See part 1 for disclaimer
Part 2
1710 Zulu,
across the mall.
Harm and Calum were having such a good time at the petting zoo that they didn't even notice the group of paramedics run past them and in the direction of the toy store.
"Look Daddy!" Calum shouted, excitedly, attempting to lift a giant English Lop rabbit as big as a medium sized dog, "BIG bunny wabbit!"
They had spent the past fifteen minutes there, stopping to pet and talk to every single animal in attendance. Aptly, the petting zoo was called "Noah's." Calum was in his element.
"Daddy, look!"
"Oh yeah," Harm nodded, only half paying attention, as he tried to free his shirt from the mouth of a rogue billy goat. At the same time he noticed that a little female goat was trying to get too friendly with his left leg.
"Daddy, you're not looking!" Calum accused.
"Sorry, kiddo!" Harm apologized, "Daddy's just looking at the goats. Aren't they…um…cute?"
The billy goat then proved that he was no such thing by unleashing a flourish of little pellets on Harm's new sneakers.
Harm managed to shake them off and joined his son in the rabbit pen, where the boy was still enamored by the rabbit.
"She's so cute!" he enthused.
Harm smiled to himself and joked, "How do you know it isn't a 'he'?"
The joke was lost on the little boy and he innocently replied, "No Daddy, don't be silly! That's her tail, not her…"
"Alright!" Harm swiftly cut him off, "Why don't we see what other little critters they've got here?"
'Too young,' he told himself, 'He's too young to appreciate the humor.'
They were admiring the parrot aviary when Harm heard they announcement over the tannoy system.
"Would Mr. Rabb please report to Beldenberg Toys, please…"
"Uh-oh," he pulled Calum away from the petting zoo, "Sorry buddy, we have to go now…"
"Mac?" Harm shouted, as he sped through the toy store.
'Damn,' he thought to himself, 'This place is huge! Where is Mac?'
"Daddy," Calum protested, running double-time to keep up, "Not so fast!"
"Sorry buddy," Harm apologized, before they turned a corner and caught sight of a large crowd of people.
"Mac?"
Harm was off again and again unmindful of his son's little legs.
"Daddy!"
"Harm?" Mac's voice cut off anything more the boy might have been about to say.
Bursting through the crowd, Harm's heart jumped right out of his chest as he caught sight of Mac, lying on a gurney, wearing a neck brace and attached to a heart monitor.
"Mac?" Harm exclaimed, moving to her and dropping to his knees.
Mac didn't get any chance to say anything before Harm freaked out and started fussing over her.
"No, Harm!" she tried to stop his rambling, but they were both cut off by their son.
"Mommy!" Calum wailed as his face crumpled and he burst into tears.
"Oh no, no, no, honey! It's okay, really. Mommy's okay…"
Harm swiftly turned and scooped their son up into his arms as the paramedics lifted the gurney to full height and began to push it to the nearest entrance, where the ambulance waited.
"No, I already told you," Mac turned her attention towards the paramedics, "There's nothing wrong with me, I just fainted, that's all. My blood sugar was probably just low."
"We'd rather make sure at the hospital, Ma'am."
"I know what my rights are," Mac continued, "I'm a lawyer."
The medics just glanced at each other in alarm and began to push the gurney faster.
Calum was still near-hysterical in Harm's arms
Mac sighed and muttered, "Where are we, for goodness sakes? Disney World?"
