The Catalyst RebornChapter 26 Searching for Enlightenment
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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 footprint! That meant that the existing sewer (septic) lines would need to be removed nearly first thing. That, then wouldn’t leave us anything for the RVs to use to drain their black and grey water tanks into.
Dammit!
We tried laying out an alternate footprint, moving it as far south as possible, yet not too close to the trees.
That was better, but since the surveyors had marked up the septic lines, tank and leechfield, it was still pretty close to the area that needed to be excavated.
George and Lillian were watching the movers empty their house and George came over to talk to us. He was in a great mood and asked us if we needed anything.
I asked how deep the septic line was right by the house. He said about three feet deep then dropped at 5% to the tank that was slightly north of the north line of the house. (150’ away)
That’s when I noticed the tank had a four inch round PVC pipe and cap just above ground level. I told him about our ‘discovery’ and he suggested we just cap the line out of the house and use the ‘cleanout’ to dump our waste into.
I realized if we moved the footprint West about 120’ the tank would then be 30’ clear of the footprint! It still wouldn’t be centered, but, there was plenty of room to do that and we could then move the footprint back North about halfway from where we now had it and closer to our ‘ideal’ location.
We did a third layout and it looked good. It also played well since the RVs would now be quite a bit farther away from the construction area, yet still be on the flat area.
We laid out where we wanted the trailers dropped and made notes to have an electrician come out and wire three 50-Amp outlets to plug the RVs into.
Then Bob asked a question that sent me into a tizzy.
“Charlie, if this place isn’t going to have a full basement, how is the plumbing going to work?”
I froze for a long minute.
“Awww Sheeeit!” I bemoaned, “I hadn’t even thought about that! I’ve always designed places with basements or crawlspaces. I’m going to have to talk to Mark, quickly. I have a feeling I’m going to have to have the entire place designed and all the sewer and water lines run, before they can even begin pouring the slab! Aaargh, it’s going to be weeks if not months before they’re even going to be able to start. Dammit!”
A quick trip and consult with Mark Steiner confirmed what I feared.
All of the underground sewer, at least, had to be completed before they could pour the slab. And the stub locations had to be exact, since once it was poured there would be no changes possible!
Now Linda and I were REALLY going to be under the gun.
The only bright spot was that because of the proposed layout, the house lent itself perfectly to possibly being built in ‘stages’. Mark suggested that, so we could have the living portion and the bedrooms completed then pour the slab for the other wing or wings. (The living room/kitchen/ dining room was all going to be in the westerly wing while the bedrooms were all going to be in the southerly wing.)
The thing was, those two areas had 75% of all the sewer/water locations!
It was still going to take forever.
It just meant we’d only have to concentrate on half of the house at a time.
I conferred with the entire clan, letting them know of my startling discovery and how it was going to wildly delay our hopeful ‘move-in’ date. Six months was now completely out the window and it was looking more like a year.
When I heard from our ‘East Coast’ contingent, they sounded ... weird. I know I may have sounded downhearted about the delay but I couldn’t make out what kind of tone they seemed to have. It was very tense-like.
Almost like they wanted to ask me something, only to have then swallowed their tongues.
Hmmmm.
Bob told me not to stress and rush anything since I WAS designing our ‘Dream Home’ and reminded me that ‘haste makes waste’! Mary and the girls told me not to worry, that it would all work out for the best.
I really wished that Greg was here, now.
He was about the only one who’d truly understand all these complications and I felt he would have some answers and suggestions that I could really use.
I felt strangely alone.
Even though I was surrounded by love, in this instance, my main ‘co-conspirator’, not to mention, friend, was nowhere around. It’d be over two more months before he’d be here and by then any input he might have would be too little and too late.
It also made me realize just how little experience I really had as an architect.
Larry was the main guy on the building we redesigned for Stan and he even did most of the structural part of Stan’s Dream House.
Did I bite off more than I could chew?
I almost wanted to cancel the RVs and consider other options.
After getting some lunch, we went back out to our property so I could get another look and start making notes of all the other things I needed to do.
Bob, Linda and I were now the only ones here.
Just as I felt a deep depression creeping into my psyche, Mary materialized by my side. “Come here, Sweetheart. Let me hold you for a minute. I think you need me?”
“I don’t know how it will help getting things going any quicker.” I told her, dejectedly, “But, I’d never refuse your hugs and maybe a kiss?”
