Post by Captain Hawke on Mar 17, 2008 0:17:08 GMT -6
(Editor's Note: Continued from Chapter 37- N: Hawke's Life Pt. 3)
Lords, I was getting good.
The past five yarhen had taken a toll on me physically and mentally. I had been captured by the Cylons, tortured, had an implant that made me think I was seeing and being controlled by Count Iblis,when in reality, it was the Cylons controlling me. Then sabotaging the Callisto, being captured by Callisto security, having escaped, taken Commander Sheba hostage, being re-captured,and put under sedation. If that wasn't enough, I had the implant taken out, suffering three strokes, to the point where it afftected my speech, walking and reflexes.
I was made aide to Major Brie, put in charge of the viper parts & furlon requisitions, viper assignments, making sure new recruits got to where they were supposed to go, and fulfilling any of Major Brie's needs.
When Major Brie stepped down from Gold Squadron, Major Skyler was elected as new leader,and reluctantly had let me keep my job. He & I didn't see eye to eye on alot of things, but it had meant alot to me that he had faith in me to perform my duties adaquetly.
I had heard that Major Brie's viper exploded. That tore me up like nothing I had felt before. She had given me a chance where nobody else had.
"Hawke, you have one on your tail!!! Pull up!!!" Frak!!! There was a Cylon on my tail!! I hit my braking thrusters of my viper and let the Cylon pass me by, but it fired at me as it did so. It hit a glancing blow on my wing. The Cylon lined up in my sites and I fired. The tin can blew up in a nice metallic fireball.
"Simulation ended, please see simulator instructor for your score." I hear the female voice in my earpeice say.
I take my helmet off and climb down from the viper simulator. "Hey baby, I saw that last maneuver. That Cylon almost roasted you. What was going through your mind?" It was Rose...
Ahh Rose... My siress in flowing gowns. My savior. When my strokes happened she was my crutch. She was there from the onset. In fact, she seemed to be there during all of my health scares. She was with me when the control panel in my cockpit exploded and I needed reconstructive surgery. She was there when i had my operation to remove the Cylon implant. And she has been here through my entire rehab.
"I was actually thinking about how I can't wait to get back to active duty again.." I said. It just occurred to me, this is the first time in yarhen I was speaking without halting speech!! I laughed out loud.. "What? What's so funny?" Rose asked. "This is the first time, I consider myself normal!!! Walking, talking normal!!" I said. "You're just realizing that now? You've been on the upswing for a little over a yarhen now...Tomorrow is your final evaluation to get sent back to the flightline. You've made tremendous progress. Don't make light of what you're doing... I haven't met anyone else with the drive & passion you have. " she said. I blushed.
I grab the score from the simulator instructor. Nearly a perfect score. Rose looked at it and said, "See? Six quatron ago, your score wasn't even a qualifier for the flightline. Now you've superseeded it by a factor of ten." I blushed again. "Not to mention your rehab. Within a yarhen you've learned to walk & talk again.. You don't need your cane anymore, your target practice scores are even better than mine.. You are the only warrior that WANTED to re-take the academy and came back with a better score than the first time...Hawke, you are back, baby... With a vengence!!!" She gives me a BIG hug and whispers in my ear, "Let's go celebrate..."
"In a micron, hun.. I want to go check something out first." I say. "Want some company?" she asks. "No... I'll be right there. Promise." "Ok."
I walk down to where my viper was stored. "Soon, baby..Soon.. You'll be flying amongst the stars again.." I climb up into the cockpit and sit in the all too familliar seat and do a final pre-flight checklist for the final exam tomorrow.
Lords, I was getting good.
The past five yarhen had taken a toll on me physically and mentally. I had been captured by the Cylons, tortured, had an implant that made me think I was seeing and being controlled by Count Iblis,when in reality, it was the Cylons controlling me. Then sabotaging the Callisto, being captured by Callisto security, having escaped, taken Commander Sheba hostage, being re-captured,and put under sedation. If that wasn't enough, I had the implant taken out, suffering three strokes, to the point where it afftected my speech, walking and reflexes.
I was made aide to Major Brie, put in charge of the viper parts & furlon requisitions, viper assignments, making sure new recruits got to where they were supposed to go, and fulfilling any of Major Brie's needs.
When Major Brie stepped down from Gold Squadron, Major Skyler was elected as new leader,and reluctantly had let me keep my job. He & I didn't see eye to eye on alot of things, but it had meant alot to me that he had faith in me to perform my duties adaquetly.
I had heard that Major Brie's viper exploded. That tore me up like nothing I had felt before. She had given me a chance where nobody else had.
"Hawke, you have one on your tail!!! Pull up!!!" Frak!!! There was a Cylon on my tail!! I hit my braking thrusters of my viper and let the Cylon pass me by, but it fired at me as it did so. It hit a glancing blow on my wing. The Cylon lined up in my sites and I fired. The tin can blew up in a nice metallic fireball.
"Simulation ended, please see simulator instructor for your score." I hear the female voice in my earpeice say.
I take my helmet off and climb down from the viper simulator. "Hey baby, I saw that last maneuver. That Cylon almost roasted you. What was going through your mind?" It was Rose...
Ahh Rose... My siress in flowing gowns. My savior. When my strokes happened she was my crutch. She was there from the onset. In fact, she seemed to be there during all of my health scares. She was with me when the control panel in my cockpit exploded and I needed reconstructive surgery. She was there when i had my operation to remove the Cylon implant. And she has been here through my entire rehab.
"I was actually thinking about how I can't wait to get back to active duty again.." I said. It just occurred to me, this is the first time in yarhen I was speaking without halting speech!! I laughed out loud.. "What? What's so funny?" Rose asked. "This is the first time, I consider myself normal!!! Walking, talking normal!!" I said. "You're just realizing that now? You've been on the upswing for a little over a yarhen now...Tomorrow is your final evaluation to get sent back to the flightline. You've made tremendous progress. Don't make light of what you're doing... I haven't met anyone else with the drive & passion you have. " she said. I blushed.
I grab the score from the simulator instructor. Nearly a perfect score. Rose looked at it and said, "See? Six quatron ago, your score wasn't even a qualifier for the flightline. Now you've superseeded it by a factor of ten." I blushed again. "Not to mention your rehab. Within a yarhen you've learned to walk & talk again.. You don't need your cane anymore, your target practice scores are even better than mine.. You are the only warrior that WANTED to re-take the academy and came back with a better score than the first time...Hawke, you are back, baby... With a vengence!!!" She gives me a BIG hug and whispers in my ear, "Let's go celebrate..."
"In a micron, hun.. I want to go check something out first." I say. "Want some company?" she asks. "No... I'll be right there. Promise." "Ok."
I walk down to where my viper was stored. "Soon, baby..Soon.. You'll be flying amongst the stars again.." I climb up into the cockpit and sit in the all too familliar seat and do a final pre-flight checklist for the final exam tomorrow.