HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!
Airwolf is somebody else's, probably Universal's or Bellisarius', and I freely admit that whoever's it is, I'm borrowing their show and they retain all rights, etc.
This is the twelfth story that I'm writing to cover the period between the end of the 3rd season and the beginning of the 4th. For those wondering if I'm ever going to tie things up, we're about at the mid-way point :)
If you have read the other eleven stories (Single Parent Hawke, The Jade Wolf, The Truth About Caitlin, Old Friends New Enemies, Hawke's Wolf, Father Figures, Personal Business, Hidden Truths, Homecomings, The Ex Factor and A Question of Loyalty), you can skip straight to the story in the next chapter…or read this brief recap of the story so far:
When Stringfellow Hawke reunites Le, the boy he incorrectly believed to be his nephew, with the boy's newly found mother, Ana it is the start of a hectic time for the Airwolf team as a series of missions test their ingenuity, abilities and even the strength of their relationships…
An attempt to take Airwolf by a power hungry General is thwarted but continues to hurt the team when his sister attempts to take revenge for his death by pretending to fall in love with Dominic Santini to drive a wedge between him and Hawke. When her betrayal is revealed, it leaves the older man crushed but he slowly begins to recover with the visit of his niece Jo Santini and with the continued support of Hawke. The one good thing to come out of the situation is new information on Hawke's missing brother Saint John. It provides Hawke with new hope of finding his brother although he begins to worry that his brother may blame him for leaving him in the jungle.
The deputy director of the FIRM, Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III, continues to try and find his brother – now believed to be working for a big intelligence agency called the Company. The Company is becoming an ever more present part of Hawke's life as a review of the intelligence agencies by a Senate Oversight Committee on Intelligence, recommends the FIRM is amalgamated with the larger agency in order to reduce costs. Michael knows the Company will not honour the deal he has made with Hawke and the spy confesses to Hawke that the FIRM is building a third Airwolf. Hawke agrees to work on the new project when Michael reaffirms his own commitment to their deal – putting their friendship above his loyalty to the intelligence agency he works for.
With Michael returned from Washington, the team's focus shifts back to more personal concerns; a short separation after Caitlin O'Shaunessy was shot saving Hawke's life, forced the couple to admit their feelings and their relationship has quickly progressed to an engagement. With only a week to go and Caitlin's relatives arriving from Texas, Caitlin and Hawke look forward to their big day…
And now the next instalment: You Are Cordially Invited…