The two Jeanettes with Moro and Hikaru walk about the town’s closest bazaar, not knowing about the celebration that was going on at the camp. They were not happy with what Ruth had told them the other day about not putting into the group’s supplies and food. But truth be told, they have done little in terms of anything other than taking what is given and not adding to what is there to give. Even though Jeanette was the convoy leader, to many it seems that she was not leading much of anything other than her little clique. Some even stated that they have not even dropped their panties as work for anything. Moro has done some night-time guard duty with Mavis but that was not 100 percent of the time. Compared to the two, Mavis has done more work for the group in terms of night time guard duty than all the others combined. But this is a group, and those in the group need to work together in order for the group to achieve its goals.
 
“Who does that woman think she is?” One of the two Jeanettes says.
 
“She’s been helping Val prepare the food that we eat, and unless we are to prepare our own food, she is feeding us day in and day out. Least we should do is give back to what we have taken while we prepare to be able to do ourselves in case they cannot.” The other Jeanette says to the other.
 
“I appreciated what they do for us but this is a volunteer effort and if they do not want to volunteer then they do not have too. They should also not make demands of others, everyone does have a job and we do that job even though it is not putting into the supply of food. Furthermore the teens, wessens or the den mother is putting to the food supply either.” The first Jeanette says.
 
“The female wessens I know help in preparing the food though they do not add to it. And like Mavis, the teens put in guard duty day and night as do the male wessens. The Den Mother is the only one that I seen not doing anything other than putting in to her brood. As far as I remember, it was your idea to bring them into the fold.” The other Jeanette points out.
 
“They had no place to go. The abandoned train station they called home was being reclaimed by the town’s government and being made functional again in connecting to other towns. So where would they live in – the sewers?*” The first Jeanette says and asks.  
 
“But this town-to-town hopping is delaying things. Don’t you think you are going to miss picking up Gabrielle?” Moro says.
 
“Fernando will lead us to find her in time. It may look like we are delayed but there is much to do and prepare for. In the next month of travel will be going through ‘No-Man’s Land,’ that is 1500 miles and 8 days with no towns in between of hot dessert travel and we need to prepare with stocks of food and water to last the trip before we get there. But we cannot prepare here, they are too expensive and their do not stock supplies we need. Tech Town will be the start of stocking up and preparation for the trip through No Man’s Land. We will find Gabrielle and a few others after leaving Tech Town and before Water Town, where we finish stocking up before No Man’s Land.” The other Jeanette explains.
 
“You sure about that?” The first Jeanette asks.
 
“My memories are of events you are going to live through, so yes, I am sure of that. I’m just wondering when you and Fernando are going to start sleeping together and get married. Of which, I do not remember Penny until after we get to Charlton as she was the last one we rescued, not one of the first.” The other Jeanette points out.
 
“What are you trying to say?” The other Jeanette asks.
 
“I’m just saying, my memories are intact and lie within a specific path. Some of the events are not lining up with the memories but as a whole they are intact. I just wonder what else is tangled up?” The first Jeanette explains.
 
“Nothing else I hope.” The other Jeanette implies.
 
“In the least we should see what is there to be offered here. Flight Town denotes airplanes and things with wings. So far all I have seen is blimps and balloons. They do not fly, rather they float in air by Hydrogen gas guided by motorized propellers and steering rudders.” Moro points out.
 
“Technology limits and all, they are flying even if they are floating, because they are guided and not going by where the wind blows. This poses the question, if this one Flight Town, where are the others? And how far can these blimps go on a trip non-stop?” The other Jeanette asks.
 
“Slavia was one such Flight Town before Fernando destroyed the Control Tower and killed Biggus. Between that one and this one, slaves were being traded and transported, more than likely by Blimp as that would be the safest and fastest way to transport your cargo across such long distances. If I am right, Slavia has rebuilt their Control Tower by now.” The first Jeanette answers.
 
“What are we here to get?” Moro throws in before more talk delays their shopping adventure.
 
“Meats, bread, cereal, vegetables, eggs and fruit juices for both us and the convoy.” The first Jeanette answers.
 

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Note:
* The irony of the statement is that they are unaware of the situation of the Wessen children in this city.

Fernando heads his camper and stands by the sliding door. He thinks about what has happened. He steps out to the open area of their camp.  There he gathers the teen and Wessen guards.
 
“Ladies, fellas, I will be back. But in all seriousness, if anyone comes to start trouble, shoot to kill. I say this because of these stupid lawmen trying to arrest Marvin; I believe that they will try again. I’ll see about setting up a protective field around the camp while I am gone that only we can go in and out of but not any outsiders. If Minerva, the red haired Wessen comes looking for me, tell her to wait for my return.” Fernando tells them.
 
“Where are you headed?” Karl asks.
 
“I’m going out to the bazaar to gather some information. I should be back within a half hour or so.” Fernando answers. He begins to walk away to the parking area exit. At the exit he looks about not finding much activity going on. In the least one blimp was having its crew load up on various boxed supplies and crates. What gets to him are several older wessens and Native American humans being brought on board in chains. He takes a quick pace to the blimp and goes up to its loading ramp, noting the name on the side ‘New Horizon.’
 
“Who are you and where are you going?!” A stern voice yells out with several large firearms being loaded and aimed into his direction. Several footsteps are heard heading to his direction until he was surrounded.
 
The voice, though much closer and literally next to him repeats loudly, “Who are you and where are you going?”
 
Fernando takes out his wallet and opens it, showing his dual badges, “Officer G. here to talk to you captain and conduct safety inspection.”
 
Everyone looks at each other, then the one who called to him steps up to him with a clip board in hand. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a folded envelope. He hands it to Fernando, “Then this is for you.”
 
Fernando glances at the envelope of ‘Old World Money’ in paper bills of large denominations before he pockets the envelope and pats the man’s chest, and signals him to walk away from the rest of group. He tells him as he makes up his story, “Look. I got report from both the north and the south about two blimps being brought down in flames. Survivors claim of these flaming arrows coming at them at high speed before things went from bad to worst. Now if possible, I would like to talk to your captain about posting look out men at various locations about the ship and keep a watch out for these things.”
 
“I’m the first officer and I’ll notify the captain of this. But we are heading east. Got any information about anything from the east?” the First Officer says and asks.
 
“Only thing I know about the East is storms some 150 miles away.” Fernando says. He asks, “You hauling prisoners or slaves?”
 
“A little of both.” The First Officer says.
 
“Alright then. I’ll leave you and your ship be and consider this ‘inspection’ done. May the winds always be at your tail.” Fernando tells him before he starts walking away.
 
As Fernando disappears into the bazaar, another walks up to the first officer as the last of their cargo is loaded up. He holds out his hand to the first officer, “I’m here for your ship’s inspection...”  
 
Fernando continues about the bazaar not looking at anything in particular, but getting a sense of things. He has noticed that as he passed various people, they would speak behind him. What is said is easily picked up by his sensitive ears.
 
