The Catalyst RebornChapter 26 Searching for Enlightenment
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Charlie POV:
Emmy, Sally, Bill and their kids had arrived and things started to settle down. We were now heading NW with Matt and Ralph’s old yacht under sail, behind us.
Matt, Ralph and Annette were taking the first shift at the helm, under the expert tutelage of ‘Popeye’.
All of their kids were eagerly playing with the babies, who were having a ball receiving all the attention the ‘Big Kids’ were giving them.
CJ seemed to be causing some interesting consternations amongst the 5 youngest, as he was talking nearly as good as they were.
He was definitely miles ahead of his siblings and was eagerly exploring the wonder of having ‘new buddies’ who were on his mental level.
Even if they were 5 times bigger than him.
I, meanwhile, was getting overanxious to pop to Ibera’s. I wanted to see how things were going with my three brothers and Linda.
Yes, Ed was just as much a ‘Brother’ as Bob, Greg, Rex and Jeremy. Willie, however was still more of a mentor and friend, because of our prior relationship.
He was becoming more like a ‘Big Brother’ every day, though.
My Sweetie was in my head, “I know you’re chomping the bit to go, so, go ahead. I think we’ll be okay without you for a few seconds!”
“Do you or any of the other girls want to join me? It seems that the kids are being thoroughly entertained.”
I felt her going into ‘Broadcast Mode’, asking if anyone wanted to check on our ‘Space Travelers’.
Gracie, Jamie, Sheila and Emmy were quick to want to join us, especially, knowing we’d only be gone from here for a few seconds.
Soon we were all at Ibera’s where she was totally mesmerized, gazing into a huge portal.
We startled her, but, she quickly started talking excitedly, “Oh, I’m sooo glad you’re here! Bobby and his friends really need some help! I just don’t know what to do...”
I chuckled, “Oh? What could they possibly need? I know Greg felt like he was taking way more than he felt they would ever really use.”
Ibera looked nervous and harried. She gasped, “Here, let me back this up so you can see for yourself!”
We watched, as the four of them flew from the beach, following Bob to a large pond or small lake. From there they flew a bit further to a small pond with a waterfall flowing into it.
I gasped, “Wow! They found a perfect campsite! I see Greg’s already laying something out.”
“That’s where his shed’s going to go ... but, keep watching!”
“WHAT shed!? Where is it and how is it going to get there?”
Ibera huffed, impatiently, “PLEASE! Just keep watching ... I’ll explain, later.”
Suddenly all four of them seemed to be flying around looking for something. Then, they landed and before I could believe my eyes the girls all shrieked, “They found a tiny BABY.”
I gaped at Ibera, “Where did it come from?”
Ibera was shaking her head, “We don’t know, but ... just keep watching, Charlie. Ladies, you may not want to see what happens next...”
Next, we saw Linda and Bob, as Bob cut a trail, using a machete and his PK, back to their campsite. Nothing dramatic about that ... then, Ibera zoomed, to where Greg and Ed were approaching a cave of some kind.
Then I saw the macabre scene.
Some poor woman had been eviscerated! I could only guess it had been the baby’s mother. When we saw inside the cave, all the ladies were screaming and crying. Her two small children had also been reduced to shredded pieces of flesh.
“Oh gosh, Charlie, we gotta help them!” Gracie pleaded.
“What are they going to do with that little baby!?” Emmy asked desperately.
Ibera yelled, “KEEP WATCHING.”
Then, suddenly, this huge, ferocious monster started running toward Greg and Ed with vicious intent.
The girls were screaming, especially Jamie and Gracie.
I was holding my breath until Ed pulled his pistol and blew the beast into next week! His three headshots caused it to flip over onto its back, where it snorted once, then stopped moving.
Gracie and Jamie were now crying and clutching each other in relief. They both saw how narrowly their soulmates had escaped the same fate that poor woman and her kids had.
We all watched as Greg and Ed gutted the thing and discovered the contents in its stomach. I watched as Bob blew his lunch into the weeds.
Ibera fast-forwarded to the four of them gathered back on the beach. Linda was clutching the baby that was wrapped in some kind of skin, to her bosom. Then I saw the aforementioned ‘shed’ materialize. Ibera explained how she’d ‘guided’ Greg into designing it. When I read Bob’s note, I also knew what they needed and what I had to do.
So did Mary, Jamie, Gracie, Sheila and even Emmy.
