2347
Same day
Harm and Mac's Apartment
They had been at it all day. Searching through everything they could get their hands on about Lt. Johnson. Her service records had been clean. In fact, everything they had seen so far had been clean, and Harm was beginning to despair. He had been so sure he would find something. Not only had he wasted his own time, he had brought Mac into this mess aswell. He looked over at his wife. She was sitting on the couch flipping through a file containing Johnson's Highschool records. She looked so beautiful. It did not matter if she wore her uniform, sweats or an evening gown, she would always be beautyful to him.
She looked up and her eyes found his. He was so handsome. She admired his determination when it came to his cases. He would not give up until he had the answers he was looking for. When they had not gotten anywhere with the case at the office, they had decided to go home. She could feel his frustration.
"Lets call it quits. Mac." Harm finally said. "We have been working with this all day, and we still haven't gotten anywhere. I'll just have to face it; there is nothing there to find..."
"Harm don't!" she said just as he trailed off. "I don't want you ginving up on me. Your gut told you there was something there, and now mine is telling me the same. Something is not right with her school records. When she first started highschool she was only there for about a month, and then she disappared, and didn't come back until a few weeks later. It doesn't specify what happend during that gap, but I have a feeling it might be significant."
"Let's check it out when we get to the office tomorrow. It's getting late, and my brain is falling asleep on me. I'm sure there are some kind of records stating what happened to make her leave school, and we will find them. Just not tonight."
"You're right. There is not much we can do tonight. Lets go to bed."
"Lead the way, my love..."
1024
Next day
JAG HQ
"Got a minute?" Harm looked up. Mac was standing in the door with a smile on her face.
"Sure. What have you got?"
"Emily Johnson was injured when the gymnasium in her school caught on fire. Not severely, but she did have to spend some time in hospital. Two other girls were not so lucky. Christina Burns and Joanne Lindsey were both killed."
"Was it an accident?"
"It was ruled that way, but I'm not so sure. A few days before the fire, there had been cheerleading try-outs. Both the deceased girls and Lt. Johnson tried out. They made it, she didn't."
"You're not saying you think she would kill someone over not becomming a cheerleader. Mac, that's crazy!"
"No it's not. Considering it had been her dream since she was about five, I think it's a real possibility. Also, guess who got on the squad after her recovery."
"Was she ever a suspect?"
"Yes, since she got out of the fire and the others did not. Also there was always the question of why she was there in the first place. The police never found any evidence of the fire not being an accident, and even if they had, they never had anything to really make a case against her."
"We need to go see the Admiral. This might be enough to reopen the case. If she truly does have a tendency to get rid of those who oppose her, we need to do something before it happens again."
1053
The Admiral's Office
JAG HQ
"Be seated!" The admiral looked over his to best people. "What have you got Commander?
"Sir. Last night the Colonel and I were looking into Lt. Johnsons past, when Mac found something in her Highschool records."
Harm and Mac told the Admiral about what they had found.
"Sir, we'd like you to reopen the case. This could just be a councidence, but if the Lt. did what we think she did, Murphy's death would be murder."
The Admiral sat in his chair thinking. "Fine. I hereby grant your request. The case is reopened. But Commander, Colonel. Therad carefully! I want to be appraised on every step throughout this investigation. Dismissesd!"
"Eye eye Sir!"
To be continued...
Same day
Harm and Mac's Apartment
They had been at it all day. Searching through everything they could get their hands on about Lt. Johnson. Her service records had been clean. In fact, everything they had seen so far had been clean, and Harm was beginning to despair. He had been so sure he would find something. Not only had he wasted his own time, he had brought Mac into this mess aswell. He looked over at his wife. She was sitting on the couch flipping through a file containing Johnson's Highschool records. She looked so beautiful. It did not matter if she wore her uniform, sweats or an evening gown, she would always be beautyful to him.
She looked up and her eyes found his. He was so handsome. She admired his determination when it came to his cases. He would not give up until he had the answers he was looking for. When they had not gotten anywhere with the case at the office, they had decided to go home. She could feel his frustration.
"Lets call it quits. Mac." Harm finally said. "We have been working with this all day, and we still haven't gotten anywhere. I'll just have to face it; there is nothing there to find..."
"Harm don't!" she said just as he trailed off. "I don't want you ginving up on me. Your gut told you there was something there, and now mine is telling me the same. Something is not right with her school records. When she first started highschool she was only there for about a month, and then she disappared, and didn't come back until a few weeks later. It doesn't specify what happend during that gap, but I have a feeling it might be significant."
"Let's check it out when we get to the office tomorrow. It's getting late, and my brain is falling asleep on me. I'm sure there are some kind of records stating what happened to make her leave school, and we will find them. Just not tonight."
"You're right. There is not much we can do tonight. Lets go to bed."
"Lead the way, my love..."
1024
Next day
JAG HQ
"Got a minute?" Harm looked up. Mac was standing in the door with a smile on her face.
"Sure. What have you got?"
"Emily Johnson was injured when the gymnasium in her school caught on fire. Not severely, but she did have to spend some time in hospital. Two other girls were not so lucky. Christina Burns and Joanne Lindsey were both killed."
"Was it an accident?"
"It was ruled that way, but I'm not so sure. A few days before the fire, there had been cheerleading try-outs. Both the deceased girls and Lt. Johnson tried out. They made it, she didn't."
"You're not saying you think she would kill someone over not becomming a cheerleader. Mac, that's crazy!"
"No it's not. Considering it had been her dream since she was about five, I think it's a real possibility. Also, guess who got on the squad after her recovery."
"Was she ever a suspect?"
"Yes, since she got out of the fire and the others did not. Also there was always the question of why she was there in the first place. The police never found any evidence of the fire not being an accident, and even if they had, they never had anything to really make a case against her."
"We need to go see the Admiral. This might be enough to reopen the case. If she truly does have a tendency to get rid of those who oppose her, we need to do something before it happens again."
1053
The Admiral's Office
JAG HQ
"Be seated!" The admiral looked over his to best people. "What have you got Commander?
"Sir. Last night the Colonel and I were looking into Lt. Johnsons past, when Mac found something in her Highschool records."
Harm and Mac told the Admiral about what they had found.
"Sir, we'd like you to reopen the case. This could just be a councidence, but if the Lt. did what we think she did, Murphy's death would be murder."
The Admiral sat in his chair thinking. "Fine. I hereby grant your request. The case is reopened. But Commander, Colonel. Therad carefully! I want to be appraised on every step throughout this investigation. Dismissesd!"
"Eye eye Sir!"
To be continued...