“How dare he walk around here alone?”
 
“Even the Lawmen are scared of him...”
 
“If you guys would back me up, I’d taken him right now...”
 
“What the #$@! are you – some kind of fool?”
 
The last two made him stop in his tracks and turn to them. He then closes the space between them. He point to the first who made his statement, “You want to take me one right now? Go ahead. In fact I’ll let you have the first punch, but in all fairness, I have to have the second punch, if I get up from the punch you gave me.”
 
The guy looks at his friends and then at Fernando. They push him towards Fernando, “Go ahead!” “Knock him out and we’ll back you up!” “YEAH! GIT HIM!”
 
“You’re giving me one punch?” The guy asks Fernando.
 
“You got balls, let’s see you use them-*!” Fernando tells him.
 
The guy tries to sucker punch Fernando in mid-sentence but Fernando manages to evade his fist and then send one to the side of his jaw. He crumples to the floor unconscious to reality that is around him. His jaw looks to be broken as blood slowly oozes from his mouth. Fernando turns to the others, looking at them for the moment. He pulls out a fist full of silver coins and steps to the guy’s friend, handing it to him.
 
“I need a tour guide, you just been hired. Now let’s go...” Fernando tells him as he takes the guy by his arm and pulls him out of the crowd. “Now, I hear there is a card game in these parts. I got 100 $100-gold coins for you after you take me there and take me back home.”
 
“But... I do not know of any card games!” The guy complains.
 
“Oh yes you do. Everyone does. It is whether or not one is invited to them. Now, it is either cards, or billiards. Which one shall it be?” Fernando tells him.
 
“Damnation... I’m not allowed into go into Giovanni’s Pool Hall... I owe them too much money there!” The guy says, then he gasps in realization of what he said.
 
“I’ll take care of the debt for you, just take me there. I’ll do everything else.” He says to him as he takes out the envelope of Old World Money and shows it to him. The guy tries to snatch it and run but misses and trips on his feet, face planting to the floor. Fernando pockets the envelope and picks him up, “I said I am willing to take care of your debt and pay you, but try to rob me and you might be found on the highway dead. Now can I trust you? If so, take me to the Giovanni fellow and I’ll take care of the rest.”
 
The guy nervously shakes his head. He takes Fernando for a long walk through out that part of town until they walk to this out of the place building. While the buildings next to it seem to be run down but still functional, this place looks like it has been recently refurbished to near new condition and properly maintained. Fernando pushes the guy through the door and follows him inside. There were human and Wessen female dancing naked in large cages and a few of them just wearing a bathroom with nothing underneath, showing off what they have to potential clients. One of them looked too much like Minerva, right down to her spots.
 
Somebody from the bar yells out, “HEY! HEY! YOU CAN’T COME BACK HERE UNLESS YOU GOT YOUR MONEY TO PAY YOUR DAMED DEBT!”
 
Seeing this riled up guy at the bar, Fernando pushes his guide to the bar, “And how much does he owe?”
 
“And who are you?” The barkeep asks in an angry tone. He signals to security to come take care of the situation.
 
“My name is Captain Francisco, I’m just off the Slave Ship ‘New Horizons,’ from Slavia. Since Biggus was killed over there, it has been a war to see who controls it now, but while they fight, I’m looking for some ‘fresh meat’ to take back home. He is my tour guide whose services I’m paying for. So how much does he owe? I’ll take it out of his pay.” Fernando tells him.
 
With the security guards surrounding them, the barkeep says, “$1200.”
 
“Oh, that’s all? Damn, I thought he owed something like his left nut or something!” Fernando laughs as he elbows the guard next to him and gestures a pointed finger to his guide’s groin. He then pulls out a sack of gold coins and counts off 12 $100 gold coins, sliding it to the barkeep. “There. Debt Paid.” He then slides another 3 $100 gold coins, “Drinks are on the house!” He then leans over to the barkeep sliding another $100 coin, “I do not know what type of dunk my guide is but give him the hard stuff. I want him pissed drunk and unable to go the bathroom unless he crawls there. Get my meaning?”
 
“Yeah...” The barkeep says and nods before signaling for the guards to go back to their posts.
 
“That is what I like – staff who can follow orders without saying a word.” Fernando says. He then says, “Hey, barkeep, my guide says there is a private pool game going on, can I get in? There’s $500 in it for you if you can get me in.”
 
The barkeep nods and signals for somebody come over. The red haired Wessen in the bathrobe walks up to them. The barkeep tells her, “Take him inside after he pays me.”
 
The red haired Wessen nods, and Fernando puts 5 $100 gold coins on the bar to which the barkeep takes. The red haired Wessen then takes Fernando by the arm and leads him to a curtained off dark hallway which will lead them to the other side of the building.
 
But before they get there, Fernando says, “What are you doing here, Minerva?”
 
The red haired Wessen turns and manages to slap him across the face, “Don’t you ever mention that name around here again!”
 
“But I am asking, what are you doing here?” He asks.
 
“First off, I’m not Minerva. I’m her twin sister Miniya. Secondly I’m here thanks to her in order not to be captured and killed by those who want her dead! Now never mention that name around here again!” Miniya tells him.  
 
“Then I’m sorry, I did not know. You look exactly like her.” Fernando tells her.
 
“Well Duh! We’re twins!” Miniya tells him.
 
“Well, before we go in, tell me what you know about the game they play here.” Fernando asks of her.
 
“They play 8-ball, if you ever heard of that. And they bet high, $10,000 a shot. Also, the table is rigged so a new comer like you cannot ever win. If you do not have the money, they will take whatever you have, including your ship and your cargo manifest. If you know my twin sister, I advise you to keep your mouth shut. Both humans and wessens play here, including Hector. Drinking and smoking is allowed, as well as distractions.” Miniya explains.
 
“I know how to play 8-ball. Now about these ‘distractions...’” Fernando says and asks.
 
Miniya steps up to him and cups his groin in her hand, feeling his massive size inside his pants before saying, “I will be your distraction.”
 
“Then let’s go.” Fernando says to her, grabbing her by the arm.
 
They get to a door at the end of a hall and Miniya nods to let them in. They walk into a scene where the guards drag out the body of a dead pool player by his feet. This fat man in a suit growls as he points a Mother of Perl handled .45 1911 at the body being dragged away, “Let that learned you that no one calls Giovanni a cheater!”
 
The Wessen girl, a white bunny with one lop-ear, who came with him gets grabbed by the arm and taken out of the room. She is shaking her head as to not wanting to be taken away. Fernando steps to the table, “Who has next?”
 
Everyone in the room looks at him. Fernando can see Hector hiding in the back of the crowd.
 
Giovanni looks at Fernando before putting a lit cigar to his mouth, “Looks like you do.”
 
“Good. Now, where is the girl being taken away?” Fernando asks.
 
“None of your business.” Giovanni explains.
 
“Oh, it is my business when I want a live audience to watch this. Let her stay.” Fernando says to Giovanni.
 
