I'm still working on the sequence of flashbacks for the story, filling out the back story to how Bill became associated with a man called Colonel Davenport.
It is important to remember that while Davenport may have begun with good intentions, it was not difficult to go slowly mad given the conditions. This character, Davenport, runs a multitude of operations within the war zone, turning a huge profit and setting up a business for when the war ended.
Bill meets his Davenport's cronies and then the man himself. Life is not what it seems, and working for him is not a guarantee of safety, so Bill not only has to watch out for the enemy but also those with whom he also works.
Part 3 - In the Service of Davenport
Davenport and punishment
Busted mission, the first threat to Davenport
Manilow's death - and how he got there
More on Manilow, the night before his death
Taken to rendezvous with Davenport's boss
Identify Davenport by 'sniveling morons'
Sniper - killing Ellen's father - set up
Sniper - Killing Ellen's father, execution
Planes and death
Bill gets to meet an interesting cast of characters, not the least of which is Davenport's right-hand men, and a very unlucky lad who was supposed to see through his tour in the command station far from the war zone, and who is connected to a person close to him.
He was also unwittingly involved in a murder, one set up by Davenport, and one designed to keep his silence.
Part 4 - The Lead up to Capture, and in a POW camp
The object that Davenport is seeking
After R & R revoked, retrieved by Davenport for the last mission
Capture by Cho's forces, delivered by Davenport's men
In the POW Camp, and the arrival of Cho
Day of Rescue from Cho
Ellen and Jacobson after rescue in the hospital
Bill's safety may have been assured had he simply toed the line, but, while on a secret mission with Davenport's men, he sees an opportunity to take some evidence of Davenport's activities, as an act of self-preservation.
Of course, he doesn't reckon with the ruthlessness of Davenport and ends up in a camp where Bill is handed over to the chief interrogator, a friend of Davenport's. There is no doubt what Cho's mission is.
But, like all seemingly simple plans, it doesn't go the way Davenport wants, Bill does not talk, and is eventually rescued.
Part 5 - Post Rescue and Transworld
Employment at Transworld, then first interrogation via Collins
In hospital immediately after being shot
Davenport in my hospital room, post being shot
Recognize Jorgenson
Davenport discovers Bill was rescued, and that is has lost his memory of all the time in his service, so just in case Bill does, one day, remember, he will be there to get the answers, and the missing information.
It is almost a story within a story, and maybe one day will be published as such.
At least now I have some idea of how to work the much larger story into the flashbacks, as a prelude to what happens to Bill once he realizes who is behind everything that is happening at Transworld.
© Charles Heath 2015-2020
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