Home 2 Chapter 065
Copyright 2014 Banzai Ben and Amazing Anastasia
Present - Ben - At the cabin
Some soon to be dead fucker
is firing my Barrett! I know where I left it so I run toward the location as
the firing continues. What I don't understand is why one of the greenies would
be firing it unless… Holy shit it may be some sort of trap! And what the hell
was Ivan talking about it being a 'seal puppy' who was using the Barrett? What
the fuck is a 'seal puppy'? Ivan keeps
talking about this 'wolf that is also a lady' - who and what the fuck is that?
Ivan complains, "Unca
Ben I run can fast but not run this fast, make slower please."
I felt badly because I had
been running pretty damn fast so I apologize, "Sorry Ivan, I will slow
up." And I do just that.
I mentally kept a count of
the shots. While the Barrett mags would hold 10 rounds I never loaded more than
8 because this rifle had a nasty habit of jamming on the second round when the
mag was fully loaded. Yeah, I could have fixed it but there were always better
things to do. The fucker was up to 6 and would soon run out of ammo. Then their
ass was mine and I had plans to kick it to hell and back...
Present - Linus - At the cabin
After I left Stacy and the
other fuckers to their own stupid fucking devices, I got lucky and saw them put
Maria in a Porta-Potty and padlock the door. I could only assume this was some
sort of new fucking torture that bastard Mike figured out. My luck continued as
I found a good place to watch what was going on. As I was checking out my
surroundings I looked to the side noticed something that didn't quite fit in
and.... Hot-fucking-damn, it's Ben's fifty caliber Barrett! It was hidden well,
but not well enough to escape notice by this Seal.
With my first shot I blew the
hell out of the port-a-potties door where they put Maria. I knew the round
ripping the door off its hinges had to make her ears ring, but I figured
anything was better than those damn nasty Porta-Potty (I had been the
unfortunate occupant of one of them to take care of a necessity, however they
were more than fucked the hell up, they were fucked in the ass messed up). I
made a decision and all the following shots were to distract the Special Forces
while Maria escaped. I wish I had seen that son of a bitch Mike - I would have
blown his fucking head off twice and ended all this bullshit.
I had to admit, this was fun
as hell and the scope on this rifle was more than spot-on - it was perfect. I
had never fired a more accurate rifle. As always the suppressor heated up and
the heat waves off it made it hard as hell to see my targets well. However, I
could see well enough to blow the hell out of the propane tanks outside the
mess tent. They didn't catch on fire because I didn't have tracer rounds, but
it did make the Special Forces haul ass out of the tent. Things were good until
I fired a shot and the bolt locked back - hell I was out of ammo and out of
fun. I did see where Maria ran into the woods so I put the rifle back where it
was and start to loop around to meet her.
Present - Destiny - At the cabin
I had tried to tell Ivan that
Linus the Seal had used Ben's rifle, but somehow Ivan didn't understand me and
called Linus a 'seal puppy'. I guess that was the closest thing to a Seal that
he knew. I watched Linus and was glad he didn't kill any Special Forces because
Ben would have been blamed for it. He finally ran out of ammo, put the rifle
back where Ben hid it and took off running after the girl he freed from the Porta-Potty.
Ah, I now understood. The girl he freed was his girlfriend and now his actions
make perfect sense.
I finally see Ben run up with
Ivan behind him. When he looks around he doesn't see Linus so I switch back to
Destiny and walk out from behind the trees.
He sees me and demands,
"Where the hell is the bastard that fired my rifle."
I knew my choice of words
would be important so I answered, "Ben, it was Linus a former Navy Seal
and he treated your rifle with the greatest respect. He used it to free his girlfriend
from one of the nasty port-a-potties you blew up."
Ben complains, "Fuck, no
one fires my rifles except for me! I'm going to kick his ass when I find
him."
I laugh and Ben again demands...
