Part 32: Found, But Not Safe
May 22nd 2003
Mac was slowly waking up from her unconscious state. The last thing she remembered was that they had been trying to fight the brother of Mustafa, Sadiq Fahd, and his men and failed. She realized that they must have been captured. She sat up in one second, when she realized what had woken her up. Somewhere in this room was a little baby crying. She got up to go and look for the baby. More and more she became certain that this was her Elena crying. She found a wood box standing on a table and inside lay her baby girl. Mac wanted to pick her up, but she realized that if she did, she would never be able to let her go again.
A woman Mac had never seen before, came up to the 'crib' and lifted up the little girl.
"She's beautiful, isn't she?" she said.
"Yeah," Mac got herself together so she wouldn't blow her cover. She wouldn't let the people that were holding them know that she was the baby's mother, since they might try to hurt Elena then to get to them.
"She isn't mine, you see. They just showed up with her here one day and my husband and I are taking care of her. She is so little and fragile though, I didn't think she would survive the first night, but now she's just getting stronger."
The woman looked like the proud mother and Mac was struck with jealousy and anger. This woman had gotten to see and take care of her daughter the bigger part of her young life. It just wasn't fair. Mac realized those kind of thoughts wouldn't help Elena and instead started to think about a plan to get out of there, but there just didn't seem to be any way she could. She saw that it was just Webb, who was there with her and hoped that Gunny would be able to get help for them. If he was still alive that was.
May 23rd 2003
Webb had just been returned from being tortured. He was looking awful and Mac wondered how much of this he would be able to take. He was lying on the bed and she was sitting beside him.
"I'm sorry about all of this, Mac."
"We found her and we will get out of here. They don't seem to know where Gunny is, so there's a big chance that he got out of here safe and can get help for us," Mac tried to reassure him.
"Who will come then?"
"You don't think the company will want to help get us out of here?"
"Mac, I didn't tell you the whole truth about this mission. We're kind of doing this on our own. They didn't want to execute the original mission against Sadiq yet and rescuing Elena apparently wasn't worth moving up the time-table for. I just didn't want to worry you more than necessary and I was pretty sure you would have gone anyway."
"Yes, I would have, but why would you risk your life for my child."
"You're one of the best friends I have. I could help you so I had to, I couldn't have lived with myself otherwise," Mac stroke his cheek at that admission.
"Thank you, Clay. No matter what happens I'm so grateful you helped me. This way at least I will know what happened to her and I was allowed to try to save her. But I still don't think we should give up hope yet. There's still a chance for all three of us to get out of here alive," Mac repeated those words silently to herself. 'There's still a chance for all three of us to get out of here alive' that was all she had left to hold on to.
TBC
May 22nd 2003
Mac was slowly waking up from her unconscious state. The last thing she remembered was that they had been trying to fight the brother of Mustafa, Sadiq Fahd, and his men and failed. She realized that they must have been captured. She sat up in one second, when she realized what had woken her up. Somewhere in this room was a little baby crying. She got up to go and look for the baby. More and more she became certain that this was her Elena crying. She found a wood box standing on a table and inside lay her baby girl. Mac wanted to pick her up, but she realized that if she did, she would never be able to let her go again.
A woman Mac had never seen before, came up to the 'crib' and lifted up the little girl.
"She's beautiful, isn't she?" she said.
"Yeah," Mac got herself together so she wouldn't blow her cover. She wouldn't let the people that were holding them know that she was the baby's mother, since they might try to hurt Elena then to get to them.
"She isn't mine, you see. They just showed up with her here one day and my husband and I are taking care of her. She is so little and fragile though, I didn't think she would survive the first night, but now she's just getting stronger."
The woman looked like the proud mother and Mac was struck with jealousy and anger. This woman had gotten to see and take care of her daughter the bigger part of her young life. It just wasn't fair. Mac realized those kind of thoughts wouldn't help Elena and instead started to think about a plan to get out of there, but there just didn't seem to be any way she could. She saw that it was just Webb, who was there with her and hoped that Gunny would be able to get help for them. If he was still alive that was.
May 23rd 2003
Webb had just been returned from being tortured. He was looking awful and Mac wondered how much of this he would be able to take. He was lying on the bed and she was sitting beside him.
"I'm sorry about all of this, Mac."
"We found her and we will get out of here. They don't seem to know where Gunny is, so there's a big chance that he got out of here safe and can get help for us," Mac tried to reassure him.
"Who will come then?"
"You don't think the company will want to help get us out of here?"
"Mac, I didn't tell you the whole truth about this mission. We're kind of doing this on our own. They didn't want to execute the original mission against Sadiq yet and rescuing Elena apparently wasn't worth moving up the time-table for. I just didn't want to worry you more than necessary and I was pretty sure you would have gone anyway."
"Yes, I would have, but why would you risk your life for my child."
"You're one of the best friends I have. I could help you so I had to, I couldn't have lived with myself otherwise," Mac stroke his cheek at that admission.
"Thank you, Clay. No matter what happens I'm so grateful you helped me. This way at least I will know what happened to her and I was allowed to try to save her. But I still don't think we should give up hope yet. There's still a chance for all three of us to get out of here alive," Mac repeated those words silently to herself. 'There's still a chance for all three of us to get out of here alive' that was all she had left to hold on to.
TBC