UNDERCOVER
By Ellinor math_robert@hotmail.com
Summary: Harm has to deal with a new partner
Spoilers: starting summer 2002. No Afghanistan, Bud’s leg or Sergei’s 
story involved
Rated: PG I guess, no bag language and only a few kisses…
Disclaimer: JAG, its characters and premise are the exclusive property 
of Bellasarius Productions, Paramount Television and CBS Entertainment. 
No monetary gain is appreciated from this endeavor, nor is any 
copyright infringement intended. This story is created purely for recreational 
purposes
Note 1: sorry, english is not my mother language. I’m doing my best to 
translate what I wrote, but it may not be perfect.
Note 2: Thanks a LOT to Kasey, my beta reader, who’s doing an amazing 
work!
Note 3: thanks too to Lindy and all who gave me some information I 
needed about US military

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Chapter 1

1735 local
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
Tuesday

Harm fills his attaché case with files, buckles it. Mac comes in at 
that moment. Harm takes his attaché case and leaves his office to the 
elevator, followed by Mac.

Mac – You’re taking work with you on a leave?
Harm – Just one or two things to keep my conscience clear.
Mac – Where are you going?
Harm – Barbados. 5 days. Sun, sea, coconuts, paradise!
Mac – Lucky you!
Harm – *I* didn’t lose my last free days in the jungle. See you next 
week, Mac!

The elevator closes on a grinning Harm.

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0905 local
Barbados
Royal Crown Hotel
Wednesday

Harm steps on the balcony of his room, in plain underwear [yum…]. He 
stretches in the sunlight and leans on the railing. He admires the view, 
the blue sky, the green sea, enjoying his vacation. A few minutes 
later, he leaves the hotel, dressed in his bathing suit and a t-shirt, a 
towel on his shoulder. Arriving on the sand, he tosses his towel on the 
ground, takes his t-shirt off and runs to the ocean, where he finally 
dives. He swims easily a moment. Coming back to the shore, he sees 
something turquoise floating besides him. Not worried (it can’t be a crab or a 
jellyfish) he picks up the thing, which happens to be the top of a 
woman’s bathing suit.

A voice – Could you give it to me, please?

Harm discovers then a young redhead woman near him, who keeps her arms 
on her breasts.

The woman – Those tops are terrible. They slip away at the worst 
moment.
Harm – Here. Do you need any help to put it on?
The woman – What a gentleman you are!

The redhead woman smiles and laughs. She takes the top from Harm’s 
hands, plunges into the water to the shoulders, keeping her eyes on Harm.

The woman – I’m Jamie.
Harm – Harmon. But my friends call me Harm.
Jamie – Well, Harm, can I offer you a drink to thank you?
Harm – Isn’t it a bit early for a drink?
Jamie – Fruit juice or coffee, if you prefer.
Harm – Coffee will be perfect, I haven’t had my breakfast yet.
Jamie – So let me invite you!
Harm – You’re kidding! How could I let such a pretty girl pay the bill?

Jamie laughs.

Jamie – You’re incredible! You don't sound much like a southern 
gentleman though.
Harm – Not really, but gallantry has been part of my education.
Jamie – Okay. I offer you the coffee, as promised, and you pay for the 
rest. Is it okay for you?
Harm – Absolutely!

They smile at each other in a friendly way. Jamie dries herself with 
the towel she’d left on the sand. Harm gets his and joins Jamie, who’s 
dressing herself with a sarong.

Jamie – Shall we go?
Harm – Take the lead.

They enter a little restaurant on the promenade, sit down and order.

Jamie – So, tell me, Harm, what do you do for a living?
Harm – I’m Commander in the Navy.
Jamie, impressed – Wow! That must be interesting! And what does the job 
consist of?
Harm – Well, I began my career by being a fighter pilot. And after a 
crash, I had to leave and attended law school, then joined the Judge 
Advocate General corps.
Jamie – *That* must be less fun!
Harm – I thought so at the beginning. And actually, it’s not. I’m still 
in the military, you know, the “family”, I keep flying, and as a 
lawyer, I’m determining who’s right and who’s wrong. I love that!
Jamie – It’s nice to see someone who loves his job!
Harm – Doesn’t seem to be your case. What is your job?
Jamie – You must have terrific stories to tell! What is your best 
memory as a pilot?
Harm – I have several. You did not answer my question.
Jamie – I pass, counselor. Tell me.

Harm looks at her, intrigued, and begins.

Harm – One of my best memory is the day I got my wings back, five years 
after my crash.

Jamie listens to Harm telling stories about pilots and lawyers, all day 
long.
The night has fallen, Jamie and Harm are having diner at a nice place, 
with candles. Jamie really seems to be seduced by Harm. [Who wouldn’t 
be, in her position?]

Jamie – That was a wonderful diner, Harm. Thanks a lot!
Harm – You’re welcome! What do you say about walking a little along the 
beach?
Jamie – I would prefer you walk me back to my hotel.
Harm, a little disappointed – As you wish.

They leave the restaurant. They arrive in front of Jamie’s door.

Jamie – Do you want to come in for a drink?
Harm - …
Jamie – Please, just a last drink.
Harm – Okay, just one glass.

They step in. Jamie goes to the fridge.

Jamie – Whiskey, bourbon?
Harm – Bourbon, dry.

Jamie prepares two glasses, gives one to Harm. They sit down, savoring 
their drinks a few minutes. Jamie looks at Harm. We feel she wants to 
say something, but she dares not.

Jamie – Harm…
Harm – Yes?
Jamie – I hid some things from you.
Harm – I noticed. What is it? You’re married and you want your husband 
to watch us?

Jamie looks at him, astonished, then burst out laughing. Harm stares at 
her, furious, then can’t help laughing too.

Jamie – No, this kind of things is definitely not in my habits. And 
what’s more, I’m not married. It’s professional.

Jamie becomes serious again. She puts her glass down, get up, turn 
around the room for a while, then take a deep breath and turns to Harm.

Jamie – I’m an FBI agent, and the Bureau needs you.

Harm, who was taking a sip, nearly chokes.

Harm – I don’t know what to say.
Jamie – Don’t say anything. In fact, I need your approval now. If you 
accept, I tell you what it’s all about, If not, I leave the room and you 
never hear of me again.
Harm – Can’t you tell me a bit more about it?
Jamie – I can only tell you it’s about national security.
Harm – And I have to give you my answer before knowing anything else?
Jamie – Yes. If I told you everything, and your answer was no, I would 
be forced to kill you. Wouldn’t that be sad?
Harm – Certainly. How long do I have to give you my answer?
Jamie – 24 hours. After that, or we have a deal, or I disappear.

Harm gets up, a little shaken.

Jamie – And do not talk about this to anyone. Or else.
Harm – You would have to kill me?
Jamie – Yeah. You and the person you would have talked to.
Harm – Well, I’ll see you tomorrow, then?
Jamie – You’ll find me here, whatever the time.

Harm takes a look at his watch

Harm – Tomorrow, 22.45. 

He gets out of the room. Jamie watches him step out, then sit on the 
bed.

Jamie – Say yes, please, or we’re doomed.

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Chapter 2

All the following day, Harm walks on the beach, thinking about the 
mission he could be charged of. How being a JAG lawyer and having a mission 
to fulfill for the FBI? He cannot decide without further explanations. 
He has to see Jamie. As soon as he steps in his room, the phone rings.

Harm – Rabb.
Mac – It’s Mac! How’s the vacation? Tell me you’ve had enough of blue 
skies and white sand, and you’re coming back to work!
Harm – No way! I enjoy it too much here. But why don’t you join me?
Mac – You know perfectly well I can’t. So, what’s new? You’ve got 
sunburns?
Harm – Not quite! The sea is wonderful, the fruits are delicious, it’s 
almost a paradise. It only misses you.
Mac – Harm, is there a problem?

At that moment, the door opens, and Jamie comes inside, looking pissed 
off.

Harm – No, no problem. Listen, the room service is knocking, I call you 
later, okay?

He hangs up. On the other side, Mac looks at her phone, worried.

Jamie – The room service. Not a bad idea.
Harm – I told her nothing!
Jamie – I know. But one could say I was right on time.
Harm – Are you spying on me?
Jamie – Since yesterday 2246, the minute you step out of my room. We 
had to be sure of you.
Harm – I can’t give you my answer without further information.
Jamie – I will tell you what I can without endangering my mission.
Harm – Will I have to quit my job?
Jamie – Absolutely not. For you, all will stay the same. The only 
difference is the persons you will work for.
Harm – Will this mission imply some changes in my private life?
Jamie – What kind of?
Harm – You know… private things.
Jamie – You have no private life. You’re single, no official 
girlfriend, why do you think they chose you? Unless your affair is so secret 
nobody ever heard about it. With one of your colleagues, maybe? Or are you 
gay?
Harm – I’m not gay. And I have no affair with any of my colleagues.
Jamie – So where is the problem?
Harm – Nowhere, I guess.
Jamie – Have you another question?
Harm – No.
Jamie – So, what is your choice?
Harm - How long is it going to last?
Jamie – I don’t know. Between 2 weeks and a year.
Harm – You mean my life will be set aside for a whole year!
Jamie – If you accept, it could be.

