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Post by texican on Sept 14, 2018 21:17:48 GMT -6
WillC,
The two fbi agents hot on the boys trail, but the trial is not what they thought....
One to the next chapter for the rest of the story....
Thanks,
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Sept 14, 2018 23:23:06 GMT -6
In my stash, there's a book titled The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison who also did a few books titled The Stainless Steel Rat. This is from 30 years or so ago. In it, the main character learns a new mantra: is not is not not is. And no, there's no comma between both nots in case you're wondering. Well, got several more twists coming up in the next few weeks, including one that I hope will even surprise mnn2300 who started this series of stories. It starts on chapter 13.
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Post by texican on Sept 15, 2018 14:50:20 GMT -6
Well, got several more twists coming up in the next few weeks, including one that I hope will even surprise mnn2300 who started this series of stories. It starts on chapter 13.
WillC,
Is that twisted mind twists or boys being boys twists?.?.?.?
The differences are subtle, but there....
Now which is more twisted?.?.?.? boys or minds?.?.?.?
Asked the other half....
And she said....
Old men, which have had more years to become twisted....
And....
It is a wise man to not argue with the other half....
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Sept 15, 2018 17:41:33 GMT -6
Remember how nervous the two boys were when they first met Agents Peabody & Sherman? Now they seem to be getting a little froggy. Enough to give major mental hemorrhoids to the FBI AND Homeland Security later on. Remember, the boys have some years of playing not only Dungeons & Dragons, but also as DM's (referee/game master). And you're NOT a good DM if you're not a sneaky, lying sob.
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Post by texican on Sept 16, 2018 17:58:04 GMT -6
WillC, Now to see what is transpiring with the boys, will just take another chapter.... Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Sept 20, 2018 23:22:24 GMT -6
The Affected: The Shadow Chapter 12
That's when we heard Agent Peabody shouting at us to stop as she still had questions with Aaron shouting back that if we missed this bus, we'd have to wait an hour till the next one and we kept running. But we came to a skidding halt when she shouted she'd give us a ride back home. Well, she quit running because we had and as we started walking to her, I whispered to Aaron do we continue with the Three Stooges routine and he says nah....Dumb and Dumber. I agreed and he started it with calling out to Agent Peabody with: you're really going to give us a ride in an OFFICIAL FBI car? Then I was asking could she turn on the lights and siren for just a little bit even it was in the parking lot? Then Aaron said don't forget their tommy guns, you know like Elliot Ness used to shoot bank robbers and boot leggers with in The Untouchables tv series and pretended to hold up a tommy gun (not pointed at Agent Peabody of course) while making taca, taca, taca noises like a tommy gun being fired. I added, don't forget the 12 gauge assault shotgun that's gotta be there too. I mean, police cars have assault shotguns and machine guns, so she's gotta have one too, right? This was when I pretended to have a shotgun and was firing it (not at her of course), KABOOM, KABOOM, saying take that you dirty rats.
Agent Peabody then just stands there kind of stunned, then asking what were we talking about, so we repeated ourselves and that's when she asks if we were on drugs, having taken some while doing our clean up work? I said no, but wondered if she was offering us some, you know like peyote or marijuana when Aaron said remember our Moms said we should NEVER accept drugs from strangers. I said oh yeah....but if they're offered by an FBI agent, can't we accept even a little bit? I mean, that would be legal wouldn't it? Aaron says no, you KNOW how our folks feel about drugs. So I asked Agent Peabody was it true there are aliens from other planets here on earth and the Men In Black protect us from them? Aaron asks how many times she's worked with them and what do aliens look like...like do they have a lot of tentacles, look like cockroaches or maybe wear fake heads like that Hispanic guy in the first movie? I nudged him and said don't forget the X-Files at which point Aaron asks her if she ever worked with the X-File people and is it true that there's only two of them that work on those kinds of cases? I said you know what and Aaron replied what? I bet Agent Peabody is actually one of those X-File people! You know, Aaron said, you're right...because you gotta be a FBI agent to be a X-File investigator to search for mutants and of course, haunted houses. Now Agent Peabody is REALLY stunned and that's when Aaron nudged me, we looked at each other, turned to face her, smiled, pointed a finger at her and said GOTCHA!
She just stood there and then it's YOU GUYS WERE YANKING MY CHAIN?! We kind of shuffled our feet and when I said yes, she asked why. I said to break up the tension, you know from being accused of beating up Goons Inc. along with being mutants. I mean, can you actually see either of us beating up guys who may soon be playing PROFESSIONAL football...even with help? This was when Aaron chimed in how neither of us like Agent Charmin and Agent Peabody said her partners name was Sherman and not Charmin...and said wait a minute, you talking about that brand of toilet paper?! And WHY would you say something like that about him? He's a good agent with many citations at which point Aaron interrupted her, saying for what? Beating people up? She said of course not. Aaron then started telling her the highlights of his “interview” with the man. Like being constantly accused of beating up Goons Inc., telling him to confess now as it was apparent we were mutants because WE were the only ones that seemed to have any connection with JT and the others on the football team. When Aaron showed him the bruises we had gotten from the beatings, YOUR partner said he'd gotten them from those guys while they were defending themselves. After that, Aaron started pleading the fifth to EVERY question he was asked which really made him mad. That's when he started cursing at him and because of his potty mouth, that's why I call him Agent Charmin. I said we like you because you seem to be fair and give us a chance to prove we're not mutant terrorists. And honestly, after dealing with Agent Charmin, we wanted to break up the tension we had from his attitude towards us.
I looked at Aaron and said you know, IF we were mutants like the X-Men, which one would you like to be? He wanted to be like that girl who could imitate anyone and I told him that was sick, sick, sick. When he asked why, I said first of all, she's a girl and second even if it was a guy with that kind of ability, did you ever think what happens to his junk (pointing at my crouch) if you turn yourself into a girl...do you become girly DOWN THERE? Aaron says no and I replied how'd you like to suddenly have a vagina and breasts? Aaron looked horrified and I laughed at his expression. And I said what if you're looking like a girl and SOME GUY pinches you on your behind or squeezes a boob and really started laughing. Aaron didn't think this was funny. He thought it was even worse when I said what if you would have a monthly period like girls do? Do you have ANY idea what tampons cost, because I sure as heck don't.....or how they're used. Be kind of awkward if you had to ask your Mom or your sisters how to use them, wouldn't it?
As for me, I said I'd to be that doctor guy....you know, being able to read minds or that other guy who could lift and control any kind of metal. Aaron said I was right and then we stopped when Agent Peabody unlocks the drivers door to a Prius?! She looks and asks us what were we waiting for and we both basically said the same thing: we thought you'd be driving a REAL FBI car and not some...and I ALMOST said piece of sh*t, but didn't because of memories of Mom and The Shed. She sighed and said there's no field office in town and this was the only thing available at the rental car company at the time and besides, more and more of our budget is being spent on looking for and checking people out in case they're mutants. Aaron asked her if she'd caught any and were told she couldn't talk about it. Which was the kind of answer we really kind of expected. She gets in the car and we're waiting at the back doors when she says hurry up and get in....what, now one of you don't want to sit up front in a REAL FBI car even if it's rented? I said both of us would but there's not enough room for the three of us there. She said so what and I said both of us really want to sit up front, but there's only room for two there which means one of us gets the honor of sitting up front with you while the other has to sit in the back. So if you don't mind, we'll both sit in the back seat. As we got in the back, heard her say something that sounded dirty to me so I whispered to Aaron what did she say and Aaron said I was mucho el stupido because she spoke in Chinese, not Korean....moron.
So we're headed to our place when I asked her if we could stop at Scoopers and that if she wouldn't consider it as some kind of bribe on our part, we'd pay for her meal too. She said she was kind of getting hungry, so we told her about the things they had on the menu. We were a bit shocked when she said she'd buy us OUR meals. This was something she could do as she did have a budget for this sort of thing even if she wasn't driving a REAL and AUTHENTIC FBI car...and smiled when she said this. She wanted me to continue my families story at which time Aaron said you talking about The Family and I said yes. He said this is one heck of a good story, but did you get to the weird part yet? I said no, at which time Agent Peabody wanted to know what Aaron was talking about. I said that part comes later and happened about a hundred years ago. Didn't want to continue my story until we got to Scoopers and ate. She said okay. Of course, she used a regular Visa card and no, it didn't have FBI or its logo on the card. Bummer. Now we got our regular meals while she got a giant polish dog that was COVERED in chopped onions, jalapeno's and cheese, along with a LARGE order of onion rings and tea. I heard her mutter so much for her diet plan for the month. And boy, could she put it away. Once everyone was done and Aaron got us (free) refills, I was ready to continue my story.
So they headed west for Texas, traveling even when it was dark and not stopping until the next afternoon. During that time, the dog and horse would come back and go see The White Doctor who would call out to g,g,g, etc. grandfather which way to go, sometimes taking a harder route. When asked why, he was told there were people on the other trails and apparently they were looking for us! Thing is, from time to time he would see The White Doctor covering up their wagon wheel tracks. G,g,g, etc. grandfather was surprised that when dawn came, The White Doctor had FIVE more horses that were tied behind the original one horse along with more saddles and gear to put in the wagon The White Doctor was driving. G,g,g etc. grandfather didn't ask any questions. Four of those horses were hitched to the two wagons that had only two horses, with the spare horse also tied to the rear of the third wagon. Two days after their first stop, those with the fever recovered, because The White Doctor would give them the concoction of roots and leaves he would make at least once a day. Now with the Civil War over, there were a lot of unclaimed and unbranded cattle which were called Mavericks for some reason and pretty soon, The White Doctor gathered over a dozen, several of them being cows with calves with the dog and horse herding them. He showed g,g,g etc. grandfather and grandmother what roots and other things they could eat and he'd shoot rabbits for stew. Thing is, he insisted that not only g,g,g etc. grandfather learn how to shoot, but his wife, his oldest son and the wife whose husband had died of fever. He told them they HAD TO learn how to defend themselves as they now knew what can happen when bad men are around...or Indians, a word g,g,g etc. grandfather had never heard of, so The White Doctor explained. He thought it strange that there were people with red skin as he'd only seen black, white and as they got into Texas, brown ones. At the end of every day for five days straight, each of them would fire five rifle rounds at a target he picked out for them. Then he would go with g,g,g etc. grandfather a mile or so away from the wagons to hunt rabbits. This was another first for grandfather...that is, being permitted to even touch a gun, much less shoot one. Last thing any slave owner wanted was having slaves knowing how to use a gun of any kind. After that, he and his eldest son would travel a mile or so away from the wagons to hunt rabbits while The White Doctor stayed with the women and children. His dog went with them and every time the dog (whose name was Busterbrown) would go with them and help them see rabbits who would sometimes freeze in hopes they hadn't been seen. And when a rabbit was killed, Busterbrown would get and bring it back to g,g,g etc. grandfather and NOT eat it. However, g,g,g, etc. grandfather would give Busterbrown the guts, head, even the fur as The White Doctor said it was okay along with every third rabbit they killed. G,g,g grandfather had NEVER seen ANY dog eat everything given to him as pretty much there were ALWAYS bones of some kind or offal not devoured. Chewed on yes, but not devoured.
