Points of View
Stuart748
Summary: Harm & Mac get sent to investigate a murder, confessions are made and the there is an accident, H/M. Please R&R.
Standard disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did.
Chapter One - A death and a beginning
Tuesday 5th August 2003 USS Seahawk Persian Gulf
"Ok Chief get the birds tied down and lets go below before the storm gets any worse huh?" says Lt. Commander Michael Laurence the air wing maintenance officer
"Yes Sir"
The deck crews quickly get to work and have all of the aircraft that have been used tied down in a record time. As they were proceeding into the island the chief petty officer in charge of the crews noticed that there was one of their number missing
"HEY where's Townsend?"
"Don't know Chief" replies one of the crew and the others just shrug and murmur they don't know either
"Last I saw she was tying down the tanker by the bow catapult" says a quiet voice from the back
"Ok I'll go take a look"
Venturing back out onto the now tossing deck of the carrier the chief quickly makes his way to the plane that the missing sailor had been working on. When he got there the chief found the plane only half tied down and the body of the yellow shirted deck hand twisting around to the motion of the ship caught up in the tie down chains, the person was obviously dead as her eyes were open and bulging. Wondering what was going on he quickly went to get help with the dead crew member, then he along with the others finished tying down the plane and returned to the island and went in search of Lt. Commander Laurence.
10 minutes later in the maintenance office Chief White started to repeat what he had found and how it had looked like a simple accident caused by slipping on the wet deck and getting twisted into the chains.
An hour later the fleet JAG Lt. Stacy Shaw had interviewed all the people who were present and concluded that she would need an autopsy to find out if the death really was an accident as it seemed. This concluded she phoned the ship hospital and asked them to proceed with the examination. Then she retired for the night deciding to wait for the report before emailing JAG HQ in Washington.
Wednesday 6th August 2003 USS Seahawk Persian Gulf
The following morning Stacy went down to the ship hospital and found the doctors just coming out of the theatre and smiled at her.
"Well Lt. I'd say that it's fairly cut and dried this one"
"Accidental death sir?"
"Oh No, nothing so mundane" replied Commander Patrick Hill "Petty officer Townsend was definitely murdered"
"Really Sir, How do we know that?"
"Simple she was strangled before she was wrapped in the chain"
"Thanks sir, can you let me have the full reports as quickly as possible?"
"Of course. Oh by the way did you know that she was pregnant?"
"No sir, but thanks for telling me" replies a slightly dazed Lt. Shaw as she headed back to her office to phone Washington as quickly as possible to try and get some help.
Wednesday 6th August 2003 JAG HQ Fall Church VA 09.30 EST
Admiral Chegwidden leaned back in his chair removed his glasses and wiped his face, his day was not getting any better. It had started with a phone call from an irate Secnav complaining that the CIA were messing with Navy business over Commander Rabbs' resignation and him being reinstated because they wanted him to be a the SECDEF had agreed with them, and then topped off by the phone call from the Seahawk.
"Tiner get Rabb and Mackenzie in here NOW!"
"Yes Sir"
A minute later a knock at the door signalled the arrival of the two best investigators in JAG Headquarters (not that he'd tell them that) as they sat down he passed each of them a file which was a copy of the notes taken by Lt. Shaw and the autopsy report from Cmdr. Hill.
"OK you two are on the next plane too Saudi Arabia to meet up with the COD from the Seahawk then you can take over the investigation from the lt."
"Why are we being sent out sir?" asked a somewhat bemused Harmon Rabb Jr.
"Simple she's only been aboard for 3 weeks and has never dealt with anything of this magnitude, besides which you can do your six monthly quals while you're out there"
"Great when do we leave, I have to go home and get my flight gear"
"Hammer flies again huh Harm?" teases Mac with a smile
"Yep, you better believe it. Want to come fly with me Mac" replies Harm giving her his flyboy smile
"Yeah as long as you're not the pilot"
"Oh that one stung colonel" counters Harm with a hurt expression
"OK that's enough your flight leaves at 1500 so you have 5 hours to hand over cases and get packed, Tiner has your tickets. Dismissed"
"Yes Sir" they both say as the stand at attention
"Cmdr. A word please"
"Sir"
"I know I said it was only your quals but one of the pilots had to come home, and with everything that is going on a permanent replacement cant go out for a few days, so you get to fill in, I didn't mention it in front of the Col. because she would have protested, your primarily going out there to fly not investigate, although I want you to do that as well. Oh and there's a surprise on board for you"
"Really what?"
"Harm if I told you what is was it wouldn't be a surprise would it?"
"No Sir"
"Get out of here Cmdr."
