CH 116
Jack was talking to a friend then stopped, when a hand appeared over his shoulder and picked up a piece of bacon. When Jack turn around he was shock to see Sam standing there smiling
"Sam" he stood up and gave her a hug and a kiss
"What are you doing here beside eating my bacon"
"You know her captain" the same guy Sam spoke to a minute earlier
"Yes Sam my fiancee, why?"
"You haven't heard?"
"Heard what captain?"
"She a hero"
"We know that"
"No sir, I mean she a true hero, the Russians were going to blow up the pentagon and most properly half of the West Coast"
"What" he looked at Sam in shock
"It's true, I'll tell you guys later, but watch the news, the president is giving me some award… again so I better go, oh he letting me have a shower at the white house" she said smiling
"Wow Sam, I'm so proud of you"
"Thanks, I better go, can you call the others and tell them?"
"Sure" she gave him a hug and kiss before walking out of the room eating the bacon
"Captain what can you tell us"
The captain told Jack and the rest what happened since yesterday and what he heard about what Sam did to the bomb. By the time he finish telling them
"Thanks for telling us captain your dismiss"
"Yes sir" then he walk away
"I got phone calls to make" Jack stood up and walked out of the mess hall. When Sam walkedoutside the mess hall the general was still waiting for Sam. She walk over to him
"Let's go general, we don't want to keep the president waiting now do we," she said smiling then she got into the waiting limo, then he got in. He turned and looked at Sam to see her looking at him
"What?"
"You sound a bit happier than before?"
"Well I had two cups of water pinch half slice of bacon of a captain plate, instead of him having ago at me he gives me a hug and a kiss instead"
"I know the captain team is back, but they going to head out again in two hours"
"Well at least I did spend couple of minutes with Jack, I miss him so much"
"When was the last time you saw him?"
"Over a month ago" he nodded as they were quiet all the way to the White House.
When they got there the general passed Sam a backpack before they walkedinside. One of the works showed Sam where she could shower and freshen up. When they walked into a bedroom the worker showed Sam where the bathroom is.
"When you are ready there will be someoneoutside waiting to take you to see the president"
"Thanks, oh I would love to have a cup of hot coffee when it get out please, I need it to wake me up"
"Sure how do you take it?"
"Black with two sugars, thanks, oh and some breakfast as well"
"I'll see what I can do"
"Thanks" then the worker walked out the door and closed it.
Sam let out her breath and she started taking her BDU clothing off. She hid the envelopes then finished getting undress then she walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on. When it was hot enough for her she got in when she saw shampoo, conditioner and shower gel. Sam spent ten minutes enjoying her shower, once she was clean, she turned off the water and grabbed a towel to do her hair first then another for drying down her body.
When done she wraps the towel around her and walks out into the bedroom and she opens up her backpack to see her civvies clothes there and her toilet bag. She got dressed and did her hair and brush her teeth, then she packed her bag up once again and put her dirty clothes in a plastic bag and boots in another.
When done she made the envelope appear and she put it down her front, then she pick up her bags and walk out of the bedroom
"Morning" then guy turn when he saw Sam
"This way ma'am"
"Thanks" Sam follows the agent till the same worker show up with coffee in hand
"Here you go"
"Thanks" she pass Sam the cup of coffee and Sam sniff it first then she took a sip
"AHHH that good, thanks" she smiles and returns back to what she was doing.
Sam follows the agent down to a room. When the guy opened the door and step a side, Sam look in and smile then she walk into the room
"Morning Mr president"
"Morning Sam" Sam put her bags down then walk over to the dinning room table
"Please sit, I guessyou're hungry?"
"Yes I am thanks" Sam sat down and she finish her coffee
"What would you like?"
"Scramble eggs on multigrain toast two hash browns and grill tomatoes please" the president gave the staff a nod then she walked out of the room.
"Where is your wife?" then the first lady walk into the room and gave her husband of thirty two years a kiss before sitting down
"Morning Sam, I heard about what you did this morning, well done"
"Thanks, I think there should be peace between the two countries, we shouldn't be fighting the Russians after all they use to be allies with us during world war two"
"We know"
"It about time that there is peace cause from what I've heard and read, things sure are heating up in the middle east, which that is not good sign"
"I've been keep in form with what been going on Sam"
"I know"
"To change the subject, howare your wedding plans coming along?" sam smile
"Jack and I haven't started on it yet, we both going to wait till after the Christmas, New Year holidays but we have already made a list"
"Oh what have you got Sam?"
"List of guests, so far there are almost thirteen hundred, that family, friends, Co workers, important guests. We talking about hiring a marquee for the reception and have an outdoor wedding"
"Wow that is a lot of people"
"We know, one thing I have already done is choice my wedding dress and bridesmaids dress"
"That's good to know, what about a honeymoon?"
"We haven't talk about that part yet"
"Ok" they talked till their breakfast showed up. After breakfast and two more cups of coffee later, Sam was wide-awake.
"Sam are you ready to face the media?"
"Yes but before we go, I need to go to the bathroom first" He smile
"Sure, shall we" they stood up and walked out of the dining room, and down the hallway. They walk till they came to the restroom
"Here you go Sam"
"Thanks" she walked in and she relieved herself, when she was finished a couple of minutes later she walked out to see the president still there.
"Shall we?" She said. They walk down to where the media room is and stop.
"Sam stay here till I asked for you"
"Sure I can't hardly wait to see the shock look on all the media faces when I walk into the room"
"You're not the only one"
He smiled at her then he walked in and up to the pounamu when flashes left, right and center, then there were questions flying at him and he put his hand up and every one went quiet.
