Part 2:
Sandoval was standing in front of Siobhan (?) Becketts grave, the last time he had been here was at Major Kincaid´s funeral. He had died at an Shuttle accident just a month before Cortez showed up. For, hell knows what reason, Kincaid wanted to be buried here. Kincaid, how often had he tried to kill him, but he somehow always managed to survive. And then something simple like a Shuttle accident killed him, that's really fate.
At the same tie on the other end of town. Tess opened the front door of the house and walked into the living room but nobody was there, so she walked right through to the back door, it was open. As she stepped through she could see her grandparents, her granddad, Patrick Beckett, who was sitting in his old chair looked up from the newspaper he was reading, at her and smiled.
„ Look hon' , who we've got here!" he said in his Irish accent.
„Pruedance!" her grandma jumped up from her garden work and walked over to her, and pulled her in a big hug.
Tess was glad that at least her grandparents knew about her & Liam. Her grandma always called her at her second name, for some reason she didn't know.
„Grandma, I can't breath!" she managed to get out.
„Oh, its just `couse we´ve missed ya, haven´t we Pat?"
'Pat' that's how she called grandpa.
„Well, I had to look after my favorite grandparents" Tess smirked.
„Sure hon', so why ya really here?"
Her grandma always seemed to know when she, or anybody else, were lying.
„Oh, okay, Zo'or questioned me about how I was able to fly a shuttle, and after I explained, he had the great idea that I should flay Sandy `round a bit, that's how I ended up here" she frowned, trying to talk in her Irish accent, not very successful.
„ Sandy's here?!? Where is he?" her grandma quickly got very interested in the topic.
„He's at the cemetery, at mom's grave." Tess frowned again. She didn't like the way the conversation was going. „But lets change the topic. How are my two horses? I haven't seen `em in ages" She quickly set up a different topic, she didn't like talking about her dad.
Tears streamed down his face. It still hurt him that she was gone. She wanted to be friend with him, and just as they were getting closer, she died. Now he had no one left , just the hope that somewhere out there on this world he had a son. And someday he would find him. Sandoval drifted of in his thoughts.
By the next time he looked at his watch he noticed that 2 hours already had passed. He quickly wiped the tears away. With one last „Good Bye" he walked away, but he didn't want to let Cortez see him like this, so he started to walk in a different direction. As he walked on and on, trying to sort his thoughts, not paying much attention on where he was going. As he looked up briefly he noticed that he was standing in front of the Becketts house.
Just as he wanted to walk on he heard a by now very familiar voice. He looked back to the house and just to see Tessandra Cortez standing an the front porch, 2 white roses in her hand, and then Becketts Mother was pulling her into a hug.
„See ya soon Pruedance, hope next time ya got a little more than just 2 hours time for us!".
„Yeah, alright, I´ll stick over soon! Bye"
With that she walked towards the gate, opened it, walked through and closed it behind her. And now she walked the direction Sandoval had come from.
Sandoval had hidden behind an old tree and now followed her towards the cemetery. He kept quite a distance between himself and her, as he reached the cemetery he could see her as she was standing at the same grave he had been earlier. He watched her put down one of the roses on the grave, then she walked to the grave left to the one she was standing in front of and put down the second. Sandoval quickly remembered that, that was Kincaids grave.
*Why is she doing that, she didn't know either one of them, and what the hell was that with Becketts parents? And why did they call her Pruedance??*
he thought as he watched her walking down the street towards the shuttle.
Tess hoped that Sandoval wasn't all too mad at her, but as she reached the shuttle nobody was there, so she sat down in front of it and looked up at the sky, watching the clouds pass by, drifting of in her thoughts.
*Oh, mom, what am I gonna do? Your up there, and I'm still down here. Even though I still have my father, and my grandparents, I somehow fell so alone,…*
As she looked down to the street she could see Sandoval walk up. She quickly got up and took place in the pilot chair.
As he reached her she looked at him. He had red eyes.
*He must have been crying!" she thought.
„Shall we fly back to the Washington Embassy" She asked, looking at him.
He answered with a simple nod.
And so they flew back.
