All usual disclaimers apply.
Excuse me for the time issue.
Re-everythinged
LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA
Jag office
Harm's office
Harm just stood up from his desk intending to walk over to admiral's office, but he changed his mind. He gave him self a minute to think everything over. Was he making the right choice? He sometimes thought he was going nuts. He knew he had enough of his endless problems with Mac and since she just got engaged to Brumby he decided to go through with his plan. Then he stood up and walked through the very busy bullpen without being noticed by Mac.
Reaching Jason's desk he told him.
"Tiner I would like to see the admiral."
"Of course Commander" he replied, and he pressed the button on the intercom he said,
Admiral, Commander Rabb is here to see you.
"Okay Tiner Send him in" he replied.
Hearing this he stepped in the admiral's stood at attention until Chegwidden said
"At ease Commander what can I do for you?"
"Sir I would like you to read this", Harm replied as he put a piece of paper on his desk.
After reading it Admiral Chegwidden said
"Why are you resigning Commander?"
"Personal reasons sir." Harm said
"Colonel Mackenzie?" Chegwidden asked
"Yes sir." Harm replied
After taking a deep breath the Admiral continued.
Harm are you sure you want to shitcan your career for her?
"Yes sir."
"Then consider it done Mr Rabb you were very valuable to JAG and you will be deeply missed."
"Thank you sir."Harm said
After a handshake he walked over to his office removing his personal possessions, after that he walked over to the parking lot and he drove away leaving a still totally unaware Mac behind.
Mac's apartment
Mac arrived home about two hours early, so she could spend more time with Mic.
After she opened the door she was stunned, Mic was on the the couch with his bare chest against some hooker's bare chest.
She sneaked over to her bedroom night stand to collect her 9-mm berretta semi automatic pistol. As she stood in her bedroom door she shot a bullet over their heads absolutely shocking them both. Mic looked at Mac with an extremely pale face, and he said:
"Sarah it is not what you think." He stuttered
"Oh I know what I think asshole" ,she said and she shot of her gun again.
"Now the both of you Get OUT!" Mac said.
"Okay Sarah just let me get dressed okay?" Mic said
As he said that Mic could swear that he saw the fire in her eyes and she fired a burst of three rounds in the walls and as a response Mic and the hooker both scurried their way out of the apartment. After which she very calmly put down her pistol after removing the half empty magazine from it, she then went over to close and lock the door. And then she simply walked over to the TV to see what was on.
12 hours later
Paris airport
Subway station
Walking over to the train , Harm gave himself time to think everything over, just resigning his commission and getting a job at a civilian firm wouldn't have worked, the military way of life sat to deep in him. And he couldn't join the Air Force or the Army since he would probably be tracked down by Mac. And he needed to find a place where he could forget her and start a new life. So he thought that this would be his only option. Reaching the chateau de Vincennes subway station, he walked out to the street he pulled over a cab, when he boarded it he said to the driver.
"Fort the Nogent please." Harm told the driver
"Alright sir" The driver replied
And the cab went quiet until the driver asked.
"Excuse my sir but are you going to Nogent to enlist in the Legion?"
"Yes I am he replied. How do you know?" Harm asked.
Saluting him he said.
"Major Creppeli sir.I joined up in Nogent as well" The driver replied
(note: major is not an officer's rank but it is the equal of sergeant major)
"You are kidding me" Harm said
"No I am not sir. I joined up for French citizenship an…" He decided to not to finish that sentence.
Yeah and …? Harm continued.
"Alright there was a warrant out for me in Italy."
Harm just smiled at that.
"Did you see any action?" Harm asked
"In Algeria, second R.E..P"
For about 20 minutes they talked about the legion training, and his experiences in Algeria where he fought against the fell. Until they got to the moment where the driver asked.
"So why are you enlisting in the legion sir?"
He wondered for a moment what he should answer.
"I just found out my girl back home is marrying another man." Harm said.
"That's a new one" the driver said.
Yeah? Harm asked.
"Yes most of the man who join up are just adventurers" the driver answered.
"Say are we nearly there yet?" Harm asked.
"Uh yes sir just around this street."
"The driver stopped at the beginning of the street leaving Harm a couple of yards to walk."
In the street the recruitment office stood out very plainly , with its massive wooden gate and the words in the arc above it saying.
