Points of View
Stuart748
Summary: Harm & Mac get sent to investigate a murder, confessions are made and the there is an accident, H/M. Please R&R.
Standard disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did.
Chapter Four - Confessions of a guilty mind
Friday 8th August 2003 Somewhere over Iraq
The following morning found Harm at 20,000 feet because he had the dawn patrol, which for someone who hated getting up early he didn't mind, what he did mind was having to miss breakfast with Mac. Why he minded this was because he had heard most of the other pilots talking about her, normally this would not have bothered him but today he wasn't there to warn them off. Skates must have read his mind because she suddenly announced over the intercom
"Come on Harm she can take care of herself, she's a kick ass marine, you don't have to worry about her?" she finished
"I know all that Skates but I still feel like I should be there with her just in case"
"Harm it's only natural but she can look after herself, and she'll have Lt. Shaw with her"
"How do you know?"
"Easy I ordered either her or your legal-man to be with her at all times until we get back"
"Why'd you do that Skates?"
"Simple I thought you might react like this so I took precautions just to try and kill any worries you had"
"Thanks Skates I owe you one"
"Harm after you helped me a few years back it was the least I could do"
"Well thanks anyway"
"That's fine now lets head back to the barn"
"Great give me a heading"
USS Seahawk Persian Gulf
Mac meanwhile was sat was sat in the JAG compartment, with Lt. Shaw trying to decide how they were going to tackle Cmdr. Laurence, while they both had ideas on how to get him to open up and tell them the truth, none of them seemed that likely to work.
"Well come on Lieutenant we may as well go and talk to him as sit here"
Half way there Mac thinks about what Harm had said the night before and saw the good reasoning behind it, so she decided to wait for him to come back before going to see him, that way he would be happy and she would feel safe, even though she didn't want to admit that he was right, she saw the good sense of it and going along with the idea would save an argument.
"Look Lieutenant I want to wait for Commander Rabb before we go see him, the more people the more likely he is to open up for us"
"Ok I have some other cases to be getting on with, unless you have something for me to do"
"No I'll go up to the pri-fly and see when the Commander is due to land"
"Fine see you later Ma'am"
On the pri-fly deck Mac was just about to ask when he would be landing when his voice came over radio calling the ball, quickly moving over to the window to see her favourite pilot flying in towards the carrier, and from looking at the monitors coming straight down the groove into the ship. At what seem like the last minute the plane caught the middle wire on the deck and she heard a comment from behind her, "Well Colonel your friend Mr. Rabb seems a fairly good pilot, he's got the best trap record in the wing since he joined us, I only hope the replacement is as good"
Turning around she finds it was the CAG talking to her "Thank you sir, that will mean a lot too him, do you know when the replacement is arriving?"
"Yes Colonel they fly in tomorrow"
"Good, if you'll excuse me sir, I'll go and meet Cmdr. Rabb"
"Good bye Colonel"
Walking down to the ready room she walks straight into Harm, so she turns around and leads him to the JAG Compartment, filling him in on what the CAG had just told her.
Harm although disappointed thought that it was perfect timing, because if they could wrap up the case by then, there was nothing to hold them back from getting to Washington by Monday
"Mac have you spoken to Cmdr. Laurence?"
"No I decided to wait for you, and then all three of us could ask questions"
"What are we waiting for?"
"You"
"We're not any more, besides I need to thank him, the work his crews did on my plane where top notch"
"Can we save the praise of our prime suspect till after the questioning please?"
"Fine well lead on Mac"
Arriving at the Maintenance compartment after collecting Lt. Shaw they find the outer office empty and so go through and Harm knocks on the door to the inner office. Getting no response he slowly opens the door and looks in. Gasping he throws open the door shouting "GET HELP! QUICKLY" and grabbing the hanging body of Lt.Cmd Laurence who is suspended from a pipe running across the ceiling by his belt.
"Mac, my pocket knife, right side pocket"
Running over Mac quickly get the knife and standing on a chair cuts down the officer. Harm lays him down on the deck and feels for a pulse, not finding one he sits back as a medical orderly comes through the door, thrusting Harm aside he feels for pulse as well, and also sits back knowing he is too late to help, standing he turns to Harm and Mac.
