Author's Note: The mystery is finally revealed. Once again thank you for
the reviews and here is the rest the climactic ER hospital scene.
Love, Home, Hurt,
Chapter 9
"Get the OB down her ASAP," Dr. York yelled.
"Doctor what's wrong?" Harm asked.
"The OB is on her way," a nurse reported.
"Okay, page her again and tell her to meet us in the OR," Dr. York said as she turned towards the crew that was working and Mac. "Okay we have to move the Colonel to the OR now. If we wait any longer there is a very certain chance that Colonel Mackenzie will develop an infection." She turned back to Harm. "Sir, the OR waiting room is on the second floor in the east wing. Follow the blue line."
"Thank you," Harm said as he kissed Mac's forehead. "Everything will be okay Mac. I'll be waiting for you when you get out of surgery."
He left the ER to make a phone call when he ran into the detectives that were at his house earlier.
"Commander, I understand that this is probably the last thing that you want to do right now but we really need that statement," the officer said.
"I'll give it to you now," Harm said as he and the officers took a seat in the chairs they had for the people waiting for the free clinic. "As I told you Mac and I met about nine years ago and last year she started a romantic relationship with Clayton Webb. They got married because they thought that they loved each other," Harm said. Taking a deep breath he continued, "But the feeling wasn't mutual. Over the last three months I have noticed Mac being more reserved, and just acting differently. A few days ago she came to work with a bruise on her cheek and I asked her how she got it. She said that it was an accident. We went to court and I confronted her again she insisted that Clay wasn't abusive and that they were happily married, in the heat of that fight she told me that she was pregnant, with his child not mine. The next day she came to work saying that she wanted to get out of her relationship. So I talked to the Admiral, told him the story, and at that point he let me take Mac home so that she could pack her stuff and spend the night at my place so that she would be safe. Around five in the evening we finished dinner and started talking when the circuit breaker went out. I went down to check it and left Mac there thinking that she would be okay. I came back in to find Clay and Mac in the kitchen, Clay had a gun and was pointing it at her threatening me that if I moved he would kill her and I tried to talk him down, when that failed I told Mac to speak up and she did. She said that she wasn't coming home with him and Clay got angry, he threw her up against the cabinet causing small cuts along her head and forearms and then pulled out a gun and aimed it at her head. I ran towards him just as he was about to fire and with it I diverted his aim to Mac's stomach."
The officer finished taking down notes and then stood up, "Thank you Commander. I hope that the Colonel's okay."
"Thank you," Harm said as he went back towards the payphone and took out a quarter. He dialed the Admiral's number.
"Chedwiggen," AJ said as he picked up his home phone.
"Admiral it's Harm," Harm said. "I'm calling from Bethesda."
"What the hell are you doing a Bethesda, Rabb?" AJ asked.
"It's Mac," Harm said. "Clay broke into my apartment while I was checking the fuse box and he shot her."
"How is she?" AJ asked.
"They lost her heart rate in route to the hospital but they got her back, she's in the OR now," Harm said.
The admiral sighed before speaking again. "I'm going to called her Uncle Matt in Yuma, Arizona and let him know. I suggest you call Mattie, Bud, and Harriet."
"Will do sir," Harm said.
"I'll be on my way as soon as I can," AJ promised.
"Okay sir," Harm said as he hung up the phone. Harm took another quarter out of his pocket and placed it in the slot. He dialed the number to Mattie's apartment and listened as the phone rang and rang and rang.
"Hello?" Mattie answered the phone.
"Mattie it's Harm," Harm answered.
"Harm! Oh my god where the hell are you?" Mattie asked after seeing the yellow police tape on the door of Harm's apartment.
"Bethesda," Harm answered.
"Oh my god are you hurt?" Mattie asked.
"No," Harm said. "Mac was over and Clay broke in and shot her."
"I'm coming to the hospital," Mattie insisted.
"Mattie where's Coates?" Harm asked.
"Trying pathetically to Mac popcorn." Mattie answered.
"Well tell her to stop it and get both your sixes down her right now," Harm said.
"Aye Aye Commander," Mattie said as she hung up the phone.
Harm took out one more quarter and prepared to make the last call. He inserted the quarter into the slot and dialed the number to Bud's house.
"Hello?" Harriet answered with a laugh as she watched little AJ try to stand on his head.
"Harriet it's Harm," Harm said.
"Hi sir would you like me to see if I can find Bud?" Harriet asked.
"No this is a message for both of you," Harm said. "I'm at Bethesda. Mac was shot. The admiral told me to call you guys."
"Okay we'll be there as soon as we can," Harriet said. "I'll find Bud and see if the babysitter is available to watch AJ."
"Thank you," Harm said. "I'll see you in a little bit."
Harm hung up the phone and walked towards the elevator. He hit the number two button and watched as the numbers lit up. When he got to the second floor he followed the blue line to the waiting room where he took a seat and sat there still and silent staring at the reddish brown stains on his pant legs and remembered how Mac looked when he opened his eyes.
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Author's Note: I know you still really need to find out why Dr. York swore but I didn't plan it to go this way, my muses had a different idea. So hit the review button and give me some feedback.
