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The Oracle Of New Delphi By Hypatia Part 2 "Vehicles coming in Boss, it could be Wendy's team she's due but I'm not certain" the lad said. "Incoming" I shouted and the kitchen crew appeared armed with rifles Anne came with a SA 80 for me. "Gentlemen if you will excuse me a moment" I said slamming a magazine into the rifle and throwing my coat on. "It's probably Wendy's mob but better safe than sorry" I explained as I shoved the other two magazines for the rifle in my coat pocket. I headed into the bright sunlight and took up a position behind the Land Rover I could just hear the sound of engines in the distance. "Can we do anything" came Jimmy's voice from behind me. "Keep them out of sight and no firing. We are expecting friendly incoming our version of the cavalry on motorbikes but you can't be too cautious" I explained he made some gestures and took up position next to me. The bikes came into view and Wendy waved at me from the lead bike. "All clear, Stand down" I shouted. "Not you lot" Jimmy shouted "breakfast is now over its time to earn your keep" and there was a groan from the men who were slipping back into the dining room. I watched as Jimmy took charge of the men checking weapons and kit first. Going through the age old routine of shouting a lot at the men. I watched Wendy dismount and come wandering across to me. "JONES, what the hell do you think you are looking at haven't you seen a lady before" Jimmy shouted. "Yes Sergeant Major but I have never seen a gun like the one she's carrying" Jones replied and Jimmy looked across at the SLR. "Stop smirking Hankinson that lady is more of a soldier and twice the man that you will ever be." Jimmy shouted. "Ma'am may I show them your rifle please?" Jimmy asked. "No, I will though as nobody touches this but me" Wendy replied. "This gentlemen is a 7.62mm SLR and this if used correctly it will match any modern weapon for accuracy, range and effectiveness. It doesn't have the fully automatic option but on a bike you can't carry unlimited ammunition. If you want fully automatic you go for the seven hundred and fifty rounds a minute of the GPMGs on the roof." Wendy explained. "But can you use it" came Jones voice. "Well aren't we a cocky one" Wendy said spotting Jones and his friend Hankinson in the rear rank. "And who are you?" "Jones Ma'am" "And this is your little friend is it Jonsey smirking at your little joke" Wendy said. "No Ma'am that's Hankinson" Jones replied "You look fit Hankinson" Wendy said. "Yes Ma'am I work out" Hankinson answered "Well Hankinson run over to that shed and get two empty paint tins." Hankinson looked at Jimmy who nodded. He ran over to the shed and came out with two paint tins. "Right run down the drive with them and when I tell you to stop place them on a fence post either side of the drive and lie on the floor." "What Ma'am" Hankinson said. "When you have placed them on the posts come to the middle of the road and lie down or sit down or stand there if you trust Jonesy here." He disappeared down the road at a jog. "Hello Sergeant Major I am Kathy's sister Wendy" Wendy introduced herself. "Jimmy please" answered. "I am sorry about being funny about anyone handling my rifle, but when you depend on it..." "Don't worry I'm the same with my sidearm" Jimmy answered "Do you think he is far enough now?" "Two more fence posts I think" was Wendy's comment. "STOP THERE" Jimmy shouted. Hankinson was about three hundred and fifty yards away he placed them on the posts and lay on the middle of the road. "What do you think minimum number of shots to hit it wins?" Wendy asked Jones who nodded. "Go on then" she indicated he should pick a target and fire. Four shots and his can jerked into the air. "Not bad, better than I thought you were going to be but" she said and the SLR flashed "not good enough" as the can hit the floor. "Can you ask him to put them up again Jimmy?" Jimmy shouted and Hankinson did. "Just in case any of you are saying what a" the rifle spat again and a can fell "fluke well this might just" again the other can flew into the air "convince you. He can come back now but can he bring the cans there is no point littering." Hankinson returned with the now worse for wear cans. "With some luck we shouldn't need to rely on Jones shooting skills. The idea is this. If the men can still be classed as soldiers, and that is your job to find out. Then all we have to do is remove the Captain from command, if they have turned bad then we run to the pick up point where the motorbikes will be waiting for us led by Wendy and a few of her chosen. Your only two jobs are to get information to me on how the men there are and if the shit hits the fan to get your Boss out nobody else matters do you understand." I asked them. "Yes Ma'am" came the reply from all of them "Belay that last order" came Bernard's voice "It is all fine except for one point this girl is the one who is to be protected at all costs. "Begging the Lady and the Officers pardon" Jimmy jumped in at this point. "This is my team and the only orders they have are to get the two of you out. This order is non negotiable and will not be countermanded by either of you or I stay here with Anderson." A few hours was spent on training the idea was to be at Middlesbrough by dark which gave the men a few hours break before we left. After dinner Jimmy started giving a personal defence class bare handed to the men totally voluntarily but all of the team was there. "Do you want to try with Harper here?" Jimmy asked me. "Yes I will give it ago" I said. "No you either do it or don't do it. I will give it a go doesn't count." Jimmy shouted at me. I slipped off my pistols and coat and laid them on the ground, and entered the clear area surrounded by the men. "Harper grab her from behind" Jimmy said and Harper gently held me from behind. "Come on both of you, you won't break her." and Harper was now holding me firmly. "Now try and get out of that" Jimmy said. "What if I hurt him?" I asked. "Harper are you worried about being hurt?" "No Sergeant" Harper said laughing. "Fair enough" I said clenching my fist and driving back into his balls. A whoosh of air left him and I threw my head back into his nose and dropped through his arms. As I dropped my elbow found his stomach and I twisted away, a kick to the back of his legs and he was down holding a bleeding nose and his balls. "Do I follow through with kicking him in the head and running away?" I asked Jimmy. "No I think we can leave that for now" Jimmy replied. "Up you get Harper, you'll survive." I gave Harper a hand up and apologised. "Don't worry Kathy. This isn't as bad as it looks" he mumbled as he hobbled back to the kitchen. "Do you know what Harper did wrong there Kathy?" Jimmy asked. "He assumed I was harmless" I answered "Yes. Assumption will get you killed every time, never ever assume anything" he said to the men. "what were you saying about kicking and running away?" "Well if I'm not in control of a situation as in I have a gun, knife or big stick then my only thought is survival. Hit them with something big and hard and runaway till I find a gun to shoot them. If in doubt run away a bit further." I said getting a laugh from the men. "What the hell are you laughing at?" Jimmy shouted and got no response. "You have just heard the basics of Guerrilla Warfare explained, if you are dead then you can't fight so you hit them run, hit again and run again. This has been used successfully by the French Resistance in the Second World War right through to the Greek Partisans during the Turkish occupation. It works every time. Ask an American about Vietnam. I know I have taught people these things in various shit holes around this world. The unexpected move is difficult to counter isn't that so Harper?" "Yes