Last chapter!
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"You know," Matty said as she led Jack and MacGyver out of the police station. "Sometimes I think you two are a lot more trouble than you're worth, and if you weren't such good agents, and if we didn't have a mission in twenty-four hours, I might have just left you in there for a little longer," she admonished.
"It's not our fault," Jack complained. "Besides, they would have let us out," he insisted. "Jaq messed up in his story and they caught him in his lie! They were just about to release us when you got here."
Matty raised her eyebrows in mock interest, but she didn't say anything else. Mac caught sight of Penny ahead of them, talking to an officer.
"I'll be right back," he said, walking as quickly as he could over to Penny without hurting his aching body even further. "Hey Penny," he called out as he neared her. She turned and made eye contact with him, then turned and said goodbye to the officer. She walked over and met the blond halfway across the lot and threw her arms around him.
"Thank you," she said quietly.
"Ow," Mac muttered, causing Penny to let go of him quickly.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry," she gushed. "I forgot, are you okay? Do you need to go see a doctor? I think you need to go to a hospital and get checked out," she said. She would have continued on, but Mac pulled her into another, more gentle hug.
"I'm fine," he insisted.
"No you're not," Penny said, drawing back and giving him a dirty look. "You were beaten, strangled, and cut with a knife all within the past ten hours," she reminded him. "That's not someone who is 'fine,' Mac," she said.
"Okay, okay," Mac said with a laugh. "I promise, when I get back to LA, I'll get checked out by a doctor," he said.
"You promised," Penny said, pointing at her friend. "You never go back on your promises, so I'll be keeping in touch with Jack until you do go see a doctor," she warned him.
"I promise," Mac repeated.
"Promise what?" Jack asked as he came up behind them.
"Mac promised me he'd go see a doctor when you guys get back to LA," Penny said before Mac could reply.
"How'd you get him to promise to that?" Jack asked in surprise. "If I ever think he needs to go see a doctor, he stalls and complains and won't go," he explained.
"Maybe it's cuz I'm his ex-girlfriend," Penny suggested with a wink.
"Yeah Jack," Mac replied sassily to his partner. "Maybe you just need to get more in touch with your feminine side."
"Oh, I don't think it's my feminine side that'll be knocking your butt to the ground and dragging you into the doctor's office," Jack growled. Mac chuckled, then he turned back to Penny.
"I came over here to say thank you," he said.
"Why? You're the one who came to save me," Penny reminded him.
"The rescue attempt would have been a lot more unsuccessful if you hadn't gotten the knife out of Jaq's hand," Mac pointed out.
"How'd you do that, anyway?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, that was a seriously well-planned and executed kick," Mac agreed.
"Don't you remember?" Penny asked MacGyver. "In the play Jaq was directing, my character was a spy, and that's one of the moves she does! Except, it's supposed to be kicking a gun out of the man's hands while she's tied up. I can't believe I actually got to do it in real life!" she said with a squeal. "I bet I could be a pretty good spy," she added with a thoughtful look.
MacGyver and Jack shared a look, both silently agreeing not to say anything.
"Dalton, Mac," Matty called out as she walked towards the SUV. "Let's go."
"See ya later, Parker," Jack said, giving Penny a quick, one-armed hug. "Be good," he added jokingly before he walked towards Matty. Mac and Penny heard him ask Matty about driving, but Mac didn't pay attention as he turned back to his friend.
"I'm glad you're okay," he said.
"I wouldn't be if it weren't for you," she replied, wrapping her arms around him gently again. "Thanks for believing that something was wrong, and coming to help," she muttered.
"I'll always come if you need me, Penny," Mac assured her. Penny nodded; she knew Mac meant every word of that, and she loved him for it. Penny pulled away after a few seconds.
"Anyway, I should probably let you go," she said, glancing over at Jack and Matty, who were still arguing about the car.
"Probably," Mac said. "But don't hesitate to let me know if you need anything else," he said, staring at her to get his point across.
"I won't," Penny promised.
"Okay, come here," Mac said, wrapping his friend in his arms for one last quick hug before he left, walking over to Matty and Jack.
"Everything good?" Jack asked.
"Yeah," Mac said as he looked back at Penny, who was walking over to her car. "I think things are gonna be just fine."
Okay, I know that was one of the worst endings I think I've ever done, but I think I'm losing touch with my MacGyver writing. I seriously need the show back on.
So, for those of you who requested it (and those who didn't, but still took the time to read it ;) ) what did you think?
Lemme know, and I'll see you all sometime soon. I've still got a few MacGyver stories in the works, but I'm also working on a Spider-Man story, and like I said, I feel like I'm losing touch with my MacGyver side, so I don't know when the next Mac story will be posted... :(
