[10:00 AM, Mitsuminejinja Shinto Temple Shrine – Japan]
The lone figure returns to the dorm rooms with several Shinto Priests including the Head Priest himself. They stand in the middle of the Lone Figure’s room as he calls out.
“Miniya, I need you to come out please.” The lone figure says loud enough to be heard. She gets up from Cowboy’s room and steps out into Lone Figure’s room.
“Yes?” She says as she sees the priests behind her.
The Lone Figure reaches out with the books and leather wallet of test tubes, swinging it slowly for the priest behind it to take them. The Head Priest steps beside the Lone Figure and then he and the other priests give a bow, “Thank you. This will help greatly to our cause.”
Miniya stands there confused, though assured and proud of herself before saying, “You’re welcomed.”
“Seriously. You did more where I could not. Too many out there selling snake oil as fake cures for the Spirits’ work. You found something where I kept running into dead ends.” The Lone Figure tells her.
Miniya bows her had, “A lot of people died in order to give me that and make sure I made it back here.”
“May the Spirits suffer from their bad Karma.” The Head Priest says, adding as he waves his staff at Miniya, “And the spirits continue to provide you and your friends with safe passage and wealth.”
Miniya gives a slight bow, saying, “Thank you.”
“We will leave you be. If you need anything, just ask.” The Head Priest tells her and the men in the room. He then turns around and nods to his fellow priests and leads them out of the room with the things the lone figure gave them.
Miniya turns to the Lone Figure, “What to do now?”
“We are going to rest for a couple days while I wait for my contacts to call me with more information and deal with other needs.” The Lone figure tells her. He then asks her, “Did you have anything to eat?”
“Just a couple of trail mix bars.” Miniya replies.
“Would you want something now or you think you can wait until lunch time?” The Lone Figure asks.
“I can wait.” Miniya says.
“Well then, there is nothing much to do around here. As you know, there are some Wessen Friendly areas around here, but not all. So beware if you go out, though I prefer if you went out with me or my friend.” The Lone figure says.
“Will do.” Miniya says.
Quote from Hondo I. Sackett on Jan 20th, 2023, 4:06pm:Hondo, instead of following them walked back to the corporal’s body and looked at it for a moment, letting the sight of the dead young man kindle his anger further. After a moment he pulled his radio from his back pocket and keyed the mike.
“Righteous Cowboy Calling the Medic…. Righteous Cowboy calling the Medic….. Come in Medic, This is Priority one.” Hondo said flatly into the radio, giving pause between sentences to let Fernando answer.
After a few more seconds a voice answered, “Medic here. What is wrong, Righteous?”
“Need you here. Bring that Major with you.” Hondo replied quickly.
“What’s happened, Righteous?” Fernando asked
“Not over the radio, Medic. Just come armed and being medical supplies. Righteous Cowboy Out.”
“I’ll be there in three minutes.” Fernando says.
Hondo does not reply, a silent code to say that the situation there was desperate. Fernando takes his cane and twists the crystal before pressing down on it into the cane. In a bright flash of light he teleports from where has was between the convoy parking lot and the hanger to the middle of the parking lot. Getting out of the Medi-Jeep, he twists the crystal on the cane and presses the crystal to get his medical equipment into the Medi-Jeep as he walks to the commander’s tent.
“And here we have some confiscated radio equipment listening on those who...” Major Moynihan begins to explain as she points out the equipment to General Jastrey.
Fernando interrupts, “Enough of that. We have a situation.”
Before Major Moynihan can answer, General Jastrey asks, “What is going on, Fernando?”
“Something is happening at the hanger. We’ll need two trucks of armed troops; I’m bringing my medical supplies as requested. Let’s go.” He tells them.
“This better not be one of your False Wild Wessen Chases...” Major Moynihan says out loud.
“Don’t try me Major...” He tells her.
General Jastrey sees the animosity between the two of them. But she also knows that Fernando has never failed her and always took responsibility for his actions even when they went wrong.
Fernando throws in, “I’ll be by my Medi-Jeep at the gate waiting for you guys to line up. If you do not show up in two minutes, I’m leaving.”
General Jastrey nods before Fernando leaves the tent.
The General then pulls out her radio from her belt holder, and proceeds to her orders, “Sergeant Swanson, get Sergeant Tyson and two troop trucks with 10 men each and have them armed and ready. We have a possible situation down at the hanger where water is collected. Meet up with the Medical Jeep at the gate and confer with its driver about the details. This is not a drill, immediate response is required.”
A voice on the radio replies, “On it sir!”
Outside the tent voices and two large vehicles can be heard being loaded and men gathered. General Jastrey turns to the major, “I do not know what problems there may be with you and one who I would consider my right hand man, but the three of us will deal with that later.” The General then begins to walk out of the tent. Seeing the trucks begins loaded behind the Medical Jeep, she walks quickly to the Medical Jeep, and knocks on its door. The door opens slightly ajar, she grabs onto the door and opens it to let herself in.
“What’s going on, Fernando?” the General asks as she closes the door after sitting down in the Medical Jeep.
“Hondo just called over the radio, requesting ‘Priority One’ assistance. No details given.” Fernando explains.
“That does not sound good.” The General says.
The trucks behind them blast their horns to say they are ready to go.
Fernando takes his cane, spinning the crystal with his thumb before telling the General, “Understand, I only do this for emergencies.”
“Do what?” General Jastrey asks.
With his thumb he presses the crystal onto the cane, making the Medi-Jeep and the two trucks disappear from the convoy parking lot in a bright flash of light, reappearing in front of the hanger where Hondo was waiting for them. General Jastrey stands there bewildered as she realizes that she and her troops have been moved to a different location that she only heard of in a blink of an eye.
Fernando tells her as he opens the door, “Let’s go.”
