A Thousand Years of Peace Book 2Chapter 25 The last Battle on Earth
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The next morning. John and Jenny had put Vid and his family along with his son Mesha and Demetri into the best rooms at the hotel. Mesha’s girlfriend stayed with Sally at the Taylor residence. Vid had agreed to stay three days to be in on the overall planning for bringing the Arab people to God.
Vid laid the above map of Northern Africa on the table at Sou’s. They had just finished enjoying Buffalo Steak and Eggs for breakfast. “We have around two thousand men and women in Africa now. All the land in green has been to God. Our next step is to take Western Sahara and Mauritania to God then Morocco itself.”
“I didn’t realize all of those counties were Arab.” Johnny shared.
“You are looking at an area that has as many people as either the North or South America,” John added.
Bill and Peter were sitting next to Johnny. What if we took on Somalia then Djibouti moving east to Yemen and Oman? Bill suggested, “Once that is complete, we then tackle Saudi Arabia.”
“I can see my forces moving east across Northern Africa until we reach Libya then drop down and move through Sudan entering Egypt from the South,” Vid suggested. He had a dozen of his senior men and women from his special forces at the table with him. All wore the black lanyards.
“Air support?
“A few days ago, Lockheed was ready to deliver 36 of the F-335’s.” John announced, “We can go there when we get through here. The Admiral has three Air Craft Carriers heading for that part of the world currently. We will be using two and Vid and his forces are welcome to use one.”
“The Kuznetsov Air Craft Carrier is also on its way back home from the dry docks in Hawaii. We will have it stationed just south of the Arabian Peninsula. John, who gets the 36 F-335’s?”
“I was thinking you do. They will have three coming off the assembly line every day 21 per week until the 19th of February. At that time, they are planning on moving back to a 5-day work week with 10 per week. I was thinking you would get your 160 first, then we will get our additional 100.”
“And the lease on Boris?” Vid asked.
“How about we get the 160th ship off of the assembly line and you keep Boris?” John asked, “That way, you don’t owe for mileage.” John teased.
“Even at 10 cents a mile, I’ve put millions of miles on him. It’s a deal John, I’ll keep Boris.” Vid and John had a good laugh.
“We will bring two of the carriers into the Mediterranean Sea and stage one in the Atlantic just north of Africa then ease it also into the Mediterranean as the troop’s progress in the taking of the people to God. Our plan is to have at least 40 of the F-335s on each carrier.” John looked around the table, “Gentlemen, President Pusin and I have a date to pick up some F-335s. We will be back tomorrow.”
Sou brought John a sack with something in it. John had already paid for breakfast. He left with Sam, and Mary along with two of the Marines and all twelve of the senior Russian men and women with him. Vid climbed aboard Lily with John. On board was Ben, Steve, Jesus, Sally, Willy, Luci, Chuck, and Beth. When everyone got seated, “Well Admiral Kennady, here is your first group of space cadets. What do you say, Cadets?” John asked.
“Good morning Admiral Sir!”
“Ladies and Gentlemen, when you’re President and the President of Russia are on board, you acknowledge them first.”
“Good morning Mr. President and Mr. President of Russia.” Came from all the cadets, “Thank you, Admiral!”
The two presidents became serious, “Good Morning Cadets!”
“What was the first thing you did this morning regarding this Ship?” Mary asked.
Ben looked at his fellow cadet’s then spoke, “We kicked the tires, sir.”
“What was your findings?” Mary asked.
“Sir, a bird pooped on one of the wings. We cleaned it off with a rag and warm water. The ship is ready to fly Sir! We also kicked the tires on Boris and another bird did the same thing there and we cleaned it off also, Sir!” Sally reported, “Also with a rag and warm water.”
“Cadets, I want you to remember to ask the Engineers at Lockheed today about the proper way to clean such things.” Mary instructed, “Now, I want four volunteers to fly on the Boris to Lockheed. I have instructed Mr. Demetri in the proper training of you. So, represent our program and yourself well on the trip to Lockheed.” Outside was four of the Russians that would be joining the Lily to make room on the Boris. Sally raised her hand first then led the other three volunteers to the Boris.
