Friday, January 15, 2010

Clearance

A great big stinking letdown! Oh the annoyance and bother. I was hoping we'd have caught the Skipper for a quick interview but his heavy boys wouldn't let us in. I had the Youth with me; I'd promised them all a personal meeting with their hero. Their little faces creased in disappointment when I told them the news that the Captain's mister-men wouldn't allow entry. Their lips quivered. Oh how their despair hurt me. I got angry and I hate to admit I took it out on the Youth.

Those damn heavy boys. Who do they think they are? Don't they know that I was there first? Back when it was just me and the Captain ... I know, I know ... I'm not supposed to talk about that. But it was perfect then. The Void, the Captain and I.