was in our apartment when my children were there... You are just too much sometimes," Mac said frustrated and angry.
"There were nothing pointing in the direction that he was going to come after you, Mac," Webb said to defend himself. "Can you just calm down and I will explain what happened in Paraguay after we left."
Mac didn't want to calm down, but she realized that if she wanted any more information she would have to do so. She sat down and listened as Webb explained how Sadiq had gotten away from the agents in Paraguay and since he was so good at disguises they hadn't found him yet. In fact they had had no idea that he was in America at all. There were leads after his brother being somewhere in Iran and they were hoping to be able to arrest him soon. No matter what he said to her and even though she still felt a deep gratitude towards him for what he had done for her and her daughter in Paraguay, she was still upset and angry with him.
February 13th 2004
She was so grateful that at least she knew that her family was safe at the Roberts' house. She kept reminding herself of that. Right now she was in the apartment of Sadiq Fahd. She had been forced with a gun pointed at her to the apartment and she was currently trying to get him to reveal where he had hidden the bomb that he was threatening the nightclub close by with. There were many young people gathered and she wanted to keep them safe someway.
Slowly the anger against him was getting to her. He tried to provoke her and talked to her like he knew everything about her. Appealing to her Persian heritage, meaning that she should be one of them. He had admitted to being responsible for the battery explosion and that was almost enough for Mac to lose her control and take all of her anger out on him.
She had already figured out that he was going to say something about her daughter and she had been right. He had called her a bastard and worse. The insults he throw at her was bad, but she could survive them. It was insulting her baby that got the better out of her.
Suddenly Sadiq was startled by the sirens coming from the streets outside. He looked questioning at her. She started pulling out the wire she had had under her clothes. She could see how angry he got from this. He had really thought that she had come there alone. He swung out at her and she did the best she could to defend herself.
"My baby's not a bastard," She screamed at him "I'm a good mother and I'm not a whore," she continued.
And then he was lying on the floor, his gun slightly out of reach. She still had her gun in her hands and she pointed at the arm closest to the gun.
"This is for Harm," she said as she pulled the trigger the first time. "And this is for even getting close to my girls," she pulled the trigger a second time this time pointing the gun at his head. The bullet hit and the man was dead right away. Seconds later the apartment was filled with people in uniforms. Also Webb entered the apartment and came over to Mac.
"I'm sorry you can't use him for information," she said to him.
"You did good, Mac. You did good," He tried to reassure her. He had been listening to the whole conversation between her and Sadiq. "Go wait outside and I'll come and take you to debriefing and then home to your girls and Harm."
Mac smiled at him with relief, knowing that that man would never hurt anyone she loved again. She started walking toward the door and mumbled to herself.
"I'm not sorry."
TBC
Part 26: A Ghost From The Past Is Back
February 11th 2004
Mac had a strange feeling as she walked up the stairs to the apartment. Something wasn't right and it was more than just Harm being in the hospital. The battery of his car had exploded and it had left him temporarily deaf. He was going to stay in the hospital over night, but tomorrow he would be allowed to go home.
It was something else that felt wrong. She didn't even bother to knock on the door and have Mattie come and take off the safety chain. She just opened the door and was greeted by some strange middle-eastern music. For some reason she was sure that the music didn't belong to Mattie.
The phone rang and she answered it. A voice she hadn't heard in a long time and had tried hard to forget greeted her in Farsi.
"I prefer to speak English," she said. She was positive that the music had come from this person as well and that meant that he had been in the apartment probably at the same time as her girls were there.
"Where are you?" she asked seconds later.
"If you ever get close to them again..." Mac said gritting her teeth.
"Who was that?" Mattie asked coming out of her room carrying Elena on her hip. She had heard the phone ring, but Mac had gotten it first.
"Just someone with the wrong number," Mac said "You didn't put on that CD, did you?" she asked walking up to the CD-player and getting the CD out careful not to touch it.
"I just listened to the radio in my room," Mattie said quite alarmed by Mac's peculiar behavior. "How's Harm?"
"Fine," Mac answered shortly. "Come on gather the things you and Elena will need for tomorrow. You're staying with Harriet and Bud tonight."
