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GsB IV: Enemies of Space, Murderers of Time. (Read 30353 times)
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Re: GsB IV: Enemies of Space, Murderers of Time.
Reply #60 - Feb 13th, 2020, 6:10pm  
RPG Note: I'm increasing the number of rooms in Maria's B&B from 12 (4 per floor @ 3 floors) to 18 (6 per floor @ 3 floors).  It will still have 4 bathrooms per floor, and are shared with connected rooms. This will enlarge the center living space of the building.
 
The attic is just a huge empty space on the 3rd floor.
 
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Reply #61 - Feb 13th, 2020, 9:22pm  
Hondo picks up a few rolls of cured beef onto a small plate. Fernando notices somebody approaching him and signals to Hondo, “Looks like somebody allowed the riff-raff to enter the room. I’ll see you in a bit.”
 
Hondo turns around and notices Misao walking to their direction and nods. They both split off into different directions. Fernando makes a bee-line to an empty corner, watching Misao make her adjustments to intercept him. He waits for her there.
 
“Looks like you’re avoiding me.” Misao tells him.
 
“If I was avoiding you, you would never find me. Now what do you want.” Fernando tells her.
 
“I hear that your group was attacked. Just want to know if everybody is alright.” Misao tells her.
 
“I do not give a rat’s ass if you care about our well-being or not. But I will tell you this – since you threw my wife and thus me and the rest of my friends and family into this stupid mission, you better hope none of us get hurt because if somebody does, I will go after your ass personally and feed you to a T-Rex myself.” He tells her.
 
“I have nothing to do with anyone going after you or your group.” Misao tells him.
 
“You forced our hands into this mission, that alone makes you responsible for what happens to us.” He tells her, adding, “You have it within your power to find out who it is and why it is being done and thusly stop it or give me the information and I will put an end to it.”
 
“Again, I have nothing to do with anyone going after your group.” She tells him like a broken record.
 
Fernando points to Tammy who is pulling Francesca out of her carriage. “You see that little package of joy Tammy is carrying? It is your fault that she is here because you gave Tammy no time to prepare or find babysitting services for her. That makes you responsible for anything that happens to her, along with anyone in my group. So you are going out after this dinner is over and find out who is doing this and why, then you are going to put an end to it or give me the information to deal with it myself. If we get attacked one more time, I will kill you. If Francesca gets hurt, I will make you cry louder than she will before I kill you. Do I make myself clear?”
 
“Crystal.” She replies.
 
“Now, unless you have something intelligent to say or information to share, I would advise you to leave me alone.” He tells her.
 
Misao lets out a pent up sigh before saying, “I was hoping that we can work together in this. Have some mutual cooperation between us, so we can get this job done quickly as possible.”
 
“Misao, you’re a #$@!ing fool and a blooming idiot. You want to remove those holding political office who are remotely connected with the Yaccusa? The person that replaces them might be worse than the one you took out.” He tells her.
 
Charles goes over to Fernando as he sees him talking to Misao.
 
“Well well Nando! Long time no see.” Charles says to Fernando as he approaches them. “My Team is here and you will want to meet them since they are chatting with the guests right now.”
 
“Excuse me, Misao. This is top secret agency business.” Fernando tells her before he takes Charles by the arm and walks away from her. He then asks Charles, “You guys have a place to stay?”
 
“We were going to use the Agency suites at the Hilton.”  Charles answers.
 
“Don’t they are deemed unsafe as they had been infiltrated and attacked by an inside source. I am currently looking for that source.” Fernando tells him, adding, “I can get you some space to work and rest in but after tomorrow.”
 
“And the Agency Safe House in the country side?” Charles asks.
 
“Under renovations for the next several months, some stupid idiot on the last mission almost burnt it to the ground, so I was told.” Fernando explains.
 
“We’ll go to the Marriot and rent some rooms as tourists until you get us that space.” Charles tells him.
 
“Charles, just be careful out there. Somebody is trying to make sure this mission ends in a bad way.” Fernando tells him.
 
”I see...” Charles replies.
 
“Call me around 1PM and I’ll see about the rooms for you.” Fernando tells him.
 
“1PM it is.” Charles relies.
 
“Then lets mingle about and learn who some of these VIPs are.” Fernando says before stepping away and disappearing from the crowd.
 
Chip and his little entourage manage to make it to the pre-dinner gathering and start mingling with the crowd. Gadget is in the crowd but is hard to find. Fernando finds Hondo and Val.
 
“Val, I’m going to position you with Tammy for a few minutes, Hondo and I have a few things to discuss with the admiral and his men.” Fernando tells them as he point Tammy out.
 
Val turns around to find Tammy and turns back to face Fernando, answering though unsure of herself, “Alright. I’ll go...” She takes slow and deliberate steps, keeping an eye on Hondo and Fernando as she walks away.
 
Fernando walks over to Kei and Yuri and the members of the Goon Squad to place themselves to either side of Chip and Admiral Ready in a pincer movement when needed. He then walks with Hondo to get behind Chip.
 
Fernando puts his hand on Chip’s shoulder, “You and I need to have a talk.”
 
“Whatever he needs to talk to you about can be said right here in front of all of us.” Admiral Ready tells Fernando.
 
“It would save him some embarrassment if I were to talk to him alone. But have it your way.” Fernando tells Admiral Ready. He then turns his attention to Chip and says out load for all to hear, “Chip, I talked to Gadget and I did not like what she told me, or what she refused to say. So, I must ask you, Have You stopped beating Your Wife?”
 
The whole room stood in silence, turning to face the one the question was thrown too. But Chip was oblivious of what was say or how it was say, answering, “Oh hell no I have not!”
 
Admiral Ready grabs Chip by his arm and was about to haul him away but Fernando keeps his hand tightly on Chip’s shoulder.
 
“I warned you that this would be embarrassing but you wanted all out in the open, Admiral.” Fernando taunts him. NightRunner and the Goon Squad move in half way to close the distance.
 
“I am not going to let my friend’s reputation get smeared by word play and trickery.” Admiral Ready stands up to Fernando.
 
“Now you listen here – Cracker Jack Boy, Hondo, the girls and I spent the whole day trying to calm Gadget down, she was scared and nervous, because though she would not say it, she showed it. The bruises on her face she is hiding what all layered makeup, the cuts on her wrists, the skittishness and jumpy nature she is under – all says the same thing – she’s an abused wife. She tore off her first dress in order not to come here and meet up with Chip because she’s afraid that he will grab her by her ear, twist it and haul her away to who knows where!” Fernando tells him.
 
“A mouse’s ears are one of the most sensitive spots on our body. Worst than being kicked in the balls.” Hondo stands there with his arms crossed.
 
“But it does not end there.” Fernando says. He gives Chip’s shoulder a hard squeeze to make him wince, “Now Chip... how you answer this question depends on whether you live tonight or they find your body in the pier by the USS Enterprise. Since you like to brag and flap that big mouth of yours, have you spoken to anyone about this mission, who are involved and what we are doing?”
 
“I spoke with my contacts. Nobody else.” Chip answers.
 
Fernando glances over to Hondo nods slightly, and then signals for the Dirt Pair and the Goon squad to close in on them but to keep their distance. He then asks, “Who are your contacts?”
 
“That is confidential, you idiot!” Chip tells him.
 
“You have contacts, here in Japan?” Fernando asks.
 
“You learn to make friends fast in this job.” Chip tells him.
 
Fernando turns to Hondo before turning back hard and fast with a Round House Fist smacking him across the jaw. Before Chip’s unconscious body can hit the floor, “Then You’re The Source Of The Leak! YOU IDIOT!”
 
Dale and Monty manage to run away from the rushing of the crowd. Fernando was about to grab Chip before he fell flat on the floor, but Admiral Ready punches Fernando in the jaw. Fernando turns slowly to look at Admiral Ready and was about to hit him as hard as he did Chip. Hondo steps forward to take care of the couple captains on his left side while the Good Squad jumps in and takes care of anyone who might jump in from the right or behind. Fernando goes toe-to-toe with Admiral Ready who was being beaten senselessly. The fight only last for a few seconds but the palace guards surround them with guns drawn.
 
Fernando grabs Chip and lifts his unconscious body onto its feet and holds him there. He turns to one of the palace guards, “You. Find out if he came in by limo or private car and detain the driver for questioning!”
 
“You do not order us around.” The guard says to him.
 
“But I do.” A voice says from behind the guards, it was Emperor Akito. “Now do as he said, and I want this riff raff locked up for questioning!”
 
The Goon Squad was putting handcuffs on Admiral Ready’s entourage, and Kei and Yuri had captured and handcuffed Dale and Monty. As the place gets cleaned up, Emperor Akito steps up to Fernando, President Obama was just a few steps behind to listen.
 
“You always seem to see past the details of a problem.” The Emperor says to Fernando.
 
“The next time I see that ‘munk. I’m throwing him over the Agent’s Room Balcony.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Before or after I put a couple rounds into him?” Hondo lets out.
 
“After.” Fernando throws in.
 
“And we’ll be recording his mighty fall from grace.” Shadow says.
 
