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Sergeant Hoi was leaning against general Langtree’s staff car waiting for him to get out of a late night meeting he had been called to at the palace. He looked up to the sky and saw the additional pin pricks of light that were the oncoming asteroids. It had been a very long day for him and his general. They had started early at Fletcher, and had went to the Mountain and back to Fletcher. They spent more time traveling this day than at the operations center. Langtree’s additional duties as acting XO was taking more of his time than anyone thought it would.
“Hi Henry,” Chief Atomi’s driver came up to Sergeant Hoi.
“Hi Tony,” Henry replied.
“They are almost through,” Tony replied, “The chief, the Queen, and General Langtree are discussing what Kellogg’s found out so far.”
“Not much right?” Henry asked.
“No.” Tony replied, “Not much. I wish there was something. My boss is very agitated. I don’t think even your boss can get her to chill out.”
“I know,” Henry remarked, “but the general is agitated too. I think their agitation is fueling each other’s.”
“Most likely,” Tony remarked. “They both need to get a way for a bit.”
“It’s not going to happen!” Hoi remarked, “Think you might convince her to knock off early tomorrow?”
“I can try,” Tony replied, “why?”
“Well if I can get the general to check out early maybe between the two of us we can carve out some quiet time for them.”
“It’s worth a try,” Tony nodded as he noticed the two officers as they came out of the Queen’s residence.
“Good evening Chief,” Henry greeted the chief.
“Evening Sergeant Hoi,” Mylea greeted the sergeant. Hoi had never seen her looking so fatigued. “Tony, take us home.”
“Yes Ma’am,” Tony replied as he held the door for her and general Langtree.
“Henry,” David Langtree spoke softly. The sergeant could tell that his officer was tired also. “I’ll call you in the morning to tell you when to pick me up.”
“Aye sir,” Henry replied. He waited until they had pulled off before getting in the car and leaving himself.
When Tony got them to Mylea’s home David and Mylea walked exhaustedly into her front room they collapsed onto Mylea’s sofa where they both fell asleep in each other’s arms.
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