She put her arms around me and as her sparkling, blue eyes captured mine, the most wonderful sense of love and tranquility filled my soul. Then, it felt like all the negative feelings I’d just had seemed to slowly drift away! They were being replaced by the most amazing sense of confidence and enthusiasm I’ve ever had before.
Then I felt a familiar stirring in my groin.
Suddenly I had the most intense orgasm I’d ever felt! I was breathlessly moaning and just before I filled my shorts with a deluge of cum, Mary pulled them down and sucked my cock deep into her loving throat!
She had used her ‘Mental’ healing ability to cure my melancholy. Oh my God!
It’s like I could hear the ‘Rocky’ theme begin playing in my head and I was about to beat the crap out of Clubber Lang in the ‘Rematch’!
The clarity I was feeling was amazing. New tactics and designs were rushing into my mind like a flood.
I looked down at those beautiful blue eyes twinkling up at me as she swallowed the last of my ‘enthusiastic explosion’.
“I love you Mary ... God I love you!” I chuckled, “You just healed me and it felt amazing! I didn’t think I’d ever get to experience a ‘happy ending’ ... till you gave me this one, just when I needed it most.”
She pulled up my shorts then shared my spend with me in a passionate kiss that we hadn’t engaged in for far too long.
She knew what I’d just thought, “Charlie, sometimes you don’t realize all the help you DO have when you need it. Nobody feels like you let them down, just because you didn’t know everything about everything. We all love you and even if it takes two years to get our new home built, we’ll figure everything out ... together. Okay?”
I was in tears, “I know. Sometimes I just feel bad when things don’t go the way I planned. Especially after telling everybody how I thought things would go. I don’t accept failure very well, I’m afraid.”
Mary giggled cutely, “And just who said you failed? Hmmm? Every journey begins with the first step. Don’t be trying to take the 100th step right after the first! Okay?” She giggled again, “And like Bob said, ‘haste makes waste’! Take your time and let the rest of us support you by doing the things we know how to do.”
Bob chuckled, “At the risk of making you feel further abandoned, since you and Linda have so much to do ... would it bother you if I and a few others went up to Greg’s planet for a few days?”
I sighed and smiled at him, “And just who were you thinking of taking with you?”
Mary giggled, “Me, our two kids, Jamie, Tyler, Gracie, Eddie and little Crystal?”
“I felt it might be a good idea so we don’t let Greg down.” Bob added, “Should we take the twins with us too?”
Linda shook her head, “No. It might be a good idea to separate some of the kids once in a while so they realize they can’t always be together. Charlie and I can always use our doppelgängers to keep an eye on Eric and Olivia if we have to.”
“That just gave me an idea,” I said, “I think Linda and I should take the kids to our special 13th dimension home. We could do our work there! Since I could always communicate with Mary and Jamie, it wouldn’t matter where Linda and I stayed. I would also like to see if, with our enhanced abilities, maybe I could communicate with you guys up on Greg’s planet?”
Bob was grinning, “That’s the ticket, Big Brother. Since Bill, Emmy and their kids are all up at Emmy’s parent’s house in Glencoe, we’ll be giving Dad and the rest of the parents a break. That will also let you and Linda get into some major zones if you work in your 13th dimension place. If the kids take a two-hour nap, that would give you and Linda like two whole days’ worth of time to work where you wouldn’t have to worry about them.”
Ideas were flooding my head so fast I couldn’t wait for them to leave! “Okay, you guys gather up your crew and have fun. Oh, have you figured out how you’re going to get all the kids into the portal?”
Bob chuckled, “Heck yeah! We’ll go the same way Darren and those guys are sending the prisoners to the planet. Only the boat we’re going to go on will have a motor and a whole lotta gasoline!”
Now I was laughing, “I should’ve known. It really is a great idea and what the heck, you might have some fun with a boat, don’t you think?”
They all grinned at me and Linda for a second before popping to who knows where to get ready.
They WERE planning on being back tonight, since Mary and Bob both needed to be here for the closing.
I called Charlene, mentally and asked how everything else was going.
I told her that we may want to spend at least tonight with her, depending on whether or not everything got done on Friday. (Tomorrow)
She told us she talked to the title company and everything was set to close first thing tomorrow morning. The surveyors assured her that their survey would be finished later this evening, so it would be available to be picked up at their office. She told us she would handle that and have everything ready. I asked her to get us at least five extra copies of the topographic survey so Linda and I could use that to begin designing our new home.
