The Rising pt1

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They witness Mac arriving in a vintage 1967 Eleanor Chevy, exuding an air of coolness. Stepping out of the car, he takes a moment to adjust his appearance.

"Mac, how do I look?" Mac asks.

"Yummy," Nikki replies.

"That's Nikki Carpenter, MIT grad," Mac introduces her. "She passed up offers from Google, XSpace, and Apple to save lives. Best senior analyst in the business. No one's better on a keyboard."

Mac has a flashback to him and Nikki having sex on the keyboard.

"Nikki: Mac, you should wear a tux more often," Nikki suggests.

"Doesn't really go with the grease underneath my fingernails or my tummy," Mac responds.

"Gracie: you know I can hear you guys, right?" Gracie interrupts.

"Meet Gracie MacGyver, my little sister who I love very much," Mac introduces. "Gracie was born with epilepsy. All Gracie ever wanted to be was a mom, and she couldn't get that."

Mac has a flashback of when his sister was in the hospital and the doctor came walking in.

"So, Doc, how is she?" Mac asks.

The doctor gives the worst news that Gracie wasn't able to have kids. She tried everything, but she wasn't able to. I couldn't stand to see my sister upset. So I became a surgeon for Gracie's baby. Gracie and I swore never to speak of this again.

Mac: so yeah, that's why my belly looks so big. It's because I have a baby in my tummy. It's my sister's baby.

Flashback ends.

Gracie was inside watching from the top of the stairs.

Jack: How are we looking in there, Gracie?

Gracie: Good.

Mac: Meet Jack Dalton, former CIA agent. Former Intelligence. Jack and Gracie have had my back more times than I can even think of.

Flashback. Mac was disabling a bomb when guys waltzed in. Gracie snipes them. Mac looked up to see Gracie. "You're all clear, big brother," Gracie says as she smiles. Flashback ends.

Mac: And my name is Angus Macgyver. I have twelve first-place Science Fair trophies, two years at MIT, three years diffusing bombs for the military, and what do I do now? A little of this, a little of that.

Nikki: What are you doing?

Mac: I'm gonna need a fingerprint to access that safe.

Gracie: You know you're fat, right brother?

Jack: Woah, Gracie, that's a little extreme.

Mac smiled and chuckled.

Mac rubbed his belly as the baby kicked. Tears fell from Mac's face. He wishes Gracie could feel the kicking too.

Nikki: Mac, you good?

Jack: Mac, you alright?

Mac: I'm alright, guys. I'm just a little sick in the belly.

Nikki: Are you sure?

Mac: Positive.

Nikki: Okay.

Jack: Does it bother anyone else that we know what's in that safe?

Mac: Intel says some weapon the host plans on selling to the highest bidder tonight. We have a problem.

Nikki: What is it? Mac, are you okay?

Mac: I'm starting to feel queasy in the belly.

Nikki: Everyone off coms.

Mac goes over to the grass and starts vomiting.
After getting sick.

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