“You already got a girl.” Giovanni points to Miniya.
 
“Let’s make this simple. This one game, I lose, she can leave. I win, she can stay.” Fernando tells him as he twists the crystal on his cane.
 
“Then put your money where your mouth is.” Giovanni says to him.
 
Fernando puts 5 sacks of gold coins on the table He then picks up his cane though it now looks like a pool cue, “The game is 8-ball. Unlimited banking, no need to call the ball or the pocket, just get them in with the 8-ball going in the last pocket the last ball went in. I break. If the 8-ball goes in on the first shot, then I win. Fair enough?”
 
“Ha! No one has ever gotten the 8-ball in the first shot since before The Happening!” Giovanni laughs as he signals for one of his men to gather the sacks of gold off the pool table.
 
“Then do you accept my rules?” Fernando asks.
 
Giovanni laughs before he accepts the conditions of the game.
 
Fernando asks, “Where’s your money?”
 
Giovanni laughs, “The girl is my money! It’s her ass now on the table!”  
 
“So you’re saying if I win I can take her home?” Fernando asks.
 
“You can take them both home!” Giovanni exclaims.
 
“Then set up the balls.” Fernando says to him. As they are being set up, he says, “8-ball, back right corner pocket.”
 
Giovanni nods and all of the sudden the crystal on the end of his cue begins to glow, signifying a strong magnetic field has been turned on around them and chances are it is the pool table in front of them. The balls are set and Fernando places the cue ball just left of the triangle group of balls with the 8-ball in the center of the group. He aims his shot with a little English (spin) on the cue ball for it to track a curved line that will track the 8-ball to the back right corner pocket. He pulls back on his cue stick and launching it forward with a twist, impacting the cue ball to forward with a slight spin. It tracks a straight line to the balls but makes a slight turn to the right, breaking the formation and scattering the balls in all directions. But the cue ball follows the 8-ball to the back right corner pocket and sinks only the 8-ball in. All the other balls head to the magnetized area of the table, including the cue ball. If anything, this little cheat of their backfired on them as the magnets made it easier for the 8-ball to leave the group and track its own path to the back right corner pocket.
 
The room is stunned silence. The one hired to oversee the game looks over the balls and counts them before removing 8-ball from the back right corner pocket. He yells, “WINNER!!!”
 
“Beginner’s luck.” Giovanni says.
 
“Beginner’s luck my momma’s left titty. I’ve been playing pool in my mother’s bar in New York City since I have been able to walk. Now, the girl can stay and they are both mine as is the money I put down. So I put down the same money again for our second game. You break first. What are you putting down for money?”
 
“You don’t trust me?!!” Giovanni roars out loud, “I own the place!”
 
“Let’s see how long that is going to last. As my momma used to say, ‘No Money, No Honey.’” Fernando tells him.
 
Some people laugh at hearing that and repeat it – “HA HA! NO Money No Honey!”
 
That riles up Giovanni even more, “PEDRO!!! BRING THE BAG OVER! NOW!”
 
A poor wretched fox or weasel of a male Wessen comes over with a leather medical bag, opening it and puts down two bricks of Old World Money on the pool table.
 
Fernando says as he twists the crystal on his cue stick, “I’ll accept that.”  
 
He can feel the magnetism of the pool table shift for some reason, but understands what Miniya said about the game being rigged.
 
The two Wessen girls stand behind Fernando as the money is taken away and the table is set up. The room gets silent as Giovanni readies himself to shoot. He pulls back on his cue and launches it hard against the cue ball, sending it to the triangle formation at high speed. But it impacts the balls lightly and they only move just a few inches from one another. No balls go into the pocket neither.
 
Fernando goes to the table, feeling the magnetism shift again, saying, “$10,000 a shot? 8 balls, 8 shots, that $80,000. I’ll start with the low balls.” He hunches over the pool table and hit cue ball. It hits the yellow 1 ball and sinks it into a pocket.”
 
Giovanni growls, signaling for the bookkeeper Wessen to put another 2 bricks onto the bet.
 
Fernando goes again, sinking the blue #2 ball into a side pocket. Another two bricks are placed on the betting table. Fernando goes again and the dark orange #3 ball goes in. Another two bricks of cash are placed on the betting table. Fernando sent in the dark blue #4 ball into a corner pocket. Others place money onto the table, thinking that Fernando could not be that good but he sends in the orange #5 ball into an opposite corner pocket. The bet is doubled, forcing Fernando to bet everything he had, though he sinks in the Green #6 ball into a side pocket. The weasel bookkeeper steps out to get another bag, placing the whole bag as a bet. Against everything Fernando had won. The Brown #7 ball goes into a right side pocket.  
 
The 8-ball was near the left corner back pocket and hitting it would send it into that pocket making him lose. Fernando senses the magnetism of the pool table shift oddly but he gets the pattern. He aims, needing to hit the back corner of the pocket to hit the 8 ball out of there and bank twice into the needed side pocket. The cue ball hits tiny corner unnoticed then the 8-ball, both hit the opposite corner and out onto the pool table, across to the right cushion, to the left cushion and the 8-ball is going into the right side pocket. A gunshot is heard and the 8-ball explodes above pocket.
 
Hector is in the back with gun drawn and yelling, “HE CHEATED!”
 
Everyone turns to face his and his two bull-wessen body guards, also with guns drawn. Fernando spins the crystal on his cue stick, then presses it in. In slow motion he can see them begin to fire at his direction. Fernando drawn both his 1911s and start firing in their directions as he falls back to the floor. He hits both Bull Wessens square in the head, killing them but gets Hector in the shoulder as he runs and jumps out of a window.
 
“That Damn Hector! He’s Dead Meat Next Time!” Fernando yells before he slowly gets up as he puts away his guns. But as he gets up, guns are pointed at him. “What gives?”
 
“No 8-ball, no winner. You lose.” Giovanni tells him.
 
Fernando twists the crystal on his cue stick, back trekking the events to before the 8-ball exploded from Hector’s shot, changing the trajectory of the bullet by a quarter of an inch, missing the 8-ball and into the rubber cushion, the 8-ball goes into the pocket and everything of the following events goes unchanged.
 
Fernando looks at him, “You sure about that?” He then points to the judge of the game to search the pocket, and the 8-ball is pulled out of the pocket. It is shown to Giovanni and the rest of the room. The room is stunned silent yet again.
 
“WINNER!” The judge says.
 
“WHY I OUGHT TO!!” Giovanni says out loud.
 
“YOU AINT OUGHT TO NOTHING! HECTOR SHOT AT THE TABLE AND THEN AT ME! NEXT TIME I SEE HIM, HE’S DEAD!” Fernando shouts at him back. He then tones down his voice, “Now if you do not like to lose once in a while, I can understand that if you are an honest man. I’m not here for your money. I’m here for good time. In fact, I will say this – you can take your money back except for 4 bricks of cash and the two girls. I need it to buy some fuel and some accompaniment. We can play a real game later. Right now I’m going after that Wessen.”
 