Seeing Fernando stepping out with his large medical bag and the General stepping out of the Medi-Jeep the troops get out of the trucks and stand in formation with their arms ready. Fernando and General Jastrey walk towards the Hanger’s entrance where Hondo was with Karl.
“What’s going on Hondo?” Fernando asks.
“Some Bikers attacked Macey and Molly. I took care most of them but one of them escaped.” Hondo tells as he begins to walk to the side of the hanger. The General signals to her two sergeants and they get the troops to follow her.
As they walk around to behind the hanger, the troops follow them in single file to fit going through the space. They get there and look over the carnage that was there.
As they look over the bloody scene, General Jastrey asks, “Where were the troops guarding this place?”
“They were ambushed, one is over there, dead. The other is inside recuperating from her wounds.” Hondo explains.
General Jastrey gives Hondo a nod before turn to her men, “Sergeants – get your men into quads and search 100 yard from point. Gather our dead for identification and burial. Leave their dead where they lay. I’ll be inside with the survivors.”
One of the sergeants gives out order to for the men into groups of fours and to fan out into a search pattern of the area as Hondo, Fernando and the General walk into the hanger from the rear entrance.
Hondo begins to explain, “Molly was stabbed in the arm and still has the blade in there. Macey was roughed up and her clothes ripped up but she was not violated or so she says.”
“Molly first. You take the General to her personnel.” Fernando tells Hondo.
“Molly is in my room. Macey is with Marvin and Maggie.” Hondo points to his room upstairs and then to the office downstairs.
As Fernando nods before he heads to the stairs, he can hear the last part of the conversation between Hondo and the General.
“How many men are guarding this place?” The General asks.
“Two. Originally it was eight, then six, now there are only four.” Hondo asks.
“By who’s orders was this reduction made?” General asks.
“I don’t know.” Hondo was heard saying before Fernando walks into the room. To his surprise, Marvin and Macey were there, with Maggie looking over Molly and the bandaged arm with the knife sticking out of the bandage.
Fernando turns to Marvin, “Find an empty room and take Macey there while I deal with this.”
Marvin nods before stepping out to look for an empty room.
“Father...” Macey begins to call for him.
“Macey – this is more important. I will deal with you when I am done here.” Fernando tells her as he puts his medical bag on the bed. He opens the bag and begins to pull out what is needed from within. He then looks up at her, “When Marvin comes back to take you to an empty room, you are to wait there for me until I am done here.”
Macey looks down at herself as Fernando begins his information gathering from Maggie. He can see that the bandage has started to soak through with blood.
Marvin comes in and says, “Macey can use my room as nobody is there but me and Karl. And Karl is with Hondo right now.”
Fernando looks up and nods at Marvin, then at Macey and signals to her to leave with Marvin. He then tells Marvin, “She is not to leave the room until I get there.”
“Will do.” Marvin replies to him, signaling to Macey to go with him. She does, whimpering softly as she fails to hold back her tears. Once the room gets quiet, Fernando begins.
Molly tries to interject, “That was mean. It was not her fault...”
“I’m not angry with her about what happened. I am angry about what happened, and I know you both were ambushed and you both would have been killed. But right now you are the higher priority, whether you know or not, you’re bleeding to death. The knife did not hit an artery, but it did hit a vein. They bleed out slower but still can cause you death if left alone. It also probably hit a nerve so you do not feel it happening.” He tells her, before turning to Maggie, “I need a bowl to put the bandages in to wash and disinfect them so we can have them for future use. Nothing gets cut up or thrown out unless I say so.”
Maggie nods before looking about and finds a bowl on a counter, bringing it to the bed. Fernando opens his little metal box of bio pills and gives one to Molly.
“Put that in your mouth and hold it with your teeth. When I tell you too, bite down on it. Not before.” Fernando tells her as he gives her the pill.
Molly nods before putting the pill into her mouth.
He takes her arm and starts to unravel the bandage from her arm as he tells Maggie, “Go into the bag and pull out the bottle of whiskey.” She does as she is told, pulling out a bottle of whiskey from the bag. She holds it out to him. He tells her, “Open it, and when I tell you, pour it into the wound.” Maggie looks at him in disbelief, he throws at her, “It’s to disinfect the wound and neutralize what poisons that might be on the blade.” Still bewildered, Maggie nods before opening the bottle.
Careful to not move the knife, he unravels the bandages from her arm and throws it into the bowl. Soon it was just the knife sticking out of Molly’s arm and blood slowly oozing out from the edges of the wound. He looks at the knife, examining the blade. Straight back, sharpened on each side, looks like five or more inches embedded into her flesh and past but beside and against the bone. After assessing the situation He pinches the thin part of the blade between his thumb and index finger.
“Molly. On the count of three, bite on the pill. Maggie, as soon as the blade is out pour in some of the alcohol into the wound.” He tells them. They both nod. He begins his count down while having a firm grip on the blade “1... 2... 3... Molly bite!”
Molly bites on the pill, a half second before Fernando pulls out the blade from her arm. Healing begins and Maggie throws a splash of alcohol onto the wound. Fernando throws the blade into the bowl with the bandages before pinching wound shut with his thumb and index finger. While holding the wound shut, he reaches over to take razor and quickly shaves off the fur around the wound. He then gets one of his Old World Gauze Bandages with a sticky side to one of them, and applies the sticky side of the gauze to the bare skin on her arm, keeping the wound closed.
Fernando takes his cane and twists the crystal on it a bit before pressing down on it over Molly’s arm and the wound on it. Electricity seems to flow from the cane to the arm for a few seconds. It ends as quickly as it started. He then reaches into his pile and pulls out a roll of gauze, handing it Maggie.
