"Engineering, this is the X O." "We're experiencing power interruptions throughout the ship." "What the hell is going on?" "Engineering says it's an electrical power-supply problem." "We've got Tomcats that need to launch now." "Main Control, what is our status?" "Automatic power shutdown, skipper." "We can't get her back online." "What about auxiliary power?" "It seems to have shut down." "I have one of our tech reps helping me check it out now, sir." "It's not supposed to do this." "Just get us back online, Yarborough." " I got it." " Give us full power." "What's happening, commander?" "We have major engineering casualty with injuries, sir." "Turbine steam-line rupture." " Get outside of that dam now." " Watch your head." "I, Bud J. Roberts Jr." "Do solemnly swear that as a member of the bar of this court," "I will demean myself uprightly and according to the law." "And that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America." "And I will support the Constitution of the United States of America." "Congratulations, lieutenant." "Congratulations, lieutenant." "Good work, Bud." "Congratulations, sir." "Congratulations, lieutenant." "It's a mishap investigation." "The U.S.S. Coral Sea is a member of a battle group in the Gulf enforcing the no-fly zone." "Last night, she experienced a major engineering casualty that resulted in injuries and left the ship unable to carry out flight operations for several hours." "We're going to the Gulf, sir?" "The major and the commander are." "You have your own case." ""Conduct unbecoming"?" "A chief warrant officer was caught relieving himself in public." "Good luck." "Hey, it's your first case as a lawyer, Bud." "Defending the urinator." "Hey, you can always try pee bargaining." " Sir." " Don't listen to him, Bud." "Just remember, there are no small cases, only small bladders." "Et tu, Brute, major?" " Sherkston." " Hey." "Admiral." "Who's that with the admiral?" "It's Lieutenant Sherkston, sir." "Yeah, they seem to be pretty close." " Actually, he stole the admiral's car." " What?" "It was several years ago, ma'am." "Apparently, Lt. Sherkston was a bit of a juvenile delinquent in his youth, and the admiral agreed not to press charges if Sherkston joined the Navy, which he did." "The admiral became a sort of mentor to the lieutenant, and Lieutenant Sherkston's sort of like the son the admiral never had." "Well, I guess that makes you the son he never wanted." "Very funny." " Rabb." " Hi." "Hey, how are you?" "I never thought I'd be so happy to be home." "How's Dar-Lin?" "Well, she's been placed with a foster family pending adoption." "I look in on her a couple times a week." "She probably won't remember me, Harm, but would you say hi?" "Oh, she remembers you, Terri." "You're the nice lady who bought her the pancake breakfast." "Right, I seem to remember you wolfing down your share." "Is she okay?" "Really?" "As well as can be expected, considering how severely abused she's been and the fact that everyone she's ever loved is dead." "Make me a promise, Harm." "What's that?" "That child can make it." "She's got strength." "We don't wanna waste her life." "Find a way to make it okay." "You don't ask much, do you?" "I've got the right man." "Listen, call me sometime when you don't need something." "I'll do that." "These are nice digs you got here, sir." "Yeah, if you like maritime museums." "It comes with the job." "You know, it seems like forever since you've been stateside." "Eighteen months." "How long are you in town for?" "Don't know, sir." "Probably just a couple of days." "Shelley and Rachel here?" "No, sir." "They're at Shelley's parents' house." "Shelley sends her love." "Listen, admiral, I was wondering if you're not too busy, maybe you'd let me buy you lunch today." " No." " No?" "No." "I've got a luncheon meeting with the SECNAV." "Lord knows not by choice." "But I am free tomorrow." "I can't tomorrow, sir." "I've gotta be at Bethesda tomorrow morning for a damn physical at 1100." "Those old war wounds giving you trouble again?" "No." "No, it's just some bug I picked up a while back." "It's nothing serious." "But you know health care overseas leaves something to be desired." "Hell, you know SEALs, sir." "I'm not seeing any doctor unless I got a bone poking through my skin." " I hear you." " Yeah." "Shelley's been bugging me for weeks to see somebody." "Sometimes I think it's almost worth it to let some doctor put his finger up my 6 if it'll get her off my