A Somerset Farm
and Unit One Collaboration
Attack
and Response
Chapter
6: Big Bullets and Newbies
By; Jamie Haze and GhostRyder15
Rednecks 0, High Tech 1
Day
Ten
Jap,
Jacky, Gerry and Kyle, along with the James brothers
were eating lunch after spending the last four hours
on the 1,000 meter rifle range. The James brothers
were the spotters for Jap and Jacky as well as being
part of the security detail for the two snipers when
they were deployed. After being spotters and part of the security
detail for so long, both of the James Boys felt comfortable
in the positions they were assigned to.
Neither boy had wanted to take an upgrade as
a sniper when it was offered to them, believing that
they could do more to help the Unit in their current
jobs. Jap, Jacky and the James Boys still had a hard
time believing that Gerry and Kyle were doing so well
with the Barretts they'd been so recently introduced to. Especially Gerry. He seemed to get better with each
shot he fired, while his groups were still about a foot
in diameter, they were consistent with groups that men
with much more experience were shooting.
As
they sat around the table in the mess trailer, David
Alleyn and Justyn Tyme walked up to them. After
saying hi to everyone Justyn turned to Jap, Jacky and
the James Brothers and said; "After you guys eat,
James and Matt want to talk to you in the Admin Trailer."
Jap
asked; "What's he want, it's not my fault, I didn't
do anything."
Justyn,
David and the other boys at the table laughed; "I
got no idea what they want, it probably is your fault,
and you probably did do something to piss someone off."
Jap
blushed as everyone else at the table laughed along
with Justyn. When everyone was finished laughing
at him he said; "Aww fuck you guys, I don't gotta
take this shit."
Gerry
looked at his brother and whispered; "Kyle, he
said the 'F' and the 'S' word."
Once
again everyone laughed. Jap turned red and stood
up, saying; "Aww . .'fudge' I'm done eating.
Let’s go see what they want."
As
the others were finished eating also, they all stood
up and gathered the debris from their meal and were
about to take it to the scullery when Jacky turned to
Kyle and said; "Why don't you and Gerry head on
over to the trailer, we'll come get you after we see
James and Matt?"
Kyle
nodded and he led his brother out of the mess trailer
after dumping their trays and eating utensils at the
scullery. Jap turned to Jacky and the James brothers
and with a slightly worried expression on his face asked;
"What da ya think they want with us, I can't think
of anything I've done wrong, can you?"
Jacky
shook his head; "Nope, I can't think of a thing. I guess the only way we're gonna find out is
go and see them."
Entering
the Admin Trailer, Jap was the first to see James and
Matt at the other end of the main room. They were
involved in a quiet conversation with Doctor Davidson,
Bucky Trenton, Will Jarmon
and Joe Barnes. Still wondering what was going
on, the four boys moved up to the table the men were
using and waited to be noticed rather than butting in.
Bucky was the first to see them standing near the table
and greeted them; "Good afternoon boys, thanks
for coming so quickly. We have something we want
you to do. It’s
new and may cause you some discomfort, but it'll greatly
enhance your capabilities during the upcoming operation."
Turning to Doctor Davidson he said; "Doc, why don't
you take it from here, you've already accomplished the
operation on James and Matt and you're more familiar
with what needs to be done."
For
the first time since entering the trailer, the four
boys looked at James and Matt closely.
They both looked okay, neither one of them seemed
to be in pain or discomfort. Looking back at the
doctor, they waited for him to speak. Doctor Davidson
picked up a small, square plastic box about the same
size and type as an SD Flashcard that's used in digital
cameras came in. After opening the lid of the
case, he showed it to the four boys. Looking closely;
they saw a small block, about one centimeter square
by two millimeters thick, that
looked like black plastic with dozens of hair-fine gold
wires coming out of each side of the square. In
each corner of the square, they saw a very small hole,
a total of four. Other than that, they were smooth
and devoid of any markings or impressions.
"These are what we call 'mastoid implants', they
allow the user the ability to communicate over long
distances, virtually anywhere in the world, with others
equipped with them or to a central control station.
They're completely secure and non-traceable. They were
developed by one of Evan's companies located in the
'Silicon Valley' out in California. One of his
electronics engineers is a Science Fiction reader. Back
in the 80's, a writer named Dean Ing wrote three or four books where the hero had an implant
like this. The engineer, worked with several scientists
for over four years before they were able to make the
first one work, it was almost three times bigger than
this one. The difference between the hero’s implant
in Ing's books and this one is that this one doesn't have a
High Explosive charge in it. Otherwise, they're
pretty much alike, except these are more capable and
they work off the body's built in electrical system.
According to Evan, this little piece of electronics
cost him a hundred and sixty thousand dollars . . .
and change."
Jap
looked at the MI and spoke without taking his eyes off
it; "How can something that small transmit and
receive over the distance you told us about, I mean
even our back pack radios are only good for relatively
short distances?"
Doctor
Davidson looked at Jap and wondered why he was surprised
the boy would ask that particular question. He
knew the boy had a genius level I.Q. but he'd let himself
forget how quick he actually was. Smiling at Jap
he responded with; "I have no idea Jap, the secret
to how it works is way beyond my level of understanding
. . . and paygrade.
According to Evan, only a few scientists and engineers,
all of whom are employed by 'Falconberg Industries',
understand the concepts that enable them to work."
Jacky
looked closely at the small piece of electronics before
asking; "What's with the tiny holes in the corners?"