Sergeant Major" said Harper returning to the ranks. "And before any of you decide to take the piss out of Harper here, I would have been caught out by that as Kathy here is a dirty little bitch when it comes to fighting." "Meaning no offence Kathy" he added on the end quickly. "None taken" I told him as I slipped my pistols back on. "Can I ask a question of Kathy?" came a voice from the men. "Yes go on I'm sorry I don't know your name" I said. "Why the two pistols as it takes two hands to operate one of those and its Milligan" "Dead easy if one jams or I don't have chance to reload then I have a spare. To be honest I got caught out while under fire and forgot how many rounds I had left. This solves that problem." I answered. "Any more questions?" "How did you get to be Boss here?" came Jones voice. "I was voted in and each time I tell them to vote again hoping to get out of it they vote me back in" I told him. "Does your sister have a boyfriend?" came another voice "She did" I answered my voice serious "but he was shot while this place was under attack, he died while she operated on him. So please be a bit gentle over that, he's buried over there." I indicated the grave with the flowers on, behind it preparations were underway for seventeen more graves to be dug for those I lost yesterday they were to be buried when we came back from Middlesbrough, hopefully in two days. "Sorry" came the apology from the man who had asked the question. "Don't be. you asked nicely so no complaints" I told him. "Any more questions?" "What the Boss was saying last night and the Sergeant today those stories about you are they true?" "Yes" I said and left them to it. At three in the afternoon we were all inspected to see how grubby we looked I had been made to look the little girl in an adult dress one of Anne's denim things that fell to the floor and hid many things underneath it. Pink coat and a girls rucksack style school bag with a cartoon pony on the front all makeup gone and my hair arranged by Anne I could have been nine or ten years old as what curves I had were hidden. After inspection I slipped into jeans and a sweatshirt for the trip to Middlesbrough on one of the bikes. Five miles out of the town we stopped I found a hedge and changed with a few bits from Wendy in place we started the march into town. There was smoke over the town and as we approached in the fading light we could see the light of fires illuminating the sky the first check point we reached after an hour. No improvised barricade this concrete blocks and barbed wire blocked most of the road and the free part of the road had planks with six inch nails pointing upwards preventing vehicles speeding through. No one could be seen at the barrier though. "You men wait here" I said "Bernard grab my hand as I am a scared little girl and lets go" "Is there anyone awake on duty here?" Bernard shouted and two men appeared "Identify yourself" one of them shouted. "Identify yourself, what kind of a challenge is that soldier?" Bernard shouted "I have to wake you up after crossing this country to get here and what do I find two privates asleep looking worse than my men do who have been living rough for three weeks, Who is your senior officer here?" "Oh I am sorry sir" one of the men answered. "We didn't realise you were an officer, we only have one officer here since those bastards at New Delphi killed all the officers at a peace conference they organised. Killed off almost all the senior NCOs as well, only the Captain and Sergeant Mitchell escaped" the second one said. "Look I don't care what has happened I still haven't had a proper challenge and you are assuming I am an officer, I could have picked this up at a fancy dress shop" Bernard shouted back. "Yes sir Halt. Who goes there?" The first said. "Major General Brown and a child we picked up on the way. My squad only a dozen are a little way back" "Come forward and be recognised" Bernard produced an identity card from his pocket and it was studied for a minute then the man stood at attention and saluted. "Good to see you here sir things need sorting out a bit" the private said. "Is that so son, what is it your Captain been left in the lurch?" "Yes sir and some of his orders are a bit strange which is why I am out here. But we are under marshal Law" the man said. "Well I will see if I can restore some sanity here shall I?" "Yes please sir" he said. We were escorted into the town centre armed troops could be seen all the way, but only Bernard's men looked like soldiers these men wore the uniform but not with pride. The few civilians we saw were in a pitiful state children dirty, men and women looking at us with obvious hatred for what was going on and the arrival of more troops was the last thing they wanted. The streets were lit by torch light providing a flickering light with a strong smell of smoke which covered the other less pleasant smells. The town centre was wired in with high wire fenced and barbed wire only one entrance, it looked like a prison camp from a World War Two film in reverse. As we entered a young man saluted Bernard smartly and Bernard returned it crisply. "Good to see you here sir. May I see some identification?" He asked and he examined the card and handed it back. "Thank you sir. Standing orders are that all weapons are to be checked in at the armoury on entrance to the citadel so if you don't mind walking over to the house on your left." He indicated a house with two armed guard outside. "Certainly can the child come with me as she tends to scream the place down when I leave her for more than a few minutes" Bernard asked. "Well sir no civilians are allowed in the citadel and the armoury is totally out of bounds if you check in your weapons she can wait here for you" the man suggested. Bernard started walking off and I started making crying noises. "Bernard, Uncle Bernard, UNCLE BERNARD WHERE ARE YOU?" I screamed between crying. "Come on he will be back in a moment don't worry" the young man said placing his hand on my shoulder reassuringly I let out an ear shattering shriek. "NO, NO DON'T TOUCH ME PLEEAASEE" I screamed and then huddled down in a corner against the wall. Bernard came running back. "Kathy it's ok Kathy I'm here, no one will hurt you come on" he said gently holding his hand out to me I grabbed it and slid my arm around him looking suspiciously at the poor guard. "I didn't do anything" he said. "Don't worry we think she had a bad time and she's not all with us" Bernard explained. "Well I am supposed to search all bags on entry" he told Bernard and he approached me. I took a deep breath and let out a scream even louder than the first. "He touched me Uncle Bernard you said no one would touch me again and now he wants to touch my clothes. NO HE CAN'T TOUCH MY CLOTHES, because" I let my voice drop down "then I will have to burn them all again and get clean ones that he hasn't touched" and broke down sobbing. "I think we will give that a miss" the lad said. "I think that might be best" Bernard agreed. "If your men go to the mess hall I will send a message to Sergeant Mitchell and he can take you to the Captain" he said. We waited for ten minutes with the young soldier, me whimpering every time he got too close, Bernard talking to him. Then a fat unshaven man in a half buttoned uniform came shambling across. "This better be fucking important or you will be living out there with the shit" he shouted. "Major General Brown Sergeant I have just arrived with a dozen men we have walked from Scotland" Bernard said. "Ah yes are you now?" the sergeant replied "where are your men?" "In the mess being fed" Bernard said. "Well leave the brat here and I will take you to see the Captain, he can decide if your for real" the man said "watch them till we know if they are for real" "But Sergeant" he