Chapter two
A/N: I know this is highly unrealistic but it just wrote itself and I like it how it is, I'm sorry if u don't like unrealistic but it works for me and it all plays vital roles in the story, I have written about 5 chapters and I would like to just have people look at it and appreciate it for how it wrote itself, I get an idea and run with it! Thanx Tina 4 being my beta
Harm woke up with a start covered in sweat, he had dreamt Mac's Helio had crashed and everyone was killed. He shook it off and went back to sleep.
On the carrier another Helio was dispatched to look for any survivors of the crash, it arrived safely and the crew managed to revive 2 bodies from the wreck, they sent them back and began looking for more.
Harm sat nervously in his office he heard on the news that Mac's Helio had crashed and they were looking for survivors. The next bulletin was due any second now
"Commander, it's on," said Harriet poking her head into his door
"Thanks Harriet"
"Two bodies have been found in the wreck in Iraq, a Petty Officer Matthews, Jennifer and a Colonel Mackenzie, Samuel they are both in critical condition but are slowly recovering." Harm sighed, wrong Colonel Mackenzie "The search is continuing and rumour has it that more bodies have been found alive and are being flown back, more reports soon." Harm went back to his office, he wouldn't accept that Mac was dead; they said more people had been found alive, she could be one of them. Harriet came in and stood at the door
"Would you like me to sit with you till we hear something?"
"That would be nice, thanks Harriet"
Mac lay under a seat in the wreck, she had heard people looking for her but she knew she was buried under a lot of rubble and probably would not be found before she lost consciousness again, she always thought she would go a hero in a firefight, not just a crash of a Helio. She tried to push against the rubble but she knew that she had broken a few ribs and one of her legs felt that it most definitely wasn't in the right place. She decided to save her strength and try to call out to someone next time she heard something.
Two days later all the names of confirmed Dead from that Helio had been announced and Harm was going crazy, Mac still hadn't been found, the reporter was in the wreckage that day talking about the one poor Marine that was 'unknown'
"This is the wreckage of the terrible Helio crash" on screen there was a simulation of what happened, it showed a computerized Helio having some of the back blown off and it crashing. The screen went back to Iraq and the reporter with people going through rubble when a faint noise was heard. "Hang on what's that?" He said walking over to the heavy pile of debris that people were going through, the sound had come from there, another faint sound was heard but this time it was a distinguishable but weak
"Help" The reporter and a couple of men pulled the large piles of metal away faster and unearthed a small figure. Back in JAG HQ Harm gasped, it was Mac
"I think this is the lost Marine!" exclaimed the man, two of the marines put Mac on a stretcher and lifted her to the aircraft, she looked at the reporter and said a very weak
"Thank you" the cameraman came over and pointed the lens at Mac "Harm" she whispered before loosing consciousness, the reporter picked it up
"Harm? Well if that means something or someone that special someone is very lucky, and that marine is extremely lucky to be alive.
Harm looked at the Admiral, the whole JAG bullpen was cheering
"You don't even have to ask son, get going" Harm almost ran to his car, at home he called the carrier who sent a helio over to get him as soon as he was ready. The helio arrived and Harm couldn't get out fast enough, he ran past the men on deck, handing them the helmet, goggles and other gear and went straight to the sick bay.
"Excuse me sir," said one of the nurses "I'm sorry but you can't be in here"
"Sorry, I'm Commander Rabb, my wife was just found and flown here Colonel Rabb, and she is part of the Marine mission that was just conducted
"Ah yes, Commander Rabb, Your wife is still in the operating theatre, she should be out soon"
"Is she Ok?"
"She has a couple of bruised ribs and a few more broken ones, lots of cuts and bruises, her left leg is badly broken, she is malnourished and dehydrated and she suffered a miscarriage while she was out there"
"Mac was pregnant?" Harm said in shock
"Yes, I'm sorry sir"
"Thank you, where should I wait?" Harm was trying to keep his emotions at bay
"Over here please" she lead him over to a chair next to an empty bed, he sat there in complete shock, Mac was pregnant, or had been he let a few stray tears fall down his cheeks until he saw her being wheeled out of the operation, they moved her onto the bed and Harm looked up at the doctor expectantly
"She's gonna be fine" Harm smiled and held Mac's hand in his own, the doctors left them alone and Harm stared at her, she seemed relaxed and looked just like his beautiful angel that she was but he saw the stitches above her eyebrow and the other cuts and bruises on her face and arms. He smiled sadly at her small frame and the IV in her arm re hydrating and nourishing her. The doctor had said the anesthetic should ware off soon so he decided to stay next to her instead of talking to the skipper as he had been told to over the phone. She began to moan and move slightly
"Harm" she groaned
"It's Ok baby, I'm here," he said brushing a hand over her face
"Harm" she began to wake a little more and she opened her eyes
"Yes Mac, It's me I'm here"
"Harm, I thought I would never see you again"
"Oh Mac, are you Ok?"
"Hurts"
"It should"
"What happened to me?"
"You have a few broken ribs, a few more bruised ones, your left leg is broken, they have to rehydrate and nourish you because you were out there for so long, you have heaps of cuts and bruises and…" Harm trailed off, not wanting to tell her just yet
"What, Harm I can handle it, just tell me" Harm sighed
"Just know whatever happens I'm here for you"
"Come on Harm, it can't be that bad" than looking at his face she added "Can it?"