Three or four days further into Texas, they had camped for the day with a small creek flowing near by. G,g,g grandfather never understood how The White Doctor KNEW where good water was at, but he also showed them several places that he said the water was bad as it would of made them sick. The White Doctor said they had to leave them for a little bit as they needed more meat than what rabbits could provide, but hopefully he'd be back in a few hours. Later, they heard two faint shots and not much afterwards, they heard The White Doctor call out to them. By now, with The White Doctor telling them when they saw people coming towards them, they were to make sure they were armed as how do you tell good men vs bad in the beginning of meeting them? He had two animals that about the size of deer which The White Doctor said were called antelope. More than once, there was no wood to find and burn, but The White Doctor had them gather all the wood they could when they did find it, but also how to use dried cow dung from the mavericks along with animals he called buffalo which they had not seen. They used several gunny sacks which were tied to the back of the wagons with several of the children gathering this on their journey to their new home somewhere north of them. They always made camp before it got dark as The White Doctor said a fire could be seen for miles and who knew what or who was out in the darkness. Many times he would make a strange fire, one made with two holes dug into the ground with a tunnel under the ground connecting them. This fire not only burned hotter than ordinary fires, there was little smoke coming from the fire. Instead, air was drawn into the smaller hole with the fire being hotter because of this via the larger hole. The White Doctor had them eat parts of the inside of the antelope of what we believe now was the kidney and liver. The White Doctor said it would help them stay well, while the doctor ate the heart, saying it was his favorite part. They ate part of the antelopes while smoking the rest of it. Busterbrown got the heads which he happily carried off to some distance to eat as The White Doctor said Busterbrown had some disgusting eating habits. He also showed them how to kill, clean and then cook rattlesnakes, of which more than one was longer than g,g,g etc. grandfather was tall, with bodies about the thickness of or greater than his wrist so we're talking some huge snakes. Thing is, The White Doctor wouldn't allow the shooting of these snakes, saying a gunshot could drew attention from bad men.
Several days later, The White Doctor left on his own, leaving Busterbrown with them and when he returned, said they would soon be coming upon a town but would stop before then as it would be getting late by then. Everyone was glad to refill the water barrels they had left Georgia with and canteens taken from the men The White Doctor had killed. After that, they made camp and took baths in the creek which had a deep pool. Next day, everyone went to town. It was the first time g,g,g etc. grandfather had seen buildings made of what we call adobe, not that there was really that much to see town wise as there was a blacksmith, saloon and general store which was fair size because there were people starting up cattle ranches in the area.
First stop was the blacksmiths, with all horses and saddles sold but three. The White Doctor said you need to learn how to ride a horse, your boy's old enough to learn to ride and it might help if the ladies also learned. G,g,g, etc. grandfather was shocked when The White Doctor gave him the money for the sale of the horses and saddles. He protested this, saying he hadn't done anything for it, with The White Doctor telling him he was making an investment, a word g,g,g etc. grandfather hadn't heard before. It was quite simple: g,g,g, etc. grandfather was to save his money and when someone needed help or could use help like he was getting, he was to help two different people while each of those people were to help two other people. If money was lent, it was to be paid back with interest something g,g,g etc. grandfather didn't understand until it was explained to him. This way g,g,g etc. grandfather's savings would increase which would help him if his family needed to spend some in case something happened where money was required. The White Doctor called it The Rainy Day Fund, a term we still use today.
Of course, we're not talking about large amounts of money during that time, but it was also the first money g,g,g, etc. grandfather EVER had in his life. Then they left for the general store where g,g,g etc. grandfather helped his wife down, while The White Doctor did the same for the other mother which was strange every time he saw The White Doctor do this. This was because white men did NOT help black women out of a wagon OR walk arm in arm together like she was some fine white woman as everyone entered the store. There were four men lounging in the shade of the stores porch and said words they had been called when they were slaves. The White Doctor told everyone to look around to see what they needed or wanted and he'd be right back. It was the way he said those words that g,g,g, etc. grandfather KNEW something bad was going to happen. It was like when his former master would talk to a slave quiet and peaceful like, then be hitting that slave with a whip with no mercy. G,g,g etc. grandfather looked outside thru a window with The White Doctor facing the four men. He told them that the people who he was with were no longer slaves, but free men and women. That what they had said was an insult to the women, husband and children. That they were to go inside and apologize to everyone inside, especially the women and the husband. The men laughed, saying what else would anyone expect from a blue belly?
Without warning, The White Doctor struck two of the four men with an ax handle, one in the jaw, the other in his stomach. Then there was horrible screams from the other two as Busterbrown had crept behind the four men and with his big mouth full of large teeth, not only bit one man but then shook him like a dog will do with a rat. The other man jumped around to see what was going on behind him and Busterbrown bit him on the crotch and shook him around too. A tap from the ax handle for each of the men and they were out. G,g,g grandfather said there was a barrel full of ax handles that he saw when they entered the store but he never saw The White Doctor take one. One moment he was empty handed, next he was striking the two men with the ax handle. After putting the ax handle back in the barrel, The White Doctor took the mens guns, knives, boots and pants off each man, then dumped everything in the two horse troughs at the blacksmiths. When he came back, Busterbrown whined and The White Doctor said I know you want to bite them some more, but don't. Then there was a pause and he said you know, you could do something to mark your territory. Busterbrown walked over to each unconscious man and urinated on his face. This woke the men up at which time, The White Doctor said I was a blue belly during The War Between The States as a doctor and didn't matter to me if you were a blue belly or johnny reb. Now here are your options: you can apologize to the ladies and the man inside or as you can see, there's a barrel full of ax handles and you've seen what I did with just one....and of course, two of you have felt Busterbrown's attention, something I'm sure the other two would very much like to avoid. They quickly agreed to apologize and did. Once that was done, The White Doctor told the men where their possessions were. Now their wagons were filled with more goods for their homestead, including a lot of ammunition as The White Doctor said they would be on their own possibly for years and you needed to be prepared for bad things to happen BEFORE they happen. Basically from the beginning of their meeting, The White Doctor had them learning their ABC's which not only included my g,g,g etc. grandfather, but his wife, the widowed woman and the oldest two boys. None of them had even been on a horse, so they were taught one at a time, with g,g,g, etc. grandfather being the first, followed by the two oldest boys who were all of eleven and nine years old. After that, it was the womens turn, with the boys also learning how to drive a team of mules. About two weeks or so after leaving the town and picking up more cattle, they met their first Indians. The White Doctor had left them to look for meat to supplement their food supplies. As to the Indians, one moment they were alone, next minute, there were eight of them. Of course, they stopped and the two parties looked at each other, with g,g,g etc. grandfather wondering where Busterbrown was as The White Doctor had left him with them. Two of the Indians rode up to g,g,g etc. grandfather and started rubbing his arm with his hand. G,g,g etc. grandfather didn't know what to do, so he stood still and after a bit, the Indian was touching his scalp. Soon they were surrounded and being touched by the Indians, who seemed fascinated their black skin and hair. G,g,g grandfather and the others didn't know what to do, so they just sat there while this was happening to them. Suddenly they heard The White Doctors voice call out and the Indians turned around in surprise and shock because one moment they thought only they and the black people were there, suddenly a white man is facing them with his horse turned so while his rifle was resting on his saddle, it was pointing at them and there were two pistols on his hips. Then The White Doctor said something, this time using his hands while doing so, then took off his hat, removed a pin from his hair and shoulder length blonde hair came tumbling down. Right after that, g,g,g etc. grandfather said he heard something that sounded like a bear....it was Busterbrown showing a lot of teeth at the Indians. Suddenly the Indians became very friendly, with The White Doctor telling g,g,g etc. grandfather and the others, the Indians had never seen a black person before and wondered if their blackness would rub off. And that their kinky hair reminded them much of buffalo hair. The White Doctor said something in Indian talk, with one of them riding next to him to take one of the two antelope The White Doctor had shot, then all the Indians took off. The White Doctor told Busterbrown to stay out of sight, follow them and if they decide to return, let me know. Busterbrown gave a bark and took off after the Indians. The White Doctor asked where were their rifles, which of course were in the wagons and not next to them while they were driving the teams. The White Doctor said you need to remember your ABC's...in how bad things can happen to good people at any time and any place. After that, everyone kept their rifles near or next to them, with g,g,g grandfather and both ladies wearing pistols. Their next ABC lesson was to NEVER show fear to any Indian as he explained that their way is different from ours and they will take advantage of this quicker than a hungry wolf will eat a new born lamb.
The White Doctor said they had been invited to the Indian camp which was a few hours away, but while there, no one would be harmed or anything stolen. After they left that camp, it could be a different story. Hours later, they arrived at the Indian camp, with Busterbrown having returned to them earlier. They parked the wagons in a triangle shape and with rope, tree limbs and brush it became a corral of sorts for the cattle. One of them was given to the Indians to butcher, with everyone eating well that night. Seems they were looking for a buffalo herd which should have been in the area, but wasn't. The other Indians were fascinated by g,g,g etc. grandfathers and the others hair and skin coloring. But others looked at their guns, wagons, etc. in such a way that g,g,g etc. grandfather had seen the same kind of look not only in the white mens eyes, but in those that abandoned them when many were sick. It was dark when the eating began and shortly afterwards, the Indians brought out some drums and with a beat, many men started dancing around the fire. Suddenly The White Doctor is dancing and singing with them but he was not wearing his clothes. G,g,g grandfather was later told by The White Doctor he was wearing a breech cloth and moccasins on his feet which ended just below his knees. His blonde hair was loose and reaching his shoulder blades. In his hair were three feathers which he was told were from an eagle, an owl and a crow, but what really got his attention was the single tooth which dangled from a leather thong around The White Doctors neck. This tooth was slightly longer than g,g,g etc. grandfathers hand and almost three fingers wide at its base.
The Indians had stopped dancing and singing for a few seconds when The White Doctor appeared dressed as he was, but in the silence The White Doctor kept singing and dancing. Then the Indians started singing and dancing, but this time with more enthusiasm than before. After that dance was done, The White Doctor showed the three Indians beating on the drums what kind of sound they were to make and once they did, he started playing his flute and dancing. The Indians quickly joined him in dancing, but some of the Indian braves, as those men were called, took a dislike to The White Doctor for unknown reasons, which lead to an argument among all of them with the dancing and singing stopping. The White Doctor spoke a few words to the Indians with the Indians quickly started gathering wood for another fire. G,g,g etc. grandfather quickly figured the wood being gathered was NOT for an ordinary fire as The White Doctor had marked out an area in the ground of about fifteen feet long and six feet wide which was where the wood was put, then set on fire. The flames were between one and two feet high, but The White Doctor had them put more wood on this fire so it rose between two and three feet high. Then The White Doctor layed down his flute, removed his clothing, feathers and claw to sit in a strange way on the ground just feet from the fire. Each foot rested on or under the opposite knee with The White Doctor having his arms laying on his legs with a thumb and one finger touching each other from each hand. The fire had burned itself down to coals which gave off a lot of heat, occasionally a snap, crackle or pop from a piece of wood.
------------------------------------ Okay, I'm a few hours before it turns to Friday, but don't figure anyone will complain. Leaving tomorrow early am to toss out some crawdad traps, then do (hopefully) some bass fishing. Younger brother lives next to me and he's been sniveling how he'd really like some crawdad meat. Thing is, the last few batches I caught during the summer, gave ALL of them to him.....AFTER I had 'em all cooked/separated them and put in plastic bags. For an ex-Marine, he sure snivels a lot. (Go Air Force!)
Depending on how thing go, off to Calif. on Saturday to do some bass/trout fishing on a river I know of. While I'll use nightcrawlers for bass/trout, want to see if they'll hit bits of crawdad meat on a treble hook. May even go to Marysville to buy a couple dozen shiners to try on the Yuba/Feather rivers. What I don't use, going to try keeping 'em alive at home to use in Nevada, maybe get lucky and they'll breed? Saw some Youtube videos about this and because I made damn sure to remain single, I can keep them in my trailer without worrying they'll freeze during winter. A week or two ago, watched videos on Alabama rigs, so ordered some via Ebay/China for about a buck apiece w/free shipping. In the states, they're at least $5, up to $15 each. Watched other videos on how to make 'em, so will hit Home Depot for some bailing wire and from Schure's earlier last week, got a bunch of swivels and rubber baits that were on sale. Already have a bunch of lead jig heads. Want to make at least half a dozen of these rigs each with 5 and three hooks as I don't know the hook limit in Calif.