Present – Ben - At the cabin
Destiny laughs her peculiar
laugh about me kicking Linus's ass so I demand, "Just what the hell is so
funny about me kicking his ass?"
She continues to smile and
answers, "Ben, you have so many people lining up to kick your ass that you
might not get a chance to fight Linus."
This is news to me so I ask,
"What the hell are they upset at me for?"
She smiles and answers,
"They are all upset about what you've done to Jennifer."
I counter, "Hell, I set
her free because I can't give her any children. If they want to try to kick my
ass fine, I will gladly fuck them up!"
Destiny's next question
pisses me off...
Present - Destiny - At the cabin
I ask Ben a question I know
will upset him, but I calculate he won't hit me for it so I ask, "Ben, how
do you know for certain you can't give her any children? It puzzles me greatly
because I clearly see a future for you and Jennifer in a happy family with
twins, one a boy and one a girl."
He openly laughs and declares,
"Now I know you're not a fucking Shaman. Otherwise you would know that
Hussein's tortures fucked me up and I can't father any children."
She laughs that strange laugh
of her and replies, "Ben, I am only telling you what I see. You and
Jennifer will have twins, one a boy and one a girl. And they are so cute, the
boy has your good features and the girl greatly resembles Jennifer."
It's my turn to laugh and I
tease, "Well that's certainly better than the other way around."
She begins to reply when Ivan
interrupts, "Unca Ben, we need to take me to the private place you want me
to hide."
Ben lovingly touches him on
the head and answers, "You're right Ivan, let's move it."
We began to run then I shock
Ben when I pick up and carry Ivan. I explain, "We can run faster with me
carrying him."
Ben stumbles when Ivan says,
"Thank you wolf that is also a lady, I am getting tired. Unca Ben run very
and much faster than Papa."
I blush and whisper,
"Ivan that was supposed to be our secret..."
Present – Ben - At the cabin
Ivan calls Destiny the 'wolf
that is also a lady' he's been babbling about. It shocks me so much I damn near
trip over a fucking tree root. That kid must see something in her that I don't
see, because when I look at her, I don't see anything that remotely resembles a
wolf. I pretty much just see a crunchy granola hippy chick.
She whispers something to
him, then he looks sad and doesn't say anything else. I can't wait to get Ivan
alone so I can ask him about the 'wolf that is also a lady'. I do remember some
stories that my Grandfather told me about animals that could take human form,
but I had always dismissed them as very-tall-fucking-tales - best told when drinking
heavily.
We get closer to the bunker
and Destiny announces, "Ben, we cannot go to the bunker right now since
there are troops in the area."
How the fuck she knows the
greenies are close to the bunker I have no idea. But even though she's fucking
wrong about Jens and me, she's been damn right about too many other things. I
think for a moment and say, "That's okay, the bunker and all the equipment
I setup will take care of itself and we have other places to hide."
Then we change directions to
head for...
Present - Stacy – Escaped
I thought it would be pretty easy
to take care of the many problems Mike created, but I guess I made a mistake.
I’m also sure that if Ben was here he'd tell me, 'Stacy, you underestimated
your opponent, don't do that again.' And he would be right! Hell, while Grandmamma
taught me many useful things, I think that Ben refined her teachings, refined
them with an emphasis toward stark reality!"
I look at the Marines and
state, "I'm not sure what your plans are and perhaps you will just get the
hell out of here, but I'm going to take the bear, the horses and we're going to
look for Ben."
One of the Marines answers,
"Ms., we're Marines and we don't run from a fight. If Ben is giving the
fucking greenies hell, we're going to find some way to help him,"
His statement gets a hearty
Hoorahh from the rest of the Marines!
I smile at them and reply,
"Well if any of you live through this debacle look me up afterwards
because I will have a serious job for you on my security team."
Another of the Marines
answers, "Ms., it would be an honor to work for you and I think we'll be
able to hold our own against the greenies even without weapons."