Doctor
Davidson set the device on the table and picked up a
thin loose leaf binder and opened it to a page that
had a 'yellow sticky' attached to the top of it.
Turning it so that both boys could see it he pointed
at the drawing of a man's head.
Just behind the ear was a dotted line square.
“What we need to do is cut a flap of skin about
an inch square behind the ear; we’ll then place this
in the cavity and using gold screws, attach the device
to the mastoid bone. Prior to insertion, the side
of the device coming in contact with the bone will have
a super strong adhesive applied to it to make sure it's
secure and to fill in any void spaces between it and
the bone. After that, it's a simple matter to
close the flap and suture it back in place. The whole operation takes about forty five minutes
and will be done using a general anesthetic. Barring
any complications, the wound created by the surgery
will heal completely within four or five days. To aid
the healing, we'll administer a cocktail of vitamins
and other drugs known to promote rapid healing.
The worst you'll feel will be a slight headache following
the surgery and tenderness behind the ear for a few
days." The Doctor paused to get his thoughts
in order; "According to what the scientists who
developed it told us, the unit will be 'live' as soon
as it's installed, but not useable by the user until
it's been activated externally. It contains a
new type of rechargeable battery, kind of 'Matrixesque'
that was developed using nano-technology.
As I said earlier; the battery uses the body's
own electrical system to recharge itself. The
studies they've been conducting all point to a useful
working life of between one hundred to one hundred and
fifteen years for the battery and unit."
Jap
looked the doctor in the eyes as he asked; "Are
you gonna take it out after the operation, or can we
keep it?"
James,
as well as the other adults at the table smiled; "We'll
either remove it at your request or you can keep it
and have the ability to use it for the rest of your
life to communicate with anyone who has one installed.
If you decide to keep it, you'll also be able to contact
a 'Snoopy Control Station' and ask for assistance 24/7,
no matter where you are in the world."
"Who
else is gonna be getting them?" Jacky asked.
Matt
spoke for the first time; "We've already got ours
and so do most of the 'Jersey Boys.' We plan on
equipping all of the snipers and their security teams,
as well as the medical teams and some of the ground
support team members with them. Just about all
the people going in will get them, maybe more, Mr. Trenton,
Mr. Wilcott and Mr. Henderson are thinking about getting
the full 'package'.
You guys, as well as most of the other snipers
will get the full 'package' like all the adults: units
with five discrete channels." Matt thought
for a few seconds before continuing; "If Gerry
goes, we plan on giving him a device with only two channels,
we think it would be better if he wasn't exposed to
all the chatter of the other three channels.
Most of the rest of the people will only have
three channels, but the snipers, their security teams
and the command and control group, minus Gerry, will
all have the five channel units."
Jap
looked at his lover and smiled. Jacky knowing
exactly what his little redheaded boyfriend was thinking
nodded and turned back to Doctor Davidson. "When
do you want to install them?" He asked the
doctor.
The
adults let out a pent up breath, the Doctor smiled at
the large teenager and looked at his watch; "If
you two are ready, we can start the procedure in about
thirty minutes and it'll be over in about two hours
after that."
Jap
looking a little nervous, but nodded his head and said;
"Okay, let's do it"
Three hours later, Jap and Jacky were lying in beds
located in the hospital ward of the dispensary recovering
from their operations; still a little groggy from the
general anesthetic they were given. They'd been
told that they would be spending the night under observation
just in case there were any complications from the procedure
they'd just undergone. Another three hours had
passed when the James Brothers were rolled into the
ward on gurneys and placed in beds alongside Jap and
Jacky. Just as Jap and Jacky had been groggy from
the general anesthetic they had been given before the
operation, the James Brothers were also. Neither
one them was in pain, but both of them seemed to be
just south of 'La La Land.' The general anesthetic
Jap and Jacky had been given had long since worn off
and the both of them were, while not in pain, at least
very uncomfortable. Without looking at Jacky,
Jap said; "I wonder how quickly they're going to
be able to run everyone through the operation."
Jacky shrugged his shoulders and winced at the sharp
jab of pain he experienced in the area behind his right
ear, after the pain ebbed he said; "Not sure buddy,
depends on if they can get another doctor involved.
If Doc Davidson has to do them all, well, you figure
two guys every three hours and if he does four sets
a day, I guess about a week or so. I know he's
already done James and Matt; other than them, who knows how many have already undergone
the procedure."
Jesse
Stevens walked in to the ward and moved to the side
of Jacky's bed; "Hi guys, how're
the heads?"
Jap
smiled at the blond headed Corpsman and reached under
the sheet covering him and grabbed his crotch; "The
little one's just fine, but the one on my shoulders
hurts like hell."
Jesse
blushed and laughed at Jap; "I shoulda known you'd
come up with a line like that." Jesse set
the tray he was carrying down on the bedside table between
Jap and Jacky's beds and picked up a paper cup similar
to the ones used in some fast food restaurants for catsup.
Looking back at Jap he said; "Well I can kinda
help you out with that problem, but you're on your own
with the other." He then handed Jap the small
paper cup and a Styrofoam cup with water in it.
"Take these and they'll help with the pain, they'll
also make you drowsy so you can get a good night's sleep."
Jap
smiled his crooked smile at Jesse before taking the
pills and washing them down with the cup of water.