“Wrap up her arm like you did before. I’ll be back to check on it after I deal with my daughter.” Fernando tells Maggie. He then turns to Molly, “You lost quite a bit of blood. So you need to rest for a while. Like I told Maggie, I’ll be back. If not, I’ll send somebody with some soup and drink for you to take to build up your blood volume.”
They both nod at him before he leaves the room. He walks down the halls, looking into what rooms had their doors open. He only had to pass by a couple of rooms to find Marvin and Macey in his room. He steps inside.
“Marvin, go downstairs and help Hondo and find out what is going on. I need to take care of my girl.” Fernando tells him.
“Will do, sir.” Marvin says as he begins to get up and walk out.
As Marvin walks out of the room, Fernando tells him. “Marvin...” Marvin stops to turn and face him. Fernando throws at him, “Thank you.”
Marvin nods before stepping out of the room. Fernando walks to the door and closes the door. He then turns to face Macey.
“One – anytime anyone is injured and in need of medical care, you are to wait for me to do my job of treating them first, unless you are the most hurt. Then I will treat you first. But I will forgive you this one and only time. Two – After I deal with treating those in need of medical treatment, I will then have time to deal with you. Three – As your father, I will do anything for you except die for you, but I will kill for you.” He tells her as he walks up to her. He takes a knee to her and looks her over. Putting his hand under her chin and makes her move her had around, “Just answer yes or no. Even if have to shake or nod your head – just yes or no. Do not add details, do not make a story. Now let’s begin.”
Macey nods.
“Did they rape you, or put something in you like a finger or an object?” He asks.
She shakes her head but adds, “They were about too.”
“Who slapped you like that?” He asks
“Hondo shot him, he killed them all but one who got away.” She explains.
“So one got away.” He says to himself.
Macey nods.
“You’re not hurt in any other way?” He asks
She shakes her head.
The door open, making Fernando bark out, “We are to be left alone!”
“And we will be.” One of the five women walks in says, holding onto a cat. The other four follows in with another holding a kitten, the last one going in closes and locks the door. The one with the cat walks to Fernando, handing him the cat, “Macey is one of us, and the daughters of Fernando G. take care of each other. Meeshie already told me what happened.”
“I don’t know how, I can’t understand what she says.” The dark skinned red haired one says as she sits by Macey.
The long haired Asian one says, “Dad. You need to take care of those stupid bikers before they try their shit again.”
“There you all go again.” Fernando begins, “It is ‘Dad’, ‘Daddy’, or ‘Papa’ when you want something, but ‘Father’ when you are trying to avoid something.” He looks at them all before saying, “Don’t think I know that? They are either the solution or they are the problem, and they have been nothing but problems. And you all know how we deal with problems...”
“We get rid of them.” The first one says.
“No. I get rid of them, you ladies get to reap the rewards.” He tells them.
“OK, but we will be there to witness and help out as needed.” The first throw in.
“Then who will be here to take care of Macey?” Fernando asks.
The girls look at each other before the first speaks, “Francesca, Aiesha and Nicole can stay with Macey. Michelle and I can go with you and confront those bikers.”
“To that I say no.” Fernando tells them.
“Why not?” She asks.
“Defending and applying justice in convoy is my job. Not yours. Yours is to stay out of my way when I need to get things done.” He tells her.
“But... dad!” She throws at him.
“There you go again. It is always ‘Dad’, ‘Daddy’, or ‘Papa’ when you want something, but ‘Father’ when you are trying to avoid something.” He throws back at her. “Well, I am not going to have it. If anything, you ‘girls’ should be taking care of her in situations like this while I make those responsible pay.”
“But...” She tries to interject.
“But nothing. Women are the bringer of life. Putting you on the front line endangers you from bringing life in your futures. To keep that life safe you would one day bear, you are to be removed from such immediate dangers like this. It is the man’s job to insure that woman is kept safe to bare that life and protect her and the child after it is born. That means I will do what it is that has to be done to keep you out of such dangers, and that means all of you. You are my daughters. Don’t like it? Tough cookies – chew harder!” He tells them.
The women look at him in silence for the moment. The dark skin red haired one, Francesca, throws in, “You’re right. We must protect what we have and we won’t get in your way.”
“Francesca!” The first one interjects.
“No, Rachel. He’s right. No matter how the rules and laws are made to protect us females, it is to protect us females. But it is still a man’s world where they fight for control, power and rule. We get into that then it is a loss if we get hurt or killed. It would be a loss of dad was hurt or killed but he is more capable of fighting and winning that fight by his own than to worry about one of us fighting with him. It is best for us to be here and take care of Macey.” Francesca tells her.
Fernando looks at them before turning to Macey, “I’ll be back. They will take care of you while I am gone.”
He begins to get up and walk out of the room.
“Where are you going?” One of the women asks before he walks out of the room.
“Daddy is going to take care of business. That is all you girls need to know.” He tells them.
[About Same Time: Harris-Layton Ranch]
Russell stands under the shade of one of the few trees by the front of the house that is by the road, hiding for anyone that could be looking about in the area. Looking about himself, he sees nothing in the skies above or on the roads or on the shoulders of the roads, but the bad thing of being a Sheep Wessen is being near sighted and his vision more acute into seeing moving objects than with patterns within the field. Thus is somebody was a couple hundred yards away in front view of him, if they were standing absolutely standing still, he would not be able to see them and thus not be aware of their presence as he would think that they are part of the background. Despite this disability, he looks and listens, finding nothing he would consider as a danger.