“How about we get back to this party!” Fernando says out loud!
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Reply #62 - Feb 13th, 2020, 11:36pm  
Hondo and Fernando nodded at each other and went separate ways in the room. Hondo still had not really eaten, though he was not incredibly hungry, but it was a dinner party after all.  Since Jeanette was with Tammy, Valentine excused herself and rejoined Hondo who was headed to the food tables.
 
 
"You alright?" She asked.
 
 
"Yeah, felt good. Rather have taken on that #$@!in' Chipmunk or that loudmouthed that masquerades as an admiral. IT was Jefe's fight, though. Just glad he included me." Hondo replied quietly
 
 
"Chip really admitted to leaking information?" Valentine asked
 
 
"That's what he said, anyway. I'm surprised Gadget stayed quiet through it all. Maybe he really is beatin' her." Hondo said
 
 
Valentine shuttered a bit. The whole ordeal last night left her shaken enough as is, even to the point where she found herself pushing Hondo away when she did not know why, but the thought of having the man she loved beat her sent icy tendrils down her spine.
 
 
"I'd not wish that on anyone." Valentine said shakily.
 
 
"You alright?" he asked
 
 
She shrugged, " Don't know. It ... it still feels odd bein' round Tammy. She's changed and I'm not sure its for the best. She ... she's not even once asked if I'm alright."
 
"Don't think Fernando has either." He said.
 
 
"he's like you, though. doesn't have to say anythin' to say volumes. Besides, he knows you'll take care of me." She said softly
 
 
Hondo nodded, "I reckon. Sorry things changed so much between you two."
 
 
She just nodded. He started to pick out a few food items to try.  The beef rolls Fernando had pointed out earlier were not bad, but that's all he had tried so far. He noticed, though that Valentine was staying to his side and back a step with her hands both clutching her purse tightly.
 
 
"You gonna eat somethin'?" He asked.
 
 
She shook her head.
 
 
"You sure? You like these foreign type foods better than I do." He said
 
 
She shook her head and spoke softly, "Not hungry."
 
 
She was really worrying him but it was useless to argue, especially here. He grabbed a couple of food items and they got out of the way. Hondo looked around, taking in the group. He knew this was about mingling but even in these event people tend to bunch up into groups. Those groups told you a lot about who associated with who and was in what class, socially speaking. Valentine stayed slightly behind him and just looked around warily, avoiding any glances that were thrown her way. As they stood there the crowd parted from one side and a blond mouse in a blue dress came through, apologizing as she bumped into people. She was carrying two small white cups, one in each hand and appeared to be searching for someone. She smiled as she saw Hondo and Valentine, but mainly at Valentine.
 
 
"Val! I was looking for you. Golly, there are a lot of people here." Gadget said.
 
 
"What do you want, Gadget." Hondo said.
 
 
She looked at him with a bit of a coy smile. Her cheeks were a bit flushed, her blinking seemed a bit slow, and she seemed all too friendly. Her speech was still pretty good but Hondo almost detected a slight slur at times.
 
 
"I was looking for my friend Val. Thought she might want to have a drink with me." she said
 
 
Gadget held up the two white cups.
 
 
"You been drinkin'? how many have you had??" Hondo asked a bit in a worried tone, knowing Gadget was an extreme light weight when it came to any kind of alcohol.
 
 
"Yeah, found a bar over there. The bartender said this is sake. Golly is it good! I had three or four already. Brought one over for Val and me to have a drink." Gadget replied.
 
 
She held one out to Valentine, who looked at Hondo. He shrugged in reply. Valentine looked back at gadget, took the offered drink,and downed it. Gadget cocked her head and frowned a bit.  
 
 
"No toast? Oh well. To new beginnings." Gadget said as she raised her glass.  
 
 
Valentine raised her eyebrow a bit, snatched the drink out of Gadget's hand and drank it down too.
 
 
"That was mine!" Gadget pouted.
 
 
Hondo refrained from chuckling and fought down an amused grin.
 
 
"Looks like you've had enough." He replied.
 
 
Valentine turned to Hondo and spoke softly, "I need to use the ladies room."
 
 
Hondo looked around, "Alright. I'll go an' stand by the door."
 
 
She shook her head, "You don't have to."
 
 
"After last night I'm not lettin' you go alone." He said.
 
 
"Gadget will go with me." She said.
 
 
Gadget looked at them both, "I will?"
 
 
Hondo scowled at her.
 
 
"I will, I mean I will go with her." She said quickly.
 
 
Hondo frowned but nodded, "Alright. If you're not back in ten minutes I'm comin' in after you!"
 
 
Valentine gave him a slight smile and placed a hand lightly on his arm. She stood there for about a second before Gadget drug her off to the bathroom. Hondo shrugged and finished eating as he watched them until they disappeared from site.
 
 
Once in the bathroom Gadget looked around to make sure they were alone, which they were for the moment.
 
 
"Hondo said you were almost raped! You alright?" Gadget asked
 
 
"I don't want to talk about it." Valentine said as she leaned against the sink.
 
 
"Don't use have to use the bathroom?" Gadget asked
 
 
"Just needed to get out of there for a bit." Valentine said
 
 
"What ... what was it like?" Gadget asked hesitantly.
 
 
"What was what like?" Valentine asked, almost afraid she knew the asnwer
 
 
"You know ... being forced like that." Gadget said
 
 
Valentine frowned, closed her eyes for a moment and shook her head, "You don't want to know."
 
 
"At least someone wanted you. Other than some of those slimy creeps at the cafe I can throw myself at some men and they just push me away." Gadget said
 
 
Valentine scowled angrily, "You must be drunk or #$@!ing stupid. You want to know what its like?"
 
 
Valentine grabbed Gadget by the throat and slammed her against the wall.
 
 
"Imagine all your privacy, all the control over you body, all feelin's of safety, all of that taken from you! They grabbed me, chocked me, hit me, held my arms so I couldn't move and forced my legs open! They cut off my panties and leered over my body! The laughed as tears ran down my eyes, and held a knife to my throat threatening to kill me if I moved! All I could think of was Hondo and him looking at me in disgust after they used me, as I was defiled! Dirty! used! He saved me but they hurt him badly and I could do nothing to stop it. They didn't penetrate my body but they did my mind. I still feel dirty! I still expect the man I love to hate me! but he doesn't. He loves me and tries to be understandin', and it makes me feel worse! I couldn't even let him see my body while changin' today as I hate myself as I feel dirty and so vulnerable. He would give his life to save me, but I can't control my own feelin's around him even so I'm pushin' him away and that scares me too as I'd not blame him if he left me!! You want to know how it feels?!? It's unimaginable fear and hate! If I'm not scared of it I hate it and some of both and I don't want to feel this way!!" She half yelled half sobbed.
 
She let go of Gadget and fell to her knees as she cried. gadget coughed a bit from being half choked and knelt down beside the sobbing Valentine
 
 
"I'm ... I'm sorry. Golly... please don't cry. I talk to much. This is why I have no friends, I guess. I'm a stupid idiot when it comes to things like this. I really am sorry." She said  
 
 
It took Valentine a few minutes but she finally pulled herself half way back together.
 
 
"I'm sorry. I should be able to control myself better. You do know how to ask the stupidest questions at the worst times." Valentine said  
 
 
Gadget nodded, "yeah, especially when drunk. I lied to Hondo. I think I had six of those rice wine sake things."
 
 
She helped Valentine to her feet.
 
 
"Thanks. I should probably fix my makeup." Valentine said.
 
 
"You hardly use any as is. Wish I was that pretty." Gadget said
 
 
"I'm not any prettier than you are. You just are insecure, though I'm one to talk these days. I'm a quivering mass of insecurities." Valentine said.
 
 
"Can I help you at all?" Gadget asked
 
 
Valentine cocked her head and looked at Gadget for a moment, "Why do you want to help? You never liked me let alone cared."
 
 
Gadget looked at the floor, "It's not that I didn't like you. I guess I'm just jealous."
 
 
"Jealous? how?" She asked
 
 
"He probably told you the story, but I love Hondo once and I drove him off. I still don't like killing but ... Let's say I've learned a lot the hard way. I love being a part of a team and found that with the Rangers. After my ordeal, chip seemed so supportive. I had driven Hondo off and I told myself Chip was my last chance at happiness. Unfortunately, the happiness died a long time ago." Gadget answered sadly.
 
 
"Does he hurt you?" Valentine asked.
 
 
Gadget shrugged, "Nothing I didn't deserve. As a Ranger he doesn't drink in public but he does at home sometimes. he's a mean drunk. We got into a fight once and he got drunk. I refused to have sex with him as I was still mad. He ... he made me. It's not like rape, I guess, as I am his wife. I was upset about it for a while, but I'd welcome it now for the attention. I can't prove he's cheating but ... he doesn't want me. Starting to wonder is something is wrong with me. It'd do it four or five times a week, but we've not had anything in months!"
 
 
"Fernando confronted Chip earlier about hurtin' you and leakin' information." Valentine said
 
Gadget nodded and smiled to herself a bit, "I saw it all. I know it's wrong of me to say so, but he deserved it all."
 
 
"Fernando said Chip beat you and ... and he twisted you ear. I thought it was just to get him worked up. Is it true?" Valentine asked with some concern
 
 
Gadget looked at the floor, "I  ... I didn't tell Fernando ... I mean, I never said ... That is, I'm sure Fernando just made it up to rattle Chip."
 
