TWO DAYS LATER…
"Mr.
President, France threatens to declare war."
"No," the President had gone pale.
"Not a nuclear war…"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Woohoo!" Danny yelled from the
cockpit of his plane.
"Hey, Danny, wanna play some chicken?"
Danny's childhood friend, Jesse grinned.
"Okay, you go left, I go right," Danny
said.
"Gotcha!"
"Walker! Callaway! What the hell do ya
think you're doin'!" General Mackay barked.
Momentarily distracted, Danny forgot
to turn. Acting on his instincts, he did a border roll, turning slightly so
Jesse could pass.
"Whoa! Nice border roll, Danny."
"Thanks, pal."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Callaway, what d'you think you were doin'
up there?"
"Er…practicing attacking methods for
the war?"
"Walker! Why must you do whatever
Callaway tells you to do!"
"I wasn't doing it because of him."
"Then why were you up there, flying
like a maniac?"
"'Cause my dad inspired me."
"Oh yeah? Who on earth is your dad?"
"Danny Walker. Awarded Silver Star for
shooting down 7 planes in the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor."
"O-oh…Then that's okay, son."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wow, Danny, your Dad saved us. Even
Mackay looks up to him," Jesse exclaimed.
"Yeah," Danny said uncertainly. He had
this strange feeling that someone was watching him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"General Mackay, we need you to gather
some boys. Train them and train them good. We need them to bomb Cayenne to
cause a diversion then steal the nuclear weapon."
"Yes, sir."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Biele! Callaway! Carter! Eversole!
Lewis! Miller! Sharp! Tanner! Walker! Report to General MacKay's office NOW!"
Puzzled, all nine of them dropped
their tools and headed for the office.
"Boys, have you heard of the nuclear
bomb?"
They nodded dumbly.
"Good. Now,
I'll brief you on what will happen. Nine of you will go on a special mission to
Cayenne. You cause a diversion by bombing Cayenne then land the plane to steal
the nuclear weapon. Understand? I will go into further detail later."
"Are you
going with us, sir?" Lewis asked.
"No,
General McCawley will train you and accompany you on this mission."
Having not
seen Rafe for a month, Danny was overcome with emotions. He badly wanted to go
on this mission but if both Rafe and he went and died, what will become of his
mother?
"Walker!
Stop day-dreamin' and listen!"
Rafe gave
him an encouraging grin. Seeing this, Danny shifted his attention on what
Mackay was talking about.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Danny, you
haven't been home for a month," Rafe murmured.
"Yeah, been
busy."
"Then what
were you doing out there playing 'chicken'?"
"You know
that?" Danny said in amazement.
"Of course.
Don't look so worried, I'm not gonna scold you," Rafe paused. "Your father used
to love this game too…"
Flashback---
"Wanna play some chicken?"
"Why do you always have to bust me up?"
"C'mon."
"Rafe, I'm not playing chicken with you."
"Well, I'm comin' right at you, so you're gonna have to move or you're gonna
get hit."
"Fine. Right or left?"
"Um, Left."
"Left?"
"Right."
"You mean right as in right we're goin' left, or right as in go right?"
"What? You're getting' me all messed up."
"Right or left?"
"Uh, whoa! Left! Now!"
End
of Flashback
"Now, Danny, tell me the reason why
you've not gone home. Your mother misses you very much."
"I guess…guess it's because our home
holds so many unhappy memories so…" Danny bit his lip, fighting the urge to
cry.
"I know, Danny. But it broke your
mother's heart when you missed your father's (death) anniversary." Rafe said
heavily.
Finally, Danny could suppress his
tears no more. Breaking into sobs, he managed to ask Rafe. "How's Mom?"
"Her hearing isn't too good, pretty
upset when you didn't go home," Rafe answered with a grin while stroking
Danny's brown hair. "He looks and behave exactly like Danny," Rafe thought.
Danny felt small and vulnerable
standing beside Rafe. "Will you go?" Danny asked suddenly.
"Of course. Will you?"
"I don't know. If both of us go,"
Danny swallowed hard, "and get killed, what about Mom? She wouldn't be able to
take the blow."
"I know. But Danny, the decision is
all yours," Rafe said. "That's what your father would've done," he added quietly.
"I…"
"Think about it, Danny."
"Dad would've gone. And I'm pretty
sure Jesse'll be goin' too…" Danny thought. "Danny Walker, you can't chicken
out. Dad would've wanted me to go, so would Rafe. And Jesse would think I'm a
chicken if I back out…Yeah,"
"I'll go," Danny said just as Rafe was
going.
Rafe turned to Danny and smiled. Then
he left without another word.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N: Hello guyz! It's me again! Some of my reviewers suggested
that I write a sequel to 'Proud Of My Dad'. So here it is. Uh, I know I'm
long-winded but try to put up with me, ok? Special thanx to ~*~Hermione~*~ for
I-dunno-what. For fun, okie? Yeah, and a big cheesy grin to all my reviewers.
Guyz, you rulez. For your information, I made the story a little later. Cause
I'm not sure when the nuclear weapon was created…And whether Rafe was promoted
to what rank, I dunno. So use your imagination and pretend Rafe was promoted to
General, ok? I dunno what's General either. Oh never mind. Flames will be
repelled from me (I'm wearin' a fire-proof vest) so go ahead, flamers. Long or
short reviews will be most welcome. Thanx for readin'!
