Bare in mind, that I wrote this waaay before these weeks episodes. I actually wrote this story the second week from the premier. I have had this a while. so a lot of names are missing from it. and I still don't know some of them.

This is a real short chapter, enjoy.

S.K.

Chapter 10

The Situation

"Last Intel we received showed signs of sabotage from within the unit." The Secretary of Homeland Security stated.

"So they are sitting ducks, if they didn't already figure out who the mole is." Mac concluded. She was glad that this was one of the few people in her cabinet that she trusted.

"Exactly," he said.

"Right, so I think that we could risk a rescue mission, and flush the mole out."

"Ma'am, if we have been compromised, it is very possible that the Chinese government is alerted of our presence there. They will watch their borders and it will be much harder to infiltrate."

"And the equipment the team had, was it compromising?" Jim asked.

"We had received incomplete transmissions from them. They carried nothing that would compromise national security."

"Unless, the information that was interrupted on the way here, had bits that were of importance to us." Mac concluded. She looked to Jim then the rest of the joint chiefs. "Let's attempt to rescue, our team. I refuse to leave my people stranded."

"Yes ma'am" They said. One of the White House staffers rolled a cart with coffee. Many of the people in the situation room stood and headed for the coffee.

Mac waited for everyone else to get some coffee, before saying "So... How do we get them out?"

At around noon, Mac proposed a break. They were all tired. None had really slept; they all needed to rest. They would reconvene again at five.

On her jog back up to residence, she passed by Rod and his Aide. She smiled and jogged past them. "Would you please excuse me?" Rod said to Nora and walked off behind his wife.

"Hey," He said to her as she sat on the bed removing her shoes.

"Hey." She said giving him a kiss before crawling into bed. "Sorry about last night."

"Don't worry about it," he said covering his wife with the comforter.

"Call me at two," she requested, then quickly fell asleep.

"Okay," Rod said kissing her cheek and smoothing her hair back away from her face.

Two Hours Later, Rod walked into the presidential bedroom. His wife slept on their bed diagonally. She must have been hot because she had taken off the sweatshirt she'd had on all night and was completely topless and her covers were kicked all the way off the bed. He watched her for a while enjoying the view.

He walked up to her breathing into her ear. "Mac." She did not respond. He placed a hand on her shoulder and shook lightly. "Mac, it's two o'clock."

Mac stirred slightly but did not wake. "No..." She murmured in her sleep and her breathing deepened again.

Rod chuckled and caressed her abdomen and then moved to more sensitive areas. "Come on Mac, wakie wakie."

"Rod, that doesn't make me want to get out of bed." Mac moaned pleasantly awake now. She sat up. "Thank you." She said and rushed to the closet grabbing a suit and quickly dressing herself.

"Back to the Situation room?" Rod asked.

"Not till later, I have other things to do at the office..." Mac said sliding her foot into a pair of comfortable sling backs and comes back to kiss her husband.

"Amy went to check on her appointment, She was thrilled that Vince knew about it." Rod said

"I thought she would." Mac smiled. "I see you later."

"Any snack requests?"

"Lunch... I need a lot of food. Maybe a Sub... tell Amy to get anything she wants, I don't care if it's not healthy today." She said running out of residence again.