Walking into Mac's office he smiles at her and asks
"So Mac, do you want a ride to the airport later?"
"Thanks Harm its easier taking your car, that way I don't have to worry about the size of my case fitting into the trunk"
"Great relegated from best friend to airport shuttle, what a come down" Harm again wearing his hurt look started walked off towards his office
"Hey Harm, how about I make it up to you by buying lunch before the flight?"
"OK but not Beltway Burgers" says a cheered up Harm already looking forward to some time spent alone with the beautiful marine.
An hour later Harm was going through case files with Sturgis when he asked
"So Harm looking forward to getting out of town for a few days?"
"Hell yes, I get to fly again, I get out of DC" he replied and I get to spend some quality time with a very good looking marine he finished thought. That illusion was taken away from him by the ecstatic look on Sturgis' face which let him know he really was picking up Mac's habit of thinking out loud
"Well don't mess it up this time and don't hurt her either, you came close after Paraguay but then dropped out the 'marriage' with out thinking it through"
"Yeah but that was because I thought that she was going to start seeing Webb and told her the story so that she wouldn't think I was hiding anything from her" Harm states defensively
"It wasn't what you told her but how you told her that was the problem just saying 'oh I got married while you were gone' wasn't the best way to tell her? Anyway Mac is obviously involved with someone"
"WHAT! WHO? Come on Sturgis you have to tell me"
"No I don't you can figure it out yourself" with that he picked up the files and headed for the door "If I have any questions about the cases I'll call before your flight."
A few minutes later Bud walks out of Mac's office with a pile of cases and head for his office. Sturgis seeing his chance moves quickly to the door of Mac's office to see her getting ready to head home and pack.
"Hey Mac looking forward to your trip with Harm?"
"Yes thank you commander"
"Good well you play nice alright"
"Alright but why?" she asks confused
"Simple I just dropped a couple of big hints to Harm that should help with your long term objectives"
Startled by what he just came out with Mac snaps her head up to stare at Sturgis but is met with Harm's flyboy grin and a retreating Sturgis in the background
"Marine I will pick you up at 12.00 and you can take me to lunch, and then we can head straight to the airport"
"Fine Harm see you in an hour and thirteen minutes try not to be late" she says as he disappears towards the elevators. Stopping at Harriet's desk on the way to tell her to take messages she quickly follows Harm out of the building thinking about the possibilities of Sturgis's statement.
Stuart748
Summary: Harm & Mac get sent to investigate a murder, confessions are made and the there is an accident, H/M. Please R&R.
Standard disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did.
Chapter One - A death and a beginning
Tuesday 5th August 2003 USS Seahawk Persian Gulf
"Ok Chief get the birds tied down and lets go below before the storm gets any worse huh?" says Lt. Commander Michael Laurence the air wing maintenance officer
"Yes Sir"
The deck crews quickly get to work and have all of the aircraft that have been used tied down in a record time. As they were proceeding into the island the chief petty officer in charge of the crews noticed that there was one of their number missing
"HEY where's Townsend?"
"Don't know Chief" replies one of the crew and the others just shrug and murmur they don't know either
"Last I saw she was tying down the tanker by the bow catapult" says a quiet voice from the back
"Ok I'll go take a look"
Venturing back out onto the now tossing deck of the carrier the chief quickly makes his way to the plane that the missing sailor had been working on. When he got there the chief found the plane only half tied down and the body of the yellow shirted deck hand twisting around to the motion of the ship caught up in the tie down chains, the person was obviously dead as her eyes were open and bulging. Wondering what was going on he quickly went to get help with the dead crew member, then he along with the others finished tying down the plane and returned to the island and went in search of Lt. Commander Laurence.
10 minutes later in the maintenance office Chief White started to repeat what he had found and how it had looked like a simple accident caused by slipping on the wet deck and getting twisted into the chains.
An hour later the fleet JAG Lt. Stacy Shaw had interviewed all the people who were present and concluded that she would need an autopsy to find out if the death really was an accident as it seemed. This concluded she phoned the ship hospital and asked them to proceed with the examination. Then she retired for the night deciding to wait for the report before emailing JAG HQ in Washington.
Wednesday 6th August 2003 USS Seahawk Persian Gulf
The following morning Stacy went down to the ship hospital and found the doctors just coming out of the theatre and smiled at her.
"Well Lt. I'd say that it's fairly cut and dried this one"
"Accidental death sir?"
"Oh No, nothing so mundane" replied Commander Patrick Hill "Petty officer Townsend was definitely murdered"
"Really Sir, How do we know that?"
"Simple she was strangled before she was wrapped in the chain"
"Thanks sir, can you let me have the full reports as quickly as possible?"
