My Love; My Life: Slipping Through My Fingers

Shocking News

* Carl (bartender), Hyla (last of Presidency) & Charity (teacher)-(age 27)*
* Halley (aerospace engineer)-(age 25)*
* Tilly (Navy), Neil (microbiologist) & Asher (auto shop)-excluding Tilly & Asher, junior in college (age 23)*
* Tuck (Marines) & Tina (genealogist), Panchali (bar tender) & Dalib (astrophysicist), Dal (Dallas Cowboy), Houie (NASA) &  Cali (Dr. Tire), Luke, Angel, & Homily (family business), & Delilah (Dallas Cowboys cheerleader)-(age 22)*
* GG (Air Force) & Louie (Space Force), & Shey (auto shop)-(age 21)*
* Ace (Army) & Holly (Bar tender)-(age 20)*
* B2 (neurologist-eventually) & Zin (Psychic-eventually, hobby right now) Cooper-around 16/17 yrs old, B2 is now a Sophomore in college & Zin is still homeschooled as well as well as talking a bit more, but only to a limited amount of people*
*Berry & Charlie (n/a)-(ages: 7/8)*
* Weep You No More Sad Fountains-this song started as a poem written by an unknown author of the Elizethan era & was first performed on the lute in 17th century court & credit for the ballad was John Dowland. It regained more popular as the 20th century came about, one known version-as well as my favorite one-is Kate Winslet's from 1995 'Sense & Sensibility,' but as that version is shorter than the entirety, I sadly have to go with different clip. I chose this song with reason, reason that will be revealed within this chapter.*
Setting: unknown last day of Hyla's Presidency, before the next presidential inauguration; beginning of August 2042...

"There," Hyla sighs out as she leans back in the chair & looks over the bill she just rewrote, "only four months n twenty days left in office befere I pass the torch off ta the next President," she says as she looks at her calendar, "so why ain't I able ta shake this feelin that somethin ain't right?"

"..."

"Send me my bodyguard," she says speaking into her intercom

"Right away madam President."

"F," she mutters quietly to herself, "where are you?-normally yer ere within seconds of me askin fer ya."

"You asked for me madam President?"

Startled by the different voice as it enters the room, she goes stiff instead of relaxed -her feet falling from the desk to the floor instantly & she stands at attention at the sight of the strange person before her...

"Who the hell are you?" She asks him, "where's Agent F-where's my personal bodyguard?"

"I'm agent-"

"I DON'T CARE WHAT AGENT YOU ARE!" She shouts at him, "I WANT MY AGENT-I WANT AGENT F!" She continues as she slams her fist down on the desk, "WHERE. IS. HE?!"

"..." the man readies to speak

"Don't you dare say 'Lake Laogai', 'Tahiti', 'Project Insight' or some sneaky bs-"

"What're talking about mad-"

"Ohho don't gimme that bs," she says now getting hothead, "I mean have you watch ANYTHING EVER? 'Lake Laogai' is the secret underground where the 'Dai Li' would take people who spoke of the war going on outside the walls of 'Ba Sing Se' to brain wash them to speak and think that they are safe in the city-that there is no war and that they simply went on vacation to lake Laogai," she rants, "and then there's the 'Tahiti project' where S. H. E. I. L. D brought Agent Colson back from the dead and suppressed his memories of dying-of being brought back and left with the belief that he simply went on a vacation to the French-Polynesian country of Tahiti," she continues, "finally 'project insight', where H. Y. D. R. A turned Sargent James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes into a cyborg assassin called the winter soldier and erased all of his memories," she explains, "I know shit!" She snaps at him, "so don't you dare go telling me that agent F went on a trip or vacation or whatever somewheres!" She yells, "cause I won't believe you!"