A/N: AGAIN, sorry for the delay. School is kicking me in the head guys, so
the updates may take longer than they used to! Hope you like the second
chapter!
Admiral Chegwidden's Home McLean, Virginia 2331 ZULU
Admiral AJ Chegwidden awoke to the ringing of his phone. It was just after eleven thirty, so he was already prepared to kill whoever was on the other line. He picked up the phone, and groggily answered, "Chegwidden. Who is this? Are you aware that it's after 11:30?" he snapped.
Heavy breathing could be heard on the other line. Finally, someone replied. "Sir, I'm so sorry. Um, we have a really, really big problem." Harm sighed.
The Admiral sat up, rubbing his eyes and reaching for his glasses on the nearby nightstand. "What is such a big emergency that you had to call and wake me up at this hour?" he demanded.
"Sir, you know how Mac and I were watching Jessica for Sergei and Lauren?" Harm began uncertainly.
"Yes." Sighed the Admiral. "Please get to your point soon Commander." he yawned sleepily.
"Sir, Mac woke up about an hour ago, and she woke me up insisting she had heard a noise. To humor her, I got up to search the house.and." On the other line, the Admiral could hear the Commander fighting back his tears.
"Come on, Sailor. What's happened?" he asked, more concerned now than ever. "Come on. Pull yourself together, get your head on a little straighter, and tell me what's wrong." he really hadn't meant to sound so harsh, but he waited patiently for Harm's reply.
"Sir, they're gone. All three of them. Someone broke into the house." Harm choked. "Mac must've woken up as they were leaving, but we've searched. We can't find the people responsible..we can't even find a note." Harm's voice broke.
"Harm.." Sighed the Admiral. "Let me speak to Mac.please.." He added.
"Sir.I'm not sure that would be a good idea." Harm sighed, wiping away fugitive tears.
"Have you been able to reach the Zukhov's at all?" the Admiral asked.
"No, sir.." Harm admitted, barely above a whisper. "My parents are here trying to calm Mac down. They tried to reach Sergei too, sir, but his phone isn't working."
"Have your parents been able to calm Mac down at all?" asked the Admiral sympathetically.
There was silence a second. "No, sir.Not at all. I called you to ask two favors, sir. One, could you please contact Webb and have him contact Lauren and Sergei? And two, could you come over and talk to Mac? She sees you as a father figure sir. I think we all do. It might do some good if you came over and talked with her for a minute."
"Of course." Sighed the Admiral, laden with a burden that he could barely stand. The Rabb and Zukhov children were missing, and there was already so much that was being asked of him. The only thing he was worried about was not being able to accomplish it all. "I'll be there in half an hour. I'll call Webb from your house. Sit tight." he told Harm, and then, promptly hanging up, raced to his car.
Harm and Mac's Apartment Washington, DC Half an Hour Later...
The Admiral pulled up to the apartment complex just in time, and raced up the stairs. Harm and Mac's door was tightly shut, but as soon as he knocked, Harm's step dad Frank opened the door, inviting him in, and handing him a cup of coffee.
Seeing Admiral Chegwidden walk into the room, Harm's mom got off the floor where she had been sitting with Mac, and walked over to Frank. "We'll go back to Sergei's apartment..in case they try to call.." She choked.
"Okay, mom." sighed Harm. He wrapped his mother in a hug, and opened the door for her and Frank. When they got down the hallway, he closed the door, plopping down on the couch and burying his face in his hands.
The Admiral sat on the floor next to Mac. She looked up at him, her eyes swollen from her crying, and smiled. "I'll get this taken care of, Mac.don't worry. Calm down, and I'll have people over here in five seconds. Have you tried to call the police?" he turned his attention to Harm, on the couch behind him.
"Yeah." Harm smirked bitterly. "We called them a half hour ago.and nobody's been sent over here yet."
"What?!" the Admiral exploded. "I'll take care of that.." He said in his usual take-charge manner.
The Admiral picked up the phone. First he called Webb. After three rings, he answered his phone. "Webb, this is Chegwidden." He informed him. "I need you to get ahold of the Zukhov's. They're away on assignment, and something terrible has happened."
"What?" asked Webb curiously.
"There has been a kidnapping." The Admiral informed him. "All three of the children were stolen. "Now, before you do anything else, you get ahold of those two, and then."
"I have a pretty good idea of what you want me to do." frowned Webb. "Just send me the information as soon as you get it, and I'll be happy to oblige."
"Thanks, Webb." Smiled the Admiral, hanging up.