 
Valentine cocked her head at her, "Is that why you've been after Fernando? You think if he took you in he'd protect you?"
 
 
Gadget shook her head, "I really rather not talk about it."
 
 
"I know Fernando is pretty powerful but given your past with my husband ... can I ask why you didn't try to get him to take you and dump me?" Valentine asked
 
 
Gadget sighed, "I see how he looks at you. He loves you very much and you make him happier than I ever could. I want that in my life badly, but not enough to ruin it for someone else. And besides, Hondo is a man of old fashioned honor. I could probably tempt him into something if I tried hard enough, but he's just end up hating me and himself."
 
 
Valentine nodded, "I can appreciate that. I don't know what I'd do if I lost him, but even as messed up as I am right now, I know in my heart he'd never leave me. So then you want Fernando for the power?"
 
 
"I never said I wanted Fernando." Gadget replied.
 
 
"I heard different." Valentine said.
 
 
"Let's talk about something else." Gadget said.
 
 
Valentine sighed, "We probably need to make an appearance before my husband breaks down the door."
 
 
Gadget nodded, "At least Fernando got rid of Chip and the others. You want another drink? You look like you could use one."
 
 
Valentine nodded, "I could use a couple, but I'm not sure you should. I heard how much of a lightweight you are."
 
 
Gadget shrugged, "Only ones I have left here to embarrass are Jeanette, Tammy, and Misao, so why not? Chip never let me drink. Said I embarrassed him too much when sober."
 
 
Valentine shook her head, "Let's not talk about him anymore. I already hate him enough."
 
Gadget nodded grimly, "Understand, sorry. He and the others found me in a dark time in my life. I can't forget that. If it wasn't that I felt I owe them for that ..."
 
 
Gadget paused and looked at the floor for a moment.  
 
 
valentine put a hand on Gadget's arm,"Let's go find my husband, then we will see about another drink."
 
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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out
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Reply #63 - Feb 15th, 2020, 8:47pm  
Fernando finds his way to sushi platter, finding another platter added to the table. It appears to be Prosciutto, an Italian dry-cured ham that is usually thinly sliced and rolled up tightly to be served with antipasto.
 
He thinks to himself, “Raw fish, raw beef, raw ham. For an advanced civilization, these mice like raw meat a bit too much.” He does not care about who is behind watching.
 
“Looks like you found your leak.” Misao says as she approaches him. Jeanette is just behind her.
 
“You still need to find out how deep that leak goes and clean up the mess that he created.”  Fernando tells her.
 
“I told you before - I have nothing to do with anyone going after you or your group.” Misao tells him.
 
“You assembled the majority of this group, which includes Tammy. Anything involving Tammy, includes me. So like I said, anyone to who tries to hurt Tammy and/or my baby, will deal with me. That includes you. To save face, you need to find out how deep the leak Chip created goes and fix it. Chip was in your group and thus you are responsible for his actions. So the choice is clear, the actions you need to take are simple. Go do your job or deal with me.” Fernando tells bluntly.
 
“This is not over.” Misao tells him.
 
“It’s not over until the fat lady with the horns sings. Now go deal with your job before you suffer a similar fate of Chip and his pals are going through now.” Fernando interrupts her.
 
Misao turns around and walks away, going past Jeanette without stopping to say hello to her. Jeanette steps over to where Misao was.
 
“Of all the uncalled for actions you had ever taken, Fernando!” She begins to tell him.
 
“Do you want to be in a burning car with Tammy and Francesca?” Fernando throws at her.
 
“What does that have to do with anything?” Jeanette asks.
 
“It was my car that was bombed that Hondo and Val barrowed. The car I rented out. It could have been you, Tammy and Francesca in the car when it blew up instead of Hondo and Val. And the reason why it blew up is because Chip opened up his big mouth bragging about a mission of taking down the Yaccusa to the wrong people! So let me ask again - Do you want to be in a burning car with Tammy and Francesca? Because it could have been you and them instead of Hondo and Val!” Fernando tells her.
 
“What makes you sure that it was Chip?” Jeanette asks.
 
“Follow the dialog, Jeanette. I asked ‘...have you spoken to anyone about this mission, who are involved and what we are doing?’ He answered ‘I spoke with my contacts. Nobody else.’ I then asked ‘Who are your contacts?’ he answered ‘That is confidential, you idiot!’ So I asked him ‘You have contacts, here in Japan?’ He answered ‘You learn to make friends fast in this job.’ Take note: Chip has no friends in Japan, Chip has no contacts in Japan, Chip’s modus operandi on intel gathering is going to places of ill repute and brag about what he is doing until somebody wants to join them for a price or wants to kidnap him and his pals to give them a world of hurt. In bragging, he has exposed us, our mission and our goals to those who do not want the treaty to go through. It is through that exposure that we as a group has been attacked several times so far and will continue to be attacked until Misao sets things right. I am doing what I can to protect us from getting hurt. So tell me Jeanette, Do You Want To Be In A Burning Car With Tammy And Francesca? Because of Chip and his big mouth, that could have been you and them instead of Hondo and Val!” Fernando tells her.
 
Jeanette can only do nothing but stand there in indecision of whether or not to believe what he is saying. The truth is known: Hondo and Val barrowed Fernando’s rental car and it blew up when they tried to start it remotely. The speculation is: if Tammy and Jeanette would have borrowed the car, knowing that they would entered it, secured Francesca into the baby seat, and they themselves would have sat down in it before starting it, would have it blown up? Fernando’s answer is “YES!” But Jeanette is not thinking in those terms and thinks that all that is happening is a series of coincidences, one following another. She thinks such coincidences would have not affected her.
 
A voice comes up from behind Jeanette, though Fernando sees that it the Emperor, “What is this about your car being blown up?”
 
“It’s nothing serious, I heard no one got hurt in the explosion and the insurance will pay for its replacement.” Fernando explains.  
 
“If anyone would have gotten hurt, Japan has the Death Penalty though it is for cases of multiple murders. I will gladly sign his execution orders if anybody got hurt.” Emperor Akihito tells them.
 
Jeanette drops her jaw in hear this and tries to quickly recovers, protesting “But he did nothing connected with the car bombing!”
 
“Planning of one’s demise is conspiracy to murder, which is still murder in the eyes of Japanese law.” Emperor Akihito tells her, adding, “If the car bomb missed its targets but killed innocent bystanders, that is still murder. Mentioning to the criminal elements of our society that a person is a threat to them and the criminal elements act out to eliminate the threat makes them an accomplice to that murder." Emperor Akihito tells her, “Your friend just dug a hole he cannot get out of.”
 
“In the United States, people are innocent until proven guilty.” President Obama says to be heard as he approaches them.
 
“If that were true, people would not be arrested and detained for their trial, sir.” Fernando tells him.
 
“People are arrested and detained for their trail for their protection, Agent G. If they were not, they would be open to attack by those who were their victims seeking revenge.” President Obama explains.
 
“How it works and how it is supposed to work are two very different things. But despite Chip being American, he committed a crime on Japanese soil, and therefore is to abide by Japanese authority has to go through its justice and legal system.” Fernando explains.
 
“I’m sure we can make a deal...” President Obama begins to say.
 
“And it will be front page news ‘President Obama makes deal to release American charged with murder in Japan.’ Sir, with all due respect, you should leave it alone, and find out why the Admiral of the USS Enterprise is willing to kiss this lonely ass flea bitten ‘munk’s ass and not follow your orders.” Fernando explains to him.
 
“Explain that one to me?” President Obama asks.
 
“Admiral Ready is a member of the Rescue Rangers, and as such has been following the orders of Chip Maplewood who is the leader of the Rescue Rangers, not yours. How else did he get passage to Japan from America – for free? I had to use my own private resources to get here!” Fernando explains.
 
“Admiral Ready needs to answer some questions before he regains command of any ship under my watch.” President Obama says.
 
“If it were me, Admiral Ready would not have enough rank to command rubber dingy for the Navy, let alone captain a Chinese Cargo Ship hauling rubber dog shit from Hong Kong as a civilian!” Fernando throws in.
 
Everyone looked at Fernando for a second, though wanting to laugh but don’t.
 
After a couple of seconds of recomposure, the Emperor says, “They are all subject to Japanese law.” He turns to face President Obama, “If you want to make deals for their release, it will have to be after the treaty signing and after the magistrate has decided on their trails. That will be done concurrently with the treaty signing as to save time on their issues.
 
Misao approaches them after listening in for as long as she can from where she stood in the room. She butts in with her opinion, “I think they learned their lessons as is and be released, at least under my watchful eye.”
 
Fernando laughs before President Obama makes his opinion known, “Admiral Ready is under my command and jurisdiction, not yours or anybody else’s. If he is following somebody else’s orders other than mine, then he has to be dealt with.”
 
“Show him some leniency, kind sir.” Misao throws out.
 
“This is #$@!ing war, Misao. Showing leniency in war will only get you killed in the end.” Fernando tells her.
 
“War with who?” Misao asks.
 