Harm remains speechless at this idea. He sits on his bed and put his 
face in his hands.

Jamie – Harm, it’s about the security of America. And the military is 
involved.

Harm looks at her.

Jamie – Maybe friends of yours. This mission, you could call it a 
lesson of patriotism. Do everything for your country, without thinking to 
you or to your friends.
Harm – And my family? Couldn’t something happen to them?
Jamie – No. anyway, your brother is in Russia, you can’t contact him 
and your mother will be put under discrete protection.
Harm, looking disgusted – You know all about me, don’t you?
Jamie – No. What’s inside you, your feelings and thoughts, we can’t 
know them.

A moment of silence.

Jamie – Please, Commander Rabb, your country needs you.
Harm – You know what button to press!
Jamie – I know you well, what’s in you file, I mean.
Harm – Do you have any idea of what you’re asking me?
Jamie – I know. I have already accepted.
Harm – You?
Jamie – Does it surprise you? Your best female friend is a Marine 
though.
Harm – It’s not the same!
Jamie – Do you really think so?
Harm – Where is it going to lead us?
Jamie – So you accept?
Harm – I must be crazy!

Jamie sighs in relief.

Jamie – For a second I thought you were going to say no. Welcome on 
board, Commander!

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Chapter 3

0845 local
Royal Crown Hotel
Barbados
Thursday

Jamie opens Harm’s door with a master key and finds him still asleep, 
spread across his bed.
[The writer will not tell if she thought about undressing herself and 
joining our hero in his bed…]
Well, after hesitating a second [quite understandable...] in front of 
this show of male sex-appeal, she throws the file on the table, pulls 
the curtains and open the window wide.

Jamie – Come on partner wake up. We have a hard day waiting for us!

Harm put his head under his pillow moaning and mumbling.

Jamie – Be a sweetheart, Harm, get up!
Harm – I’m on leave! Get the hell out of here! I have a deal with you! 
What else do you want from me?
Jamie – You have to learn your part, know what you have to say… (sigh) 
be a little more friendly with me.
Harm – I’m sorry. I haven’t been able to sleep last night.
Jamie – It’s not a reason to be so grumpy!

Harm eventually gets up, only dressed only in his underwear.

Harm – Can I at least get dressed?
Jamie – Sure! I even asked for a breakfast which must be o its way up!

Harm turns to Jamie, looking interested. He is about to say something 
but Jamie speaks before him.

Jamie – With black coffee, orange juice, scrambled eggs and toast.
Harm – It makes up for the early wake-up call!
Jamie, smiling – That’s the point.

Harm goes into the bathroom, and the shower can be heard. During this 
time, the room service arrives and brings the breakfast. Then she opens 
the file she had when she came in and flip through the pages. Harm 
comes out of the bathroom, a towel secured around his hips, drying his hair 
with another. Going by the table, he takes a sip out of the cup of 
coffee Jamie served him. He takes his clothes and goes back in the bathroom 
with his cup.

Harm, from inside the bathroom – So, what do I need to know?
Jamie – My name is Jamie Bond, I was born November 26th 1968 in 
Norfolk, Virginia, my father was a welder working at the shipyard, and my 
mother was a secretary at the same place.

Harm, his face covered with shaving cream, poke his head round the 
door.

Harm – Is this true? Jamie Bond, it sounds weird.
Jamie – It’s part true. Better you don’t know my real name. You could 
mix everything and blow my cover.
Harm, going back to shaving – Too bad!
Jamie – I’m Susan.
Harm, shaving – Susan… Suits you pretty well.
Jamie smiling – Thanks. I have two brothers. Sean and Moore. My mother 
didn’t know a thing about my illustrious namesake until she met my 
father who was a fan.

Harm gets out of the bathroom dressed with a pair of jeans, drying his 
face.

Harm - *That* can’t be true!
Jamie – If my two partners come to see me, they have to have a reason, 
don’t you think?
Harm – Right. I just need to know who is who.

Jamie pulls two pictures out of the file and hands them to Harm.

Jamie – Sean is the blond one, Moore is the tall one.
Harm – They look nice.
Jamie – They are adorable. Like real big brothers! They also make the 
cover, in case they need to use it. When I was 18, I went to Naval 
Academy at Annapolis to be a fighter pilot. In fact, it’s my father’s best 
friend, a pilot he met during Vietnam, who began to teach me to fly when 
I was about ten. Between boats and planes, I chose both.
Harm – It must be true, or the Admiral would have signed nothing, at 
least not for the Navy.
Jamie – It’s partly true, like everything else. But I won’t tell you 
what is what. After that, I went to several bases, the last one was Adak, 
Alaska.
Harm – I imagine your military record has been well made up.
Jamie – I can even find men who could swear I spent six months with 
them. Don’t worry, my boss did everything all right. He his my father’s 
best friend, the one who taught me to fly.

Harm gets out of the bathroom fully dressed and clean-shaven.

Harm – All your story is made of half-truths. Do you expect people to 
believe them?
Jamie – Even better than you think. Why shouldn’t they believe me?
Harm – Do you have anything planned for today?
Jamie – Apart from making you repeat my story? No, I can do everything 
I want. The watching team is gone, we can make what we want of our 
time.
Harm – There is a little private airport on the way out of the city. 
Would you like to...?
Jamie – I know you want to test me. Lucky you I love flying!
Harm – One or two planes? And who pays for all the expenses?
Jamie – Uncle Sam pays for all the expenses induced by the mission, 
within reasonable limits. So, he offers a walk in the sky with one, but 
not a duel with two.
Harm – All right. One plane, and we take the stick in turn.
Jamie – Suits me!
Harm – Here we go!
Jamie – I stick to your six!

*******************

Barbados
Airport
Thursday
1000 local

Our two heroes get out of a taxi down at the airport. In front of the 
hangar, they meet a mechanic.

Harm – Good morning! We would like to rent a plane for the day.
The mechanic – You have to ask the chief, in the tower. On his 
coveralls, it's written ‘Josh’.
Jamie – Thanks!

Harm and Jamie step out of the tower minutes later. They head to the 
Piper Cherokee waiting for them in the hangar’s shadow.

Jamie – I begin. After all, ladies first!
Harm – Okay. Nice of you to let me the landing.
Jamie – If you think you can’t make a daily landing on a ground runway, 
you shouldn’t take the stick at all!
Harm – Hey! I can land a F-14 on a spot on any ocean. Have you ever 
flown on that kind of plane?
Jamie – Not this one.

Jamie sits begins the check-up and put the head phones on her ears.

Jamie – Suarez, this is Bravo Delta. Requesting permission for 
take-off.
The tower – Bravo Delta, permission granted. Have a nice flight!
Jamie – Thank you Suarez. Over.

With a light of passion in her eyes, Jamie throws her plane on the air 
strip and takes off with a cry of excitement. Harm watches her with a 
surprised and admiring look. Several seconds later, Jamie looks at Harm 
smiling.

Jamie – I’m home here!

They fly in silence for a few minutes. And suddenly, Jamie dives and 
begin to perform acrobatics. From the tower, the mechanic and Josh look 
at the little plane that rolls, reels and flips with admiration.

The mechanic – That’s a man with balls!
Josh – It’s the girl who has the stick.

The mechanic is speechless.
In the plane, Jamie has left the stick to Harm. She breathes slowly, 
eyes closed, her face shows the passion she feels for flying.

Harm – Do I show you what I can do now?
Jamie – Okay. Just don’t forget it’s not a tomcat or your Stearman!
Harm – I think I can handle it!

And like Jamie moment before, he throws the Piper in a series of 
acrobatics. Jamie cries out of joy and excitement then laughs out loud. She 
is in heaven. Harm smiles at her and laughs too.

*******************

After a few hours of flying, they land the little plane on the 
airport’s runway and exit on the tarmac, excited but tired. The mechanic awaits 
them in front of the hangar.

Jamie – You didn’t believe I could do that, did you?
Harm – You bluffed me on that one!
The mechanic – Well, missy, looks you’re a woman who have balls!
Jamie – Tank you!
Harm – I didn’t believe her when she told me she was born holding a 
stick.
Jamie – People pretends women can’t do men’s jobs and stay feminine at 
the same time. But only men say that!

Jamie turns and start to walk to the car head up and hips swaggering. 
Harm follows her shaking his head looking like he just has been had in 
full length.

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1615 local
Royal Crown Hotel
Barbados
Thursday

They enter Jamie’s room. She throw the keys on the bed and opens the 
French doors. She steps on the balcony and breathe the fresh air. Harm 
lean against the doorframe and look at her, almost tenderly. Then she 
turns back and smile to him.