We all kibitzed for a minute before ‘popping’ back, to various places, to gather our ‘aid’ items. Then we would all meet back here to send the help that our ‘Traveling Family’ members so desperately needed.
Ibera reminded us that many of the items we could ‘dream up’ right here.
That caused many giggles and suddenly, only Jamie and Gracie still needed to ‘pop’ out.
I popped back to the boat, where I talked Matt and Ralph out of two of their AK-47’s, 600 rounds of ammo and a half dozen extra banana clips. I was also getting some wild ideas of other things I could get my brothers that were bound to bring a smile.
The ‘engineering’ part of my architectural mind was going crazy.
I just hoped that Greg could figure out how to use what I was going to invent for him.
CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA
William ‘Willie’ Monte POV:
Our other three team members were sitting in the ‘War Room’, anxiously waiting for us, when Bruce and I arrived. They had all of the photos and data posted on the big board and were looking through the data files.
Lockhart looked at Bruce and me, “This looks pretty straightforward to me. There’s only four roving guards inside the compound and two at the gate. This shouldn’t be any problem at all!”
Laramie and Peters were acting like they had no idea what they were seeing.
That could be because there was nothing TO see!
I huffed, “Where are all the vehicles?”
Lockhart looked confused, “What do you mean?”
I looked at Bruce, who saw what I did, and was shaking his head, “What Monte means is, the place looks deserted! OF COURSE there’s no vehicles, because there’s nothing going on! If this ‘Pow-wow’ is what we were told it was, there should be twenty to thirty vehicles inside that compound. Either this isn’t where this meeting is going down or nobody is here yet! My bullshit detector is screaming that these photos either aren’t current or this meeting isn’t really going to happen in three days, at least not here!”
I hadn’t told Bruce yet what Pops had said about the date, but with what I was seeing I had no doubts that Pops was right. Bruce also didn’t know that Pops was in the room with us.
Both him and Rex.
I saw that the compound appeared to be about 600 yards north/south by about 400 yards east/west. It had an 8-foot high block wall surrounding the entire site with triple razor wire on top.
Getting over it, if we had to, would be a bitch.
According to Marek’s ‘factored-in’ plan, we were to subdue the guards at the gate and just drive on in! Then, using silenced weapons, take out the roving guards, set claymores around the main building and when they went off, catch the cartel leaders trying to exit the building.
After Lockhart read the plan out loud, I huffed, “That plan was hatched up by somebody suffering from early onset STUPID...”
Marek had just come in and cut me off, huffing, “I beg your pardon! I came up with that plan.”
I looked at my team, ignoring the one-man penis gallery, “Like I said...”
Then I glared at our intruder, “Marek, we don’t have enough information! Where are all the people that are supposed to be here!?”
His beady eyes were like saucers now, “INSIDE THE DAMN BUILDING. Where else would they be? They’re not having the meeting out on the lawn!”
I was just about to go ballistic when Pops flashed, “We’ve got what we needed. I’ll explain later, but, for now, just agree with this moron and go about doing whatever training you need to do. Trust me, you won’t be going on this mission alone!”
I heard Rex, “No, you won’t. Don’t say anything, but both Marek and Franklin are going in your place. They just don’t know it yet!”
Okay, now I was REALLY pinching myself.
How do you go from nearly laughing your ass off, back to being belligerent?
This telepathy thing can be REALLY hard to deal with, sometimes!
I threw my hands up, “Okay, okay ... I can see that maybe I’m just being overly skeptical. Marek, since this is going to be so easy, maybe you should accompany us? We could all benefit from your expert tutelage!”
I wanted to see his reaction ... I felt both Rex and Pops chuckle, silently. (Now THEY were pinching themselves!)
Marek looked like he was ready to shit a brick. His mouth was like a fish out of water and his eyes were now even bigger than before. “Um, um, well, I would ... but I need to coordinate things and make sure your Evac goes according to plan...”
I smirked, “Suuure ... we wouldn’t want our Evac getting screwed up now, would we!?”
I really hoped I could see this asshole’s face when Pops executed HIS plan! Whatever it is.
We were all still staring at Marek and I sensed Bruce thought I just went daft. I really wish I could tell him what I know. I also wish Charlie or Jeremy could ‘check out’ Bruce, just to see if he really was the good guy I believed him to be.
I sorely wanted to confide in him.