started "Look we are at a state of emergency Martial Law has been declared, question my orders again and I will shoot you" He shouted and turned to face Bernard his hand on his pistol. He reached down to me and I bit his hand hard I could taste the blood in my mouth. "Why you little bitch" he said raising a had which Bernard caught easily the mans face turning a shade of purple as he found he couldn't move it. "Look behind you Sergeant, see that large Sergeant Major if he isn't a real soldier you have nothing to worry about. If he is real and you hit a child he has become very attached to and his commanding officer what do you think would be his reaction and the reaction of the other men in there?" Bernard said and the man relaxed. "She can come as long as she's house trained, I don't want her pissing on the Captain's carpet" he said and led us off laughing at his own joke. We were led to a large fancy building that had electricity, lights were on music and could be heard. Outside two guards could be seen inside it was obvious it had been a town hall that had been modified. It smelt of paint and work was being done over one side to covert part of the large hall into rooms using timber but keeping a large hall with a large chair and desk at one end. Giggling could be heard from behind a door on a room that had been finished. "Captain sorry to disturb you but this is important you need to deal with this situation" the Sergeant said. "It better had be" came a voice. He came out a man in his thirties with a moustache, thin and pallid looking in a uniform that was obviously tailored not a standard issue. He walked to the desk and sat down at the chair and indicated the Sergeant to come and stand by him. I moved away from Bernard and he looked at me. "Well what have we here a little girl and The Hero Of Salamis, seeking an audience with me. I thought he was dead, Colin and a few weeks ago I would have been thrilled to meet him." Captain Wilson said taking a cigar from a box on his desk. "Is that who he is sir" The Sergeant obviously Colin said. "Yes oh how things change, you don't realise how unlucky you are Bernard I would have welcomed you four weeks ago but now we have got things sorted and you are a problem. What to do with you, that is the question" "Captain I am a superior officer and I order you to relinquish your command" Bernard told him. "How many men did he have with him?" Wilson asked. "Only a dozen all looking rough they have been on the road for a while" Colin answered. "Good they can be spies from New Delphi they tried to kill me here and died in the attempt you were heroic saving my life but unfortunately the child got killed as the cowardly dog tried to shield himself with her whilst his assassination attempt failed." Wilson said. "Yes sir that's fine with me" Colin replied. "What do you mean what is going on here" Bernard asked "Its dead easy Buster, I found I liked being in charge of my own private army so I arranged for the atrocity caused by the New Delphi fanatics to remove all pretenders to my throne, or desk leaving me and Colin with our own town for the moment but in the future who knows. You are a problem I intend to remove." He reached to his desk drawer and the bullet hitting him in the shoulder threw him backwards knocking him and the chair over. "Touch that gun fat boy and I vent your fucking head" I shouted. I reached under the long skirt to pull the other pistol off my other calf, taped there at Wendy's insistence. It had been a right pain to walk with uncomfortable as hell but she was right about them. "There you go Bernard, one for you. It has one in the chamber" I said passing him the other pistol "and don't use them too fast I only have one spare magazine for each" as I reached in my bag and passed him one of the two magazines in there. Captain Wilson was struggling to get up at this point his moans and curses becoming clearer as his head appeared above the desk. "If I hear that desk draw open I will empty this magazine into you so how about you crawl around to this side just in case I start hearing things" I told him "Who the fuck are you" he snarled as he sat down on the floor in front of his desk. "Guess what Captain you're a Psychic, you were saying about the threat from New Delphi and it was standing right in front of you." I said. "You are from there, they send children against me. They dare send children against me." He was incensed by this idea. "No buddy boy I sent me as I am the Boss, I felt I should deal with you personally" I told him. "What do you mean?" he demanded. "I am the Boss Lady, The Oracle and I have been waiting to meet you since you started executing civilians in Doncaster." I informed him. "I had that right I was a serving military officer in a time of national emergency" He protested. "Yes and you have just tried to kill the chief of the armed forces" I indicated Bernard. "Well here are my loyal men" he said as the door burst open. "You can wait for two minutes before you decide what you are going to do but if I hear anyone move this place will be redecorated in blood, bone and brain." I reached in my pocket and pulled out the little dictation machine that had been on since we entered the room and pressed play. The men behind me could hear what had transpired in the room, not a high quality recording but with the volume cranked up they could hear it well enough, I knew by the mumbles and sharp intakes of breath. "Right now lads this is the situation at the moment when I turn around if I see your weapons raised I start firing or if your weapons are pointing in a safe direction I will take it that you recognise Major General Brown's authority here and are still soldiers." I said with my back still towards them. I turned around slowly keeping the gun on Wilson's head to find three men standing at attention. "A very good choice lads" said Bernard "you have just saved all your lives. You" he pointed to the man on the end who marched forward then came to attention in front of him with a lot of stamping. "SIR" he shouted "Go and get my Sergeant Major and the other men who came with him. You two go and tell what you heard here. I want every one on parade in one hour in the compound. Well dismissed move it man" Bernard told them and they rushed off. "Jesus Christ Kathy I am getting too old for these games. Where on earth did you pull these out from?" he indicated the pistol. "Well a girls got to have some secrets" I told him as the door burst open and Jimmy and the team came rushing in. "We heard a shot are you both ok" Jimmy demanded "Fine I wouldn't have been except for Kathy here though" Bernard said "Can you take charge of the prisoners here as I need to sit down before I fall over. Shit my knees are trembling I haven't felt like this for such a long time." He sat down and placed the pistol still with the tape dangling from it on the desk. "Where did you get that" Jimmy asked "I have no fucking idea. One moment I was preparing myself to be executed and wondering how I could get Kathy out, next thing there's a shot he's down and this is thrust into my hand. My head is still spinning." Bernard said. Everyone was now looking at me including the prisoners. "Well the odds of a plan falling to shit are almost a certainty so I brought a backup plan" I told them "Will you all please turn around a moment I need to do a quick rearrangement here?" They all did including Bernard and Wilson did with a kick from Jimmy and I opened the front of the dress to allow me to peel off the tape holding two knives in sheathes one held one under each boob lying down my stomach. I buttoned up and threw them on the desk. "You can look again now" I said and they turned around again "What else have you got hidden?" Bernard asked "Nothing honestly and those bloody things were