I flashed Dad to give him a heads up on everything the family was planning on doing. He said they had no problem keeping Eric and Olivia until we got our RVs set up, making sure we understood they had no problem keeping them longer if needed.
Little did he know it would probably be some time before the RVs even got used.
Charlene hooked us up with an electrician that we met on-site just before 3:00PM.
He managed to get our three 50-amp outlets fastened to a pole near where we were planned on putting the trailers.
When Linda and I returned to Charlene’s condo, Bob, Mary, Sarah and Darren were already there. Charlene told us there was a Chinese take-out place that delivered. She pulled out a menu when everyone agreed that would be a good idea for dinner. Everyone picked out their favorite entrée to share and we ordered a dozen eggrolls and a large wonton soup for everyone to share also.
It was pretty good, except that their Lo Mein couldn’t hold a candle to Mama Sans! Bob and Mary agreed and Sarah told Darren she would take him there, since Lo Mein was his favorite dish also. (He thought the stuff we’d just eaten was better than the stuff he usually had.)
Darren told us about everything that happened today with the prisoners. He told me how Vincent’s four kids had been forced to give up their dinners for the ‘white slop’ that Lola and her daughters were given, because of their attitudes.
I thought that was karmic justice.
After all, Mario, the oldest of the four, had been the one that killed Sally, so I didn’t really feel sorry for them.
Then Darren told us something that gave me pause.
First, he apologized for Brad having ‘saved’ them from the injustice that Elmer had perpetrated on them, since he didn’t know anything about who killed Sally. But, then he explained how, after a lengthy conversation with Mario and Marcella’s two oldest kids, Markus and Sonny, it seemed to him that Vincent’s four kids were nothing more than Elmer and Vincent’s pawns.
Darren told us how Marcus explained, “Most of the time, my four cousins had no idea why they were doing any of the things that they were forced to do. It was just to do as they were told or suffer the consequences!”
Darren went on to tell us that before Brad let them go their own way, it appeared all four of them had been beaten. The youngest, Lolita, who I discovered was only 17, had been beaten the worst.
When he told me that they were the first ones scheduled to go in the morning, I asked him if he could delay that for a bit. I wanted to talk to Mario, myself. The night they were questioned by Monte and Maggie, everyone was in a hurry to get as much information as quickly as we could. It’s possible, they didn’t get the whole story.
I wanted to know for myself exactly why Mario killed Sally and how it went down. I also had questions as to why Sally didn’t defend herself when she could have.
Darren understood and told me he didn’t think that would be any problem, since there were still two groups besides them that needed to go. He would just start with Franklin’s group, and then the rest of Elmer’s group if I wasn’t up there yet.
He told us some of the funny stories about different things, especially how Jasmine Tran and Annie Hunt had apologized to Ibera. Annie was very reluctant at first but it seemed like Franklin and Maxwell Lester had made her see the light. Then how the group of five assassins asked for all this stuff to make weapons out of only to forget many of the crucial pieces. Then, how they landed on the beach in the middle of a tropical downpour!
Bob and I laughed, “It sucked to be them!”
Everyone was in a good mood and we all began jockeying for position to see who was going to sleep with whom tonight.
Suddenly, Big Willie’s icon popped into my head, “Charlie, we’ve got a major problem that has just come up. Could you and Bob please join us up at Ibera’s, ASAP, like right now?”
“I suppose, just how big of a problem is this?”
“Have you ever heard of Defcon-1?”
“Yeah, isn’t that like when all the nuclear missiles are in the air?”
I could feel Willie huff, “Yeah, this isn’t exactly Defcon-1, but it’s way past Defcon-2!”
“What about Mary, Sarah and Linda, they’re going to want to know what’s going on, if Mary doesn’t already.” I chuckled, “If you know what I mean?”
I could feel him choke back a chuckle, “Yeah Buddy, I know exactly what you mean! My Maggie is every bit as bad as your Mary is!”
I felt both Mary and Sarah giggling in my head.
I had Willie’s icon in my head, which should have meant we were on a private line. However, right next to Willie’s icon were a certain brunette and redhead’s icons peeking around it and giggling! Mary flashed that no one else had heard us except Bob who was in on the conversation from the start.