Love, Home, Hurt,
Chapter 9
"Get the OB down her ASAP," Dr. York yelled.
"Doctor what's wrong?" Harm asked.
"The OB is on her way," a nurse reported.
"Okay, page her again and tell her to meet us in the OR," Dr. York said as she turned towards the crew that was working and Mac. "Okay we have to move the Colonel to the OR now. If we wait any longer there is a very certain chance that Colonel Mackenzie will develop an infection." She turned back to Harm. "Sir, the OR waiting room is on the second floor in the east wing. Follow the blue line."
"Thank you," Harm said as he kissed Mac's forehead. "Everything will be okay Mac. I'll be waiting for you when you get out of surgery."
He left the ER to make a phone call when he ran into the detectives that were at his house earlier.
"Commander, I understand that this is probably the last thing that you want to do right now but we really need that statement," the officer said.
"I'll give it to you now," Harm said as he and the officers took a seat in the chairs they had for the people waiting for the free clinic. "As I told you Mac and I met about nine years ago and last year she started a romantic relationship with Clayton Webb. They got married because they thought that they loved each other," Harm said. Taking a deep breath he continued, "But the feeling wasn't mutual. Over the last three months I have noticed Mac being more reserved, and just acting differently. A few days ago she came to work with a bruise on her cheek and I asked her how she got it. She said that it was an accident. We went to court and I confronted her again she insisted that Clay wasn't abusive and that they were happily married, in the heat of that fight she told me that she was pregnant, with his child not mine. The next day she came to work saying that she wanted to get out of her relationship. So I talked to the Admiral, told him the story, and at that point he let me take Mac home so that she could pack her stuff and spend the night at my place so that she would be safe. Around five in the evening we finished dinner and started talking when the circuit breaker went out. I went down to check it and left Mac there thinking that she would be okay. I came back in to find Clay and Mac in the kitchen, Clay had a gun and was pointing it at her threatening me that if I moved he would kill her and I tried to talk him down, when that failed I told Mac to speak up and she did. She said that she wasn't coming home with him and Clay got angry, he threw her up against the cabinet causing small cuts along her head and forearms and then pulled out a gun and aimed it at her head. I ran towards him just as he was about to fire and with it I diverted his aim to Mac's stomach."
The officer finished taking down notes and then stood up, "Thank you Commander. I hope that the Colonel's okay."
"Thank you," Harm said as he went back towards the payphone and took out a quarter. He dialed the Admiral's number.
"Chedwiggen," AJ said as he picked up his home phone.
"Admiral it's Harm," Harm said. "I'm calling from Bethesda."
"What the hell are you doing a Bethesda, Rabb?" AJ asked.
"It's Mac," Harm said. "Clay broke into my apartment while I was checking the fuse box and he shot her."
"How is she?" AJ asked.
"They lost her heart rate in route to the hospital but they got her back, she's in the OR now," Harm said.
The admiral sighed before speaking again. "I'm going to called her Uncle Matt in Yuma, Arizona and let him know. I suggest you call Mattie, Bud, and Harriet."
"Will do sir," Harm said.
"I'll be on my way as soon as I can," AJ promised.
"Okay sir," Harm said as he hung up the phone. Harm took another quarter out of his pocket and placed it in the slot. He dialed the number to Mattie's apartment and listened as the phone rang and rang and rang.
"Hello?" Mattie answered the phone.
"Mattie it's Harm," Harm answered.
"Harm! Oh my god where the hell are you?" Mattie asked after seeing the yellow police tape on the door of Harm's apartment.
"Bethesda," Harm answered.
"Oh my god are you hurt?" Mattie asked.
"No," Harm said. "Mac was over and Clay broke in and shot her."
"I'm coming to the hospital," Mattie insisted.
"Mattie where's Coates?" Harm asked.
"Trying pathetically to Mac popcorn." Mattie answered.
"Well tell her to stop it and get both your sixes down her right now," Harm said.
"Aye Aye Commander," Mattie said as she hung up the phone.
Harm took out one more quarter and prepared to make the last call. He inserted the quarter into the slot and dialed the number to Bud's house.
"Hello?" Harriet answered with a laugh as she watched little AJ try to stand on his head.
"Harriet it's Harm," Harm said.
"Hi sir would you like me to see if I can find Bud?" Harriet asked.
"No this is a message for both of you," Harm said. "I'm at Bethesda. Mac was shot. The admiral told me to call you guys."
"Okay we'll be there as soon as we can," Harriet said. "I'll find Bud and see if the babysitter is available to watch AJ."
"Thank you," Harm said. "I'll see you in a little bit."
Harm hung up the phone and walked towards the elevator. He hit the number two button and watched as the numbers lit up. When he got to the second floor he followed the blue line to the waiting room where he took a seat and sat there still and silent staring at the reddish brown stains on his pant legs and remembered how Mac looked when he opened his eyes.
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Author's Note: I know you still really need to find out why Dr. York swore but I didn't plan it to go this way, my muses had a different idea. So hit the review button and give me some feedback.