Chapter 8
0854 ZULU Captain Brown's office Roosevelt Naval Base 15 miles south of London
We arrived at the Captain's office six minutes and thirty nine seconds before 0900. An officer with four bars on his shoulders greeted us, I assumed he was the Captain. He was a rather short man, yet he seemed fully energetic, (unlike a certain someone), intelligent, and dangerous, yet friendly all at once. I suppose if one were to meet Napoleon, he'd be something like this.
"Welcome Commanders, I'm sorry I couldn't greet you yesterday, but I was stuck in meetings all day." He smiled at us, "You know how that is..Oh- excuse me, I forgot to introduce myself, Captain Brown, I'm in charge of this base here and all who operate on it."
"Commander Harmon David Patrick Burnett at your service sir," Harm introduced himself, "this is-"
"Commander Sarah Harriet MacKenzie Burnett, sir." I interrupted.
"I see you have a mind of your own Commander, which is good, I don't like women in the armed forces who hide behind the men... The real question is, how am I to distinguish between you two when I want only one?"
"Well, Sir, most people call my husband 'Harm,' and before I got married, people called me 'Mac,' (I eyed Harm here), some still do. As long as my husband has no objections to my being called that, neither do I."
We both looked at Harm, who was just beginning to wake up, "I, uhh., have no objection to that, Sir."
"Settled then. One last thing, Commander Harm, make sure you get some decent sleep before reporting for duty. I don't like my people to do lousy jobs because of things like that."
"Sir, We're both a little tired from our jet lag, and our trip, I hope you won't judge our competence on just this first acquaintance." Harm replied. Nice save Harm..
"Have you ever thought of becoming a lawyer, Commander Harm.?" Asked the captain. Okay, not so nice save..
"No sir, the thought hadn't crossed my mind." Lose the lawyer lingo Harm, or we're finished..
"Well, the JAG's missed out on a lot, it's a pity, I think my friend Admiral Chegwidden would have had a lot of fun bossing you around.He's an ex-seal you know, I never was, we were just friends at the Academy.
"Oh well, down to business, you're both computer technicians, and pilots, now that's an odd combination." (He was currently looking over our fake service records.) "You're here to do computer work though, and maybe if you're lucky I'll let you fly some F-14's before you transfer out again."
"Thank you sir." We respond in unison, meanwhile my stomach is churning, the last time you were in an F-14... Don't even go there!
"One last thing, I understand you're both married, and since you two are not permanent additions to the base, we're allowing some leeway, but not a lot. If you cause undue disturbance on this base, or outside it, you'll be seeing Chegwidden after all.."
"Yes, Sir." We respond again, in unison.
"One last word of warning, although this is not related to your jobs at all, there have been four murders on this base in the last month, the investigation is underway. What you should know though, is that all the victims were officers in the Navy, and female."
I could feel Harm tense beside me, we already knew this, but it was just another reminder of how dangerous our position-my position was. "Thank you for the warning Captain." I reply.
"Major Davidson will be able to answer any questions you might have, this is her pager number." (he handed me a slip of paper) "This is a list of computers on the base that need fixing by the end of this week, their priority number is also there, and if you haven't got any questions that will be all."
"No Sir."
"Very good, you may have the rest of the day to become acquainted with this base. Dismissed."
"Aye, Aye Sir."
We walked out. "So what do you think we should do first?" I ask Harm.
"Explore, learn our way around," (then he lowers his voice) "and gather information....."
A/N: Where were the reviews on the last three chapters!!!!!??????? I'd like a decent amount of reviews people before I update this again!!!
0854 ZULU Captain Brown's office Roosevelt Naval Base 15 miles south of London
We arrived at the Captain's office six minutes and thirty nine seconds before 0900. An officer with four bars on his shoulders greeted us, I assumed he was the Captain. He was a rather short man, yet he seemed fully energetic, (unlike a certain someone), intelligent, and dangerous, yet friendly all at once. I suppose if one were to meet Napoleon, he'd be something like this.
"Welcome Commanders, I'm sorry I couldn't greet you yesterday, but I was stuck in meetings all day." He smiled at us, "You know how that is..Oh- excuse me, I forgot to introduce myself, Captain Brown, I'm in charge of this base here and all who operate on it."
"Commander Harmon David Patrick Burnett at your service sir," Harm introduced himself, "this is-"
"Commander Sarah Harriet MacKenzie Burnett, sir." I interrupted.
"I see you have a mind of your own Commander, which is good, I don't like women in the armed forces who hide behind the men... The real question is, how am I to distinguish between you two when I want only one?"
"Well, Sir, most people call my husband 'Harm,' and before I got married, people called me 'Mac,' (I eyed Harm here), some still do. As long as my husband has no objections to my being called that, neither do I."
We both looked at Harm, who was just beginning to wake up, "I, uhh., have no objection to that, Sir."
"Settled then. One last thing, Commander Harm, make sure you get some decent sleep before reporting for duty. I don't like my people to do lousy jobs because of things like that."
"Sir, We're both a little tired from our jet lag, and our trip, I hope you won't judge our competence on just this first acquaintance." Harm replied. Nice save Harm..
"Have you ever thought of becoming a lawyer, Commander Harm.?" Asked the captain. Okay, not so nice save..
"No sir, the thought hadn't crossed my mind." Lose the lawyer lingo Harm, or we're finished..
"Well, the JAG's missed out on a lot, it's a pity, I think my friend Admiral Chegwidden would have had a lot of fun bossing you around.He's an ex-seal you know, I never was, we were just friends at the Academy.
"Oh well, down to business, you're both computer technicians, and pilots, now that's an odd combination." (He was currently looking over our fake service records.) "You're here to do computer work though, and maybe if you're lucky I'll let you fly some F-14's before you transfer out again."
"Thank you sir." We respond in unison, meanwhile my stomach is churning, the last time you were in an F-14... Don't even go there!
"One last thing, I understand you're both married, and since you two are not permanent additions to the base, we're allowing some leeway, but not a lot. If you cause undue disturbance on this base, or outside it, you'll be seeing Chegwidden after all.."
"Yes, Sir." We respond again, in unison.
"One last word of warning, although this is not related to your jobs at all, there have been four murders on this base in the last month, the investigation is underway. What you should know though, is that all the victims were officers in the Navy, and female."
I could feel Harm tense beside me, we already knew this, but it was just another reminder of how dangerous our position-my position was. "Thank you for the warning Captain." I reply.
"Major Davidson will be able to answer any questions you might have, this is her pager number." (he handed me a slip of paper) "This is a list of computers on the base that need fixing by the end of this week, their priority number is also there, and if you haven't got any questions that will be all."
"No Sir."
"Very good, you may have the rest of the day to become acquainted with this base. Dismissed."
"Aye, Aye Sir."
We walked out. "So what do you think we should do first?" I ask Harm.
"Explore, learn our way around," (then he lowers his voice) "and gather information....."
A/N: Where were the reviews on the last three chapters!!!!!??????? I'd like a decent amount of reviews people before I update this again!!!