The next people he called wouldn't be so lucky as to catch him in a good mood. He called the Washington DC police department.
The phone rang so much that the Admiral had begun to tap his fingers on the table by the time someone picked the phone up. "Washington DC Police Department." said a man's voice on the other line.
"Ahem.." The Admiral cleared his throat. "I'm calling from the Rabb residence. I believe you should already have their address on file there because THEY CALLED HALF AN HOUR AGO!" He screamed into the receiver.
"Sir, please calm down.." Said the man on the other end, now slightly softer than he was before.
"I will not!" the Admiral yelled. "There has been a kidnapping here. I want some investigators over here in five seconds or I'm going to deal with you." He threatened.
"Sir, do not make threats to this office." Warned the man.
"Oh, it's not a threat young man. This is Admiral AJ Chegwidden, the Navy Judge Advocate General. Now, my officers have been waiting over an hour for one of your squad cars to arrive, and if one doesn't arrive very soon, I'm going to take matters into my own hands..and you wouldn't like that much." the Admiral promised.
"Yes sir. A car is on its way." the man stuttered.
"That's what I thought." Smirked the Admiral, hanging up.
Five minutes later, a number of squad cars showed up at the apartment complex. A couple of the investigators began asking Harm and Mac questions while the remaining police officers collected evidence. Nearly an hour went by before one of them hollered: "I've got a finger print!"
Harm and Mac stopped answering questions to look up at the police officer, a glimmer of hope shining in their eyes. The phone rang, and their attention briefly went from the police officer, to the phone, and back again.
The Admiral answered it. "Hello?" he asked.
"Sir.." Sergei whispered.
"Sgt!" the Admiral screamed.
"Lauren and I got a fax from Webb, sir.."
"He sent you a FAX??!" The Admiral nearly popped when Sergei told him of the way they had learned of their only child's kidnapping.
"Yes, sir. We're on our way home right now. Some local JAG's have taken over the case."
"I don't care about that case right now, Sgt." the Admiral sighed. "Just get home.."
A/N: You like? Sorry for the cliff hanger, but for right now I am a little blocked on this subject..I'm a little busy worrying about a German test, so as I'm trying to think about this, that keeps popping into my head...I'll try and have a new chapter up soon though. Promise. Please Review this one. I need to know what everyone thinks.. Thanks!
Admiral Chegwidden's Home McLean, Virginia 2331 ZULU
Admiral AJ Chegwidden awoke to the ringing of his phone. It was just after eleven thirty, so he was already prepared to kill whoever was on the other line. He picked up the phone, and groggily answered, "Chegwidden. Who is this? Are you aware that it's after 11:30?" he snapped.
Heavy breathing could be heard on the other line. Finally, someone replied. "Sir, I'm so sorry. Um, we have a really, really big problem." Harm sighed.
The Admiral sat up, rubbing his eyes and reaching for his glasses on the nearby nightstand. "What is such a big emergency that you had to call and wake me up at this hour?" he demanded.
"Sir, you know how Mac and I were watching Jessica for Sergei and Lauren?" Harm began uncertainly.
"Yes." Sighed the Admiral. "Please get to your point soon Commander." he yawned sleepily.
"Sir, Mac woke up about an hour ago, and she woke me up insisting she had heard a noise. To humor her, I got up to search the house.and." On the other line, the Admiral could hear the Commander fighting back his tears.
"Come on, Sailor. What's happened?" he asked, more concerned now than ever. "Come on. Pull yourself together, get your head on a little straighter, and tell me what's wrong." he really hadn't meant to sound so harsh, but he waited patiently for Harm's reply.
"Sir, they're gone. All three of them. Someone broke into the house." Harm choked. "Mac must've woken up as they were leaving, but we've searched. We can't find the people responsible..we can't even find a note." Harm's voice broke.
"Harm.." Sighed the Admiral. "Let me speak to Mac.please.." He added.
"Sir.I'm not sure that would be a good idea." Harm sighed, wiping away fugitive tears.
"Have you been able to reach the Zukhov's at all?" the Admiral asked.
"No, sir.." Harm admitted, barely above a whisper. "My parents are here trying to calm Mac down. They tried to reach Sergei too, sir, but his phone isn't working."
"Have your parents been able to calm Mac down at all?" asked the Admiral sympathetically.
There was silence a second. "No, sir.Not at all. I called you to ask two favors, sir. One, could you please contact Webb and have him contact Lauren and Sergei? And two, could you come over and talk to Mac? She sees you as a father figure sir. I think we all do. It might do some good if you came over and talked with her for a minute."