"Sir, Ma'am, I'll go get someone to collect the body, if you'll excuse me"
Harm just nods at him and leads Mac from the room by the hand, she won't let go until they get into her compartment where she turns into and hugs him tightly too her, Harm returns the hug, even though he is shook up by the events they have just witnessed he knows it is nothing compared to the memories that are know whirling around in Mac's mind about her childhood. After while they are forced apart by someone knocking on the door, sitting Mac down Harm goes and gets it, opening up he is met by a marine who presents a letter to him after saluting and says "The captain thought you would like to see this sir"
"Thank you Sergeant dismissed"
Snapping a salute he turns and leaves Harm to read what he has just been given it is a letter found in the Maintenance office:
Dear Sir,
I am sorry for committing suicide but I could not live with myself for what I had done. Three days ago I murdered PO Amanda Townsend and tried to make it look like an accident, I did this because over the last four months we have been having an affair. I know that this is wrong and would have lead to my court martial for fraternization earlier this week she then presented me with the news that she was pregnant and going to the infirmary to take the test. Amanda also told me that my identity as the father would be revealed when she was asked, knowing that that would mean the end of my career I took action and strangled her on the flight deck, then wrapping a tie down chain around her throat, that that it seemed an accident. I knew that this plan had not worked when two days later officers from JAG came aboard to investigate Amanda's death. When I was questioned for my statement, I lied about my actions of that night saying that after I spoke with CPO White I returned to my office and was there until he came down, this is partly true but leaves out the fact that I first went back on deck and took Amanda's life, then I proceed to my cabin changed, and went to my office, arriving only shortly before the Chief. Yesterday I was questioned again by one of the JAG officers and realized I would be found out. So realising that I would not be able to stand life in prison, or the wait on death row, I took my own life. For whoever finds me I am eternally sorry as I am for taking Amanda's life, it was done on the heat of the moment after seeing my ruin, but not realising the gift the love of my life would be giving me. This and my own cowardice prompted me to take my own life, I am sorry for all of my actions over the last few days, but I believe that few things in this world are dying for and Love is one of them.
Goodbye
Michael Laurence
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy
Walking back inside he sits on the bunk next to Mac and hands her the note. After she has read it she looks at him through puffy eyes and asks
"What do you think Harm?"
"Well damn Mac, I agree that love is worth dying for but not because you just murdered the person you love, I would never be able to kill you even if my career was on the line"
At this point Mac burst into tears again, and buries her head into Harm's chest again wrapping her arms around him
"Come on Mac lets go call the admiral"
"Why?" she sobs "the case is closed"
"I know that but we still need to find out how we're getting home"
"What we waiting for?"
"You to stop crying on my shirt" he replies with a grin wipes away a few of the remaining tears with his thumb, then standing he leads the way out the room towards the communication suite. As they were entering the compartment there is an announcement over the tannoy of "Cmdr. Rabb to the bridge"
"Oh well so much for calling home" he mutters under his breath
With Mac following closely behind him he turns and proceeds to the bridge where he finds the ships captain holding court with the CAG
"JAG officers on deck" shouts a crewman from by the door
Turning the Captain and the CAG signalled them both to join them
"Commander, Colonel, I just got a message from Admiral Chegwidden, he needs you both back in Washington ASAP to deal with something for the SECNAV, so you better get yourselves packed up, that is if you feel you can travel at the moment, we can give you a couple of days if you need them" the Captain tells them with a comforting smile
Looking quickly at Mac he replies "Thank you for the offer sir, but it will probably help to get out of here"
"That's fine, we were just discussing how to get you back to that States, the new crew for the air wing are flying in with the air force into Baghdad, the quickest way to get you there is to fly up in a tomcat, then they can fly it back down."
"That's fine with me sir, but what about the Colonel?" Asks Harm worried in case he has to leave her alone
"Don't worry Cmdr, she can travel in the RIO's seat, it's only a short trip really. Now you both better get out of here you launch in two hours"
"Thank you Sir" a relieved Harm and Mac reply in unison the turn and leave
"Mac I'll get Skates to find you a flight suit, helmet and stuff" he says as he walks her back to her cabin
"Ok Harm see you later" she says to his disappearing back
Stuart748
Summary: Harm & Mac get sent to investigate a murder, confessions are made and the there is an accident, H/M. Please R&R.