"Thank you for coming on short notice. This morning at seven twenty a Russian plane flew over our capital city with a powerful bomb on board its designation was the pentagon. But with a caride of a young student who somehow got on board and on the flight tied three Russians up, flew the plane out to sea and disposed of the bomb since there was a timer on it. Just before eight this morning part of the West Coast felt eight point five earthquake, it wasn't a normal earthquake it was the bomb. Here it the footage from one of the jets whom record what had happen"
Then he gave a nod then the lights were turned down low and the footage was shown. It shows the bomb falling from the back of the plane and into the ocean, then it shows the exposition and what happened afterwards. Then it stopped and the lights were turned up.
"Today that young lady is here and thanks to her, the pentagon is saved. I haven't had a chance to talk to her to find out what happen. But she knows she is herefor an award for what she has done, ladies and Gentlemen, meet Samantha Carter, united state young hero" Then he clap and the other clap, he gave Sam the nod and she walk out and up the steps. Everyone was shocked but still clapped till everyonesettled down.
"Samantha Carter it has been a great honour and privilege to reward you the 'presidential medal of freedom and the air force civilian award for medal of Valor' for risking your life to stop the terrorist threats to our country, thank you on behalf of the country" he pin the awards on to Sam while he talk and shook her hand the he turn to the media
"Samantha Carter has made UnitedStates history not only once but twice. Samantha is the young at the age of fifteen to received two metals of Valor and the presidential award, she sure will go down in history for what she has done and I wish her all the best for the further, would you like to say a few words?" he said turning to Sam, she nodded then he step aside and Sam step up and look at the media
"I know you all got heaps of questions, so please one at a time" they put their hands up and Sam point to one
"In the red top" the reporter stood up
"Miss Carter"
"Please is Sam, go on"
"Sorry, Sam can you tell us what happened that made you get on the plane and how did you know it was the Russians" then she sat down
"I hope you all got plenty of paper and tape cassettes with you" she said smiling.
"What happened was my class was going on a survival trip for two weeks. We were using one of the air force planes to get to our destination. When our teacher who is an air force colonel noticed we were landing at an abandoned base. When I looked at him I knew something was wrong, and I was right. I looked out the window when men in civilian clothing ran to the plane and got on board they were carrying weapons with them. They made us all get off and walk into one of the buildings and into a room at that times the plane took off again. The leader came in and he chose so I went with him. He wanted to know my name, rank, everything. I gave him a false name but I did tell him my true age and that I'm a university student, he didn't believe me, so he got him men to send me back with the others, then they took the colonel. While waiting, I had to find some way for all of us to escape which I did, there was a loose sheet of iron so all I had to do was wait till nightfall before we could escape. They toucher the colonel for an hour, when they brought him back, I check him over and stay with him and made sure the others got some rest." Sam notice one women put her hand up
"Yes" the women stood up
"What does it got to do with the bomb"
"If you let me finish, then you know all the facts, ok anything else?"
"What was the colonel injuries and how do you know"
"The colonel injuries were black eye cut swollen lip bruising on both sides of the rib cage and three crack ribs. How do I know, I'm a fully qualified first aid instructor and paramedic" they were shock
"Now shall I continue" she look around
"Good. As I said I stayed with the colonel when I heard them talking and yes I do speak Russian if you wanted to know. They were talking about a bomb and the time the plane was arriving. When it was dark outside, I woke everyone up and got them all outside. Then I said to the colonel where to go to get help and to get the rest of the students to safety while I'll try to find the bomb and deactivate it and cause some problems for a while till the carvery show up. While the colonel and the rest of the class managed to get away, I went to look for the bomb. When I found I deactivated it and removed the wires. Then I went to find out what they got planned. When I saw through a window of what they got, I knew I had to get in so I had to find destruction. Close to the generator so I turned it off and removed some wires. I went back to the building and now one was in there, they were too busy with the generator. I work my way in to use the touch I found and see where their target was. When I saw it was the pentagon, I knew they needed to be stopped, I also found blueprints for the bomb. When I saw that there was a back up time, there was no way I could deactivate in time. So I took all the evidence and left, hid and waited. Three hours later the plane landed while the men were busy with the bomb. Iworked my way on to the plane and hid. I saw them load the bomb onto the plane. All I could do was wait till the time was right, which I did when the guy left his gun on the seat while he went up front to chat. When he returned I showed up with the gun pointing at him, told him to lie down and I tied him up then waited for the Co pilot to show up and I did the same thing. Once done I went up front, told the pilot what to do, took him out back with his mates and tied him up and went up front, moved the plane to a good spot and dumped the bomb then headed back to Andrews… any questions"
They all put their hands up, so Sam point to one in the front and nodded, the guy stood up
"Do you know how to handle a gun?"
"My uncle showed me how to use a gun and a rifle when I was five years old as for shooting, yes, I shot rabbits. Target practice and clay pots over the years and when I was pointing the gun at the guys, the safety was on" she said smile then another one put their hand up and Sam nodded to her
"What university do you go to?"
"Denver Colorado University" then there was one question after another, which Sam was able to answer for the next hour.
"Oh I know you want to ask me more but I got a plane to catch back to Colorado, thank you all"
"Sam just one more question"
"Sorry got to go" she turned around when the reporter asked
"What will happen if you win this year's karate and Taekwondo championship?" Sam stop and look at the president then she turn the report and smile
"I'll make Colorado history if you do you homework" then she turn around and walk out the door
