Eight people were killed and dozens injured, while the devastation to property ran into millions.I lay on the bed panting heavily and Jack sat down beside me, ‘What was that?’ He asked raising his eyebrow, ‘I did not know we could do something like that?’ I lifted my head and looked out of the window, the storm had passed and the sun was trying its hardest to peep out from behind the high clouds, ‘I did not know either, I suspected that I could channel my energy in such a way but it is the first time I have ever used it
We had both been promoted on our return from Russia, Jack was now a Captain and had been given a substantial pay rise to go with it and I was now the Commander taking my mentor title two years after his death with my ‘salary’ being paid to Jack for my care. This meant Jack was quite a wealthy young man and with his looks and charm it was not long before the pretty young women began staying over and I would find myself swimming alone in the mornings. I did not censure him he was young and attractive and like the Commander used to say about Thomas ‘let him enjoy himself while he could’. He was never late for our classes, or our training and he worked hard, he spent a lot of his time with our local Veterinary Practice learning everything he could about my physiology. He was taught how to treat cuts, fractures, and breaks, and how to diagnose poisoning among more everyday illnesses. They taught him how to give injections, stitch wounds, and even set bones and supplied him with a very adva
I was standing next to Jack with a large bow tie around my neck that had two expensive gold rings attached to it. He didn’t have a best man he had the best dog, me. Beth was delighted to find I had stepped up to do my ‘duty’, as she told Jack. ‘At least I know you will be safe with Sirius and he can be relied upon to get you to the service on time’.The ceremony was over and everyone was dancing in the Mess it had been a lovely day and the young couple was heading off for a fortnight's honeymoon in the Seychelles. I returned to the beach house alone and sat on the beach late into the night talking to the Commander and asking his advice. He did not answer this time but then I knew what he would have said. Jack was a good person and he would be a good husband and Father what I needed to do was put aside my jealousy of their relationship and accept it. That was my problem not his and as the moon rose to its zenith I let it go and felt myself find peace. I spent that two weeks alone, it
His voice was soft, crooning as he stroked my head gently, rubbing behind my ears and I leaned into him enjoying his gentle touch.‘You are very honored Drew, he can be rather fussy when touches him. He knows you understand dogs.’Jack praised the soldier and he puffed up with pride,‘Thank you, Sir, I sure appreciate those words. Would you mind if I took a selfie with him for my folks? They’ll never believe I saw such a huge beautiful dog if I don’t show them’Jack looked at me and after a quick probe of Drew’s thoughts I could find no reason to refuse him so I gave him a brief nod. Neither of us saw the American Officer watching the exchange closely. Drew ruffled my ears and thanked Jack profusely before returning to his seat as the plane was coming in to land at Boryspil International Airport.The Jeep was waiting on the runway and two MPs stood at the front of it clearly British in full uniform while their American counterparts were much more relaxed. They saluted Jack smartly and
‘Rest you mad fucking dog, we’ll talk when you feel a bit better’He was angry with me as I had put our whole mission in jeopardy but as I settled down to sleep I mind-linked him,‘I would do it again in a heartbeat Jack, you know that, my instincts are to protect regardless of the cost to myself and I know you would have done the same thing’He huffed and shook his head but then he smiled across at me and said, ‘You are still one crazy mutt.’ A few hours later the all-clear sounded and the two MPs led us out to an American Jeep they had ‘borrowed’ to get us to the British-held area. Exhausted and stiff with pain I jumped onto the back seat and whimpered as they bounced over the craters heading for what was left of the main road. We were stationed in a large hotel basement that had been sectioned off into rooms. I
‘I will take out the Insurgents, you free them and then we’ll concentrate on him’Jack nodded and made his way around to the Ukrainians, he caught their attention discreetly and they knew to keep silent as he positioned himself. When he was ready he gave me a nod and I made my move, bunching my hind leg muscles I leapt forward catching the first Insurgent by surprise landing on his back and snapping his neck. The other three scrabbled away shouting in fear at the sight of a huge white wolf attacking them. I used their fear as they tried to run instead of using their weapons dispatching them with ease. Humans, especially panicked and terrified, are so fragile no match for my razor-sharp teeth and claws. While I killed them Jack pulled his knife and cut through the ropes of the captive soldiers who leaped to their feet and tore the warm coats of the dead Insurgents,‘Stay right where you are’The Leader stood pointing his gun at me and I faced him snarling,‘I do not know what you are D
We soon established our link within the White House and he arranged a meeting with the President and the rest was up to us. The meeting wasn’t for another week due to the President's prior commitments he was out of the country for a few days so Jack and I did our touristy thing. We happily wandered the New York streets soaking in the atmosphere of the city that never sleeps walking through Central Park. We were stopped by the friendly locals fascinated by Jack’s huge white dog and they all wanted to chat. I was petted and fussed over by old ladies and children much to his amusement as we meandered through the beautiful scenery I probed the minds of random people testing my powers for the upcoming meeting. We ate their famous hot dogs, tasted the Italian ice cream and Jack drank gallons of hot strong black American coffee. We both made the same huge mistake, we let our guard down thinking we were anonymous among the millions of tourists. We seriously underestimated American intelligenc
‘Yes, I did, we are in a very dangerous position Jack, they have nothing to lose, if they are found out they will be eliminated by their own government. If they get what they want they will have the power to overthrow this President and his party and elect the Democrats in their place.’ I stood up and shook myself and contacted Thomas, ‘This is worse than we thought’ He acknowledged, I could sense his disgust at their betrayal of their country, it would never cross his mind to commit an act of treason like this, 'What are you going to do Sirius?’