back." "Hey, I'll tell you what." "How about my place tomorrow night?" "Nothing fancy." "Lots of cold beer and some Texas chilli." " No beans." " No beans." "Hooya, sir." "As you know from your last time aboard, we're here to enforce the no-fly zone, which is extremely difficult when I cannot get planes into the air." "Is there some sort of problem with the auxiliary power, sir?" "Everything went down." "This is a warship, major." "She doesn't run well on batteries." " XO." " I'm on it, skipper." "We'll wrap the investigation up as quickly as possible." " You do that." " Yes, sir." "Power-switch warning, position five." "It's like having a bad sunburn." "The ruptured line wasn't superheated steam or I'd be a dead man." "The doctor assures me that my burns are mostly first and second degree, so I guess I won't be going home." "So there was no forewarning this pipe was gonna burst?" "No, sir." "They'd shut down two turbines to run some tests, and when they fired them back up, that's when the failure occurred." "First, the steam pipe went." "Then all hell broke loose." "It took us almost two hours even to get partial power." "I thought the skipper was gonna kill somebody." "Who or what exactly was at fault?" "Well, I can't say, major." "I mean, one of our civilian tech reps, Yarborough, was running some tests on the system." "It might have been caused by something he did." "But truth to tell, we've been having trouble with the control system for some time." "What sort of trouble?" "Well, lockouts, system crashes, false alarms." "I mean, the system was definitely due for a recalibration." "I mean, even aircraft carriers have to be tuned from time to time." "Especially nowadays." "We're undermanned, we're underfunded." "If it ain't broke, we don't fix it." "If it is broke, we only fix it if we have to." "What's your impression of this tech rep, Yarborough?" "He's okay." " Hardly a glowing review, commander." " Don't get me wrong, major." "He's a smart guy." "Unfortunately, he likes to remind you of that." "I know this ship's electrical system better than anyone." "I was an electrician's mate for ten years." "You were in the Navy?" "Why'd you leave?" "The food stinks, the hours suck, and the pay is pathetic." "Well, here you are back onboard, huh?" "I was sent here by my company, at about five times Navy pay, to upgrade the electrical system." "And that's what I'm attempting to do." "So when did you first notice there was a problem, sir?" "The problem existed before my arrival, commander." "That's why I was brought in." "It's an old ship." "Her systems are outdated." "The Navy is constantly upgrading and retrofitting her systems, sir." "Yeah, but even you know how that works, commander." "The upgrades take forever to be approved and funded." "Then there's a lengthy implementation schedule." "By the time a ship gets retrofitted, the upgrade technology itself is antiquated." "Besides, my electrical upgrades wouldn't rupture a steam line or cause a water main to burst." "Well, they still may have disabled this ship, Mr. Yarborough." "Look, I was running some diagnostics, as per a schedule approved by the XO and the skipper." "I warned them of the possibility of power interruptions." "A power interruption is one thing." "An entire ship going dark in a hostile environment, well, that's something else, isn't it?" "I think I know what your point is, commander." "The Navy wants to save face." "I'm a tech rep, a civilian." "If anyone's gonna be blamed for this, it's going to be me." "No one's looking to cast blame, sir." "I'm just trying to find out what happened." "This is my partner, Major MacKenzie." "She's aiding in the mishap investigation." " Major." " Nice to meet you." "The fact that such an accident occurred is in itself proof that I'm not at fault here, commander." "Well, how do you figure that?" "The entire system is falling apart." "Hell, they were already down several generators by the time I came onboard." " If you'll excuse me." " Still have more questions." "Well, they're just gonna have to wait, commander." "Unless you wanna do them in the dark." "I have a power distribution panel to fix." "Major." "The word "smug" comes to mind." "We had taken two turbines off-line to run diagnostics when the mishap occurred." "Steam line was bad enough, but the water line shorted everything out." "It'll be a few days before everything's up and running again." " So this is where the pipe ruptured?" " Yes." "It appeared