uncomfortable on the walk in" I said. "Well they saved our lives. Jones see if you can find out where they put prisoners here then come back and get this shit safely away and under guard. Who here is good with communications equipment?" Bernard asked taking charge. Twenty minutes later we had Wilson and flunkey locked up. Wilson's private whore who had been in the other room, a large bedroom, evicted and my recording was being hooked up to the expensive music system. With everything looking like working out I gave Wendy a shout on a Radio in my bag and escaped to the bedroom to change out of these stupid clothes. I washed first using hot water from an electric tea urn glad to get the filth off me, then it was back into the jeans and another tight t-shirt chosen by Anne and Wendy. Then it was the part I had been practicing longer than any thing else. The look Sheila had given me this morning had changed peoples perceptions of me from little girl to young woman and as I had shown today both could be used to great effect. Peering in the little mirror what I had decided was going to be peoples first impression of The Oracle emerged. Make up applied to age slightly without being too obvious was taking out the child in my face, that was rapidly being lost naturally and emphasising the woman who was in there. I looked at what I had done, it was nowhere near as good as Sheila had done but it didn't look too like a clown so I tied my hair back and slipped the modified double shoulder holster on slipping one of the pistols back home. "Bernard" I said as I entered the hall again "can I claim my other pistol back? I feel lopsided and weird without it" "My dear I would insist on it if you didn't ask those two are needed as part of you image." Bernard said. "What do you mean?" I asked "Before I knew you or the Boss" Jimmy said "I was starting to hear the rumours on my travels. Now please remember I started in Bristol and worked up the west coast in my travels so it's not as if its local gossip. The rumours were of a group called New Delphi led by a young woman The Oracle. People had many different ideas about the group and you but all the stories had a few elements in common. First you were young and very smart, second that you were trying to do the right thing, a fighter for justice, a Paladin. The last thing was the one thing that is common in all the stories two silver pistols with thirteen rounds in each, the number of rounds even seems to be taking religious significance." "The thing is Kathy" Bernard said "is that people need their hopes and these hopes take the form of the stories they tell, Robin Hood with his Bow, King Arthur with Excalibur and William Tell with his crossbow are just some. You have joined these legends I know I have done a lot of travelling recently." I looked at him annoyed that he had been out and about putting himself at risk without telling me. "Stop it Kathy. that's the same look that my Granddaughter uses when she disapproves, I didn't feel you needed to be bothered by every minor operational detail." Bernard protested. "Anyway" Jimmy continued "in all the stories you have the two silver pistols. In my varied experience and studies over the years for a war of the people, a civil war or revolution, to work you need a strong figurehead. Castro or Che in Cuba, Chairman Mao in China or the Peron's in Argentina. Every one of these people except for Juan Peron, who was working in the light of his wife, is instantly associated with an image as are you." "Fine if it stops me having to kill people I will play it to the full, how do I look?" I asked slipping the silver metal back home. "Beautiful in a child like innocence offset by the lethality and sexuality you project. You are a paradox so we use it to the full" "Sexuality me? Have you brought you glasses Bernard" I protested blushing bringing comments from all the team. "Can I say something Sir" came Jones voice. "You usually do without asking don't you" Bernard said. "Well it's like this Ma'am. I don't believe in agreeing with officers or NCOs out of principal" Jones explained "But what the boss said there was right. You look beautiful a little young for me but I don't mind waiting a few years." This provoked a glare from Jimmy. "The thing is you do look beautiful and more importantly your smart and get the job done. We could have been well and truly fucked here, pardon my language, but you not the Boss or the Sergeant here did it. Everyone I meet from now on is going to know about you and Ma'am if a certain Officer irritates you again please give me or any of the lads here a nod and he won't do it again" Jones finished. "I think I will deal with that problem Jones but thank you for that" Bernard said "We have a parade out there in fifteen minutes can you lot go and organise them and if possible keep out of trouble?" "Yes Sir" Jones replied. "You seem to have another convert Kathy it took me a week to win his approval, though Jimmy here only took a couple of days" Bernard said. "He has no control over his gob his brain thinks it so his mouth speaks it, but he is a good soldier despite this." Jimmy said. I didn't care how he said things I was not known for my tact either what was more important than any figurehead role in my mind was I had his respect. Not just as a clever little girl but in the same light as Jimmy and Bernard. Now all I had to do was repeat this five hundred times and we might get a result here. Outside Jimmy started screaming abuse at the men gathered in a rabble out there and there was a hurried shuffling of feet. Jimmy came back in with a face like thunder. "Fucking army, leave them alone for a minute and they all fall to shit, begging your pardon Sir, Ma'am" He said. "No I agree with you it was different in my day though" Bernard said. "What do you mean your day?" I asked him "this is your time your finest hour." "No my dear this is your time, my mark on history is made in this I shall just be an additional figure in the background" Bernard said. "What a Friar Tuck to my Robin Hood?" I said. "Well I prefer to think of myself as Little John, no a Merlin to your Arthur and you have Lancelot in Wendy and what do you think Jimmy is a Percival?" Bernard said. "No I see him more as the Green Knight a mysterious figure arriving in the night" I said "What's up with the Greek hero's that you lot use?" Jimmy asked. "Most of the Greek hero's were tragic hero's dying having reached their moment of triumph, I can't see you as a tragic hero Jimmy" Bernard told him. "Well maybe not. Lets see if they are ready for you" Jimmy said walking to the door. "LOOK AT YOU LOT YOU'RE A LOAD OF FUCKING MUPPET'S. DO I HAVE TO SHOVE MY HAND UP YOUR ARSE TO MAKE YOU WORK?" he roared at them which sent me into fits of laughter, even Bernard smiled. After about five minutes I was anxious to head outside but Bernard stopped me. "Wait Kathy another five minutes at least, let Jimmy stamp his authority all over them first" He said as Jimmy's roars could be heard outside. "Right are you ready?" Bernard asked when Jimmy's shouting had ceased. "Yes, well to be honest no not at all but lets play" I told him and we walked out the door. Outside I could see rows of men three deep twelve to a row making units of men. There were thirteen of these groups of thirty six men and two groups short one of my team and another to make up the spare men. I did a quick add up the last unit only had twenty one men four hundred and eighty nine men here. "PARADE, PARADE ATTENTION" Jimmy screamed and marched towards us. "Parade awaiting your inspection Sir" he said after saluting "Four hundred and ninety seven men present at least thirty five on other duties Sergeant Major Houston reporting Sir" "Very well, carry on" Bernard said and we were marched around the men as we passed the first group some muttering could be heard from the men and Jimmy disappeared, I glanced back to see Jimmy with his nose about three inches from some poor bastards face. "Who gave you permission to open that mouth" he screamed continuing without giving the man a chance to answer "and what was that you said about who is the kid. I see no children here except possibly you lot. I saw two soldiers of a superior rank inspecting you. One of those is my Divisional Officer, a man who got the VC twice." Jimmy continued Wendy could have heard him with how loud he was. "The other one is his superior, the person who devised our entry here and saved my officers life and probably mine, while taking down your Captain and pissing over your idea of security in the process and will not be referred to as a kid. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME YOU HORRIBLE LITTLE TURD?" "YES SERGEANT MAJOR" the man screamed back. Bernard continued his inspection without paying attention to anything that was going on, I tried to follow his lead. The inspection was completed and the parade was stood at ease. "Do you want to do this or shall I" Bernard asked me quietly. "I don't want to but I am going to have to" I admitted and started to address the men. "Men this evening I relieved Captain Wilson of command of this Unit and placed it under the direct control of Major General Bernard Brown as Chief of the United Kingdoms armed forces. Captain Wilson and Sergeant Mitchell I have placed under arrest for the murder of civilians, military personnel and Treason." This brought comments from all around. "Milligan hit it now" I said and the Captains voice could be heard from the speakers but the men were making too much noise to hear Jimmy's shouts were being ignored. I had to regain control here I reached with my right hand and drew the left pistol, aimed at a large metal dustbin behind the men and emptied the magazine into it. The silence after the last shot was deafening and as the Captains voice carried on they heard him admit to the murder of their officers provoking another roar. I reloaded and fired one shot from the fresh clip. Silence came again to be filled by Jimmy. "What the fuck do you think you are a fucking football crowd. You are soldiers and the next soldier that makes a sound will be receiving a size eleven suppository, black leather. I don't know were the hell you have been before this but I will not have this on my parade. Sorry Ma'am you may continue." "Tomorrow they shall be tried by a combined Military and Civilian Court I am going to arrange here. I will be Judging this trial with the assistance of Major General Brown here. Twelve people will be brought from the town of Doncaster to act as Jury and this trial will be held in the hall there. For anyone who is wondering who the hell I am I am The Oracle Leader of New Delphi" I turned to Bernard "all yours." I went back inside and made myself a coffee strong and sweet and sat there trembling. Bernard came in after a while and sat down next to me. "I nearly fucked up there didn't I. Telling them nearly caused a mutiny didn't it." I said looking at my half drunk drink "It was a critical moment that had to be faced. Besides why do you think only seven of our team paraded, the others had them covered from buildings either side of the road, I was just about to pull you inside when you blew the shit out of the bin literally" Bernard explained "You did good Kid." "You did, though it was a bit hairy for a moment" Jimmy said from behind me. "Well I want some food in me to throw up later and some ammunition, so lets go and raid the kitchen and the armoury." I said drinking the last of my coffee which was now cold and standing up. I was escorted to the armoury by Jimmy, Jones and Mitchell. Bernard was going to meet us in the mess. "Yes what can I do for you?" said the older corporal behind the desk in the house being used as an armoury Jimmy glared and the man added "Ma'am." "Nine millimetre rounds have you got any I want fourteen" I said. "Well the problem is I am accountable for all weapons and ammunition here we cant have people walking in and out at will helping themselves, resources are not unlimited you know. I need paperwork signed by the Major General now allowing me to release the ammunition to you on condition it is signed back in if it is unused on your return to the compound." The man said "Ma'am" was added on the end almost as an after thought. "I want fifteen rounds of nine millimetre ammunition just like this" I said removing one round from my spare clip returned by Bernard. "Sergeant you know how it is all ammunition must be signed for and handed out only to authorised personnel I couldn't even give you the ammun..." the man stopped mid word as I had just placed a round in the chamber of the pistol pointing at him. "Sergeant?" the man looked imploringly at Jimmy. Jimmy put his fingers in his ears. "You have five seconds to start looking" I said "four, three, two .." "I'm finding them" the man screamed. "Good call" Jimmy said as the man appeared with a small box. "I know what" I said to him "to avoid the unpleasantness next time I will take the box, good evening." "Jesus that's how I see Anderson in fifteen years time" I said outside. "He probably would have been just like that a supply officer saying no to everything without paperwork in triplicate it's a job that needs to be done but at the appropriate time." Jimmy said to me. We entered the Mess a large hall with a kitchen at one end and a serving hatch Scout symbols were on the end wall and tables had been set up. Thirty or forty men were eating one saw us and suddenly the room was at attention. "Sit down and eat. I'm not here to ruin your meal" I said and they did. We walked over to the kitchen not a huge one but a fair size sort of on a par with a nursing home one I saw where Wendy once worked and inside a tall gangly thin man was rushing around not noticing us. He glanced up and caught sight of our figures and said "If you want feeding go to the hatch I'll be with you in a moment." Jimmy cleared his throat loudly. "I said if you want feeding" He looked up "Oh shit. Sorry Sergeant Major sorry Ma'am I didn't realise it was you Ma'am" "Don't worry about it. We're here for food if that possible" I said. "Foods always possible to those who are pleasant, if their not pleasant they have to wait" He said with a big grin "I can sort out some of the Captain's food but it will take at least half an hour Ma'am" "Would that be steak and kidney pie I can see over there?" I asked him. "Yes and my own recipe it's a good job you lot came or I was for it tomorrow if he wanted the good steak." The man said with an infectious grin. "And I know I saw chips" I said "Lets get you sorted" the man said putting a piece of the pie on the plate that took up nearly half of the plate and then loading it up with chips. "Oh thank you I am ravenous it's a pity you haven't got mushy peas" I said. "Ask and it will appear" the man said pulling a ladle out of a pan with the green slop in. "I am in your debt thank you. I don't need signed paperwork to get all this do I?" I asked. "No I'm not Corporal Howard, I'm Corporal Harris cook for nine years. I am a Chef when I get the chance, so any thing you want Ma'am you just ask me. Sergeant what would you like?" the man said as I walked into the mess area and sat down at an empty table. All eyes were on me so I smiled and got stuck in the food and I have to admit this man was a master of the Pie and Chips. Anne's food was excellent but tended to be a bit adventurous; while I always liked food I knew the name of. "Coffee or tea Ma'am" Corporal Harris asked as I was eating. "I would have come and grabbed it" I protested. "My kitchen, my mess your forces Ma'am so I bring you your meal, but your welcome