Sandoval was standing in front of Siobhan (?) Becketts grave, the last time he had been here was at Major Kincaid´s funeral. He had died at an Shuttle accident just a month before Cortez showed up. For, hell knows what reason, Kincaid wanted to be buried here. Kincaid, how often had he tried to kill him, but he somehow always managed to survive. And then something simple like a Shuttle accident killed him, that's really fate.
At the same tie on the other end of town. Tess opened the front door of the house and walked into the living room but nobody was there, so she walked right through to the back door, it was open. As she stepped through she could see her grandparents, her granddad, Patrick Beckett, who was sitting in his old chair looked up from the newspaper he was reading, at her and smiled.
„ Look hon' , who we've got here!" he said in his Irish accent.
„Pruedance!" her grandma jumped up from her garden work and walked over to her, and pulled her in a big hug.
Tess was glad that at least her grandparents knew about her & Liam. Her grandma always called her at her second name, for some reason she didn't know.
„Grandma, I can't breath!" she managed to get out.
„Oh, its just `couse we´ve missed ya, haven´t we Pat?"
'Pat' that's how she called grandpa.
„Well, I had to look after my favorite grandparents" Tess smirked.
„Sure hon', so why ya really here?"
Her grandma always seemed to know when she, or anybody else, were lying.
„Oh, okay, Zo'or questioned me about how I was able to fly a shuttle, and after I explained, he had the great idea that I should flay Sandy `round a bit, that's how I ended up here" she frowned, trying to talk in her Irish accent, not very successful.
„ Sandy's here?!? Where is he?" her grandma quickly got very interested in the topic.
„He's at the cemetery, at mom's grave." Tess frowned again. She didn't like the way the conversation was going. „But lets change the topic. How are my two horses? I haven't seen `em in ages" She quickly set up a different topic, she didn't like talking about her dad.
Tears streamed down his face. It still hurt him that she was gone. She wanted to be friend with him, and just as they were getting closer, she died. Now he had no one left , just the hope that somewhere out there on this world he had a son. And someday he would find him. Sandoval drifted of in his thoughts.
By the next time he looked at his watch he noticed that 2 hours already had passed. He quickly wiped the tears away. With one last „Good Bye" he walked away, but he didn't want to let Cortez see him like this, so he started to walk in a different direction. As he walked on and on, trying to sort his thoughts, not paying much attention on where he was going. As he looked up briefly he noticed that he was standing in front of the Becketts house.
Just as he wanted to walk on he heard a by now very familiar voice. He looked back to the house and just to see Tessandra Cortez standing an the front porch, 2 white roses in her hand, and then Becketts Mother was pulling her into a hug.
„See ya soon Pruedance, hope next time ya got a little more than just 2 hours time for us!".
„Yeah, alright, I´ll stick over soon! Bye"
With that she walked towards the gate, opened it, walked through and closed it behind her. And now she walked the direction Sandoval had come from.
Sandoval had hidden behind an old tree and now followed her towards the cemetery. He kept quite a distance between himself and her, as he reached the cemetery he could see her as she was standing at the same grave he had been earlier. He watched her put down one of the roses on the grave, then she walked to the grave left to the one she was standing in front of and put down the second. Sandoval quickly remembered that, that was Kincaids grave.
*Why is she doing that, she didn't know either one of them, and what the hell was that with Becketts parents? And why did they call her Pruedance??*
he thought as he watched her walking down the street towards the shuttle.
Tess hoped that Sandoval wasn't all too mad at her, but as she reached the shuttle nobody was there, so she sat down in front of it and looked up at the sky, watching the clouds pass by, drifting of in her thoughts.
*Oh, mom, what am I gonna do? Your up there, and I'm still down here. Even though I still have my father, and my grandparents, I somehow fell so alone,…*
As she looked down to the street she could see Sandoval walk up. She quickly got up and took place in the pilot chair.
As he reached her she looked at him. He had red eyes.
*He must have been crying!" she thought.
„Shall we fly back to the Washington Embassy" She asked, looking at him.
He answered with a simple nod.
And so they flew back.