She let out a small laugh despite her anguish, "I really hate it when they do that."

Blair slipped her hand into hers, holding on tightly as she said with conviction, "They will be all right; they will come home to us."

She nodded mutely, wanting desperately to believe it’s true.

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"Are you kidding me? You’re just going to fly off without telling me what you’re planning to do?" Alice Pieszecki demanded as she trailed her girlfriend around, growing angrier by the minute. 

She had risked her life, making her way under the fear of detection by the Germans to this makeshift airfield in the middle of nowhere. Yet, Dana refused to tell much aside from the fact that they were mobilizing the group. 

Dana ignored her and continued to instruct the small crew of two as they load the boxes into the plane. 

Alice had enough; she yanked Dana back with a strong pull on her arm, "Fairbanks! You tell me now! I have two distraught women waiting for news, any kind of news." Softening, she continued, "Just tell me something, you’re packing guns and ammo. Something big is going to happen tonight and I need to know what."

Dana stared at her, jaws clenched, "You don’t need to know anything. What you need to do is go back to the city and stay with them until this is over."

"That’s not good enough, Dana. Where is Jo? Do you know where Maggie is being held? This is a rescue mission, isn’t it? I’m going with you; do not argue with me, I’m going," Alice went on, not letting go of Dana’s arm.

Dana pinched the bridge of her nose, sighing heavily, "Al, please just go back. We will come get the three of you when it’s finished. I can’t tell you, the less people know, the better." Taking on a pleading tone, she said, "Please, just this once, let it go. There’s too much at stake, I can’t risk that. Go back and be with them, tell them we’ll come back the moment this is over. There is nothing you can do here, except to make me worry about you, and I can’t concentrate on the task at hand if I am. Please, Alice, please?"