As to the boys, they're stepping up their game. I'm having them come from a small town, say 15-20 thousand people where everyone knows your business before you do and as kids, they raised a little heck but never any hell if you know what I mean. Neither are familiar with firearms....come on, a 12 gauge ASSAULT shotgun? Of course, if you ever got shot up close with one, you'd consider yourself severely assaulted. The boys are still on their 2 week spring break, the girls are else where during this time. Yep, got all sorts of stuff these boys will be involved in such as dealing with Harrison's (JT's dad) treasure chamber loot and the stuff on floppy/thumb drives.
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Post by texican on Sept 21, 2018 1:23:54 GMT -6
Thanks WillC for the chapter....
Now boys will be boys....
Enjoying the story about the family's past....
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Sept 28, 2018 1:25:08 GMT -6
The Affected: The Shadow Chapter 13
This was when The White Doctor gracefully stood up, walked up to the burning coals and after a minute or two, started calmly and slowly walking across the burning coals! Everyone just stood there in total silence and awe. The White Doctor walked to the end of the burning coals, then to the bare ground, turned around and knocked off some embers that had stuck to his feet, then walked back over the burning coals! When he left the coals on his second walk, again he knocked off embers from his feet, then got dressed. He pointed at the six braves who had taken a dislike to The White Doctor, then waved his other hand at the coals. It was obvious that a challenge had been issued. The first brave stood before the coals and tried to walk as The White Doctor had, but took only three steps before screaming and jumping off the coals. The second brave tried running over the coals, traveling maybe nine feet before he was screaming in pain and jumping off the coals. The third had only placed his two feet on the coals before he screamed and jumped off of them. The other three shook their heads no when The White Doctor looked at them and pointed at the coals. Then he said something else and the six braves layed their weapons before The White Doctor who gave them back while saying something to them. The White Doctor called to a strange looking Indian who had what looked like a fur hat on his head, but it had horns sticking out on each side of it, along with claws and other things tied together by a leather thong which around his neck. The two of them were talking to each other while examining the three braves feet. The White Doctor later explained that this Indian was called a medicine man, their version of a doctor. The medicine man left The White Doctor, then returned with several leather pouches which The White Doctor went thru, choosing some roots, leaves and bark from which he made a paste and put on the mens feet.
The three men were taken to their teepee's, with The White Doctor having those with drums start taping on them again. Then he started playing his flute and everyone joined to dance with him, with them urging him and the two women to join in the dancing which they did. The last he saw of The White Doctor that night, he had an arm around the waists of two Indian women as they entered what he was told a teepee which was the name for their type of house. This made him feel better as he remembered too many times his former master would have the woman he called his wife to warm their masters bed. He had been worrying about The White Doctor.....what if he wanted to sleep with either woman and if so, what could he do? He finally realized that he had been worrying needlessly as The White Doctor had never made any kind of advance on either of the women, but treated them with courtesy since they first met.
The problem was he now KNEW The White Doctor was a god as no human could ever have walked on fire like he did and survive which was proven when the three Indians tried it. Of course, there were gods back where he grew up in Africa and white people had at least four good gods: Jehovah, God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit with the last one being a very scary kind of god because it was a spirit or ghost if you will. The others as far as he knew, had physical bodies, all of them living in some place called heaven. Where if these four gods believed you lived a good life, you went to heaven where you got something called a harp and had wings on your back like a giant eagle would have. Of course, none of this applied if you were black. Then there were the evil gods called Satan, Lucifer, The Devil and minor gods called demons who lived in a place called hell which was filled with something called brimstone and hellfire. If you were judged by the four good gods not to have lived “the good life” (whatever that was), the four of them would send you to hell where you would be tortured by these evil gods/minor gods forever. G,g,g etc. grandfather was not impressed by white peoples gods, whether good or evil, but then there was The White Doctor who must be a god the white people hadn't mentioned for some reason. And he was now wondering what gods the Indians believed in. Until he found out The White Doctor was a god, he believed he was a good man. But now that he knew The White Doctor was a god, he had to be very careful because what if The White Doctor decided g,g,g, etc. grandfather was a bad man? I mean, gods can be so fickle at times. He thought about making an animal sacrifice to his gods, but what if The White Doctor found out....would he be offended because the sacrifice was made to his gods and not to The White Doctor who had been helping them since they met? G,g,g etc. grandfather didn't get much sleep that night and was very nervous when he woke up the next morning and got even more nervous when The White Doctor came to their wagons.
When they saw The White Doctor, they (the adults and oldest children) went to their knees with their arms above their heads, then lowered their arms and heads to the ground and remained like that as The White Doctor approached who wanted to know what they were doing and why. G,g,g etc. grandfather said he wasn't sure how to pay respect to a god, but if The White Doctor would let them know, they would be quite happy to do so. The White Doctor said he wasn't a god and they needed to get off their knees, with him helping the adults and even the children to their feet. He asked them to remember the number of times he told them it was time for them to learn their ABC's, which they did. He then said learning your ABC's is not about learning to read and write, but learning from and about life itself. In a land he had once visited, there were people who learned how to walk on fire and not get burned, which is where he learned it. But going to their knees like they did, they were not honoring the white and BLACK blue bellies that had killed and died to free them from slavery. This was the first time they heard that black men were given and using guns to kill white people. Later, The White Doctor told them about these black blue bellies. The White Doctor told them the Indians were going to remain there for at least two more days during which they would hunt and gather more food to not only eat now, but store for the coming winter. That he had talked with Indian women and they would show the adults and the oldest children what to look for when it came to finding different forms of food. That while he was going hunting, he would leave Busterbrown with them as he may not return until the next day. They found two braves who could speak some English, with one who translated what the Indian women were saying.
That night they killed another cow as thanks to the Indians in showing them how to find more food. They told the Indians that Busterbrown always got the guts and head, some-thing several of the braves did not like which g,g,g grandfather understood that the braves wanted the heart, kidney and liver while Busterbrown could have what THEY decided he would have. This was when Busterbrown was suddenly between them and the pile of cow innards and all he did was yawn showing A LOT of BIG teeth. This was when their leader, called a chief and the medicine man, walked to the pile picking up the heart, liver and kidneys and layed them on the ground before Busterbrown who greedily ate them, then started on the innards. Both men said something to those braves who were not happy, but not arguing any more about who got what from the cow. Much of the meat was taken from the neck of the cow and then the head was cut off where the neck joined the body. It was at this time Busterbrown took the entire head and neck off into the dark with NO difficulty. G,g,g grandfather said that head and neck had to weigh at least forty pounds with Busterbrown NOT dragging it in the dirt as he trotted away with it, tail wagging . The White Doctor did not return that night.
The next day, more gathering of food by everyone. It was that afternoon the The White Doctor returned, stopping to talk to the chief and medicine man before coming to their camp. There was a great commotion by the Indians as the chief and medicine man called out to everyone. This was when The White Doctor told them he had seen buffalo and they needed to pack up and be ready to move within an hour as if everyone hurried, they would be hunting buffalo within a day or two. Now Squinty was The White Doctor's horse real name because one eye seemed to be always squinting at you like it was giving you the eye or looking you over. The White Doctor rode another horse while the one ear horse and Busterbrown herded the cattle. Just before it got dark they made camp, again with the wagons in a triangle form to keep the cattle inside. The White Doctor would leave them shortly before it got dark, this time riding the one ear horse with Buster-brown going with them. The next day they almost traveled all day until The White Doctor said they were stopping here where there was a small lake, then told the Indians who also made camp. He told everyone (adults & the two oldest boys) they were to wear their oldest clothes because skinning and butchering a buffalo was bloody work and of course, another chance to learn their ABC's. That one of the women would stay with some of the Indian women who would be watching after the smallest children/babies. The widow said she would do this.
The next morning, The White Doctor had them follow him on foot to the crest of a hill and down below them they saw what must have been a thousand or more buffalo. The White Doctor told them what they were seeing was a once in a lifetime chance. It used to be you could stand on this hill and watch buffalo pass by you almost the entire day, there were that many at one time. It wasn't white men killing Indians with guns that was destroying the Indians, but white men killing the buffalo. From the buffalo, Indians got everything they needed.
The White Doctor was clothed just like the other Indians, but this time the one ear horse had no saddle, only a blanket on its back and in The White Doctors hand was a spear. Everyone laid on their belly to look at the herd of buffalo who were idly grazing on the grass below. They could see several Indians crawling thru the tall grass with their bows, with some of the buffalo going down. But this eventually set off what The White Doctor called a stampede, with him and the other Indians riding their horses at the fleeing buffalo. G,g,g etc. grandfather estimates about fifty or sixty buffalo were killed with The White Doctor claiming six. Of these six, he kept all six hides and meat from three of them saying they would end up with at least two thousand pounds of meat to carry in the wagons and this tribe could use all the meat they could get in preparation for winter. That because of the additional weight, the horses would not be able to pull the wagons as fast as before. It took them 5 days to smoke what meat they didn't eat each day with The White Doctor using their horses to drag downed trees so many fires could be built to smoke all the meat as quickly as possible. Because of the additional weight of the buffalo meat, it took them a little over two months of traveling to reach the area about twenty-five miles west of where Greenwood, Oklahoma used to exist, but is now known only as Tulsa. Their homestead was made along what is now known as the Arkansas river.
The White Doctor was always busy doing something after camp was made for the night. The White Doctor worked on tanning the buffalo hides, telling them winters could be brutal and they needed better clothing. G,g,g grandfather said he and the women had a hard time believing that water could turn as hard as a rock at times where they were going. He taught several of the children how to play the flute along with making one for each of them. G,g,g grandfather said more than once they were just making noise, but he could see they were happy in not only just blowing the flutes, but learning to play them. The White Doctor would gather bits of wood which he kept for himself and not the fire. He would then carve animals such as dogs, cats, cattle, etc. out of the wood and give them to the children. He made several dolls with wooden heads and the bodies made of scrap material, stuffed with grass. He even made sure the doll heads were black, not a normal brown wood color. Of course, they also got lessons in their ABC's with The White Doctor giving everyone their lessons using a stick and the dirt for this.
Their first winter was hard for them, but thanks to The White Doctor and his buffalo hides, the adults had coats, gloves and hats which kept them warm. There was even enough to make hats and gloves for the older children. Thanks to The White Doctor having them buy those additional supplies in Texas, no one went hungry and they got milk for the children from their cattle along with having smoked fish during the summer and fall from the river. During that winter, their ABC's continued along with The White Doctor making additional wood animals for the children. The following spring, they doubled the amount of land plowed along with more wood brought in to make a real barn to protect the cattle along with storing the tall grass that grew everywhere.
When they arrived at their new home, first thing they built was a corral for the almost three dozen mavericks they had picked up on their travel. G,g,g etc. grandfathers oldest boy (the 11 year old) was named Luther, (though that's not his real name for this entry of course) was given the responsibility of letting the cattle out to graze, then get them back into the corral each day with Busterbrown watching out for him and the cattle. The adults got busy making a single room sod house with cooking originally being done outside. The White Doctor started bringing cut trees which eventually gave them a 3 room log cabin to live in before they had their first winter. G,g,g grandfather said both g,g,g grandmothers cried when they saw their new home had a wood floor. In Georgia, it was dirt because after all, they were only slaves and wouldn't appreciate it. Rocks were put in an empty wagon that with mud and The White Doctors knowledge, they had a fireplace with chimney. Their sod house was enlarged to hold and protect the cattle and horses from the weather later on. G,g,g etc. grandfather, one of the women and The White Doctor plowed as much land as they could in one day, then the next they'd sow their seed with the two oldest boys helping. It was on their way to their new home that The White Doctor started working on the tanned buffalo hides. They plowed and seeded a hundred acres with The White Doctor bringing small trees which he planted around the house along with planting berry bushes, then some flowers. Grass had to be cut and stored for the coming winter. It was a case of working from can see to can't see, but this time THEY were going to reap the bounty of their labors instead of their former master.
