2.6) @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } ACT II FADE IN: INT. ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE—DAY Everything was hazy when Valerie came to. Her lashes fluttered. Her eyelids fought to open. When they did, a white blinding light forced them to shut and retry several times before opening fully. There were two possible scenarios here. Either Valerie had survived the attack or she was in heaven. It was nothing short of a miracle either way. “There she is. Right on schedule. Thank you, doctor. You can leave us now,” a male voice said. The ceiling came into focus as Valerie blinked. So, still alive. She was lying on her back in bed, not floating toward the pearly white gates. God that had been a close call. Heavy footsteps approached her side, bringing back the panic Valerie had felt in her last conscious moments. She sat up straight and screamed, “Get away from me!” A bland man in his late twenties, wearing a loose suit, stopped in place. He smiled slowly.