As Marek slinked out of the room, I announced, “Alright, guys, let’s head to the training grounds to see just what kind of shape everyone is in. Put on your training fatigues and we’ll meet there in 15 minutes.”
Laramie and Peters looked alarmed. Peters gasped, “Um, Agent Monte, I’m going to have to run home ... I don’t have anything here!?”
I was about to yell when Laramie chimed in, “Me too.”
Even Lockhart was incredulous, “You guys don’t have a ‘go-bag’!? Jesus! Even Maggie at the front desk has a go-bag! Just how long have you guys been Agents?”
(A ‘Go-bag’ is something every agent needs to keep in his/her locker. It’s supposed to have everything you’d need for a five-day deployment. Extra uniforms, fatigues, work boots, gym shoes, undies, you name it.)
The two of them looked like a couple of beets. Laramie stammered, “I was never told anything about a go-bag. Director Franklin just assigned me to Special Ops last week.”
Now, I was incredulous, “Well Son, then you’re about to learn the hard way. You guys AREN’T going home. You may not even be going on this mission. You’re just going to have to make do with what you’re wearing. Now let’s get moving. We’ll meet on the training field in 15 minutes. DON’T BE LATE.”
The two of them were left looking at their patent leather shoes and suits they were wearing.
Bruce chuckled, “This is going to be fun!”
The three of us headed to the locker room to put on our lightweight training fatigues and desert-combat boots.
I must be getting soft, since I grabbed one of the Agencies many golf carts to ride the mile or so to the training grounds. Halfway there we saw a hang-dog looking Peters and Laramie walking that way.
We all waved as we cruised on by them, since this cart only had room for four.
I chuckled, “Hey, I never said they couldn’t commandeer a golf cart!”
Lockhart chuffed, “Just how hard are you going to push them, Monte? I have a hunch they’re completely out of shape.”
I grinned, “I figure we’ll start off with a five mile run, just to get warmed up, then we’ll run the obstacle course a few times, spending extra time climbing the tower and rappelling.”
“Look, Monte, five miles might even be too tough for me ... can’t we make it like ... maybe a mile?”
Bruce laughed, “You obviously haven’t trained with Bill before. This guy is a god-damned workout warrior! Don’t give him any shit, or he’ll have us doing 10 miles at a 6-minute mile pace!”
Lockhart gasped, but then closed his mouth, hoping that Bruce wasn’t serious. I winked at Bruce, who I knew could keep up with me, step for step, at even my fastest pace.
I could somehow sense he was also hoping I wouldn’t get too crazy.
We arrived and I figured it was time to separate the wheat from the chafe.
Just as Peters and Laramie walked up, I announced, “Okay, well, I’m going to be easy on everyone today, so, we’ll start off with three miles at a 6-minute pace. This is a quarter mile track, so that’s 12 laps. The first lap we’ll go slower to get warmed up, but, we’ll sprint the last lap. Let’s hit it!”
By the third lap, Laramie and Peters were about to get lapped by Bruce and me. Lockhart was almost half a lap behind us.
I smirked at Bruce, “I can see running is not their strong suit!”
He gasped, “Uh, Bill, are you aware that we just ran that last lap in less than a minute? That’s a four-minute mile! If you keep this up, I’m not going to make three miles...”
Oh Shit! I’d forgotten about my littlest buddies’ ‘gift’ ... it felt like I was loafing! I immediately slowed to what I felt was a crawl, “Sorry, I guess I got carried away.”
Bruce huffed a chuckle, “You must be working out a whole lot more than I remembered. Thanks for slowing down. I have a feeling our two newbies are about to fall out! Let’s just pace them and see what they’ve got?”
We did and Bruce kept looking at his watch. After another lap, he groaned, “Wow, they’re just barely doing a 7-minute mile!
Lockhart had just caught up to us, breathing hard, but chuckling somewhat, “I thought you were trying to set some kind of land-speed record, Monte! You and Bixby up and left me!” He pointed at the two newbies, “They’re about to drop dead. They’re never going to make 8 more laps.”
I grinned at Lockhart, “Well, let’s see how far it takes for them to quit. Go ahead of us and set the best pace you feel you can finish at.”
He slapped my back, “Okay, but it WON’T be anything like your last lap!”
With that, he accelerated, passing the new guys and urging them to keep up. Then, he settled into a nice 6-minute-mile pace. I was impressed. I didn’t figure Lockhart to be in very good shape.