Jamie – So, you’ll get used to me?
Harm – In privacy, I don’t know, but I won’t have a problem with the 
rest. Do you fly other kinds of planes?
Jamie – I’ve learnt on a 1946 Cessna. Then I bought a 1971 Bonanza, as 
easy to fly as a toy. I love my Hummingbird! Those last months, I’ve 
been trained on Hornets, Tomcats and Skyhawks.
Harm – You seems to know planes pretty well.
Jamie – They wanted me to be able to fly anything.
Harm – And which one do you prefer?
Jamie – Fighters? The Skyhawk is smaller, lighter, easier to handle, 
but the Tomcat is faster. The first time I pass the sound wall, it was in 
a Phantom II. When I returned, the guy in the tower told me his ears 
were still ringing from the cry I shouted!
Harm – I can believe it.

Jamie hands him the file they were studying that morning.

Jamie – Those are all the papers they made for me. Military record, 
friends, stories, things to know.
Harm – I have to learn all that? It seems a little odd that I should 
know that much about you in only a week.
Jamie – What you’ll be able to say about me will show we have spent 
some time out of a bed.
Harm – Excuse me?
Jamie – Harm, I’m going to move at your place., we have to pretend to 
be a man and a woman who fell in love with each other. Usually, in that 
kind of situation, the man and the woman spend most of their time in a 
bed. You need a drawing?
Harm – No, thanks.
Jamie – I’m sorry, Harm. It’s too late to go back, now.

Jamie walks to Harm and take him in her arms.

Jamie – Hold me, Harm, just to get used to me.

Harm do as she says and put his cheek on the top of her head.

Jamie – See, it’s not that hard.

They stay in an embrace for a few minutes. Slowly, Jamie lift up her 
head, slides her hands along his back to his neck and put a gentle kiss 
on his lips. Then she steps back from him.

Jamie – We have a few days to practice. So we can get used to each 
other. If you jump every time I touch you, it will look rather strange, 
don’t you think?
Harm – I jump? Well, you’re gonna jump now!

Harm grabs Jamie’s face in his hands and kiss her sharply. Jamie hangs 
on to his neck and they share a breathtaking kiss. Harm drags her to 
the bed and they fall down without letting go. Jamie moans softly and 
Harm smiles. They part, breathing deeply.

Harm – So, you’re convinced?
Jamie – yes I am, Commander!

They smile and Harm rolls on to his back to take his breath.

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Chapter 4

2026 local
Harm’s Appt.
Sunday

The sound of the key in the lock and Harm and Jamie enter the 
apartment.

Harm – Here. It’s not a palace, but it’s nice.

Jamie take a look around.

Jamie – Yeah, real nice!
Harm – Heads or tails?
Jamie – For what?
Harm – For the bed.
Jamie – Harm, how tall are you?
Harm – 6’4, why?
Jamie – I’m 5’6. That’s why I take the couch.
Harm – I didn’t get it.
Jamie – The couch is too short for you, Harm, and I don’t want you to 
spend your nights cursing me for sleeping in your bed. Unless of course 
if you want to… share the bed...
Harm – I don’t think this is a good idea.
Jamie – I don’t think so either. So, I take the couch. And so much for 
gallantry!

Harm goes in his room, puts his bag on the bed and open the wardrobe. 
He pushes his clothes on the side.

Harm – Jamie, there is some room here for your…  Hey, what’s that?

He hands Jamie some uniforms in a cover.

Jamie – Those are my uniforms.
Harm – And how did they got here?
Jamie – One of my colleagues must have brought them.
Harm – What I mean is how did they came inside? The door was locked, 
wasn’t it?
Jamie, a little embarrassed – Well, I think they must have picked the 
lock.
Harm – You knew that and you told me nothing!!
Jamie – Listen, Harm, Moore just told me he was taking care of the 
uniforms. I thought he would give them directly to me tonight. I’m sorry. 
Anyway, he had to come inside to check the place.
Harm – Check?
Jamie – For the micros. He must have put a couple of them to keep an 
eye on us and take off the ones that could have been there before.
Harm – You mean they keep watching on us?
Jamie – It’s to avoid anything happening to us. The must be a backup 
not very far, in case.
Harm – I can’t believe it!

Harm shouts to the micros.

Harm – I’M NOT SATISFIED AT ALL WITH WHAT IS GOING ON!!!
Jamie, smiling – Don’t worry, I think they understood!

She takes the uniforms, takes out the cover and looks at them.

Jamie – Not bad! I like the blue one, but the white is more becoming.

She puts them back on the bed and takes the shoes.

Jamie – Those are less nice, though. I guess I’ll grow used to them.

Harm looks at her, while putting away his clothes, what Jamie notices.

Jamie – I can’t help it, I love shopping and buying clothes.

She let everything fall and throw herself face down on the bed.

Jamie – So, how do we do this?
Harm, sarcastic – I thought you had planned everything!
Jamie – I was talking turns in the bathroom, who makes the cooking and 
the dishes, this kind of things.
Harm – I’m first in the bathroom, I want to have hot water left!
Jamie – Hey! It’s not nice! I never spend more than half an hour in a 
bathroom in the morning!
Harm – Really? Well, I’m curious to see that!
Jamie – That’s not nice of you to say that!

Jamie grabs a pillow and throws it to Harm’s face. Harm dodges, picks 
it up and throws it back to Jamie who receives it in the belly. She 
takes the pillow by the corner, stands up on the bed and hit Harm on the 
head. Harm takes the other pillow and they fight. Our two fighters stop 
minutes later, brought down by giggles.

Jamie – This is a promising cohabitation!

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Chapter 5

0728 local
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
Monday

Jamie and Harm are in the elevator. Harm is a bit nervous.

Jamie – Don’t worry, everything will be fine!
Harm – What if they find out something? What if they endanger the 
mission?
Jamie – Harm! look at me.

Harm turns to Jamie.

Jamie – Everything will be all right, I promise.

She caresses Harm’s cheek with her hand and kisses him on the lips. 
Harm answers this unexpected kiss. At that precise moment, the elevator 
opens in front of Mac and Bud. Harm turns quickly and meets Mac’s hurt 
gaze. Bud senses the tension and salutes Harm.

Bud – Good morning, Commander! It’s a pleasure to see you again!

Harm recovers his senses and exit the elevator. He salutes back.

Harm – Thanks Bud. Good morning, Mac.
Mac – Good morning Harm.
Harm – May I introduce you Commander Jamie Bond. She’s just arriving at 
JAG
Bud – Welcome Ma’am. I’m Lieutenant Bud Roberts.
Jamie – Thank you Lieutenant.
Harm – Jamie, this is Lieutenant Colonel Sarah McKenzie.
Mac – Good morning Commander.
Jamie – Pleased to meet you Colonel.
Mac – It’s strange, we haven’t been warned of your arrival.
Harm - I suppose the admiral forgot to tell you.
Bud – About that, sir, he would like to see you in his office ASAP.
Harm – I’m on my way.
Jamie – I tail you, I think he wants to see me too.

Harm leaves his bag in his office followed by Jamie and they go to the 
admiral’s. He is sitting at his desk, flipping through a file, which 
happens to be Jamie’s military record.

Harm – You wanted to see us, sir?
AJ – Good morning Commander. Close the door and take a seat. (To Jamie) 
You must be Commander Bond?
Jamie – Yes sir.
AJ – Take a seat .
Jamie – Thank you sir.
AJ – Harm, I received orders coming from the top concerning you. I 
guess it’s related to your coming, isn’t it Commander?
Jamie – Yes sir.
AJ – Tell me more about that.
Jamie – Permission to speak freely?
AJ – Granted.
Jamie – It’s a matter of National Security, sir. I’m not allowed to 
reveal you anything about my mission, nor Commander Rabb’s. the only thing 
I can tell you is you’ll be filled in once the mission is over.
AJ – And you really think I’ll stay with that?
Jamie – I respectfully suggest you take it up with the SECNAV, sir. He 
knows better than I do what can be revealed. When National Security is 
involved,  the less people know about everything, the better our 
chances to succeed. Sir.
AJ – I’ve already talked to the SECNAV. He told me exactly what you 
just said.
Jamie – It’s because we both received our orders from the Secretary of 
Defense, sir.
AJ – And what does the president know?
Jamie – He wished us good luck, sir.

The admiral leans back on his chair, looking disgusted.

AJ – If it goes that high, I suppose I have nothing to say.
Jamie – I’m sorry about that, sir.

