Flips and Twists
I own nothing but Angela, and her family. This story is written because I really want a gymnast in here, but no one writes about it, so here it is.
Rating-PG
Spoilers-everything
1-Backhandspring
Sixteen year old Angela Kawa stretched out on her bed as she had just gotten home from practice. Angela was an elite level gymnast. This meant she was at that level where she could compete at the Olympics. That was her ultimate goal, and at 16 she was eligible. The Olympic Trials were just around the corner. Taking place at the MCI Center in DC, she would get the chance to see her brother or should she say brothers. Angela had 4. All were military, with 2 navy and 2 marine, she was set. Her father had been an Admiral, a teacher at Annapolis, and mother a captain, a doctor. Both had suddenly passed away in a car crash two years ago. Angela had been injured after a terrible fall from the beam where she almost lost her career. Ironically both had happened within the same week. Being at gym was where she was able to lose herself and not think about her life.
JAG HQ
July 16,2004
1310 ZULU
"Harm, just accept the deal and your client will avoid the mess of the trial" said tall, dark haired Marine Lt. Col. "Mac". Harm brushed his dark hair as the tall 6'4" Navy Commander. "I'll run it by my client but I'm not making any promises" he said as they stepped into is office. A rather nervous looking sorter man, Lt. Bud Roberts knocked on the door. "Sorry commander col., but the Admiral would like to see you both asap" he said. Mac rolled her diva eyes. "What did you do now?" she directed to Harm. "What, why is it always me?" he replied as they headed through the bull pen through to the Admiral's office. "Sir, Ma'am" said Petty Officer Jen Coates. "Jennifer" they both acknowledged. "Go right in, he's expecting you" she said.
Kawa Residence
Arlington, VA
July 16,2004
1336 ZULU
"Hello" answered Angela Kawa, most of her friends called her Pegasus though. Angela opened the door to find her oldest brother Tom standing behind it. "Tom" she yelped as she ran to hug her brother. Tom had been away fighting the war on terror in Iraq and it had been a long 7 months since she had seen him. Wincing as hugged him, Angela stooped as quickly as she had begun and for the first time noticed a sling around his left arm. "I'll tell you about it later" he answered looking at her questioning expression. Angela smiled and was just glad to have him home in one piece. After her parents death, her brothers had all stepped up to the plate in taking care of her. Even though one was always home, she rarely saw all of them at once.
"I'm home in time I see for your big meet" he said referring to the fact that she would compete at the US Olympic Gymnastics trials later that week. Angela shrugged as she grabbed her stuff from the couch and helped her brother sit. "So what's happened since I've been gone" he asked? They talked for a while before he decided to head upstairs and unpack. Angela had been reluctant to ask what had happened. She respected what her brother had decided to do. When he was ready he would tell her. She knew from experience these things took time. She herself had been in the last rotation at a meet 2 yrs ago when she slipped on her dismount. Her foot had slipped as she hit her neck on the beam and came crashing to the floor. In the process, she had torn her knee up pretty badly, fractured her shin, lower back, and ton ligaments in her ankles. Six surgeries later, her knee still scarred up badly, required her to wear a brace to walk correctly, and when she competed required heavy taping plus a protecting brace. Most of the other injuries had healed, but her ankles were still weak and also required a heavy taping.
Her family had not been present at the meet, and when she returned back early
with ice and heavy bandaging, she had been very quiet and refused to talk about it for quite sometime. The sudden death of her parents didn't help.
Notes:So what do you guys think so far? Review, review, review. I have a pretty good outline for what I want to happen w/ Angela and such, but I need ideas for the harm/mac portion of this story. Sorry this chapter is so short. I don't know too much stuff about the military, or legal jargon, but I do know my gymnastics
: P Only what I know from the show. Next update coming soon.
