Angela stood in the office she would no longer call home. Tears rolled down her face as she packed away her things. The commanders were dead. There was nothing she could do to bring them back. They couldn't even find their bodies from the destruction.
She took off her glasses cleaning the lenses with a cloth from her breast pocket. A harsh hiccup and cough caused from her hard crying. She ran the sleeve over her face making soaked with her tears.
A knock came at the door drawing her out her thoughts. She forced herself to stop crying cleaning her face up with handkerchief from her side pocket. She cleared her throat making sure to not have anything wrong with her voice. "Come in."
The young woman stood at the doorway with her bags packed ready to go home. "Doctor, do you need help?" The blonde shook her head going back to packing the rest of her paperwork. "Not at all. It's just harder than I thought... to pack up. Especially when everything around you is what you have come to know as your home."
Lena moved closer placing her bags down by the door. "Dr. Zeigler...I know you were close with both of them. You guys were really close..." She leaned on the desk seeing the frame of them all together.
Angela had sat next to both commanders in the frame. She sighed handing her the picture. "I know it's not easy. We have to return to our ordinary lives with people thinking we're the bad guys." Lena grabbed some of the other things from the wall handing them to her.
Angela kept quiet putting everything into the boxes. Lena looked around seeing everything else gone. "Did you at least pack away everything in your room yet?"
"I did. It was all done yesterday. I just don't know what to do now. What will happen to everyone?" She slumped back down into her chair holding her head in her hands. "Everything is just so awful."
The brunette touched the blonde's shoulder gingerly. "I know it's hard to think about. Most of us think of this place as home. Like Winston."
She cleaned her face placing her hand on hers. "I know. He said he plans to stay here and do his work. I think I'll go to Switzerland and be a doctor there."
She got out of her seat going back to packing. Lena assisted her with what she could. She glanced around her office seeing the piles of boxes. "I guess that's everything. ."
She turned towards the younger woman picking up her luggage. She handed it to her looking rather somber. "I think we can get ready to leave. We are some of the last to go."
She turned her attention to the upper level where she was housed. "I'll go get my things and we can head off to the airport together." She moved quickly leaving the cadet along.
She came back holding her suitcases firmly. "I think I'm ready to head out. If we stay any longer I'm going to break down again." She moved towards the door pulling the strap of her purse higher on her arm.
Lena opened up the door for them following the doctor at her heels. The airport was packed as to be expected. Angela stood alone at the by the gate. Her eyes watched the clock knowing her departure would be soon.
She checked her phone seeing the message from her little cadet. "I'm on the plane doctor. I hope you have a safe trip." She stared at her screen feeling her chest tightening once more. "You too Lena. Please take care of yourself."
The intercom sounded for first class boarding. Grabbing her ticket from her bag as she headed towards the gate making sure to not crack. She sat down resting her purse in her lap feeling the reality of her situation settle in.
The plane ride back home was quiet and lonely. She went over her photos in her phone making her stop at the Halloween party. The blonde witch posed in between the zombie and vampire giving their best evil grins.
Tears fell from her cheeks dripping onto her arms. She closed her phone cleaning her face again before anyone could her see her like that. She hurried from the plane to the taxi making sure to keep her focus on returning home.
She opened up the door to her home in Switzerland. The house hadn't been touched in years. She took her things to her room removing the dusty protective covers off the bed. She laid down feeling the heaviness of the death kick in.
Tears fell from her face hugging onto a pillow. She sniffled loudly curling up into a ball. The pain coursing through her body as her cries grew louder.