AJ sighs

AJ – Otherwise, have you found a place to stay?
Jamie – Yes, sir. Commander Rabb let me live at his place.
AJ – If I translate, he had no other choice.
Jamie – No, sir, not on this point.
AJ - Is there anything else I should know?
Jamie – Only one, sir. Special files concerning certain affairs will be 
transmitted to you by the Bureau. You will have to give them directly 
to Commander Rabb or myself. The contents of those files is classified, 
but the transmission of those files must be done with everyone’s 
knowledge, so nothing can be suspected.
AJ – All right. And you, Harm, what is your opinion about that?
Harm – I wonder if I made the right choice accepting this mission, sir. 
But it’s done now!
AJ – Here is the first file I received. I guess I don’t have the right 
to see its contents either.
Jamie – You can, sir. But less you know, less your life can be 
endangered.
AJ – Would yours and the commander’s be?
Jamie – I hope not, sir.
AJ – And Colonel McKenzie?
Jamie – I haven’t been allowed to tell her. Nor any other member of the 
JAG.
AJ – And how long will you be here, commander?
Jamie – I…
Harm – We don’t know. Two weeks, two months, two years, who knows?
Jamie – I hope to accomplish this mission as quickly as possible, sir. 
As time is passing, I have more and more chances to be discovered.
AJ – Well, I wish you a good luck to you too. Lieutenant Simms will be 
delighted to be your assistant.
Harm – Thank you, sir.
Jamie – Thank you, sir.

The admiral hands them the file.

AJ – Here you are. And use it carefully!
Jamie – Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
AJ – Dismissed.

Harm and Jamie snap a second at attention, then leave the office. They 
pass by Harriet. Jamie puts her attaché case on a desk.

Harm – Lieutenant!
Harriet – Oh, good morning, commander!
Harm – Good morning, Harriet. Commander Bond, this is Lieutenant 
Harriet Simms-Roberts. She will be our assistant.
Harriet – Welcome, commander.
Jamie – Thank you, Lieutenant. I met Lieutenant Bud Roberts. Would you 
be related?
Harriet, blushing – He’s my husband, Ma’am.
Jamie – You have taste.
Harriet – Thank you Ma’am.
Jamie – If you work with us next weeks, you’ll have much work!
Harriet – I’m not afraid of work, Ma’am!
Harm – I’ll get you an office, you’ll be better to work.

Harm goes away.

Jamie – We will certainly need more space. Lieutenant?
Harriet – Yes, Ma’am?
Jamie – Would you know where the JAG’s archives are?
Harriet – Of course. What is it about?
Jamie – I need all the files you can find concerning thefts, robberies 
and disappearance of military items. Anything, tents, ammunition, arms, 
vehicles…
Harriet – We haven’t much of that kind of affairs. But I think I can 
find them. How far back should I look?
Jamie – Well, start from now and go back in the past. I will tell you 
when its enough. Is it a problem? The archives may be some place else.
Harriet – No, Ma’am, no problem. All the archives are in the basement. 
I start right away.

Harriet is about to go.

Jamie – Lieutenant? Can I ask you something else?

Harriet turns back.

Harriet – Of course, Ma’am.
Jamie – Give those files only to me or Harm, I mean Commander Rabb, 
personally.
Harriet – No problem, Ma’am.
Jamie – Thank you lieutenant.

Harriet leaves. Harm joins Jamie, looking pissed off.

Harm – Jamie, can I talk to you?
Jamie – Sure, what’s happening?

Harm grabs her arm and drags her to the courtroom.

Harm – Someone went into my office.
Jamie – What do you mean?
Harm – Someone who is not Mac, nor Bud, Harriet or the admiral.
Jamie, slightly embarrassed – Sean must have drop by to put some mics.
Harm – He went through the security, and you talk about it as if it was 
a walk in the park!
Jamie – But what can I do about it? He must insure nothing endangers 
our mission.
Harm – This whole thing is taking a bad start. It really smells funny. 
There’s holes everywhere!
Jamie – Why don’t you contact your friend Webb, he will be able to give 
you some answers. Anyway, where is my office?
Harm – Next to mine.

Jamie takes her briefcase and enters her office. She closes the door 
behind her, takes her mobile phone and dials a number.

Jamie – Sean?
Sean – He noticed something.
Jamie – The mics are yours?
Sean – Who else?
Jamie – You never know. You could have been more discreet, though.
Sean – He's very observant.
Jamie – He’s a fighter pilot, Sean.
Sean – He won’t expose us, will he?
Jamie – Not likely. Next time, try no to be caught.
Sean – You know me!
Jamie – That’s why. See you later.
Sean – Take care!

Jamie closes her phone and is pensive.

*******************

Chapter 6

1450 local
Monday
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia

Jamie’s working in her office, door wide open. She’s flipping through 
files, taking notes. Harriet enters the room, arms full of files.

Harriet – Commander, here are some more.
Jamie – Thank you lieutenant. Put them… hum… somewhere.

Harriet lays the file down on a pile of files.

Jamie – Are you all right, Lieutenant?
Harriet – I’m making it work, Ma’am.
Jamie – That’ll be all for today, Lieutenant. I think I have enough 
work for a few days.
Harriet – Only a few days?
Jamie – I’m a speed reader. You can go back to your usual work. I’ll 
call you if I need anything else.
Harriet – Yes, Ma’am.

Harriet goes out of the office and passes by Mac, who knocks on the 
doorframe.

Mac – How is your first day at JAG, Commander?
Jamie – Not bad at all! See, I have already found some work!
Mac – I can see that! But those are coming from the archives.
Jamie – I’m getting used to the way of working at JAG HQ.
Mac – Isn’t it boring?
Jamie – No, It’s okay. Harm talked to me about you. He says you’re his 
best friend. It’s unusual to see such a strong friendship between a man 
and a woman.
Mac – I’m flattered.
Jamie – Harm cares a lot about you, Colonel.
Mac – Please, call me Mac.
Jamie – So you can call me Jamie or Jay.
Mac – Okay Jamie. Are you new in DC?
Jamie – Yes. My last posting was Anchorage.
Mac – Did you step on an Admiral’s foot to find yourself in Alaska?
Jamie – No, but when I was promoted, I had to choose what was left, 
Anchorage or the Aleutians. At least, I was still on the continent!
Mac – It must not have been very fun.
Jamie – You get used to it. Three years is not forever. But I’m glad to 
be back in a civilized area.
Mac – I can believe it! And where are you staying?
Jamie – At Harm’s.
Mac, growing paler – He’s putting up with you until you find something?
Jamie – No, Mac, we’re living together.
Mac – Oh… I… I didn’t know it.
Jamie – No wonder, you’re one of the first to know.
Mac – So you’re here for a long time.
Jamie – For awhile, at least.
Mac – Well… I can see you have a lot to do. I’ll leave you to it.
Jamie – Mac, is everything all right?
Mac – Yeah, See you ’round Jamie.
Jamie – See you, Mac.

While leaving Mac passes by Harm. She avoids his look and keeps walking 
to her office. Harm is surprised with her attitude.

Harm – Is there a problem with Mac?
Jamie – Come in and close the door.

Harm does as she says.

Jamie – You don’t understand much to women, do you Harm?
Harm – What are you talking about?
Jamie – Who. About Mac.
Harm – And what about Mac?
Jamie – She’s in love with you, Harm. That’s what about Mac.
Harm – What?
Jamie – You didn’t notice! She’s way too upset about knowing we live 
together to be just a friend. A real friend would have been happy for 
you, would have congratulated you for having found someone. But she was 
shattered when she found out. And that’s the sign love is involved.

Harm looks at her, astonished. He sits on a chair. Jamie gets up and 
leans on the desk, in front of him.

Jamie – Harm?
Harm – But there has never been anything between us.
Jamie – That’s not an argument.
Harm – But why did she never told me?
Jamie – You know her past, don’t you? Abusive father, a mother who 
left, alcohol. It’s not easy to love when you’ve had an easy childhood. So 
when you had a very hard childhood, it’s almost impossible to built a 
normal love relationship. She’s too afraid of falling into that again to 
throw herself at you. And maybe you make it more difficult for her 
going out with other women.
Harm – And *you’re* telling me that?
Jamie – That’s another problem. Okay, here is what we’re gonna do. For 
the moment, you will *not* get interested in her another way than a 
colleague and best friend. You forget all I just said and you concentrate 
on our mission. Is that all right? I found a couple of things that 
appears to be related to our affair.

Jamie gets up to take a paper on her desk, but Harm stays motionless.

Jamie – Harm, come on!

No answer.

Jamie – Commander Rabb!
Harm – Yes, Commander, I heard you. I also found something.

He gets up and they go back to work.

*******************

Chapter 7

0831 local
Wednesday
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia

Harm and Jamie arrive at JAG. Jamie settles in her office. Harm goes to 
his and passes by Mac. She nods her head and walk in her office. Harm 
watches her pass by, looking as he sees her for the first time. He 
thinks to what Jamie had told him about her. He starts toward his office, 
then changes his mind and walks into Mac’s.

Harm – Good morning, Mac.
Mac, without looking at him – ‘Morning, Harm.
Harm – Would you be avoiding me, Colonel?
Mac – What makes you think that, Commander?
Harm – The fact you’re not talking to me anymore.
Mac – It’s because I have nothing to say to you. We’re not working on 
the same cases, so why would we be talking? And about what?
Harm – I thought we were friends…

Mac stays speechless for a moment. Then she raises her head, her gaze 
softens and she smiles to Harm.