"You had a miscarriage when you were out there" Mac lay there in complete shock
"I-I"
"I'm so sorry Mac" he cupped her cheek gently as she looked away "We can get through it together, please let me in" she looked up to him with tears in her eyes
"Why?"
"I don't know baby, One day, we can go back to the clinic when you're ready and try again"
"I don't know anymore, I don't know how many times I can go through this" He rubbed his thumb over her cheek, wiping away some tears
"One day" he said
"One day" she said, letting a few tears fall, Harm also let a few tears fall and he squeezed her hand as they cried together. They stayed like that for a while before she yawned, Harm told her to go to sleep and when she did he kissed her gently on the forehead and she muttered his name softly.
Harm went to the Skipper and updated him on Mac's condition
"You two are very lucky people," he said
"I guess we are aren't we"
"Yes you are"
"Not completely"
"Why not?"
"She had a miscarriage"
"I didn't know she was pregnant"
"Nor did we till we were told in sick bay that she had lost it"
"I'm so sorry" Just then a nurse ran into the room
"I'm sorry sir but the Colonel is very worked up and is asking for you"
"Thank you, Skipper" Harm said
"Go look after you wife" Harm smiled and left quickly with the nurse, they got to the sick bay to find Mac sitting up crying with two nurses trying to calm her and one of the two trying to get her to lie down
"Mac" he said
"Harm" she said crying, he went over to the bed and sat on the edge, gently hugging her, wary of her ribs, she sobbed into his shirt, clutching onto him as if he were her lifeline
"Shhh, baby, it's all right, I'm here"
"Where were you?"
"The skipper wanted to know how his best marine was doing"
"Best marine?"
"Ok so I just added that part but I was just telling the skipper that you were Ok," she continued to sob into his chest "Mac, Sarah, you're very tired, why don't you lie down and rest for awhile, I won't go anywhere, I promise." He lay her down and smoothed her hair off her forehead and gave her a small kiss. He sat back down in the chair he had been sitting in before and picked up her hand as she fell asleep once again. After he dinner the nurse asked him to leave and go to Mac's quarters to let her sleep, he got up but she wouldn't let go of his hand
"Please, let him stay"
"You need your rest Colonel"
"If she wakes up again she may need me here, if anything else happens the other patients may wake up if she is making a noise" Harm said in her defense
"Ok, we do have a spare bed next to her so you can sleep there" She set up the bed next to her and Harm lay down after changing into his PJ's.
That night Mac had a dream about her problems with conceiving and miscarriages,
[Flashback
She was sitting in the hospital bed hugging Harm and crying in his arms, after 6 weeks of inconclusive blood tests and pain on her left side they had finally discovered what had happened. After bleeding they concluded she was having a miscarriage but after awhile they concluded the baby was ectopic and she had to take a pill to dissolve the rapidly growing cells. That didn't work so they had to remove the tube, she remembered waking up after a nap one day in terrible pain and Harm had to carry her to the car. Then after numerous tests they told her she had an ectopic pregnancy and the pills wouldn't work so she had to get the tube removed.
[End flashback
She woke with a start and felt a sharp pain around her ribs, she moaned and Harm heard her
"Mac?"
"I'm Ok"
"What happened?"
"Just moved wrong, my ribs hurt"
"I bet they do, the doctors tried to fix them as best they could but can't put a cast around your ribs"
"I know"
"I love you Mac"
"I love you too baby" they both fell asleep again and did not wake till the morning.
When they both woke up again that morning, Harm changed before resuming his position next to Mac on the seat.
"Harm would you do me a favor?"
"Anything"
"Take my key from the drawer and go to my quarters, see if there are two petty officers there, I have been told that half a dozen people came out of it with minimal damage and are back in their quarters. They're not here so just check for me huh?"
"Ok" Harm picked up they keys from her drawer and after kissing her softly he left to her room and found two Petty Officer's in the room packing away Mac's stuff, they both saluted and he saluted back "at ease ladies"
"Aren't you Harmon Rabb?" Said Harris
"Yes that's me"
"I'm so sorry about Mac sir"
"She's Ok, we're dealing"
"She is?"
"Yes, a reporter found her on live TV yesterday"
"Wow, can she have visitors yet?" Said Matthews
"Yes, she sent me to look for you"
"By the way we packed everything into her footlocker for you and were gonna get it sent to you but you can take it when you leave" The three of them left to the sickbay and Mac smiled at the sight of the two girls
"Mac" they said
"Are you two Ok?"
"We were lucky, how are you doing?"
"All right, my ribs are healing slowly as is the rest of me so I should be fine and in about a week I can go home"
"That's great," said Harris
"We'll leave you two together," said Matthews
"They're great girls," said Mac
"Yes they are," said Harm "I'm so glad you're Ok"
"Me too, you know what was going through my mind when I was lying under all that rubble?"
"No, what"
"That I may never see you again and I may not ever be able to give you a family"
"Oh Mac"
"I love you Ninjagirl"
"I love you too Flyboy"
Thanks for the past reviews, I did change the 1st chapter to make it a little more realistic and I did take your pointers into consideration, thanks for letting me know about how Mac got her name, I haven't changed that yet but I should get around to doing that soon. Sorry for the delay in the chapter, I don't want to push my beta 2 much. Thanx again Tina!
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