"Why?" the creature of Darkness answered, "Because I like to blow up aircraft carriers! It's so much fun to set fire to them. Got by you in The Tonkin Gulf."
"Yes," The Ancient One snapped, "you most certainly did, but you're not getting by me this time! Where are they, and how did you get use of this body?"
"Joy boy had a lover," the demon answered. "Got caught getting a little extra sugar on the ship and they made him a civie. Joy boy went to meet him ashore and found that he'd said hi to the wrong person and ended up dead. He blamed the navy and planned restitution. But he got a little bit carried away with his grieving so I took over his body and continued what he'd planned. And why should I tell you where my toys are? Why don't I just let things proceed?"
"For a very simple reason," The Ancient One answered, "I'm training her," he pointed to Esther, "she needs practice destroying creatures of Darkness forever. You know we have that power now, don't you? We cannot only beat the crap out of you we can destroy you. Now, unless you want her to practice on you you'll tell me where your toys are. If you do we'll let you peaceably leave. The choice is yours!"
"As I definitely do not want to irritate you any more," the creature of Darkness remarked, "I won't repeat what you are. But I definitely don't want to test the lady's power. One's in the flare locker in A hangar. The other's in the fuel tank on C hangar. The first one was to start the fires, the second one was to spread them."
"Ladies!" The Ancient One snapped. "We're going to go check out what he said. Make sure that he doesn't leave before we return."
David and The Ancient One grabbed the lieutenant and headed for the hangars. "Flare locker," The Ancient One snapped.
"There's three of them, sir!" the lieutenant snapped. "Which one?"
"Crap!" The Ancient One sighed. "I'll take one," he pointed to David, "you take one," he pointed to the lieutenant, "you take one. Anything out of the ordinary, anything that looks strange."
The Ancient One looked through his locker and found nothing. He heard nothing from David, then the lieutenant called out, "Sir! I may have something!" The Ancient One hurried over.
This one looks slightly different. The colors aren't right. It's heavy and it feels warm."
The Ancient One took the flare. It was a large one that was meant to be dropped from a plane and light an area for ground troops. The Ancient One shot across the hangar with incredible speed and hurled the flare out the open hatch. It got a good distance away from the ship and then exploded. The shockwave knocked some of the people on the deck down but it did no damage.
"Let's find number two!" The Ancient One screamed. "We've probably got a few minutes."
They quickly found the fuel tank or, the top of it anyway. They could find nothing on the outside. The Ancient One undogged the hatch and looked inside. "I'll get some diving gear," the lieutenant snapped.
"Don't need it!" The Ancient One answered. "Can you tilt the ship to starboard and bring down her bow slightly?"
The lieutenant quickly barked some commands into his communicator. Within moments the ship started to tilt. The Ancient One climbed into the tank and disappeared. A few moments later he surfaced holding an object much smaller than the flare. "Oxidizer and igniter!" he snapped. "Get rid of it!"
David grabbed the bomb, made for the hatch, and sent it into the ocean. A few minutes later the water erupted behind the ship. The Ancient One remarked "I'd better go outside and let these fumes dissipate or a stray spark might do what our friend intended!" A few minutes later he returned. "Ew," he sighed, "I hate to just let this ass go, but we did give our word."
They returned to the cabin and took the prisoner to the rec room. "You gentlemen aren't going to appreciate seeing this," The Ancient One answered, "but I want witnesses that we did nothing unpleasant to this individual. All right!" The Ancient One snapped, "You can leave. But catch a ride to land on one of the planes and don't touch a pilot or any member of the crew! Am I understood?"
"You're understood," the creature of Darkness answered. He came out of the body.
"Oh my God!" one of the security men screeched and ran off. The demon dematerialized and the body sank to the floor.
"You can dispose of it now," The Ancient One snapped. "We're going to catch the next flight ashore. Thank you, gentlemen. When your companion stops being sick tell him it's nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes they still make me throw up!"
The lieutenant snapped a salute and The Ancient One returned it. They went out on the deck and when their plane was ready boarded it. When they were a good distance from the ship The Ancient One remarked "Time to go!"
"What about the other one?" Esther asked.
"I was told not to interfere," The Ancient One answered. "Sometimes we have to let things go their way. But not a bad night's work! Not a bad night's work at all! By the way," he remarked to David, "I'm taking a night off tomorrow, just going to play around with some friends of mine. Whatever arises is your responsibility. Just follow the instructions your spirit workers give you."
"I can't do things the way you do them," David complained.