Mac – I’m sorry if I made you think otherwise, Harm. Jamie’s arrival… 
hurt me a bit. I thought we were telling each other everything, and 
there you come, with her. It’s a bit hard.
Harm – Jealous ?
Mac – Jealous? Why would I be jealous?
Harm – Nothing. So we stay friends?
Mac – Of course!

They smile to each other and Harm turns and walks to his office. Mac’s 
smile fades slowly, revealing the sadness underneath.

Mac – Friends… only friends…

She leans back on her chair and stays lost in her thoughts.

*******************

1533 local
Sunday
Harm’s apartment

Jamie, wearing her robe is working on some files. There is a knock at 
the door.

Jamie – A second!

She closes her laptop, the files and cleans vaguely, then goes up and 
opens the door.

Jamie – Mac! Come in!
Mac – Thanks.

She sees the mess in the apartment, files lying on every surface. 
Hopefully, there is no proof someone is sleeping on the couch.

Mac – Isn’t Harm here?
Jamie – No. he went to see Sarah with Bud.
Mac – And you didn’t go with him?
Jamie – No, I have a little cold. With my Hummingbird, it wouldn’t have 
been a problem, but with Sarah, I was heading to a sinus infection, and 
a week in bed!
Mac – Your hummingbird?
Jamie – I own a 1971 Bonanza. She is in Seattle for the moment.
Mac – That’s pretty far!
Jamie – I’m taking her back from Alaska. It’s a long journey!
Mac – You took her with you there?
Jamie – We don’t stay long apart. I couldn’t have spent three years 
without her. It’s another reason why I did not choose the Aleutians. Wanna 
drink something?
Mac – Water will be perfect. Do you know when Harm will be back?

Jamie handles a glass of water to Mac.

Jamie – No idea. He went early this morning, so it must not be very 
long until he’s back. Do you want me to page him?
Mac – It won’t be necessary.

They remain silent for a while. Mac drinks.

Mac – How did you met?
Jamie – It’s a pretty funny story. I just had received my assignment to 
JAG headquarters. And as I had a few days to take I decided I would 
take them under the sun. I began with flying to Seattle with the 
Hummingbird and I went right to Barbados. I met harm the following morning. The 
top of my bathing suit had slip away and he picked it up. To thanks 
him, I bought him a cup of coffee, and one thing leading to another…
Mac – That’s a strange coincidence.
Jamie – It made us laugh when we found out we were going to work 
together! Tell me, Harm seems to be still flying. Maybe I could help you?
Mac – I wanted to ask him something.
Jamie – You can ask me!
Mac – I’m leaving town for a few days. Some inquiry to make, and I need 
someone to keep Jingo.
Jamie – Jingo?
Mac – My dog.
Jamie – A dog, that will be fun! I’ve always dreamed of have a dog, but 
it has never been possible. Just bring him here, I’m sure it’s not the 
first time he’s taken care of him.
Mac – Yeah!
Jamie – When are you leaving?
Mac – My plane is leaving tomorrow 0800.
Jamie – So why don’t you have dinner with us tonight? But it will make 
you drive and back.
Mac – You’re sure it will not bother you?
Jamie – Not at all! Unless you don’t like Harm’s cooking!
Mac – I like it, but he doesn’t put enough meat.
Jamie – So I’ll do it!

Just then Harm enters the apartment, jeans, leather bomber and ballcap.

Harm – What will you do? Oh, hi Mac!
Mac – Hi Harm.
Jamie – The cooking.
Harm – And why that? Don’t you like what I cook?

Jamie has got up and she kisses Harm who is a little reluctant. Jamie 
gives him a warning look then turns to Mac. Harm and Mac face each 
other, a little embarrassed. Harm takes off his jacket.

Harm – What are you doing here, Mac?
Mac – I’m leaving town for a few days and I was wondering if you could 
take Jingo.
Harm – No problem! Unless Jamie…
Jamie – I already said yes. And as Mac’s flight is early tomorrow 
morning, I told her to share our dinner.
Harm – And that’s why you’re cooking.
Jamie – Right!
Mac – Well, I’m going. What time should I come?
Jamie turns to Harm – 1930?
Harm – Perfect.
Mac – Okay. So I see you in a while.
Harm – Bye Mac.
Jamie – Bye!

Harm closes the door behind Mac, and Jamie reopens her laptop.

Jamie – So, how is Sarah?
Harm – She just went out…
Jamie – Your plane!
Harm – Oh, very good. We had a lot of fun!
Jamie – I’m angry I was not feeling well enough to go with you! To 
punish myself, I went down in the files.
Harm – Is that why you’re not dressed?
Jamie – Yeah, but it’s also because it’s sunday. I never get dressed on 
sundays. And I spend my day zoning in front of the tv, watching soaps, 
or flying with my hummingbird.
Harm – Don’t you get bored, doing nothing?
Jamie – No! and when you have worked sixty hours in the week, you 
deserve some rest!
Harm – Sounds depressing to me.
Jamie – I promise you next sunday to teach you how to do nothing of 
your day. It’ll be fun, you’ll see!

Harm smiles and go to the fridge.

Harm – By the way, why do you want to cook tonight?
Jamie – Mac finds your cooking a bit meatless. And I’m with her!
Harm – It’s because I put no meat in it!
Jamie – It’s worse. So, I’m cooking tonight.
Harm – You know I don’t like meet.
Jamie – I know. But don’t worry, you won’t taste it!

Harm comes back with a bier and drops himself in an armchair. They stay 
silent for a while, then Harm put his bottle on the little table and 
takes a file.

*******************

Chapter 8

1929 local
Sunday
Harm’s apartment

Harm is setting the table. Jamie is in the kitchen, whistling with the 
music.

Jamie – Is Mac usually on time?

Before Harm can answer, there is a knock at the door.

Harm – Undoubtedly on time!

He opens the door. He was right, Mac and Jingo are waiting.

Harm – Hi there! Come in!

Jingo enters and start to smell everywhere. He runs to the kitchen, 
sniffing the meet. Jamie kneels and caresses him. Harm takes Mac’s coat 
and hangs it.

Mac – It’s very kind of you to take him. He’s going to add trouble.

They hear Jamie babble with Jingo. Harm smiles.

Harm – I don’t think he will be big trouble…

Jamie goes to the living room followed by an ecstatic Jingo, a bottle 
of water and three glasses in the hands.

Jamie – Hi again, Mac! Jingo is absolutely lovely!
Mac – I’m happy you get along well.

Harm serves the water.

Harm – It’s okay, Mac.
Jamie – The food will be ready anytime.
Mac – What did you prepared?
Jamie – One of my specialties: Tagliatelle alla Bolognese.

Mac opens greedy eyes.

Mac – With tomatoes, basil…
Jamie - … and minced beef!

Harm makes a disgusted face.

Jamie – We’re two against you, honey. Too bad for you! And that’s rare!
Mac – That’s true!

Jamie stands up to check the pasta.

Mac – Need a hand?
Jamie – Why not!

Both leave and Harm remains alone with Jingo.

Harm – Have you seen how they treat us? Isn’t it a pity?

He hears their laughs and sees them grinning looking at him.

Harm – Moreover, they laugh about us! My poor ol’chap. It’s not an easy 
life with those two!

Jamie and Mac come back with the dish of pasta and a salad.

Jamie – Everything’s ready!
Mac – So, Harm, you think you can beat me, this time?
Harm – Definitely not! I do not open the bets, tonight. Tagliatelle 
with… (he makes a face) meat sauce!
Jamie – A bet? I never heard of that!

And Mac explains her how she always eat more than him and that he swear 
he would beat her sometime. They help themselves. Jamie and Mac watch 
Harm hesitate in front of his plate barely filled. He lifts his head and 
sees them both trying not to laugh. He sighs, takes his fork and taste 
carefully.

Jamie – So, does that taste horrible?
Mac – Jingo seemed to enjoy it!
Harm – It’s better than I thought.
Jamie – So, enjoy!

They eat. Harm often looks at Mac, Mac’s eyes don’t leave Harm’s and 
Jamie watches them both.

*******************

Chapter 9

1143 local
Wednesday
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia

Harm is pensively sitting at his desk. Jamie drops by, a file in her 
hand.

Jamie – Working hard, I see!
Harm – I was thinking of Mac.
Jamie – Harm… It’s the only thing you do!
Harm – Usually, we go together on the investigations. JAG is empty 
without her.
Jamie, sighing – It’s not a reason. Come on, back to work, partner! The 
admiral just gave me that.
Harm – Show me?
Jamie – It happened three days ago. Ammunition disappear from an Air 
Force Base. We have to go there to make some investigation.
Harm – And what about Jingo?
Jamie – Oh sh…!! And when must Mac come back?
Harm – I don’t know!

Jamie takes the phone and dials.

