After the briefing Milou began to help in loading some cargo into the carrier. He noticed Donna about to leave and prompted him to return to her briefly. "Hey Donna." He called and made his way to her. "Take care of yourself okay." He showed his genuine worry.
Donna wasn't able to reply properly, only with whispers nobody could hear. She then wrapped her keffiyeh over on Milou and discreetly kissed him.
Milou was caught off-guard to what Donna did. His conscious of reason was paralysed. "Donna, did you just?"
Donna blushed. "Please come back." She told him. "That was what I was trying to say earlier." She walked away to Sandesgeist.
Suchart was able to see the kiss hidden by the keffiyeh by guessing. "Lucky bastard." He thought. Just as he was returning to loading the crates he saw Walker helping out. "Thank you taking Milou's place." He thanked the young cadet, giving a smile.
Walker gave a salute. "Thank you sir." He replied, saluting to his senior.
Lord Lindemann was back at his makeshift office. This time he was counting the OZ forces for Malcom as he was requested when Donna left. "So the final battle with come..." He thought. "She can be avenged after all those years..." He finished with compiling forces in North America including his sons who would soon return.
Spades were drawn to bury the coffin. The young Lord refused to watch the dirt being filled into the neatly made hole. Stuart and Ulbricht were among those burying the coffin of Lady Lindemann. Once the job was done, most of the people at the funeral left including Lindemann's children were also taken back to the estate against their will. The priest of the funeral, notable with a braid to tie his long brown hair approached him. "Lord, it will be better to leave." He prompted. "It will be raining in a couple of minutes."
The Lord ignored the advice. "Tell me Father." He asked. "Will God avenge her?"
The priest saw how the man was broken. "I'm afriad God may not be able to do that." He responded. "That is the God of Death's job." He left the cemetery in a car, in time as the rain began to fall.
Lindemann walked to where the coffin was buried, seeds of poppies freshly sewn. The tombstone was crafted with granite with gold gilded over, highlighting the name "Lady Griselda Lindemann" so it can be seen from a distance. "The wife of Lord Till Lindemann, mother of Richard, Oliver, Christoph Flake and Donna. Born: A.C. 175, Died: A.C. 206." He didn't care about his surrounding anymore only staring at the gravestone, ignoring the rain above him.
Stuart looked at how his friend stood in once place for minutes. He realised that there is no sign of him leaving and promply ran to get him. "You need to be out of here!" He shouted, grabbing his shoulder. "Your wife died and that doesn't you have the damn excuse to kill yourself!" He forcefully grabbed him out of the cemetery to a car to take him back to his residence.
Stuart's knocking at the door got the Lord's attention. "We're being called assemble by Malcom." He informed.
The Lord realised that he was wasting his time remembering the past. "I'll be on my way." He answered back.
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The news of the Coalition leader's death brought great shock to Tano. He felt that his mission failed once again. Thoughts raced on his mind on his recent failures. He was brought out of it when a new mission was brought to him. It was the sense of duty to the coalition that brought Tano away from the despair of defeat. "Yes Mr. President." He replied. "I will fight for the Falson family once more." He gave a salute to commit himself back to his duty.
McNeil complied with the order to bring Oleg's modified machine for analysis. "Looks like someone appreciates my work greatly." He thought. The captured reactor was brought over to be inspected as well. Realising that he will need to answer some questions, he got going to where Oleg's Leo III was being unloaded.