"Of course." Sighed the Admiral, laden with a burden that he could barely stand. The Rabb and Zukhov children were missing, and there was already so much that was being asked of him. The only thing he was worried about was not being able to accomplish it all. "I'll be there in half an hour. I'll call Webb from your house. Sit tight." he told Harm, and then, promptly hanging up, raced to his car.
Harm and Mac's Apartment Washington, DC Half an Hour Later...
The Admiral pulled up to the apartment complex just in time, and raced up the stairs. Harm and Mac's door was tightly shut, but as soon as he knocked, Harm's step dad Frank opened the door, inviting him in, and handing him a cup of coffee.
Seeing Admiral Chegwidden walk into the room, Harm's mom got off the floor where she had been sitting with Mac, and walked over to Frank. "We'll go back to Sergei's apartment..in case they try to call.." She choked.
"Okay, mom." sighed Harm. He wrapped his mother in a hug, and opened the door for her and Frank. When they got down the hallway, he closed the door, plopping down on the couch and burying his face in his hands.
The Admiral sat on the floor next to Mac. She looked up at him, her eyes swollen from her crying, and smiled. "I'll get this taken care of, Mac.don't worry. Calm down, and I'll have people over here in five seconds. Have you tried to call the police?" he turned his attention to Harm, on the couch behind him.
"Yeah." Harm smirked bitterly. "We called them a half hour ago.and nobody's been sent over here yet."
"What?!" the Admiral exploded. "I'll take care of that.." He said in his usual take-charge manner.
The Admiral picked up the phone. First he called Webb. After three rings, he answered his phone. "Webb, this is Chegwidden." He informed him. "I need you to get ahold of the Zukhov's. They're away on assignment, and something terrible has happened."
"What?" asked Webb curiously.
"There has been a kidnapping." The Admiral informed him. "All three of the children were stolen. "Now, before you do anything else, you get ahold of those two, and then."
"I have a pretty good idea of what you want me to do." frowned Webb. "Just send me the information as soon as you get it, and I'll be happy to oblige."
"Thanks, Webb." Smiled the Admiral, hanging up.
The next people he called wouldn't be so lucky as to catch him in a good mood. He called the Washington DC police department.
The phone rang so much that the Admiral had begun to tap his fingers on the table by the time someone picked the phone up. "Washington DC Police Department." said a man's voice on the other line.
"Ahem.." The Admiral cleared his throat. "I'm calling from the Rabb residence. I believe you should already have their address on file there because THEY CALLED HALF AN HOUR AGO!" He screamed into the receiver.
"Sir, please calm down.." Said the man on the other end, now slightly softer than he was before.
"I will not!" the Admiral yelled. "There has been a kidnapping here. I want some investigators over here in five seconds or I'm going to deal with you." He threatened.
"Sir, do not make threats to this office." Warned the man.
"Oh, it's not a threat young man. This is Admiral AJ Chegwidden, the Navy Judge Advocate General. Now, my officers have been waiting over an hour for one of your squad cars to arrive, and if one doesn't arrive very soon, I'm going to take matters into my own hands..and you wouldn't like that much." the Admiral promised.
"Yes sir. A car is on its way." the man stuttered.
"That's what I thought." Smirked the Admiral, hanging up.
Five minutes later, a number of squad cars showed up at the apartment complex. A couple of the investigators began asking Harm and Mac questions while the remaining police officers collected evidence. Nearly an hour went by before one of them hollered: "I've got a finger print!"
Harm and Mac stopped answering questions to look up at the police officer, a glimmer of hope shining in their eyes. The phone rang, and their attention briefly went from the police officer, to the phone, and back again.
The Admiral answered it. "Hello?" he asked.
"Sir.." Sergei whispered.
"Sgt!" the Admiral screamed.
"Lauren and I got a fax from Webb, sir.."
"He sent you a FAX??!" The Admiral nearly popped when Sergei told him of the way they had learned of their only child's kidnapping.
"Yes, sir. We're on our way home right now. Some local JAG's have taken over the case."
"I don't care about that case right now, Sgt." the Admiral sighed. "Just get home.."
A/N: You like? Sorry for the cliff hanger, but for right now I am a little blocked on this subject..I'm a little busy worrying about a German test, so as I'm trying to think about this, that keeps popping into my head...I'll try and have a new chapter up soon though. Promise. Please Review this one. I need to know what everyone thinks.. Thanks!