“Mary held her hands behind her back. Two fingers on her right and three fingers on her left, “I want each of you to choose a number between 0 and 5. I have five fingers and a number is already on my right and left hands.”
Willy got out 2 and Chuck said 3. “That leaves Beth and Lucy for the flight back. Willy, the pilot’s seat is yours.”
“Yes, Sir.” Willy giggled.
“Willy stood tall and looked at the passengers. “Seats up and belts on. Get ready! We take off!” He got into the Pilot’s seat. Lily adjusted it up for Willy. When Willy checked all his gauges he said, “Boris, this Cadet Willy. Tell me when ready. We going to fly!”
“This is Cadet Jesus. One moment please.”
“Lily, chart time, speed and...” Willy stumbled.
“Direction?” Mary suggested.
“Thanks, sir, direction to Lockheed.” Willy finished.
“Co-ordinates locked in Cadet Willy!” Lily answered.
After what seemed like forever, “This is Cadet Jesus, we will be your wingman. Proceed when you are ready.”
“Wingman?” Willy asked looking at Mary.
“That means they will follow you about 50’ behind and 50’ to our right. Boris will lock with Lily.” Mary educated. She glanced at the Russian officers and caught all of them with their mouths open.
“Good, let’s do it.” Willy said, then Lily lifted up about 20’ from the ground and took off at four gees. Vid and John looked at each other, “I guess it will be a short trip.” The two men laughed as the two gees they felt pushed them into their seats.
John made a phone call, “We are on the way.”
“Mr. President. We are ready, and my wife Karen has made some more chocolate chip cookies.” Kevin Humphreys, the President of Lockheed reported.
“We are making good time, my three-year-old son is flying today.”
Willy turned around to smile at his dad.
“Oh yes, full speed and stop. I know how they fly. They would scare the pants off my test pilot.” The two men laughed, “See you soon Mr. President.”
Lily and Boris made the 1,583-mile trip in a little over 20 minutes. As everyone exited the two ships, the consensus was they would all have to comb their hair to get the sparks out.
Vid said, “That was just a bit slower than transporting. I can hardly wait for Skut to start flying. In another year, I would like to have him come here and become a Cadet if I could? We are teaching him both Russian and English.”
“The age is 7, but presidents seem to be able to pull some rank and get an exception or two.” John smiled, “Especially if the student is ready.”
“I see Willy is wearing four stars. After hearing and seeing what he did at Montreal I agree. Your sons are all pretty incredible.” Vid said.
“God says Willy becomes the Chief of staff of the military for the world. Willy has some very special friends and I believe they will become some important people in their future. It’s been fun to watch them all. I call them Willy’s Posse. You know Skut’s future. Together they will win a lot of battles.” John smiled.
“You’re right John. To see those three little boys, all speaking different languages and yet they are still the best of friends. When do you see those three boys together again?” Vid asked.
As soon as school is out, Thiago’s father is a representative of our congress. I have invited you for a week-long summit meeting of the top 20 world leaders at that time to meet with many of our top leaders.” John shared.
“Things should be quiet then. I will be happy to come to visit.” The two men had walked from where Lily and Boris had landed to what looked like forty-two new F-335s and two ships that were 50% bigger. One had the current American Flag and one had the current Russian Flag on them, “John look, what we have here?”
“John, why has the New US Government gone back to the 13 stars?” Vid asked.
“The last time we had a government under the original Constitution was in 1861. We had 36 states at that time. We have over 65 states now and God says we will soon be over 100. We looked at all of the possibilities and decided to go back to the original flag.”
“John, we did not order this, I need to clear this with our Finance Ministers.” Vid said, “What are we looking for costs?”
“One of our surprises.” John smiled as he shook his head no, “Nothing!”
“What are the features?” Vid asked, “And why nothing?”
