The night before Aisla had cried herself to sleep and when she woke
up that fateful morning her eyes were puffy and she had a splitting
headache. She stumbled downstairs, made herself coffee and began drinking
it just as she heard what sounded like dozens of planes flying over her
house. 'The military never flies this far out.' With that in mind, she
opened her back door and stepped out, trying to study the planes.
That's when she recognized the symbol on the sides of the planes. Her coffee cup fell from her hands and shattered against the patio. 'It's the Japs.' She ran back inside and grabbed her keys, grateful that she'd dressed in pants that morning. She jumped in her car and sped off towards Earl's airfield. Once there she ran into the bunker, hearing him shouting orders. She called out to him and he was at her side quickly, saying he'd gotten a call about the Japs.
"Give me the keys to one of the planes Earl." He violently shook his head from side to side and Aisla pushed his shoulder, emphasizing each word with a push.
"GIVE.ME.THE.GODDAMN.KEYS.EARL!" He handed them over and pointed out the plane as he went back to shouting out orders. Aisla ran to the plane and jumped inside, quickly starting the engine. She was lucky enough to get off the ground before the Japs made it to their airfield.
Since none of the Japs were tailing her, she made her way to Battleship row. As she spotted planes, she put all of her practice to work. That was when it stalled and she began to panic but in the back of her head she hard her brothers soothing voice giving her instructions. Her plane quickly went back into motion and she shot down four planes before she was hit, knowing that she had to land, she tried to quickly find an open field. The landing was rocky but she made it and stepped out of the plane, finally noticing the extreme pain coming from her left shoulder and left thigh.
She examined herself and figured out that there was glass imbedded in both. Aisla walked to the hospital which surprisingly wasn't that far away. She tried looking for a nurse she knew, and that when she saw her, Evelyn. And she was taking blood from not only Rafe but also Danny, Aisla tried to turn away quickly but she heard Rafe call her name and knew that he didn't know about the tension between her and Evelyn and Danny. She turned back and saw all three of them staring at her surprised, Evelyn was the first to speak. "What happened?"
Aisla took a deep, willing herself not to flip out on Evelyn, "It's nothing, I'll go get Betty to help."
Evelyn came closer to take a look, "All the other nurses are busy, let me look."
Aisla flinched, "Don't touch me."
Aisla said it so quietly Evelyn thought she misheard, but knew that that was what she said. "But your hurt," Again she reached out to touch Aisla and Aisla slapped her hand away.
"I said don't touch me." Her voice was raised, but she wasn't yelling. "I don't want you to come near me, as far as I'm concerned I never knew you and I didn't because if you were the sister you always acted like you wouldn't have done what you did, while I was visiting my DYING father. So just stay away from me!" Aisla limped out of the room and would have left if she hadn't heard Rafe calling after her.
She turned around and waited for him to catch up, when he did he looked at her worridly. "What was that about back there?"
Aisla frowned knowing that she couldn't tell Rafe that he hadn't been the only one betrayed, it just hurt her to much to even think about let along to admit out loud. "Ask them, I don't want to talk about it." She tried to keep walking but Rafe picked her up and brought her back to where Danny and Evelyn were now talking in hushed whispers. Rafe glared at them and Aisla turned her head away not even wanting to look at either one of them. He set her down where he had been sitting and gently cut away at both her pants and shirt so that the cuts would be exposed. Danny gasped and Evelyn ran to get antiseptic and bandages, when she came back she went to do it but Rafe took them from her. "She doesn't want you to do it." He began to clean out her wounds, luckily the glass hadn't been lodged in her cuts, once he was done he bandaged them and she hopped off the table.
"Thanks Lieutenant, I'll see you later," With that she walked out not even bothering to spare any of them a second glance.
That's when she recognized the symbol on the sides of the planes. Her coffee cup fell from her hands and shattered against the patio. 'It's the Japs.' She ran back inside and grabbed her keys, grateful that she'd dressed in pants that morning. She jumped in her car and sped off towards Earl's airfield. Once there she ran into the bunker, hearing him shouting orders. She called out to him and he was at her side quickly, saying he'd gotten a call about the Japs.
"Give me the keys to one of the planes Earl." He violently shook his head from side to side and Aisla pushed his shoulder, emphasizing each word with a push.
"GIVE.ME.THE.GODDAMN.KEYS.EARL!" He handed them over and pointed out the plane as he went back to shouting out orders. Aisla ran to the plane and jumped inside, quickly starting the engine. She was lucky enough to get off the ground before the Japs made it to their airfield.
Since none of the Japs were tailing her, she made her way to Battleship row. As she spotted planes, she put all of her practice to work. That was when it stalled and she began to panic but in the back of her head she hard her brothers soothing voice giving her instructions. Her plane quickly went back into motion and she shot down four planes before she was hit, knowing that she had to land, she tried to quickly find an open field. The landing was rocky but she made it and stepped out of the plane, finally noticing the extreme pain coming from her left shoulder and left thigh.
She examined herself and figured out that there was glass imbedded in both. Aisla walked to the hospital which surprisingly wasn't that far away. She tried looking for a nurse she knew, and that when she saw her, Evelyn. And she was taking blood from not only Rafe but also Danny, Aisla tried to turn away quickly but she heard Rafe call her name and knew that he didn't know about the tension between her and Evelyn and Danny. She turned back and saw all three of them staring at her surprised, Evelyn was the first to speak. "What happened?"
Aisla took a deep, willing herself not to flip out on Evelyn, "It's nothing, I'll go get Betty to help."
Evelyn came closer to take a look, "All the other nurses are busy, let me look."
Aisla flinched, "Don't touch me."
Aisla said it so quietly Evelyn thought she misheard, but knew that that was what she said. "But your hurt," Again she reached out to touch Aisla and Aisla slapped her hand away.
"I said don't touch me." Her voice was raised, but she wasn't yelling. "I don't want you to come near me, as far as I'm concerned I never knew you and I didn't because if you were the sister you always acted like you wouldn't have done what you did, while I was visiting my DYING father. So just stay away from me!" Aisla limped out of the room and would have left if she hadn't heard Rafe calling after her.
She turned around and waited for him to catch up, when he did he looked at her worridly. "What was that about back there?"
Aisla frowned knowing that she couldn't tell Rafe that he hadn't been the only one betrayed, it just hurt her to much to even think about let along to admit out loud. "Ask them, I don't want to talk about it." She tried to keep walking but Rafe picked her up and brought her back to where Danny and Evelyn were now talking in hushed whispers. Rafe glared at them and Aisla turned her head away not even wanting to look at either one of them. He set her down where he had been sitting and gently cut away at both her pants and shirt so that the cuts would be exposed. Danny gasped and Evelyn ran to get antiseptic and bandages, when she came back she went to do it but Rafe took them from her. "She doesn't want you to do it." He began to clean out her wounds, luckily the glass hadn't been lodged in her cuts, once he was done he bandaged them and she hopped off the table.
"Thanks Lieutenant, I'll see you later," With that she walked out not even bothering to spare any of them a second glance.