Willie continued, “Charlie, this really is extremely serious. It’s so serious I can’t even say anymore until we get up to Ibera’s. Try to explain that this just may be the case where they’re better off not knowing. Please?”
I knew the instant that Mary, Sarah and Linda heard that, (Yeah, Linda was in Bob’s had too!) there was going to be at least some discussion before Bob and I could leave.
I put Bob’s and the three girls’ icons in my head and drew three circles around it, slamming the door shut on everyone else. “Listen ladies, whatever this is about has got all of our friends spooked. I’ll let you girls stay in my head, but, Sarah will have to ‘relay’ off of Mary since we’re going up to Ibera’s. Just be thankful our friends don’t realize Mary, Linda and I can communicate between dimensions. If they did, they may not even invite Bob and I for whatever it is that’s going on. Will that be okay?”
I breathed a sigh of relief when Mary said, “Yes, Sugar Bear, I know you could’ve kicked us out of your head if you really wanted to. We’ll all stay here and try to keep Darren and Charlene from asking too many questions. Do you think this has something to do with the prisoners?”
“I don’t know. It might, but I think the main reason they want to go to Ibera’s is to keep this a total secret from everyone. Right now, your guess is as good as mine!”
With that, Bob and I said we had someplace we had to be, then we both teleported directly to Ibera’s.
William Monte POV:
Maggie had just asked, in total bewilderment, “Do you guys think that Ibera is a Chaemarian?”
Rex looked pensive, “Look guys, let’s not jump to conclusions, okay? One thing’s for certain, we now have to get Charlie and Bob involved in this. Let’s face it, we have no idea how Ibera is going to react if we just come out and ask her if she’s a Chaemarian. We also don’t know whether or not she’d even tell us the truth. We all know how much Ibera loves and trusts Bob. Having him there just might put her at ease enough to level with us.”
Sheila nodded, “If Ibera really is a Chaemarian, she may know a hell of a lot more about what’s really going on than what’s in all those files put together. That’s why I agree with Rex. Bob and Charlie, besides deserving to know what’s going on, may be able to add things to our discussion that we may never have thought of.”
They all looked at me and told me to make the call.
I put Charlie’s icon in my head, ““Charlie, we’ve got a major problem that has just come up. Could you and Bob please join us up at Ibera’s, ASAP, like right now?”
I had to do some ‘tap dancing around’, trying to get him to understand how serious this was and that we really didn’t want them to bring anyone else with them.
There were a few humorous moments when I realized that even by using our icons, Mary would be right there along with him. I knew that, because Maggie’s sweet face was right next to Charlie’s icon, giggling and winking at me!
That’s why I felt that it was best not to say anything until after we got up to Ibera’s. While I was sure Mary would never say anything, the less she knew about everything the better.
At least until we got everything figured out.
I was never so glad Charlie had told us that you can’t communicate telepathically between dimensions!
The eight of us had just arrived and greeted a cheerful Ibera when Bob and Charlie showed up. The eleven of us sat down and we all ‘conjured’ ourselves up something to drink.
Bob was sitting with his arm around Ibera, “Okay guys. You’ve got us up here, now, what’s going on?”
Everyone was looking at me and I suddenly didn’t know where to start. “Um, Bob and Charlie, do you guys believe ... in aliens and UFOs?”
Bob laughed while Charlie tried to hide his chuckling, “Uh, yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Since I’ve already met two different species of aliens!”
Okay, so this was awkward.
Of course he had and I saw it right here on Ibera’s portal! So, I decided to rephrase, “What I meant was, did you guys know that as many as three different species of aliens have visited Earth and many of the UFO sightings are real, and a secret branch of the CIA has been covering it all up? Since the late 1930’s?”
Ahhh yes, now I got their attention. While not totally shocked, both of them were more than mildly surprised.
Charlie and Bob both looked at Ibera before Charlie said, “I’ve always wondered about that. I mean, it only makes sense that we’re not the only intelligent beings in the entire universe. I guess it wasn’t until Bob’s run in with that alien, Sintar, up on Greg’s planet, that I really took it seriously. Because of the nature of this meeting, I have to assume you’ve discovered something that pertains to that and is troubling you?”
