And just for the heck of it, here's a post-"Recovery" ficlet in the same vein. Okay, a slightly different vein. Okay, a very different vein. I wrote it in two minutes, so it's not awesome, but like I said, what the heck.

Oo, and I want to point out the things that "Recovery" did that I did in "Amicus": glass cells, outing the kids on the news, S.H.I.E.L.D., and stealing an aircraft back from the military. I am so totally psychic! :makes a big deal out of sheer coincidence:

The moment that Harm stepped into the JAG bullpen that morning, Sturgis was at his side, saying, "Morning, Harm, did you see this thing on TV?"

Harm, who was running late as usual, gave his friend an exasperated look and said, "Sturgis, I don't have a TV, remember? Of course not."

Sturgis was not deterred. "Then have you read a newspaper lately?"

"No. Why? What's going on?" Harm asked, beginning to be alarmed by the knowledge that he'd missed something big. Maybe he should get a TV.

"Clueless as ever, huh, flyboy?" Mac said behind him, a smile in her voice.

He turned around and gave her the same exasperated look. "Good morning to you, too, Mac. Seriously, guys, what's going on?"

Sturgis looked at Mac. "You want to tell him? This is more up your alley anyway."

She raised her eyebrows. " 'My alley?' I have three visions and it becomes my alley?"

Harm cleared his throat, not quite so alarmed anymore, but curious as hell. "Guys."

Mac shrugged and said, "Oh, a twenty-foot robot rampaged through downtown New York and there's superhuman mutants living among us. That's all."

He had to check to make sure they weren't joking. Sure enough, both of their faces were dead serious; Sturgis could fake it, but not Mac, and that convinced him they were telling the truth. Still... "What?"

Mac nodded. "Yup. The Army took five of them into custody."

The two Navy men and the Marine exchanged identical glances of disdain at the thought of the Army.

"They're in for quite a haul, it sounds like," Sturgis added.

Harm thought about it for a minute. "Huh. I hope they get good lawyers."