Standard disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did.
Chapter Four - Confessions of a guilty mind
Friday 8th August 2003 Somewhere over Iraq
The following morning found Harm at 20,000 feet because he had the dawn patrol, which for someone who hated getting up early he didn't mind, what he did mind was having to miss breakfast with Mac. Why he minded this was because he had heard most of the other pilots talking about her, normally this would not have bothered him but today he wasn't there to warn them off. Skates must have read his mind because she suddenly announced over the intercom
"Come on Harm she can take care of herself, she's a kick ass marine, you don't have to worry about her?" she finished
"I know all that Skates but I still feel like I should be there with her just in case"
"Harm it's only natural but she can look after herself, and she'll have Lt. Shaw with her"
"How do you know?"
"Easy I ordered either her or your legal-man to be with her at all times until we get back"
"Why'd you do that Skates?"
"Simple I thought you might react like this so I took precautions just to try and kill any worries you had"
"Thanks Skates I owe you one"
"Harm after you helped me a few years back it was the least I could do"
"Well thanks anyway"
"That's fine now lets head back to the barn"
"Great give me a heading"
USS Seahawk Persian Gulf
Mac meanwhile was sat was sat in the JAG compartment, with Lt. Shaw trying to decide how they were going to tackle Cmdr. Laurence, while they both had ideas on how to get him to open up and tell them the truth, none of them seemed that likely to work.
"Well come on Lieutenant we may as well go and talk to him as sit here"
Half way there Mac thinks about what Harm had said the night before and saw the good reasoning behind it, so she decided to wait for him to come back before going to see him, that way he would be happy and she would feel safe, even though she didn't want to admit that he was right, she saw the good sense of it and going along with the idea would save an argument.
"Look Lieutenant I want to wait for Commander Rabb before we go see him, the more people the more likely he is to open up for us"
"Ok I have some other cases to be getting on with, unless you have something for me to do"
"No I'll go up to the pri-fly and see when the Commander is due to land"
"Fine see you later Ma'am"
On the pri-fly deck Mac was just about to ask when he would be landing when his voice came over radio calling the ball, quickly moving over to the window to see her favourite pilot flying in towards the carrier, and from looking at the monitors coming straight down the groove into the ship. At what seem like the last minute the plane caught the middle wire on the deck and she heard a comment from behind her, "Well Colonel your friend Mr. Rabb seems a fairly good pilot, he's got the best trap record in the wing since he joined us, I only hope the replacement is as good"
Turning around she finds it was the CAG talking to her "Thank you sir, that will mean a lot too him, do you know when the replacement is arriving?"
"Yes Colonel they fly in tomorrow"
"Good, if you'll excuse me sir, I'll go and meet Cmdr. Rabb"
"Good bye Colonel"
Walking down to the ready room she walks straight into Harm, so she turns around and leads him to the JAG Compartment, filling him in on what the CAG had just told her.
Harm although disappointed thought that it was perfect timing, because if they could wrap up the case by then, there was nothing to hold them back from getting to Washington by Monday
"Mac have you spoken to Cmdr. Laurence?"
"No I decided to wait for you, and then all three of us could ask questions"
"What are we waiting for?"
"You"
"We're not any more, besides I need to thank him, the work his crews did on my plane where top notch"
"Can we save the praise of our prime suspect till after the questioning please?"
"Fine well lead on Mac"
Arriving at the Maintenance compartment after collecting Lt. Shaw they find the outer office empty and so go through and Harm knocks on the door to the inner office. Getting no response he slowly opens the door and looks in. Gasping he throws open the door shouting "GET HELP! QUICKLY" and grabbing the hanging body of Lt.Cmd Laurence who is suspended from a pipe running across the ceiling by his belt.
"Mac, my pocket knife, right side pocket"
Running over Mac quickly get the knife and standing on a chair cuts down the officer. Harm lays him down on the deck and feels for a pulse, not finding one he sits back as a medical orderly comes through the door, thrusting Harm aside he feels for pulse as well, and also sits back knowing he is too late to help, standing he turns to Harm and Mac.