Jacky quickly followed suit and lay back on his pillow,
just as he was about to say something Doug James whined;
"Fuck that hurts, can we have some of that shit
you just gave them?"
Jesse
moved to the side of Doug's bed and grasped his hand
with his right while his left hand gently smoothed Doug's
hair on the left side of his head. He was careful
to stay away from where the surgery had been performed. Looking Doug in the eyes he said; "Not
just yet buddy, ya gotta wait for a couple a three hours
after the operation to let the Demerol filter out of
your system. The Doc wants to make sure there's
no adverse reaction with the pain medication; I'll be
back in when it's time and make sure you guys get what
you need."
Doug
tried to nod his head, but thought better of it when
with the first movement he felt the first twinge of
pain. Jesse patted his hand and left the four
to rest and talk if they felt up to it. Within
a half hour, Jap and Jacky were sawing logs.
Day
Eleven
Jap
had awakened at 05:45 and lay quietly in his bed, Jacky
was still out and snoring softly. At 06:00, Jesse
entered the ward and saw that Jap was awake. Moving
to his bedside he smiled softly at the little redhead;
"How ya doing buddy, does your head still hurt?"
Jap
smiled back him and said; "Yeah, a little, kind
of a dull ache, not really a headache, it's more like
after you bump your head hard."
Jesse
nodded and reached into the pocket of the lab coat he
was wearing and pulled out a bottle of pills.
Picking up the pitcher of water from the table alongside
Jap's bed he poured a little into a plastic cup and
shook out two pills from the bottle.
“Here, wash these down, they're ibuprofen and
they'll knock that headache out in a few minutes."
Jesse pulled a Kleenex out of the box on the table and
sat down next to the box, he then shook out two more pills and laid them on the
Kleenex. Turning back to Jap he said; "When
Jacky wakes up, have him take these, I'll be back in
later with the Doc when he makes his rounds this morning.
If you need anything, hit the call button and I'll come
as soon as I can."
By
09:00, Jap, Jacky and the James boys had been released
from the dispensary; the Doctor had told them to take
it easy for the rest of the day and to report back immediately
if they became nauseous, their incision started bleeding
or if they got a severe headache. The four went
to the 'War Wagon' and checked out their Barretts
and AR-10's, broke them down, inspected them and then
cleaned them. After they had finished, it was
close to noon, so they went to the mess trailer and
had lunch. All four of them then went to the dispensary
and 'Doc' Stevens gave them some more ibuprofen for
the mild headache they were all still suffering from.
As they were about to leave, Kyle and Gerry walked out
of the ward, Gerry looked a little tired and nervous.
Jap moved to his side and asked; "How you doing
Gerry, are you feeling okay?"
Gerry
gave Jap a small smile before saying; "I think
so, I'm just tired and my head still hurts."
Jesse heard his comment and told him;
"Gerry, your headache should go away in a little
bit. If it doesn't, come on back and I'll see if
we can't give you something stronger, Okay?
Gerry
nodded and then winced at the jab of pain he suffered;
"Oww, that hurt."
Jap
smiled at the teenager and said; "If that hurt,
then don't do it."
Gerry
looked at Jap and thought about what he had just said
before saying; "Oh, okay."
Day
Thirteen
For
the next two days, as more and more of the people designated
for the implant surgery went through the procedure,
the furious activity of the previous week slowed considerably.
It was just about impossible to continue training until
the incisions from the surgery they had undergone healed.
The location of the wounds precluded the use of the
'Mickey Mouse' ears, or for that matter ear plugs when
they were shooting, so they were basically in a stand
down mode until such time as they healed.
The
second day after they were released from the dispensary,
Jap, Jacky and twenty of the other Unit One boys, both
non-surgery recoveries and surgery recoveries were taken
to town for an afternoon off. It had been decided
by the command group that the kids needed some time
away from 'GBF' (GhostRyder Base Forward) and they'd
all be given a chance to hit the town for some 'down
time.' Sergeant Babcock and Gunny MacCarver escorted
the boys on one of the MCI buses. Doctor Davidson
had ordered Jesse to go to town with the liberty party
and to enjoy himself. Jesse tried to beg off,
but Doctor Davidson was adamant about him going.
After he changed into shorts and a T-Shirt, he, along
with his ubiquitous gun bag showed up at the safety
briefing for the kids going ashore. Before they
left for town, each one of the boys was given $160.00
for spending money; all of them were cautioned against
using the money for drugs or alcohol. Actually,
none of the adults really anticipated that there would
be any problems, all of the boys still remembered, or
were told about what had happened when J.J. Townsend
was caught doing pot. None of the kids wanted
the punishment that J.J. had been awarded; even more
so, none of the kids wanted to take a chance on missing
out on the operation they were about to embark on.
So, everyone knew to stay far, far away from drugs and
booze.
At a little after 13:00, the big MCI coach pulled into the parking lot of the
local Winn-Dixie grocery store (a major food store chain
in the southeastern portion of U.S.) and parked in the
far northeastern corner of the lot. Gunny MacCarver
had already told them to stay out of trouble and to
be back to the bus by midnight. The twenty two
boys split up into groups of twos, threes and fours
and headed out to explore the delights of beautiful
downtown Blountstown. Yeah, right! All six
square blocks of it, it wasn't much larger than Denton
City back in Washington State.
Oh well, such is life in the big city (snicker, snicker).