It might have been because he knew Peters and Laramie wouldn’t be able to go much further.
Within a lap BOTH Peters and Laramie stopped alongside the track and were panting with their hands on their hips. Lockhart was a good 100 yards ahead of us, since we’d been pacing our newbies.
Bruce and I decided to race to catch up.
I wanted to test my speed, so I took off, trying to see how fast I could get back around to Peters and Laramie.
It was fun. The faster I ran, the faster it felt like I could still go. I blew past Lockhart and realized my strides were 12 feet or more! As I rounded the turn and saw Peters and Laramie I slowed the fuck down. I wasn’t sure, but I had a feeling every eye around was on me.
I ‘trotted’ up to them, then slowed to a walk, trying to cool down. I walked up about 100 feet, then turned and walked back. As I got back to them, Bruce and Lockhart had JUST caught up to us.
Lockhart, completely out of breath, barked, “Holy fucking SHIT, Monte! Do you have any idea how fast you were going?”
Bruce was looking at his watch, wide-eyed, before looking at me. He was about to say something when he saw me tightly shake my head. He winked, “He just broke the world’s record for the 440-yard dash AFTER running a mile!”
He winked again, flashing two fingers, twice.
Did I just run the 440 in like 22 seconds? I knew that American, Lee Evans held the record since 1968 with a time of 43.86 seconds. To think I’d just cut that in half was mindboggling. And I’d slowed down the last 75 yards or so!
I was about to freak out.
Laramie beat me to it, “There ain’t no way I could ever keep up with you, Agent Monte. Maybe I’m not cut out for field work...”
Lockhart was eyeing me suspiciously, but joked, “Don’t worry kid, nobody will ever keep up with him.
Peters sighed, “For such a big guy, maybe you should try out for the Redskins? I could just see some skinny assed safety trying to bring you down ... IF he could even catch you!”
Now THAT was some food for thought. I shuddered, wondering just how much I could bench press now...
Thankfully, Bruce brought us back to business. “I think we need to see how everyone does on the obstacle course.”
That proved to be an even bigger debacle than the track. Lockhart did okay, but our newbies: fell off the rope bridge, splashed down on the pond swing-over, only got 6 feet up the rope assisted wall climb, got hopelessly tangled up crawling under the rope bed, then nearly drowned, falling off the log run over the creek! By the end they looked like a couple of mud-dogs.
They’d be lucky if their previously shiny shoes ever shined again.
Their pants would certainly be going straight into the trash.
I felt bad for them. I bet they’ll have ‘go-bags’ by tomorrow, though.
Somehow I felt like they didn’t really ask for this. I didn’t want to break their spirit, but, as they headed back toward the office, they looked like two whipped pups.
Back in the locker room, we took showers and I dressed in my best ‘business casual’ clothes that I kept in my locker. It was much less stuffy than my Agency suit.
I hoped this would be okay for my date with Maggie. Bruce was looking at me, grinning like a loon, “Looks like somebody’s trying to impress our Maggie!?”
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The the wind howled around the quayside as I stepped onto terra firma for the first time in weeks, the wind threw sharp shards of ice to sting our faces as we looked up at the sails as they were finally furled and stowed as our captain grinned at our discomfiture, "Au revoir!" he joked as if he knew we should soon be recalled. Those such as were left, and we were few enough, I shuddered. My best uniform packed securely in my Valise, awaited me, and just a few more duties before I...
Sasha Fedoseev pulled out his driveway and started down the road. Sasha was by most accounts a successful man. He had started a corporation in his early 20's and had guided its ascent. His company now had three subsidiary corporations. He employed over five hundred employees through his subsidiaries and the parent corporation he had founded 10 years earlier. The parent corporation had its offices in a building several miles from Sasha's home. It was there that his staff worked. He had...
Section Chief Rodgers POV: Dammit! What the hell just happened? That fucking Chen has put me into one hell of a trick bag. I had everything set up perfectly to slide into the Black-Ops Executive Directors job and that fucking Chen comes along. I don’t know how that weasel managed to get my spot, but he did and I’ve been sucking hind titty ever since. How the hell am I going to explain to the Director that Executive Director Chen just up and disappeared? Like he’s gonna believe ‘Jonah’ did...
