The Seven Swords of Diya: An Indiana Jones Fan Fiction - Part 2

Chapter 385: Attu Island, North Pacific Ocean, 1960

Attu Island

North Pacific Ocean

1960

Ross paused. "We don't have a captain to legally marry them."

Emily looked at her father. "Dad, what was your rank when you left the OSS?"

Indy swallowed. "Captain. It would have been higher, but Marion has a habit of sticking her shotgun into Mac's face, and then I get demoted. Its not my fault the OSS turned CIA keeps losing me."

Lizavet looped her arm in Shorty's. "You will marry us then?" She asked softly, shyly gazing at Indy.

Indy touched a scar by his eyebrow along the side of his head. "You realize kids that thanks to a Nazi bullet, I don't remember my own wedding? ...so I'm probably not the best man for the job?"

Emily cracked a grin like her father. "Dad, they're not asking you to be best man. They're asking you to administer the vows."

"Officiate, Em. Administer the vows sounds..."

"Painful? ...Captain Jones?" Ross finished.

"Yes. Painful." Indy looked at Emily.

Ross continued. "You're also the only married man on the island."

Indy looked around at all the soldiers gathering around and watching them. "Did all of you fall for the line about, 'there are as many women as there are trees?'"

Nods crossed the group... as several men glanced Emily up and down. She grinned chaotically at Indy. "Well, Dad... er, uh.... Captain Dad... you gonna officiate?"

"Yes, Captain Dad - please?" Shorty asked.

Indy studied the bride. "Lizavet, you ok with this, hon?"

Lizavet gave a nod. "There was nothing for me at home. I have found family with you, Emily and..." she smiled, stepping forward to grab Shorty's jacket lapels. "Shorty finally came back for me. And I will not let him leave again!"

"Ok." Indy separated the two. "Em, stand beside me. Ross, you get on the other side. Both of you are witnesses in case Mac and the CIA shows up and wants to send Lizavet back to the USSR. Soldiers!"

"Yes, sir!"

"All of you are witnesses too."

They lined up, surrounding the couple about to be married.

Indy glanced in the sky and heard a plane.

Ross swallowed. "That would be the CIA, Doctor Captain Jones."

Indy smiled. "We've got time. And I want this to be meaningful..."

He looked at Shorty. "Son, Wan Li, Shorty - do you solemnly swear to commit your life to this beautiful woman, Lizavet... in sickness, in health, during laughter and chaos, heartbreak and high adventure with every loyalty you have in your heart, mind, body and soul - as long as you both shall live?"

Shorty took Lizavet's hands. "I do."

Emily saw Mac and several CIA agents headed up the hill. She started loading her weapon as Indy handed her his pistol as well.

"Louder for the ones in the back!" Emily ordered.

"I DO!" Shorty yelled with glee on the same vibrato level as a soldier declaring "Yes, sir!".

Indy turned to Lizavet. "Lizavet, you already have those things I just told Shorty about in your heart. Do you receive this man to be your lawfully wedded husband in sickness, in health, during laughter and chaos, heartbreak and high adventure with every loyalty you have in your heart, mind, body and soul - as long as you both shall live?"

"Am I not supposed to be taken?" Lizavet asked. "Those are the traditional vows words, yes...?"

"Lizavet, hon..." Indy smiled tenderly. "You've been taken and dragged into so many horrible places against your will - I want you to be received willingly, into my family, and marriage to Shorty."

Lizavet kissed Indy on the cheekbone. "Thank you, Papa! I do. I do receive Shorty and your family as my own!"

Indy saw Mac threading through the soldiers.

He grinned at Shorty and Lizavet, making certain Mac was within hearing distance. "I now pronounce you, Mr. And Mrs. Jones!"

The soldiers cheered.

Shorty looked at Indy. "Do I get to kiss her now?"

"Why are you looking at me?! Ask the bride?!"

Lizavet lunged, smiling and smashed her face against Shorty's before he could breathe to ask the bride.