Jap, Jacky, Kyle and Gerry, all dressed in shorts and
T-Shirts, headed toward the main business district of
the town. They had not eaten lunch before they'd
left GRF so their first stop was, in their opinion,
the only fine restaurant (a McDonald’s) Blountstown
had to offer. Not having had their usual fix of
'Mickey D's' for almost a week, it was their first choice
for the grease they all hungered for. They had
nothing against the food back at the base; it's just
that no institutional food could match the Je
nais sa
quai of McDonald's.
Or maybe it was just the grease, who knows, who cares.
To the boys Mickey D's was their piece de resistance.
So the four boys entered the restaurant and bellied
up to the service counter, Jap was the first to order
when the pimply faced teenager behind the counter asked
him if he could help him. "Hi, I'd like two
Quarter Pounders with cheese, a large fry, a large chocolate
shake and two apple pies. Oh yeah, and a McChicken
sandwich too please," he added.
The
kid behind the counter looked at him a little strange
before saying; "Is that for here or to go?"
Jap told him it was for here, the kid added up the total
and said; "That'll be twelve fourteen."
Jap gave the kid one of the twenties he'd been given
before leaving GRF.
After
receiving his change he moved to the side a little to
allow Jacky to approach the counter, Jacky looked at
the menu for a few seconds before saying; "I'd
like two Big Mac's, a Quarter Pounder
with cheese, two large fries, a double cheeseburger
and a large Diet Coke please."
Once
again the kid behind the counter looked at Jacky the
same way he had looked at Jap before saying; "That'll
be fourteen fifty two." Just as Jap had done,
Jacky gave him a twenty.
After receiving his change he moved over alongside
Jap to wait for his order.
Kyle
moved to the counter and started his order; "I'll
have four cheeseburgers, two large fries and two large
Cokes please." The kid tallied it up and
said; "That'll be eleven thirty three."
Kyle handed him another twenty and the kid looked at
him like Kyle just pissed him off; "You got anything
smaller than this, I'm running short on change?"
Kyle
checked his wallet and then looked over to Jap and Jacky
before saying; "Would one of you lend me two dollars
till I can break that twenty some place else, please"
Jap pulled out the change he'd gotten from his pocket
and peeled off two singles, handing it to Kyle he said;
"No sweat, here ya go."
When
their food was delivered, they took their trays to a
booth by the front window where they could watch the
traffic and pedestrians go by while they ate.
Being as how it was after the lunchtime rush, the four
boys were by themselves in the dining room. While
they were chowing down, the kid who'd served them at
the counter came out and was bussing the tables earlier
diners had left covered with their trash. As he
worked, the kid whose name tag said he was 'Earl' kept
stealing glances at the four boys sitting by the front
window. When he got close to their table he stopped
what he was doing and looked at Jacky for a second or
two before saying' "All ya'll ain't from around
here are ya?"
Jacky
smiled at the teenager before replying; "Nope,
just visiting."
"Yankees hunh?" He smirked before continuing; "I knew it
when ya'll ordered your grub and I heard the way ya'll
talked, whatcha doin here?"
Jap
luckily had a mouth full of food and was unable to butt
in, Jacky responded to the guys question with; "Oh
we're down here with our Boy Scout troop camping, we'll
probably be around now and then for at least a couple
a weeks."
The
kid snorted; "Boy Scouts, great, just what we need
around here is more 'goody two shoes' getting in the
way." Shaking his head, he moved on with
his work before Jap, who had swallowed his mouth full
of food could tell him to 'fuck off, suck off and die.'
Jacky saw that Jap was getting ready to rejoin the conversation,
stopped him by jabbing him in the ribs and saying; "Let
it go buddy, he's just an ignorant redneck and ain't
worth the trouble."
Jap
looked at his boyfriend for a few seconds before nodding
his head in affirmation and then got back to the serious
business of eating his lunch. When they finished
eating, they bussed their
table and moved outside. Looking at the business
district, Kyle was the first to speak; "Well, it
sure isn't downtown Seattle, what da you guys want to do now?"
Jap
looked at Jacky and then at Kyle and Gerry before saying;
"Why don't we head over to the theater and see
what's playing? If we can't find anything worth watching, we'll
try to think of something else to do” The other
three boys nodded their heads in agreement and they
started off with Kyle and Gerry in the lead. About
a block from the McDonald’s Jap caught sight of a green
car pulling to a stop just in front of them; he was
kind of surprised to see it was a dark green Cadillac.
The reason he was surprised was because it was a Police
car, dressed out with the Blountstown City Seal on its
door and a low profile light bar on its roof, and 'Police'
painted on the front fender. As they drew abreast
of the front door the window on the passenger side rolled
down and they heard a deep voice from the inside of
the car. "You boys hold up for a minute."
the voice had a southern drawl to it and Jap started
to worry. "Great, that's all we need, is to get
hassled by the local cops.
If I start hearing 'banjo music, I'm outa here"
The
boys stopped and watched as the driver's side door of
the big car opened and a very large man in uniform climbed
slowly out. The man adjusted his gun belt so that
it rode a little higher on his hips. Reaching
back inside the car he pulled out a night stick which
he stuck in a loop attached to his gun belt before rounding
the front of his high-priced cruiser. Moving in
front of the four boys he paused for a moment before
saying; "You boys ain't from around these parts,
are you?"