“This was supposed to be a simple peace treaty signing, but you opened up a can of worms by trying to eliminate the dark elements of society – organized crime. The war against crime is one that can never be won because when you eliminate one, another will come in and replace them, with the possibility of being worse than the original. There is a balance between good and evil that has to be maintained. If you eliminate all evil then you will upset that balance until one starts to look at good for the evil within. Then that is where the ‘fun’ begins. You need to leave such things alone.” Fernando tells her.
 
“Then I will cease any investigation you wanted me to do since you found the source of your leak.” Misao tells him.
 
“You are not going to cease what I requested for your convenience. Chip caused a lot of damage, and you are going to find out the extent of that damage and repair what you can. If you fail in this simple task, then a lot more than just feeling are going to get hurt. People are going to get hurt, my friends and colleagues, and yours. You do not want any of your friends and colleagues hurt, and since you dragged in my family, you do not want any of them hurt unless you want to incur my wrath.” Fernando tells her.
 
“Let me remind you that you are subject to Japanese Laws when in Japan.” Misao tries to make her stand.
 
“Let me remind you that there isn’t a time or a place you cannot hide from me if my wife and my daughter gets hurt. I will even throw in that I will go after you if any of my friends and the rest of my family get hurt as well.” Fernando tells her. “Now, if you do not mind, there is Sushi waiting to be caught and eaten. And you got a job to do.”
 
As Fernando begins to walk away to the sushi platter on a table not far away, the Japanese Emperor looks at Misao, “It is in your best interest to do as he tells you.”
 
“It is in your best interest to follow my advice when I give it.” Misao tells him.
 
“I have not followed your advice since you refused to rescue my kidnapped son, but he went out and got back my son to me without want of a reward. You failed me, you failed the Japanese – Lantean people. Now do not think that if I do something which is in what you advised me to do, it is not. I am following a parallel action to your advice that I had deduced for myself without your help. So do us all a favor and walk away while you still have a face to show without disgrace.” The Emperor tells her.
 
“Why I never!” Misao lets out.
 
“In the words of that man over there who saved my son, ‘Maybe you should every once in a while. I hear it is great for the skin and nails!’” The Emperor tells her.
 
Wanting to scream, Misao walks away pissed off. Jeanette just stands there in flabbergasted realization that her friend has just been shot down when she was told that she could never be shot down.
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Reply #64 - Feb 15th, 2020, 11:42pm  
Charles see Chip, Montray Jack and Dale being cuff and taken out of the room as he shaking his head.  
 
Charles: Chip you a idiot then he wen to his team give them the details.  
 
Frank: So is Fernando ready to meet us?
 
Charles: Not yet since something Is wrong here and I know him. He have that look and something is troubling him. Also Here a life lesson. Don’t be like Chip did or you be taken out of the mission quicklyley.  
 
Burborn: What did he do?
 
Charles: Blab about the other mission to anyone who can be a spy or emery. So NEVER Do that.  
 
Rebecca: Right boss.  
 
Charles; Right now let enjoy our selfs. Also Keep a eye out for any emery foes who want to attack and enjoy our party. Tomorrow before Fernando call us at 1PM. We going Car shopping and Sparky will modify the cars you pick.
 
Maggie: Ok Dad.
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Reply #65 - Feb 15th, 2020, 11:58pm  
Hondo had found the bar shortly after the ladies had left. He leaned against it with a whiskey in his hand as he waited. It was a good vantage point as he could see all the entrances and exits, see the hall to the restrooms, where Valentine and Gadget had gone, and watch as Fernando put Misao in her place. That last bit brought a slight smile to Hondo's face. It was good to see that bitch be told off. As Fernando went back to the buffet, the others disbursed from the group, except Jeanette who stood looking lost.  
 
 
Nothing interesting seemed to be going on, until someone new entered the room. Attention seemed to turn to the main entrance all at once. Hondo happened to be looking the other direction at the moment the new guest entered so he did not see who it was at first. The expressions, whispers, and such from many of the others intrigued him though. The most excited person in the room seemed to be President Obama. He smiled his large, almost creepy, smile as he strode forward towards the new visitor. Hondo turned just enough to see who he was so eager to talk to.
 
 
 Standing in the doorway, appraising the crowd, was an older Japanese gentleman dressed in clothes reminiscent to one of the Spanish dons from an old Zoro movie. His black coat, pants, vest, and flat brimmed hat were trimmed in silver. He worse a frilled white shirt, black string tie, and a bright red sash. A full length samurai sword hung at his side, and his black, snake-skin boots were polished to an almost mirrored shine. Two men, dressed in brown suits with brown leather boots, brown stetsons, and black string ties, stood back a step and on either side of him. The old man's face was grim as he looked over the sea of people. His frown grew all the more at the sight of the approaching Obama. The sight of one person perked him up and he started in this persons direction.  
 
 
Obama changed course to try to cut him off. He held out his hand as he approached the older gentleman.
 
 
"Samurai Cowboy, it is an honor to meet you ....' Obama started to say but the old man veered away from him, ignoring Obama completely.
 
 
The old man smiled as he approached the cowboy leaning against the bar, and called out his greeting.
 
 
"Howdy, Hondo Sackett! It is good to see you again, my friend." Yuudai said as he held out his hand
 
 
"Yuudai, good to see you again, sir. " Hondo said as he took the offered hand and matched the firm handshake he was given.
 
 
President Obama stood awestruck. He pulled himself back together after a moment and started to fume.
 
 
"I'm the President of The United States! He's just some red-neck hick, and he knows your true name and is greeted, when I'm snubbed?" He said incredulously.
 
 
Hondo and Yuudai both turn and look at him for a moment then turn their backs to him without saying a word. He started forward about to say something more but the two men in brown suits move in between him and Yuudai. Obama frowned and walked away, trying to fully recompose himself, though a definite look of insult played across his face,  
 
 
Yuudai shook his head as Obama walked away, "Some people do not know their place. They all think because they hold an office they are due respect! I respect the man over the office. A man who uses his office to get respect was not worthy of that respect from the beginning."
 
 
"I know what ya mean. Care to join me for a drink?" Hondo asked.
 
 
"I had hoped you would ask! I will take whatever you are having, my friend." Yuudai said with a big smile.  
 
 
Hondo downed the last of his drink and ordered two more whiskies. The bartender nodded and started to fill drinks.  
 
 
Yuudai nodded,"That is a good choice, my friend."
 
 
The bartender sat the drinks down in front of them and they both picked them up.  
 
 
Yuudai held his up to Hondo, "Kanpai!"  
 
 
Hondo held his up and replied, "Salud!"
 
 
They both downed their drinks and set the glasses back on the bar.
 
 
Yuudai grinned, "You Americans definitely know good whiskey."
 
 
His face fell a bit, "I do have some news for you. I talked to a few of my people and though I cannot tell you everything yet, one of my men said that one of the families picked up three foreigners and took them to one of their pleasure parlors. Understand, a lot of the families have members drive taxi cabs. They try to pick up people of interest and this family picked up two American chipmunks and a large mouse, possibly British or Australian, I am told. The chipmunk who called himself their leader asked that you and your friend, Fernando, be taken out as you were in their way. It seems this American chipmunk thought there was glory to be gained and that you and your friend would take it from him, that is at least what my man believed."
 
 
Hondo nodded grimly, a tinge of anger showed in the lines on the edges of his eyes, "I have a good idea who that is. Sounds like Chip Maplewood."
 
 
Yuudai nodded, "That is the name I was given. Though the whole reason is still unknown, why the family is carrying out his request seems to be tied in with their belief that you have come to end the Yakuza. Is this true?"
 
 
Hondo frowned, "Chip and several others have came thinking they will bring the Yakuza down. My friend an' I have no such delusions as to believe we could do that. For now, we are here at the Emperor's request an' to protect my friends wife as she was pressured into joinin' the group those munks belong, and to join in their foolish crusade."
 
 
Yuudai nodded, "I understand. I knew you were a far wiser man than they, and were one to have friends who had similar wisdom. Now, enough business talk for tonight. Where is your lovely wife this evening?"
 
 
As if on cue Valentine and Gadget headed their direction.
 
 
"Here she comes now." Hondo said  
 
 
Yuudai turned towards them and grinned, "Ah, the beautiful Valentine Sackett. Your husband is a lucky man indeed."
 
 
Valentine tried to show a slight smile as she nodded, but her downward  looking eyes showed her inner conflict. Yuudai raised an eye an eyebrow a bit then turned to Gadget who stand beside Valentine.
 
 
"And who is this fair flower?" Yuudai asked
 
 
"I'm Gadget Maplewood. Nice to meet you!" She said with a smile.
 
 
Yuudai Looked at Hondo with a quizzical look, "Is this ..?"
 
 
Hondo nodded, "She is married to Chip of the Rescue Rangers."
 
 
Gadget's smile faded and she nodded, "Y ..yes. Chip is my ..husband."
 
 
Yuudai nodded at her, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Maplewood."
 
 
"Please, just call me Gadget." She said, trying to smile again.
 
 
Yuudai nodded as Gadget turned to Hondo.
 
 
"Valentine and I are going to get a drink." She said
 
 
Valentine looked up at Hondo, "If you don't mind, that is."
 
 
Hondo looked at his wife for a moment, and their non verbal exchange said a lot. She nodded after a moment and he nodded back.
 
