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After all the cars pulled out of the driveway, Singer started barking orders about cleaning up, and I was up and doing them, even before I could process what had happened. It took Matt, the twins and me a good half an hour to clean up the mess in the backyard. When the boys and I finally made our way into the house, we were all bone tired and were really for some food. Thankfully the lieutenant hand already ordered pizza and it was on its way.
After instructing the boys to wash up, I checked on Troy who was sitting on his bed clutching his Elmo.
"Hey there little buddy," I said softly picking him up.
I carried him downstairs and sat him on the couch while I got him some juice. I smiled remembering when my nephew got sick and I had to watch him, God that seemed like forever ago. I walked back into the living room where I found Lieutenant Singer and the boys eating pizza while Troy was wrapped up in his blanket on the couch.
I sit next to Troy on the couch while he drinks from his cup, and am surprised when the Lieutenant joins us. She feels Troy's head and sighs, I wanted to know what she was thinking, but dared not ask.
While the boys were enjoying the pizza, I could tell something was bothering them. As I was about to ask them what it was, the phone rang, but the Singer got to it before I could. I hoped Harriet and the baby were okay.
"Yes sir...yes sir...they are fine sir...yes sir...will do sir," she said and hung up.
"How are they ma'am," I ask timidly.
"Fine Tiner, Lieutenant Simms had a girl, whom they named him Karen, they are both doing fine. Commander Turner is on his way with AJ and Jimmy," (A/N: Jimmy is the Roberts second son) she said and grabbed another piece of pizza.
"That's good news ma'am," I said and moved over to where the boys were playing to tell them about there new cousin.
Feeling as if something wasn't right, I looked over at Troy. He looked pretty weird, but before I could get up to go get him, he threw up all over Lieutenant Singer.
She immediately got up, and with a yell of pure disgust she ran for the bathroom. The boys laughed and I could barley suppress a chuckle as begun once again cleaning up.
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(Sturgis's POV)
I picked up AJ and Jimmy from the sitters house, and made hurried back of to Harm and Mac's. I knew leaving the boys and hell even Tiner alone with Singer went under the heading of cruel and unusual punishment, so I was trying not to leave them with her any longer then I had to.
While AJ and Jimmy were having an animated conversation in the backseat, I couldn't help but think how lucky those two boys were. They had both of their parents who weren't going anywhere, unlike the Rabb boys who had so much to worry about at such a young age.
The boys seemed to be delighted to see AJ and Jimmy and they immediately ran off to play, while Tiner filled me in on what happened. I tried not to laugh as I saw Lieutenant Singer gather her things up and get ready to leave.
"Are you going to be keeping the boys for the night sir," Tiner asked while he was gathering his things.
"Yeah, I told Bud that I would keep them for the night and drop them off at school and daycare tomorrow when I drop the boys off," I said grabbing some pizza.
After Tiner and Singer left I reveled in the momentary silence, knowing that with a house full off boys it wouldn't last long.
My gaze settled on a picture of Harm and Mac sitting on the end table. The picture was taken last year at the company picnic. Even though I still held out hope that they were alive, the chances of finding them were getting slimmer everyday. The way Colonel Samuels put it; it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
I was angry at that remark. Was he just going to give up finding them? Was he just going to pass them off as dead, and get back to business as usual?
I sighed knowing that just sitting here worrying about it wasn't going to solve anything. Harm and Mac expected me to take care of their boys and that is exactly what I was going to do.
The next day, I was called into the Admiral's office as soon as I stepped into Ops. I knew it was bad when I saw the Marine Major and the Lieutenant Commander standing at attention in front of the Admirals desk. I had to swallow a lump in my throat, knowing that they had to be the replacements.
"Commander Turner, this is Major Rolland's and Lieutenant Commander Spiker. They will be here TAD until further notice," he said meaning they're going to be here until both Harm and Mac get back, or they were confirmed dead. Either way, a part of me hated them for being here.
"Commander I'm going to need you to clear out Commander Rabb and Colonel Mackenzie offices for the time being," he said softly.
"Yes sir," I said trying to keep my voice even.
After the Major and Commander were dismissed, the Admiral moved around to the front of his desk and sat down.
"I had no choice Commander, We're getting swamped here and with Harm and Mac gone, the work is just piling up. I'm assigning you to Commander Spiker for the time being. Just show him the ropes and help him get situated. I've already spoken to Lieutenant Singer and she and Major Rolland's will be teaming up. Are the boys still coming in for a visit today?" He asked changing the subject.
"Yes sir, and thank you again for letting them come in this afternoon, the sitter had an emergency and just couldn't take them."
"Just make sure that they stay out of trouble," he said dismissing me.
"Aye, aye sir," I said making a hasty exit.
The remainder of the morning was spent with Petty officer Coates clearing out Harm and Mac's offices, and trying at all costs to avoid Commander Spiker. But I knew at some point I would have to show him around, so after securing Harm and Mac's belongings I gave him a quick run down of the place before retreating to my office to try and get a little work in before the boys came.