He stands there still looking and wondering why what had happened, and who is responsible as he wants to make them pay. He also sadden at the loss of Tammy’s little friend Sally Leslie Churchill. Though they are the same age of 13, he is more like an uncle to Tammy, Sally did have a crush on him that he was aware of though he made sure not to further it from his end or to hurt her feelings. She would always try to entice him by wearing as little as possible, often in a small bikini she had, when he took them to the local watering hole, a small pond on the Churchill ranch. She also teased him with hugs and kisses that were a bit too intimate than they should be, and at times would squeeze his arm and say how big and strong he was. This would sometimes get Tammy jealous or angry, but in the end they would laugh about it. Sally was one of the few outside of the Harris-Layton Ranch who was nice and respectable to him. If he could trade places to have her live, he thinks that he would. His heart hurts in his questioning god, he gets no answer.
The mid afternoon sun hangs towards the west as he stands there and thinks as he looks about the road, shoulders and sky. He remembers the Slaver’s Blimp from a couple nights before, the sound it made, the shape from its lights it had on in the dark, the direction it was heading. But he could find nothing like it up above or far away as his senses could reach. He thinks about his options and his choices. He goes back to the workshop to look over the tractor and hay cart and prepare them for immediate escape. If not this evening, then tomorrow late afternoon he thinks would be a good time to make their escape. He begins to pack some more food items into the hay cart and a few furniture/workshop blankets that he found. As he works, he tries to remember the trip to the Indian village, remembering that it was a couple of hours when he went by tractor with Mister Harris-Layton when they sold and traded them some goods. He just has to figure out some basic necessities for the girls, mostly water and some clothing.
He also has to think what to say if asked about the Churchhills, and of Sally especially as he does not want to break Tammy’s heart in telling her that her best friend was killed by those who purged their lands and homes. But having such thoughts about what happened to them and having to bury the dead, including and especially Sally Churchill gets him into muddled thoughts of anger and planning of revenge. But revenge on who? Not knowing who these people are to commit revenge upon angers him further. He stands and looks about, trying to calm himself down and be in a cooler mindset when he goes down to see the girls. It is difficult for him for he cannot answer the simplest of questions of who and why.
In the basement where the wine cellar is at, the girls are in a drunken stupor from drinking the only thing around them. Being teens and drunk, with nothing else to do, they talk about sex, romance and intimacy. Being Russell’s sisters, Jenny and Jessica stated the adage of “...only if he (Russell) was the last male on Earth, but it looks like it turned out to be true that he might be the last male on Earth from their POV (Point of View).” Though Tammy is a growing and developing girl, besides ‘practice kissing’ with Sally, the extent of her sexual education is of what her mother explained to her and adding in the end “...if you are going to be raped, lay there and enjoy it. Then tell us what happened and we will take care of it.”
Thus they are scared and lonely, with Russell the only one there to try to save them from their situation and once out of the situation, what to do next? Tammy is too young to be an adult and own property like what is left of her home and ranch, and her Wessens Russell, Jenny and Jessica. But wherever she goes, they will follow and hopefully they can reach other relatives that would help them. The community itself is of friends and families that have been there decades before The Happening, finding who is still around remains to be seen and their only hope for help.
[Flight Town; behind Hondo’s Hanger.]
Fernando walks out from the rear of the hanger. He sees Hondo, Karl and General Jastrey talking as several of her men are searching the area in groups of four. As he approaches them, there is a sound of roaring engines, getting louder. Hondo turns around and start running to the front of the hanger after giving Karl some orders to lock down the hanger. Karl runs into the hanger as Hondo runs down the side of the hanger with Fernando and General Jastrey behind them. Taking notice, her men follow her. As they gather around the front of the hanger, over 50 motorcycles roll up to the front of the hanger, many of them carrying an extra armed passenger on the Bitch Seat. Of those there, the Elder Leader or his Right or Left Hand Men were not there.
Fernando twists and spins the crystal on his cane as he stood his ground with Hondo next to him. General Jastrey makes a call on the radio for all available units arrive to Hondo’s hanger and prepare for a fire fight. Hondo recognizes the one with bloody shoulder as the one that got away though he is stupid to raise his other arm.
“That’s him. That’s the one who shot at me!” He says in his stupidity pointing to Hondo.
“Is that so?” Fernando steps up to the motorcycle crowd.
Some young gang member stands up with his motorcycle between his legs, pointing at Hondo, “Take him. And kill all the Wessens from this place and take anything of value! This place is ours!”
Fernando steps up to the ‘leader of the pack’ and tells him, “You are going turn your shitty rides around and take your shitty friends out of here. This is private property you are on, and as owners of this private property, we will defend to the last man.”
“Oh really... You and what army are going to make us leave? We come and we take what we want, and this as we want it is now ours.” The leader of the group says to him.
“Last chance to leave in peace.” Fernando tells him.
“Men! Take Them Down!” The leader of the pack says.
Fernando presses on to his crystal on his came, making time slow down for him and his group. Planting his cane standing on the ground, he takes out both of his double stack .45s and start shooting. Hondo was just a couple microseconds behind with his two revolvers as they begin shooting. Bullets fly and bodies begin to fall before the bikers realize what is happening. With guns being reloaded once, between them some 120 rounds were fired before they switch to their smaller arms. Though they do not to use them, a pair NAA .38ACPs were pulled out of their pockets once their larger hand canons were emptied and holstered, for another additional 28 rounds between them. This is more than enough to take down those that remain standing except for one.
Fernando takes to his cane, pressing on the crystal to revert time back to normal for them. Bodies and bikes begin to fall in front of and around them all the while the stupid biker with the bloody shoulder continues with his smug look thinking he is going to win until he has four sets of small pistols to his face. Then the realization of what is going on around him hits him as he hears bodies and bikes falling around and behind him.
Fernando reaches over, knocking the hat off the biker’s head and grabbing his hair with a downward twisting motion, pinning his face to his bike’s gauges. He shoves his gun into the biker’s mouth, “This the one?”
Hondo just nods his head.