Harm – Who are you calling?
Jamie – Mac. (to the phone) Hello, Mac! Jamie. Can you tell me when 
you’re coming back?… Hum… yeah… hum… I understand… Okay, good bye, Mac.

Jamie puts the phone down slowly.

Jamie – She won’t be there until next week. Her client is being court 
marshaled.
Harm – So, what do we do?
Jamie – Only one of us will go there. Heads or tails?
Harm – You’d better go. You’re on the case since the beginning.
Jamie – And you know better than me to do direct investigations. Don’t 
forget I’ve always been in the office. You know the case almost as well 
as I do. And don’t forget men will more easily confide in a man, and 
women, well, your patented grin makes them fall. So we’re even.

Jamie throws the coin.

Harm, grinning – And does my grin makes you fall too?

Jamie catches the coin.

Jamie – I was trained to resist to evil given grins. Heads or tails?
Harm – Tails.
Jamie, looking at the coin – Tails, you go! Good luck, Harm!
Harm – I hope it wasn’t a fixed coin.
Jamie – Would you be accusing me of lying?
Harm – With you, who knows where the truth is?

Jamie’s face closes.

Jamie – There is something you’re very gifted for, Commander, it’s 
hurting your friends. You talk without thinking, and you’re making excuses. 
And you think you’ll be forgiven because you were not really thinking 
what you said, don’t you? Well, it doesn’t work that way with me! Next 
time, you think carefully before you speak, Commander, so you will avoid 
trouble!
Harm – Jamie, I’m so…
Jamie – What did I just say! Go make this f… investigation, I’ll see 
you when you come back.

Jamie runs out of Harm’s office and bangs the door after her. Harm 
stays stunned, not knowing what to do. After a while, he takes his 
briefcase, throws some files in it and heads to the admiral’s office.

*******************

Once in her office, Jamie closes the door and leans on it. She’s about 
to cry, and breathes hardly. She tries to catch her breath and closes 
her eyes. Then she murmurs.

Jamie – It shouldn’t be so hard to hear the truth…

A lonely tear escapes and rolls on her cheek.

*******************

Chapter 10

Wurtsmith NAS, Mi
Thursday
0932 local

A tomcat lands on the runway. Harm get out of it some minutes later. 
He’s welcome by a young lieutenant.

Lt. Donovan, saluting – Commander Rabb? I’m Lieutenant Donovan. I’m in 
charge of showing you ‘round in the base.
Harm, saluting in return – Thank you lieutenant. Would it be possible 
to find a place where I could change, and then organize a meeting with 
Warrant Officer Mattews, Sergeant Adams and Corporal Jones?
Donovan – Of course, Commander. Follow me, please.

Half an hour later, Harm leaves the officers quarters dress in his 
khaki, tailed by Lt. Donovan. They go to one of the buildings. They enter a 
room. Harm opens his attaché case and sits behind the desk.

Harm – Thank you, lieutenant. Let the first of these gentlemen come in. 
And I won’t need you anymore.
Donovan – Yessir.

Donovan goes to attention and leaves the room. A young man enters and 
snaps to attention.

Harm – Please tell me your names and rank.
Sgt. Adams – Sergeant Lionel J. Adams.
Harm – At ease, Sergeant. Take a sit. You were doing the watch, sunday 
night, right?
Sgt. Adams – Yes sir.
Harm – How are you doing the watch tour?
Sgt. Adams – Well, we walk around the buildings, check the locks, and 
if there’s any problem, we call the lieutenant on duty.
Harm – And Sunday night, it was…
Sgt. Adams – Lieutenant Patterson, Sir. But there was nothing wrong. 
Everything was perfectly normal.
Harm – No night exercise?
Sgt. Adams – No, Sir. But there have been the following night.
Harm – What kind of exercise?
Sgt. Adams – Parachuting from helos.

Harm looks interested. He writes something in his notebook.

Harm – Thank you, Sergeant. Please, let Corporal Jones come in.
Sgt. Adams – Aye aye, sir!

He stands up, snaps to attention and leaves. Enters a young black 
woman. She comes in front of the desk and fixes to attention.

Cpl. Jones – Corporal Natalie Jones.
Harm – At ease. Take a seat.
Cpl. Jones – Thank you, sir.
Harm – You were on watch with Sergeant Adams, on sunday night, right?
Cpl. Jones – That’s right, sir.
Harm – Tell me.
Cpl. Jones – Well, after the diner, around 1930, we had a briefing with 
Lt. Patterson, and we took the dogs, the lamps, and we began the tour.
Harm – The dogs?
Cpl. Jones – Yes, sir. They have a better hearing and smelling. So they 
find the problems quicker.
Harm – Okay. Go on.
Cpl. Jones – Sunday night, it was ‘rewind’.
Harm – Excuse me?
Cpl. Jones – Rewind, against the watch. It’s the code for the tour.
Harm – How long does it take to make the tour?
Cpl. Jones – The small tour, that is the buildings and hangars, takes 
an hour and fifteen minutes. The big tour, following the borders of the 
base, takes around eight hours.
Harm – And you do the big tour often?
Cpl. Jones – No, Sir. Big tour is only for… initiation.
Harm, smiling (How can a woman resist this smile?) – For the newbies, 
right?
Cpl. Jones, smiling along – Yes, sir.
Harm – So, during your watch, you make the small tour. And how many 
times a night?
Cpl. Jones – Three times, sir. With a quarter of pause in-between. And 
the tour changes every time.
Harm – Do you have a precise order, for the tours?
Cpl. Jones – No, sir. We decide on the moment with the lieutenant on 
duty.
Harm – So that night, Lieutenant Patterson decided the tours, right?
Cpl. Jones – Well, we talked about it, saw what tours had been done 
last nights, and we chose the ones that hadn’t been chosen for a long 
time.
Harm – How many plans of tours do you have?
Cpl. Jones – Eleven, sir.
Harm – And you combine them each time a different way. And nobody knows 
that.
Cpl. Jones – Yes, sir.
Harm – Has anything appeared strange to you, that night?
Cpl. Jones – Nothing I can remember, sir.
Harm – Well. Thank you, Corporal. That’ll be all.
Cpl. Jones – Aye aye, Sir.

Corporal Jones stands up, snaps to attention and leaves the room. Harm 
stays silent.

*******************

Chapter 11

JAG HQ – Jamie's office
Thursday
1015 local

Jamie's working at her desk. Her mobile phone rings. She picks up 
without looking up.

Jamie – Hello!
A voice – It's me.
Jamie, shocked – Wait.

She runs out of her office, jumps down the stairs and goes out in the 
courtyard.

Jamie – It's crazy to call me here. You know there’s mics everywhere!
The voice – That was the only way. Where are you now?
Jamie – It takes time. And I don't want them to get suspicious.
The voice – Your partner is asking too many questions. Something must 
be done.
Jamie – No way! I don't want anything to happen to him. Do you hear me? 
If any so called 'accident' happens to him, you will pay for it!
The voice – So prevent him from harming us.
Jamie – He's doing his job. But don't worry, I know what I have to do.
The voice – So do it.
Jamie – Trust me. And don't call me anymore, it's too dangerous. For 
both of us.

She turns her mobile off and walks back in the building.
In the corridor, she crosses Bud.

Bud – Is something wrong, Ma'am?
Jamie – No, Lieutenant, everything's all right. Thanks.

She enters her office. Bud's gaze follows her. He thinks she has not 
told him the whole truth.

*******************

Wurtsmith, Mi
Thursday
1420 local

Harm opens the office's door and enters Warrant Officer Mattews. Harm 
sits at his desk.

Harm – Tell me your names and rank.
WO Mattews – Warrant Officer Henry Mattews Jr.
Harm – Take a seat, Officer.
WO Mattews – Thank you, Sir.
Harm – Tell me ow you discovered that ammunition were missing.
WO Mattews – I was in charge with distributing the ammunition for the 
manoeuvre. Monday, there was target shooting exercises for group 12. So 
I go to the store. All has been computerized last year, so it's easy 
and very simple to find everything. I go to take the magazines. And there 
were five missing. Not much but it's not the first time something's 
missing.
Harm – Really? But there has been no report done. How come?
WO Mattews – Well, it happened to several of us, noticing things were 
missing. But Lieutenant Patterson told us he would take care of 
everything and make the report. So we obeyed and forgot about it.

Harm takes notes in his pad, intrigued.

Harm – Well, thank you, Officer.
WO Mattews – Aye aye, Sir.
Harm – Dismissed.

Mattews stands up, goes to attention and leaves the room. Harm picks up 
his files and documents, and leaves the room as well.

*******************

Chapter 12

Harm's apartment
Thursday
2126 local

Jamie is lying on the sofa, ready for the night. She's reading while 
music is playing in the back. Harm opens the door. Without looking up, 
Jamie greets him.

Jamie – Good evening, Harm.
Harm – Good evening.

Jingo gets up and come to greet him as well. Jamie puts her book down.