Jap
was about to say something, something that would, in
all likelihood, piss the big redneck police officer off. Jacky grabbed
him by the shoulder and squeezed gently to shut him
up before saying; "No sir, we're out at the old
Air Force base for part of the summer, we just came
in to town to eat and see a movie." The officer
nodded his head and said; "Let me see some I.D."
Once
again Jap was about to spin up and say something when
he felt Jack squeeze his shoulder again, this time hard
enough to make him squirm. The officer saw this
and said; "What's a matter Red, you gotta pee or
something?" Jap looked
him in the eyes and said softly; "No sir."
The
four boys reached in their pockets and pulled out the
I.D. Cards that had been made up with this specific
type of situation in mind. The cards were computer
generated; each had a picture of their owner on one
side along with the personal statistics; color of eyes,
color of hair, weight and height. All of the cards
had either the Trenton International Corporation or
Falconberg Industries logo printed on them. The
officer took the proffered cards and studied them closely
before handing them back. He then looked at Jap
for a few more seconds before saying; "Alright
boys, move along and stay out of trouble, I don't want
ta hear about all ya'll
causing problems in my town. Ya hear?"
The
four boys all answered with; "Yes sir." Jap grumbled to himself as they walked away
from the police officer and his Caddy.
Jacky asked quietly; "What are you mumbling
about?"
"He
pissed me off, he didn't have any reason to stop us,
we weren't doing nothing wrong. Damn, I thought all those movies about
the South were bullshitting about the big bellied, redneck
cops." Jap thought for a second or two before
continuing; "Damn if he don't look like that guy who played Sheriff Roscoe something
on the 'Dukes of Hazard,' only fatter and uglier.
What's next, we gonna get railroaded by 'Boss Hogg'
and have to have James or somebody bail us outta jail?"
Oh
how prophetic Jap’s last statement was to prove.
Jacky
chuckled then grew serious; "If I hadn't said something
before you got a chance to spin up, that's exactly what
coulda happened. You gotta learn to keep calm
when you're dealing with assholes like that. Please
buddy try ta keep
your shit in one sock from now on, we don't need to
have any problems with the local law."
Jap
sighed; "You're right, I'm trying to keep it together,
but damn it Jacky people like him just flat piss me
off." Jap looked at his boyfriend and sighed
again; "You're right, I'll try to keep from getting
pissed off from now on."
As
they continued walking, Gerry giggled and looked over
at Jap saying; "You are right Jap, he does look
like that guy, you know, Sheriff Roscoe."
The
other three laughed at Gerry's comment as they arrived
at the theater, as they stood looking at the posters
in front of the ticket office, they had a hard time
deciding what to see. They all were finally able
to agree on 'Final Destination 3,' none of them had
seen it or F.D. 1 or 2. A little over two hours
later the four boys were walking out of the theater,
yawning and stretching while squinting
their eyes against the bright afternoon sunlight.
Jap and Kyle both sneezed twice from the sunshine.
Kyle was the first to make a comment after he blew his
nose; "I thought that movie would never get over,
I don't know how the first and second ones in the series
were, but I thought this one really sucked.”
The
other three boys agreed with Kyle, then Gerry's stomach
growled; "What's a matter Gerry?" Jacky asked;
"You can't be hungry, you must’ve ate a whole bucket of popcorn during the movie."
Right
then, Jap’s stomach threw its two cents in by grumbling
loudly. Jacky smiled at him and then his stomach
rumbled a little bit; "Well I guess we could all
use something a little bit more filling, why don't we
see if we can find some place to eat besides 'Mickey
D's'?"
Looking
around them, they found a small diner across the street
and all agreed to give it a try. As they entered
the restaurant, the unmistakable aroma of liver could
be smelled. Jacky's
face lit up; "Oh wow, I'm gonna get me some liver
and onions."
Jap’s
face scrunched up as he said; "I'm gonna break
you of that stuff if it’s the last thing I do, yeeeeech."
Jacky
laughed at his little lover and Kyle and Gerry joined
in, Gerry not really understanding what was funny, but
he knew his brother wouldn't laugh if it wasn't funny.
The boys sat down at a table near the back of the small
dining area and were promptly waited on by a heavy set, middle-aged woman who looked like she used a cement trowel to apply her
makeup. While they were waiting, and then eating
their food, Jap noticed five kids seated at a table
near the front door, one of whom was the kid who'd waited
on them at McDonald’s. The boys were talking quietly
and kept taking quick looks at them when they didn't
think they were watching. As the squaddies were
waiting for their check, the boys got up as a group,
paid their bill and left, Jap noted that they were headed
in the direction the Winn-Dixie where the bus was parked.
Just then the check came and Kyle grabbed it; "My
treat." Jap was about to argue when Jacky
kicked him in the shin and shook his head 'no.'
As
Kyle was paying the bill, Jap, Jacky and Gerry went
outside and waited on him to come out. When Kyle
joined them, Jacky said; "Why don't we head back
to the bus, maybe some of the other guys are there and
found something to do besides eat and see a movie?"
Heading
back to the bus, they drew abreast of a narrow alley
between two of the buildings. Jacky had been walking
nearest the street, then Jap, Kyle and Gerry, as they
were passing the alley, one of the kids who had been
in the diner reached out and grabbed Gerry and pulled
him into the alley. Gerry let out a startled yelp
as the kid pushed him face first into the building's
wall. Jacky and Jap turned immediately and started
to go after Gerry when the other four boys blocked their
way. The kid from McDonald’s spoke for the group;
"All ya'll stop where you're at or Mark here's
gonna cut your little bitch a set a 'faggot wings'."
