The first few years were rough on JD after losing Kait, but he had Del and his father ti give him a hand raising Jericho. "She's quite the little handful isn't she Son?" asked Colonel Hoffman while she scampered about doing what a young child does.
JD agreed and Sam managed to finally get Jericho sitting in front of her on the steps and got her thick brunette mane brushed and in braided pig tails. Now, four years later found Jericho at eight years old and going to school.
One day, she knew that she had to be ready for a meeting with First Minister Jinn wit her father and grandfather. She put on a dress and put her mane into a pony tail for the time being.
They were picked up in a raven and she sat in her father's lap and worked on her schoolwork when she was shifted to her grandfather's , Baird, and Sam, along with Colonel Hoffman were attending the meeting as well.
However, the deebees were offline, but Jericho felt uneasy along with the others. She stayed close by while her father re-enlisted with the Cog. But he made Jinn promise to leave his friends and family alone. 'and to send his tags to his father if something were to happen.
"Of course, that was over two years ago," said Jinn while handing Marcus his son's Cog Tags. Marcus knew that his granddaughter had her father for the past eight years before he died saving his squad's lives while staying behind.
Jericho left what she was doing to listen and knew that it was just her and her grandfather for as long as she had him. Marcus placed JD's tags around her neck saying,"These were your father's honey. And I'm pretty damned sure that he wanted you to have them. As a keepsake."
She nodded as she felt the cool metal against her neck and vowed to become a hell of a medic. Not to mention a crazy ass hand to hand fighter as well. As time went by,Jericho felt called to use her father's combat knife as it seemed to fit her hand as well.
Meanwhile, Del knew that something was off about the mission. Before Marcus asked about it. But, he asked Del about it and he said,"JD's still mia Marcus for the time being. So, I'll keep ab eye out just in case."