in my kitchen any time" he said. "Coffee please" I said "High praise that Kathy I haven't been invited into a kitchen since I've been in the forces. Most cooks would rather share underpants than invite someone into their kitchen." Jimmy said. "True Jimmy" Bernard said sitting down next to me "but you haven't got Kathy's looks or my rank. Perhaps it's my looks and I scared him and Kathy's rank. Whatever I got the open invite too." Corporal Harris returned with cups on a tray and started passing them around. "Grab a cup and pull up a pew Harris" Bernard said. "Sir?" Harris replied. "Grab a brew and pull up a chair I want to talk to you for a minute" "Yes sir" Harris said and reappeared moments later with a cup and a chair. "Now Harris relax I just want to find out what we can do here to turn this mob back into an effective unit. I have no NCOs and only a few Corporals to talk to so I am starting with you as the man who meets more of the men than anyone else I want to hear how this crew got like this" Bernard explained. "Sir?" the mans face was filled with indecision. "Look for the next five minutes stop calling me sir and don't give me I am only a lowly cook routine. The first person I seek out after my second in command is the head chef. I even took my chef over the water at Salamis" Bernard said. "Only because of his Eggs Benedictine Sir" Harris replied with a smile. "You know Kenny?" Bernard said. "Yes sir but I knew him as Sergeant Major and my chief instructor Sir" Harris replied. "Well he has probably poisoned you ears against me, his testimony was one of the things that got me this thing, lies all lies." Bernard said. "Yes sir that's what he said you would say and if I can speak honestly I feel that both of you deserve the medals you got and spend a lot of time playing it down" Harris replied. "Well call me Boss then that's what I am most comfortable with and tell me what is wrong here" Bernard replied. They talked for about half an hour about the problems that had been faced and what had happened. One of the few things I did take notice of was the fact that they had been keeping the fifteen hundred civilians left on a one meal a day diet of bread and soup fed every afternoon. More food could be earned as with the Captains little Whore, for services rendered and some women had set up a brothel payable in food to keep their families fed. Harris had received a reduction in rank for not sticking to the Captains instructions on ration size. "What is the problem a shortage of food?" I asked. "No, we control a large number of supermarket supply depots part of our initial job when this started was protecting those we have lorries and fuel and food there for at least six months solid for all the people in this town. But these things must be rationed and protected due to their irreplaceable nature." Harris said. "How many Lorries to bring in enough food to feed them properly tonight?" I demanded. "Two, no make that three for morning as well" Harris said. "Have you got enough men to cook tonight?" I asked. "Nothing fancy, yes sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers you know things like that yes. No problems" "How long will it take to get to the nearest of these depots?" I asked. "Twenty minutes at most." He replied. "Jimmy I want four lorries twenty men and four drivers in five minutes please" I said. "Yes Ma'am but drop the please, please" Jimmy said "Harris get things moving so that when you get back you can start straight away" I said. "Yes Ma'am" He replied "Harris" Bernard said. "Yes Sir" "Sort out your bloody uniform. in that you look like you're only a bloody corporal" "Yes Sir" Harris said. "Move it Sergeant" Bernard said and Harris was gone. I was about to get up and head out side when Bernard stopped me. "Sit wait for Jimmy he will tell you when it's ready" he said. "But" I said "Listen you are making a fantastic impression here so do it properly let them fetch and carry and run around otherwise you will find yourself doing the work while they skive. You are to tell those men what to carry and if I hear of you carrying one box off Jimmy I will set Wendy, Anne and Sheila on you and believe me Sheila makes you look like you fight fair." Bernard said firmly. "Yes Bernard" I said meekly. "and don't try that on me" he said laughing. "Bernard there is a radio in the bag I brought in get Wendy in here we may need her medical skills and see if there is a doctor or at least medical supplies while we are gone" I said "That's it. give orders like the leader you are, yes Ma'am" Bernard said. "I'm sorry I was just thinking how we are going to do this" I told him "Don't apologise I was serious" he said and left me. I sat there alone at the table with the eyes on me I couldn't meet the looks so I dropped the magazine from the Beretta I had used and replaced the one round used I then refilled the empty magazine. As I finished I looked up to find Jimmy there. "All ready Ma'am" he said "Sorry to keep you waiting" I said "No your weapon and you safety are first everything else can wait. Milligan, Jones and I will be keeping you safe, the rest of the lads are keeping an eye on The Boss though he doesn't know it and I would appreciate it if you didn't tell him." "Fine by me" I said Half an hour later we were loading up the wagons from a large warehouse with Tesco on the side. Jimmy and Harris organised things and I kept watch with Milligan. The two guards at the depot were rather upset to find themselves humping boxes but Jimmy soon sorted them out. Fully loaded we were heading back within fifteen minutes and within an hour and twenty minutes Harris was cooking and lights were being organised for the area Bernard had placed tables. "Hi sister I see you have been playing rough again" Wendy said. "Well sort of" I admitted "Here you left this lying around" she passed me a tissue. I unwrapped it and found a bullet with red stains on. "What a pity no anaesthetic here" she said as she walked off to set up her medical station. The gates were opened at ten pm and the first few people stood outside suspiciously looking us over. I walked out to them ignoring Jimmy tensing up. "Please come on in eat" I said and had very little reaction nobody and came inside. "Look this place is no longer under Captain Wilson's control I have placed Major General Brown here in charge of these forces now." I said beckoning Bernard to come forward. Still no reaction from the crowd. "Fair enough I will get the men to move the food out here but I am looking for some people as well." The crowd started to mumble it was obvious they thought this was a trick. "At New Delphi we have a young girl a Jennifer Adams who lost her mother in Darlington also a Brian and Trisha Williams. They are all looking for there parents." I said I heard a gasp from the crowd someone knew one of those names. "How do we know your from there you might just be after hostages" a man at the front asked. "Brian is a shy young man especially with females but he is wonderful with animals and all he wants to do is farm. Trisha on the other hand is extremely intelligent, precocious, and arrogant with a mouth from hell till you break through the surface to the real Trisha. Jenny is a six year old who is absolutely gorgeous with an insatiable appetite for knowledge every answer you give her is followed by another question." I said to the crowd a woman came pushing through. "Jenny you found Jenny?" she cried "Yes she's safe you can be there tonight" I assured her. "You say you have Brian and Trisha Williams how do I know this is true?" a man said. "Look Brian's looking after the herd at New Delphi at the moment and also helping out Harry at Toms place as Tom has been fighting in Darlington. Trisha and Andrea are working as nurses and field medic's there as well. So you must