"Sir, Ma'am, I'll go get someone to collect the body, if you'll excuse me"
Harm just nods at him and leads Mac from the room by the hand, she won't let go until they get into her compartment where she turns into and hugs him tightly too her, Harm returns the hug, even though he is shook up by the events they have just witnessed he knows it is nothing compared to the memories that are know whirling around in Mac's mind about her childhood. After while they are forced apart by someone knocking on the door, sitting Mac down Harm goes and gets it, opening up he is met by a marine who presents a letter to him after saluting and says "The captain thought you would like to see this sir"
"Thank you Sergeant dismissed"
Snapping a salute he turns and leaves Harm to read what he has just been given it is a letter found in the Maintenance office:
Dear Sir,
I am sorry for committing suicide but I could not live with myself for what I had done. Three days ago I murdered PO Amanda Townsend and tried to make it look like an accident, I did this because over the last four months we have been having an affair. I know that this is wrong and would have lead to my court martial for fraternization earlier this week she then presented me with the news that she was pregnant and going to the infirmary to take the test. Amanda also told me that my identity as the father would be revealed when she was asked, knowing that that would mean the end of my career I took action and strangled her on the flight deck, then wrapping a tie down chain around her throat, that that it seemed an accident. I knew that this plan had not worked when two days later officers from JAG came aboard to investigate Amanda's death. When I was questioned for my statement, I lied about my actions of that night saying that after I spoke with CPO White I returned to my office and was there until he came down, this is partly true but leaves out the fact that I first went back on deck and took Amanda's life, then I proceed to my cabin changed, and went to my office, arriving only shortly before the Chief. Yesterday I was questioned again by one of the JAG officers and realized I would be found out. So realising that I would not be able to stand life in prison, or the wait on death row, I took my own life. For whoever finds me I am eternally sorry as I am for taking Amanda's life, it was done on the heat of the moment after seeing my ruin, but not realising the gift the love of my life would be giving me. This and my own cowardice prompted me to take my own life, I am sorry for all of my actions over the last few days, but I believe that few things in this world are dying for and Love is one of them.
Goodbye
Michael Laurence
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy
Walking back inside he sits on the bunk next to Mac and hands her the note. After she has read it she looks at him through puffy eyes and asks
"What do you think Harm?"
"Well damn Mac, I agree that love is worth dying for but not because you just murdered the person you love, I would never be able to kill you even if my career was on the line"
At this point Mac burst into tears again, and buries her head into Harm's chest again wrapping her arms around him
"Come on Mac lets go call the admiral"
"Why?" she sobs "the case is closed"
"I know that but we still need to find out how we're getting home"
"What we waiting for?"
"You to stop crying on my shirt" he replies with a grin wipes away a few of the remaining tears with his thumb, then standing he leads the way out the room towards the communication suite. As they were entering the compartment there is an announcement over the tannoy of "Cmdr. Rabb to the bridge"
"Oh well so much for calling home" he mutters under his breath
With Mac following closely behind him he turns and proceeds to the bridge where he finds the ships captain holding court with the CAG
"JAG officers on deck" shouts a crewman from by the door
Turning the Captain and the CAG signalled them both to join them
"Commander, Colonel, I just got a message from Admiral Chegwidden, he needs you both back in Washington ASAP to deal with something for the SECNAV, so you better get yourselves packed up, that is if you feel you can travel at the moment, we can give you a couple of days if you need them" the Captain tells them with a comforting smile
Looking quickly at Mac he replies "Thank you for the offer sir, but it will probably help to get out of here"
"That's fine, we were just discussing how to get you back to that States, the new crew for the air wing are flying in with the air force into Baghdad, the quickest way to get you there is to fly up in a tomcat, then they can fly it back down."
"That's fine with me sir, but what about the Colonel?" Asks Harm worried in case he has to leave her alone
"Don't worry Cmdr, she can travel in the RIO's seat, it's only a short trip really. Now you both better get out of here you launch in two hours"
"Thank you Sir" a relieved Harm and Mac reply in unison the turn and leave
"Mac I'll get Skates to find you a flight suit, helmet and stuff" he says as he walks her back to her cabin
"Ok Harm see you later" she says to his disappearing back