Fernando tries to leave but the security stops him in his tracks.
 
“Let’s go to my office where we can make some deals.” Giovanni tells him. Fernando and the two Wessen girls are led to Giovanni’s office. They are made to take seats before the guards step outside. Giovanni looks at the three of them. “Who are you.” He says sternly.
 
“I’m Captain Francisco of the slave blimp ‘New Horizon.’” Fernando tells him.
 
“The New Horizon is my Slave Blimp, and I do not have a Captain Francisco.” Giovanni says to him.
 
“Well, you do now.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Alright then. Since you seem to like these girls, you do not answer with the truth, I’ll have the bunny girl – Tracy-Ann - shot first and then Miniya second.” Giovanni tells him flatly.
 
“Alright. I am Captain Francisco, Rescue Medic for my convoy passing through. But I still need money for fuel for my convoy so we can continue to the next town.” Fernando explains.
 
“That’s more like it. Now, how did you win? I never seen anyone play that good.” Giovanni complains.
 
“Simple, I know you cheated.” Fernando tells him. Giovanni tries to argue that he didn’t, but Fernando cuts him off, “My mother had the same tables at her place so I practiced with the magnets on the table on, off and pulsating. I’ve been playing on those tables for 25 of my 30 years of my life. So when I sensed the magnets flip-flopping in your table, I knew how to play.”
 
Giovanni scowls at him. But then he nods. “So you said you want 4 bricks of cash, and the two girls?” Giovanni asks.
 
“For fuel.” Fernando says.
 
“I understand that from the money. Why the girls?” Giovanni asks.
 
“Well, you put them on the betting table, I won them, so I’ll take them into my group and get them to do rescues with the rest of us.” Fernando explains.
 
Giovanni just grumbles.
 
Fernando switches subjects on him, “Now, about Hector?”
 
“What about him?” Giovanni asks.
 
“He damaged your pool table by tying to shoot the 8-ball.” Fernando explains.
 
It finally hits him, “THAT DAMN WESSEN IS DEAD!”
 
Fernando relaxes for a while, observing Giovanni until he calms down. He then asks, “If you do not mind, I need to go back to my crew and take care of them.”
 
Giovanni points his finger at Fernando, “You really giving me back the money I lost? Why.”
 
“Like I said, I’m here for a game, not the money though I do need some of it for food for my crew and fuel but that is all I’m going to take. You know, I could come back and tell you of some places you can expand this little operation. I’m sure Center Town would like an entertainment center like this.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Center Town?” Giovanni asks.
 
“It’s about 200 miles North of Fight Town. A real boring place, mostly a farming community. But you can get that puppy howling with such a place like this over there.” Fernando explains.
 
Giovanni sits back against his seat and thinks. He then presses a button under his desk. The weasel bookkeeper and the guards enter the room.  
 
“Give him 4 bricks of the winnings and his things he put up to bet. He’s leaving and taking the two girls with him.” Giovanni tells them.
 
“Alright boss.” The weasel bookkeeper says as he hands Fernando his winnings.
 
“One more thing Giovanni.” Fernando calls to him as he puts away his things.
 
“Yeah, what?” Giovanni asks.
 
“If I capture Hector, I’m bringing him to you. If you capture him, I want to see him get his just deserts.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Yeah.” Giovanni nods at him.
 
Fernando finishes his packing and tells the girls to follow him. On the way out they run into a very drunk guy, his ‘tour guide’ he left behind. He looks at the barkeep, “He’s still standing! Give him another!”
 
That was enough to distract the guy enough to get away from him. Once outside, Fernando asks, “You ladies got a place to go to? A home, apartment, hotel room?” Neither of them said a thing, just shake their heads.
 
“Alright then.” He says. He tells them as he turns the crystal on his cue stick, “Take a deep breath and close your eyes.”
 
They do as he said and he presses the crystal, teleporting them to his convoy camp by his camper. He opens the side door of his camper, telling them, “Go inside and rest. I got things to figure out. I’m just closing the door for you ladies to have some privacy.”
 
- To Be Continued. -

There was nothing much in the camp area, and the parking lot seems to be quiet. Though looks can be deceiving, it seems that the camp can guard itself if he were to leave for a few minutes. He steps out to the Blimp area and head towards the administration building on the left and yet continues past it to the several other buildings and to control and communications building. Past that is an open field north of the runway. North of that is the road they would have taken if they continued past the first parking area. Fernando continues to look about; to the south are the take-off runway and various hangers beside the parallel side utility runways, to the south east is another bazaar area with buildings and stores where Maggie’s place is at. Further south east past the runway is Wessen town as he can see it. Looking back at the road at the north, it goes out for another mile with scattered buildings and then goes into warehouses, and an occasional truck rolling by on the road. The road looks like it turns from east to the south where other buildings seem to line the road but traffic cannot be seen, leading Fernando to think that these are the backs of buildings on the west side of the road.
 
He continues to look out, this town is expansive in size but not as big in population as others as there are large gaps between the groups of buildings and bazaars, and at least other Blimp holding/parking/lift-off area to the one his convoy is near of. It almost makes it as if these were separate smaller towns instead of a large one that is by their shared roads. The runway shows signs of usage and maintenance so something must be taking off and landing from it. For a town that is supposed to be a major hub of commerce, it seems rather quiet. He thinks how difficult it has been to make friends here and wonders. The truth of the fact is that like Fight Town, Flight Town is nothing more than a self-centered hive of money making ventures through what one is willing to do to make that money.
 
There is a lot to do but nothing is going to get done. He is sure of that. He cannot help to think that there are many pieces to the puzzle and that there are pieces missing. If Minerva joins the convoy with the kids, she is going to need transport for her and them. Yet she says she does not know how to drive, and driver will be required to drive her and the children if he is to get a vehicle for them. And getting a vehicle for them is another matter, it would have to be large to house them and take care of their needs. They would need a vehicle like that the den mother has. At best it would be better if Minerva decides to leave Flight Town that she leaves with General Jastrey in charge of the kids.
 
But who is Minerva? His daughters made her seem like she is somebody who is or will be important to him. He knows that he will be rescuing those who will be important to him and the convoy. Ruth and her family have been extremely helpful in getting the group fed, the Wessen have been extremely helpful in protecting the convoy and preparing the food, Maribelle and the teens has been helpful with the information they know through their past travels, everyone has been helpful in one form or another and the group has been self supportive because of the work everyone does. Even Ichigo has made herself useful in helping out in the short she has been there though she can be a pest to some at times. But where would Minerva fit in? Where would she sleep? Where would she go? How does he feel for her? How do the others feel about her?
 
