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Chapter XI—Chaos
*-*Next Night*-*
Rafe, Red, Anthony, Gooz, Leanna, and I (plus others whom I did not know) sat
in the Hula Hut, the bar we frequented, of course, we were drunk, all but
Leanna, whom I wouldn't let touch a drop of alcohol, Rafe was telling us
incredible stories about his time in England, and we were listening in awe, he
was a hero. Our stories brought us deep into the night, and early
morning, and we just kept taking more shots, more stories, shots and stories
Then Anthony threw up.
That was when we decided that we'd have enough, and we all needed to sleep off
a few to many drinks
I was the least drunk, and that's where Rafe and Leanna got the idea that I
should drive, so we drove, there was no one on the roads at this hour, 3 in the
morning, that was early
"Hey Rafe, it's 3" I said nonchalantly
"Are you serious?" came the reply from the passenger
"Haha, Evelyn will not be happy" Leanna chimed in
"She's right, let's just go somewhere, to the beach, we can sleep
there" Rafe suggested rather than face the wrath of 'psycho-girlfriend',
as Leanna called her
I shrugged, "Whatever you say, boss" and turned onto the road leading
to their favorite spot
Once there, Rafe jumped into the back and I stretched out in the front, and we
chatted blankly for a few moments, Leanna was the first to drift off to sleep,
that's when Rafe and I stopped talking, not wanting to wake the obviously tired
girl, so soon we, too, drifted off to sleep
And that's where morning found us.
I sprawled in the front seat, one arm shielding my face from the rising sun,
Rafe laying in the back, one arm draped down the seat and into the floorboard,
and Leanna curled up beside him, her feet next to his face and her head and
hands placed daintily upon Rafe's chest and stomach
We would have lay there in an alcohol-induced state of sleep for much longer
had it not been for the planes.
I could hear them flying overhead, but thought nothing of it until I became
aware of the rough upholstery of the car seat beneath me, and suddenly
realized that I had spent the night in the car last night, *Go back to
sleep!* My mind screamed, my body ached, especially my head, and I was
fighting the urge to drift back into the comforting blackness without even
opening my eyes when I heard Rafe groan and mutter some incoherent curses
*Good, at least I don't have to suffer alone*, I thought
"Why the hell's the Navy gotta practice this early on a Sunday?" Rafe
sighed, and even though I couldn't see him, I knew that he had delicately
repositioned himself so not to wake Leanna
For some reason I got the strong urge to open my eyes even though every bone,
muscle, nerve, and cell in my body told me to just lay there and go to sleep,
but for some reason, I just had to look
I'm not sure exactly what happened in the moments after I forced my eyes open
against the blinding light, but it was utter confusion.
Whether I saw the ominous red dot on the planes that was a tell-tale sign that
those were *not* Navy planes, or heard the bombs dropping on the nearby
Harbor first, or if they happened simultaneously, I'm not certain, all I know
is that my eyes shot open and any thought of the pain in my body or sleep were
both forgotten
"Them ain't Navy planes!" I wish that I had been able to say
something else, something to the effect of 'the Japs are blowing up our fucking
harbor' would have been nice, but I just opened my mouth and the words fell out
Chaos ensued. Immediately I became aware of Rafe sitting up and saying
something to the effect of "Oh my god..." but his voice would allow
no more, his eyes, like mine, were glued to the ochre smoke rising from the
general direction of the harbor and the multitude of clearly Japanese planes
Then I heard Leanna hit the seat with a light thump, I was sure that she had
hit long before that, but it only registered in my ears now, as she groggily
sat up, unaware of what was going on, it didn't take long for her to figure it
out, though, the three of us sat there, frozen in place, not being able to move
and even if we could, what were we supposed to do?
"Holy shit." it was Leanna who found her voice first, I'm sure she
had meant to yell the curse, but it came out as only a whisper
That was what sprang us into action, in a matter of seconds, Rafe was in the
front seat with me and I was fumbling for the keys, wondering if the incessant
thumping was my heart or Leanna's, who was so close to me she I could feel her
breath on the back of my ear
Finally, I found the key and it was in the ignition, though I didn't remember
putting it there, it was like everything was moving in slow motion until...
"Go, Danny, Go!" it was Rafe's voice that snapped me out of it, I threw
it into reverse and slammed on the gas, with a squeal of tires, we were off
"Beautiful, you ok?" I asked over my shoulder, Leanna had been thrown
backwards in the takeoff
I couldn't wait for an answer, throwing it into drive, the car peeled out down
the road
"Danny, get me to a plane" Rafe said, his voice was panicky yet calm,
if that's possible
I nodded, but that was all, I needed to concentrate on the road and where I was
going
The sound of bombs dropping and bullets flying through the air was so loud you
could barely hear yourself talk, Leanna sat in the back seat, not sure if she
was going to cry or blow up from anger, she was faintly conscious of Rafe and I
in the front arguing in confusion until we reached what she knew as the air
field, she found the thought humorous, that someone as smart as her brothers
would think that the Japs weren't going to blow this place up in a matter of
seconds, but we had to have a plan
We always had a plan, and Leanna took comfort in that
A/N: Eh…that last paragraph sounds weird, I wrote in 3rd person instead of first, then changed it, then it sounded bad, but…yeah…ah, greenfairie brought up something, I didn't know it actually said they were from Shelby, sorry, and being the Tennessean I am, I sent props out to my own town, Portland, sorry 'bout that, anyway, PLEASE PLEASE please? REVIEW! JJ
Preview for Chapter 12: The attack continues, and the shit really hits the fan…