“These two machines are 50% heavier, but they have six times the power and a much better shield with a top speed in space at around 250,000 miles per hour. They can circle the Earth at 10 miles going over 100,000 miles per hour. They also have a six-gee suppressor.”
“OOOOOuu, I like that!” Vid asked, “One for you, one for me?”
“Yes! They had them when I picked up the original 144 F-335s. They had not finished their full tests yet at that time.” John saw Kevin coming at them and waved at him, “They have four more almost ready to deliver.”
When Kevin got near, “Kevin, I introduce the President of Russia, Vid Pusin. Vid, this is the President of Lockheed Kevin Humphreys.” The two men shook hands.
“Very good to meet you, John was just telling me about this new ship. He told me about the speed, how about the cloaking and shielding?” Vid asked.
Kevin looked at John, “We have flown one to Pluto and back with shields at 100% fully cloak at 250,000 miles per hour. Yes, there is a bathroom in it and room for 23. Three pilots and 20 passengers. This thing has the Laser that the 335 has along with 4 phasor canons. It also has another more powerful energy weapon, we call it the pulse cannon that either the AI or one of the co-piolets can operate.”
“How much?” Vid asked.
“It’s paid for!” Kevin’s eyes turned to John.
“Let’s show him,” John said.
Kevin nodded then said, “This way gentlemen.”
They were about halfway to the conference room. Kevin pulled out a key to a heavy steel door. He looked both ways to make sure the hallway was empty. He opened the door; the light came on automatically. He had the two president’s move into the room, then he closed the door and locked it, “There are only 4 people that know about this, you are now #5 and #6.” Kevin went to a giant oven about 3’ wide and 3’ tall and 3’ feet deep. He opened the door, “Please look inside.” The device was empty. “Somebody has a timer?”
“I do on my phone,” John said.
“Tell me when you are ready?” Kevin stated.
“Okay!” John said, “Go!”
Kevin programmed into the box controls then hit the create button. The time seemed forever, but the bell rang at 2 minutes and 27 seconds. Kevin opened the door and brought the blue box out and set it on the counter. “This is called a monster coin box. It holds 500 ounces of gold.” He opened it and handed both John and Vid a coin tube. They both opened the coin tubes and laid out 20 ounces of Gold. The coins were perfectly done. “President Pusin, this machine created $250,000 in less than 2.5 minutes.”
“How do we run our societies when everybody has everything they want?” Vid was shaking.
“Let’s go sit down and talk,” John suggested. On the way to Kevin’s office, the three men stopped to see what was going on in the conference room. There were the eight cadets and twelve Russian Men getting a class on dogfighting with either of the F-335 or F-445 Space Ships. Kevin’s Nephew the test piolet and Mary Kennady were giving the class, “This maneuver is called the Corkscrew.” The giant TV Screen showed a happy F-335 flying along and is shot at by another ship. The happy ship does a corkscrew and within the first turn engages its cloak and disappears. The screen stops, “Where do you want to end up at?” Mary asked.
Both Luci and Willy raised their hands.
“Okay, Cadets Willy and Luci show us,” Mary said.
Willy and Luci talked for a second, then Willy held his hands together as high as he could reach on a plane flat with the table. Luci came at Willy’s hands from underneath and with her finger pointing up at the underside of Willy’s hand making a noise like a machine gun.
Mary looked at Jacob and the two tried not to laugh, “I totally agree.” Mary looked at John and he shook his head no. He did not want to disturb the class. The three men backed out and headed for Kevin’s grand office.
The three men sat in comfortable office chairs around a work table drinking bottles of orange juice.
Kevin started it off, “I think we need to license this technology and I am even willing to go so far as to suggest that the three of us sign each license. I also suggest we use these devices to fund infrastructure and our space programs.
John said aloud, “Ports, bridges, and roads. A lot of the airplanes are gone, let’s switch over to the much cleaner spaceships.”
Kevin swallowed, “We are going to need help.”