Jamie – So, what is the result?
Harm – Nothing. Nobody saw, nobody heard. I began to believe those 
magazines evaporate. But I know how they left the base.
Jamie – Really?
Harm – There have been some night helo manoeuvres the following night, 
and parachuting. But of course, nobody saw anything!
Jamie – Better than nothing! It's the first real clue we have.
Harm – I have something else. Nothing really concrete, but it's 
interesting. In those three cases of missing ammunition, one lieutenant of the 
same class was on duty the night of the disappearance. For the moment, 
I only have that clue, but I think we should dig that way.
Jamie – It's a good way.

A silence.

Harm – Listen, Jamie... for the other day... I'm sorry I told you all 
that.
Jamie – No, it's me who should apologise for the reaction I had. I just 
had a call from Moore. Seems the bosses are getting impatient. They 
would like to close this inquiry ASAP and I understand them.
Harm – Yeah, me too... Well, I guess that'll be all for tonight. I'm 
going to take a shower and go to bed. Good night Jamie.
Jamie – Good night, Harm.

*******************

JAG HQ
Harm's office
Monday
1634 local

Harm is bended over his files. Suddenly, his ennoyed look becomes 
attentive. He surches through papers and documents, more and more exited. 
Then he stands up and run to Jamie's office.

Harm – Jamie, I think I reached the final word of this story.
Jamie – How's that?
Harm – Their chief, I think I know who he is.

Jamie looks deeply mooved.

Jamie – Really? Tell me about that!
Harm – You remember this detail that intrigued me about the lieutenants 
of the same class who were on duty the nights of the thefts?
Jamie – Yes. Does it have something to do with the rest?
Harm – It's the final key to the all affair. I realised every time 
there was an equipment disappearance, a navy officer was involved. And it 
was becoming unclear at that point: no corresponding in rank, age, there 
were Marines, SEALs, officers, NCOs and sailors. It was the three 
lieutenants that gave me a clue. At Annapolis, their CO was a man named 
Melbourne. Lieutenant Commander Barry J. Melbourne, Navy SEAL. And each 
time a theft was committed, a man knowing that Melbourne was involved. Two 
years ago, Melbourne resigned his commission for personnal reasons. No 
news from him since that time, but the thefts and disappearances 
started soon after that.
Jamie – It was lying under our noses all that time and we saw nothing. 
Great!
Harm – Now, what we need is the name of his civilian contact.
Jamie – You think he sells the equipment and secrets he steals?
Harm – I don't know. If he had, we would have been attacked by 
ennemies, or damage, but we had nothing. What makes me think he uses himself 
the secrets and equipment. With the help of civilians, as you found out. 
To close that inquiry, we need the second thinking head of the 
“Organization”.
Jamie – He wouldn't act alone?
Harm – No, I don't think so. He seems to be a man used to giving 
orders, less to following them. I think he takes care of the logistics, of 
finding and stealing the objects. And it's that other man, that civilian, 
who gives orders, who lead the whole story. Moore and Sean will be 
delighted.
Jamie – And don't forget the director of the FBI and the State 
Secretary of Defense! You're gifted of the inquiries. If you're looking for a 
new job when leaving the Navy, you have a seat ready at the Bureau.
Harm – Thanks, but I think I prefer the Navy.
Jamie – Somebody keeps you here...
Harm – Yeah...

An instant of silence.

Harm – I'll tie up those files and dive again.
Jamie – And I'll work under this new light. Really impressing!
Harm – Do I see you for dinner?
Jamie – Sure.

Harm leaves her office. Jamie stands up, closes the door behind him. 
Then she goes back to her desk, sits and take her head in her hands. She 
looks crushed.

*******************

Harm's appt.
Monday
1906 local

Harm is taking a show, Jamie's preparing the dinner. Tagliatelle 
carbonara. She takes a bottle of white wine out of the fidge, takes two 
glasses out of the cupboard, pours the wine. Then she looks on Harm's side, 
sighs and take a capsule out of her pocket. She opens it and puts the 
powder in a glass.
Few minutes later, Harm goes out of the shower. The table is set, the 
pasta smoking, the vine served. Harm arrives in the kitchen, dressed 
with linen slacks and a shirt.

Harm – Wow! Smells good! And why all that fancy cooking?
Jamie – Yours, darling! For your today's discoveries and also for your 
next's.
Harm – Well, you may find the man we're looking for.
Jamie – If so, you'll do some fancy cooking.

She takes the two glasses on the table and handles one to Harm smiling.

Jamie – Here is to you!
Harm – To both of us! You put me on the right way.
Jamie – Okay, to both of us!

They drink, then sit down and eat. After a while, Harm find out he's 
very tired.

Harm – I don't know what it is with me tonight, I feel really tired.
Jamie – Don't count on me to take you to bed, I can't carry you!
Harm – I don't think you will have to. But I certainly will go to bed 
early!

Minutes later, after dessert, Harm feels hard to keep his eyes open.

Jamie – Harm, you look really tired. Why don't you go to bed now? I can 
clean the table alone.
Harm – No fair. You already made the dinner.
Jamie – Well, I can leave the plates in the sink for you to clean 
tomorrow before going to work. Okay?
Harm – Okay. Good night, Jamie.
Jamie – Good night, Harm.

Harm undresses and lies down. He falls asleep in no time. Once he 
starts snoring, Jamie leans over him and checks if he's well asleep.

Jamie – I'm sorry, Harm. There is no other way.

And she leaves the apartment.

*******************

JAG HQ
Monday
2304 local

A shadow slips in the empty building. Without a sound, with no light, 
she opens Harm's office, disconnects the mics and picks through the 
files. She takes the ones about the “Organization”. Then she goes in the 
bullpen and heads to the shredder. She turns it on and begins to fill it 
with the sheets she takes out of the files. She looks at her watch, 
looking a bit nervous.
Busy with her work, she hears the elevator coming up at the last 
moment. No time to hide. Someone goes tout the elevator, turns the light on. 
Mac and Jamie find themselves facing each other, just as surprised.
Jamie is the fastest. She takes a gun from her belt and point it at 
Mac.

Jamie – What are you doing here?
Mac – You're stealing my line. You have no reason to be here in the 
middle of the night, moreover dressed in civil clothes. And what are you 
doing with these files?
Jamie – Curisoity is a bad flaw, Mac. And someday, it will lead you to 
trouble. For the moment, I handle the gun, so I ask the questions. What 
are you doing here now?
Mac – I just finished my inquiry and I'm coming back from Aurora. I 
just went to drop my files.
Jamie – You'd better come tomorrow, Colonel.
Mac – And miss you? Does Harm know you're here?
Jamie – Sleeping like a baby. And you won't wake him up.
Mac – What would stop me from waking him up?
Jamie – My gun, for one thing. I do hope you don't want to test my 
qualities as a short distance shooter, you'd loose. Now, sit down.

Still under the threat, Mac does as Jamie told. Once sitting, Jamie 
ties her hands in her back to the chair with handcuffs.

Jamie – I suggest you don't make a move.
Mac – Will you explain me what is happening?
Jamie – No. Classified.
Mac – You won't play that game with me, will you?
Jamie – Still it's true.

Jamie has come back to the shredder and keeps destroying the proofs 
against the “Organization”. Mac tries to loosen the cuffs, without a 
result.

Jamie – Mac, do you really want me to shoot you down, leaving you to be 
found by Harm tomorrow bathing in your own blood?

Mac stops moving. She looks around her, trying to find a way to 
destabilize Jamie.

Mac – So the whole story of living with him was a play? And you used 
him whithout a hint of shame. Do the government agents have the right to 
use people like that?

Jamie doesn’t answer, wich goes on Mac's nerves. She tries to calm 
down, Jamie is very calm, well trained. She could kill her.
Once she's done with the shredder, Jamie goes to the copier, takes the 
toner and drops the ink in the loose basket. Then she finds some liquid 
glue in one desk and pours it over the shreds, gluing every bit of 
paper in the bask. Then she turns to Mac.

Jamie – I'm done. But what am I going to do with you, now? I guess the 
Marine at the gate saw you in, so he must see you out. Well, so it will 
be. A Marine Lieutenant Colonel came in, a Marine Lieutenant Colonel 
will come out. How lucky you are!

Jamie comes closer to the chair Mac is sitting on. She unties her 
hands, under her gun threat.

Jamie – Now, Mac, take your clothes off.
Mac – No way!
Jamie – Mac, you're not being reasonnable. It would break my heart to 
make a hole in that uniform of yours and make a stain. But if I have 
to...

Mac bents her head and takes her jacket, her skirt and her shirt off.

Jamie – You're a good girl, Mac, Harm will find you in one piece. Now, 
on the chair.

Mac does as she's told. Jamie ties her hands again. Mac is furious.

Jamie – Bravo Colonel! And now, good night!

Saying that, Jamie hits Mac's head with her gun and she faints. 
Quickly, Jamie puts Mac's uniform on, hides her braid under the shirt. She 
looks a last time around, checks if she has forgotten nothing, then heads 
to the elevator and turn the lights down.

