SINS OF THE DAUGHTER
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.
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Chapter 11
Andrew Winters had worked for the Horn family for more years than he could remember. For the past seven years he had been working almost exclusively for Angelica Horn, first as nothing more than a mere bodyguard as hired by her father to the present where he could now be considered her "right-hand man."
He had been loyal and fiercely devoted to Angelica Horn and over the years had taken quite a liking to the golden-haired woman. He considered her to be beautiful, smart and cunning. Of course it was nothing he had let outwardly show but he had hoped that eventually his dedication to her would be noticed and perhaps something more would develop.
It had pained him to see her going after this Stringfellow Hawke character with such zeal and he couldn't quite understand what it was that she saw in the pilot. Sure he was what some women would call strikingly handsome and somewhat mysterious but he was also infamously brooding and distant. In the end, Andrew figured it was more of a case of Angelica Horn demanding to obtain what she was told she couldn't have. And he had gone along with her plans to get him because it was his aim to please her, whatever it took.
But now, as he ran his hand longingly along the exterior of the machine they called Airwolf, he thought that maybe Angelica Horn had gone too far. For all intents and purposes she had Stringfellow Hawke right where she wanted him and yet she refused to take the one thing of real value that he could offer to her….Airwolf. She had even ordered that the machine be destroyed. Her father would be out of his mind if he knew what his daughter was planning.
The final straw for Andrew though, was that she had dismissed him so easily when he questioned her about her intentions for the helicopter. She had made it abundantly clear that there was no "we" when it came to himself and his boss and that she put no value in his opinions. All those years of time, sacrifice and devotion…it all meant nothing to her. He meant nothing to her.
"Well then, Andrew, perhaps it time to move on." He thought as he saw a couple of his men moving up the beach toward him. He knew that they were coming to inform him that a plane had been spotted approaching, most likely one flown by Archangel and Dominic Santini. "What better way to prove to her how much she really needed me instead of that pretty fly-boy she so desperately wants" he thought as he made a decision that would impact his life and several others.
"Andrew, fully armed Huey helicopter approaching, about 30 miles out. " One of the approaching men announced as he neared. "Shall we prepare the missile launcher?"
"No." Andrew stated matter-of-factly. "Tell the men to disarm the launchers and board the boat to be ready to leave in 10 minutes."
"What?" the man asked him incredulously. "But the boss, she said to make sure we shot down anything incoming!"
"Plans have changed. We are to let them land and regain control of Airwolf. We are not to get in their way. I just got off of the satellite phone with her. Do you want to call her back and question her about it?"
"Uh, no, of course not," the man said with fear in his voice. Most of Angelica's employees knew better than to question anything the woman did if they valued their lives. Turning around he headed back to inform the others.
"Well, Angelica…it was good while it lasted, but you should have paid more attention to what was right in front of your face instead of wanting what you couldn't have.."Andrew thought as he drew a piece of paper and a pen from his coat pocket and scribbled a quick note, leaving it where he knew Dominic and Archangel would be sure to find it. With that, Andrew turned and headed down the beach towards the boat. As the boat motored away from the shore, Andrew watched the helicopter approaching the island and felt better about himself than he had in years.
TBC….