Title: Academy Murder
Chapter: 1/?
Author: socgrl
Rating: PG-13, graphic content due to a murder scene
Category: Adventure/JAG story
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. And even if I did it wouldn't be worth much anyway. I don't own them and besides I would have had H and M together a long time ago.
Summary: A little trouble at the Naval Academy right before Halloween.
Spoilers: Enemy Below, Critical Condition, and seasons 2-7 pretty much
25 October 2002
0230 EST
Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland
Midshipman Crystal Myers walked out of the head and walked back to her dorm. She had a terrible headache that had been lingering all day. It didn't help that at the moment she was in the middle of midterms and was up all night studying.
The lightning was bright and the thunder was loud. 'Just what I need right now, depressing weather to go with the mood I'm in' she thought to herself. Everyone was pretty much asleep on her hall, which was fine by her. Even though this was a military academy people could still be rather noisy when they got the urge.
As she neared her door the lights went out. Crystal was in one of the older dorms on campus and the power had a habit of cutting out at the most inopportune times. 'Great, this is just great. I still have another chapter to study. Shit.'
10 minutes later.
A groggy Midshipman Michelle Chase made her way down the hall. The power had been out for about 15 minutes. She was in desperate need of a bathroom. One of her instructors had advised her to drink more water before PT in the morning so as to not get dehydrated. She was just following orders and made a run for the head. It was nearly pitch black and she noticed a form towards the side of the hall. Not thinking much of it Michelle kept on her route. All of a sudden Michelle felt some sort of liquid under her feet. It was thick.not like water.but something all together different. She stopped in her tracks and knelt down to feel what the liquid was. She now took notice of the form just to the side of her. Michelle felt the form and rolled it over. (A clap of thunder sounded and lighting lit up the sky and the hallway) The lightning illuminated the face of Crystal Myers.a dead Crystal Myers. Midshipman Chase belted out a scream that could be heard all across Annapolis.
0800 EST
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
"Tiner" yelled Admiral Chegwidden through the intercom. "Get me Rabb and MacKenzie, ASAP." "Aye aye, sir" replied the timid Petty Officer.
PO Tiner left his desk and walked to the coffee room where he found just the people he was looking for. "Sir, Ma'am, the Admiral asks to see you ASAP." "Yes Tiner, we'll be right there."
Harm looked at his partner and laughed, "Wow, 0800 on a Monday morning, we don't waste any time getting in trouble, do we?" "Well as long as we're getting in trouble together it's not so bad. He usually puts most of the blame on you," she said with a grin. "Cute marine, very cute."
"Sir, you wanted to see us?" Harm said. "At ease, take a seat." Both Harm and Mac took their respected seats across form their CO. "Early Friday morning at around 0230 a Midshipman Crystal Myers was found killed outside of her dormitory, at the academy, by a Midshipman Michelle Chase. Chase found Myers when she was going to the bathroom. Apparently the power had been knocked out by the storm that came through that evening.(sighing).Anyway, NCIS investigated the scene and found that Midshipman Myers had been hit over the head with a blunt object, which in turn caused hemorrhaging, and brain damage. She was lying in her own pool of blood when Chase found her. Because of the shortage of oxygen to the brain the lungs shut down which in turn caused asphyxia and death. Your mission is to question all of the girls on the hall and see if the you can come up with a motive and suspect. Any questions?" "No sir" was the response in unison. "Good you will leave immediately for Annapolis and I would like this wrapped up quickly. Understood." "Yes sir." "Dismissed" "Aye aye, sir." The partners stood to leave, did an about face and passed through the doors heading to their prospective offices.
Grabbing their covers and briefcases the met each other in the bullpen. Harm was on his cell phone by the time they got to the elevator. "Bud? It's Harm." Harm briefed Bud on the case. "Can you get a hold of Mikey and see if he knows of a Midshipman Crystal Myers or a Midshipman Michelle Chase. You know if they had any classes together or if he has heard any scuttlebutt about the murder that occurred this weekend. Thanks Bud, any information will be helpful." Harm hung up the phone and turned to Mac, "It's good to have connections" he said giving her a full 'flyboy' grin.