After months of hard and intensive labor, the fall of the first year came and when The White Doctor said he had to leave for a bit, it upset everyone until he explained there were other things needed and the only place he could get them was down in Austin. Which was four hundred and fifty plus miles away which meant he'd be gone for maybe a month, maybe a little bit more. He actually asked g,g,g etc. grandfather if he could take two horses and a wagon who was quite surprised in being asked this. But Busterbrown and the one ear horse was going to be left behind. Two days later The White Doctor left them. Now in their area were several Indian tribes such as the Fox, Seminoles, Shawnee and Kickapoo, whose braves were always looking for someone to raid whether it be another tribe or settlers like g,g,g etc. grandfather and his family. Now before The White Doctor left, they had been attacked twice, but each time those working outside were able to get into their adobe home and fight them off. The problem was, the first raiding party took over a dozen head of their mavericks with The White Doctor going after them himself, riding the one ear horse with Busterbrown being left behind. He returned with all but two cows, nine horses; then hitched up one of the wagons, bringing back the two dead cows which were butchered and smoked. What Busterbrown couldn't eat, he buried and everyone knew better than to mess with what was buried. The White Doctor posted nine scalps on the front of their adobe home, along with some spears the braves had attacked them with. The few rifles they had were added to their stock of firearms, along with several bows which The White Doctor showed them how to use. The two boys became proficient with them in hunting rabbits and deer. The second time they were raided, the widow was struck by an arrow, along with they youngest boy before they reached the safety of the adobe home, along with nine mavericks being killed and part of their crop being burned. After the braves had left, The White Doctor told Busterbrown to track and find them, but not to attack them. Busterbrown gave a woof and took off running with the one ear horse being told that their part was coming. He then tended the wounds of the widow and youngest boy. He had everyone that could, start butchering the dead cows and smoking them at which time, he and the one eye horse took off. Before leaving, he said, some people are going to learn the consequences of not learning their ABC's. He returned with fourteen horses and weapons. But this time he had fourteen heads which he mounted on spears and tree limbs about thirty feet from their home. When the next group of Indians (several dozen according to g,g,g etc. grandpa) rode up, they did it slowly and called out. Of course, everyone was heading for the adobe home, though The White Doctor just sat on the one ear horse next to the heads and scalps on the spears. He and the Indians did some talking at after that, they never had any trouble with any of the Indians and their various tribes.
The White Doctor was gone for six weeks, but when he returned, he had bought the machinery to make a saw mill (powered by the Arkansas river), which in turn, they made a water wheel to help water their crops thru a series of small rows dug into the dirt. The saw mill also gave them lumber which, when cured, helped them build a regular house which was attached to their log cabin. With additional carpenter tools and equipment, they built a windmill which gave them more water, including having running water inside their log cabin and later, their regular house. G,g,g grandfather said the women cried when they saw the water pump inside. A barn was built so the cattle and horses would be inside of it during bad weather and storing grain, gear, etc. The White Doctor had also brought some blacksmith tools and showed g,g,g grandfather and his two boys how to use them. In 1869, the land rush for Oklahoma happened, but by now the family had made friends with many of the tribes in the area. With a saw mill and mill to grind wheat, when the new settlers came and started what would be known as Tulsa, The Family as we call ourselves, made money. They had also claimed almost one thousand acres of land for farming and raising cattle. Now all of this wasn't done quickly, but over a period of three years.
It was just over three years since they had settled in what would be known as Oklahoma, when one night, g,g,g etc. grandfather heard what he thought was The White Doctor talking to himself. He took a quick peek around their original adobe home which was now used to store grain, etc. and saw The White Doctor was talking to Busterbrown and the one ear horse. The White Doctor was telling them he knew they'd been there a long time and it was time to be moving on, besides you haven't two haven't been home in a long time and have stories to tell I'm sure. They had built a porch on the wooden house along with several benches and a rocking chair. G,g,g etc. grandfather tried more than once to get The White Doctor to sit in it, but he always said he'd made it for him and he was quite comfortable on the bench they had made. The next evening after supper, they were sitting out on the porch when The White Doctor said he was leaving that evening because they were getting too comfortable being with them and it was time for them to move on. When he said they, g,g,g etc. grandfather knew he was talking about the one ear horse, Busterbrown and The White Doctor. That's when the one ear horse with it's saddle and other gear already on it, along with Busterbrown came around the corner. The White Doctor simply got on the one ear horse and the three of them left without a further word.
Now I'm sure you're thinking what a story, maybe a variation of that tv series called Roots? I mean, just how do I know all of this? Remember how The White Doctor taught them their ABC's? He asked they keep a diary of some kind of what their lives were like so future generations of their family would KNOW what it was like in the beginning. G,g,g etc. grandfather had a hard time trying to learn his ABC's and of course, he was always busy doing something on or around their farm. But The White Doctor had the boys write down g,g,g etc. grandfathers story when he had trouble with words. The White Doctor got them ink, pens and later on, paper to write on. They actually took to writing their story on tanned leather gotten from the cattle and antelope they had killed. G,g,g grandfather lived to be a hundred and two years old. He also married the widow woman because back in his African tribe, it was okay to do this IF he got the okay from his first wife. A total of fourteen children were born, with them growing up and creating their own families, which in turn created more families. Those diary hides and their paper diaries are kept on display at what we call The Farm. Everyone is requested to write something about their life and when they die, it is sent to The Farm for others to read. Everyone is given a copy of their diary's when they are eighteen. It was later decided that The Family needed to get together every twenty-five years to meet and find out how everyone was doing and remembering our family origins. We call this Remembrance.
You know about The Great Depression and the effect it had on many Americans, with it being especially hard on blacks. Now when it came to the Remembrance, some families needed and got loans from the Rainy Day Fund, with The Five deciding while the borrowers had to pay back the money lent, they would not be charged interest. The Five represents g,g,g etc, grandfather, his two wives and the two oldest boys. They hold these positions for life and if you're wondering, NO money has EVER been used inappropriately. And The Five are not all from Oklahoma. This was when Agent Peabody got a phone call and walked away from us to take it. When she came back, she said that was Agent Sherman and the first temp agency showed we were working when some of JT's associates were beaten. She then asked me to continue my story.
Three years before The Great Depression happened, there were eighty-seven people at the first Remembrance at our original homestead which lasts one week. A lot of food was bought in what would become Greenwood and of course, The Farm was still a working farm so more than one family member pitched in to help bring in the harvest.
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Post by texican on Sept 28, 2018 21:23:50 GMT -6
WillC,
Thanks for continuing the retelling of g,g,g etc. grandfather and the family....
Now the two boys are going to get into more trouble if things go as things go for boys, especially for college boys....
Another chapter will reveal....
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Sept 29, 2018 1:32:21 GMT -6
ah yeah....plot twister next chapter, as in more involvement with the FBI for one thing. Some chapter snippets, you know, to chum the water a little bit:
I said wait a minute, is he going to be in any sort of trouble because of what he came up with and she replied no. --------------- we were kind of bored. I kind of sighed and Aaron did the same.....until we heard faint gunshots and then a police siren! --------------------- Aaron started shouting officer down, officer down, needs assistance. --------------- simply didn't have the time to be doing things properly. You know, using the mens bathroom instead of the ladies ------------------- One gangbanger was so stupid, he put his hand in front of the muzzle, then pulled the trigger! ------------------------------------ and said I think I got cancer -------------------------------------- I said no...it sounds like we'd be perverts --------------------- pulled that English bought vibrator out of my pocket and slowly worked four inches of it --------------------------------- We got a shock when we returned home from work late Monday afternoon. ----------------------------------- The dog couldn't see or hear us, but his nose worked quite fine thank you very much and came for us after a few seconds --------------------------------- Believe me, I was looking for it....you know, The Paddle. ---------------------------------------- Aaron said NO! When I asked why not, he said remember that time Jimmy was DM'ing and there was that chest in the middle of that room? ----------------------------- Aaron happened to look behind us and SCREAMED run, with him taking off. ----------------------------- we got on the net to check out our local newspaper. BIG headlines about ------------------------------- Cash and carry would be our motto. --------------------- He asked me to connect two nothingness together so I'd tell him when someone got within twenty feet of the dumpster. When I said DM sneaky stuff, he smiled and nodded his head. ----------------- got an eyeful because she was only wearing the top of some pajama outfit which came just down below her behind. One thing we realized that women look a lot heck sexier with SOME clothing that buck naked. Of course, with her holding that pistol of hers like she was, it took most of the sexiness out of the scene. ------------------- We beat the snot out of him while he was handcuffed and dealing with the bear spray. We also gave him a few jolts from our tasers in his crotch. --------------------------------- Now our supervisor at the paint roller company was Elsie and we both agreed she has the BIGGEST set of yahoo's we had ever seen. ------------------------------------ As soon as he had stopped, flattened all four of his tires and before he got out of his car, stabbed him one time in each of his feet while he was in his car calling dispatch -------------------------- P.S. All this and more up to chapter 18, with 1 page started on 19.
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Post by texican on Sept 29, 2018 12:12:22 GMT -6
WillC,
This will be an interesting chapter when you tie it all together....
Texican....
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Post by 9idrr on Sept 29, 2018 19:53:27 GMT -6
"Now our supervisor at the paint roller company was Elsie and we both agreed she has the BIGGEST set of yahoo's we had ever seen." Is this where I give the Yahoo yodel?
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Post by willc453 on Sept 29, 2018 20:25:32 GMT -6
WillC, This will be an interesting chapter when you tie it all together.... Texican.... These are from chapters not A chapter.
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Post by willc453 on Sept 29, 2018 20:28:45 GMT -6
"Now our supervisor at the paint roller company was Elsie and we both agreed she has the BIGGEST set of yahoo's we had ever seen." Is this where I give the Yahoo yodel? Of course...just expect an echo, much like the 7 dwarves had going while singing and working in their mine.
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Post by texican on Sept 30, 2018 13:12:38 GMT -6
WillC, This will be an interesting chapter when you tie it all together.... Texican.... These are from chapters not A chapter. Ok.... Now several chapters will help straighten out our thoughts.... Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 5, 2018 1:18:28 GMT -6
The Affected: The Shadow Chapter 14
It was at this point Aaron said oh yeah, this is the weird part. About a mile away from The Farm, someone saw a man on a horse and what looked like a very large dog. Some of The Family thought it might be one of those people from Tulsa, many who were racists and resented blacks becoming wealthy in Greenwood. When someone used g,g,g etc. grandfathers telescope, they saw it was a white man....but the dog, well, it's head reached near the top of the horses leg. Now g,g,g grandfather was still alive and though much older, his eyesight was still good and when he looked thru his telescope, he said it can't be him....but he did say he'd return some day, but just didn't know when. That's when the man on the horse removed his hat and long hair came tumbling down. Of course everyone was excited or in a state of disbelief, so a dozen of them jumped into three cars and went to see who the white man really was.
