Karen goes over to the Legion and simply starts speaking
*What exactly is your mission here? *
*We're to be forward scouts for both America and France...who are you by the way? *
*Lt. Kerenai of the American armed forces. I will explain everything at a later date but first I must ask if you have had communication with the outside world since you got on the ground? *
*No sir, but we were about to report to our commanding officer about making contact with a resistance cell *
*You can't, our communications are being hacked. I myself am planning on a mission behind enemy lines which will allow us to communicate with the outside world securely and would also reveal my presence *
*Indeed, we have reports that you're dead Lt. *
*Oh I knew that as soon as I set off the explosion, I survived however and joined up with this group after they found me while I was still healing *
*You definitely have a lot of explaining to do, so we can't make contact with our commanding officers? *
*Not without revealing your location and as such bringing danger to everyone. As it is bombing runs are not advisable due to civilian hostages *
*When are you planning this foray behind enemy lines? *
*Soon, but the Nakodians will be tricky to get past *
*Nakodians? *
*It's why we have EDC officers with us *
*This was not told to us *
*We know, that's part of the problem of being out of communication with the rest of the world for fear of being discovered *
*Well looks like we're stuck here with you until further notice *
*True but I will reveal myself soon and once things are in place we'll be able to free the country *
Karen then walked out of the tent and whistled a specific set of whistles which only the EDC recognized as a code. Once she was sure of the fact that they were paying attention she started signing
*Going out tonight to send message. Forty-eight hours before declare anything wrong. Will use personal codes to reveal myself. Do not send rescue team if overdue, most likely captured or dead in that event. Keep patrol tight, and help Foreign Legion adapt to new situation *
Later that night Karen does indeed manage to sneak into Nakodian lines and even manages to get a message out which couldn't be hacked because it was their own system. She sent a message out to American forces that she knew were close using her own codes but the message was simple because she was on a time limit before a patrol could catch her. Once she got her message out she quickly left and got into the woods where she found a good hiding spot and stayed there for the rest of the night knowing she wasn't too far from base. On a nearby ship
"Captain, we just received a coded message that looks to be of the highest priority I myself do not have the means to decode this message but you do"
The Captain looks at the message and is visibly shocked
"It can't be, she died a year ago"
"Captain what is it?"
"I'll read the message out loud since it will affect our plans, unfortunately for us we have no way of sending another message to confirm this except through a run but it's been given to us by a dead person. Granted the codes used are impossible to fake but still this person is dead they were declared dead a year ago"
Message
"Alive and safe. Nakodians have civilian hostages. Bombing run in-advised. Ground troops needed. Attack when ready. I repeat Nakodians have civilian hostages. Bombing run in-advised. Ground troops needed. Attack when ready. Kerenai"
End of message
"Kerenai...how is that possible sir?"
"That's what we're going to find out after we deal with the Nakodians and then with the coup"
So America starts their attacks and the resistance groups on the ground join in, it would still take several months but finally the country was free and everyone could see that Kerenai was alive and well
"Why did you do that to us?"
"I did it to handle an enemy, I was the one who caused the explosion"
"Well it's time you went home"
"Agreed"
Karen soon was on a plane home when suddenly there were terrorists on board, she had gotten emergency re-certification in regards to piloting because it was soon obvious she hadn't lost any of her skills but she would need to officially re-certify once she was back home
"Okay time to deal with some terrorists"
So the group managed to take down the terrorists and Karen got into the cockpit quickly where it was discovered that the co-pilot had faked his death but had a broken arm
"Okay I take the side that the broken arm would make hard to handle and you take the other side"
"Works for me"
They soon start trying to alert the proper people that the hijackers were finished but they soon realized that while they could hear messages they couldn't send any
"Okay, time for me to do something else"
So she quickly uses the communication device that had been imputed after 9/11
Message
"Comms sabotaged Military code use"
End message
Karen was soon communicating via military code to alert the people on the ground know the full situation without confusion.
"Okay now that they know this is an escort mission we need to land this bird fast"
"Have an airport for us?"
