Okay I lied. However, I have a good reason for not getting this chapter up sooner. I shut my hand in the car door and I couldn't type for a few days. But now I can so here is the story. I just have two more things to say and then I'll go on to the story. 1) All of your guesses for who gets shot were wrong. And 2) if the format I write this in is confusing please let me know. Okay now on to the story.
1030 zulu
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda, Maryland
Harm's POV
Mac and I dove to the floor. "Are you okay?" I asked. "Yeah, just slightly bruised. You?" she answered. "Same here." I answered. "Who was shot?" she asked. I shrugged. "I'm going to go find out." I said. We both ran down the stairs. Mac got there first. As soon as she reached the bottom of the stairs, she froze. "Mac who is it?" I asked. She turned to me tears streaming down her face but she didn't answer. "Mac who is it?" I asked again, more forcefully. "It's Sturgis." she whispered. I gasped and ran past her. Sturgis was my best friend. I pushed my way past the doctor's and the other people crowding around him. "Let me through he's my best friend!" I yelled. A nearby doctor grabbed my arm. "If you want him to be okay you're going to have to stand back." He said, "Just let the doctors do their job." I nodded and stepped back to where Mac was. She was just standing there in shock. I put my arms around her. I knew she thought this was her fault. I hated the way she blamed herself for everything. "It's not your fault." I said. We watched as they lifted Sturgis up onto a gurney. After they brought him inside, we went to go find the Admiral to tell him what had happened.
We found him sitting with little A.J. playing with toy soldiers. "Admiral Chegwidden can we talk?" I said. He looked up from his game. "Sure." he said. He turned to little A.J. "Why don't you play with Aunt Mac while I talk to Uncle Harm?" he said. A.J. clapped his hands happily. "Okay Aunt Mac you get to be the good guys and I get to be the bad guys." he said, handing Mac a bunch of little army men. I smiled and led Admiral Chegwidden over to a corner of the waiting room.
I took a deep breath. "Admiral Mac's stalker shot Sturgis." I said. "Is he okay?" he answered. "I don't know." I answered truthfully, "I thought he was in Panama investigating a case." The Admiral sighed. "He called last night to say that the case had been wrapped and he would be home this morning. I guess someone at the office told hem what had happened so he came here." I nodded. "I'm going to go call his dad and Bobbie to let them know what happened." I said, "They should know." Admiral Chegwidden nodded and said, "I'm going to take little A.J. home with me for a while. I know that you and Mac are the godparents but you need to be here right now." "Yes sir." I said, "We'll keep you posted." The Admiral and I walked over to Mac and little A.J. "Hey A.J. guess what." I said, trying my best to sound excited. "What?" he said, dropping his toys. "You're going to get to go home with Grandpa A.J.!" I answered. "Yay!" he cried jumping up from his seat. Admiral Chegwidden took his little hand and led him out of the room. "Bye Uncle Harm! Bye Aunt Mac!" he yelled. I turned to Mac, who was picking up the toys and putting them back in the toy bin that the hospital had. "Why don't we find out how Sturgis is?" I said. She nodded. I couldn't help but notice that she was being very quiet. "Mac are you okay." I asked. She looked at me and smiled. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just a little overwhelmed at everything that's happened today." "Well you have a right to be." I said. She didn't say anything, just grabbed my hand. I knew that was her way of saying thanks for being there. I squeezed it. Maybe something good would come out of all this after all.
Meanwhile on a rooftop somewhere near the hospital…
"My plan is finally coming into place." the man thought. "I'm breaking her spirit slowly. By the time I get to her she won't be able to put up any kind of resistance." He smiled thoughtfully. "The only thing standing in my way right now is that annoying Harmon Rabb. But I'll take care of that soon. There's no question about that. First, I have to take care of her dear Uncle Matt and her "little sister" Chloe. Chloe I'll take care of myself and I can get my friend Clark Palmer to take care of Matt in Leavenworth. By the end of this week I'll have what I want." He stood up and walked down the steps on the side of the building, holding a note in his hand.
(A/N Not very much of a cliffhanger but I'm in a hurry. Anyway please review. One more thing. If you're into the show Rurouni Kenshin, please read my friend's stories. Her penname is April Marie and her stories are called Aprils first and Forever & Ever. Okay now I'm done. Remember God Loves you!