CH 13

"Hey, it's going to be fine."

"It's an act Jim, I saw you talking to Ray Walsmen, gotta remember I can read lips."

"I know, are you making it look like it's bad news?"

"Yes'" they pulled back and he wiped the tears away and kisses her once more then hugs her. She noticed Ray was gone when they pulled back.

"Was he asking about me"

"No about Mike."

"What? How did he know that he was here? Does he know who you are?"

"No."

"Good."

"What did the doctor say?"

"Everything looks great, wound's healing nicely so I should be up and about in a few days but it will be baby steps."

"That is great news, what about the swelling?"

"I asked the doctor to tell you that because Ray was there. I told the doctor not to trust Ray Walsmen. He asked me what I meant by that, and I told him my gut. He knows what I'm talking about since we served together over in Iraq."

"So, he knows you."

"Yes."

"You sure are well known."

"Yes, I am."

"June the mission..."

"Was a success with a bonus."

"Bonus?"

"Yes."

"Tell me what you did."

"Sure," she tells Jim everything including about the timer and the crates of weapons and explosives she found. When she finishes telling him he was shocked.

"Wow! You are amazing! Thank you for what you've done."

"Any time." Just then there was a knock on the door, they turn to see a man in uniform walk into the room.

"Captain Roth."

"General West, Sir," Jim said standing up.

"At ease and sit down."

"Thank you, Sir" then Jim sat back on the bed.

"General West, this is Leader June McGinnis from Hammersley"

"MacGyver, yes, I know who she is."

"That's a scary thought, General," he chuckled.

"Relax, Steve Marshall told me about you, I've read your record and I'm impressed."

"Thank you, General but I've got a feeling that you're not here about that."

"No. It's about the Captain's last mission. Lieutenant Reed told me what you did but I admit that I don't understand how you did it."

"Ok, what I did was..." She told him step by step what she did to assemble the bomb and how she made the timer.

"Wow! I'm impressed, that was some timer!"

"Yes, it was, Sir."

"Question, where on earth did you get the nickname MacGyver?"

She laughed. "It's from a TV show called MacGyver, you might have to watch it sometime then you will understand how I got the nickname, Sir."

"Captain, have you seen this show?"

"And two movies, Sir. She's a female version of MacGyver."

"Unbelievable."

"Yes, Sir." The general stayed for another few minutes before leaving them alone. Jim stayed for another hour before he left.

"Jim, go and tell commander Marshall and Kate that Ray was here asking about Mike."

"Sure, I've got training over the next couple of days."

"I understand." he kisses her before walking out of her room.

Jim went and called Steve and then went to see him in his office, he was lucky Kate was there also. Jim told them both that Ray Walsmen showed up at the hospital and was asking about Mike.

"Captain, why are you telling me this?" Steve asked.

"MacGyver asked you to?" Kate asked.

"Yes, she wonders how Ray Walsmen knew that Mike's in hospital and what was his business on Samaru Island."

"Well, that's his business," Steve said.

"June told me that something was not right. She found out that the boat that was delivering those crates of weapons belongs to Ray Walsmen."

"What? Why didn't she say anything?" Kate said.

"That's what I said to her, she told me that she told Mike and he asked her to keep digging. That's what she had been doing when things went sour with the mission last week."

"Mike should have told me straight away," Steve said.

"June told Mike that but he told her that we needed more proof and to find out why he was on that island."

"He's right, Sir, otherwise it would like Rick Gallager all over again," Kate said.

"Your right Lieutenant." They talked for a few more minutes then Kate and Jim walk out together talking more about Mike and June.

Two days later, Hammersley gets a temporary captain and chief/medic the same day they left port for a week. That same day MacGyver was able to get up and walk around but on crutches making her happy.

Three days later she walked into Mike's room like she'd done every day and sat down with him for an hour when Steve walked in. "Sir."

"Leader, any change?"

"No change, Sir. I promised X that I'll contact her if there's any change."

"That's good of you, and how are you doing?"

"Slowly getting better and I'll be able to return to active duty by the end of next month."

"That is great news, Leader."

"Yeah, so you're not here to just check up on Mike and me judging from that file in your hand."

"No, it's the sailor promotion list." He opened the file and passed her a sheet of paper. She looked at it and saw her name and new rank. She looked up at him.

"Wow, Sir, Petty Officer!"

"You deserve it and you also made Navy history."

"How's that, Sir?"

"First, the youngest petty officer in Australian Navy history, your only twenty-six years old. The last youngest petty officer was twenty-seven."

"I'm shocked, Sir."

"You deserve it."

"Thanks, Sir… ahh, Sir, what about the officers' promotion list."

"Mike turned down his promotion three months ago."

MacGyver was shocked, "He what? Sir."

"He turned it down."

"Really..." she folded her arms then said, "Well Sir, you leave it to me. I'm going to fight fire with fire."

"How's that?"

She smiled, "where are his papers?"

"Here," he passed them to her.