Thankfully Rex came to my rescue, “Yes, we have. I’ve gotta tell you, there’s a whole lot more going on than the American public would ever believe. Monte found a series of extremely top-secret files that we believe Chen stole from a shadow organization known as ‘ETCETERA’. In it, we found documented proof that an alien species, known as the Greyzarisans, were the ones who crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in what became known as the ‘Roswell Incident’. At that time, the CIA was tasked with gathering everything, including three dead Greyzarisans, and transporting them all to an area known as ‘S-4’ which is just south of Area 51 in Nevada.
“But, that wasn’t the first time the CIA and the military had done that. The first time was in a place in Missouri called Cape Girardeau. It happened in 1941 and they also recovered quite a bit of a badly damage spacecraft and three bodies, supposedly the pilot and two others. It was at that time that a group known as the Majestic 12 or ‘MJ-12’, was originally formed. They were ETCETERA’s predecessor.”
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Cade had a lot to think about after his talk with Lonnie's father and he decided to take some time to be alone so that he could absorb everything. It was his day off, and he drove his car to the far edge of town and parked high up on a hill overlooking the town. He got out of his car and stood next to it, smoking a cigarette. He breathed a heavy sigh and allowed his mind to drift back to his time in prison, for the first time in a long time. Every day in prison had seemed like an eternity....
We’d just given our new friends a glimmer of hope ... I just hoped we could pull it off without getting any of us killed. We needed to take Matt with us which was part of the problem. Somehow we needed to get the pirates away from the dock area long enough for Matt to get away. I asked Rex to come up with a plan. He smiled, then had Bob ‘call up’ the visual of the island, in current time. “Okay”, he smirked at Bob, “Thanks to Bob, what I first was certain was too much gear, turns out to be...
Denver turned out to be a dense hub of civilization compared to other places they'd seen along the way. Granted, they had generally avoided cities and towns, preferring to do as little as possible to draw attention to themselves. There'd been more cars closer to Colorado and the blurry borders between Free America and the Chicago-based United States, and they'd been able to catch rides the last hundred miles into the city. There were only a few military checkpoints, and they were largely...
They sat there, cuddling close to one another, occasionally kissing, and chatting as the sun rose over the lake. "You know, it feels like it might end up being hot enough to go swimming in this lake," Warren said. "Yeah, finally. 65 degree days when you're on vacation in July can be a bit of a drag." Sophie picked up her travel mug. "I'm just about out of tea. You?" "Pretty much. You want I should get a refill?" "I'll take care of it, Romeo, you just make sure the sun don't...
January 1, 1983, West Monroe, Ohio “Good afternoon, Father Deacon,” I said. “Good afternoon, Mikhail Petrovich. Sit down, please.” Tasha and I exchanged a look and we sat down on the settee, but with about a foot of empty cushion between us. “I would like the truth, Mikhail Petrovich. Have you and Tasha been behaving inappropriately?” That was a good question to which ONE answer was ‘yes’, but another answer was ‘no’. I was reasonably certain he was asking the second question, not the...
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”Anthea looked up at her mum as she sat down at the dining table. “Nothing is wrong,” Anthea responded watching as her mum hurriedly dried her hands with a tea towel.“Is the baby okay? Are you okay? Is Jack okay?” she asked as her husband came into the room and pulled up a seat at the table.“We’re all fine Mum,” she responded exasperated with her mum’s anxiety. “I have something to tell you.”“Sit down Helen,” her dad snapped. “Give the lass a chance to speak.”Anthea...
Uther By Ellie Dauber (c) 2006 Introduction According to the legends of King Arthur, Merlin changed Uther Pendragon into a double for Duke Gorlois, so he could spend the night with Ygraine, the Duke's wife. Ygraine and Gorlois had three daughters: Elaine, Morgause, and Morgan le Faye. During their time together, Ygraine became pregnant with the child who was to become King Arthur. Uther's men killed Gorlois that same night. This is my TG (of course) version of what...
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....
[“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...
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...
[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...
[ 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...
[When I shook Brock’s hand it suddenly became clear. This was Sherman Leeman’s brother! Butch and Benjamin’s uncle.] I knew I had to tread cautiously, even though it didn’t appear that Brock’s powers were very strong at all. Instead of trying to hang onto his hand, I let go politely. I took a chance and flashed Mary asking her to stay in my head. It wasn’t necessary. She’d already picked up that vibe. I did keep my eyes locked on Brock, however. During my two second communication with...
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...
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...
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...
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...