 
"Alright, Darlin'. Just stay close by." Hondo said
 
 
She nodded and they moved down the bar a bit and sat down. The bartender had just gone into the back so they waited for him to reappear to order. Yuudai looked at them a moment and then back at Hondo.  
 
 
"Is your lovely wife alright??" He asked in a low tone.
 
 
Hondo sighed, "I told you we had been attacked a couple times, right?"
 
 
Yuudai nodded.
 
 
"Well, last night she was attacked first. The men who attacked her tried to rape her. It ... It took a bit of a toll on her." Hondo said
 
 
Yuudai's eyes almost glowed red with anger and his jaw muscles clenched, "Those who did that have no honor and must die!"
 
 
Hondo nodded and replied calmly, "Several of them did. The few who didn't will never be the same again if they live."
 
 
Yuudai took a deep breath and visibly settled down a bit, "I believe I heard of that incident. Some men dead, one shot through the leg and his skull smashed, and another pinned to the wall and part of his manhood removed with a large knife. I salute you, my friend."
 
 
Hondo just nodded.
 
 
Yuudai looked over at Gadget then back at Hondo.
 
 
"What about this wife of Chip Maplewood? Why is she here with your wife instead of with her husband?" He asked
 
 
"She an' I have ... history. I was too wild for her, I reckon. She ended up marryin' that self-absorbed bastard an' seems to regret it now. Their marriage is not a good one, an' I know he doesn't treat her right. He never had any respect for her, to begin with. I think she wants out now, but doesn't know how to deal with it all." Hondo replied
 
 
"Well, wanting away from that dishonorable hombre speaks to her credit. Not staying with you shows a definite lack of wisdom, though. I could make this Chip disappear and solve both your problems." Yuudai offered.
 
 
Hondo shook his head, "No. We handle our own troubles, but thanks for the offer."
 
 
Yuudai smiled, "I knew this would be your answer but I wanted to hear it myself. You are indeed honorable, my friend. Too many would just have accepted and had someone else handle their troubles. I fear much honor has gone from my country."
 
 
"It's not just here. I think the world suffers from a lack of honor these days," Hondo replied grimly.  
 
 
"I believe you are right." Yuudai replied
 
 
About then a new bartender came out from the back. He placed drinks down for Hondo, Yuudai, and the ladies.
 
 
Yuudai smiled and nodded, picking up his drink. "That is good service here. Drink this last one with me, then I must go talk to a few others here."
 
 
Hondo grinned, nodded, and picked up his drink, "Salud."
 
 
"Kanpai." Yuudai replied.
 
 
They down their drinks and set the glasses down on the bar. Hondo's grin slowly faded. His tongue tingled a bit and he started not to feel right as pain started to grip his chest. He looked at the glass then at the bartender who stood grinning at him. Hondo grabbed the glass and threw it at the bartender, the noise causing a scene and stopped the ladies from taking a drink of their drinks in time. He started to turn a bit white and leaned against the bar to stay upright.
 
 
Yuudai looked at him in shock, "What is wrong, my friend?!"
 
 
Hondo gasped, "Drink ... poisoned!!"
 
 
The bartender tried to run out through the service door  at the other end of the bar, but the other bartender showed up about then. He looked angry and was rubbing a large lump on his forehead. The bartender who had served the poisoned drink scowled, swore in Japanese and ran back to the end of the bar close to where Hondo and Yuudai was and leaped over the end. He did not make it far, though, as in a blur of motion Yuudai pulled his sword and ran the bartender through, pinning him to the wall.  
 
In the meantime Valentine and Gadget had rushed to Hondo's side. Valentine grabbed onto his arm, an extremely worried look on her face. His teeth were grit, his breath started to become ragged, and his vision started to blur as he struggled to stay on his feet as the poison started to flow through his body.
 
 
"No, my love! Please, stay with me! Fernando!!" Valentine yelled desperately.
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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out
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Reply #66 - Feb 16th, 2020, 11:18pm  
Fernando makes it to Hondo and Val’s side to check on Hondo. Hondo does not look good, though his immortality status will save him but leave him feel like microwave shit going through a conveyor belt of more microwave ovens. Looking at Hondo and his symptoms points to one thing: Arsenic Poisoning. Cyanide would have him foaming at the mouth and Ricin takes too long to act. Arsenic tends to block Oxygen from cell respiration, thus starving the cells of Oxygen, creating problems like pain and cramps to the victim, similar to what Hondo is going through.
 
Surveying the scene, Fernando picks up the cup Hondo drank from. A sniff from it says a lot, though it is hard to decipher past the strong smell of alcohol but there it is – a small twinge of a chemical scent that is not associated with alcoholic drinks. A taste confirms it: Arsenic or Arsenic based chemical. Though Fernando had given Hondo a Bio-energy pill to deal with his wounds, he reaches into his jacket and pulls out the bio pills to give him. It is not a cure all, but more than enough to keep him going until an antidote can be found. Until then Hondo will be slowed down with various aches and pains from the poison and oxygen deprivation it causes.
 
“Here, take this.” Fernando gives Hondo the bio pill to swallow.
 
Hondo takes the pill and swallows it. He begins to feel better but not perfect. Fernando looks around and sees bartender pinned to the wall by the sword Hondo’s friend ran him through with. The Emperor’s guards surround the area and survey the bartender’s injuries.
 
“I want him alive!” Fernando yells out.
 
Yuudai yells at him in Japanese but the bartender argues back:
 
“Who are you, who sent you!”
 
“I’m not telling you anything.”
 
“You’re going to talk or else!”
 
“#$@! you! I’m already dead!”
 
“You will die if you do not answer my questions!”
 
“We’re all going to die!”
 
The bartender pulls a hand grenade from behind his back, pulls out the pin and tosses it between them. Yuudai pulls his sword out of the bartender’s body and grabs him by the hair and forces him to fall onto the hand grenade. He then jumps out of the tiny bar area and ducks down in front of the bar. Fernando takes his jacket and covers Hondo, Val, Gadget and himself with it, hoping it is bullet proof lining will protect them. Many go to the furthest corners of the room but many do not make it as a muffled “BOOM!” is heard and the spray of blood and body parts are thrown upwards from behind the bar.
 
The guards escort the guests to various smaller rooms. Hondo, Fernando and Yuudai are taken to the medical room of the palace. Fernando’s quick assessment to the medical staff gives Hondo an antidote treatment of Dimercaprol, a universal heavy-metal anti-poison used to clean out the body of what heavy metals that had entered it. Hondo rested on the bed as the IV Solution is pumped into the vein in his arm.
 
“I’m going to check on the others.” Fernando tells Hondo.
 
“Tell Val I’ll be OK.” Hondo says.
 
“I will.” Fernando says before he leaves the room.  
 
Yuudai leaves the room after Fernando. Out in the hallway Yuudai calls to him, “Fernando-san.”
 
Fernando stops in his footsteps and turns around slowly to face him. Yuudai walks up to him, “Hondo spoke highly of you.”
 
Fernando eyes him in his cowboy get up and bloody sword in his hand. Before he could reply, Yuudai continues.
 
“Come, I need to clean my sword and we have a lot to talk about.” Yuudai continues.
 
Fernando looks about the rooms of the hallway until he finds a bathroom, “In here.”
 
Yuudai walks into the bathroom, looking about inside, “This will have to do.” He begins to clean his blade with water and paper towels found inside. He continues to explain himself, “You and your friends are in danger by the mouth of a braggart and liar. Hondo explained many things to me, and I can see where it is going to go wrong. I also see that ungrateful female dog is going to be a deterrent to this task because it does not promote her or her agenda.”
 
“Given time we will become more than associates, but now that is what we are. Hondo is one who does not make friends easily with anyone, if he trusts you then I will trust you.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Hondo is one with much honor. It is sad to see my fellow countrymen throwing honor away for the likes of money and power to satisfy their greed.” Yuudai says.
 
“A man with no honor is no man at all.” Fernando adds.
 
“Where are you going, if I can ask? I would like to go with you.” Yuudai asks.
 
“I need to check on the others. I think you should stay with Hondo for now.” Fernando says.
 
“I see. I will be here with Hondo then.” Yuudai points out.
 
“Arigato.” Fernando says before he walks away.
 
 
With the guards help Fernando find the others, with Val and Gadget first.
 
Fernando walks into the room, “I only have a couple minutes to say this. Hondo is going to be OK. He just has to take some medications first before being released. I have to go find the others, so I’ll see you.”
 
Fernando tries to leave the room but Val tries to stop him with questions, “When can I see him?”
 
“No promises but soon.” He tells her, before he leaves.
 
Next room he checks on is on his daughters, finding them to be OK. Not much was said but to wait for him in order to see what happens next. Tammy was next where he finds Jeanette with her. Tammy was watching over Francesca even though the baby was sleeping.
 
“How is Francesca doing?” Fernando asks.
 
“She’s handling it quite well.” Tammy answers though not looking at her husband.
 
“Alright then. I’ll be back but we are not being detained.”  Fernando tells her.
 
“I’ll be here waiting.” Tammy replies.
 
