Author's Note: I apologize in advance for the crapiness of this chapter...I JUST started watching the show...and although I've seen a lot of the old episodes on USA I have not seen them all and was relying on summaries the episodes.


Chapter 6 - Rummaging through the Past


1500 Zulu
Harm's Office - JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia

Harm and Sturgis were looking through the remaining files and discussing what had happened and if anyone would be after him or Mac because of it. Sturgis looked up at his friend; at least he looked like he's slept… "Harm tell me about you and Mac? When you two first met…your cases…"

Harm was a bit surprised. "Ummm when I first saw Mac, I thought I was seeing Diane…it was weird for a while…"

"I bet."

"We had to recover the Declaration of Independence."

"Would anyone involved in that possibly want to get back at either of you?"

"It was seven years ago, Sturgis, I don't think so."

"What else happened? You two were together long before I came aboard at JAG."

"We were on a case in Northern Ireland…a case of kidnapping. The admiral's girlfriend was killed when one of the SEALs in his old team was trying to kill him."

"Kill him?"

"Yeah."

"I took Mac flying, we had to make an emergency landing in the mountains, Mac was hurt, and we were being hunted down by hunters."

"Did they think you guys were game or something?"

"No, they had just killed a game warden."

"What else?"

"You do realize that this stuff is still just what happened in the first year, right?"

"You cause a lot of trouble," Sturgis joked.

Harm smiled, "I went undercover as a marine. Mac didn't like the fact that she wasn't informed that I'd be going undercover on her case…though she didn't mind that I was a Gunnery Sergeant."

"She took advantage of your lower rank?"

"Oh, she was loving it."

"I bet."

"I got hit by a car."

"What does that have to do with a case?"

"It doesn't exactly, but when Mac took me to the hospital it was taken over by terrorists."

"Are you sure you guys don't have a target posted wherever you go?" Sturgis asked.

"We've checked," Harm joked.

Sturgis and Harm laughed for a second.

"Ummm I think that was about it. Mac and I were international referees for a war game between the US and the Russians. We also were on opposite sides for a murder case."

"How'd that go?"

"The murder case? The wife kept changing her story."

"How'd it end?"

"The petty officer was convicted…he should still be in jail."

"Let's flag it just to check."

"K," Harm said putting a post it flag on the file.

"Please tell me we're entering year two…"

"Yeah, we'll start year two now. We investigated an old ship, a body was found in one of the bulk heads…I fell and hit my head…actually a few times. I thought I was seeing my father at first."

"Your father?"

"Yeah, Mac's always been pretty open when it comes to my father. I think I had my tapes then. My mother had mailed them and Mac and I were listening to them."

"So was it your father?"

"No. It was one of his friends from when he served there."

Sturgis just shook his head. Harm definitely had had some interesting things involving his father happen along the way to discovering the truth.

"Let's see court martial, court martial, my court martial, Josh saw someone get killed and was kidnapped during the investigation…"

"YOUR court martial?"

"Yeah, it wasn't a big deal though. I don't think it would have to do with Mac being taken. Mac was being stalked and the stalker killed her ex-boyfriend who at the time was trying to get their relationship back. It pushed Mac back to drinking."

"What else happened?"

"It was one of the investigation officers; he lured her into a trap, and even forced her to drink. He's in jail, Sturgis…I'm pretty sure we would have gotten a heads up if he was going to be released."

"Might want to flag it anyways."

Harm flagged the file and put it on top on the other file. "Ummm the next big event that year was Bud and Harriett's wedding."

"That was big?"

"Well usually when you, the groom, and the admiral get into a bar fight and are arrested the night before the wedding…"

Sturgis chuckled, "who bailed you all out?"

"Mac."

"Well that isn't THAT bad."

"My dress whites were involved in a stripper act that got put in the newspaper three days before the wedding…they were given to the wrong person at the dry cleaners."

Sturgis laughed more, "so no enemies there?"

"Not unless you count Harriett's mother and Bud's father."

"After the wedding…Mac went with me to Russia to look for my father."

"Mac really has been supportive, hasn't she?"

"She's always supportive…I had found evidence that he was alive and living in Siberia."

"Mac knows Russian, right?"

"Yeah, that's what made having Mac there so much better. I had a friend and a translator I could trust."

"You found your answers."

"After being shot down, adopted by gypsies, and the admiral came looking for us."

"Mac was court martialed."

"Year three?"

"Yeah."

"Mac was court martialed?"

"Long story."

"Nothing containing to Mac's disappearance?"

"I don't think so."

"Okay, move on."

"Mac and I went to Iran to defend Keeter and get one of our planes out."

"How'd that go?"

"We got Keeter and the plane out."

"What else?"

"There was a lot, Sturgis."

"What were the most memorable cases?"

"Mac and I were sent to investigate on a sub, the admiral figured that since we weren't getting along, it might be a good way for us to settle our differences."

"And did it?"

"After we both almost got killed."

"How?"

"This doctor was making everyone sick and then healing them."

"He had a mental condition?"

"Yeah."

"Anything else?"

"Mac forgave her parents…her father died…I had eye surgery…I started seeing my father…"

"Again?"

"It was a trick…maybe we should flag that file. The guy WAS in jail, but somehow got out; I made sure he got to jail, but still…"

"Flag it."

Harm did so. "My 'Vette was stolen. Harriett went into labor here at JAG."

"Really?"

"Yeah…"

"What happened?"

"The admiral delivered the baby…there was another woman in the building that had gone into labor at about the same time…it was pretty crazy."

"I bet," Sturgis said smiling.

"I left JAG after that…or at least I was changing my designator."

"You must have been happy."

"Yeah…Mac and Jordan weren't…Jordan really wouldn't talk to me…and…"

"Jordan?"

"My girlfriend at the time."

"Ah, I see. And Mac?"

"She was having a really hard time. Chloe was leaving and I was leaving…she thought everyone was leaving her."

"What else?"

"How about a break?"

"If you want…I was just trying to get through all of this quickly…"

"I know…the longer we take…the longer it will be to find her…I know…"

"I know you're worried…that Mac means a lot to you…"

"She's my friend, of course she means a lot to me."

"She's more than just a friend…"

"She's my best friend."

"Harm…"

"Sturgis, lay off."

"Fine."

"Mic Brumby was being sent back to Australia...I have no idea what Mac saw in him…"

"Isn't that the guy she was engaged to?"

"Yes. We even went to Australia and Mac came along using her leave. Mic and I were on opposite sides in Aussie court."

"Fun."

"Oh yeah."

"Mac went undercover as a Wicca and a Navy officer."

"Mac?"

"Yeah. It was for a case Bud and I were working on."

"I see."

"I don't know…I don't know who took Mac…"

"What else happened? We're almost finished, Harm. We might as well finish."

"Mac got engaged to Brumby."

"Bet you weren't too happy."

"No, and I just made it worse for her…she wanted me to be there…"

"She called off her wedding though."

"She came looking for me when I went missing."

"After I was back and Mac had called off her wedding she was stationed away from JAG. That's when you came aboard JAG."

"Okay, let's take a break and then we can search for the people involved in the files we flagged."

Harm simply nodded.

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TBC...in "May Angels Condemn"...