be Joe Williams It is a pleasure to meet you" I said. "Well who exactly am I giving this pleasure to?" He asked in the same gruff manner that Tom had met us with. "I am Kathy, The Oracle of New Delphi, come please eat." I took Joes hand and Jenny's mothers hand and walked them in. People came and after the first few we had everyone we could lay our hands on serving and cooking, but there was no mad rush into the compound the first few people through took some food and headed out of the compound then people started to follow but not to sit at the tables. I started handing out food till Bernard caught my eye and I passed the job over to Jones who was just standing around after the first couple of people. I wasn't willing to stop though and I started moving amongst the crowd outside passing out Mars Bars and Twix to the children out there. Jimmy joined me as the two of us walked through the crowd it parting silently as we walked. The people were thin not at the point of death but very thin the clothes hung on them, the children's showed little reaction as I passed out the sweets. I couldn't understand it they weren't eating they were terrified of me what had this bastard been doing. "Ma'am" Jones said behind me "Yes" I said. "I just found out they haven't had their water ration today they haven't drunk since yesterday" he said. "Water ration, he was even rationing water" I gasped. "Yes one pint per person per day he also shot people for stealing food or water or accepting food or water without services being provided." Jones said. "Jimmy" I shouted "These people haven't drank today he's been rationing water. No rain no extra water this week" "Fuck, I'll sort it now" He said disappearing into the compound "Are you going to let us have a drink?" said one little girl no more than seven years old. "Shh." Said her mother looking at me with suspicion. "Yes love" I said as much as you want. "That would be nice as I feel poorly" she said I felt her head she was hot. "WENDY WHERE ARE YOU" I shouted. "OVER HERE" came her reply I shoved the box of Mars bars in Jones hands and lifted the girl up. "No please not my little girl" the woman said "She's sick come on" I said. "No she's not sick, she will get better no please, please don't" she said. "What's up? its ok nothing will happen" I said. "They, well he shot her husband when he was ill as they couldn't risk a disease in the town" an older woman by her side said. "How many" I asked. "Seventy, eighty may be as many as a hundred" she said "Can you help me get this girl and her mother to my sister she has medicine to help her and then come to talk to General Brown about this please." I said. "Yes. I haven't got anything to lose anymore" she said and the four of us with the mother still screaming walked into the compound. "Wendy we have a sick kid here, move it." I shouted. Wendy came running and felt the girls head and neck. "What's your name?" the girl asked. "Wendy" "I had a Wendy house was it yours?" the girl asked. "No it was yours, is your throat sore?" the girl shook her head "have you had anything to eat or drink today?" Wendy asked. "No they don't let us have it till very late mummy lets me stay up" the girl said. "Look calm down" she said to the mother who was sobbing "It's dehydration and malnutrition making her a bit more susceptible to things that's all get some food and a lot of water into her and we will keep an eye on her." Wendy led her off to the table nearest the gate getting a man to bring food and water. "Are you lot for real or is this another of that sick bastards games?" the older woman asked. "This is for real we are now in charge and tomorrow Wilson goes on trial" I said "I hope so because he deserves it" She answered. I led her over to Bernard and sat her down Joe Anderson was eating and drinking but looking around suspiciously Jenny's mother was with one of the girls from Wendy's bike unit. "Bernard I think you need to listen to this lady" I said he stood up as we sat down. "Bernard Brown My dear lady and you are?" he asked her eyes were on his face and the patch that covered his eye she had her mouth open. "I'm sorry my dear it happened many years ago it did little for my looks though" Bernard said. "No its not that I have seen you on television I know your face, your oh god your.." she said. "Bernard Brown and yes I was on television but I wouldn't have thought you would be old enough to remember it." Bernard said. "Don't talk crap man, I am sixty seven years old and I look it, that's it that Greek island oh what was its name" she said. "Salamis" I said. "yes that's the place you had your medals off that accountant bloke" she said. "A bit earlier and it might have meant something more receiving them from the Queen would have been memorable The Right Honourable Accountant Bloke doesn't quite sound the same" Bernard said smiling "and what is your name my dear lady." "Tina, Tina Evans the girl here wanted me to tell you what's been going on here. I am not totally convinced this isn't Cuntface Wilson up to something" the profanity sounded strange coming from this old ladies mouth but the hatred in her voice was nearly tangible. She told he story to Bernard the food rationing, the water rationing the executions of the sick and the random executions as I watched the crowd surge forward at the sight of water. People were scared looking around snatching a cup of water and running grabbing food and doing the same. At one side I could see a girl about my age she had bruises on her arms and also on her legs which were visible from an obscenely short skirt Milligan was trying to give food and water to her and a young child she had in tow no more than a toddler. I left the table and walked to Milligan. "Let me try here you carry on with the others" I said. "Yes Ma'am" he said his voice thick with emotion as he passed me a plate of Burgers and a plastic jug of water. "Its ok here you go" I said and walked towards her she backed off pulling the child with her. "I will just put it down here and move all the way back here then will you have it?" I asked she nodded I could see bruises on her neck finger marks and also on her thighs. I backed off and she grabbed the water which the child took and started drinking greedily the food was untouched till both of them had drunk. "If you want anything else you call me, Kathy, or tell any of the men you want Kathy and I will come you don't have to get close to them you just say you want Kathy do you understand" she nodded and I left her to it. Another woman grabbed me Jimmy started to move in but I shook my head. "They said you have a medicine here my babies sick she's not moving please help her, please I will do anything" she tried to pass me a small bundled object. "No both of you" I said guiding her through the crowd "You will like Wendy she's my sister" "Wendy this lady has a sick baby" I said to Wendy. "Can I take a look please?" Wendy asked as she uncovered the baby the slight movements of the chest were the only signs that the child was alive. It was skin and bone. "Wrap her up again warm I will just be a moment" Wendy said and indicated to me to come with her. "Dehydration and Malnutrition she probably stopped producing milk weeks ago the poor mites just starving to death and I can't do a thing" she said. "But you did with Sarah" I said "Sarah was strong enough to suck, an IV line is my only option and I haven't the skills or the equipment to do it." She said. "Can Bill do it" I demanded "Possibly but I don't know." Wendy admitted. "Has she any chance here?" "None" Wendy said "Then we get her to New Delphi" I said. "I don't think she would survive the journey what is it going to be two hours in the dark avoiding debris bouncing around in a Land Rover or lorry?" Wendy said. "Then we get Mike off his bum and get Bill