Author's Note: Okay guys I know this chapter is short, but I need you guys to be hang in suspense. I know it's cruel and I've told many author's that too, however, the good news is that the next chapter is almost done so you won't be waiting all winter for the next update. On an aside regarding the show, who else is pissed off about the way Mattie is leaving the show? The least she could have said when talking to Mac in her office was that she had to look out for Harm because he loved her, but no damn those writers! Anyways enough ranting. Also I would like to thank all of those that have reviewed from the beginning and pressured me with evil eyes to write more chapters especially BlueShadow, froggy, and Jackia you guys rock! Thanks also to: Jagfan724, Beach chickJASSNL, Karen19, alix33, DD2, and guitarvixen! As always read, review, and ENJOY! :)

P.S. A few of you asked for Harm to get his butt kicked, glad to hear you were satisfied that it did on more than one occasion!

"Doctor her pressure is dropping."

"We need to close up this hole in her lung. There must be another hole somewhere else that we're missing. Blow her lungs up and I'll feel around for the escaping air."

"Sir, she's going into V-fib!"

"Someone get the crash cart, hand me the paddles!"

"Charging..." The nurse hands over the paddles to the lead surgeon.

"Clear." Shock, Mac's body jolts up from the electric shock coursing through her body.

Meanwhile in the ER...

Harm sensed that something was wrong with Mac, part of him felt dead, dead inside. It caused him to wake up from his stupor.

"Something is wrong with Mac!" He cried out.

"Yes, Harm she's upstairs in surgery right now." AJ informed him wondering if perhaps the two blows to the head did do some damage.

"No sir, she's dying I can feel it. I feel dead inside. Something is going wrong in the operating room."
AJ has always known that the two had a special connection, finishing each other's sentences, and Mac's vision of Harm in the Atlantic, but this this was just too crazy.

"Bud and Harriet are upstairs right now, in the waiting room waiting for any news and they haven't called me to inform me of any problems. You're probably just worried about her Harm." The Admiral stated trying to sound reassuring.

"You don't understand sir! I need to go up there, she's in trouble sir!" Harm said trying to get out of the hospital bed he was lying in, but being forced back into it by Sturgis.

"No you will stay here, get patched up and have that CT the doctor ordered. Sturgis and I will check it out and come back in a little while.

Back in the Operating Room...

"Doctor it's not working. You need to call it sir, it's been 10 minutes already."

"No, not yet. Let's keep her on the bypass machine while I repair the lungs and then we'll trying again! We are not, repeat not, going to lose this perfectly healthy woman because you want to give up. We're Naval officers for God's sake and we never give up, not ever!" The head surgeon shouted at his staff.

In the Emergency Room...

"Sir I feel fine. Let me go with you, please sir for peace of mind..." Harm begged.

"You're not fine Harm! You're head's been split open, you need stitches and you've passed out three times already. You need to stay here. You won't do Mac any good right now; besides how will you get to see Mac in recovery if you don't get fixed up now? You're staying Commander and that's an order." With that Sturgis and the Admiral headed toward the elevators to go to the surgery floor.

Harm understood the Admiral's point but his gut was telling him that it was already too late. She was gone, and he never got a chance to say that he loved her. Another missed opportunity that was post-poned indefinitely and now for eternity...

How was it?

Will Mac live to see her Harm, and will he ever get to say the words 'I love you' to her?

Where are the cops and why aren't they trying to find Mac's assaulter?