Lieutenant Roberts walked back to the table with a bemused look on his face. "Why did you have me question him, sir?"

"Uh…I thought you could use the experience." Sam stated, half saying, half asking in the hopes that he had said the right thing.

This seemed to satisfy the Lieutenant, who grinned, "Thank you sir."

Sam smiled back, "No problem."

"Sam!" Someone called, "Sam! Over here!"

Sam looked around. Al was standing in the back of the courtroom. Sam was so busy watching Al that he didn't notice the female defense lawyer walking over to him.

"Hey, are you all right?" When he didn't respond, she tried again, "Harm are you all right? Harm?"

Finally Sam realized that she was talking him.

"What is it?" He asked.

"You zoned out on me for a second. You all right?"

Sam nodded, "Yeah I'm fine. I'll see you later." He told her. Not waiting for a response, he headed towards the exit. He walked through the door and was thankful for a nearby washroom. He ran through the restroom door and quickly checked to see if there was anyone else in the room. Finding no one, he let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Al appeared. "Hey Sam." He said casually, with his cigar in one hand and his control panel in the other. Sam was too tense for pleasantries. "Apparently, I have to be in court tomorrow, so it would be good if I knew who and when I was." He said.

Al stuck the cigar in his mouth and punched the keys on the control panel.

"It's 2003 and your name is Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. Harm to your friends. You are a military lawyer with the Judge Advocate General's Office; or JAG. You used to be a Tomcat pilot, but then you were diagnosed with night blindness, so you transferred here."

Sam took this opportunity to check his appearance. In the mirror, there was a tall handsome man with short hair and deep blue eyes. Sam smiled. Harm Rabb smiled back. 'He's…that is I've got a killer smile.' He thought.

"So who were those people I talked to?" Sam asked.

Al pressed a few more keys. "US Navy Lieutenant Bud Roberts and Marine Lieutenant Colonel Sarah 'Mac' Mackenzie." He answered, "Both JAG lawyers here."

'Marine, ' Sam thought, 'I should have guessed.' Of course Sam didn't really know anything about military uniforms, although he'd leapt into a few soldiers.

"And where is here?" He asked.

"Falls Church, Virginia."

"And why am I here, exactly."

Al took his cigar out of his mouth and scratched his head, "Ziggy isn't quite sure, she's working on it." He paused, "Uh oh!" He whispered.

Sam's head whipped around sharply, "What's Uh oh?"

Al looked up from the panel in his hand, "In one week, NCIS will begin investigating the murder of Lieutenant Loren Singer, another JAG attorney. Harm will eventually be charged."

Sam nodded, "So I'm here to stop the murder." He supposed.

"No, according to Ziggy, the murder has already taken place. The body just hasn't been discovered yet."

"So, I'm here to prove my innocence."

"No, according to Ziggy, Harm is eventually exonerated."

"To find the real killer?" Sam was getting annoyed now.

"No, Ziggy says that Harm was released because the actual killer was caught."

Sam threw his hands up in desperation. "Well, then why am I here?"

"Eh…" Al paused, "Ziggy doesn't know exactly. Although there is ninety-nine percent probability that you are here to win the case that you were trying in there."

"Which case is that exactly?"

"According to Ziggy, this the United States v. Petty Officer Kevin Andrews. He was charged with the rape and murder of one of his shipmates, Petty Officer Veronica Chambers." Al shuddered slightly as he silently read the details of the crime. Being in the Navy himself, the only thing worse than having a shipmate killed was having one killed in so brutal a fashion.

"Is he guilty?"

"Ziggy says there's a ninety-nine point nine percent chance that he is."

"If it's such an open and shut case, then why am I here?"

"Well Ziggy says that in the middle of the case, the defense uncovered an alibi for their client and the case was dismissed. It wasn't until after the trial that they discovered that the alibi was false, but double-jeopardy prevented them from retrying him."

Sam nodded in understanding, "So I'm here to expose his alibi and put him away."

Al nodded, "Yeah, but that may not be the only thing. There's something that Ziggy is still trying to figure out. I'll get back to you when I have more. In the mean time, I suggest that you brush up on your military law."