Charles and his team were with a few of the dignitaries in another safe room. Fernando then finds Kei and Yuri, and The Goon Squad in separate rooms. At least he was able to take Kei and Yuri to the dungeons in the basement below the palace. Along the way he removes his holstered weapons and hands them to Kei and Yuri to hide them. There he is taken by request to the cell holding Chip, Dale and Monty. He walks up to the bars of their cell and stands there. It takes them several seconds before they notice him there.
 
“Aye, Fernando! You come to get us out?” Monty asks.
 
“I do not know what I can do but maybe there is a chance if you tell them the truth – who said what to whom and when. Because depending on who is to blame, is getting the death sentence.” Fernando explains.
 
“What for?!! You Set Us Up!” Chip gets up and tries reaching for Fernando through the bars.
 
“You set us up, Chip. Now there are several dead upstairs, including Gadget, Jeanette, Tammy and our baby. One of the workers of the Emperor’s kitchen staff had a bomb and blew the party room with it. The Emperor is badly injured. So you better hope you stay inside that cell, because I can’t touch you in there. But come out, I will take you out like Jack Ruby did to Lee Harvey Oswald did when he was being taken to his trail. So Chip, you better hope I do not see you again, for it will be the last time we will see each other again. By The Way, I will be there for your interrogation.” Fernando tells them in the coldest most somber voice he can tell them in.
 
They just stand there in the cell, Monty and Dale trying to hold back their tears but Chip was more angry than before.
 
“You’re lying, Fernando! You’re lying!” Chip yells at him.
 
“I can bet that you are thinking that if it were true, I would be here and just shoot you execution style.” Fernando tells them before he opens his jacket, “I would, but as you can see, they had taken away my guns. So I would be doing neither of us a favor tonight. So think about it, Chip. Your mouth cost me the lives my some of my friends and of my family. You’re dead meat to me as of right now.”  
 
Chip looks at him and his empty gun holsters.
 
“Now if you will excuse me, there is a mess to clean up upstairs, thanks to you, Chip.” He tells them before he begins to walk away. He listens in to their conversation when he and The Dirty Pair were out of sight.
 
“Gadget? Dead?!! I ‘wore to me friend I’d protect his lil’ gal!” Monty howls out like a mad man.
 
“Monty, think of your blood pressure! Think of your arthritis! Think of your... DALE HELP ME!” Chip yells out.
 
“Why Should I Help You! I Knew It Was Wrong But You Didn’t Listen!” Dale yells back.
 
Fernando signals to Kei and Yuri to walk away with him.
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Valentine sighed and slumped into a seat after Fernando left. She did her best not to cry but a solitary tear betrayed her. Gadget sat down beside her and put a hand on her shoulder
 
 
"Valentine? ... You going to be ok?" Gadget asked
 
 
Valentine nodded, "Yeah. Just worried about Hondo. We've ... we've been through a lot together. Don't know what I'd do without him."
 
 
Gadget shook her head, "You've been through a lot in just two days! That's not figuring the last 2 years."
 
 
"Been more than two years." Valentine said quietly.  
 
 
Gadget cocked her head, "But .. how? You two met in Italy, right?"
 
 
Valentine looked at her and spoke quietly, "Hondo's best friend and partner is a time traveler."
 
 
Gadget looked at her blankly, "so?"
 
 
Valentine sighed, "You think maybe we have had mission where we had to jump out of time?"
 
 
Gadget stared at her for a moment long before it clicked.
 
 
"Oh! I got it." SHe exclaimed quietly.
 
 
"For someone so smart ..." valentine said while shaking her head.
 
 
Gadget hung her head, "Yeah... I'm a bit dumb that way. It's another reason I don't have many friend. I was a fool to turn down Hondo all those years ago. Don't know what he saw in me, though. I'm just a ditz. I deserve to have a manipulative, abusive asshole for a husband."  
 
 
Valentine looked at her with a surprised look, "So he does hurt you?"
 
 
Gadget looked at the floor and absentmindedly grabbed her ear, "I .. I .. I didn't mean .. That's to say .."
 
 
Valentine put a hand on her shoulder this time, "Gadget, ... I know we've not really been friends but I understand somewhat. before Hondo I was... handled badly. It scared me. Hondo was the first man to treat me right, other than my father and his friends. I know your Father disappeared, as did mine. We have a lot in common and ... if you need a friend ... well... I'm not exactly in my right mind these day's but I'll try."  
 
 
A tear betrayed Gadget's eye this time, "That means a lot to me. The other ladies ... they barely tolerate me. None of them have any of my interests and they don't trust me. I admit, I get carried away at times, but its because ... it's because I'm bored and lonely."
 
 
"I've been there myself. Fortunately, Fernando and Hondo put my skills to use. They aren't overly expressive, but what they don't say speaks volumes, and the way Hondo holds and loves me ..." Valentine said, but paused as she saw Gadget frown all the more.
 
Valentine sighed, "Sorry. I forget at times. I ... I feel as I've been pushin' him away since last night, but ... But I know he won't abandon me. I'm ... I'm sorry you have it so hard with your husband."
 
 
Gadget shrugged, "It's my fault partially. I was ... desperate. I'm also a ditz, so I earn the wrath he gives me."
 
 
Valentine shook her head, "No. No one should be treated like that. I was pretty awkward at first, and still mess up at times. Hondo, even when frustrated he lovin'ly showed me how. He still gives me a lot of patients. That's part of love and friendship. He's not an overly patient person but with me his patients endure  lot. If Chip truly loved you he'd be patient."  
 
 
Gadget sighed, "You think he's truly the reason that you and Hondo have been attacked? Why you almost got raped and why ..." She hung her head, "... and why Hondo almost died from being poisoned?"  
 
 
Valentine sighed, "I .. I'm not ... sure."
 
 
"But you think it's so." Gadget said sadly.
 
 
Valentine could only nod.
 
 
Gadget hung her head and sighed, "Yeah. I believe it too. I ... I try to be a good wife and stand up for him. Even when I think he's wrong. It's what a wife is supposed do to ... isn't it?"
 
 
Valentine sighed and nodded, "Yeah, it is, to a point."
 
 
Gadget's frowned deepened, "He's passed that point, hasn't he."
 
 
Valentine shrugged, "That's not for me to say."  
 
 
Gadget nodded, "I understand. Thanks. No one has spoke this nice to me in a long time. Tammy thinks I'm a creep and Jeanette just ignores me, as do a lot of others. Foxglove doesn't like me because Dale used to be enamored with me. The only people I get any notice from are those  creepy fan boys, or fan old men these days, at the cafe, or guys I throw myself at. I don't like to be like that, but if I don't ... if I don't I'll end up some creeps play thing or alone."  
 
 
"Speakin' of throwin' yourself at men ... You should leave Fernando alone." Valentine said.
 
 
Gadget shrugged, "I know no one else I can trust."
 
 
Valentine shook her head, "It doesn't make it right. I know Tammy and Fernando's marriage is on the rocks, but is it better to be one who tries to help them overcome their problems or be part of their problems?"
 
 
Gadget nodded sadly, "I ... I understand what you're saying but ... I'll think on it."
 
 
"Please promise me you'll at least talk to Fernando and maybe Hondo about your problems first. You could have friends here. Is that worth losin'?" Valentine asked
 
 
"Sorry. You have so much to worry about right now without me adding to it. I'll ... I'll try to talk to them about it. I can't promise anything but I'll try." Gadget said.
 
 
Valentine nodded, "You have to do what you think is right, but think about how it effects others. I don't want you to suffer or be alone but is it better than hurtin' others."
 
 
Gadget looked sad and shrugged, but didn't say anything. She was torn inside. She had been alone much in life and had endured some dark times. There had been times when ending it all seemed like the only viable option. IT was not a place she wished to be again. Yet Valentine's words rang in her ears. Did she have the right to put her selfish desires above the welfare of others? Was she being any better than her husband? She knew the answer and it scared her as all she was in that future, if she did what she knew was right, was a bleak existence at best.
 
 
Valentine's mind was on her husband. She longed to be by his side and it hurt her that she had pushed him away. She wishes she could say it would be different now, but she was not sure. She just wished she could be by his side. Though she knew the poison would not kill him, she could not help but think, what if that was the last memory he had of them being together?  
 
 
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Hondo felt like runny dog-shit that was being tumbled in a steam dryer. He lay with his eye's closed as the IV drip continued. Yuudai returned after a couple minutes and looked at him. He looked about as bad as he felt.
 
 
"You are one tough Hombre, my friend." Yuudai said.
 
 
"Then why do I feel like a newborn kitten that's been bounced off the pavement?" Hondo said trying to half joke.
 
 
Yuudai chuckled, "Better than feeling dead, my friend."  
 
 
Hondo nodded, "True. Thank you for your assistance this evenin'."
 
 
Yuudai bowed slightly, "It was this old man's pleasure. You friend Fernando is an interesting person."
 
 
"I'd not made it so far without him." Hondo replied.
 
 
"You sell yourself too short, my friend. I am not saying that as a team you two have not accomplished a lot, but you can do much on your own." Yuudai said.
 
 
"I learned a long time ago a team can do so much more than their members ever could on their own." Hondo replied
 
 
Yuudai smiled, "Wise words indeed. It is sad how many people go through life never understanding this. That wisdom will serve you well. It speaks well of you and the friends you keep. I hope I can be of help to you and your team while you are hear."
 
