The Fighter

Chapter 29

"If she's in I'm in." Jax declares as I propose my idea.

"I'm in." Alan and Oliver agree.

I take it to the next step and tell General Logan.

"Nice to have you back." He smiles.

"Glad to get back in." I reply lighting a cigarette.

"First thing is, you need to stop smoking so much." He pulls the cigarette aways rom my lips and squishes it out.

"We leave tomorrow." He walks away from me as I run upstairs to get packed.

I pull out my small bag and put all my old uniforms in it. Jax comes in as I tell him everything.

"I'll go get packed and tell Oliver and Alan." Jax leaves my room as I ini sh stuffing my uniforms in. I sneak in packs of cigarettes at the bottom of my bag.

Henry's letters sit in a neat pile on my dresser. I grab them and put them in my bag before I walk out of my room.

"You're going back?" One boy mocks as I go stand beside Jax.

"What are you going to do, get your new best friend killed again?" Another boy chimes in.

"She saved all of our lives. You owe her your worthless one!" Jax steps in and yells at the two boys. They scramble away.

"Don't pay attention to them. They have no clue what they're talking about." Jax gives me a needed hug.

Oliver and Alan meet us for dinner with everything packed.

"I'm going to miss good food." I say in between bites.

"And sleeping in." Jax adds in.

After dinner we go to the library in the palace and have one last drink.

"I'm going back as a paramedic." Alan says.

"Do you think you could still do that after everything that's happened?" I ask.

"It's the only thing that I can do." He shrugs.

I finish off my drink and go to bed. When I fall asleep I get greeted with my terrors. They always start the same way. I see Henry die and then I see him at his funeral but there is always the boys that I killed chasing me once I arrive. Then they capture Oliver and I scream until I wake myself up.

"Scarlett...." Oliver is standing in the door way when I wake up.

"Oliver!" I gasp as he crawls in beside me.

"Was it the same dream?" He ask.

"Yea." I faintly say.

"It's ok. I've been having the same nightmares too." I rub his face as his tired eyes droop close.

I don't go to sleep right away. I stay up for about two hours. Oliver shakes beside me as I hear him moan in agony.

"Oliver!" I shake him out of his misery. His hand clamps down on my arm. He crushes it as I dry to pull him out of it.

"Scarlett!" He pulls me into him.

"It's ok." I rub his back as we hug.

We lay back down and go back to sleep together.

We are awoken by Jax the next morning.

"It's time to go back, guys." He says.

We get ready and go down stairs to meet the Generals.