“Bring Boeing and Northrup and Russia’s airplane manufacturers into a meeting. We will be there.” John looked at Vid for his agreement.
Vid was calculating what each machine could produce, “How can we control the Replicators?” He asked.
Kevin got up and pulled out of a cabinet a one-gallon jug of a brown mixture, “Because I control this. Without this, the machine would take 96 hours to produce $250,000 worth of gold.” Kevin also placed on the table a specially designed USB drive. “This records what the machine produces and without it being plugged in, the machine does not work. Every 30 days the key needs to be plugged into our website online to download information and to be refreshed. If that does not happen then the machine stops working. It is also possible to just plug the machine into the internet and we call it up every month.”
John was also listening but doing some calculations, “Vid I would think that both you and I could use one machine each just to bring our infrastructure back. Even so, this will take ten years of work and by that time, things will need to be repaired and replaced. I’m also thinking we both need another machine just for the Space Program we have going on.” John turned to Kevin, “What were you thinking of as a License Fee?”
“The stuff in the jug costs about $1,000 a gallon and will last a day at full production. Full maintenance and replacement of the machines, I was thinking .001% of whatever the machine produces. At 24/7 the machine should produce up to 4 & 1/3 billion and use thirty gallons of the Barium Mix per month. The license fee would be $43,200 per month. For 40 hours per week, that works out to produce about 1 billion dollars a month and the fee would be $10,380.” Kevin had a prepared sheet where he had the numbers already calculated.
John got a message on his phone, “God has told us, we have reached one Billion Humans from Earth have been to see God.” John shared the message.
“One down, five to go.” Vid was all smiles, “Our children will grow up in peace.”
“Gentlemen, congregations to the both of you.” Kevin had a big smile, “Will you join me in a toast?”
Kevin got smiles and nods from both. He got up and opened a cabinet, pulling out a tray with three decanters of liquid and three shot glasses. Kevin set the tray on the table, “Gentlemen, we have Smirnoff Vodka in that one, Johnny Walker Blue Label Scotch in that one and Harper Kentucky Bourbon in this one. Help yourself, gentlemen.”
As they were all pouring their drink of taste, Vid shared the story about Willy and the Giants. John added to the story about Willy going into the bathroom while Ben and Henry Jr. stood guard. “They did not realize there were two doors into the bathroom. Two Giants followed Willy into the bathroom through the other door. Other Giants put a cloth with chloroform over the mouths of Ben and Henry putting them out. Willy was inside attending to his business when the two Giants came in. One locked the two doors and the other picked up Willy and was blowing raspberries on his neck. The raspberry Giant was about to bite into Willy’s neck and Willy read his intentions. He put up a shield behind him and the shield cut the head and arms of the Giant. Willy almost fell into the commode when the Giant dropped him and fell to the floor. The second Giant comes out of the facilities and charges Willy. Willy throws a shield at him and he goes flying back crashing into a heavy block wall. The second Giant then hits the floor hard and does not move. Willy goes over and tries the door. The lock is 5’ off the ground so he just transports to where Ben and Henry Jr. are. He’s in a room and there are Tia and the other three little girls dressed up like angels hanging from the track in the ceiling. There are Ben and Henry hanging behind the girls. All six of them are hanging from the ceiling, eyes closed and not moving. He finds a chair and he moves it over to Ben. As he climbs up on the chair a hand with a white cloth covers his face and his eyes close. Petri from the Montreal Chapter of the Minutemen and Women has moved into the fort and found the film room. He copied the video of Willy and sent it to me. He has a theory of why the Giants don’t have more children. He thinks the Giants have eaten them.” John let out a big breath.
Kevin puts his shot glass down on the table, “Are there any other Giants left anywhere?”
“A few in the castle in Montreal and a few on the moon. There are also the only two Giant children that we know of and they are in the conference room. I’ve taken them into my home. They were raised by their mother on a non-human diet. God says they will lead us to the stars. Their mother had a seer or what we call a psychic. This seer was a manmade freak. It had three eyes and the arms and legs were 1/10th the size they should have been.” John looked to Vid, “Petri took the seer to God and watched as it became one with God. Anyway, this seer told their mother of what would happen in the future. One of the things was her children would live with the humans and grow up to be space explorers.”
