Date: Mid December. Not long until Christmas.
I've been very busy these last 2 weeks. I'm not only trying to track down a new lead in whoever is after my team, but I've also been trying to help out my former liasion.
And today was finally the 1st good day I've had in a while!
I contacted my team with good news: I was able to help out that married couple, by getting my liasion into FLETC! He will now be able to train to become an NCIS agent! They were so happy.
I've also been in contact with my other tech OP. He returned to OPS today. (And I also heard that he accidentally shut down OPS for a time with his new technology).
And the best part: I'm not as homesick as I thought I'd be. I still miss my team deeply, but I'm trying my hardest not to let it get to me.
This year has been, complicated. I'm still very absent from my team like the year before, I'm still dealing with so much in silence, Some times I wonder what my agents think of me after these past couple of years.
Like, do they think I'm trying to decide if I want to stay with them? Or do they think what happened to me 2 years ago is still affecting me in a way that makes me not want to be with them as much?
1st off, I want to be with them, but things keep happening that keeps me away from them. And I'm not gonna lie, I get bad dreams sometimes of that hell hole, but my team was very supportive of me after they brought me home! Being with them was my 2nd comfort zone! And I hated to leave them for so long after that suicide mission, but seeing what I saw that day really shook me. I needed to help myself, and that mission lasted longer then I wanted.
Same with this mission. I don't want to be here, but I need to protect my team. Which means going after whoever is after them. At least I can keep in contact with them this time.
I hope I can find this crook soon so I can go home.
And I should contact my top agent. He called me last week, and I've not only been too busy to answer, but the Internet here has been really spotty.
Endnote: Mid Season premeire is on January 3rd. I might plug out another bonus chapter before then, maybe. Until then, Merry Christmas, and thank you all for sticking with this up to now!