They got to the hill in a manner of minutes, but the white man, horse and dog were gone. In its place was a Union army cavalry hat. Inside the hat were two leather bags containing five hundred dollars in gold coins along with a note. It said hope this helps and don't trust banks with your money. Within a month, everyone but a few had pulled their money from the banks. The note also said they were taking too much water from the well, something no one understood at the time, but again, many did follow the instructions which told them to start rotating their crops. Those that didn't rotate their crops had much of their top soil simply blown away when The Great Depression happened along with those who lost most of their cash which had been in banks. Now maybe five hundred dollars doesn't sound like much, but in today's money, it's THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
When everything was taken to g,g,g etc. grandfather, he said that WAS The White Doctor. When asked how he knew this, he said The White Doctor was scared of NOTHING but one thing. He'd seen The White Doctor actually attack a cougar which had brought down one of their cows. He had a Bowie knife and soon there was a lot of dust being raised, but what really didn't surprise him was seeing the one ear horse and Busterbrown joining in the fight. It did not fare well for the cougar. G,g,g etc. grandfather could see The White Doctors clothing was shredded and went to help him tend his wounds, but he was told the cougar might be rabid which stopped g,g,g grandfather in his tracks as when he was a boy, he saw a raccoon with this disease attack several dogs which had to be killed. The White Doctor got on the one eared horse, then Busterbrown dragged the cougar to him, with The White Doctor putting the cougar just behind the one eared horses back and the three of them taking off for that very hill. They returned several hours later, with The White Doctor having slabs of cougar meat wrapped in the cougars skin. He was told Busterbrown claimed the rest of the cat. With that kind of courage, just what could scare The White Doctor? Gold, we were told. Whenever The White Doctor handled it, he ALWAYS wore gloves with the gold put into one leather bag, then that bag was put into another leather bag. G,g,g grandfather said The White Doctor told him that he got sick when touching gold, much like those that got sick from drinking that bad water so long ago.
Now back then, most of us worked our farms but many also hunted to supplement their meat supply whether it was deer, etc. Two of the men acted as guides for those in the city wanting to hunt deer. They came back about 20 minutes after everyone else had returned to The Farm. They said they could see there were two sets of tracks about thirty feet on the other side of the hill with one going uphill, the other downhill. With the tracks simply appearing and then disappearing. Agent Peabody said that was impossible, tracks simply don't just appear and disappear. I told her here comes the REALLY creepy part. It had lightly rained the night before, so the ground was little bit muddy so when you walked on it, there was NO way you couldn't leave footprints. The other thing was what they thought was a dog. Most dogs have 5 pads on each foot. But these prints didn't. It had FOUR pads, but on the inside part of its front paws, looked like there was an opposing thumb....just like men and monkeys have. Agent Peabody said that was impossible and I said you're right....but I've been told more than once that it's scientifically impossible for bumble bees to fly.
Agent Peabody said my family history was amazing and glad to hear there is actual documentation on all of this. Got the feeling she was going to check it out to tell the truth. Then her phone rang a second time and again she walked away to take the call. During this time, Aaron again got us our free refills. When she came back, she had a question: why was this man called The White Doctor because if everyone in The Family respects this man so much, why haven't you used his name? That g,g,g etc. grandfather, his two wives and their three oldest children have NEVER written down the mans name. Two generations afterward simply asked for the mans name and they refused to even discuss it.
She said it's odd how my families story and hers both started after the Civil War. Her g,g,g,etc. grandfather and his two brothers were from China, being brought to America to work on the trans-continental railroad and later, found work at some silver mining town in what they think was Virginia City, Nevada. Then her grandfather and another Chinese mine worker got hurt in a mine accident, with him losing part of his leg, the other a hand. They expected to be immediately fired because they couldn't work in the mine anymore and what was really hurting them, they had no family to go to for help as they were all back in China. But the mine owner was a white man who had struck it rich in finding several areas full of silver where none were thought to be. He took care of both men in many ways. Like getting the the severely damaged limbs amputated. Having a artificial leg made, while the other man got a hand. On top of that, he hired them to work a farm he had at a fourth of their original mining wages and this was at white man wages, something I didn't understand so she explained. Chinese in the mines would make twenty-five cents a day doing the same work as the whites, but the whites were paid five dollars or more a day depending on what their job was at the mine, so they actually got a pay raise after becoming handicapped. I said that sounded like how blacks were treated and she said no, Chinese were actually considered lower than blacks at the time which surprised us both.
The strangest thing about him was they (the Chinese) considered him to be moshu, which means magic user, you know, like Merlin. I told her that I didn't mean to offend her, but considering the 1800's and how superstitious people were back then..... She said according to her g,g,g, grandfathers tale, several times other Chinese saw him simply disappear! I said that makes no sense, what do you mean he simply disappeared? Twice they saw him walk down an alley between two buildings, but when they looked further down the street, he was seen coming out of ANOTHER alley and had wearing a different set of clothes. I said, that does sound strange, but still.....so what happened to your g,g,g, etc. grandfather? She told me it was in the fifth year that the man simply disappeared, but before he did, he told g,g,g, etc. grandfather and the other Chinese man they should leave and they thought he was firing them which made them unhappy as they had no idea where they would even live the next day. And who would hire two crippled Chinese men? Instead, he tossed them each a pouch containing a total of five hundred dollars and that they had been more than good employees, but friends whom he had learned much from. But if they stayed here, all they would ever do is make a living. But by going to California, they could have a life and future if they were smart to buy and start working their own land. He even told them of the best places there to buy land and what to grow. Which is what he and the other man did. In time and hard work, they prospered with the two of them ordering brides from China.
Then Agent Peabody and I both got a shock when Aaron spoke up. You know what? I just had a very disturbing thought. Here you have two men helping two groups of people in different parts of the U.S. and the way you describe them, they are extra ordinary. What if they were mutants? Agent Peabody said WHAT?! I said since we're done with supper and told our stories, would you mind taking us home? And if you want, maybe we can talk about Aaron's theory of mutants in the 1800's, which we did. In her car, Aaron said people are talking and saying that because the earth was in some sort of solar dust cloud and then hit by a sun flare, this is why some people have been changed. That's when he reminded me of that solar flare in the 1800's that was so strong, it melted telegraph wires. Agent Peabody hadn't heard of that one. Aaron said this time it looks like anyone who was in a plane when this occurred, had a percentage of being changed. Kind of like hitting the lottery. Why some got changed and others not, nobody knows. Or why some have impressive powers like Superman, but others can mentally move small objects. So what if the earth was kind of, sort of in a solar dust cloud that parts of it actually came closer to the earth and when a sun flare hit.... That's when Agent Peabody kind of moaned oh God, with both of us asking her if she was okay. I said that convenience store over there is owned by the Suri's and they have a public bathroom. Then both Aaron and I were apologizing for her getting sick from eating the food at Scoopers, but we've never gotten sick eating there. She said she wasn't physically ill, but mentally. That was something neither of us knew how to respond to. She turned to quickly to look at Aaron, saying you just opened a big and new can of worms and again, we had no idea what she was talking about. She said there being mutants in the 1800's is kind of hard to swallow.
Aaron said think about your stories. The dog, horse and man may have been changed while on some high mountain instead of an airplane and who knows when this happened? The dog evolved so it had apposing thumbs, you know a evolutionary jump. As to the horse, think about the horses the Spaniards brought to the new world vs those horses called mustangs today. What if the horse was changed so it ran faster, kind of like The Flash? As to the man, have you forgotten Mr. Gravity's ability to make things heavier or lighter...maybe even fly? Maybe he could even somehow lift his dog and horse into the air with him? Perhaps Agents Peabody's man could become invisible or again, move super fast. Look at the guy everyone's calling Superman. He can fly, bullets bounce off of him and who knows how much weight he can really carry? And want to hear a even more scary scenario? WHAT IF The White Doctor and Agent Peabody's man got married....and had kids? Would they have their ability or abilities? Same goes for the horse and dog.... and they can breed a lot faster than humans. And how smart is that horse and dog, anyone think of that? My brother talked about how The White Doctor would talk to them and they responded. WHAT IF all three were some how linked telepathically? Another thought is....how many solar flares and dust clouds has the world gone thru? That one in the 1800's was the first RECORDED one that we know of.
Agent Peabody didn't say anything until we got to our place at which time she said as far as she was concerned, we weren't mutants. Seems Agent Sherman had contacted two of the three temp agencies and we had been working on the days the Goons got beat up and again, there was simply no way we could have had anything to do with those who went to the out of state game. She then offered Aaron another of her cards, but Aaron said we still have the ones you gave us earlier, remember? She tells Aaron that if he comes up with any more ideas about mutants, to give her a call. That because of his VERY disturbing ideas about mutants and the 1800's, she was going to have to write it up and submit it to her superiors. I said wait a minute, is he going to be in any sort of trouble because of what he came up with and she replied no. She was GLAD that he had brought them up as it was something no one else had ever brought up or thought of. We thanked her again for supper and she waved at us as she took off. We checked the mail on the way to our apartment and once we got inside, said little brother, I couldn't believe not only that bs line of mutants and the 1800's you put out, but how convincing it sounded. He smiled, but then said at first it was a line of bs you know, in hopes of getting those two off our behinds and giving them mutants to look for in the 1800's. I asked if he was serious about mutants being in the 1800's and he said he was. I said you know, maybe this could explain why some people not only got changed, but have a lot of abilities like Superman. Makes you wonder if those two men did get married and had kids who had kids, etc.
With Aaron's new found ability, that Saturday (near the end of the first week of spring break), we bought six mirrors. Actually, three were medium size, the others almost five feet tall and about three feet wide. We put them either on the floor leaning against a wall or hanging them just above a floor to make it easier for him to get in and out of the light. Which he did practice in learning his ability. And boy, some of the things we saw thru people's mirrors. Then we went to that Korean restaurant in New York City for lunch, eating it there. We wandered around Times Square and we both agreed we were not big city boys, but preferred small towns like ours back home. After that, we returned home, called some college friends of ours and the eight of us played Halo on Xbox Live for about two hours. Thing is, afterwards, we were kind of bored. I kind of sighed and Aaron did the same.....until we heard faint gunshots and then a police siren! Funny thing about it was we simply looked at each other and without saying a word, ran to our bedrooms for our gear, then into the nothingness.
It only took a few minutes for me to focus where the gunshots were coming from via the various shadows in our neighborhood. I could see a police car with A LOT of bullet holes in it from one shadow and going to another, could see two policemen, one of them on his back, the other kneeling trying to hide behind the police car while shouting in his walkie talkie that an officer was down and backup needed. Then from underneath the police car, in the distance I could hear police sirens coming towards us. I was shocked when I heard Officer Flannigan tell his partner to stay with him, DON'T stop talking to him. I looked at Aaron and the two of us simply yanked the very badly wounded officer into the nothingness and from there, we went to the hospital....the same one Aaron and I been to earlier when JT and his Goons attacked us. Both of us came out from under a empty bed in the emergency room, dragged the officer out of the nothingness and onto the bed. But as we did this, we must of made noise because one of the nurses saw us and wanted to know what we were doing, so Aaron started shouting officer down, officer down, needs assistance. THAT got IMMEDIATE attention from EVERYONE in the emergency room, INCLUDING two police officers who HAD been leaving in response to Officer Flannigan's call for help. With so many doctors and nurses now in that room attempting to save the officers life, we left the room with the intention of going back to and helping Officer Flannigan. It didn't quite work out that way.
We see two policemen turn towards us because of Aaron's shouting for help and when they saw us, they told us to stop where we were. I shouted run and we took off running down the corridor in the emergency room. We skidded around a corner with me trying to open several doors, but they were LOCKED! Then the police come around the corner, shouting at us to get on the ground or they will shoot! Then we saw it....the ladies bathroom. I kind of hesitated and because of that, Aaron got shot and I almost did too and who knows what would of happened after that? Neither of us had EVER been in a woman's bathroom before and what if there was some lady inside taking care of her personal business? The mens bathroom was just a few feet away and I realized we simply didn't have the time to be doing things properly. You know, using the mens bathroom instead of the ladies and I yanked open the door. This is when Aaron gave a grunt and started twitching and I could see a dart sticking from his back with a wire attached to it....one of the policemen had shot Aaron with his taser! I don't know where I got the strength, but grabbed Aaron by the back of his shirt, slung him past me with both of us now in the ladies bathroom. It was one of those single use bathrooms and because I didn't turn on the light, we were in the nothingness that quick. I found the dart and what surprised me was finding several feet of the wire or whatever it's called attached to it. Apparently when we went into the nothingness, the rest of the wire was simply cut off. I had to leave Aaron to recuperate from being tased and went back to help Officer Flannigan and the other police officers who would now sorely need it.
