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here, both Burcher and her soldier will be taken directly to surgery. I’m sorry, but there won’t be any time for you to see your daughter before she goes in.”
    “How is she?” He told him that he’d not had any communications with the chopper since it left the site. “But you have to know something. Anything.”
    “I’m sorry. All I know is that she and this other soldier are on their way in, and that it’s bad for them both.” He asked about the last man. “He passed. His wounds were…they were great, and he was only human as well. But Lauren and one of her men are on their way in now.”
    “As is my daughter—human, I mean.” There was no response to that, and Peter reached for Mary’s hand. “You’d tell me, wouldn’t you, if she didn’t make it in? Right?”
    “I can only tell you what I know, Mr. Burcher. And the last contact that I had with the medics told me that she was in critical condition, and that they didn’t expect her to make it this far.” There was silence at the other end, but Peter heard a door close and the noises in the background simply stop. “Lauren is the best man I have ever met. Strong tempered, loyal to a fault, and stubborn as hell. If anyone can make it, human or otherwise, it will be her. I don’t want to lose her any more than you do. She’s…we fight a great deal, argue over everything, but she’s the best at what she is. They were…what I’m telling you now is classified. What they walked in on, what happened to them…all I can tell you is that as soon as I find out what the fuck happened, I will promise you heads will roll and I will make them pay for this.”
    “What was she doing? What job…she couldn’t tell us anything. Not even where she was. Is that what this is about? Her being somewhere that she shouldn’t have been?” He told him that it wasn’t something he could share with him. “My daughter is dying and you can’t share with me? I shared her with you, you motherfucking asshole. You damned well had better tell me something.”
    “She was on a mission that should have been cut and dried. Not easy, never that if they’re called in, but nothing like this should have happened. They were ambushed. Whoever did this, they knew that they were coming in, how they were coming in, and when.” Peter said nothing. He wasn’t sure what to say. They’d been betrayed. “They walked into a situation that should have been cut and dried, but it meant all their deaths. Or nearly so. All those men, all of them are dead but your daughter and one other man. And those two that escaped, I have a feeling that this won’t end here. Whoever did this, they wanted her entire squad dead.”
    Peter didn’t have anything to say and closed the connection. Someone wanted his daughter dead. There was someone out there, right now, upset…pissed that she had lived. Who? Why? What had she been doing that would…? He looked over at his wife and held her as she quietly cried. Pete, sitting across from him, wiped at tears as well. Peter didn’t know what he’d do if he lost her. He didn’t know what any of them would do without her in their lives.
    As soon as they were at the airstrip, their luggage was unloaded as they were helped onto a large plane. He wasn’t sure what sort of plane it was, didn’t care either, but he knew that this was not the sort of service that people would normally receive when a loved one was hurt. As they were set up on the large private belly of the plane, a woman in a uniform came to ask them if they needed anything. When they declined, she handed them each a badge, complete with their picture on it, as well as a thick file.
    “This is where you will be staying. The hotel has arranged service to take you to and from the hospital each day. Food will be brought to you, as will any other things you need when you are not at the hotel.” Pete asked about Lauren. “I’m sorry, sir. I’m not privy to that information. I am a liaison for