Morning Visit
Jake's life the past few days had been filled with work and nothing but. With the sudden removal of his deputy his workload had increased and there was much to do with the upcoming operation. Her own people were competent enough, but Jake was a hands on sort of person and it took a few days to make sure everything was up to speed.


By the time he finally had a chance to take a breather he realized that Anika probably interpreted his lack of communication as something very different than just being incredibly busy. The Colonel didn't like the idea that someone would think he was siding with Jilleen and her comments, which she'd had no proof for, but there hadn't been time to do anything about aside from sending a note over with Lt. Kypros-Gaither when she was evacuated off Avalon the day before.

After the daily briefing with the Admiral the next morning, Jake had caught a Raptor over to Shangri-La. He'd had to brief the marines training aboard a closed off portion of the massive ship on the mission, and it provided a perfect opportunity to check on Anika as well.

The briefing over, Jake went off in search of Anika.