"Of course. Oh by the way did you know that she was pregnant?"
"No sir, but thanks for telling me" replies a slightly dazed Lt. Shaw as she headed back to her office to phone Washington as quickly as possible to try and get some help.
Wednesday 6th August 2003 JAG HQ Fall Church VA 09.30 EST
Admiral Chegwidden leaned back in his chair removed his glasses and wiped his face, his day was not getting any better. It had started with a phone call from an irate Secnav complaining that the CIA were messing with Navy business over Commander Rabbs' resignation and him being reinstated because they wanted him to be a the SECDEF had agreed with them, and then topped off by the phone call from the Seahawk.
"Tiner get Rabb and Mackenzie in here NOW!"
"Yes Sir"
A minute later a knock at the door signalled the arrival of the two best investigators in JAG Headquarters (not that he'd tell them that) as they sat down he passed each of them a file which was a copy of the notes taken by Lt. Shaw and the autopsy report from Cmdr. Hill.
"OK you two are on the next plane too Saudi Arabia to meet up with the COD from the Seahawk then you can take over the investigation from the lt."
"Why are we being sent out sir?" asked a somewhat bemused Harmon Rabb Jr.
"Simple she's only been aboard for 3 weeks and has never dealt with anything of this magnitude, besides which you can do your six monthly quals while you're out there"
"Great when do we leave, I have to go home and get my flight gear"
"Hammer flies again huh Harm?" teases Mac with a smile
"Yep, you better believe it. Want to come fly with me Mac" replies Harm giving her his flyboy smile
"Yeah as long as you're not the pilot"
"Oh that one stung colonel" counters Harm with a hurt expression
"OK that's enough your flight leaves at 1500 so you have 5 hours to hand over cases and get packed, Tiner has your tickets. Dismissed"
"Yes Sir" they both say as the stand at attention
"Cmdr. A word please"
"Sir"
"I know I said it was only your quals but one of the pilots had to come home, and with everything that is going on a permanent replacement cant go out for a few days, so you get to fill in, I didn't mention it in front of the Col. because she would have protested, your primarily going out there to fly not investigate, although I want you to do that as well. Oh and there's a surprise on board for you"
"Really what?"
"Harm if I told you what is was it wouldn't be a surprise would it?"
"No Sir"
"Get out of here Cmdr."
Walking into Mac's office he smiles at her and asks
"So Mac, do you want a ride to the airport later?"
"Thanks Harm its easier taking your car, that way I don't have to worry about the size of my case fitting into the trunk"
"Great relegated from best friend to airport shuttle, what a come down" Harm again wearing his hurt look started walked off towards his office
"Hey Harm, how about I make it up to you by buying lunch before the flight?"
"OK but not Beltway Burgers" says a cheered up Harm already looking forward to some time spent alone with the beautiful marine.
An hour later Harm was going through case files with Sturgis when he asked
"So Harm looking forward to getting out of town for a few days?"
"Hell yes, I get to fly again, I get out of DC" he replied and I get to spend some quality time with a very good looking marine he finished thought. That illusion was taken away from him by the ecstatic look on Sturgis' face which let him know he really was picking up Mac's habit of thinking out loud
"Well don't mess it up this time and don't hurt her either, you came close after Paraguay but then dropped out the 'marriage' with out thinking it through"
"Yeah but that was because I thought that she was going to start seeing Webb and told her the story so that she wouldn't think I was hiding anything from her" Harm states defensively
"It wasn't what you told her but how you told her that was the problem just saying 'oh I got married while you were gone' wasn't the best way to tell her? Anyway Mac is obviously involved with someone"
"WHAT! WHO? Come on Sturgis you have to tell me"
"No I don't you can figure it out yourself" with that he picked up the files and headed for the door "If I have any questions about the cases I'll call before your flight."
A few minutes later Bud walks out of Mac's office with a pile of cases and head for his office. Sturgis seeing his chance moves quickly to the door of Mac's office to see her getting ready to head home and pack.
"Hey Mac looking forward to your trip with Harm?"
"Yes thank you commander"
"Good well you play nice alright"
"Alright but why?" she asks confused
"Simple I just dropped a couple of big hints to Harm that should help with your long term objectives"
Startled by what he just came out with Mac snaps her head up to stare at Sturgis but is met with Harm's flyboy grin and a retreating Sturgis in the background
"Marine I will pick you up at 12.00 and you can take me to lunch, and then we can head straight to the airport"
"Fine Harm see you in an hour and thirteen minutes try not to be late" she says as he disappears towards the elevators. Stopping at Harriet's desk on the way to tell her to take messages she quickly follows Harm out of the building thinking about the possibilities of Sturgis's statement.