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Chapter 8

A few months later…

Danny and Rafe were getting ready for the mission. They had completed their training, and now was the time to put what they have learnt into use. The Japanese had discovered the aircraft carriers, and they had to take off immediately if they still wanted to accomplish the mission before the Japanese were ready.

Rafe did not know what to do. If he could not think of something quick, he would lose Danny again in a few hours and there wouldn't be a second chance for him to change things. Danny came over to wish Rafe good luck. "You take care of yourself up there." Danny said.

"Yeah, I will. Danny, be careful, you hear me?" Rafe couldn't help but remind Danny one more time.

"I will. I'll see you Rafe." Giving him a slight wave, Danny walked off to his plane, leaving Rafe looking really worried.

The bombers took off the aircraft carriers and the mission was completed successfully. However, it was not long until the Japanese were alerted and they started shooting at the bombers. It was all Danny and Rafe could do to try and escape the bullets being shot at them.

"Danny, get up in the clouds!" Rafe shouted over the radio, trying his best to keep control of his plane, which was wobbling really violently under the impact of the attacking bombs.

"All right, we heard you Rafe. Pulling this girls up, come on guys," Hearing Danny's voice, Rafe reassured himself that Danny was still safe and concentrated on his own plane.

After quite a bit of ducking and flying, the bomber planes finally cleared Japan and were flying towards China.

It's not over yet, Rafe thought grimly. The last time he had been too confident that they would reach China safely once they cleared Japan, and the Japanese patrol troops had caught him by surprise. This time he would not let that happen again. He had made up his mind to bail out of the plane once the shore is sighted. This way, they would not meet the Japanese patrol troops, and nothing would happen.

But somehow, a small voice kept nagging at the back of Rafe's mind. The words of that old man in his dream. Rafe had not figured out who the man was, but it sounded as if the man had given him a warning. I was silly to think that it could be changed… everything is going to change. You are not in control anymore. Those were his exact words. Did it mean that he could no longer predict what was going to happen? Then it would be the same as doing the mission all over again, with no idea of what was going to happen. Rafe hated that feeling of helplessness. No. The man must have been mistaken. It was only a five minute delay. What difference would it make?

Trying to push the thoughts out of his mind, Rafe focused on the horizon, hoping against hope that the shores of China would be sighted soon.

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