“It’s what we do" #zombie

Confused, Jayce follows the co-pilot into the cockpit.  The pilot closes the door as the Captain walks through the doorway.  Jayce looks down at his watch and is surprised that they have been in the air for only an hour.

Captain Harris turns around.  The expression on his face is obviously distress.

“Sir, bases are coming under attack, including ours!”

Their conversation is cut short as Jayce’s satellite phone begins to ring.

“Granger, the base is under attack.  You need to finish your mission.  That is an order.  It is not safe for you to come back.  Do you understand?” Jayce hears the Colonel’s voice on the other end.

“Yes sir!”

The phone goes dead on the other end.  The pilot questions Jayce as to the contents of the phone call.  Jayce explains that his orders are to carry out their mission.  Jayce turns and leaves the cockpit, and enters the cargo hold with authority. 

“MEN OUR HOME IS UNDER ATTACK! WE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR MISION.  OUR FIRST MISSION IS TO PROTECT AMERICAN SOIL.  IT IS UP TO YOU, I WANT A SHOW OF HANDS.  ALL THOSE THAT WANT TO GO TO THE SANDBOX?”

The men’s faces are cold and unemotional, not a single hand is raised.

“ALL OF YOU THAT WANT TO GO HOME AND FIGHT?”

 Before he can finish, the entire unit have unbuckled their seat belts and are now standing.

“I’LL GO INFORM THE CREW WE NEED TO TURN THIS BIRD AROUND!”

  Jayce reenters the cockpit, and informs the flight crew that they are going home to fight.

“Sir, let me remind you of your orders,” Captain Harris starts.

“Captain, you have two choices.  You can help, or my men and I will take control of this plane,” Jayce explains with a smirk.

The flight crew are fully aware of what Granger’s unit is capable of.  They also know they do not stand a chance against them.  Harris explains that he is not against it, he just needed to state what concerns someone may have.  Jayce replies that when they touchdown, his team will go out in the Stryker and gather up the Colonel and any other survivors they may find.  He orders the flight crew to stay on the plane.  Harris pleads for Jayce to allow him to accompany them so that he might go and retrieve his family.  Another pilot asks the same for his live-in girlfriend.  Jayce allows it, knowing that if he had any family here, he would do the same. 

“Captain, we need to go get Anne,” Jayce hears Jensen’s voice behind him. 

Harris turns back around pulling on the controls to turn the plane around.

Jayce returns to his unit, they are already out of their seats and strapping their gear down to them, preparing for battle.

“WHO’S HOUSE IS THIS?” Jayce yells.

“OUR HOUSE!” The men cry out.

“WHO’S HOUSE IS THIS?”

“OUR HOUSE!”

“NOW LET’S GO KICK SOME ASS!”

Captain Harris enters the cargo hold as Jayce is rallying his unit, “Granger, I will go with you and your unit.  I know where the other pilot lives.”

Jayce nods, then orders Adam, “Cooper you stay with the plane, if it moves before we get back, put a bullet in them.”

Harris looks over at Ty concerned.  Ty shrugs with a smile, “It’s what we do.  We never lose, and we always have a contingency for everything.”

Without argument, Harris understands what this unit is capable of and returns to the cockpit to ensure the rest of his crew understands the same.

“We will unchain the Stryker before we land, I want everyone inside of it before we stop moving.  Once the plane stops moving, we will go show them what kind of training we have.” Jayce clarifies. 

The flight crew looks at Jayce’s unit in disbelief.  They ask if the unit always goes out looking for a fight.  Ben swiftly explains to them that they never go out looking for a fight, but they do not back down from one either.