Linna opened her eyes to find that she was upside down and strapped to her seat looking out of a shattered windshield. She remembered driving home from work on the rainy road, cars passing her on the other side of the road and how tired she was. The last thing she remembered was a pair of head lights coming right at her. The pain in her arm told her that her arm was broken. She could feel the warmth of the blood flowing from the open gash on her forehead. She looked into the rainy night and saw a red pickup truck on its side with the front end smashed to hell. As she was looking she saw the driver of the truck kick out the windshield and stagger to his feet. He was dressed in a US Military uniform and was staggering towards her.

"Are you ok?" He yelled.

"My arm is broken." Linna yelled out.

As the man was walking he suddenly stopped and his eyes grew wide. He went into a full sprint to the door and skidded to a stop and ripped her door open. Linna thought he was gonna kill her when she saw him pull a small knife out of his pocket. He reached in with the knife and Linna shut her eyes until she felt herself being cut free of the seat belt. The man picked her up and ran with her to the other side of his truck and set her on the ground. Linna looked around the truck just as the gas tank caught fire and engulfed her car. The man took a phone from the pocket of his jacket and dialed a number and said something in English that Linna didn't understand.

"Help is on its way." He said in Japanese.

He took off his jacket and wrapped it around Linna who was shivering from the rain.

"Thank you." Linna said. "What happened?"

"You swerved into my lane and hit me dead on." He said.

"I'm sorry." Linna said.

"Well we're both alive so it's ok." He said. "So I guess this is not the opportune time to ask for your number is it?"

"Ask me later." Linna laughed a little.

"I will." He said.

A few minutes later Linna heard the sound of approaching sirens. A minute later she was being lifted into the back of the ambulance strapped to the gurney. The last thing Linna saw before she passed out from the morphine was the man that rescued her talking of a police officer without his jacket.

Tokyo City hospital

When Linna awoke she found all her friends standing around her.

"Hey your awake, it's about time." Sylia said.

"Where am I?" Linna asked.

"The hospital." Priss said. "You've been here sense last night."

"Am I hurt badly?" Linna asked.

"Broken arm, 5 cracked ribs, good cut on your head broken wrist." Sylia said.

"And a partridge in a pear tree." Priss added with a musical note.

"Oh very funny." Linna laughed. "So when can I get out of here?"

"The nurse said as soon as you were ready you could go." Sylia said.

"Well then let's get out of here." Linna said standing up and walking to the closet to get her clothes.

When she opened the closet she found her clothes along with a US Army jacket with the name Sanders written in English and Japanese.

"Where did you get that?" Nene asked looking at the medals and ribbons.

"It belongs to the man that pulled me out of my car right before it caught fire." Linna said.

"Was he cute?" Nene asked.

"I didn't really see him that well." Linna said. "I should get it back to him."

"Linna there are several Army Bases in Japan." Sylia said.

"Well I guess I better start looking then shouldn't I?" Linna said and got dressed.

Fort Cronkite

"Staff Sergeant Sanders." A man said. "You are out of uniform."  

"Sorry sir I used my jacket to place around the woman that hit me last night to protect her from shock and hypothermia." Sanders said.

"You should have gotten it back when she was loaded into the ambulance." The man said.
"I'm sorry sir I did not think about it." Sanders said.
"Very well." The man said. "You are confined to quarters until your jacket is returned. I will send someone to the hospital to collect it. Dismissed."

"Yes sir." Sanders said and walked out of the room.

Fort Sill

Linna got out of Sylia's car with the jacket in hand and walked up to the guard post.

"Excuse me can you tell me if there is a man named Sanders on this base?" Linna asked.

"What is his rank ma'am?" The guard asked.

"I don't know." Linna said. "I have this and I want to give it back to him."

Linna showed the guard the jacket.
"His rank is Staff Sergeant." The guard said walking into the guard shack and typing something in on the computer. "No ma'am there is know one here by that name. You should try Fort Thompson or Fort Cronkite."