[“I’ll have a long heart to heart talk with her, Linda. Maybe it’s good she’ll be here for a few extra days. Let’s get home and look at these pictures!”] We greeted the family when we returned home, then Linda and I promptly went to my office to start laying out pictures. I pulled out my pad of 18”x 30” lightly gridded graph paper and tore off a sheet for each of us. We each had a legal pad and began writing down all of the things Stan had ‘dreamed’ to us, that he wanted in his house. The...
[Could this night get any stranger?] Thankfully it didn’t, at least not right away. When our ‘gang’ re-entered the campgrounds, the campers that sat gathered around the bonfire seemed oblivious that anything out of the ordinary had happened earlier that night. But, after parking our bikes, as they watched all of our group excitedly sprinting over to the campfire they must have suspected something was up. They were all but dragging a giggling Sarah with them. Since everyone began hollering...
Why Does the Feces Always Collide with the Circular Air Mover? July, 1985 [“Charlie, Charlie, God, I hope you can hear me, this is Dad. Stan thought the Coast Guard was pulling us over for a routine check but it’s a bunch of pirates! You gotta help us!”] “Dad, I hear you, where are you?” “I’m not sure, we flew into Lynden Pindling International Airport in the Bahamas and took a limo to a port on the south side of the island. Stan had his hydrofoil there and we were going to his island to...
... Let the Good Times Roll! July, 1985 [A loud cheer went up from everyone in the room. I looked back at Adam and Lori, “DEAL.” Adam gave the order, “Crew, prepare to dock and disembark onto the island. It’s time to Paaaah-Tay!”] The Captain announced, just after we docked, “Don’t forget, the dress code here is ‘Au naturale’ All you need is sandals or deck shoes. No clothes allowed! Plush terri-cloth robes will be available if you get chilly. The temperature rarely dips below...
FUBAR’D? (Fully United by Always Repairing Disasters?) July, 1985 [“Oh my God, I think we’ve run aground!” Melody exclaimed.] Bob, Greg and I were looking at each other wondering what we could do. I heard the hydraulics of the boat launch being lowered and the three of us rushed down to talk to Captain Morgan. The deck was lowered but was at a weird angle because part of it was caught on the sandbar. Brian and his son were running around grabbing scuba gear, while Captain Morgan and Mike...
We spent the rest of the day frantically packing the things we would need for our trip. We grabbed the two backpacks that Greg and Linda had purchased last summer for their little camping excursion. One of the things we would need to find on the way was some climbing gear. Greg reminded us that the place where we shopped in Albuquerque also sold climbing gear and had a fake mountainside so people could practice. We helped Ed take his Sportster out of the trailer, where he had been storing...
[I’ve got a blindfold on and I think I’m on a boat somewhere. Can you hear me?...”] “Yes Sarah! I hear you. Are you alright?” “Yes, I’m scared! What do they want with me?” “I don’t know, sweetie, Dad is on the phone with the State Police. You remember Major Gregory, right?” “Yes. Is he going to help me?” “If he can, if not, he knows who CAN help. Listen, Sarah, I’m two hours from home, but we’re headed there as fast as we can. YOU’VE gotta stay calm, okay? Try and get them to take your...
[Greg stopped and paused. He turned around with a face full of tears, “Charlie and I were just trying to be nice...”] He sniffled, “I’m gonna be late...” He turned and slowly walked out the front door, closing it gently behind him. Everyone started looking at me, not knowing what to say. I held up my hand, firmly. “I’ve gotta talk to my friend.” Then quickly ran out and jumped in the passenger seat of his truck. He started the engine, “What are you doing, Amigo?” “I dunno, but I’m NOT...
Intermission, Prelude and Fugue July 4, 1985 [TJ smirked, “Well, Hells Bells, looks like Janet and I are gonna have to put in for a permanent transfer to the Chicago office! God knows the scenery is NOTHING like this in Pittsburgh!” Mary was smiling at us gleefully as we smiled back.] Dad asked what time it was. I said it was almost 3:30pm. He told us that the parents were all going to Lino’s Italian eatery in Rockford for dinner. It was right on State St., not far from Sinnissippi Park....
[Since Greg and I had slept in, we weren’t even tired ... yet.] We opted to take the Florida Turnpike, because, even though it was a toll road, it wasn’t like the asinine tollways in Illinois, where you have to stop every 10 miles and throw money into a tollbooth. This had the tickets, like Indiana and Ohio, where you pay when you get off. It also had fuel plazas so you didn’t have to get off to buy gas. It’s the most direct way to go and we didn’t have to go through any of the big cities....
