Rays of hope
Chapter 22th
Before Lee was able to say back with his response. The lone Syrian began to fire back with his revolver in his pocket. As Lee pushed back Robert knocking him to the floor of the transport. As the first bullet hit Lee into the leg before one of the crewmembers fired at the shooter knowing something like this was going to happen.
Lee fell as well as his right leg had given out on him. Since the transport flight was in the air. The pilot was given the order to head back to the military base to have the medical personnel standing by.
While Lt. Robert Baskins rubbing his back with the fall of being knocked down. He went over to Stetson with grabbing some type of cloth to stop the stench of blood pooling out of his upper thigh of his leg.
He was grimacing with the pain of the shot. "Damn! I just can't believe this happening with the Syrian to be on board the transport." he cried out as he saw the others coming over to him.
"He's dead, sir. The transport is turning around to head back to the military base. An ambulance will be waiting to take you to the medical hospital to have that bullet removed from the thigh." he said with helping Lt. Baskins with holding down Stetson while Lt. Baskins tied the cloth around his thigh stopping the flow currently.
"You're lucky Lee to wind up with just a leg injury after what you had gone through during the past two months?"
"Yeah right! Now, all we need to do now is advise the word to Billy and my wife that I had been shot?" he exclaimed with the pain beginning to get worse and with passing out.
"We should be back to the military within the next twenty minutes with everyone having been notified Lt. Baskins." Lt.
Franklins communications officer coming from the front end of the cockpit with the two pilots.
"Thanks a great deal." Robert had to say while taking a look at the body laying down with someone finding a plastic covering so that no one is able to keep looking. "Excuse me Lt. Franklins are you able to send a coded message to IFF and Billy Melrose in Washington, D.C. and Lee's wife Amanda?"
"Sure enough just give me the information that is needed?" he said with Robert pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket in order to write down the information for the officer.
Billy Melrose had been thinking about Lee Stetson and Robert on that plane that he was able to have turned around back to the military base in Hawaii.
Walking into his office early morning. He had been carrying his black coffee and sandwich from the local deli before driving to IFF. His mind had been reeling ever since the President of the United States was behind the operation with Syrian and other countries. Along with trying to kill his agent Lee Stetson of 20 years.
From his understanding that the impeachment proceedings with lawyers on both sides will begin their arguments before going to the senate and congress for a vote. Even though it's going to take a few months for all of the evidence to be presented.
Sitting down with placing the coffee and sandwich onto the desk next to the files that are needed to be read and signed by his other IFF agents.
All of a sudden this office phone began to ring. Looking at the International number from overseas.
"This is Billy Melrose of IFF. How can I help you?" he says with listening to the communications officer on board some transport plane.
"Sir agent Lee Stetson is being taken to the Hawaii military base with a gunshot wound to his right leg after a Syrian rebel shot him on board the transport and why we will be landing in 15 minutes to have the medical personnel ready to transport him back to the hospital. Please advise his wife Amanda in regard to the same information Mr. Melrose?" he says over the radio.
"I will tell her about going to see her at the house with the information about her husband. Thank you for calling. By the way, how is Lt. Baskins the man that was given the job to watch over him?"
"He's fine sir. Lt. Baskins was the one to be calling you with the code. He is going to be staying until he knows for sure that Mr. Stetson is going to be alright." he said with ending the call to Melrose to continue on working with the transport flight to be landing soon.
"Thanks," he said with the conversation ending and Melrose getting up to leave his office to head onto Amanda's house.
Signing out of his office with leaving a message with his secretary elsewhere. He headed out to search for his vehicle on the sixth level of the underground parking lot.
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Amanda was sitting up in the backyard in spite of the fact it was chilly. She had Lee Jr. out into the backyard wearing a jacket.
She was working on the laptop writing to friends via email. When she heard the back door opening. She turned to see Billy Melrose standing.
"What's wrong Billy?" she had to ask with watching his facial expression.
"There was a shooting on board the international transport with Lee and Robert. When Lee was shot by a Syrian member and taken down by one of the security officers on board."
"How bad Billy was Lee hit?" she croaked on the words trying to get them out.
"Hit in the upper part of the right thigh. He's being taken to the military base hospital once they land," he said with Amanda shaking her head.
"They are going to keep me in the loop letting me know about Lee's condition. It's too bad you can't leave in your condition?" Billy exclaimed.