Rafe arose from his bed, the room was cool and the walls were dark and gray. It was raining out and there were hints of thunder. Rafe looked out his window to see a hint of China through all the fog. He looked around the room a bit. Around ten of the men from the mission were in there including Red and Gooz. Colonel Doolittle was in his own room across the hall and Danny must have been in a nearby hospital. The men were all fast asleep but Rafe could not. He had to see Danny; he had to make sure he was all right. He massaged his right wrist a bit to soothe the pain; it had a slight sprain from the crash. Rafe looked down at his watch realizing it was broken. "Great," he said to himself as he walked out the door.
The halls were mysterious and Rafe was unable to read any rare signs. He wasn't sure what time it was so he looked into every open door to see if there was anyone who could help him. "May I help you?" An American asked Rafe as he peeked into the office.
"Me?" he asked, putting his hand on his chest. The man nodded and Rafe began, "um, well, I'm from the Doolittle Raid and I was just wondering where they shipped the critical pilots."
"Hmmm…" the man said looking through some papers on his desk. "Let's see. Doolittle Pilots are in the hospital across the street. I have room numbers if you'd like."
"Ah yes," Rafe said trying to see the hospital through the window, "Daniel Walker." The man looked through the paper and found the number.
"326," he said as Rafe started out the door.
"Thank you," the man heard as Rafe was already down the hall.
"326, 326," Rafe said looking at the numbers on the doors. He was lucky that they were also in English. He approached the room and took a big gasp, he opened the door to see Danny laying there, his eyes were open and he was looking around the room. The room was white but the shades made it very dark. Rafe went over to the window and opened up the shades. "Good morning Danny," he said. He had a big smile on his face to make Danny feel better. "How ya feeling?"
"How do you think?" Danny said softly still in pain. He turned his head slightly towards Rafe but it was hard from the large bandage around his neck.
"Oh, all ya needed was to be cleaned up a bit and now you're looking almost fine!" Rafe said trying to make him feel better.
"Your bullshitting me Rafe," Danny said as he tried to smile.
"Hey sooner or later you'll be fine and we'll go home and we'll all be happy," Rafe said.
"Well I hope that's soon," Danny said as he looked back at the ceiling.
* 1 Month Later *
The plane glided swiftly over the runway. Loved ones waited to see if their family had survived this suicide mission. Evelyn stood near the front; she was well off in her pregnancy and had already begun to show. She rubbed her abdomens and started to talk to the baby, "Your daddy and Uncle Rafe are coming home soon." At least she hoped.
The door of the plane opened and Colonel Doolittle stepped out first. Rafe followed and another man behind him. As he got to the foot of the steps she began to walk towards him. He smiled as she approached and gave her a hug. She kissed him on the cheek and continued the hug. Danny made his way off the plane; he looked around for Evelyn finding her in Rafe's arms. "She does love him more!" he said trying to hold back the tears. He walked over to them and tapped Evelyn on the shoulder; "sorry to break the moment but we need to talk."
"Danny!" Evelyn said as she began to smile, "I'm so happy to see you." She began to follow him to a new location.
"I see you neglected to tell me something," Danny said as he pointed to her abdomen.
"It's yours you know," she told him. He looked upset but Evelyn didn't know why.
"When you said you love me, did you know about, well, it." He said.
"Well yes." Evelyn said. She began to realize why he was upset.
"I just hope that this isn't the reason you wanted to be with me. I want you to be happy and I bet you can't look straight into my eyes and say you'll be happier with me then with Rafe. I want our child to experience the best of you," Evelyn was in shock knowing that part of it was true. "You need to choose again but this time not from what's growing inside of you but from what's in your heart."
"Danny," she blurted out as he began to walk away, "I wasn't lying when I said I love you." As he continued walking away he smiled.