See part one for important information.

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„Colour fades away with a light descending on the day"

JAG HQ, FALLSCHURCH, VA (about a month later)

„Rabb, Mackenzie! My office now!" These five words were starting to be on daily basis. They will fight with each other, then go to the admiral´s office. After a while they would get out and storm into their respective offices and then it would start again.

This time was just like that. They stood at attention waiting for the admiral to start yelling or whatever he had planned for them this time.

„What was that all about?" the admiral was pissed. They didin´t say a word. The admiral stood right in front of Harm.

„So?"

„Ugh, sir… we disagreed on a case".

„Ok, fine, whatever. This is pointless. Colonel?"

„Yes sir?" He looked straight at her.

„Get out of here".

„Yes sir".

Both men watched Mac leave the room. When she left, the admiral focused on Harm.

„So, spill it. What´s going on? You two fight with each other, that´s absolutely normal, but not like this". Silence.

„Commander!"

„Sir?" Harm played dumb, rather to be safe than sorry.

„Okay, if you don´t want to talk about it then don´t, but if I´ll hear something like that once again I´ll send you to Alaska defend the polar bears. Is that clear?"

„Crystal sir". The admiral glared at him.

„Dismissed".

„Yes sir". Then he retreated into his office.

The admiral just sighed and buzzed the intercom.

„Tiner! Get me an aspirin". Then he sat behind his desk and looked at the papers on it and sighed again.

„What a day".

Mac´s apartment, Georgetown

Mac sat on her couch, wrapped in a blanket, mug filled with hot chocolate in her hands. She watched the fire creaking in the fireplace, thinking about what happened today.

She was mad at Harm, he had once againd done something stupid and they fought over it. They seemed to fight with each other way too often. Their co-workers noticed it too. Bud and Harriet came sometimes, wanting to talk or to find out what´s going on with her and Harm. It was all screwed up, their relationship, friendship destroyed and her heart in thousands tiny pieces. She started thinking about transfering or even resigning right then, but she didn´t think she could actually do it. Leave everything behind, her work, her friends, Harm, hell she even liked the weather in Washington. Mac was having hard time accepting it, she wanted Harm´s friendship back.

And just like that, she was determined to resolve this right now. So she took her keys and left the building.

Mac´s POV

I don´t know why I didn´t go straight to Harm´s apartment, instead I drove around for a while, still in a haze. I wondered how my life had gotten so messed up.

I finally stopped the car and looked around. Lost in thought, I had steered myself across town to a seedy bar. I could almost hear the vodka calling to me, beckoning for a taste. Just one drink. I wanted one so badly. Just one.

I hesitated only a few seconds before deciding not to go inside. But those few seconds were all it took. A flash of movement caught my eye. Two men were arguing outside the bar. Another man stepped out of the shadows and joined the argument. I was about to turn the car on and drive away when the first man pulled out a gun. He aimed it point blank at the second man's head and shot him. It all happened so fast. The sound of the gunshot startled me, and I turned the key in the ignition. The engine's soft purr surprised the men and they looked up. I froze as the shooter looked right at me. I quickly put the car in drive and floored the pedal, speeding past them. I got a good glimpse of the shooter as I bathed him in the light from my beams. It was a face I knew I would never forget.

As I sped away from the crime scene, my mind was racing. I knew I should go to the police, but I was sure the men had seen my face, possibly my license plate. It was only a matter of time before they found out who I was and where I lived. I couldn't go home. So I went to the only place I could.

Harm´s apartment, North of Union station

Harm had his lights out, remains from his dinner take-out on the counter, just one candle was lit up and illuminated just a small place around the coffee table. Harm was playing his guitar and watched the view from his window.

Suddenly a small red car, to him very familiar, drove to the parking lot nera his building. After a minute finding a parkplace right next to the entrance. He was curious about why is she here and what could she want from him, but when she didn´t leave the car for twenty minutes he was worried. In a second he had his shoes on and was on his way out.

It was raining a little and Mac studied the raindrops falling on the windshield. After a while she was startled by tap on her window. When she looked up she saw Harm standing there so she rolled the car window down. She looked so lost.

„Come on up Mac, what are you doing here at this hour?" Mac just kept looking at him and said:

„I can´t". He knew better than to push her so he opened the other door and sat down next to her. The silence was killing him.

„Sarah?" when she looked at him

„Tell me what happened".

„Mac, you know you can talk to me. Sarah?" He laid his hand on her cheek. One tear escaped from her eye and made it´s way to her lips, but Harm was quicker and kissed her on the spot where the tear was right then.

„Just hold me please".

„I´m here" So he hugged her as much as he could in that small car. He stroked her hair, whispering

„It´s going to be ok. Mac, you can tell me anything". And so she told him.

„I just witnessed a murder".

Harm was suddenly very alert. His eyes widened in shock.

„Are you okay?" he asked urgently, looking her over for scratches and cuts.

„I´m fine. I was in my car".

Harm´s apartment, North of Union Station

Mac was sitting on the couch, hands entwined because only that way Harm couldn´t see how her hands were shaking. Harm came back from kitchen with coffee which he put right in front of her.

„You have to go to the police station". She took a deep breath to calm herself.

„I don´t want to go down to the station" she said, pleading.

"I'll ask if an officer will come over. You don't have to do anything you don't want to." She nodded.

The police came shortly after the phone call. Mac described what she had seen once again and gave them a clear description of the man she had seen.

"I didn't see the second man very well. I just remember he was tall and had a beard," Mac explained.

"That's okay, as long as we have a good description of the shooter," Officer Hayes said.

"If you remember anything else, you can give us a call." She nodded. Mac gave them her phone number at home and work, and Harm's as well, in case they needed to contact her. Harm shut the door behind them, then came back to the couch and sat beside her.

"Are you okay?" he asked gently.

"Yeah," she replied quickly, not really meaning it.

"I'm just tired that´s all. It's been a long day."

"Why don't you stay here tonight," Harm suggested. "I'll take the couch".

"Thank you," she said with a small smile.

"You're welcome," he replied, smiling back.

"Good night, Mac."

"Good night, Harm."

THE FOLLOWING MORNING

Harm and Mac showed up at work together. They tried not to let the previous night change anything and it seemed to work. The morning went very smoothly, including a meeting with the Admiral to give him her notice. Surprisingly the admiral already knew what happened last night and was very supportive.

She was not pleased with the fact that Harm already told him, but she didin´t want to fight with him so she avoided him instead. He noticed it though, but didn´t say anything.

"Good afternoon, Colonel MacKenzie."

She looked up as Officers Hayes and Grinner entered her office.

Immediately, her heart started racing. What could possibly be wrong now? She wondered.

"Good afternoon, Officers. "What can I do for you?"

They exchanged a glance. "Can we speak to you someplace private, Colonel?" Hayes asked.

"I was just about to go to lunch, but I can spare a few minutes."

She led them to the conference room where she discovered another surprise.

"Webb!"

"Hello, Mac. Thanks for joining us. Have a seat."

TBC

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