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1200 ZULU Bethesda Naval Hospital March 9, 2003

Harm awoke feeling like he had been trampled by a rhino; his head throbbed and his left arm felt like it was on fire. He tried to move but his whole body convulsed with pain. He felt a hand tighten around his arm. He tried to open his eyes but to his surprise, he couldn't. He heard Mac's soothing voice,

"Harm?"

He mumbled something incomprehensible, even to him. Then said, with some effort,

"What happened?" Another voice said, "You got yourself blown up commander." Harm recognized it immediately.

"Admiral?"

"Yes it's me Rabb." AJ said.

Harm paused then asked, "Why can't I open my eyes?"

Mac said, "Harm, exactly how much do you remember?"

He thought, and then said,

"Tiner carried in a big box and set it on my desk. Then he told me that The Admiral was calling me so I got up and walked out the door, the last thing I remember is closing the door and being thrown to the ground and someone asking me if I was all right." He remembered instantly who it had been, "It was Mac." He said.

Then he waited for the answer to his first question.

Mac said, "You had a piece of Shrapnel lodged in your arm and your face got severely burned, you have an internal bruise under your eyes, you also had a glass splinter in one of them as well. You've gone temporarily blind, they don't know if it is permanent."

Harm said nothing, fear engulfed him, what if he went blind, he wouldn't be able to work, worst of all, if he couldn't see, he wouldn't be able to work with Mac.

Mac felt his distress and tightened her grip on her partner's hand. AJ saw the gesture and cleared his throat,

"I've got to go, commander, Major." He nodded at each of them, and then added,

"Harm, Mac will take you home whenever the doctor releases you. We're all on leave until further notice."

Mac said "Yes sir."

AJ walked towards the door, and then turned on his heel and added, "Keep your sidearm with you Major, I don't want you, or Harm getting any more hurt then you already are. I also don't want you two to go anywhere without notifying either, Bud, Harriett, or myself. We're going to get to the bottom of this."

AJ turned back around again and walked out the door.

Mac's gaze shifted back to Harm, he hadn't said anything since she had told him about his eyes.

"Harm?" She said in a soothing voice,

"Yeah?" he answered.

"You're gonna be all right partner." She said, trying to sound like an old western film.

She earned a ghost of a smile. "Don't diss Meg." Harm said, the smile was a little more evident this time.

Then he smiled, "I hope you're right, first my night blindness and now this."

Mac squeezed his hand, Harm changed the subject, "That's some perfume you have on Mac, what's it called." Mac was thankful he couldn't see her blush,

"Wouldn't you like to know, squid." She smiled. He would never know its name was forbidden love.