”“Personally, I think it is wonderful. We can really use that, especially at times when we have things to do but you need to be somewhere, or we�...re all busy and you need to send a couple people somewhere. Elena, would you mind flying someone else somewhere for Carl if he needed your help?”“No, Vanessa. I am not nutty child. I want to be his pilot and fly for him, but he does not have to be in plane for me to go somewhere. I am not baby. Maybe. We will see on first trip when I am away how many. ’ * * * The soldier opened his eyes. The world was quiet — no, it was buzzing. He was being rocked from side to side but all he could see was redness. He felt a jolt and a wooden pole was against his side. There was a searing pain in his leg and he closed his eyes again. * * * Walter tried to open his eyes but could not. He was lying on a soft bed, not the lumpy mattress of the camp. He moved his arms and was able to, but did not have the energy. He relaxed and tried to move his legs and they. Ron yelled back at him, “Well if they had said they had to weld the stabilizer frame to the deck supports I wouldn’t have gone fishing and they wouldn’t have had to wait for me.”I lay there trying to get my breath. Then I noticed a yellow hard hat sticking over the edge of the upper floor. I could barely make out his face, but he could definitely see me. A few moments later two more hardhats stuck out over the edge. Someone was pointing down at me. I was thinking that I could never be more. The command chair had been ripped from the deck, and she tracked her light around the compartment. Her light settled on a motionless form drifting in the center of the compartment, and she pushed off toward it. Reaching it, she turned the person over. The tactical officer had probably never even known what hit him; his helmet had shattered, and the entire front of his body was a mass of torn and burnt flesh. Luisa pushed away with a cry, sending both of them in opposite directions.An emergency.