The three boys could see the kid named Mark had a four
and a half inch blade Buck knife stuck near Gerry's
right kidney while his left hand was pushing his face
into the brick wall.
Jap
was the first to speak; "What da ya want?"
One
of the other boys answered; "Earl here says all
ya'll were flashing lots of money at Mickey D's today,
we want what you got, give it to us and we'll let the
little faggot go. Give us any shit and he's gonna
get hurt . . hurt real bad like."
Jap
was about to tell him where to stuff it when Jacky said;
"No problem, just let him go and we'll give you
what we got. But you better know this, you hurt
him and we'll break your arms, all of them, you understand?"
Earl,
the kid from McDonald’s laughed at Jacky; "Ta begin
with, punk, there's five of us and only three of y’all,
this pussy ain't gonna be any problem to us."
As he said that, the four boys all pulled out knives
similar to the one 'Mark' had against Gerry's back.
During
the last year and a half, all the boys of Unit One had
been taught 'American Sign Language' so that they could
communicate silently during the exercises they'd been
involved in. Jacky held his hands out in front
of him, like he was trying to placate the boys.
What he was actually doing was telling Jap; "When
I say go, you take the two on the right and I'll take
the two on the left." Watching Jap with his
peripheral vision, Jacky saw him nod slightly indicating
he understood.
To
take their minds off what he and Jap were about to do,
he said; "Okay, okay, you win." Seeing
them relax slightly, he spoke softly to Jap, only saying
one word; “NOW!”
Both
moved at the same time:
Jap took two steps and leaped into the air, hitting
the guy on the far right in the chest with both feet.
At the same time he struck out at his other target and
hit him in the throat with his balled up fist.
While he was taking out his people, Jacky took one step
and kicked his right target in the nuts, while the kid
dropped to his knees making fish mouths; he blocked
the knife strike by pushing the other guy’s hand to
the right using his left hand. Wide open now,
Jacky hit him in the solar plexus with the knuckles
of his clenched right hand. With the air knocked
out of him the guy dropped to his knees alongside the
guy who was making fish mouths. Grabbing the two
by the sides of their heads, Jacky smashed them together
and both went flat on their backs, unconscious.
Jacky
quickly looked around.
Jap’s targets were both down but still conscious,
all four had dropped their knives so Jacky, using the
toe of his shoe, kicked them out towards the street.
The last boy still had Gerry against the wall, but was
making no effort to harm him. Jap looked him in
the eye and said; "You've got three seconds to
release him, if you don't, I'm gonna kill you."
The guy looked at Jap wondering how the whole thing
had gone south on them so quickly. They’d done this
type of thing before, but this was the only time anyone
had ever fought back. Looking at the redhead,
then looking at his four buddies, he looked at Jap again
just as the little guy said; "One."
The
look in the small boy’s eyes told him he wasn't kidding
about killing him; "Two." Mark
knew he was in deep shit. He quickly threw down the knife and released
Gerry. Jap walked up to him and calmly kneed him
in the nuts. Just like his buddy, Mark dropped to his
knees holding his balls and started making fish mouths.
Jap looked at the kid and said; "That was for Gerry."
With out another word, Jap spun and landed a solid snap
kick to Mark's chest, knocking him over backwards and
causing him to impact the pavement. Looking down
at the kid Jap said; "That one was for me asshole."
While
Jap was tending to Mark, Kyle ran over to his brother
who was staring wide eyed at Jap and Jacky. Gerry
who had just seconds before been crying just stood there
as his brother pulled him in to a hug. Kyle turned
him slightly and saw large splotch of blood on his T-Shirt
where Mark had cut him. He turned Gerry so he
could see his face and saw it was covered with blood
from being rubbed against the brick wall. Releasing
his brother, he walked over to Mark who was still conscious
and said; "You rotten mother fucker."
He then raised his right foot and stomped on Marks right
hand as hard as he could.
The sound of crunching bone could be heard clearly
in the stillness of the alley. Mark let out a
scream of pain and then passed out. Kyle was about
to stomp his hand again when Jacky pulled him away from
the unconscious boy; "That's enough Kyle we got
to call the police and then GBF and let them know what's
happened.”
Jap
looked worried now; "Maybe we should contact GBF
first, we don't know how the 'Town Clowns' are going
to react to us beatin on
some of the locals."
Jacky
nodded and pulled out his cell phone and speed dialed
James. It rang twice before James answered with; "Bateman,
what's going on Jacky?"
Jacky
quickly filled James in about what happened.
When he was finished James said; "Stay right
there, I'm going to get Bucky and we'll be there as
quickly as possible. Does your phone have a camera
built in to it? If
it does, take some pictures of the bad guys, Gerry's
back and the knives, then e-mail them to me before you
call the police. Do it as soon as we hang up.
Oh yeah, wait at least ten minutes before calling the
cops. After you call the cops, call the main Communications
Office number here and leave your phone turned on till
we get there, understand?"
Jacky
acknowledged the orders, disconnected and went about
taking pictures, while he was doing that, he told Jap
to do the same thing with him in the pictures.
When they were both done, Jacky e-mailed his and then
started calling the cops. While he was doing that,
Jap e-mailed his pictures to James also. After
Jap e-mailed his pictures, he called the Com Office.
Gunny Mcnaughten answered; "Communications,
Mcnaughten speaking."
