Missing in Action

Chapter Thirty Eight

Missing in Action

Chapter Thirty Eight

James' P.O.V

I sat staring out at the harbour. We were in India waiting for more orders to come in.

I was supposed to be polishing the glass on my plane. At least, that had been what I had told Vice-Admiral Harrison when he had suggested that I got some rest.

The water was almost crystal clear. It was almost the colour of Cassidy's eyes in the summer.

I wondered if I would forget what she looked like after she died.

When they had gotten to where we thought Cassidy was, the whole compound had been empty. The occupants had left in a rush though and a few bits and pieces were still scattered about. One of the items had been Cassidy's dog tags which had been found in a corner of a prison cell under the main compound. The officers had wanted to have it tested to ensure that they weren't fake, but I had known that they were hers.

I held Captain Johnson's letter tightly in my hand. It still remained unopened. I wasn't ready for what it contained yet.

Someone sat down beside me. She had been fixed up, but the image of all the metal was still printed onto my brain.

"Nothing goes to plan, does it?" she stated.

"No," I replied shortly.

She looked at me.

I'd found out that the Red Squadron were part of an unmanned vehicle programme that the government had been working on. It was to try and see if the could stop putting pilots in the air. We hadn't been told because it would have meant that we wouldn't fly with them.

"I'm sorry James," Kerry said.

I smiled weakly.

"For which part of this mess?" I asked.

She laughed slightly.

"All of it," she said.

"Orders are orders," I said.

She turned back so that she was facing the sea.

"She's still alive James," Kerry stated.

My eyes clouded with tears when she said that.

"She has four days!" I exclaimed.

"And what would Henry say?" she asked.

"Henry's dead," I replied coldly.

She sighed. She knew that it was her fault and that I might never forgive her for it.

"You know, being a robot and all, I can remember everything, even the things that I don't want to. Believe me James, if I could change that day, I would," she snapped.

I didn't blame her for the tone that she used. She had lost her squadron that day as well.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

She calmed down then.

"Don't be," she said.

I suddenly became curious about Kerry Darlington.

"What will happen to you now?" I asked.

She smiled.

"Don't worry about me," she said.

"Kerry," I said.

She sighed again and plucked at the material if her uniform. She was nervous.

"I'm glad that I got to see it all. I'm glad that I had a chance at life and I'm glad that I might be able to prevent what happened to Henry and Cassidy from happening in the future," she said.