Later, found out the shooting started because of what was suppose to be a ROUTINE traffic stop was because one of the brake lights was out on a van. It was when the new officer was running the license plate, that the two back doors of the van suddenly popped open with three gangbangers firing their assault rifles, with the van then taking off! It was estimated up to ninety bullets were fired, with twenty or more of them hitting the police car, shattering its windshield and other windows. Officer Flannigan jumped out of the police car and tried returning fire at those three gangbangers while attempting to use his door as cover. Officer Newman had only been on the job as a police officer for three days, learning the ropes of the way things were vs what the academy had taught him. With the first bursts of assault rifle fire, he was shot twice: once in the hand which held the microphone for their police radio, the second shot going thru his open mouth as he was talking, exiting (fortunately) thru the left side of his mouth, between the upper and lower jaws. Instead of exiting on Officer Flannigan's side of the vehicle, he went out on his side and received two more wounds, both to his left leg. Officer Flannigan didn't hesitate in running out into the open to drag his partner to safety to his side of their vehicle. But in trying to shoot the gang bangers in the van as it turned a corner, he hit a steer tire with the driver losing control and smashing into a city street lamp post. There were nine gang bangers in the van, two remained in the van shooting at Officer Flannigan and Newman, while others got out of the van to also shoot at them while seeking cover for themselves which ended up having three of them run into and terrorizing Mr. & Mrs. Suri's in their convenience store which they were about to close. It was at this point we had arrived on the scene as law enforcement would say.
From the nothingness, I used shadows at higher elevations to see what was going on, when we saw gunfire coming from the back of the van. Those two went into separate nothingness along with two girls who also went into separate nothingness. Then went after the others who were hiding behind cars and even though I was quick, some had time to scream before being cut off when imprisoned in the nothingness. Some of them had been shooting at the arriving police officers. That left three in the store. What helped was they cut the lights off inside the store. All of this took me somewhere between ten and fifteen minutes. This would have been done quicker, but Aaron wasn't with me and I had to look for those who were firing their guns, then find a shadow or dark spot where I could grab them. As soon as I had one in the nothingness, then went to looking for more gun fire from a different nothingness. I returned to Aaron who was now okay from being tased and told him what had happened and why I felt I didn't have the time to stay with him until he recovered. He understood and soon we were under Officer Flannigan's patrol car, though Aaron did nudge me in the ribs because I started using my normal voice instead of the deep Metronome/Darth Vader voice.
Told him that his partner was now at St. Mary's emergency room being looked at by doctors and nurses. Scared the heck out of him when he heard my voice and he quickly scrambled on his hands and knees to get away from us and his police car. He then calls out that he has at least one suspect hiding under his police car?! He shines his flashlight under his car and of course, sees nothing but darkness. By now, there's A LOT of police and of course, searching for the gangbangers who are no longer here. Many came running to help him and catch at least one suspect. From a car parked about fifteen feet away, I called to Officer Flannigan, telling him to send the others away, that we would only deal with him and where did he want the bad guys delivered? THAT got his attention. I mean, first his partner suddenly and unexplicitly disappears under his car. Ten to fifteen minutes later, he's talking to a voice from under his darkened and shot up police car and now the voice is fifteen feet away? One thing about Officer Flannigan, he's a quick thinker and action taker. I'll talk about his background in a bit. He told the police officers that he was wrong and to keep securing the area while looking for the perps. At least that's what we think he called them. As you can tell, we weren't really up on police jargon other than watching some tv shows. The police even had a helicopter with a search light covering the area along with six k-9 units. An EMT insisted on checking Officer Flannigan out and he was lucky. His left foot was a bit numb in that some how, a bullet knocked off (blew off?) the heel to his left boot. The problem was that darn K-9 dog who could somehow sense us even though he couldn't see, hear or smell us. Thing is, it was laying on all four paws/legs and either whining from time to time and GROWLING like it was saying I can't see you, but I KNOW there's something there. Last thing we wanted was that dog around us, so whispered to Aaron that I'd be right back. Went back to our place to grab a piece of KFC chicken from the twenty piece bucket we'd bought earlier when we were playing Halo with our friends online earlier. Go back to Aaron and tossed the piece of chicken from the nothingness and pass the dog who went after it without hesitation. Not only that, his handler wasn't ready for this and the leash was torn from his hand. That was one happy dog in finding a big piece of KFC to chomp on instead of the normal suspects arm or leg. And yes, both policemen were surprised to see a piece of chicken flying out from under that police car.
I hissed at Officer Flannigan to get rid of the dog and handler, which he did. He wanted to know what happened to his partner, so Aaron came up with a good story (altering his voice) of how two guys in a passing car saw what happened and at great risks to them-selves, dragged the officer into their car and took off for the emergency room. Officer Flannigan called the hospital and talked with one of the officers still at the emergency room. But of course, he hadn't been told we had appeared from under the bed/gurney in the emergency room or about the two guys the policemen had tried catching. This was when his lieutenant came walking up, telling Officer Flannigan he needed to either get in another police car or sit in the ambulance. I whispered to him to go to the police car so we could have privacy. As I said before, Officer Flannigan was quick to adjust to basically any kind of condition that occurred and limped to another police car where we went to talk to him from under the cars front seat. Of course, he kind of jumped hearing my voice and wanted to know who were we and what happened to the perps. I said I am known as The Shadow, while my companion is known as Mirrors. No matter whether man is in darkness or light, we see and hear EVERYTHING. We had tired of mans follies and had been sleeping under The Mountain when there was a great disturbance in the earth far from here which had awaken us from our slumbers. Aaron gave me a thumbs up on that one. We had been passing thru your town when we heard the sounds which we recognized as your siren and gun shots. It was our duty to protect the weak and helpless from being preyed upon by evil doers and wicked people. To face Lady Justice whom shall pass full judgment on those mortals. This was when Officer Flannigan said evil doers, wicked people, lady justice? I gotta be hallucinating at which time I simply reached out from the front seat to grab and release his right ankle. Officer Flannigan screamed OH SH*T and jerked both his feet from the floor of the police car. Aaron then asked if he believed he was hallucinating now and Officer Flannigan said no, no, no. I said we needed two dozen of those plastic handcuff thingys and then we will release them along with their weapons to your custody. Agreed? He said okay, got out of the police car and got what we needed. Told him to place them on the floorboard of the police car at which time they simply disappeared into the nothingness where we were at. Told him he was to wait until we returned.
Thing is, NO light can be seen in the nothingness unless I willed it and of course, I made sure the gangbangers couldn't see or hearing anything. But that didn't stop them from shooting off ALL their guns which REALLY must of scared them because while they could feel the gun being fired, they saw NO muzzle flash or the sound of their guns going off. One gangbanger was so stupid, he put his hand in front of the muzzle, then pulled the trigger! With our bats, bear spray and tasers, the gangbangers were quickly handcuffed by their hands and feet. We didn't want to take any of their stuff because we might compromise any evidence. First we got those two girls out of the nothingness maybe fifty feet from where Officer Flannigan was waiting by the police car. Once they (the girls) started seeing all the police car lights, etc.; they started screaming for help which brought A LOT of police running, which included a limping Officer Flannigan. As he passed a car, I told him he needed to go to front of Suri's store and look for manna from Heaven. He didn't hesitate and went towards the store. Now there was an awning on the front of the store to protect people when it rained or snowed, so it was no problem to drop the gangbangers from the darkened wall above it and onto the awning. Which of course, wasn't designed to hold a thousand pounds or more of peoples weight....the awning gave way and bodies started hitting the concrete and sidewalk which was below the awning. Officer Flannigan heard the awning start to tear and jumped back just in time as the first three gangbangers landed on the concrete just a few feet from him which was quickly followed by the others. The noise of their bodies hitting the concrete of course, attracted the attention of the two police officers who were getting statements from Mr. & Mrs. Suri and they came out running from the store, quickly followed by other officers. So then Aaron and I got busy getting all the guns that were in the nothingness, then propping them up against the wall on one side of the building. It took me almost thirty minutes how to figure out on how to deal with the bullets and shell casings. For one thing, we had NO idea where the bullets went but when I thought of bullets and casings, I could see them laying on the “floor” of the various nothingness we had put the gangbangers in. From there, it was simple enough to think of the shell casings and bullets in the other parts of the nothingness and put them in our nothingness and they made one BIG pile. Aaron and I talked it over and we decided since there were so many, we'd each keep a bullet and shell casing as souvenirs. You know, kind of like Batman did in his Batcave in the really old Batman comic books. There was a rain gutter around the perimeter of the store, so from the other side, simply let all them go from the darkened area under it on the opposite side of the building where we had stacked the guns. This of course, drew the attention of one cop, followed by others as they stood in amazement as all this stuff simply appeared out of nowhere and onto the ground. From a darkened spot under the awning, Aaron called out to Officer Flannigan and told him about the guns on the other side of the building. That's when we left for home.
Thing is, I was REALLY tired and all I wanted was a shower and sleep. Aaron wanted to talk about what we had done, but took one look at me and said go. I was asleep as soon as I hit the bed.
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Post by texican on Oct 5, 2018 17:47:16 GMT -6
WillC,
Two ggg etc grandfathers (black and chinese) meeting up a benevolent old white man.... Mutants in the 1800's?.?.?.?
Now will Agent Peabody put 2 and 2 together and come up with two young men?.?.?.?
Now how will Officer Flannigan explain all of this?.?.?.?
Thanks for the chapter....
Now another chapter will help clear up the unanswered questions...
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 5, 2018 21:10:51 GMT -6
WillC, Two ggg etc grandfathers (black and chinese) meeting up a benevolent old white man.... Mutants in the 1800's?.?.?.? Now will Agent Peabody put 2 and 2 together and come up with two young men?.?.?.? Now how will Officer Flannigan explain all of this?.?.?.? Thanks for the chapter.... Now another chapter will help clear up the unanswered questions... Texican.... Remember, sun spots have been around forever. Mnn2300 came up with the idea of a solar dust cloud, so it is possible that "mutant terrorists" as the FBI is calling them, have been around longer than anyone may of thought of, possibly even having off spring. Maybe that's why some were Affected with not only different abilities but more powerful ones. Remember, Ben's traveled to the future and just because someone's been Affected, doesn't mean generation after generation of off spring will also have Affected abilities.
Agent Peabody's g,g,g grandfather was working in Virginia City, Nevada and not Colorado during this same time period. So how is she going to come up with the two being related? Especially with Aarons theory? As it is, thought I'd have everyone thinking Ben was involved with these people and yes, have been thinking of a plausible story on what it would be like to have some sort of Affected ability, say between 500 and 3,000 years ago. Think of The Highlander movie scenario mixed with mnn2300's scenario. Or the Salem Witch trials...what if some of the "witches" had been Affected by an earlier ancestor?
As to Officer Flannigan, he & the boys meet again in another chapter. How does he explain the bodies, etc. suddenly dropping like manna from heaven? He doesn't have to. The Suri's identify the 3 that broke into their place, there's drugs on more than one gang banger, guns with THEIR fingerprints, a kaka load of shells & bullets for ballistic testing. Open and shut case as far as the DA's going to be concerned. Besides, Officer Flannigan and other cops all have their snitches, someone they're not about to tell each other about. And how does he explain all this? He simply doesn't. I mean, he'd sound like a lunatic talking about people sleeping under the mountain, etc. He has NO idea what or who he's dealing with and when asked how did all of this happen, he simply asks the questioner to explain it himself. Which the questioner can't. Of course, the boys have made mistakes, something they didn't think they did, but that's something I'll be putting in a later and unwritten chapter. And of course, the cops/ DA are not about to tell the news people actually what happened.