Jap
responded with; "Gunny, this is Jap, James told
me to call ya and leave my phone on till he got here."
The Gunny said; "Yeah, he told me you'd be calling,
can you place your phone someplace where it's out of
the way but can still pick up any conversations in the
area?"
Jap
said; "Yeah Gunny, I'll put it next to wall behind
where we're standing, I got it set for 'Outdoor,' that ought ta give ya good reception." After saying goodbye,
he placed the phone next to the brick wall of the building
on the left hand side of the alley. He then moved
over and spoke softly to Gerry, trying to keep him calm.
While he was talking softly, he pulled Gerry's T-Shirt
off and folded it up and pressed it against the wound
in Gerry's side to try and stop the bleeding.
Jacky
waited ten minutes, and then punched in 9-1-1, after
it rang twice it was picked up by the dispatcher; "9-1-1,
Please state your emergency." Jacky took
a deep breath and started talking; "My name’s Jacky
Hoffman, me and three of my friends were just attacked
by five guys with knives."
"Give
me the address please." The dispatcher requested.
"Sorry
ma'am, I don't know the town, we're in downtown Blountstown
across the street from the 'Ace Hardware' near the front
of an alley."
"Does
anyone require medical assistance?" the woman asked.
"Yes
ma'am, the five guys who attacked us are unconscious
and my friend's brother was cut by one of the boys who
were trying to rob us. His face is kind of messed
up too from the as . . . . I mean the guy who held him
against the brick wall while the rest of them tried
to rob us."
“Please
remain on the telephone until the emergency response
officers and medical personnel arrive." The
lady instructed Jacky.
Jap
was with Kyle comforting Gerry while Jacky was contacting
the police, as Jap gave Jacky a
thumbs up gesture, they all heard the responding
police units heading toward them, 'Code 3.'
Jap
looked over at Gerry and Kyle before saying; "Quick
Kyle, bring Gerry over here and stick close to him.
Matter of fact, hold on to him so he doesn't get scared when the
cops get here."
Just
as he finished saying that, the first Patrol Car screeched
to a halt in front of the alley.
The police officer climbed hurriedly out and
drew his service weapon, pointing it in the general
direction of the Unit One boys. Five seconds after
the cop drew down on them, a second, then
a third Patrol Car stopped, disgorging two more police
officers, both drawing their weapons and covering the
four boys. The first cop started yelling; "Hands
behind your heads, hands behind your heads, do it now.”
Jap and Jacky complied immediately; Kyle was a little
slower as he told Gerry to do what the police said.
Gerry, looking scared, but followed Kyle's orders.
The cop started yelling again; "All of you down
on your knees, do it now." When they were
down on their knees, the other cops moved to the side
of the boys, one kept his Glock trained on them while
the other started handcuffing Jap. When Jap had
his hands cuffed behind him, the cop went ahead and
did the same to the other three after pulling the cell
phone out of Jacky's hand and dropping it to the ground.
Once they were all cuffed, Jap said, “Officer, the boy
on the end was stabbed by one of the guys who tried
to rob us would you please see where the medical response
people are?"
The
cop, a big bellied middle-aged sweating red-faced man
didn't even hesitate backhanding Jap across the face.
The blow was delivered with enough force to knock Jap
over backwards causing him to slam his head against
the brick wall. Jacky didn't think, he didn't
hesitate, he just lunged forward, uncoiling off his
knees with the speed of a striking sidewinder and rammed
his head in to the officer’s gut.
The force of the head butt was sufficient to
ram the cop into the brick wall four feet behind him.
With the breath knocked out of him from the head butt,
and being dazed by his head impacting against the brick
wall, the fat cop slid to floor of the alley groaning.
The first cop holstered his weapon and drew his Taser
and aimed it at Jacky, when he pulled the trigger, two
darts attached to hair thin wire flew from the gun and
stuck in Jacky's right shoulder. Upon imbedding
themselves in his shoulder, 75,000 volts traveled down
the wires connecting them with the base unit.
Jacky grunted and his whole body started to shudder
and writhe as the 75,000 volts and eighteen watts of
direct current caused him to lock his whole body in
a paroxysm of pain for five eternal seconds. When
the voltage finally cut off, he fell
face first to the pavement, smashing his nose.
Kyle
kept speaking softly to Gerry, keeping him as calm as
he could under the circumstances. Gerry was terrified,
he'd never been involved in a situation like this and
he didn't know how to react. Kyle, keeping his
voice soft, telling him to remain calm,
that everything was going to be okay and to just
take it easy was the only thing that was keeping Gerry
going. When Jacky was down, the cop that ‘tasered’ him hit the eject button on the pistol-like Taser
and the module that had contained the expended darts
and wire was ejected from the base unit and dropped
to the ground. The expended darts remained firmly
lodged in Jacky's shoulder while he lay writhing on
the pavement of the alley. After replacing the
expended cartridge and holstering the Taser, the cop
hurried over to the officer Jacky stunned and checked
to see if he was injured. As the cop was doing
that, the sound of a high revving, big bore diesel engine
could be heard approaching. The third cop had
gone back to his cruiser and was calling Dispatch for
more assistance. The next thing the cops knew, there
was a big white MCI motor coach screeching to a halt
with the squeal of tires and the loud hiss of airbrakes.
Even before the bus stopped, the passenger door opened
and Jesse Stevens erupted from the door, followed closely
by Gunnery Sergeant MacCarver and Staff Sergeant Babcock.
