Brothers in Arms
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.
Chapter 9
Arriving at The Lair, the three pilots sat in the Jeep admiring Airwolf as she stood gleaming in the soft light that had found it's way down through the funnel. "Ahhh, she is beautiful, isn't she?" Dom said with a sigh from the back seat.
"Yeah," Hawke simply agreed as he reached over from the driver's seat and took Caitlin's hand as he winked at her. "She sure is."
Caitlin blushed and giggled as she leaned over and gave Hawke a quick kiss on the cheek. "I think both of you are love sick fools," she said.
"What can we say? We're lucky guys to have such great ladies in our lives," Dom said with a prideful smile as he stepped out of the Jeep.
Following suit, Hawke and Cait exited the Jeep and followed Dom over to the impressive helicopter. Reaching into the passenger side of the cabin, Dom grabbed their three flight suits and handed one to each Hawke and Cait. "What d'ya say we take this little lady for a spin? It's been a few weeks since we've had her up."
"Sounds good," Hawke agreed and within fifteen minutes Airwolf was rising out of the Lair with Hawke at the controls. Caitlin in the co-pilot's seat and Dom in his usual spot at the engineering console. For the next 30 minutes the three put Airwolf through her paces never straying too far from their home base in the Valley of the Gods. "Everything seems to be working like a charm from back here, String," Dom informed them as he finished a system analysis.
"Yeah, up here too, Dom," Hawke agreed. "Hey Cait, why don't you take the controls, make sure everything's good from your side."
"I thought you'd never ask," the red head responded with a twinkle in her eye. "Hey Dom, let's see what this lady of yours can really do, give me turbo."
"Turbos," Dom confirmed with a smile as he switched on the super-powered engines.
With a shot of g force that pushed them back in their seats, the mach-capable helicopter took off like a shot. Hawke glanced over at Cait with a mixture of pride and admiration glistening in his eyes. "Hey, you're getting pretty good at this Cait. String better be careful or you'll be knocking him out of that pilot's seat," Dom teased.
"It'll be his own fault, seeing as he's the one that taught me," Cait responded with a laugh as she maneurved the helicopter expertly through a few twists and turns before disengaging the turbos and bringing the chopper back to normals speeds.
"Okay,now that everyone's had their fun, let's get Airwolf back to The Lair," Hawke announced as he retook control of the machine and concentrated on getting them safely back into the Lair. Once they had disembarked and done their post flight checks the three changed back out of their flight suits.
"So, Airwolf is ready, what about us?" Dom asked as the trio drove out of the Lair headed back to the hangar. "Any ideas on what we're going to do about catching Stone?"
"Yeah, maybe," Hawke said from behind the wheel. "I was thinking, Stone is probably monitoring all of this activity that Michael has had his team working on. He knows that we've figured out about the Special Ops team connection but he doesn't know that we've figured out his involvment yet. He's probably also keeping a close eye on anything that Airwolf might be working on for The Firm. Now what does Stone want just as much as my death?"
"To discredit your name," Caitlin answered.
"And to get The Lady," Dom chimed in.
"Exactly. I say we give to it all to him in one package. That should be something he can't resist," Hawke said.
"Yeah, but how are we going to do that, kid?" Dom asked.
"By now Stone probably figures we've heard about the information he sent to the Pentagon about St. John. Anyone that knows me, knows I'm not going to stand for that. So let's say Airwolf just happens to disappear and Michael receives information that I've gone "rogue", taken Airwolf and headed out to get revenge, no matter what the cost."
Sure, Hawke, I get it," Caitlin picked up, "Michael then puts it out that you've stolen Airwolf, that you're refusing to bring her back and are planning on using it to attack our own government officials. Basically, it'll sound like you've gone off the deep end."
"Okay, but how do we get Stone involved?" Dom asked.
"He's a computer specialist, right? Hawke continued, "Well Michael's going to need all the help he can get to find Airwolf and me. He brings in Stone to help and we set a trap."
"And we can set it up so he can find a not so obvious signal within Airwolf's computer systems that Stone can track her with," Caitlin expained.
"And if I'm right, Stone won't be able to resist taking and using that information to come and find me on his own instead of giving the information to The Firm."
"Damn, kid!," Dom exclaimed. "I think you're onto something there!"
"Yeah, now we just have to get Archangel to go for it." Hawke said as he pulled the Jeep up in front of the hangar only to see Michael's white limo pulling in behind him.
By later that evening the team had a plan in place and had decided to set it into motion the next morning. "Hawke, I'll take care of things from my end but you just be careful. We've seen how dangerous Stone can be," Michael warned as he got back in his limo to head back to Knightsbridge to get everything set.
"Don't worry, Michael," Caitlin said. "He knows that if he gets himself into trouble Dom and I will be there to back him up."
"Why doesn't that make me feel any better?" the spy asked with a gleam in his eye. "The three of you have a knack for getting into trouble!"
"Yeah but we always come home, Archangel." Dom said. "And don't forget, we've saved your butt a time or two."
"Believe me, Dominic, I can't forget...you won't let me!"
Watching the limo drive away, the three pilots headed off to spend a peaceful night together before the showdown to come.
TBC...
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