Saturday, 0300 times.
After the lengthy 4 hours of flying, we finally arrived at the border region. Charlotte has turned conscious, and all she said was thank you. She didn't know that she stepped into a whole new world. Maria requested for an emergency landing because of the wounded Charlotte.
"This is Styro 1 requesting permission for an emergency landing at helipad 09," Maria requested authorization from the control tower.
"Copy that," The ATC said.
The Blackhawk landed on the helipad. Maria and Cecile were carrying her on a stretcher, and Garth was walking away from the helipad straight to the cafeteria.
"This is Zoya 2, requesting permission to land," I said
"You're clear to land on helipad 25, welcome back General Galliard," The control tower responded.
I turned the jet to hover mode then landed it on the helipad. I powered down the planes then walked to the hospital, which was 2 km from my position. I entered the hospital and got greeted by the receptionist.
"Good morning General Galliard. How may I help you?" She asked.
"I'm looking for Mrs.Heumann. Where is she?" I asked her.
"She is in the ER room," She said.
"Thanks," I said as I walked to the hallway.
The white hallway was pretty empty since there weren't too many patients in this hospital. Some of the patients were soldiers who got minor injuries from maintaining the base. Some cut or bruise, but there weren't any fatal injuries.
I opened the glass door that was leading to the ER room. The bed was empty, except for one. I approached that bed and greeted the others. There was the doctor, Maria, Cecile and Charlotte herself.
"Mrs.Heumann, how do you feel?" The doctor asked.
"I'm okay for now, Thanks to them," Charlotte said as she pointed her finger to our direction.
"Great, now are you ready for the bad news?" I asked her suddenly.
"What do you mean?" She asked me as she started to sweat.
I grabbed my skull balaclava from my pocket. The others were doing the same too, and they also wore it on their head. Her face suddenly turned pale, and she started to show an intense fear from her mimick.
"Mrs. Heumann. You've been kidnapped," I said to them.
"Wilson, this is not a joking matter," She said angrily.
"I'm not joking. You've been kidnapped," I replied to her again.
"Don't worry, you will found Andrew here," Maria tried to cheer her up.
"Andrew? Where is he? I want to see him," She said to me.
"He is here, but you may not see him now," I said as two figures appeared in front of the ER door; it was Garth.
Garth was eating a snack bar with his right hand, and his white hair was in contrast with his dark and green uniform. He grabbed a chair and sat beside Charlotte's bed. He continued to eat his snack bar.
"What are you going to do with her?" Garth asked me as he looked at Charlotte in her bed.
"Draft her," I said to him.
"Why?" He asked me.
"Just trust me, it will be a good result for her," I said to him.
"Doctor put her with Sergeant Herrun after she recovers," I said to the doctor.
"Sure, I will put her in shape in no time," The doctor said to her.
"Good luck facing a living hell for the next 13 weeks. And the bonus of 11 weeks of combat training," I said to her.
"What do you mean?" She asked me from her hospital bed.
"You will see," I said to her.
We left her alone with her doctor. We left that white building then head to the edge of a runway in the airfield. We slept on the grass between runway number four and number five. Why could we do this? Although the highest rank was held by our group, the base management was handled down to Mayor General Meyer and Brigadier General Blackwell.
"Wow, I never thought that we will reach the point of participating in a conflict like this," I said to myself as I stare at the dawn sky, which was full of stars.
"Yeah, I thought I was just going to be raised by my father as a mean of politic pawns. Get married with nobility at teenage and have an heir, but you change my destiny. I'm very grateful that I know you," Maria said to me.
"Yeah, from a spoiled princess to a battle-hardened soldier, you've changed a lot Maria since when we first met," I replied to her,
"Destiny is hard to guess, isn't it?" Garth complimented as he put his hand covered with gloves in front of his face.
"Yes, from a candidate for a sex slave to a servant of a duke's daughter is a big accomplishment," Cecile said as a Su-27 flew passed us.
A blew of hot wind got to our face, which warms it in this freezing night. We could hear the voice of moving grass from beside us. It was very calming and relaxing at the same time.
"Haha, The first time I saw both of you. Both of you were dirty and disorganized, but now we have the most beautiful and handsome teenager that I've ever met," I complimented both of them.
"I wish you all are not my servants. I wish you are just my closest childhood friends," she said to me.
"We aren't, we are your friends, but call you young miss or madam as a mean of formality. We are here to protect each other. Our friends will join us as a soldier who serves under you, or should I say, General Alexson," I said to her.
"Yes, but I'm the hero candidate, and you're a demon lord candidate. We will part ways sooner or later," She said with a sad tone.
"Well, I would make sure that it will never happen. I will even kidnap the heroes that they summoned from another world if that what it takes to make you stay by my side," I said.
"Haha," She said as I put a smile on my face.
"I hope that our peacetime will last at least until we finished the academy," I said to her.
"I hope so, or we would be drafted into the Soniel kingdom army," Garth said.
"Yeah, If that is the case, I will make my squad consisted of Natalie, Charlotte, Andrew, and the rest of you," I said.
"Why did you choose that formation?" Garth suddenly asked me.
"We would do guerilla warfare," I replied to him.
"Oh, I see," I said as a B-1 Lancer landed on runway number four.
"So, when we will rescue Natalie?" Garth asked me again.
"Around Wednesday," I answered.
"What would we do between today and Tuesday?" Cecile asked as she flipped her body in my direction.
"We will go to Viali during our vacation as a mean of reconnaissance and as a mean of vacation. We will also survey the town development under Charlotte's father. I hope he develops his Village well," I answered to her as an F-15 took off from the runway.
"Ok, What should we do now?" Maria said as she stood up from the grass.
"I would like to catch some sleep first. I would wake up in the morning. See you guys," I said as I walked away from them.
"Sure, We will go around the base first, then we will also go to sleep too," Cecile said as she waved her hands.
I walked to the officer's quarters and entered that building. I got greeted by the usual receptionist then I took the lift to the top floor where my quarter was located.
I opened my bedroom doors then head straight towards the bed. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.