"Caitlin!" Hawke yelled as he walked through the field of knee-high daisies. He had never seen daisies so tall. "Caitlin!'
He had just seen her moments before walking ahead of him up the hill, her red hair was flying around in the breeze. Once he had topped the hill, she was gone. A whisper in the wind.
"Caitlin!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. He couldn't see her.
"Caitlin!" He screamed again.
"Hawke, stop yelling."
Hawke turned around and saw Caitlin. He let out a sigh. She was standing a few feet away from him. "I've been calling you." He said as he walked toward her, but every time he got near her she seemed to get farther away.
"I've been here, Hawke. I'll always be here. All you have to do is call for me." She walked over the top of the hill and disappeared again. Hawke topped the hill and began running.
He was in the hangar now. "Caitlin!" He yelled.
A sharp crash sent him reeling around. Caitlin was getting off the ladder to pick up a screwdriver she dropped. "You need to be quiet, Hawke. You know how Dominic gets about yelling in the hangar. He's the only one allowed to do it. Could you hand me the new fuel pump? I think I laid the box on my desk."
"Yeah, Cait, how are you? Are you okay?" He walked to her desk, but the box wasn't there anymore. "Cait, it's not here," Hawke called back to her.
"Yes, it is, Hawke. You just have to look."
Hawke turned around to combat her last statement, but she was gone.
He ran outside. "Caitlin!"
"String," Strong arms were shaking him. "String, wake up!"
Hawke opened his eyes and he was at the cabin sitting on his front porch. His cello was between his legs and Tet was at his feet. Dominic was at his side still shaking him.
"Hey, would you stop?" He said shrugging out of Dominic's grasp. "I'm awake," He looked over and saw the notebook and pencil laying on the bench. With a swift movement, he extended his arms as if in a large yawn and knocked the book back behind the bench so Dominic wouldn't see it.
"You were dreaming," Dominic told him, as if he didn't already know. "Cait?"
"Yeah," Hawke picked up his bow and began playing softly "Moonlight Sonata". It was Caitlin's favorite song that he played.
Dominic sat down on the bench where the notebook and pencil had once been. "I've had a few of those myself the past three nights. We've always been at the hangar."
Funny, that's where Hawke's dreams always ended.
"What are you doing here, Dom?"
"I wanted to know how you felt about going after Horn."
Hawke stopped playing and glanced over at Dominic. "We don't have Airwolf or a location."
"Actually, the Lady is behind the cabin ready to go. As for a location, we can figure that out when we're in the air." He patted String's arm. "Let's go, String."
Hawke continued playing even as Dom hit the first step. He looked back. "Aren't you coming?"
"I'm done, Dominic. I've lost too many people in my life and I'm not risking anymore."
Dominic turned and came back to stand before Hawke. "Horn wants Airwolf, String, so I say we give him the fury of Airwolf without ever leaving the cockpit."
"No, Dominic." Hawke stopped playing. "No more. I've lost my parents, Kelly, Saint John, Gabrielle, and now Caitlin. I'm through." He pressed the bow against the cello strings and began playing where he left off.
Dominic took a seat on the railing being very careful to not let it give way on him. "Your parents and Kelly died in accidents. You couldn't have stopped it. Gabrielle was killed by Moffett and you ended his life. I refuse for you to lump Saint John with the dead and as far as Caitlin is concerned. . . . .Well, Cait. . ." He huffed in frustration. "I'm not going to let Horn get away with killing our Caity." He stormed off the porch.
Hawke finished the song on a sour note and opened his eyes. Dominic was still standing in front of him.
"Fine," He took the cello inside, put it away in the case, and let Tet out before closing the door. "There's somewhere I have to go first."
He jogged down the steps with Dominic.
Hawke pulled the Santini Jeep up to the hangar door and jumped out. He used his key to get in and sprinted for the desk. Every one of his dreams ended with him and Caitlin in the hangar. The last one ended with him at her desk.
Hawke had a vague memory of her being at the desk before she walked out of the hangar. What was she doing there?
He ruffled through papers on her desk throwing them on the ground and on top of others and that's when he saw it. An address was written on her desk calendar in the note section along with a smiley face.
Hawke ripped the whole page off the calendar and ran back to the jeep. When he was inside, he radioed Dominic.
"This is Airwolf," Dom said back.
Hawke was already driving off the property. "Meet me at our usual place with Airwolf. I've got an address and I'm on my way. Make sure Airwolf is ready." He looked at the paper shoved inside a drink holder. "We're going after Horn."
