“Lieutenant General Weatherfare?” the voice in the other end of the line prompted him for a response. Darcy hadn't realized he'd gone silent. “Do you understand what am I saying to you, Darcy?” The voice had transitioned into something close to annoyance.
Darcy blinked out of his shocked trance. He cleared his throat to buy time, still trying to process the information he'd been given. “Yes, ma’am. I understand,” he lied, because it still hadn't clicked with him. His commanding officer hung up it was a sharp sound in his ear. He knew she knew that this situation was more serious than usual for him; not that he'd expected her to have any sympathy. Darcy let the phone slip from his hand. Exhaling loudly, he pushed both hands through his hair and leaned back in his chair.
He'd just been informed that Captain Sanders Strafford had gone down somewhere over the Himalayas. They'd lost contact with with his plane as he was scheduled to pass over a known insurgent base. He knew nothing else about it. And he wouldn't until a rescue team reached the site and began their scouting. They'd already been dispatched, so that was only a matter of time. Darcy tried not to imagine the worst. Tried not to think about losing a good man. Darcy had known Sanders since the pilot was a young boy; Owen’s best friend.
“Fuck,” the lieutenant general complained to no one. He was going to have to tell Owen. Darcy picked up the phone again and dialed his godson from memory. It was against protocol not to call Sanders’ family first, but Owen would be furious to find out the news from someone else. More furious than he was going to be already. Darcy listened to the line ring a few times before it was answered by Drusilla, Owen's assistant.
Her greeting chimed pleasantly on the line.
“It's Darcy,” was his own greeting. “I need to speak with Owen.”
"Of course, Lieutenant General,” she replied, recognizing his voice. “I'll let him know.”
Drusilla placed the call on hold and left Owen’s office. She'd gone in there when she'd heard his phone ringing endlessly, which meant he wasn't there. Which was unusual, but she knew where he was at present: in the backyard testing some new equipment. She opened the back door and stepped onto the porch from the kitchen. “Lieutenant General Weatherfare is on the phone for you," she informed, ears twitching. "It sounded urgent.”
Darcy blinked out of his shocked trance. He cleared his throat to buy time, still trying to process the information he'd been given. “Yes, ma’am. I understand,” he lied, because it still hadn't clicked with him. His commanding officer hung up it was a sharp sound in his ear. He knew she knew that this situation was more serious than usual for him; not that he'd expected her to have any sympathy. Darcy let the phone slip from his hand. Exhaling loudly, he pushed both hands through his hair and leaned back in his chair.
He'd just been informed that Captain Sanders Strafford had gone down somewhere over the Himalayas. They'd lost contact with with his plane as he was scheduled to pass over a known insurgent base. He knew nothing else about it. And he wouldn't until a rescue team reached the site and began their scouting. They'd already been dispatched, so that was only a matter of time. Darcy tried not to imagine the worst. Tried not to think about losing a good man. Darcy had known Sanders since the pilot was a young boy; Owen’s best friend.
“Fuck,” the lieutenant general complained to no one. He was going to have to tell Owen. Darcy picked up the phone again and dialed his godson from memory. It was against protocol not to call Sanders’ family first, but Owen would be furious to find out the news from someone else. More furious than he was going to be already. Darcy listened to the line ring a few times before it was answered by Drusilla, Owen's assistant.
Her greeting chimed pleasantly on the line.
“It's Darcy,” was his own greeting. “I need to speak with Owen.”
"Of course, Lieutenant General,” she replied, recognizing his voice. “I'll let him know.”
Drusilla placed the call on hold and left Owen’s office. She'd gone in there when she'd heard his phone ringing endlessly, which meant he wasn't there. Which was unusual, but she knew where he was at present: in the backyard testing some new equipment. She opened the back door and stepped onto the porch from the kitchen. “Lieutenant General Weatherfare is on the phone for you," she informed, ears twitching. "It sounded urgent.”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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