"I'll look after these and you leave Mike Flynn to me. I know some weak spots of his and I'll make him see the light, so to speak."

"Good luck, I've had Fleet Command on the phone about it every week until the accident."

"Well, when you return you can call them up and tell them to leave it in my hands. If and when he signs the papers, Fleet Command can come up and change the rank insignia himself and threaten Mike here with toothbrush duties."

Steve laughed, "I would pay to see Mike cleaning something with a toothbrush, but you didn't hear that."

"Hear what, Sir?" she said with a chuckle.

The next day when she was in Mike's room she talked to him about his promotion. "Mighty Mike Flynn, why do you have to be one stubborn Irishmen, aye mate?. A promotion, you know what that means, a shore posting or Captain of a frigate. But I know you, I know you'd rather stay with the patrol boats. I know that it's because of the closeness of the group of sailors like Hammersley's crew. But Mike... what is more important to you, Hammersley and the Navy or Kate and a family? You can't have one without the other. Look at Jim and me, I thought about the choices I would have to make if my leg doesn't heal, I would've had to leave the Navy on medical grounds, and just like you, I love the Navy and I also love Jim. If I had a choice, it would be Jim even though he's SAS and not Navy. At least Jim and I can have a future together and one-day marriage and kids. I don't know if you and Kate every talk about that or not. If not then you should. You're not getting any younger, Mike, and Kate, she's almost thirty, and her biological clock will be ticking."

She let out her breath and looked down at her hands when she notices his heart rate was increasing. She looked over to the machine then to Mike she saw his eyes moving under his eyelids. She stood up and leaned forward holding his hand.

"Come on Mike, open your eyes." she uses her free hand to push the call buzzer.

"Come on Mike, it's time to wake up, we've got unfinished business to take care of." Then the door opens and a nurse ran into the room, "Come on Mike, open your blue eyes for me to see." She turned to the nurse.

"Get the doctor!" She ran out of the room while MacGyver turned back to Mike as he squeezed her hand. "That's it, Mike! Squeeze my hand again," and he did.

"Yes come on, I wish Kate was here right now so you can hear her voice." Then she got her phone out of her pocket and looked through the numbers when the doctor walked in and over to the bed.

"Please leave," he said to MacGyver brusquely.

"Not yet, I know someone Mike would love to hear," then she pressed dial. "Trust me" then they all heard...

"Hammersley Lieutenant McGregor."

"Kate, it's MacGyver."

"MacGyver, any word on Mike?"

"I've got you on speakerphone, talk to him, he starting to come around, ask him to open his eyes, he can hear you."

"Oh, God!"

"Kate, talk to him."

"Mike! Open your eyes please, I miss seeing your blue eyes, I miss your voice, I miss you."

"Keep going," MacGyver told her.

"Mike, I love you, please come back to me to us, the crew, we all miss you."

"Hey! Sir! When are you coming back?" Charge yells out.

"Hey! Sir, we miss you!" Spider joined Charge.

"Hey, Sir, we all miss you, X included! We all miss those deep throat debates between you and X, at the moment it's a tie between you both," Nav said.

"Hey! Sir, when you get better we're going shout you a beer or guava mojo!" Buffer added.

"Hey! Sir, we miss you talking to us not as crewmates but as friends. You've been there for all of us and it's our turn to be there for you. We want you back, Sir, where all the action is." Swain said.

"Please, Sir, please wake up, not just for this crazy bunch but for your family, for the ones who love and miss you, Sir," ET said.

"They are all right Mike, we all do miss you, so please open your eyes and I would love to hear your voice, please Mike," Kate said as she tried not to break down.

"That's it, Mike, come on open them, there we go, Mike now I can see your blue eyes," MacGyver said smiling. He blinked a few times and looked at MacGyver.

"Kate," he said.

"I'm here Mike, I can hear you, you had me… all of us worried," Kate said on the phone.

"Kate, I love you," Mike said hoarsely.

"I love you too Mike, we will be back tomorrow."

"Ok,"

"Kate, I have to go now so the doctor can check Mike over," MacGyver tells her.

"Ok, thank you for calling me."

"I knew it would help, talk to you tomorrow."

"Ok" then they hung up. Then she took a photo of Mike and send it to Kate.

"I'll be in my room" as nurse passes her crutches.

"Thank you," Then she looked at Mike one more time and hobbled out the door.

Soon as she was in her room she called Steve, "Commander Marshall, Sir, it's MacGyver. Good news, Mike woke up."

"Hey, that is great news! I'll call Hammersley to let them know."

"Oh, they know ready. I called Kate and had the call on speakerphone as he was starting to wake up. I was hoping hearing Kate and the crew would help and it worked."

"That is great news, has he said anything?"

"Kate, that's what he said, so he must have heard her voice."

"It's a good start, I'll drop by after work."

"I'm sure he would like that, Sir."

"Thanks for the good news"

"Your welcome, Sir," hanging up.

Then she sent a text to Jim, 'Mike's awake'. Jim would know that the short text meant that Mike had finally woken up.