to have been eaten through by something highly corrosive." "Where is it that pipe now, commander?" "We put it in here until we can unload it onto another ship for proper disposal." "I've asked one of our tech reps to let you inspect it, commander." "I'm gonna need to look at that." "I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb with the JAG Corps." "We're conducting a mishap investigation." "I'm John Newman." "My company handles the hazardous materials contract." "This isn't something you wanna mess around with, commander." " It's been eaten through." " Careful." "When was the last time that line was inspected, commander?" "It's inspected daily." "Somebody must have overlooked it, then." "Oh, no." "That's impossible." "I did a visual inspection on that whole system that morning myself." "Maybe it wasn't corroded in the morning." "It couldn't have degenerated to that level in a matter of hours, Mac." "Well, it could if the acid was strong enough." "Harm?" "Harm, it's burning." "Just keep your fingers dry, major." "Come and see me tomorrow." "Are you gonna be okay?" "I won't be playing the piano anytime soon." "Well, I've heard you play, Mac." "It's probably for the best." "Cmdr. Bradley said there was a mishap in the HAZMAT room." "Yes, sir, the steam pipe that ruptured in the turbine room was eaten away by some sort of corrosive." "It may also have damaged the water pipes, not to mention the major's fingers." " Are you okay, major?" " Yes, sir." "What do you use acid for on the ship, XO?" "Batteries, cleaning, it depends." "What kind of acid are we talking?" "A very concentrated corrosive." "X O, your presence is requested on the Bridge ASAP." "Repeat, X O to the Bridge." "XO to the Bridge." "I'm on my way up from Sickbay." "Is there something wrong, XO?" "Looks like we might have a rumble in the no-fly zone." "You're welcome to join me on the Bridge, commander." "Go." " You sure you'll be okay?" " Yeah, I'll catch up with you later." "Thanks." "XO on the Bridge." "We picked up a couple MiGs in the no-fly zone." "Twin bogeys, eight miles, 040, opposite course high." "I've got them, Razor." "I see them." "Two o'clock high." "Brake right." "Confirm Iraqi." "I'm coming around." "We've got a lock, Razor." "I'm taking the shot." "Firefox One." "A direct hit." "He's going down." "Splash one MiG." "Bogey Two has got us locked, Slider." "I'm shaking him." "Get him off our 6, Slider." "He's firing." "Missile inbound." "Popping flares." "Continue break, Slider." "Hang on, Cuz." "I'm coming around behind you." "He's in 6 o'clock low." "Take it left, reverse your brake." "Flame out." "Compressor stall." " I'm restarting." " Hang on and come up shooting." "Restarting." "Engine's good." "Re-engaging." "We got tone and lock." "I've got him." "I've got him." "Fox Two, Fox Two." "That's a direct hit." "We got him." "Fine shooting, Slider." "Viper Magic, this is Slamdance 112." "Two hard kills." "Bandit splashed." "We're coming home." "You were good, weren't you?" "Still am." "Flight status is still current." "Harm, even if your fairy godmother landed on that deck and gave you back your night vision, what do you think you would do?" "I know it's hard, and I know that you love to fly, but you can never return to an active squadron." "Even if it was physically possible, you're too..." " Old?" " No." "You're too far along in your new career." "And you're too important at JAG." "It would be a step backwards." "I'm sorry." "But you left this world, Harm." "You can never go back." "It was never my choice to leave." "Mr. Newman?" "Major." "This damn machine just ate my ATM card." "Doesn't anything aboard this scrapheap work?" "Sorry." " How's your hand?" " It's okay." "Can I ask you a question?" "If you buy me a cup of coffee." "Deal." "What acid could've eaten through that pipe in such a short period of time?" "We'll know a lot better when we get it back to our facility and we get a chance to look at it." "But my best guess is some sort of spontaneous metal dissolver." "What's it used for?" " Can't answer that." " Why not?" "Well, that would be two questions." "You said you were gonna ask one." "It's a liquid torch." "You use it whenever an open flame would be inappropriate." "You put a bead of SMD on a weld, it's gonna eat right through the metal." "So where would something like that be kept?" "Welding shop, hangar bay." "It should be kept with hazardous materials, but they get pretty sloppy with it." "Then I come