Fernando pulls the biker off his bike by his hair and throws him onto the ground. He then puts his boot to the back of biker’s neck, keeping his face to the floor.
Jastery’s Army comes in on their jeeps, 6 to 8 packed in per vehicle, surrounding the area now full of dead bikers. Another group comes from the West side of town, about half the size of the biker group in assorted vehicles. The members of both groups walk about and look at the mess of bodies and fallen bikes as they approach the front of the hanger. Above them Fernando notices three yellow/orange piper cubs flying in a circle above them.
General Jastrey was not happy with her group arriving so late as they did. One of the Wessens, a large Bear Wessen (Jägerbar), in a mix of army and civilian clothes like most in his group and wearing an Army steel bowl hat, walks up to Hondo and Fernando.
“Sorry we are late.” The Jägerbar says, “We got here as soon as we could.”
Fernando, Hondo and General Jastrey looks at the rag tag group of armed Wessens. General Jastrey speaks before Fernando or Hondo could, “Thank you. And who are you, if I can ask, and how did you know we may have needed help?”
“As to how we know you needed help, we listen in to all the wireless communications where we can and heard for your call for help at Hondo’s Hanger. So we gathered what men, weapons and vehicles we have and came as soon as possible.” The Jägerbar explains, “As to who we are, we are the residents of Wessen Town, and we have taken this man’s (pointing to Fernando) advice on arming up for defense of our homes and town. This is just a small number of how many we have in reserves in town.”
Fernando leans over to the Jägerbar while keeping his foot on the biker’s neck, “You look and sound familiar.” He pauses for a second, “You’re the one at the Town meeting where I told you to join the town council.”
“That would be me.” The Jägerbar says, adding, “But something you said made this possible – ‘in defense of the town.’ When Hector was in power, he had his people act like the Lawmen in our town. With him gone, there is no one to defend us, so we decided to organize our own defense and law men group. We found some scraps and useful items at the ruins of Hector’s home, plus what we personally own to arm ourselves. They put me in charge as their defense and lawman leader.”
“A militia. Good to know.” General Jastrey says.
“A what?” The Jägerbar asks.
“A Militia – when a group of town’s people gather arms and organize themselves for the defense and law enforcement for their town when there is none to do the job.” General Jastrey explains. She adds before turning to her men, “I thank you for coming. We can discuss how to improve yourselves with some donated materials and training. We can work together being on the same side.” She then turns to her men, “What was your delay?!! You should have been here before the bullets began to fly!”
A (Female) Staff Sergeant steps up to the general and salutes before giving an explanation, “Sergeant Xaviera Hollander, Sir! It was Major Moynihan, sir! She wanted an exact head count of who was going and what was being taken, and would not allow us to leave on our own and only then we had to leave as a group, sir!”
“Why that stuffed bra and panty waste of a woman! What has crawled up her ass?!!” The general almost loses it but calms down.
“I do not know, sir.” Sergeant Hollander says.
Fernando verbally steps in, “General Jastrey, sir, we’ll discuss that later. Right now I need this poor excuse of a man arrested and in irons.”
“You cannot arrest me!” The surviving biker yells out, “Your Laws Do Not Apply To Me!”
Fernando drops on his knee onto the biker’s back, putting this NAA .38 ACP to the Biker’s face. “I, Medic Fernando G. Am Your Judge, Jury And Executioner. For The Crimes Of Assault, Rape, And Attempted Murder, I Find Your Guilty. Sentence Is Death.”
“YOUR LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO ME!!!” He yells out.
Fernando gets up and pulls the biker onto his feet. He takes a few steps away from the biker before turning to face him and tossing one of his NAA .38ACPs to his feet.
“Pick it up.” Fernando growls at him. The biker looks at him in bewilderment. Fernando yells at him, “Pick It Up!” The Biker and others look at him. Fernando continues before he tosses his other NAA .38ACP to the biker’s feet before spinning the crystal on his cane, “It has 3 shots in it. Kill me and you can walk free from here. No one here is going to stop you if you win.”
The biker slowly bends down, picking up one of the fire arms from the floor. Hunched over, he looks up at Fernando, and tries for a low blow attack, lifting his arm to shoot. Fernando was not where he thought he would be, but hunched over in front of him. The Biker tried to adjust his aim, but Fernando reaches behind him, pulling out his 007 Switch blade knife, opens it and in a swinging arc, impales the blade on the bottom fleshy back part of the biker’s groin, where a vagina would be if he was female. Along the way the blade cuts a partial slice of his penis, scrotum and right testicle before forcing the blade up into his Prostate Gland and Bladder, sliding the blade to the left (Biker’s right) cutting his small intestine, large intestine and Femoral artery and vein where it enters the leg before hitting the inside of the pelvic bone.
The Biker lets out an inhumane howl as the blade travels inside the body. Fernando pulls him by his hair with his free hand, pulling the knife from his groin. He lifts the Biker up slightly by his hair and away from him before Fernando plunges the knife into his chest between the fifth and sixth rib, turning the blade past the breast bone, slicing his heart literally in half, also slicing into his Esophagus and windpipe. He pulls out the blade from the biker’s chest and pushes him flat on the ground. He lies there flat, his brain registering the few last minutes of life as his lungs and windpipe fill up with blood. He tries to say something but coughs up blood instead. Blood pools and soaks onto his clothes as he lays there, one large patch on the groin of his pants and the other at his chest.
Fernando gathers his guns, pockets them, and gets a rubber glove from his medical belt pack, closing his knife and puts the knife into the glove before he pockets it. He gets up and yells at him as the last words he would hear, “For trying to rape my daughter and her friends, Justice has been served. See you in Hell, Mother#$@!er!”
