Disclaimer in chapter 1.

A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed I am sorry it took me so long to update I am in the process of moving again. Also sorry its really short but I am going to try to update this weekend.

Chapter 13

Even Unsinkable Ships Sink

Victor pulled into a parallel parking space in front of a motel in one swift, fast movement; like something you would see only in a Bond movie. The twins looked up at him with their notorious 'puppy dog eyes', Victor sighed, he shifted in his seat so he could face the twins.

"You two are going to stay here in a room don't leave, open the door, anything…" He paused looking into the twins faces both full of hope. "I am going back for your parents."

"You can't go back alone." Lucy objected.

"You always need backup." Natalie added.

"This is coming from the mouths of Harm's daughters, the man notorious for charging off without any backup." Victor reminded.

"Yeah…but he would ground us through our graduation if we ever did that." Lucy pointed out.

"Our COLLEGE graduation." Natalie added looking up at Victor. "And he would never allow us to let you go back alone."

"He would also kill me if I put you two back in danger." Victor knew that it was pointless to argue.

"We don't have time to argue we have to go back, we all heard the gun shot, please Uncle Victor." Lucy pleaded. Victor turned back to his steering wheel, he knew there was no time to argue, he threw the car into drive and just as fast as he pulled in he pulled out.

Mac had been near death before, more times then she preferred. It was a strange numb feeling that swept her body momentarily as she stared down the barrel of the gun aimed right at her. What unfolded in what was really a matter of seconds felt like hours. Mac had never froze like this before, she never understood why people froze in critical moments. Whenever she would watch a drama TV shows and the hero would freeze she would dismiss it with a snort and a comment along the line of 'they're obviously not a marine'.

Then again the Titanic sunk and it was unsinkable; if that statement were true then even a marine can freeze.

She heard the sound of the bullet click into place, she heard Harm shout his warning, and she even felt Palmer squirm under her, all in a matter of mere milliseconds. Mac yanked Palmer in between her and the gun, normally she could not move a man his size that fast, but its amazing what adrenaline can do. She heard the bullet fire she heard Palmer grunt as the bullet pierced him, and Mac cried out as the bullet passed through Palmer and into her arm. She dropped Palmer, and fell to the floor clutching her arm, she looked up as Carlos turned to aim at her.

"NO!" Harm cried as he flung himself between Mac and Carlos, another shot was fired, but Mac didn't know what happened she witnessed as Harm struggled with Carlos, she got up to join the fight. Together they managed to free the gun from Carlos, but not before a third shot was fired. Carlos then fell on top of Mac, she then stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. Harm help pull Carlos off of Mac, it was then that Mac realized that the third shot was aimed right at Carlos's abdomen. She turned to look at Harm, and realized in horror where the second shot ended up as she watched him buckle over, and as she heard the sound of more men arriving Mac raced to Harm's side. The door was flung open as more men armed with guns and aimed at the couple charged the room.

"HURRY UNCLE VICTOR, HURRY!" The twins cried as they watched the speedometer increase.

"I've already exceeded the speed limit in any country, I am going as fast as I can!" Victor argued, despite the fact that he knew the truck could go faster he did not want to flip the truck. They were only eight miles from the house, but to everyone in that truck they might as well had been on a separate continent. This time Victor didn't bother parking but pulled literally into the house. He grabbed his guns and jumped out of the truck. "Stay here!" He ordered the girls, knowing that any offspring of Harm and Mac wouldn't stay put for long, he hoped he could at least clear the house. As raced into the house he noticed there were no men downstairs, but he heard a lot of commotion coming from upstairs. He raced upstairs, not sure what he was getting into but in the pit of his stomach he had a horrible feeling.