in and clean up the mess." "They gave me prunes and porridge for breakfast." "Do you want me to talk to the doctor?" "Like it would do any good." "Am I interrupting?" " How are you, Shelley?" " I'm good, sir." "Sir?" "The name's A.J." "It's good to see you, A.J." "Good to see you too." "Oh, my word." "Is this Rachel?" "Boy, they do grow up fast, huh?" " Hey, you." " Hi, Uncle A.J." "Hey." "Rachel, we're in a hospital." "Sorry." "Look at you." "Rachel and I are gonna go to cafeteria and see if that food gets any better with age." " So I'll see you later, A.J." " Okay." "Come on." "I take it Shelley called you, sir?" "Yeah, I..." "Can you believe this?" "I come in for a wellness check-up." " Do I look sick to you, sir?" " No." "Of course not." "I lost more blood today to those damn nurses than I did when I got shot in Kuwait." "And for what?" "You know, to tell me I drink too much, I need to eat less red meat?" "You go take Daddy his surprise, okay?" " Don't let the nurses see you." " Okay." "Smells like french fries." "Respiratory therapist, call CCU." "Respiratory therapist, call CCU." "So..." "What kind of test are they running?" "He didn't tell you?" "Well, he said they didn't know." "They're pretty sure it's some form of leukaemia." "Cuz and I reefed it too hard." "We came this freaking close to buying it in a flat spin." "But this is where I hung on and we came up blazing, fired one right up his 6 with the Vulcans rattling him for good measure." "It was real, gentlemen." "Here comes the money shot." "You can run, but you cannot hide." " Yeah." " Yeah, that's gotta hurt." " You've got that right." " Yeah." "There's plenty more." "Would you?" " Damn." " I'm glad you restarted it." "Hey." "Why'd you walk away?" "I don't like what I see, Harm." "I'm starting to worry about you." "Mac, I was just listening." "I know what it's like to long for something you can never have." "And if you don't let it go, it can consume you." "What are you talking about?" "Well, first, it was finding your father, and then it was defending Roscoe, now it's the little girl." "What's next, flying?" "It's like you keep replacing one obsession with another." " That is not true." " No?" "I see it in your eyes, Harm, whenever you're around pilots and jets." "It seems like you're happiest when you're flying." "Maybe I am." "More than being a lawyer?" "I know why you don't want me to fly." "You're just afraid of losing me." "Maybe." "And maybe I'm just afraid you'll lose yourself." "How's it look?" "Fine." "Oh, God, jeez." " I'm sorry." "Let me help you with that." " No, I just..." "Back off." "We're a warship whose mission it is to keep the peace." "The irony of that situation would be almost humorous if our job wasn't so damn dangerous." "But the threat to my ship and my crew is very real, commander, every minute of every day." "And on top of it, I have an electrical problem nobody seems to be able to fix." "And now you come in here and you tell me" "I may have a saboteur onboard my vessel." "Sir, it's a possibility." "It could also be merely an act of vandalism, captain." "Vandalism?" "We're not talking about somebody toilet-papering my weather deck." "Sir, I realise the severity of the situation." "Captain, as you're well aware, funding is down, recruitment is down, yet our operations remain the same." "You're a couple hundred men and women short on this cruise." "So the personnel we do have have to work harder, faster, longer..." "Your point, commander?" "Most of your crew are under 21, sir." "They're just kids." "They get homesick, cabin fever, lonely." "Sir, I know we do what we can to alleviate the problem, but every once in a while, it just gets to be too much." "So in an act of desperation, sir, they do one of two things:" "They hurt themselves or they hurt the ship." "In the end, the goal is always the same." "They get sent home." "Well, find who's responsible, commander, and I promise to send him home in a body bag." "Are you accusing me of sabotage, sir?" "Our investigation suggests that somebody deliberately damaged the pipes in that turbine room." "Possibly, it was an attempt to force this ship to return to port." "And you think that someone was me, sir?" "Or maybe it was somebody you know." "Why would I do something that could kill me, sir?" "I'll admit that sometimes it's not what I expected and there's days that I'd rather be someplace else, but I take my job seriously, sir." "I would never do anything to jeopardise