At four thirty the boys were sitting quietly in my office playing with some of the model planes from Harm's officer. While they couldn't understand why I had to take everything from their mom and dad's office, they knew I would take good care of it.
Three hours until I could take the boys home, and the minutes just seemed to drag on and on. I couldn't even blame troy for falling asleep on the chair in the front of my desk. The twins were playing a board game on the floor, and Matt was helping Petty officer Coats with something. I was trying to concentrate on my closing paragraph for the Waters court martial, when the sound of Commander Spiker yelling, gave me a bad feeling. I peeked outside my door only to find Commander Spiker yelling at Matt. I was by Matt's side in seconds, but Commander Spiker took no notice.
"You shouldn't be in this office kid, I don't care who your parents are. The Judge Advocate General is no place for annoying little brats," he said not noticing the crowd gathering around him. "Where are your parent's kid?"
"Lost," he said barely above a whisper.
"Well this isn't the lost and found kid, now scram," he said putting a hand on Matt's shoulder and pushing him towards the door.
In an instant I grabbed his hand and pushed him away from Matt, securing the small boy behind me. But before I could say anything The Admiral's voice thundered over Ops.
"Lieutenant Commander Spiker! On My six", he yelled, heading towards his office.
I leaned down in front of Matt to make sure he was okay. "You okay buddy," I asked kicking myself for not being out here sooner.
"I want mom and dad," he said walking back towards my office.
I sighed, sill on my knees. Damn it you two, I thought. Get you six's home now.
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(Mac's POV)
We were in trouble. That's all there was to it. We were once again on the run from the tribe's men, and they were so close that they were taking pot shots at us.
After I had regain consciences after my fall, we were both relieved when I wasn't badly hurt, and that the baby wasn't in danger.
But we knew this situation was pretty bad considering some of the tight spots we've gotten into. Harm had been shot earlier today and he was continuing to loose blood, and with my bad ankle we knew we wouldn't last much longer. We tried one last ditch effort, by climbing up a steep hill, not really caring at the moments what was at the top.
We were halfway up when I almost cried. A team of Marines were running down towards us firing on the oncoming tribe's men.
"Thank God," Harm whispered allowing one of the marines to help him.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
TBC.
Okay guys I gave you all a five page update, so please review. Remember I'm hoping for over a hundred, so feel free to go back and review for the other chaps.
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After all the cars pulled out of the driveway, Singer started barking orders about cleaning up, and I was up and doing them, even before I could process what had happened. It took Matt, the twins and me a good half an hour to clean up the mess in the backyard. When the boys and I finally made our way into the house, we were all bone tired and were really for some food. Thankfully the lieutenant hand already ordered pizza and it was on its way.
After instructing the boys to wash up, I checked on Troy who was sitting on his bed clutching his Elmo.
"Hey there little buddy," I said softly picking him up.
I carried him downstairs and sat him on the couch while I got him some juice. I smiled remembering when my nephew got sick and I had to watch him, God that seemed like forever ago. I walked back into the living room where I found Lieutenant Singer and the boys eating pizza while Troy was wrapped up in his blanket on the couch.
I sit next to Troy on the couch while he drinks from his cup, and am surprised when the Lieutenant joins us. She feels Troy's head and sighs, I wanted to know what she was thinking, but dared not ask.
While the boys were enjoying the pizza, I could tell something was bothering them. As I was about to ask them what it was, the phone rang, but the Singer got to it before I could. I hoped Harriet and the baby were okay.
"Yes sir...yes sir...they are fine sir...yes sir...will do sir," she said and hung up.
"How are they ma'am," I ask timidly.
"Fine Tiner, Lieutenant Simms had a girl, whom they named him Karen, they are both doing fine. Commander Turner is on his way with AJ and Jimmy," (A/N: Jimmy is the Roberts second son) she said and grabbed another piece of pizza.
"That's good news ma'am," I said and moved over to where the boys were playing to tell them about there new cousin.
Feeling as if something wasn't right, I looked over at Troy. He looked pretty weird, but before I could get up to go get him, he threw up all over Lieutenant Singer.
She immediately got up, and with a yell of pure disgust she ran for the bathroom. The boys laughed and I could barley suppress a chuckle as begun once again cleaning up.
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(Sturgis's POV)
I picked up AJ and Jimmy from the sitters house, and made hurried back of to Harm and Mac's. I knew leaving the boys and hell even Tiner alone with Singer went under the heading of cruel and unusual punishment, so I was trying not to leave them with her any longer then I had to.
While AJ and Jimmy were having an animated conversation in the backseat, I couldn't help but think how lucky those two boys were. They had both of their parents who weren't going anywhere, unlike the Rabb boys who had so much to worry about at such a young age.
