"Admiral, Mr Webb is here to see you." Tiner announced.
"Show him in and get me some aspirin."
"Yes sir. Mr Webb you can go in." Tiner said holding the door open for him.
"You wanted to see me?" Webb asked as he strolled in.
"Take a seat."
"Your aspirin sir." Tiner handed him a bottle.
"Thank you that will be all."
"Aye aye sir." Tiner turned and left closing the door behind him.
"I'm taking it you just didn't want me to make a social call?" Webb prompted.
"I need your help in locating someone."
"Admiral the CIA aren't you're local phone directory."
"The person I need you to find is named Dirk Grover. He was until three weeks ago a prisoner in Leavenworth when he was released on a technicality." AJ explained ignoring Webb's comments.
"What does he have to do with the CIA?" Webb asked.
"Approximately eight years ago he worked as a government contractor on a project to create a shadow torpedo. While they were testing the torpedo off the USS Tiger Shark, Mr Grover redirected the torpedo towards a civilian cruise ship and demanded $40 million dollars in gold bullion in return for the location of the torpedo. He kept with the notion that he was controlling the shadow from his laptop and that he needed to keep periodically in contact with it otherwise it was set to explode."
"I'm taking it as I never heard about this incident he was stopped."
"Yes, but a Lieutenant Harmon Rabb and a Lieutenant j.g Meg Austin who managed to trick him into giving them code to stop the shadow."
"So why are you needing me to locate him?"
"Approximately three hours after his release Lieutenant Commander Austin started receiving e-mails which would paramount to stalking. He has be tracking all electronic activity involving the Commander and sending her e- mails talking about them."
"Why are you so sure it's Grover?" Webb asked.
"Once the police were informed and the Commander was told there was little they could do, the people that she works with managed to run traces on the e-mail through all the routers that he'd placed on them and were able to get a location. The location was raided but Mr Grover had moved on. Since then she has received notes through the post at her home address. She was asked to go on leave given the nature of the project she works with until this situation was taken care of."
"What does the Commander do exactly?"
"She's the legal counsel for a classified project; she's also a computer weapons expert."
"If I do this for you I need something from you in return."
"Are you trying to bargain with me Webb?" AJ demanded.
"Let me have Jennifer Coates for the next 72 hours."
"You want Petty Officer Coates for 72 hours. Webb you have a tendency to get my staff into trouble whenever I loan them to you."
"I need her to act as someone's date for a party at an embassy." Webb explained.
"I'm sure Petty Officer Tiner would have a problem with that."
"He's the son of a diplomat who we need to watch, there's no danger."
"Why don't I believe you? Look what happened last time you sent my officers to an embassy party."
"Then I'm sorry Admiral I can't help you I have to spend the time find a date for my guy." Webb said as he rose.
"This is blackmail." AJ said.
"I like to think of it more as cooperation."
"You can ask the Petty Officer, if she says no I want your assurances that you'll still help us locate Mr Grover."
"We have a deal." AJ hit the intercom.
"Tiner I want to see Petty Officer Coates now."
"Aye sir."
TBC
"Show him in and get me some aspirin."
"Yes sir. Mr Webb you can go in." Tiner said holding the door open for him.
"You wanted to see me?" Webb asked as he strolled in.
"Take a seat."
"Your aspirin sir." Tiner handed him a bottle.
"Thank you that will be all."
"Aye aye sir." Tiner turned and left closing the door behind him.
"I'm taking it you just didn't want me to make a social call?" Webb prompted.
"I need your help in locating someone."
"Admiral the CIA aren't you're local phone directory."
"The person I need you to find is named Dirk Grover. He was until three weeks ago a prisoner in Leavenworth when he was released on a technicality." AJ explained ignoring Webb's comments.
"What does he have to do with the CIA?" Webb asked.
"Approximately eight years ago he worked as a government contractor on a project to create a shadow torpedo. While they were testing the torpedo off the USS Tiger Shark, Mr Grover redirected the torpedo towards a civilian cruise ship and demanded $40 million dollars in gold bullion in return for the location of the torpedo. He kept with the notion that he was controlling the shadow from his laptop and that he needed to keep periodically in contact with it otherwise it was set to explode."
"I'm taking it as I never heard about this incident he was stopped."
"Yes, but a Lieutenant Harmon Rabb and a Lieutenant j.g Meg Austin who managed to trick him into giving them code to stop the shadow."
"So why are you needing me to locate him?"
"Approximately three hours after his release Lieutenant Commander Austin started receiving e-mails which would paramount to stalking. He has be tracking all electronic activity involving the Commander and sending her e- mails talking about them."
"Why are you so sure it's Grover?" Webb asked.
"Once the police were informed and the Commander was told there was little they could do, the people that she works with managed to run traces on the e-mail through all the routers that he'd placed on them and were able to get a location. The location was raided but Mr Grover had moved on. Since then she has received notes through the post at her home address. She was asked to go on leave given the nature of the project she works with until this situation was taken care of."
"What does the Commander do exactly?"
"She's the legal counsel for a classified project; she's also a computer weapons expert."
"If I do this for you I need something from you in return."
"Are you trying to bargain with me Webb?" AJ demanded.
"Let me have Jennifer Coates for the next 72 hours."
"You want Petty Officer Coates for 72 hours. Webb you have a tendency to get my staff into trouble whenever I loan them to you."
"I need her to act as someone's date for a party at an embassy." Webb explained.
"I'm sure Petty Officer Tiner would have a problem with that."
"He's the son of a diplomat who we need to watch, there's no danger."
"Why don't I believe you? Look what happened last time you sent my officers to an embassy party."
"Then I'm sorry Admiral I can't help you I have to spend the time find a date for my guy." Webb said as he rose.
"This is blackmail." AJ said.
"I like to think of it more as cooperation."
"You can ask the Petty Officer, if she says no I want your assurances that you'll still help us locate Mr Grover."
"We have a deal." AJ hit the intercom.
"Tiner I want to see Petty Officer Coates now."
"Aye sir."
TBC