that." "I swear to it, sir." "Do you know anybody who might feel differently?" "No, sir." "Sure, some of the guys bitch a little, but that goes with the job." "I'm sure even the skipper complains sometimes, commander." "You're not gonna tell him I said that, are you, sir?" "No." "I'm sure you're right, though." "We have a good crew, sir." "We don't always get along, and sometimes, we ride each other pretty hard." "But we take pride in what we do and we get the job done." "Especially when the going gets tough." "I don't know who caused that trouble, but I know who fixed it." "This crew, sir." "Look, seaman, think back." "The day of the mishap." "Did anybody say anything that might suggest that they were ticked off about something?" "No, sir, not really." "Not really?" "Like I said, some of the guys, we ride each other and talk a little trash." "One of the guys got a little peeved at a tech rep who was bad-mouthing the way we do things, but it was really nothing." "There was a tech rep in the turbine room the day of the mishap?" "At the beginning of my watch." "Yes, sir." "His name wasn't Yarborough, was it?" "No, sir." "I think his name was Newman." "Lieutenant Roberts." "Bud, it's Harm." "I need a favour." "I'm faxing you a list of personnel." "I want you to run background checks." "You got it." "What am I looking for?" "Anything suspicious." "Also, Bud, I need you to get a copy of the ship's alpha roster." "Check the names against the pro-Iraqi/ Arab hot sheets." "See if you can come up with something." "And don't leave out this list of civilian tech reps that I'm sending you, especially a one John Newman." "Newman." "Will do, sir." "So how's your first case going, anyway?" "Good, I have an affidavit from a Bethesda urologist, which shows that my client suffers from prostatitis." "Well, it sounds like you nipped this one in the bud, Bud." "Thank you, sir." "I think." "How's life aboard the carrier?" "You know, it's the Coral Sea." "If you like ear-piercing machinery, the smell of jet fuel, and sharing the head with 12 other guys." "Yeah." "I miss it myself sometimes, sir." "Well, I will get this information to you ASAP." " Thanks, Bud." " Bye-bye." "May I help you, ma'am?" "I'm looking for Admiral Chegwidden's office." "That's right this way." "Yes?" "Admiral, Mrs. Sherkston's here to see you, sir." "Send her in." " Shelley, what's the matter?" " He wants to check himself out." "Well, he can't do that." "The Navy will tell him when he can leave." "I know, but he's refusing to let them treat him." "They said that he needs some chemotherapy and a possible bone marrow transplant." "But I know he'll never go for it." "I had to beg for a whole week just to get him into this check-up." "I knew he was sick, A.J." "Ever since he came back from the Gulf, he's had something wrong." "I'll talk to him." "He told me to keep you out of this." "I already got in trouble for calling you." "He didn't even want you to know." "Why not?" "He doesn't wanna be weak in front of you." "He's not weak, he's just scared." "There's a difference." "Doing something when you're scared is what courage is all about." "Sharky..." "He's one of the bravest guys I know." "Hey, hey, hey." "He'll get through this, so will you." "We all will." " Hey." " Hi." " How's the hand doing?" " Itchy." "That's a good sign." "Well, it means it's healing." "So I just spoke to Seaman Hollis." "Tells me that Newman was in the turbine room a few hours before the mishap." "So what?" "So what?" "It goes to opportunity." "Harm, his job is to remove contaminated waste." "Yeah, well, how much contaminated waste is there in an engineering room, Mac?" "I don't know." "Ask him." "Well, I plan to." "I think you're chasing the wrong bogey, flyboy." "If anyone is behind this, it's Yarborough." "Yarborough's a geek, Mac." "Yeah, a disgruntled former Navy geek who likes to prove that he's smarter than everyone else." "Look, he creates problems and then he fixes them." "Kind of like a fireman who torches a building just so that he can put it out." "Dinner for a week says it's Newman." "Buying or making?" "Buying." "Then you're on." "Nothing personal, but that last meat loaf you made was nasty." "Are you dogging Harm's special meatless meat loaf?" "Let's put it this way." "If you were to make the Harmon Special on this ship, they'd have to unload it with the toxic waste." "That's a little harsh, don't you think?" "If you don't like it, you could just say, "I don't like your