“We need access to Antarctica. There are several spaceships down there. I would love to have an idea of what things really need to look like.” Kevin said, “And how big. When I was there before I only had two hours to see things and I was not allowed to take pictures. So far, we have been using the F-35 frame to build our spaceships on. We don’t need wings or a host of other things. It would be nice to know how others have created solutions for what we are going to attempt.”
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The four women entered the large city and quickly blended in with the rest of the inhabitants. Suzan was just a little unhappy Dusty wasn't with her though it had only been a little over a week since she left Dusty and headed out for the mission. Although she missed her husband, she was also really charged up to be here and was well ready to take on a new mission like this. It took them several days of travel by ship and a few more days of hard riding and just barely stopping for anything...
“Welcome back, Jason. I’m sure we will all be fascinated to hear of your adventures, but you need to excuse us while we deal with the current battle,” said Andrea. Linda came over and gave him a kiss. “You look rather fit, and I think you have grown a bit,” commented Linda. “I think we will need to inspect your Warhammer to check if it is still operational once this little lark is over,” Linda said as she gently grabbed the front of his trousers, triggering hooting and cheering. “Arrival is...
John, why did you bring an assassin to breakfast with you today? John was dreaming the next morning. Apparently, his mind was preparing for the day. When the alarm did go off, Jenny was snuggled up against him. “Hi, beautiful.” “I feel like a beached whale.” Jenny said then giggled, “Sorry for complaining.” “I love you and I think you are beautiful. I have lots to share. You were sleeping so peacefully when we got back last night, I just let you sleep.” John said. “Did our assassin go...
Day Two. November 1, 2018. Sleep came easy for the four. Tony was seeing a fierce gun battle in his dreams when a young voice woke them up around midnight, “Amigos, Brad, and Tony. Need help now!” “Who is it?” Tony asked in Spanish, he had just learned the night before. “Diego sir.” “Give us a minute.” “Hurry. There is someone following me.” Brad was the first to appear. Dressed in shorts, tee-shirt, and sneakers as he fastened a belt with a holster & gun around his hips. He saw...
Wolfgang wouldn't admit it but he was really looking forward to Kat's visit shortly. She had just called to say that she was close and would soon be at his home, and once they broke the connection he found he was rotating the crystal phone around in his hands and staring at it as he thought about her. Ever since Dusty's phones started to be the rage it had made his life far easier. Of course he wished he had access to these phones a long, long, time ago but Dusty wasn't born during the...
Dusty and Suzan quickly made a few plans between them, agreed on them, and then set about separately doing them. First thing Dusty wanted to do was make sure the kids were taken care of. He knew that getting DJ started on his training was important right then and so he made a quick call to Lori. Talking as fast as he could Dusty then explained what was going on and why he needed to send the kids to her home. Telling Lori he had the emergency covered he made the plan to send their kids,...
Dusty and Suzan reached the double doors that lead to the council chambers. They had passed a few offices that the council members and others made their own. Now they were at their destination. There was a single desk outside the council chambers, and at it sat a very striking and attractive red haired woman. She looked to conceivably be in her mid-thirties, but with mages that didn't mean anything. She was dressed in similar robes as the guard out front with the same sash over her...
Dusty, Suzan, Daniel, and Rachel all suddenly appeared on the pad next to Lori's home. The pad was large enough to accommodate five riders on horseback, but it was the four of them standing next to Dusty and Suzan's horses. Waiting while Dusty and Suzan took their horses to the stable, the four of them returned to the front of the door and knocked. "Lori seemed pretty excited when I called her, I wonder why," said Suzan as they waited "Bet she's discovered something new again. She...
