Chapter 2 Cases

JAG HQ

Falls Church, Virginia

1320 ZULU

July 16,2004

"I understand Mr. Secretary" said Admiral Chegwiggen, as he finished his conversation with the SecNav. Looking up to see Rabb and MacKenzie standing at attention, he called "at ease" as they relaxed. Motioning for them to sit, he pulled a particularly thick file. "I have a new case for you both" he said as he took off his glasses. "Do you currently have any pressing cases?" he asked. Harm looked at Mac and they both shook their heads in a no reply as the Admiral continued.

"This case is of utter importance. Last week, a Marine, a Lance Cprl. Kawa, was involved in a shooting with the enemy. Caught in the crossfire, he was immediately taken to the base camp where the wound was dressed and stitched up. The problem occurred afterwards when he left the area to look for his company in the field. A native from a nearby village, a small boy of about 8, was stuck in a ditch. As he helped him, he compromised the position of the company he was looking for as the boy followed him."

Harm and Mac looked at each other. "Here we go" the Admiral thought to himself as he was about to be in the middle of this case. "Lance Cprl. Kawa was…." Mac said suddenly as she was caught off. "Save your arguments for the case Mac" said Chegwidden as he didn't want to start WW III in his office. "I assume you disagree Rabb, so you will be defending and Mac prosecuting" he said with the look of amusement in his eyes. "This will be interesting" he said to himself. "Dismissed" he called to his top two lawyers as they snapped and exited the office.

Meanwhile

Lt. Harriet Sims-Roberts looked through her desk as she looked for the card with a handful of babysitters numbers on it. Still having three weeks before her leave, she struggled to a comfy position as she looked up another sitters number finally finding it in he top most drawer in the back. A reluctant usual sitter had canceled last minute tonight. Lt. Cmdr. Bud Roberts, her husband and her had had plans to go out. With a sigh, she called the first person at the top of the list. "Hello" said a cheerful teenager as she answered the phone. "Hi, this is Harriet, a friend of your moms, I haven't talked to her in ages" she said to the teen. "Hey Harriet what's up?" the teen asked as Harriet paused as she heard the teen exhale deeply as if caught in a subject she didn't want to discuss. "Anyway, I was wondering if you would be available to baby sit my son, AJ tonight. I know its short notice, but you are the only one I know that…" the teenager giggled. "Sure, I'd love to" she said. "You know how to get her right?" she asked as Harriet acknowledged she did "Great, I'll see you tonight then, and say hi to your mother for me" she said. The teenager was a bit caught up in the moment and said she would, but this teenager had lost her mother a while back.

Kawa Residence

Arlington,VA

1500 ZULU

Same day

Angela flipped around on the low beam built for her room as she slipped off the edge a bit and tried the skill, an onodi ½-front ariel combination again. "Angela" she heard her brother call. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Uh..nothing" she called as Tom entered her room. "Ha, I caught you" he said. "You know you aren't supposed to do anything or another few days on beam" he said eying her. "But, I know you want to practice because you have been away from gym for an entire week, let's see this routine you plan to use at whatever competition you have next week" he said Angela grinned largely as she took her mount position and performed the set.

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