Legion Etrangere
On both sides of the gate were French tricolors, and on the left hand side in a guard gate stood a soldier ,obviously a foreign legionnaire.
Wow, Harm thought, the foreign legion, he would be rather tied up the next couple of years maybe even the rest of his life.
When he closed his eyes for a second he instantly remembered the way he and Mac said goodbye when he went back to flying, with that he thought to himself
"Ah what the hell."
And he opened the gate, coming into the yard of the fort he looked for the office of the CO, then he saw a sign that said recruiter.
Under the letters was an arrow pointing towards a door, when Harm reached the door he opened it and found out there was a staircase behind it, after reaching the top he came into a long wide corridor , on the left-hand side was a desk from which a foreign legion chief-sergeant was working, and on the right hand side was a row of chairs from which only one was free, between the desk and the chairs was a door which presumably led to the recruiters office.
He walked over to the desk since the sergeant hadn't noticed him he opened the conversation.
"Excuse me sergeant?" Harm asked
The sergeant looked up from his work and asked nicely
"Uh yes sir what can I do for you?" He asked
"My name is Rabb, Harmon Rabb, he said. I have come to enlist in the Legion." Harm said
Uh yes sir you will have to wait for a few minutes commandant Breitner is busy at the moment you can take a seat over there he said, pointing towards the row of chairs.
He sat down next to a man of about 25, crew cut black hair, blue eyes, about 6 feet tall and he was casually dressed. Since he looked pleasant enough Harm decided to start a conversation.
"Do you speak English?" Harm asked
"Well it is customary where I come from." He said with a light British accent .
"Harmon Rabb call me Harm" Harm said smiling and he put out his hand.
"Peter Burnett call me Peter." He said as he accepted his hand.
"So you are an American ?" Peter asked slightly surprised
"Yes I am" ,Harm replied.
"What the hell are you doing out here?" Peter asked
"I think I could ask you the same question." Harm replied
"Well I am here for the training ,there is no formal training for crusaders these days." Peter said
Harm chuckled and said
"Oh come on there has got to be more to this story."
"Well let's just say I need a place to lay low for awhile ,my brother he is in the legion ,what about you? Your parents know that you are here?" Peter asked
"No my mother doesn't know and my father is dead." Harm said
"Oh I am sorry, how did he die?" Peter asked
"Shot down over Vietnam, but he ejected in time so he was taken prisoner by the NVA, he was sent to Siberia and he escaped he lived in Russia for some time before he was killed by Russian soldiers who tried to rape a gypsy girl, his body was never found." Harm explained.
"Wow, But why didn't you tell your mother?" Peter asked
"Because she might give that information to the one , I am running away from" Harm said.
"And who is this?" Peter asked
"Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Mackenzie, United States Marine Corps and she is also the woman I love."
"And why are you running away from her?" Peter asked
Harm sighed and replied,
"She is marrying somebody else."
Without them noticing the line had shrunk to just them and the sergeant at the desk interrupted by saying.
"Mister Burnett Commandant Breitner will see you now."
Peter offered his hand to Harm and asked.
"What regiment are you applying for?"
"I was thinking of, second airborne" Harm replied as he accepted his hand.
"Well I was thinking of that too ,I will see you in Aubange my friend "
(Aubange is the French Foreign Legion's training center)
"Alright" Harm replied.
And with that Peter went into the office, after some time he came out and told Harm he would wait for it was Harm's turn to enlist he walked in a large barely decorated office, he walked over to the desk and the Breitner began by saying coldly.
"Alright what is your name?"
"Rabb, Harmon Rabb."
Breitner reached in a drawer in his desk and pulled out two pieces of stapled together paper. And put it on his desk facing Harm. Harm tried to lift it up and read it but Breitner forcefully pressed the paper on the desk and pointed towards the dotted line and said
"No ,sign here." The officer said
So Harm pulled out a pen and signed his name. Breitner put the contract back in his desk and said.
"The next batch of recruits leaves for Aubange at 1500 tomorrow ,be here at that time ."
Harm made a turn on heel and walked out of the office, coming in the corridor, he approached Peter and said to him.
"Peter may I make a suggestion ?" Harm asked
"If it is decent" replied a grinning Peter.
"Why don't we go find a bar and get extremely drunk so that we can start this nonsense with a proper hangover?"
"My thoughts exactly" replied a grinning Peter
TBC