"But Harriet just brought her over here," Mattie protested. Since Sturgis was out of town on assignment and Mac had taken Harm to the hospital, Harriet had gotten Elena from daycare and left her with Mattie to baby-sit.
"Just do it, Mattie," Mac said strictly and picked up the phone.
Mattie heard that the first call she made was to Harriet declaring that there was an emergency and asking if her girls could spend the night at their house. From what Mattie understood Harriet had agreed to that. The next call Mattie couldn't make much of. She didn't know to who it was, but Mac apparently wanted to meet this person in half an hour at his house.
"Mac are you sure everything is fine with Harm?" Mattie wondered as they drove towards the Roberts' house. She wondered if the reason for the change of plans was that Harm was worse off than Mac had told her.
"Everything is fine. There's just something I really need to take care of now and I thought it was better for you both to stay here. Everything will be just fine," she kept repeating the last phrase over and over in her head.
Mattie wasn't especially relieved, but she understood that Mac wasn't going to tell her anything more.
*****************************
Before Mac knocked on the door it was opened by Clayton Webb.
"Why didn't you tell me he was here?" she asked him angrily. Webb dragged her into the apartment so he could close the door.
"I didn't know he was here," he explained calmly. "Not until you called."
"But you knew that he was still free, that he could still come after us. Why didn't you tell me? This whole time I've believed that those other operatives got him, one way or another." Mac was very upset with him right now.
"You never asked. I didn't think you'd want to know that we didn't and I saw no reason to tell you."
"No reason. He was in our apartment when my children were there... You are just too much sometimes," Mac said frustrated and angry.
"There were nothing pointing in the direction that he was going to come after you, Mac," Webb said to defend himself. "Can you just calm down and I will explain what happened in Paraguay after we left."
Mac didn't want to calm down, but she realized that if she wanted any more information she would have to do so. She sat down and listened as Webb explained how Sadiq had gotten away from the agents in Paraguay and since he was so good at disguises they hadn't found him yet. In fact they had had no idea that he was in America at all. There were leads after his brother being somewhere in Iran and they were hoping to be able to arrest him soon. No matter what he said to her and even though she still felt a deep gratitude towards him for what he had done for her and her daughter in Paraguay, she was still upset and angry with him.
February 13th 2004
She was so grateful that at least she knew that her family was safe at the Roberts' house. She kept reminding herself of that. Right now she was in the apartment of Sadiq Fahd. She had been forced with a gun pointed at her to the apartment and she was currently trying to get him to reveal where he had hidden the bomb that he was threatening the nightclub close by with. There were many young people gathered and she wanted to keep them safe someway.
Slowly the anger against him was getting to her. He tried to provoke her and talked to her like he knew everything about her. Appealing to her Persian heritage, meaning that she should be one of them. He had admitted to being responsible for the battery explosion and that was almost enough for Mac to lose her control and take all of her anger out on him.
She had already figured out that he was going to say something about her daughter and she had been right. He had called her a bastard and worse. The insults he throw at her was bad, but she could survive them. It was insulting her baby that got the better out of her.
Suddenly Sadiq was startled by the sirens coming from the streets outside. He looked questioning at her. She started pulling out the wire she had had under her clothes. She could see how angry he got from this. He had really thought that she had come there alone. He swung out at her and she did the best she could to defend herself.
"My baby's not a bastard," She screamed at him "I'm a good mother and I'm not a whore," she continued.
And then he was lying on the floor, his gun slightly out of reach. She still had her gun in her hands and she pointed at the arm closest to the gun.
"This is for Harm," she said as she pulled the trigger the first time. "And this is for even getting close to my girls," she pulled the trigger a second time this time pointing the gun at his head. The bullet hit and the man was dead right away. Seconds later the apartment was filled with people in uniforms. Also Webb entered the apartment and came over to Mac.
"I'm sorry you can't use him for information," she said to him.
"You did good, Mac. You did good," He tried to reassure her. He had been listening to the whole conversation between her and Sadiq. "Go wait outside and I'll come and take you to debriefing and then home to your girls and Harm."
Mac smiled at him with relief, knowing that that man would never hurt anyone she loved again. She started walking toward the door and mumbled to herself.
"I'm not sorry."
TBC