I nod my head and affirm,
"FEP."
He answers, "Yes Ms.,
Field Expedient Weapons. You'd be amazed at what we can make out of some simple
things." Then he surprises the hell out of me when he says, "Good
hunting Ms. but we're betting that even with the horses and bear you will never
find Ben."
That assertion casts more
doubt on my hopes than I let the Marines know as I reply, "Thank you and I
it will be fun when we prove you wrong."
He finally cautions,
"Ms. we're going to be setting quite a few traps so you need to make sure
to be careful."
I would love to see what they
are going to do, but I have Ben to find. I look at Bo and Wojtek and ask,
"Well, are you two ready to find Ben?"
Wojtek yowls and takes off
running with Bo on his six so I prompt Patches, "Well what are you waiting
for?"
She takes off after them like
her ass in on fire which reminds me I don't have a saddle. I lean down, wrap my
arms around her neck and pray she doesn't throw me...
Present – Samantha - Taken prisoner
I can tell that Liz has some
issues with me and I decide it's time to clear the air. She's talking to Bernie
so I walk over and start, "Liz, I can tell you're not happy with me and I
think we need to talk about it."
Bernie, being the typical man,
says, "Well that's my cue to leave."
I grab his arm as he walks
by, smile at him and request, "Bernie, please stay and help us like you
have in the past."
Liz glares at me and says,
"Samantha Stevens you bet I have some issues with you, I don't like the
fact that you sold us out to Stacy Summers."
I have had my fill of Liz
acting like the queen fucking bee so I get in her face and announce,
"Elizabeth Morgan, when I came to work for you I thought it was going to
be different than working for the German station that wanted me to earn my way
by 'being on my knees'. However after you saying that I realize that you're not
really any better than them. Don't worry about firing me because I fucking
quit!"
And I storm away...
Present – Liz - Taken prisoner
I am in shock because I never
expected this from Samantha! Bernie comes over, takes my hand and says,
"Liz, I love you but you really fucked up this time. America loves
Samantha and unless you apologize to her, we're going to lose her."
I begin to complain but
Bernie silences my complaint with a kiss, pulls away and explains, "Liz
you're in the wrong here. Stop thinking of this from Jennifer's point of view
and think about it as the great reporter you are and you will see that I'm
right."
Bernie gives me another great
kiss, then just walks away from me. I look at Samantha, process what Bernie
said and begin to think... Son of a bitch, I hate it when he's right!
I need to find Samantha and
apologize to her...
Present - Jens - In the CSH
Hells bells I wake up and
realize that the weapons I created are gone - shit I was so tired that I fell
asleep and someone came in and disarmed me. I want to cry but I know I have to
be strong so I resign myself to giving as good as I get if the Sedankina girls
come back.
However it's not them that
comes back to visit me, and he's holding my weapons. Mike grins and says,
"Good try Donaldson but when you fell asleep I came in and relieved you of
these pathetic weapons."
I glare at him and counter,
"Oh yeah, if you give me either of those you would see how pathetic they are."
He looks like he is
considering it then he evilly laughs and says, "Know that when I beat your
ass, I want it to be a fair fight."
He starts to wheel away,
stops, spins around and says, "By the way, and I'm not even sure why I'm
telling you this, the Sedankina bitches aren't here anymore so you won't have to
worry about them."
I blink my eyes in disbelief
and question, "What happened to them."
He turned away and gave an
evil chuckle, "I took care of them like I do with all my enemies. Now get
some rest and I will be back later to talk to you more about Ben."
If that fucker thinks I'm
going to tell him anything about Ben, then he's crazier than he thinks I am...
Present – Todd, Ira, Mira and Alexi – Leaving the CSH
and cabin
This was an interesting
change of events. I had wrongly assumed that Mike would add the four of us to
the current group of prisoners but instead we were loaded into a Chinook
helicopter and flown away with a very serious armed escort.
Mira observes, "We are
traveling East..."