The answers to the questions are not there. Not now at least. What bothers him was how comfortable he felt with her in his bed. It’s no lie that he and Tammy have not shared a bed in months before their break up and he leaving the place they shared before the Spirits teleported him to this Hell Hole of a Future World. Back at home there was a possibility of having a relationship with Jeanette even though she refused to move out of Texas at the time but at least it is somebody he knows and was friends with, one he seen grow up online to an attractive young adult woman with similar likes, interests and career as he. But in this world though she is an adult by age, she had been physically reverted to that of one in her teens. That is not good and destroys any possibility of any relationship that might happen, despite her Time Crossed self calling him as her husband. The strange thing that backs it up is she walks with a dead Chrono Cane which she claims belongs to Future Fernando. Either way there is no way this Fernando is going to marry a little girl in his mind.
 
Though not exactly the center of town, Fernando can see much of the layout the town was in. He thinks that if anyone is selling and refurbishing a large vehicle, it would be there in that area in the east end of the north road. But before he can decide in getting a vehicle, he needs to get confirmation from all parties involved as to what is needed. With little to go on, Fernando turns around and starts to head back home. The trip was uneventful until he got to the parking lot.
 
Several jeeps and assorted vehicles roll into the parking lot the convoy was in. He steps up to the middle of the parking lot not blocked by his convoy. One of the jeep vehicles rolls up to Fernando.

 
“You Rescue Medic Fernando G.? And this you convoy camp?” A female officer says from the jeep’s passenger seat.
 
“I am and it is.” Fernando tells her.
 
The female officer gets up on her seat, blows a whistle, twirls her arm over her head and yells, “THIS IS IT! SET UP CAMP AND POST UP THE GUARDS!” As the vehicles went out to do as ordered, the officer steps out and steps up to Fernando, putting out her hand, “I’m Major Moynihan, and we are the backup you requested. Troop support vehicles will be arriving in 4 hours or so it is just us for now. Explain to me the situation we have here.”

 
Fernando takes her hand and shakes it before he begins to explain, “Well, this is a multifold problem for you to deal with, but the immediate concern is two-fold. First, there is a pack of so-called lawmen going about establishing their form of justice, and have deemed my camp, convoy, and members thereof as a target of harassment and false arrest. They are not Lawmen of any established town or municipality, but a group of so-called bounty hunters that go about bullying others and demand money payments for protection and arrests. They are currently having a little war with the Wessen Town at the far south eastern end of the Flight Town. As such they tried to arrest my Wessen, and they tried to arrest members of my convoy including myself. Wessens, hybrids and some humans are deemed as slaves and subject to arrest and resale without proof or provocation. Second, the war with Wessen Town is lead by a Fox Wessen named Hector De La Cruz. They are armed and dangerous; one of their supply houses was destroyed by the lawmen when they raided it, though that destruction may have been through improper handling of munitions during the raid as several Lawmen were killed in the operation. Hector and his men deal with the dark side of town, as like Fight Town, this place is not fine and honkey dorey. Hector is Anti-human, and goes about promoting the superiority of Wessens over humans and humans are to be enslaved or killed. He harasses the merchants and what he cannot buy; he will take by stealing it. He also deals in contraband, illegal gambling and prostitution with certain members of Human Dark Societies. In all that, they came here to harass me and my convoy which is why we requested for back up, but I did not expect you guys to come until about night fall and I did not expect anything this big.”
 
“I see.” Major Moynihan says. “Are there any logistical issues we should know about?”
 
“There is a major one which we are trying to solve. I found out that there is no outside source for water, only indoor sites have access to water. We, through Hondo, managed to get a hanger with some provisions; it does have a couple of access points for water within. But the issue is going there and coming back with packaged water without being harassed.” Fernando asks.
 
“We can take care of that for you. Now is Hondo around? I would like to speak to him so we can have water flowing here ASAP.” The major says.
 
“I do not know where he is. But he should be returning soon.” Fernando says.
 
“We will see him then.” The major says.
 
Fernando calls to his camp patrol. Marvin, Karl, Madison, Robin, Patricia and Alice walk up to them. Fernando speaks, “Ladies, gentlemen, this is Major Moynihan and she and her troop will be aiding us in guarding the camp and help provide other services for our safety. Introduce yourself to her ‘men’ during the patrol and if a situation arises, let them deal with it. You guys will continue to patrol and request for back up if anything arises.” He this turns to Major Moynihan, “Major, these are the daytime guard duty members of the convoy: Marvin, Karl, Madison, Robin, Patricia and Alice. There is a night time contingent which you will meet when they come out for their patrol. We have 3 meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner, with the night crew having a packaged night-time lunch meal already provided to them to eat when they deem it is lunch time for them. Every adult here has a job to do, and they know where they are to be and when. I am currently trying to rescue a Wessen care giver and the many kids she over sees, so there will be some visiting during the day. Consult with my guards as to who they are when they arrive. With that, I hand over security the camp over to you.”
 
“Thank you, Mister G. This must be a big threat for you to call on us for back up, as you already have established your line of defense and fortifications of the camp with your vehicles.” Major Moynihan tells him.
 
“In short, they outnumber us by a minimum of 5 to 1.” Fernando tells her.
 
“Good enough. Let them come, my ‘men’ will shoot five times and then walk home. They can sort out their dead afterwards.” The major says. “Now, any Intel worth of any value?”
 
Fernando dismisses his guards to continue their patrol and introduce themselves to the Major’s men, before he starts to walk away. The major walks with him as he explains the various things he seen and dealt with throughout the town. He tells her of the places he goes out for food – Maddie’s Place for breakfast items and the Asian place for various dinner items. He warns her of the Pastry baker at the front of the bazaar, and where the places if ill repute he had found. He explains of the situation of the children he is helping and of their care giver ‘Minerva.’ After almost a half hour of explaining, they break up and head to their separate directions.

Around 1:30 - 2:00PM
 
Remembering his $1800 in gold coins he had spent at Giovanni’s place, Fernando pauses in mid-step and thinks for a while. He then twists the crystal on his cane before pressing it down onto the cane.
 
Inside the cash register of Giovanni’s bar and the ‘tip jar’, the gold coins vanish as if they were never there to begin with.
 
Fernando’s pocket suddenly gets heavy, but he continues to take a step and goes on his way. In all this that has happened, Fernando has not taken a lunch nor has he checked on Ichigo at the Dub Box trailer. But he does not care for the moment as he walks aimlessly around.  Though things were settling down, he had a feeling that something was not right. In fact it was several things that were not right as far as he can sense but could not make heads or tails of the situation.
 
With little to do, Fernando goes out to the bazaar to head to the Asian Restaurant to make an order for tonight’s dinner. He thinks that Lo Mein (noodles) and White Rice would continue the meal but with vegetables in white sauce instead of spicy garlic sauce, and another order of 100 frozen Spring (Vegetable) Rolls, Brazed Chicken and Beef in White Sauce; the white sauce is a thick rice porridge. He thinks the order should be enough for the convoy camp and the children Minerva would bring as well as Tracey-Ann and Miniya. He realizes his mistake as he did not take into account of Major Moynihan and her men. In his mind he decides to double the order he has in his mind before stepping into the Asian Restaurant. He sees the same counter person on the front of the store, sweeping the floor with a beaten up broom.
 
