Title: You Have a Sister
author: rooster dawn
pairing: Harm and Mac
Time: Season 10
Summary: Mac's life moves forward after she finds a daughter on a trip to Iraq.
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part one Having squid for lunch
Tuesday
15 March 2005
General's office
Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie had had enough. There was just so much insubordination that she would take from him. She didn't care whether or not Lieutenant Vukovic was a favorite of the General or not.
It was time that the General got off the stick and disciplined the Lieutenant. There was no way he was going to show her any respect if the General wasn't going to discipline him whenever he violated proper military protocol.
If she was expected to work with him and train him to be a top notch lawyer, then she needed him to do what she told him to do, when she told him to do it, and no questions asked. She didn't need his insubordination or the headache associated with it.
"Sir, he needs to be discipline. He constantly flaunts the regulations, he doesn't follow proper JAG or NCIS procedures, and he is disrespectful of senior officers here at Jag and aboard ship." informed Mac."He's under your guidance Colonel. I'm sure you can handle him." smirked the General. He had heard that she had handled Commander Rabb when she first came on board. If that was true then she shouldn't have any trouble dealing with Lieutenant Vukovic."Maybe if I had the power to punish him Sir, but I don't. You didn't give that authority to me. I don't think he has respect for women in the military and he surely doesn't have any for Marines. He feels that only the Navy is fit for command Sir." replied Mac. She knew the last bit of information would get the General's goat."I'm sure you're embellishing a bit Colonel." responded the General not really believing her."No Sir, he told me so himself. He doesn't believe Marines are worthy of being in command of any Naval personnel." replied Mac.
The General didn't like Lieutenant Vukovic's attitude concerning Marines. He knew Vukovic was in need of an attitude adjustment. The Colonel wasn't the only one to have complained about him.
He had received more than several reports from Captains aboard carriers that the lieutenant had gone to who didn't appreciate his insolent behavior or attitude. He had a friend who was currently serving in Iraq, a Major Jason Alexander.
He was a big man with a gruff exterior who took no quarter from anyone. On the inside he had a heart of gold. He would do anything for a friend, especially for General Biff Cresswell.
He had saved the General's life once when they were in Iraq. The Major had recently asked him for some help in solving a criminal case. Looks like the good Lieutenant has just volunteer himself.
"Coates, tell Lieutenant Vukovic I want to see him ASAP." ordered the General.
"Yes Sir. He's in court right now." replied Jen."When he gets back tell him I want to see him before he does anything else Coates." ordered the General.
A big smile came across Mac's face. Finally the General had taken the stick out of six and was going to do something about the brash lieutenant. She was tired of apologizing to all the Captains and Cags for the insolent lieutenant's behavior.
An hour later Vic was in the General's office. He wondered what was wrong. Jen had told him that the General had sounded very angry when he requested his presence. He wasn't aware that he had done anything wrong, at least not today.
"Lieutenant Vukovic reporting as ordered Sir." report Vic standing smartly at attention.
"I need you to go to Iraq. One of the marines Jags there is in need of your assistance in solving a crime. I've been told that you think quickly on your feet and enjoy a good challenge. I know also know that you need experience on how to conduct a proper investigation." smirked the General.
Vic wasn't very happy. He had a date with a very lovely petite ensign this weekend. They were going on an excursion to Annapolis to do some maneuvers. He didn't like working with marines unless they were of the female persuasion.
Somehow he got the impression that the General didn't know very many marines of the female persuasion, only the hardcore grunts that looked like their mascot and had little or no sense of humor."You will be reporting to Major Jason Alexander. He's a very good friend of mine. He'll take good care of you while you're in Iraq. I expect to hear good things from him Lieutenant." smirked the General.
I'm sure he will, thought Vic. He probably eats his meals out of a mess kit and only drinks muddy water out of a canteen. He probably doesn't believe in any creature comforts. I doubt he even knows what a bed is.
"You'll probably be there for a month. Make sure you take everything that you will need." smirked the General. He could see the color drain from the Lieutenant's face.
"Yes Sir, thank you Sir." replied Vic sullenly before he sulked out the office. What was he going to do in Iraq for a month?
He wasn't very happy. He preferred going aboard ships if he had to go into a combat zone. Nothing good could come out of working with a marine in a combat zone in Iraq. Chances of getting hurt or killed were greatly increase.
Roberts was a good example of that. He was only going for a walk to the local school in a peaceful area and he lost a leg. He had also heard about the adventures that the Colonel and Commander had in Afghanistan.
The Commander had landed in a minefield after their jeep had run over some mines. Then he stepped on a mine and was very lucky to escape unharmed. Then the Commander and the Colonel almost got killed during a bombing run the same day.
They were shot at while traveling across Afghanistan. Hell he even heard that the Commander had a dirty nuke on his six when he was cruising the blue skies of the Indian Ocean. He had no interest in being in a combat zone and getting killed."What's wrong Vic? You're looking a little ill." asked Jen.
"The General is sending me to Iraq. It seems that a Marine is in need of my assistance. I'll be gone a month." sighed Vic."Good luck Sir. Keep your head down. Don't go off the beaten track or you might end up like Commander Roberts." smiled Jen. It seemed that the Colonel had finally gotten her way. She's got Vic out of headquarters for awhile.
Vic walked slowly back to his office to get his things. He had a couple of hours to get his gear and report to Norfolk to get the next COD out flying to the middle east. He wasn't very happy with this turn of events.
He didn't understand why he was being sent to Iraq. He didn't speak the language. Commander Rabb was a much better choice than he was. He had been to the middle east many times. He had gone in country on many occasions and survived.
Wouldn't it be better that he goes to Iraq and not him? Why was he going? What had he done? He couldn't think of anything that he had done wrong, at least not in the last few days.
Harm had noticed that Mac had returned to her office with a sense a satisfaction on her face. He went over to her office to see what had put her into such a good mood.
"What's up Mac? What put that smile on your face?" asked Harm. It must have been something good. She hadn't been too happy at work since the young lieutenant came aboard."The General finally took the proverbial stick out of his six. He's sending the smug lieutenant to Iraq for a month. I only wish it was longer." she replied."I supposed that you were somehow responsible for the midget sending him to Iraq." implied Harm."I appealed to his vanity and it finally paid off. I told him that the lieutenant had no respects for marines and that he thought that they should never be in command of naval personnel." she replied.
"He bought that?" asked a surprised Harm.
"Hook, line, and sinker. If I'm lucky he will find a way to screw up and stay there a while longer." smiled Mac.
"Not likely, he doesn't want to be there. He'll behave long enough to get out of there. It's not really marines he doesn't respect, it's women. Unless he insults or violates a woman while he over there he will be returning." replied Harm correcting her assumption.
"I have faith in the lieutenant. He will screw up somehow, bet on it." replied Mac.