Mac began to blush and laugh at the same time. "We should be in Annapolis by 1000 at the latest. When we get there we will go right to the dormitory and interview the middies and see what they know." "Good thinking Harm. If Bud calls you with any information from Mikey you should meet up with him and see what he knows, if anything. I'll keep interviewing. Someone has to know something."
0945 EST
Naval Academy
Annapolis Maryland
Since Harm and Mac were running early the decided to check out the scene. Together they walked up to the fourth floor of Myers' dorm. They walked towards the end of the hall where the crime scene was marked off. They walked under the tape to look in Myers' room where everything was immaculate as would be expected. Her desk was cluttered but that was due to the notes she had been studying. "She was good. Her room is immaculate, just like a first year" said Harm. Mac sighed, "Brings back old memories huh?" "You could say that." They walked back out of the room and passed once more under the tape and checked out the hall.
The chalk outline was about three feet from her doorway. Dried blood was still apparent. "Indications show that Myers was struck from behind with a blunt object, she collapsed, and hit the ground with enough force that she also hit her head upon ascent." "According to the reports the object wasn't large like the butt of a baseball bat but rather something a tad bit smaller," said Mac. "The reports list all of the objects that are common in this particular dorm, that is the objects that are Academy issue. Each of these women were issued a saber. Do you think that Myers could have been killed with the butt of the saber?" questioned Harm. "That's a good possibility, the only question would be why would you want to hit Myers over the head with the butt of the saber, why not stab her through and through?" Mac returned. "True, but the weapon wasn't left behind. If Myers was stabbed then the trace of blood would be all over the saber in question, it would be less obvious to look at it as a battering object."
They walked out of the dormitory and decided to walk over to the riverside and meet up with Midshipman Chase.
Chase was completing her morning run and ran along the outer gates of the track and toward the water line. There she saw two officers standing side by side. "Commander Rabb? Colonel MacKenzie?" Chase asked. "Michelle Chase?" Mac questioned in return. "It's nice to meet you sir, ma'am. I've heard so much about you. I've decided law is the way I want to go and your names pop up a lot in my lecture classes. You're kind of like celebrities to the Navy if you don't mind me saying. " Together they all laughed. "Well then it's a shame we couldn't meet you under different circumstances Midshipman" "Yes sir, it is."
Chase began to speak again but this time her tone was serious, "I followed regulations when I reported the incident to the Corp Major. She was shocked as we all were. Crystal was a well-liked girl. Hard working, funny, didn't have any enemies that we were really aware of." "What do you mean by 'that we were really aware of?" questioned Mac. "We'll you see Midshipman Myers had a boyfriend, Midshipman David Lock. Now he had gotten into an argument with some guy, I think his name was Midshipman Lucas Summer, anyway they got into an argument because Summer made some rude comments about Myers and Lock didn't take well to his ill humor, so to say" summed up Chase. Harm and Mac shared an insightful look and then turned back to Chase. "Your footprints were found in the blood, is that correct?" asked Harm. "Uh.yes sir. You see I was on my way to the bathroom and it was pitch black. I could make out a form of something but didn't really think much of it. All of a sudden I was walking through some kind of liquid but I couldn't identify it. I knelt down to see what it was and realized that the form was Crystal's.I mean Midshipman Myers' body." "I think we have all that we need, thank you for your help Midshipman Chase, if you have anymore information give us a call, or if you feel like you are in jeopardy" said Mac handing the girl her card. "Yes ma'am. " Chase executed a salute and an about face and continued her run to her temporary dorm.
Harm and Mac watched the retreating midshipman and turned back towards each other. "I think we may have a possible suspect," said Harm.
A/N: Tell me what you think.the good, the bad, and the ugly.preferably the good.