"Thank you for the horses," said Marie as she looked over at Seth smiling. "I'm happy to loan them to you all. I'm just sorry how you received them, but not that you have them," said Seth. "I am too. I wished those men didn't have to die while helping others as they did, but I know those people in the town appreciated their sacrifice," said Marie to Seth. Seth just nodded as he rode. They rode in silence while they were sticking to the main roads in the forest so that they could...
As the five of them worked their way through the dungeon, they were surprised that they no longer found any opposition. There just didn't seem to be anything that approached them or tried to attack them. That bothered Dusty. They had just gone from having wave after wave of ghouls attacking for over an hour to an eerie quiet. The only thing that made it worse was the occasional dripping sound of water from somewhere in the distance as they made their way deeper into the dungeon. "This is...
Melkin had to admit that Dusty was coming up in the world. When he brought him here he was someone who had nothing and had to start at the bottom. The council thought that this was the best way to do it and that it would make him more dependant on them for things he needed to survive while here. But not only had he started with nothing and grown, but he had been knighted, received a title and land, and was now turning a pretty decent profit. No one had expected him to be able to prosper...
Counselor Troi dragged herself down the wide, brightly lit, corridors of the USS Enterprise. Her every muscle burned with each step she took. Her mind felt as if it might leak out of her skull. Her one thought was to get to her quarters before she fell into a c*** or went insane. Whenever she walked by someone, feelings of dread and anxiety swept over her like hail. For the first time in ages, she wished she wasn't empathic. The emotions of her fellow crewmates were doing nothing to help her...
27 August, 1686 Morning It was early morning and the Maidens Revenge was six days out of Portobello just off the coast of western Cuba with Claire at the helm when two ships appeared sailing out of the Cabo San Antonio harbor. The first ship was some 3000 yards from the second, and it wasn't clear to Claire if the ships were sailing together or had coincidentally departed at the same time. Regardless, Claire signaled for Carmen by stamping her foot on the deck which also was the roof of...
Banjin (punching Sanosuke again): Ha--ha! Otowa (to Kenshin): Protecting them when you have to fight will be difficult, don't you think? Megumi: Sanosuke... Kaoru: Kenshin. Enishi: Action and calm in a state of deadlock. The course he chooses now will determine the state of the battle. Well, I leave this to you, Mr. Gein. (Gein cuts the rope suspending his box from the balloon. It hits the ground and bursts.) Gein: Well, it's my turn. I and my Sangou Iwanbou Moushuu-gata! (The dust...
Galvin sat on the cliff side with his legs dangling as he sat overlooking the city. It was a very prosperous city that originally had been a town that was built against the side of a cliff so that it could only be raided from one direction, and all the defenses had been developed to protect from that direction. But over the years the town had grown, as well as changes in modern warfare. Now if someone wanted to give the city a good pasting they could do it in relative safety from where he...
Once the speed neared light the lid to the little black box was lifted. The ship rose and felt like it was going over the Milky Way instead of through it. Stars were flashing by reminding John and Jenny of being back on earth watching falling stars from the sky on a clear night. Willy had brought his box of Legos. The kids had them over in the corner and were having a ball. They would put something together then look at the screen for a minute. Ben and Chuck went over to Iceman (Bill...
“Follow the path you’re on and you’ll reach your destination. Divert and you may reach your destiny. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu “So, Jason, how did your meetings go?” Razza asked when they were a few hours away from Earth. “The leaders were very impressed with both Porquenta and Mars and have decided to invest heavily in research and education on both planets. The coordination of the war effort is also going to happen on Porquenta in a...
After her successful role as Louise Summers in the UK soap Hollyoaks she was offered a major role in the BBC drama called “Lip Service” which is set in Scotland and is about lesbian relationships.Although Roxanne has always been a sex symbol she’s never really shied away from, not-only playing, raunchy roles but also stripping off for glamour mags as well. All very tasteful but she had been approached many times with cash to go further but she’s always said no.Now just turned 30, she’s a 5ft...