Fernando stops next to him, “One of these days I’m going to learn your name.”
 
The counter person looks at him and nods, “Name Steve, Steven Sakamori-Ng.”
 
“Interesting, Japanese and Chinese?” Fernando asks.
 
“You’re quite knowledgeable if you can understand that.” Steve replies.
 
“I travel all over the place and learned a few things.” Fernando explains himself. He then adds, “Sorry I’m early but I got a double large order to place as a couple more vehicles from my convoy just arrived.”
 
“No problem if you give us the time.” Steve replies, adding, “What is your order?”
 
Fernando goes down on his list: 100 large box orders of Vegetable Lo Mein (noodles) and White Rice, 200 frozen Spring (Vegetable) Rolls, and Brazed Chicken and Beef in White Sauce in a large serving box; the white sauce is a thick rice porridge. A side order of assorted steamed vegetables, and 200 fried vegetable dumpling and 200 fried beef dumplings. He asks how long it would take and how much will it cost.
 
“It will be ready before 6o’clock. Cost-$950.” Steve tells him.
 
Fernando takes an envelope of old world money, and shows off and hands him a $100 bill, “Before I give you coins, do you accept this?”
 
“Ah, Old World Money. Yeah, I’ll accept it, but can I ask where you got it?” Steve says and asks.
 
“I won it from some 8-ball game in the shady part of town. The loser refused to pay until I persuaded him that it would be beneficial to his health to be debt free.” Fernando explains.
 
Steve laughs and then pulls out a jar of iodine with a Q-tip swab in it, “Good one. But before I can accept it, I have to test it. Many printing up fake money.”
 
“Oh sure! Show me how and hell, I’ll give you more for your service and education.” Fernando tells him.
 
Steven holds up the jar of purple fluid, explaining, “I’ll just dab a tiny corner with this. If it is real, it will show up as purple, if it is fake, it turns black.”
 
“Oh, the old Iodine Starch test!” Fernando lets out.
 
“So you know about this?” Steve asks.
 
“I’m a medic, I have a supply of Iodine in my rescue vehicle, so yes, I know about it. Let’s test this cash. It better be OK or else some loser’s health is going to turn for the worse later today.”
 
Fernando hands out the money and it gets tested. Surprisingly, all of the money turns out to be real. Fernando then hands over $1200 over to Steve, $900 for the meal, $300 for doing him a favor of testing his money and as a tip incentive to continue excellent service.
 
“Thank you!” Fernando tells him, “I’ll be back at around 6o’clock with a couple friends to help haul the food back in one trip. I just need the receipt before I leave.”
 
“Here you go.” Steve hands him the receipt with the words “Paid In Full” written on it.
 
“Take care!” Fernando says before he heads back. In a couple minutes he was back in the camp and goes over to Major Moynihan. “Excuse me Major, can I have a minute of your time?”  
 
“Sure Fernando, How can I help you?” The Major says to him.
 
“Well, I went out to order dinner for my group and some children that might be visiting as well. But then I realized by the time your remaining support troops come, it would be late, so I extended the order to feed your men as well. Now I’m not asking for repayment for getting your men dinner. I just need a couple guys to haul it back to camp from the place that is preparing it for me, and another help organize distribution of the food to make sure everyone gets fed here. Nothing more.” Fernando explains.
 
“We’ll take my jeep, I want to see this place you are ordering from. If the food is good, we will work with them on feeding the troops while we are here.” Major Moynihan says.
 
“For large orders, they need about 5 hours to prepare it, and you can do a partial payment upon order and complete the payment when you pick it up or you can pay it all in full when you order.” Fernando explains.
 
Major Moynihan nods, and then asks, “What is today’s order?”
 
Fernando hands over the receipt to show what he had ordered, explaining that “The meal is set up as meatless but with separate orders of meat to add to it. Many of our Wessens cannot eat meat.”
 
Major Moynihan nods, “Tomorrow, we feed your camp as you fed us.”
 
“Thank you. We meet around 6PM to pick up the meal.” Fernando says.
 
“Question, where do you set up to distribute your meals?” The major asks.
 
“Oh... Behind my camper is my trailer, we setup for food distribution there with a couple of tables. Everyone is given a cardboard box or bowl and the food is placed within. Miss Ruth and Miss Maria and a couple of teens or female Wessens are there to distribute the food to those who line up to receive food.” Fernando explains.
 
“I’ll have a couple men help out in the food distribution.” The major says.
 
“Thanks” Fernando says, he then realizes, “I have to go out and buy some sweet water juices.” He looks around the camp before telling the major, “I’ll be back in about half an hour.”
 
“We will be waiting.” The major says.
 
Fernando goes back to his camper and to the back where Ichigo was at. He takes her to the camper, opening the sliding door and stepping in with her behind him. Miniya and Tracey-Ann were sitting on the bed with Tracey-Ann leaning against Miniya and Miniya holding her. He looks at them, “Hope you ladies are doing alright.”
 
“Who is she?” Miniya asks.
 
“That is my daughter, Maria. She’s helping out on giving out the meals with Ms Ruth.” Fernando says before reaching up and popping up the top camper tent. He then looks down at Miniya, “Where you are sitting at, is where she and my other daughter sleep.”
 
“Oh... want us to get of the bed?” Miniya asks.
 
“You can stay there. I’m just telling you that if you stay, we need to find a place for you to sleep in. Meanwhile, dinner will be served at about 6o’clock – 6:30, and lights out – bed time is at around 9o’clock. But we will have things figured out by then.” He tells her.
 
“OK...” Miniya says.
 
“I need to step out and get some sweet water juices, Maria will remain in here for her safety while I am gone.” Fernando tells them.
 
“Safety? What’s going on?” Miniya asks.
 
Fernando reaches over to Ichigo and holds her against him, “If you know what is going on at Flight Town, the Event Manager Ichigo Morino is being hunted down for rigging a fight, and the reward for her live capture is one million dollars. Thing is she must be brought in alive and to General Jastrey to get the reward. But many want to see her dead. My daughter Maria looks exactly like Ichigo, a fact General Jastrey is aware of. Anyone bringing my daughter to General Jastrey will be arrested and executed for child kidnapping. Maria here is a child, my child. Ichigo, despite her small size and appearance of a child, is an adult. So if you do not mind a bit of company, Maria will be here waiting for me to return.”
 
Fernando then pats Ichigo on her butt and signals her to get on the bed.
 
“I’ll be back in a bit.” Fernando says to the girls in the camper. He opens the door and leaves, closing the sliding door and locks it.
 
Ichigo looks at the Wessens, “So, daddy bought you from slavery or something?”
 
“It’s a long story.” Miniya tells her.
 
“I got plenty of time.” Ichigo tells her.
 
Fernando gets his pull cart from the Dub Box trailer and starts to walk out of the camp area.
 