There were some murmuring and rumor mongering on how this justice was served – by castration and then stabbed to the chest with a long knife blade, though Fernando’s 007 Blade is about 8 to 9 inches in length, it is not exactly a long blade or at least not in his mind. In days it would be spread throughout much of Jastrey’s Army, Wessen Town and Flight Town of how Justice was done with a chance to fight back for freedom only to lose the fight while losing his balls and his heart.
General Jastrey steps up to him “How shall we deal with this?” as she points the area in a circle.
“Give half of the motorcycles to the Wessens here, and all of the weapons and any valuables. They will need it more than you and your men. Your army can use the other half. As for the bodies, I’ll take care of them when you are done searching them. Then we can negotiate on working together.” Fernando tells them. He then signals for the Jägerbar to approach them. The Bear Wessen comes over to them. “General Jastrey, this is... Hmmm... I do not know his name. But he is somebody I trust. You should trust him like I do.” Fernando says before turning to the Wessen, “What is your name?”
“My name is Fredrick Wilson Thompson, but everyone calls me Fred.” The Jägerbar explains.
“Well, Fred. You know everyone calls me Fernando. My partner there is Hondo and this is General Jastrey.” Fernando tells him as he points out the individuals. He then turns to General Jastrey, “This is Fred Thompson from Wessen Town. He’s somebody I worked with before and trust. You two should get together and sit down to discuss how to work with each other for the common good of all.”
“I have no problems with Wessens in my army. We can make a base here with Humans from Flight Town and Wessens from Wessen Town and work together.” General Jastrey says to Fernando but loud enough to be heard by all. She then turn to Fred, “By the Order of the United States Army, I grant you the field rank of Major. We’ll discuss details and make official on paper tomorrow. We got a lot to do today.” She then reaches out to shake the Jägerbar’s hand.
“No problem. Anybody who works with the Time Walker, I can work with.” Fred says.
“Let’s not talk about the Time Walker. My name is Fernando. Let’s leave it at that.” He then turns to Hondo. “Time Check?”
Hondo looks at his watch, “About 3:45.”
“Good. We got a little more than an hour before we go shopping for the supplies. I’m going to check on Macey and the others.” He tells him but loud enough to be heard.
“Uhm, Fernando...” Fred the Jägerbar says.
Fernando turns to the Bear Wessen, “Yes?”
“We can take and dump the bodies if you like.” Fred says.
“Where would you dump the bodies?” Fernando asks.
“We’ll dump them into ‘Black Lake’ behind the mountains. Hector and the Law Men used to dump bodies there.” Fred explains.
“How long will it take?” Fernando asks.
“Just a couple of hours to get there, dump the bodies, and come back.” Fred replies.
“Then get it done. But save that one for me.” Fernando tells him. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a sack of gold coins, handing it to Fred, “This is for the fuel and time you and your people are going to spend to do this.” He then turns to General Jastrey, “Call up your mechanics over, check out the motorcycles, and remove the booby traps they may have. Like I said before, gave Fred half of the motorcycles and all the weapons.”
“I’ll get that done.” General Jastrey asks.
“Thank you.” Fernando tells her. He turns to Hondo, signaling to him to follow him into the hanger. As soon as they are a few feet into the hanger he asks, “You going to be safe while I check the parking lot?”
“Between the Wessen guards and the general and her men, we should be fine.” Hondo says.
“Alright. Prepare to leave this town in 48 hours. Fuel up the trucks, fill up on supplies and water. Next town is over 350 miles away, over a 12 hour trip if the highways are bad. And from what I heard, there is a patch of badlands in the middle some 50 miles wide. We can run through it, but if someone in the convoy breaks down in it, it can mean hard times for us all.”
“I can see that happenin’.” Hondo replies.
“When we go get the campers, we fill them up with stock items for us with food items we will need, not just for the next few days or for those having those campers, but also for the trip through No Man’s Land when we get there.” Fernando explains.
“Alright.” Hondo says wanting to say more but keeps his words to himself.
“Before we go to Center Town later to pick up the campers and supplies, you need anything?” Fernando asks.
“A damned stiff drink is what I need right now.” Hondo says.
“Hmph... You know I got some bee keeper coming over tomorrow with some mead I told her how to make. It won’t be the hard stuff we are used too but at least it would be like beer made from honey. I don’t know when she is coming but I would like you to be there when she comes.” Fernando tells him.
“I would like to be there, but there is so much to do. Let’s see wha’ happens.” Hondo replies.
“Alright then. I’m going to check on Macey and Molly before I go back to check the camp. Molly is on a liquid diet for a day, so soup, water and juices for her but she is otherwise OK. She lost a lot of blood, hence the liquid diet. I’ll see what I can get for her before we go back to Center Town.” Fernando explains.
“See ya later then...” Hondo says. Fernando nods before he goes up stairs.
General Jastrey comes into that hanger with a couple of her men, walking up to Hondo, “Where is Fernando going?”
“He is goin’ to check on his daughter. Whatever it is, either I can help or you need to wait for him.” Hondo explains.
“Then let me ask, can you trust these Wessen folks?” General Jastrey asks.
Hondo looks at her with an indignant stare before saying, “For the most part, anyone Jefe trusts, I can trust too. But there are a few within the town that are associated with Hector De La Cruz hidin’ within. You need to beware of that.”
“I see. So, anybody in that Wessen Militia I should be weary of?” The General asks.
“Talk with Fred. He is one Jefe trusts and he is aware of Hector’s clan trying to take over from within.” Hondo explains.
“I see.” The General pauses for a second, “I will have a sit down meeting with him.” She then takes another pause before asking, “You know anything about the blimp in the area by the convoy base, and about the flight school?”
“The blimp as I heard is a slaver’s blimp and, again I heard, there are slaves chained up in there, but that is what I heard and did not, could not verify. As for the flight school there are a couple but Jefe had a run in with one of them. You need to speak with him about it.” Hondo explains.