Charlie POV: I was happy with the way the Directors were handling our encounter with the Russians. They never had any intentions of just destroying both submarines and possibly killing their crews. Also, Director Logan does desperately want to change the culture of the CIA from the way I viewed it after Dad told us about his experiences with it when we were just little kids. Neither Bob nor I remember anything before living here in Illinois. Our operation, ‘Let’s Goose Gorbachev’, went...
[“Possibly. The Mobs lawyers already know way too much about what happened. We’ve got to clean up the WHOLE ‘pig sty’ first thing tomorrow, before it’s too late. Here’s the plan... “] Blake started, “I’ve got TJ, Janet and 3 of your new friends from the Jacksonville FBI office flying in later tonight. Everyone in on the bust of the Omaha FBI headquarters are meeting in a church parking lot a couple miles from the headquarters building, which is in downtown Omaha. I’m going to make sure...
[Like who was going to sleep with whom tonight.] That discussion was fast, furious and fun. With 9 people, 5-women, 4-guys and 3 beds it was going to be interesting. Since Sarah, Linda and Jamie would only allow one particular cock in their pussies AND demanded ALL of their guy’s deposits, they assigned themselves to whatever bed their guys were in. TJ, Janet and Mary decided to play ‘musical beds’ then planned to ‘sleep’ together. Greg and I slept with Jamie and Sarah, who both insisted on...
All Good Things Come to an End. July, 1985 [By now we were all laughing. I wondered if I should get Emmy to join them. Nahh, poor Ray would probably have a coronary!] We were summoned to the bar/swing room for the initiation ceremony. Melody, Roberto and Adam (Captain Morgan) were in the DJ booth. Jessica, Tammy, Bobbi and Brandy were being fastened into special swings that looked different from the ones we used the other night. Underneath them were hydraulic benches that seemed much more...
Charlie POV: On Thursday, Bob, Linda and I went out to our new place to do a quick, preliminary layout of the 300’ x 400’ footprint of our new place. We needed to see where we might put the new RV trailers that were to be delivered on Saturday morning. We didn’t want them to be in the way of the construction crews. The first thing we saw was that if we centered the new place perfectly on the flat area within the copse of palm trees, the existing house was going to be mostly inside the...
[ Mary and Sarah found out my lips weren’t too sore to kiss them passionately, before the three of us fell fast asleep.] *** Mary and Sarah were the first ones up. As I cracked my eyes open, I saw them padding towards the kitchen. Two minutes later they were back, pulling my ass out of bed telling me the ‘days a wastin’. “What the heck time is it?” Mary replied, “It’s 6 o’clock, come on, we’re getting married today!” As much as I wanted to frown, all I could do was chuckle and pull them...
As I was fixing bacon, eggs and toast for everyone, things began settling down. The conversation centered around how much our lives were about to change with a little one on the way. While eating, we all retreated into our own thoughts. When we had finished eating, I suddenly felt a deep need to make love to Mary. I managed to catch Greg’s eye, and nodding, I gestured my intentions with my eyes. He understood immediately. I got up, and took Mary by the hand and led her to our bedroom. As we...
Half the Fun is Getting Started July 21-22, 1985 [We all fell asleep in what could best be described as a puppy pile!] *** We woke up to a grinning Jessica and Tammy. Tammy, having just noticed we were all nekkid, blushed profusely. She was looking anywhere and everywhere but at us. “Oh my gosh. Jessica didn’t know you’d all be in here. We were planning on surprising you by getting things cleaned up. I’m sooo embarrassed.” Greg stood up with his morning glory pointing the way. “Sorry to...
[I grinned, “Looks like I get a four sweetie treat tonight! Who wants on top?”] Jamie smirked, “If we take a shower and put in a fresh plug, would you pleasure our clitties with your tongue, while Mary rides you?” “Mmm. I’d love to. If you’re not flowing real heavy, you can wait till after I’m done to insert your Tampons.” Sarah giggled, “Yep, he’s our Hero all right! A braver man I’VE never seen.” Linda laughed, “He’s liable to look like Dracula when he’s done though.” I may have gone...