Ira completes the sentence,
"…our possible final location could be, Denver." Then she
continues...
I question Todd, "Todd,
your knowledge of Mike is greater than ours due to your greater number of
contacts. Could you provide us with insight into his plans?"
Todd shrugs his muscular
shoulders and signs, "With the threat of Jennifer's Marines neutralized,
we represent the next greatest threat to his plan to capture Ben. He knows of
Mira's feelings toward Ben and also the power you three wield with your
diplomatic passports so he is removing us from the equation."
My sister Mira unwisely
becomes agitated which invokes the ire of the armed escort.
I cannot let that
illegitimate male offspring of a female saluki capture my Ben. I announce,
"I cannot let him take my Ben."
Then I occulate many weapons
aimed at my corporeal self, my sister, my brother and Todd. One of the armed
escorts threatens, "Ms. remain in your seat and stay calm, our orders are
to shoot to kill if you resist."
Ira looks at me and orders,
"Mira this will not end well for us if you continue to misbehave. Please
control your emotions."
I sass my sister, "That
is easy for you to say because your boyfriend is here with you..."
I know my sisters well enough
to see the storm clouds building on the horizon. Mira should know better than
to tease Ira about Todd. Their emotional states are putting everyone in danger
because they are not observing the soldiers: Their trigger fingers have left
the side of their weapons and are resting upon the triggers. I shock them both
when I order, "Mira and Ira, do you both have a death wish to apply to all
of us. Stop acting like silly schoolgirls and pay attention to the team
guarding us. They are ready to fire while you two risk our lives with your
childish behavior."
Thankfully my words had the
proper affect: They both look at the team, flash some hand signs between them
and calm themselves.
Mira continues with her
directional analysis, "We are now headed south..."
My sister Ira completes,
"…and the flight time is greater than the time required to reach
Denver."
Mira postulates, "South
would be in the direction of Colorado Springs and the Army base - Camp
Carson."
I correct, "I believe
you mean Fort Carson which is where the Special Forces hale from."
Yes, we assume we are headed
to Fort Carson and then we learn the lesson of what happens when you assume
(you make an ass out of u and me) when we land at...
Present - Zarika and Yasmeen -
Escape
After our great meal, we go
outside only to see the fuzz swarming around the ugly car. I look at Yasmeen
and question, "What are we going to do now? It is too far to walk to Ben's
cabin."
Yasmeen smiles, holds up the
lady's plastic card and questions, "Well, it worked in the restaurant,
perhaps we can rent a taxi with it."
We carefully walk out of the
parking lot at Beau Jos so we do not attract the attention of the fuzz and head
toward the main road...
Present - Thom, Byron and
Inga- It's raining hell on the drug lord
For once things on this
fucking mission worked like they were supposed to - of course only now that
it's over.
We made it out of the Drug
Lord's compound without getting shot at anymore and pick up Byron who was
grinning like a fucking mule eating briars.
I demand, "Just what the
hell are you so happy about?"
Thom's not happy so I decide
that subterfuge is my best weapon so I bend the truth, "I'm happy that we
all made it out alive and that we're all headed back to America." Then
I ask the first thing on the top of my mind, "Have you talked to Jennifer
lately?"
Thom gets defensive and
answers, "Hell no, I've been too busy trying to save our collective asses.
I will give it a try now."
He tries but doesn't get an
answer. That's strange so I suggest, "Try Jack."
He calls Jack, we wait and Thom
says, "Hell, I don't get an answer from him either."
Inga adds...
I find it more than unusual
that both Jennifer and Jack do not answer their phones as this is a serious
breach of protocol. So I offer, "I will try to reach Masha."
I call Masha, do not get an answer,
look at the guys and state the obvious, "Something is seriously wrong back
in America."
Thom says, "I am going
to direct the pilot to change the course. We will land someplace a little
distant and work our way slowly back to Jennifer's cabin...