“So, this place is called Flight Town. That would be a major asset if we can get air support.” The General explains before pointing upwards outside, “I noticed that there are flying machines over this area. They part of Flight Town?”
“Oh... Them...” Hondo says.
“You know anything about them?” The General asks.
Hondo sighs before he starts to explain, “Those aircraft belongs to a Bird Wessen group called ‘Death From Above.’ They are, or were, part of Hector’s Human Hating Wessen Group ‘Os Animas.’ But since the Wessen Hating Motorcycle Gang came into town, they made some kind of alliance with Jefe which I am not privy to the details.”
“I see... ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend...’” The General recites.
“You know Arabic?” Hondo asks.
“Arabic?” The General asks.
“Arabic is the culture of Arabia, in the other side of the world before all this happened. That saying came from them very long ago when the Redeemer walked the earth.” Hondo explains.
“Interesting, as it was something my father and grandfather used to say all the time when training the troops.” The General explains.
Hondo nods.
The General asks, “To my understanding, the convoy and our base camp come here for water?”
“Yes. Though I have not seen any troops today to gather water, they would drive in and back up to that corner where there is a spigot to fill up the water drums. Then they would leave for the next one to come in to fill up. They would come about eight times a day to fill up those water drums. It is the only spigot in this place.” Hondo points out the path they would drive in and up to the spigot in the corner of the hanger above a small sink with a hose on it.
“I see, and with no troops coming in today and the reduction of troops to protect this valuable asset, this attack happens.” The General says to herself, adding, “This is totally unacceptable.”
[Hondo’s hanger, upstairs in Marvin’s room...]
Fernando’s older daughters are around the room putting in their say as to what happened outside from what they hears as there are no windows on that side of the hanger. He closes the door when he walks in. He then turns to face them.
“Ladies, you all need to leave. I will take care of Macey.” He tells them. They all look at him before he throws in, “Not a word. Just go. This is my fight, Macey is my daughter even though she is your sister, I have to do the fatherly thing for her. Now Out!”
The women look at each other for the moment, before they start to leave the room one at a time. When they are all gone, Fernando goes to the bed and sits down next to Macey.
“Father? What happened outside?” Macey asks.
“The Bikers tried to raid the hanger again. Hondo and I... killed them all.” Fernando tells her with some slight hesitation.
“They deserve it.” Macey says as she leans against him.
“I’m not done yet.” He tells her.
“You going to kill the whole biker camp?” She asks.
“Only if I have too. But I will make it uncomfortable for them to stay.” He tells her.
Macey nods against his shoulder.
“I’ll take Meeshie and Kitty. But I’ll ask you if you want to stay here with Zoey it back in the camper with Ichigo?” He asks her.
“I’ll stay here with Zoey, and keep Meeshie and Kitty with us.” Macey says.
“You sure about that?” He asks.
“Yes, father...” She replies.
“Alright then. But you are going to do two things.” He tells her.
“What are they?” She asks.
“One: You are not going to tell Zoey what happened.” He tells her.
“But... look at me, my clothes, me...” She begins to say.
“I’ll get you fixed up before I go. But you are not going to tell Zoey what happened, no matter how much she asks. If anything, tell her to talk to her father or me. But you are to be quiet about it. You got that?” He tells her sternly.
She nods, “Yes, father.”
“Good. The second thing, do not go outside the hanger when Meeshie and Kitty go out to do their kitty cat business. And have somebody, preferably an adult like Molly to stand by the door with you inside the hanger for them to come back. Got that?” He tells her.
She nods against his arm.
“Good. Now get up.” He tells her.
She looks at him.
“Just get up, so I can fix you up.” He tells her.
“Alright...” She replies before getting up, trying to hold her ripped up clothes together from falling off her.
“Relax girl. I seen you in less. In fact I’ve seen you naked before.” He says as he gets up, putting his hands on her shoulders to position her to stand up away from the bed. “Now stay right there and stay still.”
She nods as he lets go of her, he takes a few steps away from her while twisting the crystal on his cane before turning around to face her. He points the can to her and presses the crystal sphere onto against the shaft. A bolt of temporal energy envelops her, restoring her clothes and removing her bruises from the fight she had for her life. After a few seconds, she is as she was before the incident. He puts down the cane when it shuts off.
She looks at herself before looking up at him. She steps up to him giving him a hug and asks, “Why you didn’t you do this to ‘fix’ Molly?”
He puts his hand on her shoulder and pushes her away slightly, “Look. There is a difference between a living thing and a non-living thing. You are a living thing, your clothes are non-living things. Non-living things can be taken cared of this way. A living thing needs medical attention, medicine and care to deal with it so it can heal. One cannot simply sew up flesh like one can sew up a ripped pair of jeans or a skirt. Molly needed those things that only medical attention and medicine can give to help heal her. She still needs time to recover but by tomorrow she should be fine. Got that?”
She nods looking up at him.
“Look. I need to make a trip late today. I’ll be taking you to go with me along with a few others. With Hondo’s permission, Zoey can go with us.” He tells her.
She nods looking up at him again.
“Good. Now I have to go to take care of business. But I’ll see you and Zoey later.” He tells her. “So behave for me, if not for yourself.”
She nods, reaching to him for one final hug. He barely reciprocated as he is angered in what he is going to do, but eventually he hugs her back. Eventually he lets her go and goes for the cat on the bed.
“Hey, Tuna Breathe. You keep an out on her, and keep her out of trouble. The same with Kitty.” He tells Meeshie as he ruffles the fur on her head. Meeshie in turns wraps her paws around his wrist and bites him below the thumb, her way of saying she’s in charge. He flips her over and shakes her against the bed, making her let go to which he lets go as well. “Good.” He then turns to Macey, “I’ll be back for you and Zoey.”
