Pearl Harbour LSO's office
0930
Sturgis trailed by a crowd of Naval personnel as he looked for the office he and Mac and been assigned to.
"Is Colonel Mackenzie in there?" He asked when he reached the head of the queue.
"I think so sir." Replied the Ensign.
"Thank you." Sturgis tapped on the door and entered. Mac was on the phone, but she motioned for him to speak. "Mac, you do know there is a line of sailors outside."
"Yeah, weed out the good looking ones and send the rest home."
There was a loud yell of 'Mac' from the phone.
"And anyone who knows the words to 'You've lost that loving feeling'."
"Harm?" Sturgis mouthed. Mac nodded.
"Sure, any specific type of good looking?" Sturgis asked loud enough for Harm to hear.
"Mac, you'd better not be serious." Harm barked.
"Calm down other wise you'll have a heart attack. I was kidding. They're anyone who was on duty between the place of the accident and the head at the time of the incident." She said to both Harm and Sturgis. "I thought we could both see them together to save time, it's not like you want to give him the death penalty or anything. We can speak to the XO this afternoon and the Captain first thing tomorrow."
"You're organised."
"I've been up for hours. Petty Officer Modell will come and see us as soon as he gets back from where ever it was he went, which should be by the end of the day. Practically the whole crew is on liberty because of the repairs being made to the ship."
"So how did you get so many sailors here then?" Sturgis asked.
"I walked onto the ship and stood in the corridor flashed my legs and yelled for any witnesses." She said with a smile.
"Really interesting tactic."
"Of course I didn't, the Captain ordered anyone who knew anything or was on duty to report here at 0930 but it seems a certain flyboy won't let me hang up the phone." Sturgis beckoned for her to hand over the phone. Mac did.
"She loves you, she'll call you back later when we've finished work and she wants you to take care of Jenny. Goodbye Harm." He hung up before Harm could protest.
"That got him off the phone. By the way do you want to be Jenny's god father?"
"Love to. Can we get through all these sailors so I can get some lunch at some point? There is a really good burger bar in town you'll love."
"I forgot you were stationed here for a while."
~ ~ ~
"Thank you Petty Officer." Mac said he saluted and left. "Done."
"Are you sure you don't want to plea? I'll reduce it to time already served in the brig and a reprimand from the Captain." Sturgis offered.
"He won't take anything other than his Article 32 hearing."
"He was covering for a Petty Officer Modell because the Captain wanted to see him, he was basically watching a hole in the floor of the ship that needed to be repaired. He got sick ran to the head, he was gone five minutes. When he got back the XO who wasn't looking where he was going had put his foot down the hole and sprained his ankle. It was an accident, the only charged him with dereliction because they had to do something in the form of a reprimand. I take it the XO and the Captain are going to concur with story. He should just take the plea and let it drop, it won't ruin his career, he'll just have to wait a bit longer for promotion."
"I know but he doesn't see it that way."
"Let's go and get that lunch. We don't have to see the XO until 1430 anyway."
"Food is never something I can say no to."
"Now you tell me." He teased.
"It's one of the first things Harm learned about me. Come on we've got 97 minutes and 24 seconds."
"How do you do that?" He asked as he closed the door behind them.
"It's a talent."
0930
Sturgis trailed by a crowd of Naval personnel as he looked for the office he and Mac and been assigned to.
"Is Colonel Mackenzie in there?" He asked when he reached the head of the queue.
"I think so sir." Replied the Ensign.
"Thank you." Sturgis tapped on the door and entered. Mac was on the phone, but she motioned for him to speak. "Mac, you do know there is a line of sailors outside."
"Yeah, weed out the good looking ones and send the rest home."
There was a loud yell of 'Mac' from the phone.
"And anyone who knows the words to 'You've lost that loving feeling'."
"Harm?" Sturgis mouthed. Mac nodded.
"Sure, any specific type of good looking?" Sturgis asked loud enough for Harm to hear.
"Mac, you'd better not be serious." Harm barked.
"Calm down other wise you'll have a heart attack. I was kidding. They're anyone who was on duty between the place of the accident and the head at the time of the incident." She said to both Harm and Sturgis. "I thought we could both see them together to save time, it's not like you want to give him the death penalty or anything. We can speak to the XO this afternoon and the Captain first thing tomorrow."
"You're organised."
"I've been up for hours. Petty Officer Modell will come and see us as soon as he gets back from where ever it was he went, which should be by the end of the day. Practically the whole crew is on liberty because of the repairs being made to the ship."
"So how did you get so many sailors here then?" Sturgis asked.
"I walked onto the ship and stood in the corridor flashed my legs and yelled for any witnesses." She said with a smile.
"Really interesting tactic."
"Of course I didn't, the Captain ordered anyone who knew anything or was on duty to report here at 0930 but it seems a certain flyboy won't let me hang up the phone." Sturgis beckoned for her to hand over the phone. Mac did.
"She loves you, she'll call you back later when we've finished work and she wants you to take care of Jenny. Goodbye Harm." He hung up before Harm could protest.
"That got him off the phone. By the way do you want to be Jenny's god father?"
"Love to. Can we get through all these sailors so I can get some lunch at some point? There is a really good burger bar in town you'll love."
"I forgot you were stationed here for a while."
~ ~ ~
"Thank you Petty Officer." Mac said he saluted and left. "Done."
"Are you sure you don't want to plea? I'll reduce it to time already served in the brig and a reprimand from the Captain." Sturgis offered.
"He won't take anything other than his Article 32 hearing."
"He was covering for a Petty Officer Modell because the Captain wanted to see him, he was basically watching a hole in the floor of the ship that needed to be repaired. He got sick ran to the head, he was gone five minutes. When he got back the XO who wasn't looking where he was going had put his foot down the hole and sprained his ankle. It was an accident, the only charged him with dereliction because they had to do something in the form of a reprimand. I take it the XO and the Captain are going to concur with story. He should just take the plea and let it drop, it won't ruin his career, he'll just have to wait a bit longer for promotion."
"I know but he doesn't see it that way."
"Let's go and get that lunch. We don't have to see the XO until 1430 anyway."
"Food is never something I can say no to."
"Now you tell me." He teased.
"It's one of the first things Harm learned about me. Come on we've got 97 minutes and 24 seconds."
"How do you do that?" He asked as he closed the door behind them.
"It's a talent."