The boys seemed to be delighted to see AJ and Jimmy and they immediately ran off to play, while Tiner filled me in on what happened. I tried not to laugh as I saw Lieutenant Singer gather her things up and get ready to leave.
"Are you going to be keeping the boys for the night sir," Tiner asked while he was gathering his things.
"Yeah, I told Bud that I would keep them for the night and drop them off at school and daycare tomorrow when I drop the boys off," I said grabbing some pizza.
After Tiner and Singer left I reveled in the momentary silence, knowing that with a house full off boys it wouldn't last long.
My gaze settled on a picture of Harm and Mac sitting on the end table. The picture was taken last year at the company picnic. Even though I still held out hope that they were alive, the chances of finding them were getting slimmer everyday. The way Colonel Samuels put it; it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
I was angry at that remark. Was he just going to give up finding them? Was he just going to pass them off as dead, and get back to business as usual?
I sighed knowing that just sitting here worrying about it wasn't going to solve anything. Harm and Mac expected me to take care of their boys and that is exactly what I was going to do.
The next day, I was called into the Admiral's office as soon as I stepped into Ops. I knew it was bad when I saw the Marine Major and the Lieutenant Commander standing at attention in front of the Admirals desk. I had to swallow a lump in my throat, knowing that they had to be the replacements.
"Commander Turner, this is Major Rolland's and Lieutenant Commander Spiker. They will be here TAD until further notice," he said meaning they're going to be here until both Harm and Mac get back, or they were confirmed dead. Either way, a part of me hated them for being here.
"Commander I'm going to need you to clear out Commander Rabb and Colonel Mackenzie offices for the time being," he said softly.
"Yes sir," I said trying to keep my voice even.
After the Major and Commander were dismissed, the Admiral moved around to the front of his desk and sat down.
"I had no choice Commander, We're getting swamped here and with Harm and Mac gone, the work is just piling up. I'm assigning you to Commander Spiker for the time being. Just show him the ropes and help him get situated. I've already spoken to Lieutenant Singer and she and Major Rolland's will be teaming up. Are the boys still coming in for a visit today?" He asked changing the subject.
"Yes sir, and thank you again for letting them come in this afternoon, the sitter had an emergency and just couldn't take them."
"Just make sure that they stay out of trouble," he said dismissing me.
"Aye, aye sir," I said making a hasty exit.
The remainder of the morning was spent with Petty officer Coates clearing out Harm and Mac's offices, and trying at all costs to avoid Commander Spiker. But I knew at some point I would have to show him around, so after securing Harm and Mac's belongings I gave him a quick run down of the place before retreating to my office to try and get a little work in before the boys came.
At four thirty the boys were sitting quietly in my office playing with some of the model planes from Harm's officer. While they couldn't understand why I had to take everything from their mom and dad's office, they knew I would take good care of it.
Three hours until I could take the boys home, and the minutes just seemed to drag on and on. I couldn't even blame troy for falling asleep on the chair in the front of my desk. The twins were playing a board game on the floor, and Matt was helping Petty officer Coats with something. I was trying to concentrate on my closing paragraph for the Waters court martial, when the sound of Commander Spiker yelling, gave me a bad feeling. I peeked outside my door only to find Commander Spiker yelling at Matt. I was by Matt's side in seconds, but Commander Spiker took no notice.
"You shouldn't be in this office kid, I don't care who your parents are. The Judge Advocate General is no place for annoying little brats," he said not noticing the crowd gathering around him. "Where are your parent's kid?"
"Lost," he said barely above a whisper.
"Well this isn't the lost and found kid, now scram," he said putting a hand on Matt's shoulder and pushing him towards the door.
In an instant I grabbed his hand and pushed him away from Matt, securing the small boy behind me. But before I could say anything The Admiral's voice thundered over Ops.
"Lieutenant Commander Spiker! On My six", he yelled, heading towards his office.
I leaned down in front of Matt to make sure he was okay. "You okay buddy," I asked kicking myself for not being out here sooner.
"I want mom and dad," he said walking back towards my office.
I sighed, sill on my knees. Damn it you two, I thought. Get you six's home now.
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(Mac's POV)
We were in trouble. That's all there was to it. We were once again on the run from the tribe's men, and they were so close that they were taking pot shots at us.
After I had regain consciences after my fall, we were both relieved when I wasn't badly hurt, and that the baby wasn't in danger.
But we knew this situation was pretty bad considering some of the tight spots we've gotten into. Harm had been shot earlier today and he was continuing to loose blood, and with my bad ankle we knew we wouldn't last much longer. We tried one last ditch effort, by climbing up a steep hill, not really caring at the moments what was at the top.
We were halfway up when I almost cried. A team of Marines were running down towards us firing on the oncoming tribe's men.
"Thank God," Harm whispered allowing one of the marines to help him.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
TBC.
Okay guys I gave you all a five page update, so please review. Remember I'm hoping for over a hundred, so feel free to go back and review for the other chaps.
Thanks!