Prompt: Strike (from Scarlet Phoenix Roth)
Forgive me if it's a little abstract. :)
Strike 1
Matthew Morgan was never good at following directions. But he would have done anything for a friend.
And maybe that was his downfall.
Strike 2
"You're going on another mission?"
"Yeah."
"What if you don't come back?"
"That's a risk I'll have to take."
"What about your family? And it'll be dangerous."
"I know it'll be dangerous. But so is everything else I've done."
Strike 3
His biggest regret is that he didn't give them a proper goodbye. And now there are people stepping out of the shadows, and he's wondering how much they know.
"We've been waiting for you."
…and…you're out.
eyes134 - your prompt, "lovely" is next. :)