 
- To Be Continued. -

Walking into the bazaar, Fernando manages to find a merchant nearby the troublesome pastry baker’s stand, in fact, across the thin road on it. A couple of Major Moynihan’s men had followed Fernando out of the camp and into the bazaar. Fernando was aware of their presence but pretended to not pay attention to them. He stands at the merchant’s stand.
 
“I see you deal in fruit juices. What you have, and how much of it do you have?” Fernando says and asks.
 
“What you see is that I got. I can make more, plenty more. Tell me what you want.” The merchant says.
 
“Hmmm... you seem to have a lot of tropical fruits. This is not the Tropics.” Fernando points out.
 
“What you know about tropical fruits?” The merchant asks.
 
Fernando points out what is on display, “That is a Papaya, that’s a Guava, Passion Fruit, Pineapple, Florida Avocado, Mexican Avocado, Limes, Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries, shall I go on? My family used to grow half this stuff before the Happening. You also have Apples, Pears, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries – those are not tropical.”
 
“So you know your fruits. Now what do you want?” The merchant says in an annoyed tone.
 
“Well, I was about to say that I need a large order but if you are going to be all snarky about it, then I’ll go elsewhere.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Heh... a couple of gallons of sweet water is not a large order.” The merchant says.
 
“No it is not, but I’m buying 50 gallons to feed 200 mouths in my convoy.” Fernando tells him before he starts to walk away.
 
The merchant tried to get out of his stall and stop in front of front of Fernando, “Now wait a minute. We are being too hasty.”  
 
“Look, you just lost a customer because of your attitude and your assumptions of who I am and what I know. Deal with it. Go back to your shop before you make a scene and lose more customers.” Fernando tells him.
 
The merchant is stupefied, Fernando steps around him and points to the next merchant, “Hey, what you got in sweet water juices?”
 
“Let me know what you need. If I do not have it, I can send you to somebody that will.” The merchant says.
 
“Well now, you got 5 or 10 gallon jugs?” Fernando asks.
 
“I got both. What you need?” The merchant says and asks.
 
“OK, I will need 2 – 10 gallon Lemon aide drink, 2 – 10 gallons of Orange juice, and 2 – 10 gallons of Apple juice.  Do you have them?” Fernando says and asks.
 
“I have them. How are you going to carry them?” the second merchant says and asks.
 
“I have a hand cart to carry as much as it can hold. How much for all of them?” Fernando says and asks.
 
“$10 a jug.” The merchant says.
 
“That’s all?” Fernando asks, and then he says, “Put them in the cart!” He then puts 4 $20 silver coins on the counter.
 
“You gave me too much.” The merchant slides back one of the coins.
 
“Keep it. That is for being honest and honorable. Consider it as a reward for your hard work.” Fernando tells him.
 
Shocked, the merchant yells at his crew to get two 10 gallons of Lemon Aid, Orange Juice and Apple Juice and to help put them into his pull cart. It only takes a couple of minutes do this. Fernando goes off to find another merchant where he found large size paper cups in 100 cup stacks. He gets 4 stacks and packs those into the pull cart along with the jugs of juices. Looking at the jugs, they are of the resealable kind. He nods to himself as he thinks they can be used as water jugs after they have been emptied of their juice and washed out. He then goes back to camp.
 
Back in the camp he finds Ruth at around her camper. He walks up to her.
 
“Good afternoon Ruth, how are things?” Fernando asks.
 
“Good afternoon, Fernando.” Ruth replies. She then asks, “These soldiers, I heard they are to help us?”
 
“They are to help provide guarding the area, there was some trouble with some self-appointed law men. I requested for their help. There will be more coming for our protection.” Fernando explains.
 
“I hope they bought their own food, I do not think we have enough to feed them all.” Ruth points out.
 
“I’ll take care of the food situation for now. They will help giving the food out but you are in charge of that.  Not only do we have to feed us and them, there are also those kids that were here earlier. They will be back. For that I got these juices for everyone, and will be picking up some food from the Asian restaurant at around 6. Part of that will be some frozen vegetable rolls, just throw them into the oven for about 10 minutes while the food is being prepared to be given out. In fact, I think I have some in storage you can warm up before 6PM. And use these paper cups for these juices – Lemon, Orange, and Apple. Do not throw out the jugs when they are empty, we will need them later on as water jugs. The soldiers will be working with Hondo on getting water from the hanger. So it is going to be crazy for a while, but if we do this right, it will be an organized crazy. Tomorrow, they will provide with Breakfast and dinner. Talk to Major Moynihan about the details and how you can help. I’ll be getting supplies throughout the day.” Fernando explains.
 
“That is a lot to take in.” Ruth says.
 
“Well, until Val can get her head straight, you are in command of feeding us and the military will help you out.” Fernando says. He adds, “I’m more worried about the kids in this city. They are in a bad situation here, and there is no way we can help them.” He pauses for a second, “Well, when General Jastrey comes, I’ll have something figured out to help them with by then.”
 
“Let’s hope you do. You’re doing god’s work in helping out the poor.” Ruth says. She then suddenly changes the subject, “Since we now have extra help and protection, would it be possible for someone to be in the grassy area? I saw a couple of people I did not recognize walking about back there.”
 
“Interesting. I will talk to Major Moynihan about that. And I will put these in my Dub Box trailer for storage and you can serve them with the dinner meal. There are about 35 children I’m taking care of here and an adult care giver for them all. Just watch and observe, when in doubt ask. I do not want free-loaders and riff raff coming in thinking they can have a free meal. It should just us, the military personnel, 35 kids and 3 female adults – a grey bunny Wessen named Tracey-Ann and a spotted white hamster human hybrid twins named Minerva and Miniya. Minerva is in charge of the kids.” Fernando explains.
 
“I’ll definitely keep an eye out. Thanks for letting me know.” Ruth replies.
 
“No – Thank you for your hard work in helping feed the camp. Without you and Val, most of us would be wondering where our next meal would come from.” Fernando tells her. He then says, “I need to put these away in the Dub Box. They will be by the bench when you walk in. Ichigo will be helping you at dinner time.”
 
“I’ll see you then.” Ruth says.
 
“See you...” Fernando says before walking away to his Dub Box trailer. Once there he begins to unload the pull cart of the jugs of juices, placing them by the bench. The stacks of paper cups were place on top of the juice jugs. He then puts the pull cart away inside the storage area under the benches. Fernando can see Hondo sitting on his camper steps and looking quite defeated.
 
 
About 20 – 30 minutes before...
 
Val steps out of the camper and heads into the grass to walk away from the situation. She does not see that Maggie has stepped out of the bathroom in the camper and saw her leaving, deciding to following her to where ever she goes. Once outside the camper, Maggie can see Val going through the grassy area behind the camp, and heads into it. She follows Val through the grass and into town.
 
Maggie did not know where Val was going but following her seemed to make sense for some reason. Val looks about at the various low-lives and places of ill repute as if she was shopping for something.
 
A voice yells from the crowd at Val, “Hey lady! Looking for a good time?!!”
 
