OOM: Goliath
Aug. 6th, 2013 03:01 pmThey had air support.
We had air support.
As Jack lies in the shelter behind enemy lines, that sentence runs through his mind over and over.
We had air support.
And now most of men are dead and the wound on his head is throbbing, he's dizzy with pain and bloodloss and hunger, and we had air support feels like a mockery instead of a fact.
When the Gilboan soldier cuts into the shelter to get him and his lone comrade out, Jack almost doesn't believe it -- it feels too much like a dream, and he barely see through the bandages, and who would be foolhardy enough to face down a Goliath tank for two men?
He learns later that David Shepherd would.
When the helicopter bearing his father arrives, Jack learns something more about David Shepherd -- Shepherd had no idea who he was rescuing.
That's almost as comforting as his father's hand cradling his face, more tender than Silas has been with him for years.
Almost.
We had air support.
As Jack lies in the shelter behind enemy lines, that sentence runs through his mind over and over.
We had air support.
And now most of men are dead and the wound on his head is throbbing, he's dizzy with pain and bloodloss and hunger, and we had air support feels like a mockery instead of a fact.
When the Gilboan soldier cuts into the shelter to get him and his lone comrade out, Jack almost doesn't believe it -- it feels too much like a dream, and he barely see through the bandages, and who would be foolhardy enough to face down a Goliath tank for two men?
He learns later that David Shepherd would.
When the helicopter bearing his father arrives, Jack learns something more about David Shepherd -- Shepherd had no idea who he was rescuing.
That's almost as comforting as his father's hand cradling his face, more tender than Silas has been with him for years.
Almost.