Chapter: 1/?
Author: socgrl
Rating: PG-13, graphic content due to a murder scene
Category: Adventure/JAG story
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. And even if I did it wouldn't be worth much anyway. I don't own them and besides I would have had H and M together a long time ago.
Summary: A little trouble at the Naval Academy right before Halloween.
Spoilers: Enemy Below, Critical Condition, and seasons 2-7 pretty much
25 October 2002
0230 EST
Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland
Midshipman Crystal Myers walked out of the head and walked back to her dorm. She had a terrible headache that had been lingering all day. It didn't help that at the moment she was in the middle of midterms and was up all night studying.
The lightning was bright and the thunder was loud. 'Just what I need right now, depressing weather to go with the mood I'm in' she thought to herself. Everyone was pretty much asleep on her hall, which was fine by her. Even though this was a military academy people could still be rather noisy when they got the urge.
As she neared her door the lights went out. Crystal was in one of the older dorms on campus and the power had a habit of cutting out at the most inopportune times. 'Great, this is just great. I still have another chapter to study. Shit.'
10 minutes later.
A groggy Midshipman Michelle Chase made her way down the hall. The power had been out for about 15 minutes. She was in desperate need of a bathroom. One of her instructors had advised her to drink more water before PT in the morning so as to not get dehydrated. She was just following orders and made a run for the head. It was nearly pitch black and she noticed a form towards the side of the hall. Not thinking much of it Michelle kept on her route. All of a sudden Michelle felt some sort of liquid under her feet. It was thick.not like water.but something all together different. She stopped in her tracks and knelt down to feel what the liquid was. She now took notice of the form just to the side of her. Michelle felt the form and rolled it over. (A clap of thunder sounded and lighting lit up the sky and the hallway) The lightning illuminated the face of Crystal Myers.a dead Crystal Myers. Midshipman Chase belted out a scream that could be heard all across Annapolis.
0800 EST
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
"Tiner" yelled Admiral Chegwidden through the intercom. "Get me Rabb and MacKenzie, ASAP." "Aye aye, sir" replied the timid Petty Officer.
PO Tiner left his desk and walked to the coffee room where he found just the people he was looking for. "Sir, Ma'am, the Admiral asks to see you ASAP." "Yes Tiner, we'll be right there."
Harm looked at his partner and laughed, "Wow, 0800 on a Monday morning, we don't waste any time getting in trouble, do we?" "Well as long as we're getting in trouble together it's not so bad. He usually puts most of the blame on you," she said with a grin. "Cute marine, very cute."
"Sir, you wanted to see us?" Harm said. "At ease, take a seat." Both Harm and Mac took their respected seats across form their CO. "Early Friday morning at around 0230 a Midshipman Crystal Myers was found killed outside of her dormitory, at the academy, by a Midshipman Michelle Chase. Chase found Myers when she was going to the bathroom. Apparently the power had been knocked out by the storm that came through that evening.(sighing).Anyway, NCIS investigated the scene and found that Midshipman Myers had been hit over the head with a blunt object, which in turn caused hemorrhaging, and brain damage. She was lying in her own pool of blood when Chase found her. Because of the shortage of oxygen to the brain the lungs shut down which in turn caused asphyxia and death. Your mission is to question all of the girls on the hall and see if the you can come up with a motive and suspect. Any questions?" "No sir" was the response in unison. "Good you will leave immediately for Annapolis and I would like this wrapped up quickly. Understood." "Yes sir." "Dismissed" "Aye aye, sir." The partners stood to leave, did an about face and passed through the doors heading to their prospective offices.
Grabbing their covers and briefcases the met each other in the bullpen. Harm was on his cell phone by the time they got to the elevator. "Bud? It's Harm." Harm briefed Bud on the case. "Can you get a hold of Mikey and see if he knows of a Midshipman Crystal Myers or a Midshipman Michelle Chase. You know if they had any classes together or if he has heard any scuttlebutt about the murder that occurred this weekend. Thanks Bud, any information will be helpful." Harm hung up the phone and turned to Mac, "It's good to have connections" he said giving her a full 'flyboy' grin.
