A Happily Ever After

Disclaimer: Not mine...never will be, but I wish I owned DJE. The doctor at Bethesda is MINE. :)

AN: I want to thank my friend Coy who insisted that I start this series in the first place. Who knew that a short fic like The Reason would lead to all of this? Well, I hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it...I had a blast working this out in my head. Anyway, enough blabber...here goes the finale. Hope you guys like it. Sorry for any mistakes.

USS Patrick Henry

Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean

Harm had just about hit every possible angle to this case. Something was still very off, but he would do whatever he could to get this solved.

Somewhere along the road a thought hit him. He had to talk to Lt. Commander Beason.

" Beason, I have a question for you." Harm talked into the phone.

"Yes, sir?"

"Where were the drugs found?"

"Um, sir, if I'm not mistaken aren't you the prosecution on this case?"

"Yes, Commander, but at this point I am only trying to make sure I'm doing my job right. Now the answer?"

"Um, they found it in my locker...in my quarters, sir."

"Does anybody else know the combination to your locker?"

"Um...yeah, there's Smith. Why sir?" He was confused now.

"I just had a thought. Have you ever had problems with Ensign Smith?"

"Yeah, like anybody else does with a friend."

"Tell me about it."

"I don't know how this is related to my case, sir." He was beginning to see a pattern, but he didn't want to accept the fact that what the Commander was implicating was possible.

"You will." Harm sounded almost positive that he had cracked the case. All he needed was one last thing.

"Um, he was upset because I had been unfaithful to Marissa. He had always had a thing for her...even before I got with her. I guess the fact that she had decided that I was the one for her and then my indiscretion got under his skin."

"Do you think he is capable of making you pay for what you have done?" He was hoping that he would be right about the Ensign.

"I don't know sir. I guess, sir." Beason admitted.

"Ok, thank you Commander Beason." He hung up and headed to Smith's quarters. He had a motive and now he knew what he had to do.

Ensign Smith's Quarters

He was about to knock on the hatch when the ensign opened it. A look of pure confusion flashed before his eyes.

"Sir? I thought you would call if you needed anything." He said as he stepped over the knee knocker.

"Yeah, well...do you have a minute?" He asked not really ready to take no for answer.

Smith noticed that Harm had moved into his space and was almost pushing past him.

"Ah, yes sir." Not really sure if he should fight this...there was no way he was going to get past Commander Rabb.

Ok, Ensign I'm going to make this simple." He said as he walked over to the man's locker. "Combination?"

"What, sir?"

"Now."

"Um, 6-35-8." A tone of worry now evident.

"Nothing." Harm sounded disappointed after he searched through it.

"What were you expecting to find, sir?" He said in a haughty matter.

"Ok, so you have it somewhere else, but I'm going to tell you my theory. That night when you were in your quarters while Beason unloaded the cargo, you were emailing Marissa the final details of your plan. You both arranged it to make him pay for what he did to her. She liked your plan and even agreed to send you the evidence. You kept yourself in the shadows for some hours that day and snuck the drugs that she sent you in Commander Beason's locker. You thought you had it made when they charged him, but you never counted on a second investigation being done. And now here we are." Harm finished with a tone of triumph.

"So you figured it out, sir. But what now?" He was sporting a devilish smile on his lips.

"Now you pay for what you did. Have you ever heard of bad karma? What goes around, comes around Ensign. Your CO will recommend possible consequences and we all go back to what we were doing."

"Not all of us, sir."

"That was your fault, not mine Ensign."

Bethesda Naval Hospital

Bethesda, Maryland

The doctors rushed to Mac when Harriet pulled into the emergency room. They placed her on a gurney and wheeled her to the examination room while Harriet stood outside in the hallway. Mac yelled to Harriet. "Call Harm, Harriet. Please...I need him."