Chapter 19 is 10 pages long and when done, may be 12 or 14 which means it'll get cut off somewhere to become 20. There's also a bit more family history about Aaron & The Shadow coming up. Writing it up right now and because I'm ahead chapter wise, it gives me time to think things over...as in keeping or deleting it. Between now and 19, the boys lives are going to get REALLY busy/interesting in ways & things they never imagined.
Also thanks to you and everyone who gives me feedback whether positive, negative and especially those with questions. Just because I think something's going to be self explanatory, doesn't mean it's going to be to the reader.
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Post by texican on Oct 5, 2018 22:13:15 GMT -6
WillC, Two ggg etc grandfathers (black and chinese) meeting up a benevolent old white man.... Mutants in the 1800's?.?.?.? Now will Agent Peabody put 2 and 2 together and come up with two young men?.?.?.? Now how will Officer Flannigan explain all of this?.?.?.? Thanks for the chapter.... Now another chapter will help clear up the unanswered questions... Texican.... the boys have made mistakes, something they didn't think they did, but that's something I'll be putting in a later and in unwritten chapter. Now tell me that isn't true, the boys making mistakes.... Chapter 14 just posted and you are finishing Chapter 19 which is 10 pages long and may be 12 or 14 pages if not running over into Chapter 20.... Cool.... And the boys are up to more hi-jinks.... Alright, go nerds.... You definitely have us running around in circles waiting for moar.... Now, once dated a young lady that was affected or was it afflicted.... Been to many years to remember, but it was fun while it lasted.... WillC, thanks for the effort you expend keeping the Moar Hounds stuffed.... Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 6, 2018 14:50:20 GMT -6
Now, Ben KNOWS that ALL women are affected which is a polite word for being insane, deranged, etc. The boys on the other hand..... Oh, did I forget to mention there's a vampires and werewolves involved in chapter 19?
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Post by texican on Oct 6, 2018 22:12:31 GMT -6
Now, Ben KNOWS that ALL women are affected which is a polite word for being insane, deranged, etc. The boys on the other hand..... Oh, did I forget to mention there's a vampires and werewolves involved in chapter 19? Will you be telling us that there will also be necked females and sex in Chapter 19 to keep us interested? Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 7, 2018 6:16:52 GMT -6
Nope....no necked females and sex in 19, though no doubt in some future chapter. Does it help that they'll be like sheep willingly lead to the slaughter house by...... That's in 19. As it is, got some copying and pasting to do on 19 so everything's has some sense of order. As to the werewolves & vampires, maybe I got to thinking what if some people actually did get changed in the 1800's? Remember to stay tuned at the same bat time time, the same bat channel, next Friday.
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Post by texican on Oct 7, 2018 20:40:08 GMT -6
Nope....no necked females and sex in 19, though no doubt in some future chapter. Does it help that they'll be like sheep willingly lead to the slaughter house by...... That's in 19. As it is, got some copying and pasting to do on 19 so everything's has some sense of order. As to the werewolves & vampires, maybe I got to thinking what if some people actually did get changed in the 1800's? Remember to stay tuned at the same bat time time, the same bat channel, next Friday. WillC, NEXT FRIDAY!!!!Five more days.... Kind of like dating.... Keep leading them on so they are grateful when the day finally arrives.... Texican....
ps: Been over 41 years since in the dating scene, but the memories (nightmares) still survive.... No Judge Kavanaugh moments....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 12, 2018 1:27:01 GMT -6
The Affected: The Shadow Chapter 15
When I woke up, went to get out of bed but instead, ended up falling out of it and onto what I THOUGHT would be the floor. Instead, I hear Aaron trying to scream rape, rape, rape and that REALLY woke me up because I was going to REALLY pound someone for trying to do this to my brother. I then rolled off what I thought was Aaron's rapist and then realized it was Aaron I had fallen onto! Aaron said Jesus, you're heavy and that while he was having a dream, suddenly there was a big and heavy weight on top of him along with suddenly feeling a one inch pecker (which we didn't consider a dirty word) poking his b*tt crack. I said IF mine was only one inch, it's ten times longer than yours. We laughed and bumped fists. That's when I realized Aaron had taken a sheet, his pillow and some of his blankets to sleep next to my bed. Tells me he was worried because while he had taken a nap of a couple of hours, when he came to see if I was hungry, I hadn't moved. That is, not even turning over in my sleep in any way. So he checked me for blood from any gunshot wound...you know, thinking maybe the other policeman in the emergency room had shot me with his gun instead of a taser. This was when he decided to sleep next to me just in case. He asked if I was okay now and I said yeah, but I think I need another shower. Asked if I was hungry and at first said no, but then said yes. Grabbed a clean set of clothes, took my shower and because it had been a few days since weighing myself, did that and got one heck of a shock.
Aaron came into the bathroom wondering if I was okay because the food was done and that usually takes him about thirty to forty-five minutes. He saw me standing there and said what's wrong and I simply pointed at the scale. He said so, what's wrong? I went to my bedroom, getting my small notebook with him following me. I showed him my weight from Thursday and reminded him how I had been trying to keep my weight down the past few months by watching not only what I eat, but how much....and said I think I got cancer because I've lost nineteen pounds in the last couple of days. Aaron said this didn't make any sense because NO ONE loses that much weight in that short of time even due to cancer. Let's go in the kitchen to talk and think things over. I followed. Aaron had laid out the food, with a big bowl of rice in the middle with other various steamed vegetables including a full bag of shrimp we had gotten from Winco. Got some rice in my bowl, then used the chopsticks that Aaron's mom had given me on my twelfth birthday. She even had my name stamped on them.
We sat there eating for about fifteen minutes or so when Aaron said there were a couple of possibilities, weight loss yes, cancer no. How about the weight loss happening because you got changed and it makes me wonder if the same thing is going to happen to me? This got my attention. Aaron said that so far, you've never really used your ability until yesterday and I protested, saying that can't be right because I'd been using it for awhile now. He said think about it...until yesterday, you never REALLY used it because think about the number of times you were putting everyone into and out of the nothingness yesterday vs what we had been doing to JT and Goons Inc. We don't know how we can do the things we do, but we can. So what if you used a lot more psychic or unknown energy yesterday than ever before which in turn, this psychic or unknown energy needed fuel? In this case, lose of body weight? That leaves a couple of other possibilities. He had me get my weight book and showed me that until yesterday, my weight would only fluctuate by a couple of pounds and this was during the time we were dealing with JT, etc. Because of the amount of work I had done in the nothingness yesterday, this could explain the weight loss, which made me feel better, especially since I'd be losing weight. He said no, because we don't know if you're losing body fat or muscle....or possibly even putting a strain on your heart. This did NOT make me feel better. Aaron: it could be that because you did so much yesterday, what if doing so put a unknown strain on your body? After all, you slept for almost sixteen hours! That REALLY shocked me.
He continued with reminding me how we tried lifting weights at Jim's when we were kids and ended up pulling some muscles because we tried lifting too much, too many times, too soon? I remembered that time because it felt like my arms were coming out of my sockets and should have been dragging on the floor. Aaron left me while I continued eating to weigh himself and when he came back, he said he weighed basically the same during all of this, meaning him not only being with me in the nothingness, but also learning about and going into the light. Aaron: so in using your ability you either placed a strain on your body like when we lifted weights or maybe as we use our abilities for longer periods of time, BOTH of us will lose weight. We decided that we'd weigh ourselves every day and keep track of it whether we used our abilities or not. What surprised me when I saw all the food Aaron had made was gone and he looked at me, saying don't look at me like that....YOU'RE the one who basically ate it all. I was surprised and kind of shocked because usually Aaron would make enough for leftovers to be heated in the microwave the next day. Then he said you probably didn't notice the milk jug of tea is empty because you drank it all except for what's in my glass. When he asked if I was still hungry, realized I was, so took two large cans of tuna fish and asked if he wanted a sandwich. He didn't, so made a batch of it which was enough for five THICK sandwiches with four slices of American cheese on each sandwich. I gobbled them down while Aaron grabbed the last milk jug of tea from the fridge with me drinking about half of it....and our milk jugs held a gallon of tea EACH. NOW I felt better and said so. Aaron smiled and said he was glad we had the cash to spend on groceries if we were both going to be eating like I just did. Can you imagine how many CASES of ramen noodles it would take to really fill us up? I kind of blanched because we had gotten to eating REAL food instead of that stuff. Over time, we found out that I had put a strain of some kind on my body in the beginning, but I never lost that much weight again. A couple of pounds sure, but that was it. Our bodies simply adjusted using our new “muscles” if you will.
I went back to bed to find that Aaron had changed my bedding...he told me that it was drenched in sweat, something I hadn't realized at the time. But this time after about two hours, I felt a lot better/basically normal. Found Aaron playing World of Tanks on Steam, not that we spent any money for tanks or garage slots. We got our behinds kicked a lot every time we played but heck, it was free. I said thanks and he knew what I meant. I said how about yesterday, wasn't that a hoot? He gave me a really big smile and said yes...except for the part in getting tased. And what if the policeman had actually used his gun, shooting him in the back? That was scary as heck to both of us. We talked about buying kevlar like policemen and those guys in SWAT teams use, so we used our computer to see what was available along with finding out more about kevlar via Youtube. Buying the stuff wasn't going to be a problem, but we couldn't at the time find out what the stuff weighed.
Sunday evening we're sitting on our milk crates and I kind of sighed with Aaron asking me what was wrong. I said it's been one heck of a week hasn't it and he said yes....but that's not the problem is it? I said no.....I kind of miss going out for lunch with Annabelle every day and wonder how she's doing....and if she and Ginger will want to continue taking us out when they return from spring break? Aaron said he hadn't really realized it, but maybe he had subconsciously and he also sighed, saying at least we had a good time with them didn't we? I said yes and then Aaron said you know, we could go down there....you know, to Fort Lauderdale where the girls are. I said no...it sounds like we'd be perverts spying on them and Aaron said I was right, but how about we go to see if there's any of those girls acting like we've seen on those Girls Gone Wild commercials? Now THAT got my interest because we always wondered if those commercials were real or not. I said okay and we each took one hundred dollars from our stashes which were stored in the light and the nothingness. We took that much because we didn't know what things would cost us, not that either of us drank. I think we were thinking of buying some souvenirs for our brothers and sisters, telling them that some friends of ours went down there and got them for us.
Aaron went into the light and as for me, couldn't figure out if I was seeing some place in Fort Lauderdale or not. Said screw it, thought of Annabelle and got quite a shock when I saw her walking into her hotel room with some guy behind her. But when she turned on the light that was on a nightstand by her bed, saw it was JT right behind her with his hands on her shoulders! I just stood there stunned like I had been hit between my eyes with a baseball bat. Dreams...hopes....shattered. Must of stood there for I don't know how many seconds, so wasn't hearing what was being said or even what they were doing, I was that shocked. Was ready to leave the nothingness when I heard Annabelle tell JT to get his filthy hands off of her and yanked away from him! This was when he grabbed her, then wrapped his arms around her arms, pinning them against her sides. He then pulled her hair back and forced his lips on her telling her she had forgotten how much she liked it when they were in bed together and he was going to ride her like she'd never been ridden before. This was when Annabelle yanked her head back and screamed, but with one hand, JT slapped her so hard he knocked her out! He let her body fall partially onto her bed, ripped open her blouse to push up her bra and fondle one of her breasts while saying p*ssy's p*ssy whether conscious or not. That's when I came out from the nothingness, screamed something myself and hit JT from behind.
