Crime Scene of First Victims
Little Creek Base
1606 EST

Mac had left Harm fitfully dozing about an hour ago. She had come to look at the scene of the crime, but was having a hard time concentrating. She knew Harm wasn't telling her the whole story, but what was she going to do. Harm was an adult and if he didn't want to tell her something that was his prerogative.

The only problem was that it hurt. Harm and Mac had been open with each other since the first day they met in the rose garden, and now for him to conceal something that effected him this much. Well it just hurt Mac that her best friend couldn't be open with her.

Suddenly Mac got a sudden chill up her spine. It was the same feeling that she had when that crazy police officer had been stalking her. Someone was watching her. Trying to pretend not to notice, and failing miserably Mac tried to scan the surrounding area without looking too obvious.

The feeling refused to leave so she decided to get away from the eyes. Getting in the JAG issue car she drove to the other end of the base where the temporary housing complex was located.

Near First Crime Scene
Little Creek Base
1610 EST

How the hell could she have seen him. He couldn't figure it out. Oh well he thought I guess I'll just have to be more cautious from now on.

Temporary Housing Complex
Little Creek Base
1614 EST

Mac entered the small 'apartment' that she and her partner were sharing. Walking quietly so as not to wake up her sleeping partner she went to go sit on the couch. She was startled when she sat on something warm that gave. Not to mention the exclamation of surprise that came out of it.

"Geeze Harm how did you get there?"

"I got up when I heard you leave. So did you find anything new?"

"Huh, Oh um… no."

"Well the people should start to file into the cafeteria pretty soon. I guess we each have enough time for a shower and a quick change."

"Yeah sure whatever."

Mac seemed really distant. "You OK?"

"Yeah just fine."

Cafeteria
Little Creek Base
1702 EST

They had arrived a little late for the beginning of dinner, which started at 5 and ended at 8. The reason for the long time was that people came in and out all the time, and there was no way to coordinate everything.

Surveying the room Mac spotted a young Lieutenant j.g. and flagged him down. "Excuse me, but can you point out an Alicia Milbourne, and Jon Hancock"

"Yes Ma'am. They are the two over in the corner by themselves. They have been over there ever since everything started."

"Thank you."

"No problem at all Ma'am. Sir."

Harm and Mac made their way over to the two young officers. One was a Lieutenant and the other was a Lieutenant Commander like Harm.

"Excuse me." Harm said trying not to piss anyone off "but we were wondering…"

"What we saw." The male Lieutenant said.

"This may suck but you still treat superior officers with respect."

"Yes Ma'am." The man mumbled in return.

"Sorry about him, but he is really worked up over this."

"It's OK. We are the two people from Jag. I'm Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, and this is Major Mackenzie. We would like to ask you a few questions."

"Well Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, fire away." The woman said sarcastically.

"But Ma'am you just said…"

"He's not my superior officer."

"Yes Ma'am" the young man replied meekly.

"Well Lieutenant what did you see that you were considered a witness."

"Well Sir. Ma'am. I didn't really see anything. I was the last one to talk to the third pair of victims. Lieutenant j.g. Jess Green and Lieutenant j.g. Jordan Cicola. We were all at a bar just outside the base. It's the place everyone goes so there were at least 45 service men there that night. Each of us had at least two beers, but Jess downed more than that. She just got news that her husband was divorcing her and that he was going to try for custody of their kids."

"Wait," Mac interrupted "She had a family?"

"Yeah." But a glare from the woman sitting across from him and he restated his answer as a 'yes ma'am.'

"That wasn't said in the report."

"Mac, you know that they don't always tell us this kind of stuff."

"Continue." She growled.

"Sorry Ma'am. Well any way. Jess was pretty well drunk and so Jordan said that he was going to walk her back to the woman's barracks so that she could get some sleep."

"About what time was it that they left the bar?" Mac asked.

"Well I guess it must have been somewhere around 2200."

"Only ten o'clock?" Harm inquired.

"Yes sir. She got news during dinner and left the mess hall right after she got word. So she had plenty of time to go get drunk." At another glare from the Lieutenant Commander sitting across from him he corrected by saying, "Er… Um… I mean that she had plenty of time to a go to the bar and have a few drinks. She would have gone alone if Jordan hadn't seen her and talked her into waiting for us."

"Was there a romantic relationship between the two j.g.'s?"

"Well no sir. They were just partners and best friends."

"Partners?" Mac took over the questioning.

"Yes Ma'am. They worked together daily."

"Thank you. Now Commander what exactly was it that you saw?"

"Well, I guess you could say that I was the one who saw the first two people die, but all I saw was a man with a knife, going after two marine recruits. When I saw that I ran to the nearest phone and called the MPs. By the time they got there the pair was dead. I didn't even know them."

"Why didn't you try to help them." By now Mac was angry. She couldn't believe that a navy Lieutenant Commander could abandon two marines to die.

"What could I do? The two people were on the ground and the guy had a knife. What did you want me to do? Run into a situation that I knew nothing about. The guy could have had back up. He could have killed me. I did the only thing that I was sure that I could do, and that was call the MP's."

Mac was about to scream at the woman to tell her that she was an officer and someone who should be willing to help people, but there was Harm. He gently placed a restring hand on her shoulder. "Thank you, Commander, Lieutenant. Don't go anywhere we might have to talk to you later."

"Sure."

Irritated Mac got up and Harm followed her.