"Ok thank you." Linna said and walked back to Sylia's car.

"Who was that?" Another guard asked.

"Some prostitute looking to return a jacket." The guard said.

Fort Cronkite

Sylia and Linna Pulled up to the gates and Linna got out.

"I'm sorry ma'am I cannot let you through." The guard said.

"Ummm can you tell me if there is a Staff Sergeant Sanders here?" Linna asked.

"Yes ma'am there is." The guard said.

"Was he in an accident last night?" Linna asked.

"Yes Ma'am." He said.

"I have his jacket and I'd like to give it back to him." Linna said.

"I'm sorry Ma'am he has been confined to quarters." The guard said. "But I will make sure he gets it."

Linna slipped something into the pocket of the jacket and handed it to the guard and got back into the car.

"I guess he was there." Sylia said.

"Yes he was." Linna said.

"Well it looks like you won't be able to see him again." Sylia said.

"Actually I will." Linna said. "I put my number in his jacket."

"Well that will work." Sylia laughed as she pulled into the road.

Sanders's quarters

Sanders was sitting on his bunk thinking about all that had happened.

'Man I wish I could have gotten her number.' He thought. 'She was cute.'

As he was thinking someone knocked on his door.

"Come in." He said.

"Sir this was dropped off by a woman about 2 hours ago." A young Privet said handing Sanders his jacket.

"Thank you." Sanders said. "Any ward from Major Briggs?"

"Yes sir." The Privet said. "He said you may continue your leave."

"Thank you Privet." Sanders said. "You are dismissed."

"Yes sir." The Privet said and snapped a salute.

Sanders returned the salute and the Privet left. A moment later Sanders was searching his jacket for a cigar when he came across a small piece of paper.

'What's this?' He thought as he opened it up.

The note was written in Japanese and by what he knew it said.

I wanted to thank you for saving me last night. I thought we could get together for some drinks. Call me.

Linna Yamazaki

(534) 556-3542

Sanders lowered the letter and let out a laugh.

"What's so funny?" A woman asked with a heavy southern accent as she walked in.

"Oh I found this letter in my jacket when I got it back." Sanders said and handed her the note.

"So are you gonna meet her?" She asked.

"Yea I think I am." Sanders laughed as he dressed in his best uniform.

"Can I tag along?" she asked.

"If you want." Sanders said.

"Cool, give me a few minutes and I'll be ready." She said and walked out.

Sanders picked up his phone and dialed the number on the note.

"Hello." A woman said in Japanese.

"Hello is this Linna Yamazaki?" Sanders asked.

"Yes it is." Linna said.

"This is Sergeant Sanders." Sanders said. "We met with a bang last night."

"I see you found the note." Linna laughed.

"Yes I did." Sanders said.

"So how about those drinks?" Linna asked.

"Are you free tonight?" Sanders asked.

"Yes I am." Linna said.

"Ok." Sanders said. "I've wanted to check out this bar called Hot Legs, how about we go there?"

"That sounds good to me." Linna said.

"Ok then lets meet up in about 2 hours." Sanders said. "I'll be in uniform so I'll stick out like a sore thumb."

"Ok then." Linna laughed. "I'll see you in 2 hours."

"Ok see you then." Sanders said and hung up.

Linna's house

Linna sat on her bed for a moment before she reached for her phone and dialed.

"Hello." A woman said.

"Priss its Linna." Linna said.

"Hey what's up?" Priss asked.

"That guy I was telling you about just called." Linna said. "We're gonna meet up at Hot Legs for some drinks and I want you to go for safety reasons."

"Ok well I guess I can go." Priss said. "But I wont have a date."

"There will be plenty of chicks for you to chews from." Linna laughed.

"All the girls there are skuzzy looking." Priss said.
"After enough beer they'll look good." Linna said.

"Ok, when are we meeting?" Priss asked.

"In 2 hours at hot legs." Linna said and hung up.

She looked at the cast on her arm and sighed.

'Not much of a first impression.' She thought and started looking for something to wear.