"Memories of Maegyn"

Author: Haruo Chikamori

E-mail: hhchikamori

Rating: M

Classification: K

Spoilers: N/A

Summary: Season 3 JAG AU – A Young Commander in a fighter squadron is murdered and her lover ponders whether to go after her killer. Harm and Meg are thrown onto the investigation by AJ.

DISCLAIMER: The characters Harm Rabb, Jr., Meg Austin, AJ Chegwidden, et al. belong (in concept if not name) to CBS/Bellisarius. No profit is being made from this story, nor is any infringement intended. The characters that you don't know…well…the author has extracted them from his twisted mind.

PROLOGUE

Forward #4 Catapult Compartment

USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71

The Mediterranean

1995

Two ABM (Aviation Boatswains Mates) Twos wandered along the passageway leading to the Forward #4 Catapult. It was the beginning of the next evolution for launching and recovering aircraft onboard the what was lovingly called "the Big Stick" or "TR" after the initials of it's namesake, President Theodore Roosevelt.

"You know, Carlos, we've been out here for four months." The first ABM2 said to the other. "I don't know if we're going to get stuck out here. The Bosnia situation has heated up so much that I think we're gonna be stuck for another four." His partner shrugged his shoulders as if to say 'Who knew?'

"You go on ahead, Carlos. I gotta hit the head." Jose Santiago said as he turned into the washroom on board carrier. "I'll be a few minutes." The door closed as Santiago went through. "Noticing that the door was ajar on the stalls, he thought to himself. 'COB's gonna kills whoever was supposed to straighten up the head. All the doors are supposed to be shut. Noticing that there was a pair of legs underneath the wall of the stall.

"Hello, are you OK?" Santiago called out. "Can I help you? Is something wrong?" There was no answer. So Santiago opened the door. The body of an officer, a female officer dressed in a khaki shirt, silver commander oak leaves on the collars and aviator wings above the left breast pocket of the shirt, was slumped over the toilet. She was naked from the waist down and it appeared to his untrained eyes that there were bruises on her arms as well as scratches. The khaki uniform trousers were nowhere to be seen. It was apparent that she was dead. "Madre de Dios." Santiago intoned in shock.

Alarmed he called for the MPs who promptly cordoned off the area.

JAG HEADQUARTERS

FALLS CHURCH, VA

Rear Admiral AJ Chegwidden rubbed his forehead as he looked over a report. Having called for Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb Jr and his investigative partner, recently promoted, Lieutenant Megan "Meg" Austin to report to him for a case, he felt a headache coming on as he looked at the particulars of the case. The knock on the door came shortly thereafter.

"Come in." he barked sharply. At least 2 seconds later, the door opened and in walked the tall attorney and his only slightly shorter blonde female partner. "Commander Rabb." He said once the two officers had squared up in front of his desk. He looked up at them over his glasses affixing them with a stony stare. "There's been a murder on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt" he paused, lifting the report partway to read the type on the report. "A Commander Maegyn O'Bannon was found dead in the men's washroom. Apparently she had been raped and strangled." The shock on Lieutenant Austin's face was noticeable. "I want the both of you to go investigate and find out what happened and who was responsible. I want that son of a bitch caught."

"Aye aye, sir!"

"You'll fly on a COD out of Oceana to Rota, then you'll go from there to the USS Theodore Roosevelt." AJ continued. "I want whoever is responsible caught before he has a chance to do that to someone else."

Harm and Meg looked at each other and nodded to the admiral. "Yes, sir."