and him out here to pick up by winch if necessary but those lorries we used have to be parked somewhere." I said "Can we, its not exactly our helicopter?" Wendy replied. "Well we will find out how far this chain of command works" I said "I want your best two riders kitted up in five minutes" "Jimmy" I shouted and he appeared. "Jimmy I want one of your men who won't be afraid to pull a gun on an officer if my orders are ignored, and don't worry its not for the boss. I want him here in four minutes" I told him. "Yes Ma'am JONES" he shouted. "Excuse me Bernard I am commandeering your helicopter I am afraid." "What" he said "We have a baby here who if we don't get her to New Delphi will die, she might die there but she has a chance so I'm airlifting her out" I said. "Its yours to do with as you wish go ahead" Bernard said. "I have I was just telling you in passing" I smiled sweetly and carried on. Jones was waiting at the compound entrance as were two bikes with two people on one and one on the other. "Listen I need you to go to New Delphi as fast as you can. I want the helicopter airborne within ten minutes of you getting there and on its way here" I told Jones "I want you and Surgeon Commander Day on board, tell him we are airlifting a baby about three months old to New Delphi. She's dehydrated and malnourished and we haven't got the kit or the abilities to get an IV line in. Are you with me so far?" "Yes Ma'am" he said "If they have any objections except the fact that they are dead or someone will die if they leave you pull this on them" I passed him one of my pistols. "Ma'am?" he said. "You pull this on them and say that I ordered you to do it do you understand me?" I said "Yes Ma'am" He said. "Go then move it." I shouted and the two bikes roared off. "Jimmy" I shouted and again he was there. "How the hell do you do that?" "Easy I just keep an eye on you at all times so by the time you have finished shouting I am there" he said with a smile. "I need somewhere to land a Sea King and lights to guide it in you have little over an hour can you sort it?" I asked "Yes Ma'am. MILLIGAN, HANKINSON" he shouted and left me. I returned to Wendy and the mother who was distraught. "We will have a Helicopter to take you and your baby to New Delphi in an hour they have a facilities to help her and a doctor on the helicopter" I said "Thank you, oh thank you what is your name?" she asked "Kathy" I said and waved a soldier over "Yes Ma'am" he answered. "Food and water for this lady and you are now a medical runner. She wants it you get it" I said indicating Wendy. "Yes Ma'am" he said "Why is he calling her Ma'am" the woman whispered to Wendy. "Because she's my sister The Oracle Of New Delphi" Wendy said as I disappeared. The Helicopter came and Bill rushed the child and mother onboard. I pushed Joe Williams and Jenny's mother, whose name I hadn't found out yet on board and watched them leave. I then went back to trying to help people Bernard and Tina were as was Jimmy. I had my pistol returned by Jones who was most upset he didn't have to use it. "Kathy" I heard my name called I looked around and saw the girl with he toddler in tow "Kathy I'm sorry can we have a little bit more water please?" she said "One second" I grabbed a jug of water and a handful of chocolate bars. "Here you go" I said passing them to her she took them from my hand then pulled away as my fingers touched hers for a second. She passed the water to the boy who drank greedily. "What's your name" I asked and got no reply. "Come on what's your name? You know mine if you want to speak to me so what's yours if I want to talk to you?" I asked gently. "Bitch, Cunt, Whore, Dog I don't care" she said her voice biting with every word. "No I want to know what you want me to call you, your name please?" I said "Sally" the girl said her voice quiet. "And is this your brother?" "Yes he's James" she said. "Sally do you and James need anything at all" I said. "No just the water" she said sharply and then more gently "thank you" "Sally if you or James need anything else you call me or Jimmy over there. he won't come near you because I will tell him not to and he will find me" I said. She looked unsure about this last idea. "No" Sally answered "That's ok whatever you decide" I said "Good" "Sally, if I can't come would you let my sister?" I asked her she didn't respond she stood there biting her bottom lip. "Jimmy get Wendy please" I said quietly and he disappeared. "Hi Kathy, is this your new friend?" Wendy asked obviously briefed. "This is Sally and her brother James" I said "Hi James how are you?" Wendy asked the now chocolate covered boy. "Wendy do you remember what happened when this first started and that man tried to do those nasty things to me?" I said loud enough for Sally to hear. "Yes Kathy" Wendy said. "Well I can tell something like that has happened to Sally because she is just like I was before you helped me" I said. "Is this right Sally did a man hurt you and do things he shouldn't of?" Wendy asked Sally's face contorted with anguish she started wringing her hands. "Will you let me help you and James?" Wendy asked "No your with them" Sally shouted. "No I came here to stop them with my soldiers I shot Captain Wilson and now my friend Bernard is going to make sure that nothing like that ever happens here again" I said. "Did you kill him?" Sally asked "No I only hurt him. But he is locked up now with my men watching him with guns, tomorrow we will have a trial to find out all of what he did" I said. "He killed my Mummy and Daddy. he said they were sick. They had given their water to me and Jimmy that was all and he shot them" she broke down in tears. I took the opportunity to move the last six feet to her and slip an arm around her to rub her back. She looked up startled then let me hug her as she cried again she was freezing. "Wendy help me here please" I said quietly and we got the two of them into the compound and sat down at one of the tables. "The sergeant, No THE SERGEANT" She shouted but wedged between me and Wendy both of us hugging her and reassuring her we explained that he was safely locked up. "My dear girl" came Bernard's voice Sally looked up in panic but Bernard was ten feet away and the other side of the table. "My dear girl if Wendy comes here and takes my coat will you please wrap it around you as it is a chilly evening and I don't think you are very warm there." "Yes thank you" Sally said trembling and Wendy took the long coat off him and wrapped it around Sally and James sat on her knee. "That's better sorry to have disturbed you Ma'am but I couldn't let her get cold you understand" Bernard said. A few minutes later Jones appeared in the same place that Bernard had been. "Excuse me for disturbing you Ma'am, But would any of you like a hot drink we have tea coffee and chocolate?" he said "Coffee for me please Jones the same for Wendy. Would James like a drinking chocolate do you think?" She nodded "and you?" she nodded again. "Jones ask Harris if he has any biscuits hidden" I said. "Yes Ma'am right away Ma'am" he said Within a minute the drinks were there and placed on the end of the table so Jones didn't have to get too close. Next on the parade of people was Milligan informing me that the prisoners guard had been changed and all was secure. Jimmy came marching up and came to attention in front of me. "Will you have any further need of the Helicopter tonight or can I replace the vehicles and have the men bed down for the night Ma'am?" Jimmy said. "I need to check one thing with you on that, Houston, so I will come with you. Wendy can you stay here I will be back within five minutes. Is that alright with you Sally?" I asked "Please don't be long" she said "I'll be quick" I said and led Jimmy around the corner. "What the hell is going on Jimmy