Val holds up her middle finger at some older man and continues to walk away from him. Maggie had to hide for a brief second as the older man tries to confront Val but is met with the busy end of .45 to his face. He walks away with both his hands raised at his shoulders. Val stands there for a few seconds before heading off on her own direction. Maggie gives chase again after her. In a few moments and passing a few places, Val walks into bar – McGee’s Saloon & Watering Hole. She is not sure as to why she is going in there but she is. Maggie notices her entry and waits outside for a moment before going inside.
 
Val walks in, seeing a couple of card games going on, one table in particular surrounded by Lawmen where a Lawman was playing against six others. She walks up to the bar, giving the bartender the universal signal of ‘one finger’ for a shot of whiskey while still looking at the game. The bartender puts the shot glass on the table and fills it. She does not notice that the bartender was an older woman but does sense her presence.
 
“What kind of game is going on over there?” Val says without looking at the bartender.
 
“7 Card Draw, $500 a hand.” The bartender replies.
 
Val turns around to meet a woman, “I was expecting a man to be bartending.”
 
“I was expecting a man to be drinking, but women do come in.” The Bartender says to her, extending her hand to Val, “Lianna’s the name, Lee for short.”
 
“Val the name. Just Val.” She says to Lee. She then adds, “Is that a private game or anyone can join?” Val asks.
 
“Depends on whether you have the money to buy in.” Lee answers.
 
“Money is not a problem-*?!!” Val begins to say but a disruption gets their attention.
 
“You Cheated!” One of the players gets up and bangs his hand on the table. The Lawmen takes a half step back and pull out their guns.
 
“Sit down Lars, before an accident happens.” The Lawman sitting at the table tells him.
 
“I Ain’t Sittin’ With A Cheater!” The one making the accusations yells out.
 
As that disruption was going on, another disruption happens.
 
“HEY! LET ME GO!” A female’s voice is heard yelling right before the front door is kicked in and a female Raccoon Wessen is thrown into the bar. A Lawman steps into bar and puts his boot between the Wessen’s shoulders.
 
“Lookie what I caught snoopin’ outside!” The Lawman yells out to be heard.
 
Val realizes that it is Maggie. She gets up and draws her gun from her holster and aims it to the Lawman at the door, “What The #$@! You Doing To MY Wessen?!!!”
 
The Lawman at the card game table says out loud to be heard, “All Wessens Found In Town Are To Be Arrested!”
 
“You’re Letting Her Go Or Else!” Val yells back.
 
The Lawman signals to the other to make a line between him and Val with weapons drawn, saying, “Or else what? It is just one of you, and eight of us.”
 
All of the sudden the Lawman’s hat at the door flies off his head followed by him flying across the room and over a couple of tables, crumpling onto the floor. Fernando stands where the lawman stood and his arms in a Martial Arts fighting position and his right leg raised up to where the lawman’s shoulders would have been. Hondo steps in with both guns drawn, then slowly helps Maggie to get up.
 
Fernando turns to the line of Lawmen with one of his guns drawn, “I told you assholes to leave me, my people and my Wessens alone or there would be a price to be paid!”
 
“Heh... I heard you threaten that you would bring an army in here. I don’t see an army.” The Lawman mocks Fernando.
 
Fernando pulls out his Yeasu VX-2 radio, “Major Moynihan, what’s the status?”
 
“The building is surrounded and we are ready to charge in.” A voice says on the radio.
 
“You’re bluffing.” The Lawman says.
 
“Flash Bang the place and storm in. We got about 8 Lawmen to deal on the right of the entry way with and several innocent all over the place. I want them alive.” Fernando says on the radio.
 
The windows break and there are muffled explosions of high intensity brightness before several military men make their way in, and taking out a lawman each. They were made to kneel, disarmed and handcuffed in the middle of the streets in view of everyone.
 

---

A few minutes before...
 
Fernando sees Hondo sitting on his camper steps and looking quite defeated. He gets up and out of the Dub Box Camper, heading out to Hondo.
 
“Hey, what happened?” Fernando asks.
 
“Val is not in the camper. She jus up and left.” Hondo stated.
 
“Alright. Then let’s find her.” Fernando says. He takes his cane and twists the crystal, opening an observation ball – a small portal in time to witness history.
 
“You can do that and you didn’t when she was caught in Center Town?” Hondo says angrily.
 
“There was some interference in Center Town...” Fernando says as they look into the glowing ball. But like in Center Town only static can be seen. “The interference is still there.”
 
Hondo nods, though upset by the findings. But within the static the fuzzy image of a female raccoon Wessen appears but for a moment.
 
They both say “Maggie?”  
 
Fernando adds, “Focus on Maggie.”  
 
Maggie’s image sharpens and follows a static blob through the grass and into town, following it through the streets. The static blob goes into a building “McGee’s Saloon.” Maggie walks up to the door and a couple minutes later a lawman goes up behind her. He throws her into the saloon’s doorway and draws out his gun.
 
Fernando teleports himself and Hondo to Major Moynihan. “We got a situation at McGee’s Saloon. I need a few men with me.”
 
“I’ll go with you. Get in the jeep and let’s go.” The major says.
 
“I have a better way.” Fernando spins on the crystal of his cane and teleports the major, her jeep and a few armed men with him and Hondo to McGee’s Saloon. The men surround the building as Fernando and Hondo walk in.
 

---

 
“Hondo, you go get Val, I’ll take care of Maggie.” Fernando tells him. He then helps Maggie get up and taking her outside.
 
Major Moynihan steps up to Fernando, “What do you want with these assholes?”
 
“If it were me, I’d kill them now to send a message to their leader.” Fernando begins to say. He then throws in, “Take their weapons, hardware and clothing. We are going to parade them through town in their nakedness.”
 
“We got men to take you all on!” The smart mouth one begins to say.
 
Fernando points him out. “Release him and give him his weapons and get him to stand.” They get him up and standing in front of Fernando. Fernando tells him as he twists the crystal on his cane, “You are free to tell your boss the following...”
 
“I’m telling him nothing but the truth!” The smart mouth lawman says.
 
“Then have it your way...” Fernando says as he turns to face away and stomping his cane onto the floor. The lawman flies up into the air in an alarming rate. He disappears as a dot in the skies, reaching space in just a few seconds. Fernando then stomps his cane on the floor, unknown to them the Lawman is teleported into the Atlantic Ocean in the whirlpool waves of a Category 5 Storm. Fernando stomps his cane on the ground again and the Lawman is teleported to the dark night of the frozen waste lands of the Antarctic. Fernando stomps his cane on the ground again and a semi conscious Lawman appears on the floor in front of the others covered in fragments of ice, shaking and crying as if the doctor just smacked his ass after pulling him out of his mother’s birth canal.. “I changed my mind. Just take their weapons and release them. They have a message to rely to their boss.”
 
“What’s the message?” The major asks.
 
“The message is – the Time Walker is here and he is pissed. Bother him at your own risk. This idiot will tell them where I send him. We will leave for camp when Hondo steps out with Val.”