meat loaf, Harm."" "You don't have to be insulting." "Houston, you have a problem." "Master Control, this is Nav Bridge." "What's going on down there?" "What the hell is going on?" "We're experiencing power interruptions on the Bridge, commander." "We've got an engineering casualty, sir." "Looks like another generator shutdown." "How long will it take to fix?" "I don't know, sir." "I've gotta find the source." "Make it quick, commander." "We've got a Tomcat section trapping in 20 minutes." "Aye, aye, sir." " Somebody find Yarborough." " Aye, sir." "What's going on?" "We've got fire alarms going off in the ammo locker and wardroom galley, and a flood alarm in enlisted berthing." "Engineering casualty, possibly another generator failure." "Can we get the main generators back online?" "We're trying, but the power-distribution system keeps shutting them down." "Those Tomcats need landing lights." "Let's shut down all nonessential power circuits." " Aye, aye, sir." " Pri-Fly, this is the skipper." "We've got power failures that may interfere with our landing system." "I want the landing crew to wheel the portable mirrors out on deck ASAP." "On the flight deck, man up for incoming emergency landing." "Set all nets in full." "All nonessential personnel, report below decks ASAP." "What are they waiting for?" "In Coral Sea, this is the captain." "Because of ongoing problems in the ship's electrical system, we will be going dark in all nonessential areas to let the engineers troubleshoot." "Crew movement will be restricted to duty section only." "Standard operating procedure." "Sorry, we're all shut down until the power comes back on." "Open the safe." "Is this a drill?" "Does this look like a drill?" "On the flight deck, all flight-deck personnel, stand by." "Aircraft team, Team 1." "Our warning panel is lit up like a Christmas tree." "We can't find the problem." "We're getting false readings..." "Even our fire alarms are going..." "I don't know what the problem is, sir." "Communications are breaking up too." "You got 60 seconds to find it and fix it, commander." "I got Tomcats that are gonna start dropping out of the sky if they don't land soon." " Aye, aye, sir." " Scramble the crash crew." "I'll alert the pilots." "Pri-Fly, this is the XO." "Ready alert crash and rescue for incoming aircraft." "Slamdance 112, this is Viper Magic." "We're experiencing power problems." "Stand by for landing clearance, over." "Copy that, Viper." "Go-go, let's take a walk around the block." "XO, you've got an emergency call from disbursing." "This is XO." " We've got a major problem." " What?" " You're breaking up." "Say it again." " We're having problems." " When?" "Was anybody hurt?" " No." "All right, lock it down." "We'll send a security party down there." "An aircraft mechanic just ripped off the disbursing office." "Emptied the vault." "Rough estimate is he got over a million dollars in cash." "Officer of the deck, send a Security Guard Force to the disbursing office." "Aye, aye, sir." "How do you know it was an aircraft mechanic?" "He was in squadron flight-deck gear." "Probably as a disguise." "Sir, these electrical problems were a diversion." "He knew that you'd be forced to shut down nonessential power." "Including the alarm system in disbursing." " Yarborough." " The tech rep?" "If this joker ripped off my ship, how the hell was he planning to get away with the money?" "I'll ask him, sir." "Somebody turn off those damn alarms." "Give me a hand." "Well, it looks like I was right about Yarborough." "So when are you taking me for dinner?" "If it is Yarborough, he isn't working alone." "This is not a drill." "Man overboard." "Starboard side." "Man overboard, starboard side." " Where are you going?" " Following a hunch." "This is not a drill." "Roger, Pri-Fly." "This is Star One." "We're away." "Mr. Yarborough?" "Hello, this is Major MacKenzie." "Hello?" "Viper Magic, this is Slamdance 112." "My fuel state is approaching bingo." "Please advise, over." "Bradley, I've got one man in the water." "I do not want four more." "I need landing lights and I need them now." "I don't care if you gotta get down there with a flashlight." " We're trying, sir." " Don't try, just do it." "Aye, sir." "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you." " Yeah." " All right." "Pri-Fly, this is the skipper." "You are clear to bring them home." "One-one-one, 112." "Deck is green, clear approach." "One-one-one ball." "Tomcat 