After her successful role as Louise Summers in the UK soap Hollyoaks she was offered a major role in the BBC drama called “Lip Service” which is set in Scotland and is about lesbian relationships.Although Roxanne has always been a sex symbol she’s never really shied away from, not-only playing, raunchy roles but also stripping off for glamour mags as well. All very tasteful but she had been approached many times with cash to go further but she’s always said no.Now just turned 30, she’s a 5ft...
Roxanne McKee gets some first-hand training!After her successful role as Louise Summers in the UK soap Hollyoaks she was offered a major role in the BBC drama called “Lip Service” which is set in Scotland and is about lesbian relationships.Although Roxanne has always been a sex symbol she’s never really shied away from, not-only playing, raunchy roles but also stripping off for glamour mags as well. All very tasteful but she had been approached many times with cash to go further but she’s...
Returning Home! The destroyer landed on the planet Nanux. John had everyone take a walk, to observe the planet. It had been stripped of its wealth, the soil was dead without nutrients or even earthworms. John got intuitively it needed a good dose of chickens. He thought of Funston and got the same sense that the ground had just been overused for thousands of centuries. Then it had been covered. Nanux had been used until there was no more life in it. John asked everyone to form a circle and...
The technicolor clouds of the Dreamscape parted as Mike fell through them, and he flipped himself over in an attempt to finally stick the landing on the beach. For a moment, he thought he had it, but at the last second his feet swung out from under him and he slammed into the ground hard enough that the beach crumbled beneath him. He fought to stay above the flowing sand that rushed in to fill the gap, and was busy pinwheeling his arms when a golden ray of light broke through the sky above to...
Chitrath and Norgazza accepted Jason’s invitation travel in the comfort of the battleship. Jason had suggested that the cargo ships be kept back until they had dealt with whatever needed to be done in the system. They were now called in. Chitrath and her father communicated with Lauren, and gave her an order so large that she queried the numbers of zeros, twice! Lauren was very excited to be seeing Jason much earlier than she expected. She very much liked the idea of facilitating...
The Appointed President meets the Elected President. John awoke some time later. He was on the floor. He looked around, there was a Golden Retriever lying next to him keeping him warm. His head had been on a pillow. He was all alone, he called out, “Johannes?” “I’m in here John, we did it. We did it.” The dog woke up and looked at John, “Mesha?” John barely said. The dog got so excited, she was in his lap washing his face and ears. Mesha was a purebred Golden Retriever that John and his...
Late on Saturday afternoon Dave shifted into his job as one of the bartenders for the Circle. Just as he was ready for a first customer, Emma came racing up to the bar. She was alone and only wearing a monokini, unlike a few hours earlier when her parents and younger sister had visited and she was dressed conservatively. She extended her body over the bar and kissed Dave. “Thank you for being so nice to my parents and sister.” “Of course. They’re nice people. I take it they don’t know a...
A Little over six months before in our Nation’s Capital in Washington DC. The nation was in arms. People were angry. President Tripp had made many changes, exposing the corruptions of the people running our government. He was indeed cleaning out the swamp. Past presidents and a wife had been put in jail. Two other Presidents had died. Three Supreme Court Judges had also been arrested. A fourth Judge had also given up her seat. With the killing of one of the Supreme Court Justices in 2016,...
The next morning Dusty got up very early, before the sun was even close to coming up, and started packing his pack for the next mission. As he pulled out clothing to take with him he noticed the suede leather jacket and jeans that he was wearing when he arrived here hanging in the wardrobe in the corner of his room. Seeing them once again took him back to when he first appeared in this world just under over a year ago. A lot of things had changed. First of all he now believed in magic. It...
American Fleet The Abraham Lincoln turned and started firing into the weakened shields of the Washington. Suddenly the shields failed and explosions detonated from the side of the massive ship. Admiral Callaghan grinned as he watched the ship heave as a dozen antimatter rounds slammed into the side of the battleship and half her weapons went down. "Keep hitting them. Blow those bastards away!" Mathew said with glee in his voice. "I am sir, do you want me to pull their teeth so we can...