She's Our Girl

Salt shaken sky full if stars

SJ had fallen asleep and fingers stood outside the tent, SJ awoke to droaning sound, it was quiet and muffled, but now she was up. She was n her PJ's she pulled her combat boots on and glanced at her watch 3:47am she thought she may aswell get a brew, fingers obviously wouldn't let her so she snuck out the back, into the empty canteen, she made herself a cup of tea and sat alone in the darkness, until a voice spoke it made her jump 'couldn't sleep?' She looked behind her and there sat her dad 'it was the same when you were little, if I woke up so did you, even if I was on tour we still did as if we were....connected' SJ smiled 'so it's your fault a can't sleep! Thanks for that' she sarcastically replied. There conversation was cut short by a gun shot, and then many followed it ' SJ stay here and stay out of sight' her dad said she nodded and went to hide in the shadows of the canteen, she hid inside a crack in the wall.
             Captain James Ran to the tent where fingers was standing guard "the barracks are under attack we need to move now, get SJ and protect her at all costs....SJ on me!SJ?" Captain James stuck his head in the tent "Shit, she's gone! When did she go?" He asked fingers. Fingers look uneasy "I don't know boss." Captain James sighed "I'll go find her! Tell her Majesty's Army to all take refuge in the canteen.Go!" And with that they both left.
       SJ's eyeline dropped and her breathing grew heavy as the crack of light from the door grew bigger and the voices she heard were not ones she understood. She prayed they wouldn't find her. She dazed off and heard muffled shouts and gun shots.
     All the army entered the canteen to find some invaders with a few shots they were dead. "Fingers where's SJ?" Georgie asked "I don't know Georgie." Fingers admitted  Georgie went to hit fingers Crying, Elvis entered and pulled her off "Woah Georgie calm down, what's going on?" Elvis asked "Fingers Lost SJ." Georgie cried. Elvis looked puzzled "I left SJ in here must have been 10 minutes ago." Elvis replied now Georgie really sobbed "what?" Elvis asked "YOU GOT OUR DAUGHTER TAKEN!" Georgie screamed at Elvis "I..I don't understand?" He rabbled. Monk spoke up "there were invaders here before we got here." Elvis's face dropped "no..no...no SJ, SJ BABY WHERE ARE YOU" he yelled "it's too late, she's not here thanks to you!" Georgie retorted bitterly whilst being comforted by Captain James.
        SJ was in a daze a ghostly voice lingered in her ear "we've got you now princess.." and she felt something touch her arm. She screamed and lept out of the crack in the wall to come face to face with her parents. She was shaking tears streaming down her face. Georgie embraced her tightly "he was here... he was right here." She whispered but nobody heard.
       The next day the whole army were flown home. And SJ was unpacking in her room, she was a lot happier her mum had agreed to let her see her dad more. There was a knock on the door that broke SJ from her thoughts it was Jamie "are you almost ready to go?" He asked "go?" She echoed puzzled. "To grace and Max's for tea." Jamie replied then she remembered. She nodded "be down in a minute."
            There was a knock at the door and Lulu, opened it to Find Jamie, Georgie and SJ standing there, she let them in and Max and Grace hugged and kissed SJ and told her they were glad she was safe. They ate Fajitas and just chatted Grace turned to Jamie "do you want a brew love?" Jamie nodded "that would be lovely." Grace went to make it. "Awh darn I'm out of milk, I'll go get some, I'll only be a minute." SJ cut her off "it's alright I'll go." She smiled. "Okay hun." Grace handed her the money and whispered in her ear "get something special for yourself love" SJ smiled and the front door shut.
            She walked to the corner shop and got the milk she stepped outside and saw a face that made her shiver it was him. She ran all the way back and through the front door. Puffing and panting she placed the milk in the fridge "you okay babe?" Georgie called from around the corner "yeah I'm fine" SJ lied.
            Jamie was driving the car when he spoke "sapphire-Jade, your mother and I are going to London tomorrow and I was wondering if you wanted to go? You could go shopping maybe?" SJ looked at him in the mirror "yeah sure, I've been wanting to go London for ages." And with that the conversation was closed.
          The next day at kings cross station Georgie handed SJ some money "look meet us back here at 5 okay, or I could just come with you?" SJ rolled her eyes
"I'll be fine mum, see you later." SJ headed to the tube and as the train screened into view she saw him again. She backed away and got on the train that went the opposite way. She got off and walked towards a house, where a man was saying goodbye to a toddler, there eyes met and SJ started leaving when he ran across the road "SJ? What you doing here?" He spoke "dad , it doesn't matter now." She replied "well what did you want?" He asked
"I shouldn't have come. " she answered then she broke slightly a tear rolled down her cheek "what am I doing?" She asked herself her dad touched her arm "hey...talk to me" he replied "I'm imagining things, okay.... I'm seeing people that aren't there." Elvis looked at her "who do you think you've been seeing?" He asked "well he's dead so it can't be him." She retorted "Abu?" Elvis replied "yeah" SJ retorted Elvis looked at her and looked away "What?"
              "Afterwards they tried to find DNA evidence of Abu's death." Elvis began but SJ cut him off "but how could he survive the compound was blown to pieces?" She replied earnestly "that's the thing the found an impressive network of tunnels underneath the dwelling." Elvis replied "oh my god, every time I close my eyes at night I see him, his face, and when I do manage to get to sleep he's always there.....I'm losing it aren't I?" She asked as her dad was always the rationale one "no your not." He replied "well he's not really following me is he!" She retorted  Elvis hugged her "look there is no way he's got back in the UK trust me, I'll report the sightings but try too..." he finished "so it's all in my imagination" she said "yes" he replied  SJ broke away from the hug and put her head in her hands "so he tried to kill you didn't he?its natural that you feel a bit shaken anyone would! Alright?" He answered "Mkay" she replied. "What's the time?" She asked "quarter to five. Why?" Elvis replied "Shit I need to be at kings Cross at Five, I have to go I'll see you later." She got up and ran and ran she hopped on the tube and legged it to the meeting point where Georgie and Jamie were already standing and Jamie looked at his watch. "SJ?" Georgie asked "yeah" SJ panted "shopping?" Georgie replied "there was nothing I liked" she retorted.
                Later that evening SJ was getting ready for bed when her phone rang
"hello?"
"Hey SJ, how you doing."
"I'm alright, about earlier, please don't tell mum."
" I won't but I'm going to keep checking up on you capeach?"
"Capeach. Night dad"
The line went dead "don't tell mum what?" Came the voice of Georgie as she entered "it's nothing." SJ replied Georgie nodded knowing she was lying "anyway you have a meeting with the boss and the baracomander in the morning" SJ nodded "Night darling" Georgie finished kissing her forehead. SJ just went the the window and saw the salt shaken sky full of stars, she looked down and uneasily backed away at what she saw it was him. She got into bed and slept but his shadow was hanging over her like a cloud of ash.
'Goodnight Princess'