A few hours later

He had rushed over as soon as he could. He had managed to get on the last COD that was heading out. He couldn't believe what Harriet was telling him. Mac was in the hospital with severe pain. He knew he shouldn't have left her by herself. He convinced himself that it was his fault and that if something happened to her, he would never forgive himself.

"How could I have been so stupid, Harriet?" Harm asked as he paced in the hall waiting for news.

"Don't blame yourself, please. I'm sure Mac would not like that...she would not accept that from you."

"If something happens..." Tears were starting to form in his baby-blues.

"Then the doctors will take care of her and the baby. I'm sure it isn't that severe."

After an hour of pacing, standing, sitting, and waiting the doctor came out to inform them of Mac's condition.

"How is she doctor? How bad is she?" Harm asked as he wiped away some tears before they made it out onto his face.

"She is fine for now. I must say she is a strong person. She experienced what we call a partial abruption."

"What is that?"

"Well, it's when the placenta starts to tear away from the uterine wall. We have to keep an eye on her condition for a while, but I think she will be fine."

"Ok, so...is everything ok?"

"Yes, but like I said, we have to monitor her for a while just to make sure nothing happens."

"C-Can I see her?"

"Sure. This way."

He was led to her room where she lay in bed. An IV tube was keeping her and the baby hydrated and the heart monitor was placed on her ring finger. He thought she was asleep, but when he closed the door she turned her head and met his eyes. A slight smile present.

"How are you feeling?" Harm questioned as he moved to the side of her bed and sat on a chair while taking her hand in his.

"Fine. A little drained, but I guess I'm ok."

"Yeah, the doctors said you were going to be fine and that they need to monitor you for a while. Mac I'm…"

"I missed you, flyboy." She cut him of, not ready to hear an apology for something he had no control over.

"I missed you, too." He paused. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here. I shouldn't have left on that investigation."

"Harm...don't. You couldn't have known. And it was your duty to go. It was important."

"You two are more important to me than anything else. I should have been here."

"Stop beating yourself up about it. It's over...I'm ok."

"I was just so afraid that I might have lost you."

"Never."

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

Harm leaned to her and placed a kiss on her lips. He sat back down and held onto her hand while he looked to the floor.

"You ok?"

"Yeah. You just gave me a hell of a scare."

"Ha-ha, sorry. So did you finish what you went out there for?"

"Yeah. Lt. Commander Beason was not guilty, Mac. It was his friend who set him up."

"Guess you were right."

"Aren't I always?" He grinned.

"Hardly." She smiled back.

Just then a monitor started to go off. It was loud and both Harm and Mac were confused. They were looking frantically at the monitor and at themselves.

"Mac?"

"Harm? What's going on?"

The doctor rushed in and went straight to the monitor. He yelled a few words to the nurse trying to be heard over the chaos that arose in the room. Harm was about to go crazy as he griped her hand tighter. She looked to the doctor, to the nurse, and back to Harm.

"Harm? Honey, what's going on?" She was afraid.

"I-I don't know Mac. Just relax. Everything will be ok." He placed a kiss on her hand.

"We have to get her to the OR now! Let's go people!" He shouted orders to his assistants.

"Doctor? What's happening?" Mac asked almost in tears.

"You'll be ok, Colonel."

"Doctor what is wrong!" Harm shouted at him.

"The baby's heart rate is dropping fast. We have to do an emergency caesarian."

"W-what? Is she, are they going to be ok?"

"We have to go now!"

"Harm, don't leave me." She pleaded with fear visible in her eyes.

"I'm right her, honey. I'm not going anywhere." But just as he got the words, out a nurse pulled his hand away from hers. "No! I'm going with her!"

"Sorry, sir." She held her hands out to keep him from following them.

"Mac!" He shouted as she was being pulled away from him.

"Harm! Harm!" She managed to get out before her world went dark.

A few minutes later

Inside the OR

"Ladies and gentlemen, We want to get the baby out safely and we want to make sure the mom gets passed this."

