This story was co-written with a friend, without whom my life would be boring. Thanks, Ice.
"Attention all JAG personnel, due to the approaching storm, your Executive officer and I are ordering everyone to go home. It is now 6:40 PM," said the Colonel. "Have a safe drive home everyone."
Colonel Ethan Hunter turned around to look at his Executive officer, Major Miranda Sloan. "So, shall we leave as well Colonel?" asked the Major.
"I suppose we should, but I have a few things in the "Vault" to take care of," the Colonel said while getting up "Follow me will you?"
The two officers locked up their offices just as the first wave of thunderstorms rolled in. Most of the personnel had run out of the building when the order came to go home. The Colonel was a soft-spoken man who cared deeply for the people under his command. Major Sloan was more of an outgoing person making sure everything was in order. She noticed that her CO was a nice and tender man. She had had her eye on her Commander since first day but knew it was against regulations to even say anything. Also she didn't want to say anything for fear of being hurt.
The two reached the lowest level and stood in front of the "Vault". The Vault was actually the storage area for everything that the JAG office had. Most of the items around belonged to old cases and their evidence, the "clearing house" of all items. Colonel Hunter dialed in his security code and the large doors open as the lights flickered on; row by row.
"Sir, we should go soon, we don't want to get caught in this storm." The Major said in a scared tone
"Relax XO, besides worse comes to worse, we'll spend the night here, trust me, I've seen you sleep here before." Hunter said with a grin.
This statement suddenly caught the XO off guard. As she followed her Commander into the vault, a bolt of lightning struck the power generator located behind the large old brick building of the JAG legal office. Suddenly power cut out and the "Vault" door slammed shut because of a built in security feature. The lights cut out and it was completely dark in the building.
"XO!" the Colonel yelled, "Are you all right?!"
"Yes, Sir, I am, are you?" The Major asked, now truly scared.
The emergency lighting flicked on and the entire vault was covered in an eerie green light. The two trapped officers looking around for a moment then walked to the door. At first the Colonel tapped the keypad to open the door and then realized that the power was out.
"Major, we have a little 'problem' with the door." Hunter remarked looking at the door.
Suddenly the two realized that this night was about to get a whole lot longer. "Well it looks like it's just you and me, Sir." The Major said thinking very naughty thoughts in the back of her mind, recalling his earlier comment about seeing her sleeping.
The Major had always been able to keep things professional and very low key when opportunities like this arose. Once the Major got extremely close to Colonel Hunter in the copy room but kept herself from kissing him, like she wanted. But tonight was different; perhaps it was the green glow that covered the room.
"Well it's going to get colder now that the heater is off," the Colonel responded, while looking at the heater vent.