It was a short time since the attack at pearl harbor and Danny and Rafe were called to Dollitle's office. " Do you know what a top secret mission is" asked Dollitle. " Yeah, a mission where you get medals but they get sent to your relatives" offered Rafe. " A top secret mission is something that has never been done before" corrected Dollitle. " Are you two up to it" " I'll go sir" answered Rafe. " Me too sir" answered Danny. " We leave tomarrow".
Rafe was packing his things to go when Evelyn walked in. Great thought Rafe, she's going to ask if i know where Danny is. " Rafe, can i talk to you" asked Evelyn. " Surprised you aren't looking for Danny" replied Rafe. " I came to talk to you" exclaimed Evelyn. The two walked outside. " Rafe i choose Danny but i will always love you too" said Evelyn quietly. Rafe began to cry " why Evelyn just tell me why" whispered Rafe. " I am pregnant with Danny's child" whispered Evelyn back.
Ok thought Danny, how am i going to break the news to Jannee. She is absoulutly going to hate me. That is if i come back a nasty voice in his head said. He tried to push that thought out of his head as he came to the house. He had it figured out he would ask Jannee to come to the beach with him and tell her there that way i can buy some time. He was really dreading this. Jannee would stay with Evelyn. She wasn't going to like this at all.
" Hey Jannee you here" called Danny. " Yeah, I am here" said Jannee walking down the hall. " What do you say we go to the beach" asked Danny. " I was just heading over there so sure replied Jannee.
The drive to the beach was a quiet one. Danny was still thinking of how he would go about telling Jannee. The drive was short and he didn't have much time to think. Jannee figured she was about to recieve some pretty bad news just by the way Danny was acting, she just didn't know what this news was.
Jannee silently exited the car and went to sit on a rock where she was joined by Danny. Danny took a deep breath, she wasn't going to go for this. " Jannee, I'm going away" said Danny shakily. " Going where said Jannee absently advoiding his gaze. " I'm going on a air raid to bomb Japan" replied Danny. " I figured you would do something of this nature" said Jannee in a mono tone voice looking at the ocean. " It wasn't a suprise" added Jannee. " So your not going to do anything about it " asked Danny hoping she wouldn't. She turned to face him " I already have". " You what" exclaimed Danny hoping it wasn't so. " I found out from Rafe and I am going" said Jannee looking Danny straight in the eyes. " Your doing what" Danny said in shock. " You heard me, i already talked to Dolitle and he went for it because i can read the map well and i told him if he wanted you to go he had to let me go" finished Jannee " You are joking aren't you, please tell me you are" choked Danny. " I'm not, i told him if you go i go and if you die i die" replied Jannee. " And there's nothing you can do about it" said Jannee getting up and heading for the car followed by her bewildered brother. Danny knew this was going to be hard but this surpassed all of his previous thoughts on how this was going to go.
Jannee was upset it came to this but if this is what Danny was going to do he wasn't going himself. Jannee made sure of that and she was also going to make sure he came back alive even if it was over her dead body. She had just found out that Danny was going to be a father and she was going to be an aunt.
It was early the next morning and Danny, Rafe, and Jannee were waiting to board the plane to take them to the ship where they would take off. Evelyn approached and Jannee and Rafe left.
" You know Evelyn, there's just one thing that scares me, you love him more than me said Danny. " I love you" said Evelyn as Danny boarded the plane with Jannee and Rafe.
The plane ride there was uneventful except Jannee was on the verge of insanity, she hated flying with a passion.
On the night they arrived, Danny was writting a letter to Evelyn while the others chatted. He missed her a lot.
Early that day, the first thing Dolitle said was look at the person beside you, there was a good chance that they might die, Jannee and Danny looked at each other and stepped forward. Jannee's tiny size five boot and the fact that she was at least a foot shorter than every one else looked ackward.
The next day Dollite came down on them hard. They had to learn to take off on a short runway if they went one foot over they would be " dead", Jannee didn't have to worry about it because all she had to do was read the map which wasn't hard for her and concentrate on not becoming ill or getting scarred. Danny and Rafe were having one hell of a time though.
The mechanics to help achieve this began taking all the nooks and crannies out of the planes. The pilots were not happy about that.
