winter in greenland

After bringing Murphy into the room, Dan didn't rush to ask the cause and effect, but motioned Murphy to pour water by himself, and put Nina on the bed first.

Murphy couldn't bear to see his clumsy movements, and walked over: "Let me do it."

Dan glanced at her, then at Nina, who was half asleep, and moved aside to make tea.

"This is your daughter?" After Nina settled down, Murphy walked back to the living room and sat down on a single sofa.

Dan handed her the cup: "No. Get down to business Doctor, what happened to Sirius Base?"

Murphy didn't ask any more questions, and his face became serious: "To be precise, something happened to August. I don't know the details. Four days ago, Heath came to me suddenly, and he said that they are now isolated in the The Copenhagen headquarters is under investigation, August has been completely quarantined, he can still move freely, but he cannot leave Copenhagen City, he asked me to come to you as soon as possible and take you back to Copenhagen."

Dan immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. He didn't speak in a hurry, put his elbows on his knees, put his fingers together, and looked at Murphy after thinking for a while: "Did Captain Heath say anything else?"

Murphy recalled for a while: "Nothing else. It's just... His expression looked very angry. I asked him what happened. He just said that they were undergoing an internal investigation. As for what the specific investigation was, I don't know." clear."

"He asked you to take me back to Geha as soon as possible?"

"Yes. Because of the air traffic control of the volcanic activity, I just bought the ticket this morning. If we want to leave..." She took out her mobile phone and flipped through it: "The earliest flight is 9 am tomorrow. But the specific departure time Not necessarily, it depends on the weather tomorrow.”

Dan shook his head: "It's too late. Have you booked a hotel for tonight?"

"not yet."

"If you don't mind, you can rest on the sofa for a while, and I'll make a few phone calls. If everything goes well, we can leave before midnight today."

Murphy didn't say much, watching Dan pick up his coat and go out.

Harvey happened to be in the store when he received a call from Dan. He had something to do in the afternoon and was out of town. Now he was holding his phone under his ear while moving things from the trunk: "Hey, Dan."

"Harvey, can your helicopter apply for an emergency route to Copenhagen tonight?"

Hearing this sentence at the beginning, Harvey was stunned, put down the things in his hand, and picked up the phone again: "It should be ok, what happened?"

"There was an accident at Auguste's side. I have to rush back to Geha as soon as possible. I just checked that the earliest flight is 9:[-] tomorrow morning. I don't think I can wait until then."

Harvey could hear the tension in his tone through the radio waves, and without asking for details, he simply said, "How many of you?"

"Plus me, two adults and one child."

"I'm calling the airport now. You are ready to pack your luggage. The emergency route application will be approved in about half an hour. Wait for my call."

Two hours later, on the outskirts of Reykjavik.

Dan walked out of a taxi with Nina in his arms, and Murphy followed closely behind them.

There was a small civilian airport in front of him. At this moment, a silver-gray helicopter was parked on the central apron, and the propeller was turning "chug".

Wearing a pilot's uniform, Harvey stepped forward after seeing the three of them: "Let's go, I'll go there with you."

Dan was a little surprised: "You delivered it yourself?"

Harvey smiled and pointed to the cabin behind him: "There are people who are more professional than me. I'm just the co-pilot. It's so late, in case there is any emergency, I will go there with you for easy handling."

Then he looked at Murphy and the child in his arms behind Dan, and raised his eyebrows: "Are you 'dragging the family'?"

Dan forced a smile: "The situation is special, I owe you once."

Harvey smiled and patted his shoulder, jumped on the plane first, and took Nina over.

After they boarded the plane, the propeller speed gradually increased, and the steel giant hovered into the sky.

Nina was wrapped in a fluffy cloak and was carefully held in Murphy's arms. Dan sat by the window, staring at the sky outside.

"What are your plans after arriving in Copenhagen?" Murphy asked softly, his eyes falling on the little girl in his arms.

Dan rubbed his face, and his tone was a little tired: "It was an accident. Her family has all gone to Europe. I can't leave her alone in Iceland. As for how to settle down...let's talk about it when we get there."

"If you don't mind, you can let her live with me for a while. I think she is about 4 or 5 years old. If you follow Heath and the others to deal with affairs, it is not convenient to carry such a small tail."

Dan looked at Murphy in surprise, and thanked him sincerely: "Then I will trouble you, Professor."

Murphy stroked Nina's bangs, and unconsciously smiled: "It's okay, I like her very much."

Dan looked out the window.

He hadn't had time to change when he left, and the little package he'd received earlier from August was still in his coat pocket.

He slowly stroked the surface of the stone with his fingers. In fact, this fake "fossil" is not very finely made. The textures imitating shells on both sides are deep and shallow, and it can be seen that they were carved in a short period of time. .

The originally cold surface of the stone was warmed by his body temperature, and the fingers covering it slowly tightened, and he leaned against the cabin wall and slowly closed his eyes.

At the same time, Copenhagen, headquarters building, basement.

August slightly raised his head and looked at the skylight above him in a daze. It has been nearly two weeks since he was brought here. Every day, a fixed person takes him to eat and go back to his room to sleep. He sits here the rest of the time. In a dark hut.There was only one table in front of him, and the light from the lamp on the table was a bit dazzling.From time to time, some people would come in and ask him questions, but most of the time he was alone with a pen and paper in front of him.

