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| "Doctor Phillips, you have a call on line two." "Thank you, Anna," he replied, taking the phone from her. "Doctor Phillips." "John, it's Mike at Bethesda." "Oh, Mike! I was wondering when you guys would get finished. Any word on an antidote for flagrotol?" he asked. "We may have found one," Mike told him. John sighed. "What do you mean 'may have'?" "We're not certain if it will work. We had three trial periods and it worked one out of the three times. However, I don't know what other avenue to look into." "I guess that's the best we're going to get. How long until it takes effect if it works?" "An hour. If it doesn't work, it won't do any damage, though. If I leave now, I can be there in 20 minutes." "Great, I'll talk with his wife," John said. "Oh, and Mike, this guy was poisoned, you might want some police protection..." "Yeah, good idea! See you soon!" John hung up with a smile on his face. "Doctor?" Anna said. "Anna, we may have cure for Mr. Raab." ************* Mac sat quietly next to Harm, the girls having gone to the cafeteria with the Admiral. "Excuse me, Mrs. Rabb." "Doctor," Mac replied. "I have some good news for you." Mac smiled. "I could use that right about now." "We may have found an antidote." Mac's eyes widened. "A doctor from Bethesda was working on one. They've tried it three times and it's worked once, so we don't know if it will work on your husband. However, if it doesn't work, he'll be no worse off than he is now." "That is the best news I've heard since we've been here," Mac replied. "We'll definitely have to try it. I just hope Harm doesn't make it any more difficult than it needs to be. He tends to do that." Doctor Phillips laughed. "I think that if he knows you're with him, he'll come right out of that coma." "Thank you for everything, Doctor." He nodded and left her alone. Mac took Harm's hand in hers. "You here that, Sailor? They're going to give you an antidote. As your superior officer, I order you to let it work!" The phone rang, causing Mac to jump. "Hello," she said. "How is your husband holding up, Colonel?" "Palmer!" "You've figured it out... Or should I say your CIA friend figured it out," Palmer replied. "No matter, soon Commander Rabb will be dead. I'm sorry that you had to suffer as well." "I'm sure you are, you bastard!" "Come now, Sarah, that's rude! What if your children walked in and heard you saying that word?" Mac was sick of Palmer and his games. "Why don't you fucking leave us alone! Get over it! That was 10 years ago!" "Wow, Marines really do have dirty mouths. Anyway, I hate to cut this short, but I have to go. I hope you enjoy the death of Harmon Rabb, Jr." "Mommy?" Mac jumped, the phone still in her hands. Evelyn was standing next to her. "Are you okay?" She hung up the phone. "I'm fine, honey. Where are Uncle AJ and Rena?" "Rena wanted to play with some toys in the waiting room so Uncle AJ stayed with her." She looked at Harm. "How's Daddy?" "The same, Evie." "Can I give him a kiss?" she asked quietly. "Of course," Mac replied, lifting Evelyn up. Evelyn kissed Harm on the cheek. "I love you, Daddy." ************** A half an hour later, the doctor from Bethesda arrived. He and Doctor Phillips administered the antidote to Harm and they had to wait an hour before it took affect... if it did. Mac was pacing back and forth, praying that Harm would make it... *He just has to! He never lets Palmer have the last laugh!* "Colonel, lay down in that spare bed and rest! That's an order!" the Admiral said. "You can't keep up like this! It's not good for you or your baby. Now, get into that bed!" Mac nodded. "Aye, Sir... The girls?" "Are in the play room with a few of the nurses." The minute Mac's head hit the pillow, she was fast asleep. Chegwidden shook his head. "I knew it." Serena came into the room later. She noticed that her Mommy was asleep on the other bed and that Uncle AJ was asleep on a chair by the window. She was happy to see that the chair next to her Daddy was unoccupied, so she pulled it closer to the bed and climbed onto it. Serena then proceeded to snuggle into her Daddy's arms. "Daddy... wake up soon!" she whispered, falling asleep. |