"Yes it's...okay this is rare, we're not being given an airport we're being given coordinates, coordinates that I actually recognize, okay you're going to have to be secondary to me"
"I already am considering my busted arm"
"Actually you're the main person who's been flying the plane I've just been keeping it steady at points and also been the main communicator because of the fact that I know military codes and you don't. The situation has changed however in the fact that quite frankly you don't know the base we're landing at and I do"
"Wait we're landing at a military installation?"
"Yes, I don't know exactly why but that's where we're landing, it might have to do with me being on board after having supposedly died a year ago but I don't know that for sure, there might also be other reasons that we can't think of at the moment too"
The two work together to land at the base with the co-pilot following Karen's lead. Once they were on the ground emergency services were on standby while the passengers used the doors to escape both Karen and the co-pilot were the last ones off the plane. They were met by base commanders immediately the base already knowing that they were arriving
"You two come with me, we have a lot to talk about"
"Yes including the reason why we landed at a military base instead of a civilian airport"
"That's a complicated mess I won't get into until we're in private quarters Kerenai, and by the way you have some explaining to do both in regards to your survival and your reasons why you don't want your civilian team to know about you being alive yet"
"Oh for the civilian team that's simple really. I want to make sure I'm up to par before I reveal myself to them considering my civilian job it's better that I return the way I was supposed to instead of unsure if I've lost any of that skill and the fact that the license would have expired due to death"
"Okay you have a point there, but still did you have to make us think you were dead?"
"That's a bit more complicated I'm afraid"
"Figured as much, just how much more complicated is it?"
"Um aliens wanting to kill the team complicated"
(Sighs) "I get the feeling that we simply should have had the EDC do the rescue mission"
"Actually I'm glad they didn't because they might have gotten themselves killed for real. As it is they wanted someone as a hostage for negotiations but then something happened and they simply abandoned me to die with a severely broken leg. Instead I survived and helped get the country back into the right hands"
"It took you guys over a year to succeed with help and even then you personally were thought dead for a year because of that stunt you pulled"
"It kept everyone alive. Now then why were we told to land at a military base instead of a civilian airport? I know for a fact that this isn't normal procedure"
"There's complications involved with your plane beyond you being in the cockpit and using military codes. If that had been the case we would have gladly allowed you to land at a civilian airport unfortunately things are simply not to be at the moment"
"What's going on Captain?
"Unfortunately for us terrorists. The terrorists you managed to take down weren't the only ones, we need to do an interview to discover who else might have been part of the plot. We also have the best bomb squad and considering the current threat it's best that the plane is blown up here where there aren't any innocent civilians as casualties instead of losing hundreds of lives maybe even more
depending on when and where the bomb went off"
(Sighs) "I should have known things were too easy. So what exactly is the plan currently?"
"For now we can't do much so instead we inspect the plane and interview everyone, especially because the explosives are supposed to be military grade explosives and as such considering the current situation the civilian bomb squad of the police would not be able to properly handle the situation"
"And as such we were ordered to land here. When was the threat received?"
"While you were overseas, we looked at the passenger list and when we saw your name we were shocked but we also knew that the plane was in the best hands possible. Even if you need to re-certify for everything you still remember the basics and even then you have military and hand to hand training that would be useful"
"True enough, why did you believe the list though?"
"Because of the fact that it's hard to fake a passenger list for one thing and for another once the country was freed several people alerted the military that you were alive through official military channels"
"What about my family?"
"Neither family knows about you yet, we decided on that in case you died in the crash"
"Okay, so how am I going to get my re-certification then?"
"We'll make sure you can fly via military first while you go through retraining for the branches and then we'll send you to Yellowstone to re-certify as a SEAT"
"And also return home to my firefighting family at the same time"
"Exactly, Lauren is doing good by the way and the team said they won't accept a replacement, though I think they might make the exception because of you"
"True enough, now then let's make sure the plane is safe first then..."
All of a sudden there was a huge explosion and when they looked out the window they could tell that the plane had been blown up