Not knowing what was going on, the Cop who had just
‘tasered’ Jacky drew his Glock, turned to face the oncoming
men and yelled; "Halt."
Seeing
the weapon pointed at them, all three stopped in their
tracks. Jesse looked at the cop, then looked at
the four Unit One boys and said; "I'm medically
trained, and unless you want a federal, state and local
lawsuit plastered on you and the other two 'Police Officers,'
you'll stand aside and allow me to work on our people."
The cop, like the fat one Jacky took out wasn't the
sharpest tool in the shed. So when he said; "You
just stand there kid, nobody approaches the prisoners
until the Chief gets here."
As
he finished ordering Jesse to stay away from the boys
the sound of multiple 6.5 liter diesel engines rapidly
approaching could be heard by all. To the three
police cars and one MCI bus, four HUMVEEs, one with
a large Red Cross painted on its side, were added to
the already crowded street. Sixteen doors opened
almost simultaneously and a total of eighteen people
scrambled out of the vehicles. John Wilcott was
the first to stop alongside Jesse Stevens, looking at
the cop, then turning to
Jesse he asked: "What's going on Jess, why aren't
you over there helping our guys?"
"This
'Policeman,' Officer Timmons’,” Jesse said, making the
word 'Policeman' sound like he meant to say 'shit';
"Won't let me near his 'prisoners' until the chief
gets here."
As
Jesse was talking, the others that had arrived in the
HUMVEEs gathered together behind John and stood listening.
John looked back at the cop when Jesse was finished;
"Where's the chief, officer." He asked;
"and why isn't he here."
The
cop sneered at him and said; "That's purely none
of your business, now you people move along before I
arrest your Yankee asses too."
Bucky
Trenton who had been standing alongside John pulled
out his cell phone, hit the speed dial and waited for
a few seconds. “Charlie?”
he asked; "This is Bucky Trenton, I'm here in Blountstown
and some friends of mine have been arrested."
He paused for a few seconds while he listened and then
said; "That's not the problem Charlie, two of them
are unconscious, one’s thirteen and the other’s
fifteen. The officer on scene refuses to let our
medical people go to them until the Chief of Police
shows up, he refused to tell us were the chief is or
when he'll be here." He paused again and said;
"Thanks Charlie, I'll put him on." Taking
the phone from his ear, he held it out to the cop; "Governor
Crist wishes to speak to
you."
The
cop paled but tried to bluff his way through; "Who
you think you're trying to shit Mister, I ain't got
time to mess with you people."
"Charlie,
it's me again, he refuses to take the phone."
Another pause; "Fine, thank you very much, I look
forward to talking to you soon." Pressing
the 'End' button, he returned the phone to his pocket
and looked at the cop again before turning to John and
saying; "The governor will be here as soon as possible
John."
John
Wilcott gave Bucky a thin smile and nodded, turning
back to the policeman he said; "You and the other
two officers are already looking at a very large lawsuit,
not just against the city you're working for, but against
you personally. If I were you, I'd let our medic
look at the injured boys before your Chief calls.
It’s up to you, it's not
my ass hanging in the breeze here." Just
then, a large black Yukon stopped and three
men and three boys got out of the truck. Two of
the men wore light wind breakers, were large and had
their heads shaved bald. The three boys who accompanied
them looked very intently at what was going on.
The tallest of the three, a well built blond headed
teen of about fifteen or sixteen, started taking pictures
of everything. The smallest of the three boys,
held his arms up to prevent the two bald headed guys,
who incidentally looked really pissed, from going any
farther. One of the other men walked to the front
and saw Jap and Jacky lying on the ground unconscious,
and started to move towards them when the cop pointed
his gun at him. The man stopped and said; "My
name is Davidson, I'm a doctor, now stand out of my
way while I check on those boys."
The
cop was about to order him to halt when he felt a hand
on his shoulder and heard the third policeman say; "For
Gods' sake Billy-Bob, let it go, just back off and let
these two have a look at them." All eyes
in the crowd now surrounding scene turned to the officer
who had just spoken.
The
cop lowered his weapon as he turned to speak to the
other officer and said; "God damn it Parsons, the
Chief will have our asses if we do that, you know how
he is."
"If
we don't let the Doctor look at them," Parsons
pointed out, "If something happens to them it'll
be our asses in a crack, not the Chief's. And with the
EMT's having to come all the way from Tallahassee, it’s
gonna be at least another twenty minutes before they
get here." Turning back to the doctor he
said; "Go ahead Doc, go ahead and make sure they're
alright."
While
Doctor Davidson and Jesse hurried to the sides of the
two unconscious Unit One boys, Officer Parsons started
handcuffing the five locals who had tried to rob the
Unit One boys, all the while ignoring the comments made
by Billy-Bob. Billy-Bob continued to complain about how the
Chief wasn't going to like him cuffing the locals when
he finally got there.
Jesse started working on Jap while the doctor
administered to Jacky. When the Doctor realized
that Jacky had been ‘tasered’,
he turned his head back to the watching group of men
and boys and yelled; "Somebody get me a tank of
O-2 and the drug box, hurry please." Turning
back to Jacky, he worked the Taser darts from his shoulder
and threw them aside.
End
of Chapter 6
Next, Chapter 7; FUck With The Bull And You Get The
Horns
By; Jamie Haze and GhostRyder15
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