Betrayal

A/N: I do not own or make any profit off of the Airwolf name or any of the characters involved within. My stories are for entertainment purposes only.

Summary: What happens when one member of the Airwolf team seems to make the ultimate betrayal? Is this the end of the team and Airwolf or is there really something else going on here? Please read to find out!

Prologue

Caitlin O'Shannessy sat in the pilot's seat of Airwolf, the most technologically advanced helicopter in the world, performing her pre-flight systems checks. It wasn't very often that she got the chance to fly this amazing piece of machinery on her own and normally she would be tingling with excitement – but not this time.

Taking a look around the cockpit with a heavy heart, she realized that this would not only be the last time she would ever fly Airwolf, but perhaps the last time the machine ever flew period if Caitlin wasn't able to pull off the most dangerous stunt she would ever attempt . She wasn't worried about herself but if she could do what she hoped she could do, they would at least be able to salvage Airwolf when everything was said and done. She only hoped that all of those missions with Hawke, watching his almost symbiotic relationship with the helicopter had taught her well.

If there was any other way out of this mess, Caitlin would have taken it in a flash. Unfortunately, she had been unable to come to any other conclusion than to do what she was about to do. Going to Hawke or Dom, or even Michael, was out of the question. "They" were watching …one wrong move and her family, as well as Dom and Hawke, would be killed. She couldn't let that happen. "They" had been thorough, Caitlin's reputation would forever be tarnished, if she even managed to live through all of this, but even her own reputation and/or life was a small price to pay for the well-being of those she loved.

She knew that as a result of her actions, Hawke and Dominic would hate her for the rest of their lives and there would be no turning back. She just hoped that somehow, eventually they would realize that she had made the ultimate sacrifice to keep those that she loved the most, safe. She had no regrets about her final Airwolf mission.

That was not to say, however, that Caitlin O'Shannessy had no regrets in life. The one major regret was never letting Stringfellow Hawke know how she really felt for him. Sure, she had been a good friend but what she had come to feel for that man was so much deeper than friendship or even just ordinary love. But now, he would never know and maybe it was better this way. At least he wouldn't blame himself for losing yet another person he had become to close with.

As dawn broke and the morning sun shone down into The Lair, bathing Airwolf in a shimmering light, Caitlin broke herself out of her reverie. There was no time to waste. Wiping a tear from her eye, she placed the cumbersome flight helmet over her strawberry-blonde locks and powered up the engines. Taking one last look around, she started Airwolf's ascent out of the funnel and headed towards her fate.

TBC…