 
Hondo groaned as he tried to sit up, "We appreciate the help, sir.  
 
 
Yuudai put a hand on his shoulder, "Rest for now. I will keep watch until your friend Fernando has returned."
 
 
Hondo nodded and sighed as he lay back down, "Thank you, sir. It is appreciated."
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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out
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Reply #68 - Feb 18th, 2020, 9:42pm  
Fernando makes his way back to Hondo’s room though there is one more person for him to see: Misao. Dimercaprol works great in clamping down on heavy metals in the body’s systems, but it is not a cure until it leaves the body with the poison. Like any patient before and any patient after, that means Dimercaprol going through the kidneys, the bladder and down the toilet. As it cleanses out the Arsenic from bloodstream and other organs, it’s making him wanting to go to the bathroom and thirsty at the same time. He just needs to hold out a bit longer than he is used too.
 
Fernando makes his way through the various halls, finding Misao’s room not too far from Tammy’s room. He walks in as other guards take the various dignitaries to another room to continue the party. Fernando walks into Misao’s room as the door was already open. She stands by the window looking out into the Imperial Gardens.
 
“How many more must die before you take action?” He says from the doorway.
 
 “I told you before, I’ll tell you again - I have nothing to do with anyone going after you or your group.” Misao tells him.
 
“They went after us here tonight – you, me, the emperor, our groups and all the dignitaries. Though Hondo has been the target of the attacks, it is because he is the one most noticeable of the group, just like Chip, and Dale and Monty. They’re easier to find than Waldo in a sea of blue. It is one less bad guy now, but I know the Kamikaze mentality – there will be others coming as long as we stand. They attacked us here because they knew we would be here. But you know who these people are or can easily find them, and then find them and deal with them as needed. Since they had attacked us, you have ran out of time to act. You need to make time to find these people before I will, because you can spare them a fate I would dish out in the form of Death A La Carte.” Fernando tells her.
 
“I will do what I can when it is time, not before. Until then I need my people back.” Misao tells him.
 
“There is no time left, Misao. On top of everything else, members of your crew have to answer to the crimes they partook actions with criminals. If deemed innocent of the circumstances of the crimes they were part of, then from my understanding, they will be released. Until then...” He explains to her.
 
“You have the mighty arm the agencies of your government assisting you.” She tells him.
 
Fernando laughs for a moment, “Believe in what you want to believe in. What agencies I may work for drops me in the middle of nowhere and I have to do what they requested with the nothing they gave me to do the job with. I will get paid if and when the mission is over and after it has been evaluated and they are satisfied with the results and findings I give them. That can take months if not years. So the mighty arms of the agencies assisting me do not exist. All I have is just me, my mind, my body and what friends are who are willing to assist me which I have to pay out of my own pocket. You not doing a thing, when you have the resources of your home nation backing you up, is just an excuse. Even in having nothing, you have everything here to work with. Not being able to says that you do not want to or you’re a brainless idiot. Which one shall it be?” He tells her.
 
“You’re a Time traveler.” She throws at him.
 
“Through trickery and deceit, so are you.” He tells her, adding, “So there is no excuse for any delay on your part. So, again, how many must die until you take action?”
 
“I will act when I am damn good and ready.” She tells him.
 
Fernando pulls out his handgun and aims it to her, before pulling back on the slide and ejecting the bullet inside. Catching the bullet as it is ejected from the pistol and tosses it to her. She catches it out of instinct and looks at it for a moment.
 
“While you are waiting to be damn good and ready, the next one sent your way will be meant to kill. Thing is, chances are it may not come from my gun, but from somebody else’s.” He tells her.
 
As Misao was going to give a reply, the emperor’s guards come into her room.
 
“Ms Sakimori, your presence is needed at the gathering room downstairs.” One of the guards tells her.
 
Fernando steps out of the room and follows the guards take Misao to the gathering room with his eyes. He thinks for a moment before heading to Hondo’s room. Yuudai was still there with Hondo. Fernando inspects the IV Bag, finding it nearly empty. Taking a few medical items from about the room, he goes up to Hondo and stops the flow of the IV Bag into his vein before pulling the needle out of his arm. A bit of gauze and a bandaid is placed on Hondo’s arm.
 
“Besides thirsty and wanting to go to the bathroom to drain the lizard, how do you feel?” Fernando asks.
 
“Tired.” Hondo answers.
 
“That’s to be expected.” Fernando tells him, “I hope that is a bathroom and not some storage closet, because you will need to piss out the poison the antidote is removing from your body. If not, everyone is heading downstairs to the gathering room, you can use the bathroom there. The guards have searched the staff, each other, the party food and the dinner, and there are no other idiots or surprises to crash the party. You should be fine after some food and drink hits your belly. I’ll see you downstairs, I got a few things to do first.”
 
“I’ll see you around, Jefe.” Hondo tells him as he sits up on the medical bed. Fernando gives him a nod before leaving the room.
 
Hondo walks across to the end of the room where a separate door was at near the exit door.
 
“Your friend is a strange one.” Yuudai says as Hondo opens the door.
 
“How so?” Hondo asks her the door open and he shakes his head, “Damn, it’s a storage closet.”
 
“Don’t take it negatively. Your friend is extremely focused and driven. It is rare to see that in a person.” Yuudai points out, “But sometimes one needs to relax and smell the flowers, even when one is focused and driven to complete their task. It is needed to lower the stress and to put things into perspective.”
 
“You know if there’s a Men’s room outside?” Hondo asks.
 
“We can go find one.” Yuudai answers.
 
 
After Chip has been beaten to an unconscious bloody pulp of chipmunk mass, Dale and Monty were removed for interrogation. They are taken to separate rooms and connected to lie detector machines. The diagnostic questions are asked to get their base level reactions. After an hour of asking questions, and rephrasing them again and again, the truth comes out: Chip hired the driver, had the driver taken them to meet with various leaders of low lives and riff raff at places of ill repute, and gave them information for various information of the mission and mission personnel, exposing many, especially Fernando and his team because he believes that they are going to take away what awards for doing the mission that he thinks he would receive.
 
Chip is left alone to recover and have his interrogation given during the dinner. Both the Emperor and Fernando sneak out to check how it is going.
 
“Why would you endanger your fellow mission mates? You really think you are going to get an award?” A voice in the room says.
 
“I Was Promised An Award For Doing A Mission, Not To Be Cheated Out Of One Like On The Italian Mission!” Chip yells out. He adds “That Fernando! He Even Got A Dag Hammarskjold Medal! Only Dead People Get The Dag Hammarskjold Medal! But Fernando Is Alive!!! EXPLAIN THAT TO ME!!!”
 
“We are not talking about Fernando. We are talking about you. Now again, why did you endanger your mission mates? For awards? For money? For wine and women? Why?” the voice in the room says.
 
“I endangered no one – for one! I Went out and made contacts and traded information with them! Now if Fernando and his crew is getting attacked, it must be something they did!” Chip throws out as an answer. He continues with, “Besides, I work hard! I should be getting awards for the hard work I put in! Fernando does nothing and he gets awarded!”
 
“Do you even know who your contacts are?” the voice in the room says.
 
“I do not ask for confidential information on those I work with! They have something give me, I give them what information can help them with their problems!” Chip answers.
 
“That includes the names, description and location of your mission mates?” The voice in the room asks.
 
“What information I give out is between me and them!” Chip answers.
 
“OK. This Interview is over.” The voice in the room says.
 
“So when am I going to be released?” Chip asks as he is being disconnected from the machine.
 
“That is for the judge to decide.” The voice in the room says.
 
“Now Wait A Minute! I Have A Mission To Do! I Got Friends In High Places Needing me To Do This Mission!” Chip starts to get belligerent.
 
“Well... I’m sure your friends can help you... in about 20 to 30 years...” The voice says. Several guards grab Chip by his arms and haul him away to his cell as he curse and complains on the way out.
 
 
“Well Fernando. You got your answer there.” The Emperor says.
 
“It’s not whether I got my answer, I always had it. The question is what to do with him?” Fernando asks.
 
“The ‘munk is a danger to the mission and to himself. He deserves to be locked away in some mental institution for the rest of his life. His friends however are another matter.” The Emperor says.
 
“Release them to me. And that Admiral Ass Hole too. With Chip gone, they will behave better.” Fernando tells him.
 
“You sure about that?” The Emperor asks.
 
“Yes. But release them around 1PM tomorrow, and send them to Maria’s B&B. I will text you the information on where to send then exactly.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Alright, I’ll do that.” The Emperor says, “We got dinner guests to mingle with.”
 
“What is on the menu?” Fernando asks.
 
“It’s a variety of things. Some American, some Japanese, some Chinese.” The Emperor explains.
 
“Then lets eat!” Fernando says.
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Reply #69 - Feb 19th, 2020, 3:23pm  
Valentine perked up a bit when the door to the room they were in, with a few other's they did not know, opened up. Her face fell when it was only one of the palace guards asking everyone to regroup in the gathering room.  
 