*******************

JAG's courtyard.
Monday
2348 local

Jamie climbs up Mac's car and passes through the gate with no problem. 
Her car vanishes in the night.

*******************

JAG HQ
Tuesday
0724 local

The Admiral Chegwidden enters JAG's building like every morning, goes 
up in the elevator to the HQ floor. Like every morning, he is the first 
one to enter the bullpen. But it's the first time he finds one of his 
junior officers tied to a chair wearing only underwear! His first reach 
is for his mobile phone to call an ambulance. Then he picks the 
handcuffs locks to untie Mac and lies her down on the floor. Checking her 
pulse, low and strong, he finds out she has a big lump on the head. Mac 
stirrs, but without gaining any of her conscience back. The ambulance 
comes a short time after that and takes her out to the hospital. At that 
moment, the admiral sees the basket full of paper ink and glue.

*******************

Harm's apartment
Tuesday
0739 local

Harm is awoken by the ringing phone. He turns and toss in his bed, the 
mind out in shadows. He drops an eye on his watch, and what he sees 
makes him jump. He picks up the receiver.

AJ – Commander Rabb?
Harm – Good morning, Admiral.
AJ – But what the hell are you doing! Have you seen the time?
Harm – I just woke up, Sir.
AJ – When did you last saw Col McKenzie?
Harm – Last week, Sir, just before she left for Aurora. She came and 
have dinner at my place to let me Jingo.

Hearing that, Jingo barks happily.

Harm – Why do you ask, Sir? Would there be a problem?
AJ – Worst. I found her a little while ago, without her conscience, 
tied to a chair and wearing only her underwear. Bring your six here ASAP.
Harm – Aye aye, Sir.

Harm hangs the phone down, and rubs his eyes, trying to wake up 
completely. After a quick cold shower, his ideas are almost clear and he 
leaves for JAG. Or at least he tries, his car is not in the garage. 
Swearing, he takes a cab.

*******************

JAG HQ
Tuesday
0806 local

Harm, out of breath, runs in the bullpen. He sees his collegues and 
friends quite shaken, all shocked for what has happened to Mac. Bud points 
to the admiral's office. Tiner announces him and he enters.

AJ – I just got news from the colonel. She's awoken.
Harm – Thank God!
AJ – But what she says lacks of meaning. She asserts Commander Bond let 
her like that last night. I checked with the Marines at the gate. They 
say the Colonel arrived around 2315 and left by 2350, but they never 
saw Commander Bond. Can you explain that?
Harm – I don't understand either. I didn't saw Jamie... I mean 
Commander Bond this morning, but it doesn't explain... We could try to call her 
on her mobile phone.
AJ – I tried. There's no suscriber to that number.

Harm is astonished.

Harm – It's getting darker. I don't understand anything anymore.
AJ – And that's what we found beside Mac.

The admiral hands Harm the basket and the folder that contained the 
files and papers.

Harm – But...
AJ – The Colonel says she saw Commander Bond destroy those papers 
willingly and glue them, without telling her why.
Harm – It would have been too easy.
AJ – She also says the Commander wouldn't have hesitate to hurt or kill 
her.

Harm is under the shock, unable to react. An FBI agent, or supposed 
agent, would have threaten to *kill* his partner?

Harm – Let's sum up. Yesterday evening, Commander Bond introduce 
herself in this office without being detected. She begans to destroy the 
documents concerning the case we were working on, case handled and headed 
by FBI. At that moment, Mac shows up, suprise her. Then she gets tied up 
and knocked out and is discovered only this morning. And what the feds 
say about that?
AJ – That Agent Bond's real name is Susan Brown and that she vanished 
without leaving a trace. It seems the Marines at the gate were the last 
ones to see her, and they even believed it was Colonel McKenzie, she 
was wearing her uniform and was in her car. She even wished them a good 
night.

The phone rings.

AJ – Chegwidden!... oh... yeah... taken note of that. Thanks.

He hangs up.

AJ – The Washington police found Colonel McKenzie's car ten miles from 
here, on a little road, the keys were on the ignition. But no trace of 
this Susan Brown.
Harm – What intrigues me is the reason why she did all that. Hey! I 
remember there's plenty of microphones in my office. The feds must have 
the copies!
AJ – No. when she came in she turns them all off.
Harm – It's incomprehensible. The only explanation I see is she 
belonged to the “Organization”.
AJ – What?
Harm – I guess I can tell you now. We were making inquiries on a group 
called the “Organization”, who was stealing equipment and secrets from 
the Navy to use them against us. It was working for about two years. I 
had discovered who was setting the thefts and the sabotages, but I was 
missing the head of all that organization. I was about to succeed. Who 
knows, it can be her! But now all the proofs are destroyed and it would 
take monthes to have them back.

Tiner's voice is heard.

Tiner – Sir, two FBI agents are here and wish to see you.
AJ – Let them in, Tiner.

The door opens and Harm see the two agents he had seen on the pictures 
Jamie had shown him.

Harm – Moore and Sean.
Agent Becker – No really. Admiral Chegwidden, Commander Rabb, we're 
agents Becker and Tollan. We 're here to take the files you and agent 
Brown had against the Organization.

AJ hands them the basket.

AJ – That's what she's done with it.

Becker and Tollan look at each other without looking much surprise.

AJ – Gentlemen?
Tollan – Commander Rabb, could we speak in private?
Harm – I gave all informations to Admiral Chegwidden. After the 
disappearance of Commander Bond, I mean Agent Brown, and the finding of my 
partner tied and knocked out this morning in the bullpen, I thought there 
was no need to keep the secret.
AJ – Sit down, gentlemen, you'll be more comfortable.
Tollan – All right. We just put the hand on the one detail that 
overturned everything. Yesterday afternoon, you gave us the name of the number 
two of the organization.
Harm – Melbourne.
Tollan – That's it. We spent the night following the path. While he was 
a child, he had a lot of trouble with justice, until his mother put him 
with an association called “Godfather, Grandfather”, gathering retired 
men taking care of young boys and girls with trouble. Susan Brown, who 
at that time was called Jessie Vilandro, was also put in this 
association. And they met an man, Mitchell Jones, a Viet Nam vet who turned 
civilian pilot, and a man less than honest. He trained them, made him a 
SEAL and her a great pilot and excellent sniper. About that, your partner 
was lucky. If Brown had shot her, she wouldn't be here to tell her 
story. The only flaw he saw in her is to dislike the killing. He put her in 
FBI. And when Melbourne entered Navy, he began to create the 
Organization. Two years ago, Jones asked Melbourne to retire and help him. He 
accepted, Brown stayed here. And when we began to make searches about them 
eighteen monthes ago, Brown was given the case, along with us. Jones 
had give her a gold new ID, and even our finest guys did see nothing. 
She's been well trained, since she lives with him since the age of ten.
Harm – And now? The whole file has been destroyed, we have no proof 
anymore.
Becker – In fact, every night, I've been here in your office to copy 
every new piece of information. The file is complete and agents are 
currently arresting them.
AJ – So all's well that ends well.
Tollan – Probably.

Becker's phone rings.

Becker – Becker... Holy sh... son of a b... mother f... I can't believe 
it!

He hangs up.

Becker – Brown, Melbourne and Jones were found ten minutes ago, as well 
as twenty five members of the Organization... all dead. Every one has 
committed suicide with its own gun.
Harm – Oh my God!
Tollan – At least the government spares the cost of a trial and their 
feeding for thirty years.
Beck – This time, the case is completely closed. Commander Rab, your 
help has been precious. If you want to leave the Navy, you have a seat 
waiting for you at the Bureau.
Harm, smiling sadly – Jamie told me the same thing.
Beck – She was seldom wrong.

The two agents leave the room. The admiral and Harm find themselves 
alone. They stay silent for a long moment.

*******************

Conclusion

Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md
Mac's room
Tuesday
1632 local

Harm knocks at the door. Mac answers to come in. She is lying on the 
bed, her head is covered with a thick bandage. She smiles to him.

Mac – Harm! You will be able to tell the doctors I fell perfectly fine 
and I'll be able to go home tonight.
Harm – Mac! What did they say?
Mac – That I have a slight concussion and that I must stay here tonight 
in case. But I feel all right! I want to go home, find Jingo and take a 
book and read in bed.
Harm – It will be for tomorrow night. Meanwhile, I have something for 
you.

From behind his back, he pulls a flower bunch.

Mac – Oh, Harm! It's beautiful! Thank you!
Harm – I give it to you if you promise not to complain about staying 
here tonight.
Mac – Okay.

Harm stays for awhile, tells Mac the whole story. And begins to leave.

Mac – Wait, Harm. Could you stay until I sleep?
Harm – Of course.

He takes the chair near the bed and takes Mac's hand in his. Once she's 
asleep, Harm takes her hand up to his lips. He kisses it softly and put 
it against his cheek. Mac smiles in her sleep.

Harm, muttering – She was right about that too...

The End