I had him in a headlock and pounding away at his head with my right hand. So I'm on top of JT's back and JT's laying on Annabelle who's unconscious. We're rolling around on Annabelle and her bed when JT and I rolled off the bed and onto the floor, this time with me under JT! Even drunk, JT was giving me a bad time and then one of us hit the nightstand with the lamp falling to the floor and breaking. Then I heard people shouting they heard some woman scream, someone was to call security and doors started being knocked on. I knew I had to get US out of there, us being JT and me. Couldn't believe it....JT was actually able to get back on his feet with me on top of him and now trying to throw me off of him. We're twirling around the room while I'm desperately trying to just hold on to him, but when I felt the wall pressed against my back, I took both of us into the nothingness. Of course, JT couldn't see or hear anything unless I willed it and I was REALLY huffing and puffing from those brief minutes of our struggle. JT said come on you son of a b*tch so I can kick your a$$ and started weaving and moving around like he was in a boxing ring and from time to time, like he was making some kind of martial arts movements. All I could do was just sit on the floor of the nothingness till I got my breath back. After five minutes or so, I was breathing normally and JT started just standing there and then repeating where the f am I? That's when I simply walked up to him and kicked him as hard as I could in the nards.
Back to my place to get my gear, specifically just the baseball bat....and couldn't find it?! I was going crazy trying to find it and couldn't remember what I had done with every-thing after coming back from the nothingness yesterday other than it had been tossed at the foot of my bed. This was when Aaron walked in, saying he couldn't tell if he was in a bar in Florida or California via the mirrors, so he thought of Ginger and saw her and a couple of the Goons ex-girlfriends leaving some bar. Did I have any problem getting to Fort Lauderdale and...then, what's wrong? Told him I was looking for my bat and when he asked why, told him. He couldn't believe it but realized I was telling the truth. Tells me he put all our gear in the light because we had blood on some of it from the policemans wounds. Told him to get it and said it ends tonight. When Aaron asked what, I said JT and the rest of his Goons. He brought ALL of our gear. Once I hit JT with the bear spray, we beat the h*ll out of JT. He spent MONTHS in the hospital recuperating from our beating, then of course, it was almost a year being rehabilitated in being able to walk without crutches. Surgery for his nose, one ear along with the removal of one of his testicles which must have gotten busted when I kicked him in the nards. Since he struck Annabelle with his right hand, all the bones in that hand were broken with him only being able to use twenty-five percent of it afterwards. Both legs were broken along with beating his upper and lower jaws, losing many of his teeth.
Found a couple of dozen or so port a potties not far from a beach in Fort Lauderdale and from one of them, we carried his unconscious body to the beach. We scooped out a trench to put his body in with the intention of covering him in the sand except for his head figuring doing this might make it harder for anyone to discover him until later in the day. We had just layed JT in this trench when I had an idea and told Aaron to wait for me. I had no idea where to buy the item I wanted and certainly didn't want to buy one here. So I thought of Big Ben and in London after some searching, found the store I wanted. It cost me $28.53 and of course, I got British pounds and some coins back as change from my hundred. Told Aaron we needed to make his behind area on the sand deeper. Aaron didn't know why, but together, it only took us a few minutes to do this. But he was surprised, then shocked at what I did next. I pulled JT over so he was laying on his belly and pulled his pants and underwear down below his behind. Then pulled that English bought vibrator out of my pocket and slowly worked four inches of it into his A hole....and turned it on. Flopped JT back onto his back in the trench and we had a couple of inches of space between the vibrator and the sand below it. Aaron just stood there stunned and then wanted to know why. I said I remembered how that Asian lady looked when those three Hispanic guys were going to rape her. I've read that when a woman's been or is being raped, it's not just degrading, but physically painful. I just want JT to know what it's kind of like to be forcefully sexually degraded. Aaron asked where I got “that thing” and told him. He looked at me in awe and said I was always such a sneaky dungeon master and I thanked him for the compliment. We then covered up JT with sand.
Asked if he was ready to finish off Vermin, Cowboy and Rocky and of course he was. Well, what we didn't know or expect was two guys with flashlights coming towards us as we got near the port a potties. They were hotel security guards who had been patrolling the beach in front of the hotels beach! Of course as soon as we saw them, we ran for the port a potties, them telling us to stop right there....we didn't. Pushed Aaron into it and because there really isn't much room inside those things, grabbed his belt from the back and kind of, sort of lifted him up and pushed him further inside. Aaron screamed JESUS CHRIST, JESUS CHRIST, but I was busy closing and locking the door to the port a potty. I asked him what was wrong and he almost shouted MY GOD D*AMN FOOT ALMOST WENT INTO THE TOILET! And man, being in the tropics that port a potty REALLY STANK inside. Now this was something we never thought of and of course not that any tv show about spring break down here would ever mention it. Boy, talk about hazardous breathing conditions. We both froze like deer caught in a cars headlights when one of the security guards banged on the port a potty door, saying they saw us enter it and they wanted us out....RIGHT NOW!
I swear to God, I must have THE craziest brother on this planet because in a high pitch, girly kind of voice he sings a line from an old song that goes “we hear you knocking, but you can't come in”! I'm sure I gave him the biggest wtf look in my life. He whispered the Three Stooges and the doors okay? I sighed and said okay. One of the security guards was banging on the door demanding we get out, otherwise it would go harder for us, especially if they had to bust open the door which meant they'd be calling the cops.
Now if you've seen the Three Stooges in action, one of their clips have the three of them entering one door in a hallway while being chased by someone, but the three of them would come out of a different door, into a opposite door and of course, come out of another door. So I put Aaron in another port a potty at the very end, he counted to ten which gave me time to move to another one further down the line. That's when I heard Aaron call out hey, if you're policemen, do you have any rolls of toilet paper on you and quickly slammed his port a potty door closed. Of course the one of security guards went running to that one while the other waited in front our original port a potty. But I was in another one, opened the door and said the same thing about toilet paper and you can't come in when he was banging on the door. We did this for no more than ten minutes before both of us going into the nothingness to find and deal Vermin, Cowboy and Rocky. Think we spent about five to ten minutes on each and leaving them in various alley's and of course, taking what valuables they had on them. As for JT....well, we simply forgot to take his stuff after we were done with beating him up. Afterwards, Aaron asked if I was doing okay and I said I felt a little tired, but not like I had been on Saturday. He wanted to make sure I wasn't so tired that I might fall asleep or even pass out with both of us stuck in the nothingness....and him having no way of getting out of it. ESPECIALLY if I died while we were in it. I agreed, but said I wanted to check on Annabelle to see how she was doing.
She was still in her hotel room and we were a little surprised to find Ginger there, which we figured they had decided to be roomies here just like at school. From the nothing-ness, we saw the lamp had been replaced, with Annabelle and Ginger sitting on her bed and holding each other. A plain clothes policeman asked her and Ginger to repeat their stories and they said that was it....they had told their stories three times already and this would be the last time. Period. The policeman agreed. She started off with seeing JT walking across the street towards her, but quickly realized he was drunk and told him that she wanted nothing to do with him. Up to this point, she and the girls (Goons Inc. ex-girlfriends) were having a good time which of course, made me kind of jealous that I couldn't be there you know....like maybe “some how” run into her and ask her out to dinner or something. Not that she'd of accepted of course, me being me vs all the good looking guys that were also down there. She never thought to look behind her and thought she had left him on the street. Thing is, as she opened her hotel room door, he put his hands on her shoulders, pushing her forward with his body while closing the door which locked automatically. She remembered him rubbing his crotch against her, her slapping him, him pinning her arms against her sides and forcing himself on her. It was when she tried screaming, he slapped her and of course, then being partially stunned on her bed. She tried reaching for the phone, but JT must of knocked it and the lamp off onto the floor. She only had vague memories of what happened next but did remember JT tearing at her blouse and feeling one of her breasts. She had NO doubt she was going to be raped by this side of JT she didn't know existed. She only vaguely remembered other things; first being a weight on her which she thought had to be JT. Then there was a large animal sound coming from nowhere, then even a larger weight on her before it got off of her. Made me feel a little better that JT hadn't struck her so hard as to make her unconscious, but still.... This was when Ginger spoke, saying she figures it took a couple of minutes to have security come up and start checking every room on that floor, which of course, took some time as there were eighteen rooms on that floor. When JT struck her and started ripping at her blouse, that was when I stepped in and a few minutes later, we were in the nothingness. The security guards had heard our fighting, opened the hotel door and saw Annabelle laying on the bed, partially exposed and they quickly turned on all lights and searched the room for her attacker. The the policeman talked about her feeling two different weights on her, but she saw nothing? Annabelle said she was barely conscious and lucky to have remembered anything.
The policeman said I understand what you're saying and want to believe it, but look at it from my point of view. You say your drunken EX boyfriend attacked, struck and then was going to rape you, but your hotel room was not only locked, with over a dozen people hearing you scream. Hotel security arrives, then starts checking rooms to see where the scream came from when EVERYONE in the hallway heard loud fighting coming from YOUR room. But when they entered, all they found was you partially conscious while laying on your bed, with NO sign of your attacker, a knocked over table with the phone and a busted lamp on the floor. Security even checked the glass doors to the patio outside which is on the TWELTH floor of this place, but it was also locked. AND this room does NOT have an interconnecting door to the rooms on either side of it. So WHERE did this JT go? Annabelle said she had no idea, but was grateful that JT was not only gone, but she wasn't raped. The policeman said okay, come on down to the station any time after noon tomorrow to sign your statements and then you're free to go. Soon the girls were by themselves, sitting on the bed with the legs tucked under them.
From the shadow cast by the bed and nightstand against the wall, that's when we heard Ginger mutter, it's gotta be him...it's just GOTTA be. No other explanation for this to happen. That's when Annabelle asked who's gotta be what? Ginger said she'd never think she'd tell anyone about this, but then proceeded to tell her about going to Purgatory, disciplined, etc. and that's why she asked Aaron to go to lunch with her that first time and more times afterwards. But she always wondered why she (meaning Annabelle) asked the other guy because he surely didn't look like her type. Yeah, even though I knew it to be true, it still hurt. That's when Annabelle confessed what happened to her and why her roommate left her, so it seemed only natural when Ginger's roommate went to another room that they share Annabelle's room. They both agreed the belts and switches they had been struck with hurt, but was really scary was when those THINGS started touching them. They were remembering the skeletal hands, etc. we used later on during one of our visits.
This was when I went to my Metronome voice saying daughters of Eve, you have discovered that just because something is pretty and attractive, it is NOT what it seems to be. The girls upon hearing my voice, quickly scrambled to the head of the bed AND then pulled the bed spread, blanket and sheet over their heads with everything being tucked around their bodies! We heard them whisper to each other it's him, it's him...it's Metronome. I said do you mind not talking like I'm not here and they said they were sorry. I said the male has now received a harsh lesson of what it is to be in Purgatory and is to be found else where. Annabelle said good. I said perhaps you both will seek companionship with those who have a simpler taste for life and because of this, enjoy life more fully than you two and your other female companions have ever dreamed of. We left them still cowering under the bedding.
When we got home, we busted a gut laughing at the girls trying to hide under the bedding like some boogeyman was under the bed, just waiting to grab them. I said, you know, it was fun while it lasted going out with the girls, but of course, we both now know that's over....don't you? Aaron sighed and said yes. Aron put his gear away in the light while I did the same in the nothingness. Aaron asked if I was hungry and I said yes, so we sat eating sandwiches, drinking tea. We went to bed after taking showers because we had to be at work at 8am the next day at the book depository company. We thought this would put an end to JT and his Goons and of course, actually go back to school like we had planned. I later bought a small plastic case which I stored in the nothingness and inside of it is my change from London, receipt and packaging from the vibrator. We got a shock when we returned home from work late Monday afternoon.
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Post by texican on Oct 14, 2018 15:20:49 GMT -6
WillC,
The boys have taken JT & his Goons out which is a good thing....
Bet the girls will be more friendly to the boys knowing that they have angles (or is it imps) watching over them....
Thanks for the chapter....
Texican....
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