The next day there was a briefing telling them when and in what order in what plane they were going in. Jannee and Danny were in the same plane, Rafe was in another. " Sir if we have to crash and there are Japanese soldiers what would you do" asked Rafe. " I would first give the crew the opption of bailing then i would crash my plane into the largest possible military target i could find killing as many of those bastards as possible" replied Dolitle
Early the next morning, Japanese military officers found out about the raid and they had to leave a full 16 hours early as to avoid being caught. There wasn't much fuel for each plane.
As they packed themselves into the planes they began to wonder if they would make it home alive to get their medals or if they would go home in coffins and their relatives would get their medals. Dolitle told them to remember something but Jannee didn't get it. Rafe's plane took off first. The plane Jannee and Danny were in took off next. They were soon over where they were going to bomb, Jannee shut her eyes but she could still hear the bombs go off.
The planes were running out of fuel fast and they were still over the ocean. It looked like they were until Rafe spotted land, one problem there were Japanese soldiers there. Danny looked around at the other people in the plane and the black broomstick they had for a tail gun. " Ok, we're gonna crash whether we like it or not so it you want to bail do it now. No one made a move to bail." Ok here we go" said Danny as he did a outside loop to conserve fuel and they began to crash. The impact was so sudden Jannee thought that her insides were being forced out of her mouth. The metal was really hot which wasn't suprising considering the fact the plane was on fire. " Danny" Jannee called. There was no answer. "Damn" swore Jannee as she pushed the debris away from her. She knew Danny had to be here somewhere. She heard someone groan not to far from her feet and she had reason to suspect it was Danny. " Danny" she whispered. " Yeah" a voice said. She knew the voice anywhere, it was Danny. She reached down found a part of his jacket and began to pull.
Rafe was fairly well off considering he was in a plane crash. He had to find Danny. He despite warnings from the other pilots ran to the burning plane. When he got there he spotted Jannee pulling on Danny's jacket trying to pull him out, Rafe helped her and they got out of the Plane. Danny by far had gotten the worst of it they realized as they set Danny down. " Can you get that out of my neck" crocked Danny struggling for air. " Jannee with shaking hands pulled the piece of metal out while Rafe told Danny to hold on. With zero warning, a gun butt hit Rafe in the head and Japanese began to capture people. Danny was tied to a metal yoke and Jannee was fighting against some soldier who had around the middle. She was cussing the soldier out but he didn't understand and thought she was begging for mercy which she wasn't, the soldiers laughed at Jannee. Rafe's hand slipped into his pocket to find a gun he began to shot the soldiers one by one. Danny tossed his head back and knocked the soldier detaining him to the ground he was out cold. The soldier holding Jannee was very unwise, he put his hand over her mouth giving her the perfect opportunity to bite him. He ran away. The last soldier had his gun aimed at Rafe and just as he shot the gun, Danny jumped in the way taking a bullet to the chest and abdomen. Rafe shot that soldier and went to untie Danny.
Jesus Christ thought Jannee. How could they shot Danny. He doesn't even know he is a father yet. Curse the Japanese thought Jannee as she began to whisper words of comfort to Danny. " I'm so cold" chocked Danny. " Hang on" said Rafe. " I'm not gonna make it" whispered Danny. " Sure you are" said Rafe. " Your going to be a father" said Rafe. "Yeah and I'm going to be an aunt" whispered Jannee. " Tell Evelyn i love her" said Danny who knew he was going to die. " Rafe your going to be the father" gasped Danny. " No Danny" struggled Rafe between tears. " Jannee" he said reaching his hand to her face where she rested her hand over it, " You are going to make it out of here, and have a real nice family Jannee" promise me that. " I don't want you to die Danny" said Jannee chocking back more tears. " Promise me Jannee" " I promise" said Jannee solemly. " I love you" were the last words that Daniel Walker ever spoke.
Evelyn eagerly awaited the return of the three who went on the raid. First came Rafe, then Jannee, then a crude box, a coffin. Evelyn ran to Rafe and cried. Jannee looked about dazed. This is where her and her brother should be together, he was dead. She looked at the coffin as Evelyn picked up his jacket. Evelyn gave Jannee a hug. It looked as though Evelyn was about to have that baby.
a/n- this is weird and i doubt that they are going to let a 13 yr old girl in the military but o well.