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They finally made it to the barracks. BA parked back in the visitors spot and the three men headed up the walk when a voice behind them called out "So, ya got your boy out, huh Captain? Maybe you're not as inept as people think you are."

There was Carter looking as frigid as ever with a stupid smirk on his face. Just the sight of Carter caused Face to lunge at the man but Peck was no match for BA's speed and strength. The Big-Man reeled him back quick, and kept a hold. Murdock saw that BA had Face and took a few steps towards Carter.

"Ya know Dougie, I don't know why you've decided to make our lives hell since we got here, and frankly I don't care, 'cause I'll tell you one thing." Murdock pointed a finger at Carter being careful not to touch him "When you mess with my team you're messin' with my family – and that really pisses me off. Now run along like a good lil' parasite 'til the MPs come to take you on a one way trip to Leavenworth." And with that Murdock turned away and took two steps towards Face and BA, who were standing near the door.

Face shouted "Lookout!"

Murdock turned just in time to block Carter's attack and dropped one well-executed punch in the Lieutenant's face that sent him crashing to the pavement below. Murdock stepped back, rubbing his knuckles and exclaimed "Now that's what I wanted to do when I first met ya, Dougie." and then turned towards the doors as BA and Face whooped in awe and disbelief. It was then he noticed several MPs running towards him. Fighting his initial urge to run, Murdock threw his hands in the air and took another step back.

The MPs ran past Murdock and as he lowered his outreached arms, they grabbed Carter up off the ground and began issuing charges and reading him his rights. The charges ranged from multiple counts of theft, break and enter, grand theft auto, larceny, obstruction of justice, and last but not least, assaulting a superior officer. They cuffed Carter and put him in a cruiser as Detective Saunders approached Murdock.

"You okay, Captain? You handled yourself well! Thanks for helping us collar that punk." And with that Saunders got into his car and drove away. Murdock shook his head and mumbled "And they call me crazy?" With that he turned and walked towards Face and BA. Face smiled as he put his hand on the captains' shoulder "Hey Murdock, maybe I should be making you some lunch to thank you, what do ya say?"

Murdock rocked on his heels a little, nervously trying to decide how best to reply to the offer when BA came to his rescue, "Man you can't cook! Nothin' says 'thank you' better then some burnt toast and rubber eggs. Geesh… let the man cook! That's what he's good at. You can get him some comic books or a Bugs Bunny DVD, but don't ever offer to cook for him!"

The pilot threw his arms around BA and shouted out "Awwww Bosco! You do care!"

"Get off me you crazy fool, or I'll kick your ass!"

The boys had just finished their lunch and both Face and Murdock were back in their normal clothing. Face had decided that since he wasn't allowed to cook he could at least do the dishes and Murdock was running low on the urge to fight so he just gave in. Murdock had just flopped out on the couch to find some cartoons when a knock came at the door.

BA was closet to the door and answered it to find a shocked looking Hannibal in the hallway. Hannibal panned around the room, seeing that all three of his men were present and accounted for. He gave a sigh of relief.

"Hey Boss-Man! You're back early!" Murdock called from the couch.

Hannibal smiled "Yes Captain I am. I got a call at 0630 that my Lieutenant had been taken in on questioning for grand theft auto." Hannibal turned to see an innocent grin creep across Peck's face as he continued to dry dishes. Hannibal walked into the living room and reached down to turn the TV off.

He then walked over to the couch and looked down at the lone occupant and continued, "Then I received a call telling me that at 0835 there was a plane crash on the tarmac and my Captain was seen running away from the scene towards the firing range." Murdock smiled up at Hannibal as he turned away to focus his attention to the man standing next to the now closed door.

"And then I get another phone call as I am flying back here to inform me that at 0930 my Sergeant took, not signed out, but took a jeep from the motor pool and was seen speeding off in a reckless manner." He turned back to the kitchen "Do you care to explain any of this?"

Murdock sat up, as if on cue, got off the couch and took his ball cap off and started to wring it through his fingers. As he approached Hannibal he started to outline the morning's events "Well, ya see Boss…"

Hannibal put his hand up for the captain to stop "Captain, I told you to play XO if you had to. I hope you went with your Jack Nicholson impression, it's great." He paused with a grin. "But I believe that now, that responsibility falls back to Face. He can tell me what happened and you can fill in any blanks – okay?" he asked with a look of understanding.

Murdock stepped backwards and with a smile he slid over the arm, back onto the couch as a wave of relief crashed over him. He was happy that things were back the way they belonged. The team was together - this was his family, and each was, in his own way, just as crazy as he was. He liked it. Murdock was also quite thankful that his CO understood him – as well as anyone ever could.

Just at that moment his thoughts were broken by a perplexed Face standing over him shouting "Wait! You were in a plane crash? When were you gonna tell me?"

Yup, life was good.