“Later...” Macey replies, saying an inaudible “...daddy” afterwards as he walks out the door.
Fernando walks down the hall to the stairs to go down, seeing General Jastrey and Hondo talking about a few things. He goes past them, making General Jastrey break away from Hondo and the two of them follows him outside the hanger. Standing next to the motorcycle gang member, he rearms his M1911s with filled magazines, putting them away. He then grabs the back the gang member’s jacket and partially lifts him up. He begins to walk away, dragging the body of the gang member beside him.
Hondo shouts at him, “Jefe, where are you going?!!”
“I’m dropping off a delivery and a message!” Fernando shouts back.
“Then wait, I’ll go with you!” Hondo replies.
“You got 10 seconds to reload and be at my side before I teleport to where I have to go.” Fernando tells him.
Hondo takes his revolvers and reloads them with his quick-loaders he has in his pocket and trots over to be at Fernando’s side. In a few seconds, a bright flash a light and they were gone.
[Main Northern Road, 100 yards from the Wessen Hating Biker Gang Camp]
A bright flash appears in the middle of the road, with men with one dragging a third walks to the biker camp.
As they approach the camp, Fernando says to Hondo, “Do not say a word, just do as you need to do and follow me.”
Hondo nods as he takes out one of his revolvers and walks with it in his hand at his side. Fernando puts the cane in the hand holding the dead biker as he pulls out his 1911 with the other hand. In a few seconds they walk to the entrance of the Biker Camp, with most of the bikers already there with arms to meet them. The elder leader and his right and left hand men push their way to the front of the crowd. They stop to meet each other at the entrance the camp.
Fernando hefts up the body of the dead biker and tosses him at the leader’s feet.
“What is the meaning of this?!!” The leader yells out.
Fernando raises his pistol quickly to the leader’s forehead, “This is what you get when you try to rape my daughter and hurt her friends. Next time, there will be no next time, this camp will burn where it is.”
The leader looks at the dead man, seeing blood stains at his chest and groin. He then looks at Fernando.
“But what do you care, I was told that they were just Wessens!” The leader tells him.
“My daughter is human like you and I! Her friends were human, like you and I! Her caregiver is a Wessen I own and protects my girl from harm when I am not around! But that gives you no excuse to go about and rape, hurt and kill another man’s daughter, her friends or his Wessen Slave. The Penalty in this town for rape is death. This asshole and his friends paid that price in full in the name of justice.” Fernando tells him, throwing in, “Cross that line with me ever again, and you all will be like your friend here while everything you own burns to the ground.”
“There were over 100 men who went out there to deal with whoever shot him!” The Elder Leader says.
“100 men you will never see again as I and my right hand man here killed them all. And I will do to you as I did to them if you cross that line with me again.” Fernando tells him.
“No one can do as you brag-*!” The elder begins to say, not seeing Fernando twisting the crystal on his cane before pressing it. He and several of his men clutch at their throats as if trying to pull something off that is tightening about their necks. With their faces turning blue, their eyes bulging out of their sockets, they fall to their knees still grabbing at their throats.
“Do No Cross That Line With Me Ever Again!” Fernando tells him before turning around and starts walking away. Hondo waits a second before following. As soon as they were several yards away a bright flash appears and they were gone. Whatever was choking the members of the biker gang soon lets go. They were all on the floor gasping for air but recovering. They get up onto their knees, wondering what or who they just messed with.
[Location: Quarter of the way down the town’s main runway, half way between the convoy camp and Hondo hanger]
A bright flash appears and two men sand where there none before. They both walk off the run way and onto the grassy field that surrounds it. They both stand and look at each other.
“You think that is goin’ to have them end their ways?” One asks the other.
“Hondo, I do not care if they go holding up every store in this misbegotten town but as for you, me, our families and the rest of our convoy friends, we are to be left alone. They better understand that or else they will have me to deal with.” The other tells him.
Hondo nods. Fernando looks at his watch.
Fernando adds in, “In less than an hour or so we will go Center Town to pick up the campers and get more supplies. With your permission , I want to take Zoey as I will be taking Macey with me to get her to calm down from all this. Also, Molly is going to need some soup, we can get it from there and not bother Ruth for it.”
“Who else will you be takin’?” Hondo asks.
“Minerva and Miniya. And I would want the teens with you along with Marvin like before. Marvin can drive that big SUV you have, but we will need the two Medi-Jeeps to attach the campers too.” Fernando tells him.
Hondo nods.
“Before I go back to the convoy camp, I told Macey not to talk to Zoey about what happened. In case Zoey asks you, tell her what you think she needs to know, but Macey is to stay tight lip about the subject.” Fernando explains.
“I’ll tell her what happened, but I will also tell her that when bad things happen to people, that they do not want to talk about, thus Macy does not want to talk about it, she should leave it alone.” Hondo explains.
“It’s not her fault, but I swear. Those two must be some sort of trouble magnet.” Fernando says.
“Don’t blame it on them, this place is full of corruption and evil. The sooner we get out of here, the better.” Hondo replies.
“I know. It is not their fault.” Fernando says, throwing in, “Do you need to be teleported back to the hanger or would you rather walk the rest of the way.”
“I’ll walk. I need my head to be cleared before I deal with anyone.” Hondo replies.
“Same here. I’ll see you later to go to Center Town.” Fernando says.
“Before you go, I want to know how you did what you did in choking everyone in the biker camp?” Hondo asks.
“I did not choked them. I surrounded their camp within a force bubble and then removed the air from within it. It looks like I choked them...” Fernando explains.
“I see. I’ll see you later then.” Hondo says to him.
“Yeah, laters...” Fernando replies.
They both turn to their respective directions and started to walk away.
[To Be Continued...]