Mac began to blush and laugh at the same time. "We should be in Annapolis by 1000 at the latest. When we get there we will go right to the dormitory and interview the middies and see what they know." "Good thinking Harm. If Bud calls you with any information from Mikey you should meet up with him and see what he knows, if anything. I'll keep interviewing. Someone has to know something."
0945 EST
Naval Academy
Annapolis Maryland
Since Harm and Mac were running early the decided to check out the scene. Together they walked up to the fourth floor of Myers' dorm. They walked towards the end of the hall where the crime scene was marked off. They walked under the tape to look in Myers' room where everything was immaculate as would be expected. Her desk was cluttered but that was due to the notes she had been studying. "She was good. Her room is immaculate, just like a first year" said Harm. Mac sighed, "Brings back old memories huh?" "You could say that." They walked back out of the room and passed once more under the tape and checked out the hall.
The chalk outline was about three feet from her doorway. Dried blood was still apparent. "Indications show that Myers was struck from behind with a blunt object, she collapsed, and hit the ground with enough force that she also hit her head upon ascent." "According to the reports the object wasn't large like the butt of a baseball bat but rather something a tad bit smaller," said Mac. "The reports list all of the objects that are common in this particular dorm, that is the objects that are Academy issue. Each of these women were issued a saber. Do you think that Myers could have been killed with the butt of the saber?" questioned Harm. "That's a good possibility, the only question would be why would you want to hit Myers over the head with the butt of the saber, why not stab her through and through?" Mac returned. "True, but the weapon wasn't left behind. If Myers was stabbed then the trace of blood would be all over the saber in question, it would be less obvious to look at it as a battering object."
They walked out of the dormitory and decided to walk over to the riverside and meet up with Midshipman Chase.
Chase was completing her morning run and ran along the outer gates of the track and toward the water line. There she saw two officers standing side by side. "Commander Rabb? Colonel MacKenzie?" Chase asked. "Michelle Chase?" Mac questioned in return. "It's nice to meet you sir, ma'am. I've heard so much about you. I've decided law is the way I want to go and your names pop up a lot in my lecture classes. You're kind of like celebrities to the Navy if you don't mind me saying. " Together they all laughed. "Well then it's a shame we couldn't meet you under different circumstances Midshipman" "Yes sir, it is."
Chase began to speak again but this time her tone was serious, "I followed regulations when I reported the incident to the Corp Major. She was shocked as we all were. Crystal was a well-liked girl. Hard working, funny, didn't have any enemies that we were really aware of." "What do you mean by 'that we were really aware of?" questioned Mac. "We'll you see Midshipman Myers had a boyfriend, Midshipman David Lock. Now he had gotten into an argument with some guy, I think his name was Midshipman Lucas Summer, anyway they got into an argument because Summer made some rude comments about Myers and Lock didn't take well to his ill humor, so to say" summed up Chase. Harm and Mac shared an insightful look and then turned back to Chase. "Your footprints were found in the blood, is that correct?" asked Harm. "Uh.yes sir. You see I was on my way to the bathroom and it was pitch black. I could make out a form of something but didn't really think much of it. All of a sudden I was walking through some kind of liquid but I couldn't identify it. I knelt down to see what it was and realized that the form was Crystal's.I mean Midshipman Myers' body." "I think we have all that we need, thank you for your help Midshipman Chase, if you have anymore information give us a call, or if you feel like you are in jeopardy" said Mac handing the girl her card. "Yes ma'am. " Chase executed a salute and an about face and continued her run to her temporary dorm.
Harm and Mac watched the retreating midshipman and turned back towards each other. "I think we may have a possible suspect," said Harm.
A/N: Tell me what you think.the good, the bad, and the ugly.preferably the good.