The ones who had loved her the most
Scarlett Jones was her father's pride and joy.
The sixth, last and only child of a man with 5 sons, Scarlett was the only one not to be expelled from school, she was never arrested as a teenager, she also never crashed her car and her only traffic ticket was for running a red light while she was taking her father to the hospital after he fell in the bathroom.
Scarlett was also the only one who followed the family tradition and joined the military like her father and her grandfather and great-grandfather and the entire lineage before her.
— Seriously, dad, I'll be fine, just one more mission and I'll be back home. — she says to the camera, her father's face, tanned by the sun, full of wrinkles and laugh lines with white hair and warm brown eyes looking at her with concern.
— Kandahar is dangerous, Scarlett, more experienced men have gone and not returned home. — he replies and she sympathizes, grandpa's brother died on the front lines of WW2 and dad's older brother was lost in Vietnam and mom's sister never came back from Iraq.
— Dad, I'll come back, always, you and me, to the end of the line. — she replies and the smile returns to her father's wrinkled face.
— You're not Bucky Barnes and I'm not Captain America, daughter, no matter how much we look alike. — her dad teases and Scarlett can't help but smile.
— Besides, I have Balerion with me .— Scarlett responds and the Belgian Malinois raises its head with a loud bark almost as if to say yes, I have her.
— Scar, be careful, go home and be safe. And always remember that I love you. — the father replies, in veiled amusement.
— I love you, Dad, and in two weeks I'll be home, I promise. — she replies and her dad smiles, tears in his eyes and Scarlett can't help but return the sentiment, this is her third war tour and each one has lasted about two years at intervals numbered months apart, she's barely home .
But this is the last time, she promises herself, then they'll be able to finish paying for Grandpa's cancer treatment and she'll be able to go home and then, who knows, maybe she'll be able to take up boxing like she's always dreamed of.
She is 27 years old, after all, not too old to get into the ring like she did when she was a kid.
Her father gives her one last smile before hanging up and Scarlett turns her attention to Sergeant Smith, he gives the orders and Scarlett puts the vest on her and Balerion.
— It's our last mission, buddy, I promise, so we're going to go home and you're going to run around in the fields on Daddy's farm and live like a sedentary old war dog and eat the best snacks. — Balerion looks at her with very intelligent eyes for a dog and lets out a happy bark, almost like he's enjoying a freshly roasted chicken.
They board the convoy with 10 other soldiers and head towards Kandahar.
The American Special Forces team called Operation Killmonger arrives at the borders of Kandahar before being blown up by an American missile, none of the 10 members of the operation survive.
Scarlett Jones's last thought is I'm sorry, Dad, I didn't keep my promise.
Scarlett Jones does indeed arrive in America in two weeks and the only soldier left from the operation is a blind, three-legged, one-eared dog who growls the entire flight to America and only calms down when he catches the comforting scent of Mr. Jones.