 
Gadget looked at Valentine with a bit of a frown of her own. While she had always told herself that she joined the Rangers to help others and ease their suffering, it occurred to her that she had been using them to hide from reality, more so these days, and to ease her own suffering. Valentine's worried sighs and crestfallen face made her forget her own troubles for a bit. She knew she should probably worry about her husband, but would he have worried about her? She knew it was not right thinking to only do right for someone who will do right back to you, but he had wronged her so many times in recent years she had ran out of worry for him. Though she knew Valentine was probably about as resilient as Hondo, Gadget found herself worrying about them both. It was something she had not done in a while. The problems of others and of her own, she had hid from and buried for so long. What it was about this woman that brought her out of herself, she did not know. Was it her kindness in the face of adversity? Was it her plain speaking and grit? Was it that she saw something of herself in this woman but saw Valentine overcome where she had not? Whether she realized it full or not, Gadget knew it was some of all of those things. She had a long way to go, and knew things would get worse before they got better but maybe, just maybe a new beginning was in sight for her.
 
 
Valentine slowly stood up, and Gadget followed suit. Gadget placed a hand on her shoulder again and whispered in her ear.
 
 
"You going to be alright?" She asked.
 
 
Valentine nodded, "I'll be fine. Will feel better once I know Kondo is okay, though."
 
 
They followed the group out, seeing other groups merge with theirs but no Hondo or Fernando. In the gathering room Valentine spotted Tammy and Jeanette but they made no moves towards them nor seemed to acknowledge them so they stayed on their own. Fernando appeared after a bit. He did not go to them nor to Tammy but Valentine knew he had seen them all and knew they were accounted for. After a bit Fernando and the Emperor seemed to disappear but still no Hondo.  
 
 
Valentine found a seat against the wall and sat down with Gadget taking a seat beside her. They sat silently for a minute before Gadget spoke again.
 
 
"I'm … sorry. So sorry." Gadget said.
 
 
Valentine raised an eyebrow, "For what?"
 
 
"Hondo and you, and all of it." she said softly
 
 
Valentine shook her head, "I don't understand."
 
 
"MY … my husband is to blame here. I know he had to of ratted you guys out somehow. On purpose or accidentally, I don't know. But I know he hates and despises Hondo. And as much as he hates him he hates Fernando ten times more. If he thought he could get away with it he'd have them both killed, I know. I've heard him rant several times about them. and you …. if it took them out he'd not shed a tear if anything happened to you. I think the same goes for me, Dale, Monty, any of us. In his mind he's the only one who matters. I … I feel to blame too." Gadget replied sadly.
 
 
"It's not your fault. If Chip did say somethin' then its all on him." Valentine replied.
 
 
"No, I knew how he felt and I said nothing. Instead of trying to sleep with Fernando I should have been warning him, or Hondo or someone. I've tried to pretend there was not trouble for so long … I don't even know who I am anymore." She replied sadly.  
 
 
"So, what are you going to do now?" Valentine asked.
 
 
"Maybe eat some more and see if I can find some alcohol that's not bee poisoned." Gadget replied
 
 
Valentine let slip a partial grin, "No, I meant after all this. What's goin' to happen to you and the Ranger is Chip goes to jail?"
 
 
Gadget looked at the floor and furrowed her brow, "Golly, I don't know. I'd not thought about it before. I … I don't think I could stay with the rangers. Dale always wanted to get his private investigators license. Chip said he was too stupid to do so. I might be able to talk him into trying for it. Monty would probably stay with him if he did that."
 
 
"But you wouldn't stay with them?" Valentine asked.
 
 
Gadget shook her head, "I don't think I could. I could help them at times, but I need to figure out who I am. Maybe I could work as an aviation mechanic or open my own resto-mod shop and invent stuff when I have time and money. I want to help people, still, but how can I when I've hid from life for so long? I'd like to just have a job to do every day, maybe. Make some friends, work on things with my hands, go out in the evenings, plan real vacations with people I want to hang out with. I just don't know."
 
 
Valentine nodded, "I understand, I think. I'm feelin' a bit lost myself right now. If you need a place to stay in the states there is room out at the ranch. Might could make a fresh start out there."
 
 
Gadget smiled softly, "I'll keep that in mind. I'll stay around here, for a while at least, if I can be of some help that is. After this, whatever it is, is done, then I'll figure that all out."
 
 
About then someone in the crowd murmured something about the Samurai Cowboy and his American friend. Valentine looked around and after a moment saw Yuudai and Hondo enter the room.  
 
 
Hondo stopped for a moment and looked around, appraising the crowd anew, as if it was he had just arrived. He looked tired and physically worn down but still held himself well. Most could not tell he was fatigued, but Valentine knew him too well to not see it in his movements. After a moment Hondo and Yuudai approached them. Yuudai flourished his hat and bowed slightly as they approached.  
 
 
"Fair ladies, I am glad to see you are unaffected from the earlier unpleasantness." Yuudai said.
 
 
Valentine stood up and rushed to Hondo's side. She stopped short and lifted his dark glasses so she could see into his eyes.
 
 
"Are you alright, my love?" She asked softly.
 
 
"Jefe said I'll live. Just tired, mainly." He replied
 
 
Yuudai nodded, "Fernando-san said he should eat and drink. It will revive him some. Now, I must leave him in your capable hands. The social graces dictate that I must make the rounds. I will, however be looking into further information  so we can stop these attacks against you all."
 
 
"Thank you for your help, sir." Hondo replied
 
 
"It has been my pleasure. Until next we meet." Yuudai said with a quick bow.
 
 
Hondo watched him walk away a moment before sighing.
 
 
"I need to lean or sit down or somethin'. That shit whipped my ass." He said quietly.
 
 
Valentine nodded and took his arm and lead him to  the chairs. As he sat down Valentine sat beside him and gadget stood infront of him. He looked at her a moment but she would not make eye contact.
 
 
"Somethin' on your mind?" He asked her.
 
 
"You going to be alright?" She asked meekly.
 
 
"I'll live long enough to stomp Chips ass." He said in a half growl.
 
 
Gadget frowned and a tear came to her eye, "I'm sorry. I really am. I wish it was me who had been poisoned instead."
 
 
Valentine patted his arm, "She feel's bad enough as is. Be nice to her, for my sake."
 
 
Hondo sighed, "It's not your fault, Gadget. I'm shouldn't speak ill of your husband in front of you like that. Must be hard on ya. An' … I'm glad it was just me who got poisoned. I'll heal. You might not have lived."
 
 
Gadget shrugged, "Might be easier if I hadn't of lived."
 
 
Hondo scowled, "I'll have none of that talk."
 
 
Gadget looked at him for a moment. She was holding herself together but just barely. He had never seen her so broken before, and it intrigued him a bit. He had seen plenty of denial in those eyes but never this. He actually felt bad for her all of a sudden, even after all the pain and shit she had put him through. She was genuinely hurting and for once was not denying her own brokenness.  
 
 
"My husband is a monster. If I had admitted that long again I could have saved you all a lot of grief, maybe myself some too. Me, Dale, Monty, we've been living in this fantasy world that if we turned a blind eye it would be fine as we were doing more good than harm. I think we did more harm than good. He … he hurt me so many times. I hid in my workshop for weeks at a time not always because I was obsessed with a project but too ashamed of the bruises on my face and ears so come out. It was easier to just hide and work than to admit I married an abusive, self-centered man-child. I … I don't like killing, I really don't but I was blinded by Chip's pacifistic beliefs. Now I'm not even sure if those were real. He tried to sacrifice you to get what he wanted and I think he'd do it to any one of us. He'll make back room deals with assholes to get the dirty work done but isn't man enough to do it himself. You were and I was blind to it. You knew who you were and you and Valentine found something together that we might could have had if I had not been so stupid. Now I'm alone and disgraced because my name is tied to his. I was a Ranger because of him. Now … I don't know who I am. Valentine … she has been far kinder to me than anyone else has been in a long time. I .. I don't deserve it. I thank you for that though, Valentine. I'm sure you two want to be alone now. I'll … I'll just slip out. I'll not be missed." Gadget said softly.
 
As she turned to leave Valentine grabbed her hand, "Wait."
 
Gadget turned  back to them , but did not look at them fully, as she was starting to fall apart.
 
 
Valentine looked at Hondo sadly then looked at Gadget. Hondo knew what she wanted.  
 
 
He sighed, "I've been low before too. I've had to pull myself up alone before an' it's not easy. Good friends always make the dark times more bearable."
 
 
Valentine looked at her, "What my crusty husband is trying to say is you don't have to go. Please stay."
 
 
Gadget nodded, "Thank you. I'll... i'll stay for now. Just no more talk about … you know what. I .. I just can't deal with that anymore tonight."
 
 
Valentine nodded, "Understand. How about we go find some food for my husband and ourselves as well?"
 
 
Gadget forced a half smile, "That sounds like a good idea.... thank you … both."
 
 
Hondo just nodded and Valentine got up to go with her. as they left in search of  something edible Hondo could only shake his head and wonder what the hell his wife had gotten him into now. Hordes of angry Yakuza members sounded more fun than helping his ex find herself, but she had been a friend once. He wondered if old wounds and the bitter taste of the past had been blinding him, but he liked to believe that before she was too blind to help. Though things might be different now, he had his own problems to deal with. He learned long ago that people in need rarely show up at the most opportune time. If she needed their help, she would get it. He did not look forward to trying to explain it all to Fernando, though.
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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out
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