Fact sheet, what is there to write about?What should be said has already been said.He smirked inwardly.

I don't know if Dan received that package, the name...

A faint smile appeared on his mouth involuntarily.

In the monitoring room outside, a man in a suit and leather shoes was leaning against the doorframe leisurely. There were a few staff members sitting in front of the monitor screen, and Heath was standing beside him. The stubble on his face hadn’t been shaved for several days. Feeling tired and irritable.

"Captain Heath, please allow me to remind you that your officer still has—" The man looked at the watch on his wrist: "It's less than five hours."

Heath turned his face away abruptly, with a sarcasm in his tone: "Come on, Major Hodge, I know the time limit for the statement better than you."

Hodge's face darkened, and he signaled the staff in front of the monitor screen to go out. After the door was closed, his tone suddenly dropped a few degrees: "Since you know it well, why don't you go in and persuade your chief in person? End the conversation as soon as possible." Everyone is relieved."

Heath suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his shirt: "Stop crying in front of me, I know your plan, do you think you can take that position and take over Sirius if you pull August into the water? I Now tell you not to dream!"

Hodge paused, and a smirk slowly appeared on his face: "It hurts my heart if you have to say that. After all, August and I also graduated from the military academy at the same time. General Field is still overseas. Presumably your chief doesn't want to disturb his old man to come back to deal with this matter, right?"

Heath let go of him, with some disgust on his face: "August never relied on his grandfather's military exploits to get to where he is today."

"So we'd better move fast. If your officer still refuses to make a statement after 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, it means that he will be court-martialed to face murder charges. I believe General Field will not charge him. He turned a blind eye to his grandson's future." Hodge's tone was almost sweet.

Heath gave him a disgusted look, walked out of the monitoring room without saying anything.

In the conference room on the third floor, several Sirius team leaders were anxiously waiting for the result. When Heath pushed the door and entered, Ian was the first to greet him: "How is it?"

Heath shook his head heavily.

Ian cursed: "This Hodge is clearly setting August up!"

Heath's face was gloomy: "His purpose is nothing more than to make a big mess and alarm General Field. August may not be severely punished in the end, but it is impossible to be promoted for a period of time. He I can use this to make a contribution and get promoted to the headquarters smoothly. Killing two birds with one stone, he has a good idea."

"Did the news leak from the Coast Guard?" Another lieutenant asked.

Without waiting for Heath to answer, Ian sneered first: "They were responsible for dealing with the aftermath of that incident, who else didn't leak it?"

"Anyway, August was really impulsive at the beginning, so that he left people with a handle." Heath rubbed his face vigorously.

"Can't we do anything? Just watch? I remember it was Dan on patrol with August? Why didn't he come back as a witness?"

Heath sighed and thought back to two weeks ago, in August's office the night before they came to the base.

Looking at the eye-catching document on the table, he walked around the room like a trapped animal: "Is that why you plan to follow them to the headquarters?"

August looked calm, even holding a cigarette between his fingers: "Yes."

"Have you considered the consequences?! Did you know they want to charge you with murder?!"

"Those people deserve what they deserve." August's tone remained calm.

Heath was almost mad at him: "What's the use of telling me? Will the group of people in the headquarters believe you?! Even if the group of poachers deserved what they deserved, your behavior is indeed beyond the rules. Augustus Special!" He walked around to the phone: "Forget it, I won't tell you so much, I will call Dan directly."

As soon as he picked up the receiver, the phone was pulled away brutally: "That's not necessary."

Heath couldn't believe his ears: "No need? I don't understand what you are thinking. Dan was indeed your teammate on patrol. You encountered a group of poachers. As long as he can come back and testify that you are out of self-defense..."

"I said, there's no need for that." August's tone carried some warning: "I know exactly what Hodge wants."

"Are you clear? I think you are very happy to be plotted by him!"

"Don't tell Dan." August's tone was weaker, and he looked at him almost with pleading eyes: "There is no need to involve him again, you know the reason why I did it to those people, I don't want to Bring up what happened to Arthur, especially to Dan. Those things should be long gone."

Seeing Heath's expression loosen a bit, he continued: "Hodge just wanted to make things worse. They don't have conclusive evidence to prove that I did it first. Even if they go to the headquarters, it's just an extension of the review period."

"August, what are you afraid of?" Heath approached him, his tone exhausted.

August was silent for a while: "Heath, do you dare to tell Murphy about every mission you have performed?"

Heath choked: "...it's okay, why should I mention that to her?"

"Then you can understand what I'm afraid of. I'm not afraid that he will leave me, I'm just afraid that one day he will look at me with that... that kind of eyes, you know? It's a disgraceful thing to do, I admit, I was a 'murderer' in a way, and I was prepared to suffer the consequences. Dan never knew the reasons, he thought I was overreacting in self-defense the whole time. I I can't imagine if one day he looked at me like a monster...do you understand?"

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"Anyway, I won't just watch him go to court-martial. I've sent someone to find Dan, and things will turn around only when he comes back to testify. Wait for the news." Heath said in a cold voice.

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