The minutes passed and all Harm could do was wait and pray that his wife and son made it out alright. He could not stand the wait, it was painful to sit or stand and not be able to look at his wife. It was eating at his very soul.

"Harriet, I'm so afraid that I might lose her." He stood up from the chair he'd been sitting in for some time.

"Nonsense, Harm. She'll be fine. Both of them will be fine." She was trying to be strong, but once Harm admitted that he was scared she lost all control of her emotions and let the tears stream freely down her face. She walked to Harm and embraced him in a supportive hug as they both cried.

After what must have seemed like an eternity, the doctor walked out to meet Harm and Harriet. His step was slow and steady. He hated this part of his job.

As if sensing something, Harm stood still and let the tears roll down.

"Commander...I'm sorry. We managed to save the baby, but the Colonel didn't make it. I really am sorry." He remained cemented to the ground, waiting for his confidence to return and allow him to walk away.

"No! No, it's not true! She said I'd never lose her! Harriet tell them she's alive." He dropped to his knees and pounded on the floor, willing all of his pain to fly out of him. His cries echoed through the hallway as he shouted to the heavens and anybody else who was listening.

Harriet kneeled in front of him and hugged him as she joined in his sorrow and let her eyes shed tears. "I'm sorry, Harm." She cried as he held onto her.

"No, Harriet. It's not true. I can't lose her." She couldn't say anything good to him. A minute ago she was assuring him that Mac was going to be ok, and now she was consoling him for his loss. What a cruel world this was.

A few minutes later, chaos began to circulate the hallway.

"Doctor! Doctor Hanson! She's alive. She just opened her eyes and gasped." A nurse ran out shouting.

"What? That's impossible." He looked to Harm who was confused with tears still running down his face. He ran back into the room.

"Harriet?" He got out before he got up and smiled. "Is that...does this mean...?"

"Yeah, she's alive." She couldn't help smiling.

He was pacing once again waiting for the doctor to come out and say something. Harriet had called Bud and he had joined them in the hallway.

The doctor walked out with a smile.

"Finally." Harm said in a frustrated voice.

"Stand down Commander." Harriet said.

"That was under my breath." He smiled.

"Commander...they're both ok. Your baby is healthy and the Colonel is recovering well." He shook hands with Harm.

"Thank you, doctor. Thank you."

"You may go in and see them both whenever you wish."

"Good. How about now?" He was giddy.

"Sure."

Mac's Hospital Room

Walking in to the room knowing that his family was ok was the most comforting feeling ever. He spotted her cradling their baby as his tiny hand wrapped around her finger.

"Hey." She smiled up to him as he walked in.

His eyes were still red from shedding so many tears after thinking that she had been ripped away from him. "Hi." He managed weakly.

He walked to her side and sat on the bed with her. "H-how are you two doing?"

"We're doing well. How are you?"

"I-I'm doing ok, now that I have you by my side."

"The doctor told me what happened." She looked at him, a trace of pain visible as she looked at her husband.

"I almost lost you...again. This time I thought I really had." He started to choke on his words.

"I'm so sorry I put you through that. But I'm here now." She moved her hand gently to his face and stroked his cheek.

"I'm glad you are because I don't know if I could have gone on without you...raising him by myself."

"Well, you'll never have the chance to experience that. When you go, I go...Butch and Sundance."

"And when you go, I go." He smiled back before pressing his lips to hers in a deep and loving kiss.

"So what are we going to name him? We've been so busy we haven't even decided."

"Um...I don't know, how about Matthew?" He grinned lovingly.

"Why Matthew?" She was slightly puzzled.

"After you uncle." He paused. "If wasn't for him stealing the Declaration of Independence we wouldn't have been partnered up."

"Maybe we would have."

"Maybe, but he sped up the process." He kissed her and then placed a peck on his son's forehead.

"Matthew Rabb...I like it."

"So it's official."

"I love you, Harm."

"I love you, Sarah."

The three of them shared the hospital bed, a perfect picture of what a beautiful family they were.

THE END

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