Charlie POV: When we returned things began happening quickly. Bob and I popped to Dad’s cabin and found our two pallets of cash just like we left them. We ‘relocated’ them to Dad’s garage before contemplating whether to bring the three girls’ bikes and our two ATVs. We decided to leave them in the cabin’s garage for now, so as not to unnecessarily clutter Dad’s. On Monday, Ed, Bill, Gracie, Rex and Jeremy all helped go through the rest of their condemned houses, recovering much more than...
[“I think I just killed a guy!... “] We were all stunned! “Where are you? What happened???” “I’m at the convenient store, just north of Route 38 on Randall, there was a robbery, I was just trying to stop them from escaping! I think I killed one of them!...” “We’re on our way. Don’t say ANYTHING to ANYBODY until we get there!” “I won’t, please hurry!” We jumped in the Chevy and were flaming up Randall as fast as our ‘Queen Mary’ would go. It only took a couple minutes and there were...
Greg was pleased that the new trailer was pulling so well. His new truck had a very powerful diesel engine instead of the big gas engine his other truck had. He felt the dual rear wheels also made it much more stable than a standard four wheeled truck would have. Jaimie giggled, “It’s more manly looking too!” Greg just grinned, “Yep, a real ‘Cowboy Cadillac’!” Since we were told of a massive amount of road construction in St Louis, we opted to go the northern route which would take us west...
[We were just going in the house when Sarah flashed, “Charlie, I’m at the hospital! I think we may have a very serious problem...”] “Are you okay” “Yes, I’m fine, but you better circle the wagons! There’s this Native American doctor who is certain that you and/or Linda have ancient healing powers. AND he and his colleagues know you are friends of Greg Sanders!” “How do they know our names? Linda and I never...” Aw SHIT. We’d told the two victims we were friends of Greg’s. “Charlie, they...
We Interrupt this Vacation... July, 1985 [There was a hastily written note pinned to Greg’s shirt that read: “They’ll wake up in a few weeks. Thank Greg for me for teaching me all about you guys! I’ll have to see that Joshua guy to see what else I can learn! HAhahaha!”] I put my face right up to Greg’s and his pupils were like two piss-holes in the snow. I tried pushing him, as forcefully as I could, to open his mind to me ... NOTHING. Not even a blink and certainly no mental response. I...
Charlie POV: We met up for lunch at the restaurant in the yacht club. Everyone was there with the exception of Sarah and Willie, or Bill as I was planning on calling him. I had the feeling calling him ‘Willie’ made him uneasy. The kids seemed antsy from being cooped up in the hotel all night and this morning. When Annette suggested they go to the beach that seemed to brighten their spirits. The fact that they needed swimsuits did mute that somewhat. We discovered that there are no nude...
Bob POV: (Continued) I had to laugh when I saw the shrink-wrapped pallet sitting where our little table had been. Somebody had covered it with a large tarp to keep it as inconspicuous as possible. We’d only been here for a couple minutes when Linda, Mary, Jamie, Sarah, Joni and Sheila padded around the corner and enveloped us in hugs and passionate kisses. They were all beautiful and nekkid! And like any red-blooded males would do, we were all gawking and grinning ... and getting raging...
AN ALIEN SPACESHIP NEAR GREG’S ISLAND Bob POV: WHAT THE FUCK? One minute we’re all sitting around having a relaxing evening with our little friends, then suddenly, Mary, CJ and I are in some kind of a room in god-only-knows where! To make matters worse, it seems our telepathy and psychic powers have been nullified or taken away. Whoever our captors are they’re really pissing me off! Oh yeah, AND scaring us shitless. I’ve never felt more helpless in my whole life. I remember Ibera telling...
Dad and TJ began barking out orders like the commanders of the D-day Invasion, with nearly that amount of urgency. Dad started, “Guys, put on your black flight suits and your night vision helmets, you’re going to need them. You guys also need to assume different identities and/or remain invisible until this whole thing is over. I’m not sure how invisibility will work trying to use your helmets. Bob, you and Greg need to ‘pop’ to the boat and hopefully take TJ and me with you.” They told Dad...
[I stayed on my knees, grabbed a flashlight and peeked between the sheets of canvas. WHAT THE Fu__! ] Greg reacted even faster than me. “Holy shit! That’s more drugs than I could ever imagine!” We were looking at row after row of steel shelves, 10’ high and 100’ long, all packed with huge plastic wrapped bags that looked to contain heroin, cocaine, marijuana, pills, weapons, ammo and even explosives. Huge vertical refrigerators and ... four dead bodies! All of them appeared to be young...