1.2." " Mr. Newman." " Commander." "Working late?" " I wouldn't touch that if I were you." " Why not?" " It's dangerous." " Really?" "More dangerous than sabotaging the steam lines, Mr. Newman?" "More dangerous than robbing an aircraft carrier?" "What are you talking about?" "You were in the turbine room a few hours before the mishap." "You sabotaged the steam lines and the water pipes." "Yarborough disabled the electrical system and you robbed the ship." "I think the fumes are getting to you, commander." "You won't mind if I take a look, then, will you?" "I'm gonna have to ask you to leave for your own safety." "A rescue helo just pulled Yarborough from the water." "Yarborough was dressed as a crewman." " What was he doing on the deck?" " Maybe trying to hide the money." "He didn't do a good job of it." "There was money in the water." "What now?" "Sir, there's a fire in HAZMAT." "You might be able to confine me to this room, but you're not giving me any more shots." "I mean it." "I'm sorry, would you excuse us?" "Yeah." "Thank you." "So, what's going on here, lieutenant?" "I'm trying to get out of here, sir." "I'm supposed to report to Coronado on Friday." "You need to let these doctors help you before you go anywhere." "Help me?" "They're not helping me." " I'm fine." " Sharky." " You have leukaemia." " Says who?" "Says the doctors?" "Says Shelley?" "Every time I get the sniffles, Shelley's crying Gulf War Syndrome." "Sharky, you do have a disease, and if you let it go untreated, it will kill you." "I'm not afraid of dying, sir." "Never would have become a SEAL if I was." "So, what are you afraid of?" "Nothing." "Not afraid of leaving Shelley without a husband?" "Rachel without a father?" "Because that's exactly what's gonna happen if you refuse this treatment." "The treatment doesn't work, sir." "I know." "My old man died of cancer when I was 8." "He had the operations and the chemotherapy, and the freaking radiation treatments for what?" "He still died." "He was 80 pounds when he died." "The only thing the treatments did was take away his dignity and his will to fight." "If I'm gonna die, sir, it's gonna be in the line of duty." "Well, you're not going back to active duty until you beat this thing." "Well, then, I guess I'm resigning my commission, sir." "Because I'm not staying here." "Fine." "Fine." "I'll make a few calls." "I'll have you discharged within the hour." "All you gotta do is ring the bell." "Just like all those whining, bawling mama boys that dropped out of SEAL training." "Remember, Sharky?" "Doughnuts and hot coffee for all you pukes that wanna quit." "Hey, what are you waiting on?" "If you wanna give up, be my guest." "This is the battle of your life, lieutenant." "If you don't have the guts to see it all the way through, then you will lose and you will die, so come on." "Come on." "Ring the bell." "Damn it, ring the bell." "Hooya, sir." "Hooya, lieutenant." " Are you sure you're okay?" " Well, I'm all right." "The toxic waste didn't give me that x-ray vision or superhuman strength I'd hoped for, if that's what you mean, anyway." "They found Yarborough's body." "He was the man overboard." "Newman wanted us to think that Yarborough went over with the money." "Yarborough went over the side, all right, with Newman's help." " But he didn't have the money." " But they found money in the water." "Enough for us to think that it was all lost." "But it isn't." "So where is it?" "It's in there, sir." "They figured if Yarborough could disrupt communications, get the vault alarm shut down, Newman could get the money off ship." "He was in charge of the thing that could be unloaded without arousing suspicion." "Damn, how did you figure that?" "Meat loaf, sir." "Meat loaf?" "Harm's meatless meat loaf, actually." "Commander, major, you make a hell of a team." " Thank you, sir." " Thank you, sir." "Meat loaf, huh?" "Yeah, I guess we do make a pretty good team." "When you listen to me, we do." "Why don't you stay aboard for a few days?" "Buy me dinner in Washington." "Me?" "We were both wrong." "Or both right." "Yeah, whatever." "What, are you trying to get rid of me?" "No, there's no sense in both of us staying aboard." "I'll tell the admiral that you'll have everything wrapped up in a few days, and..." "Who knows, maybe you can convince the skipper to give you a reward." "A reward?" "Yeah, recovering a million dollars should be worth at least a couple hours in a Tomcat." "You know, you're not so bad after all."