There Must Be A Mistake Ch. 19

"Yes I am, many light years away."

"I guess Newton and Teddy are staying with me."

"Yes they are, in the stasis units next to mine."

Gray kissed her, and his hand traveled to her breast.

"Sometimes Doctor Thyme, I don't like you."

"Sometimes Mrs. Thyme, I just want to bite that lip."

"Which one, I have four of them."

"Potty mouth."

"It's the truth; I'm just waiting for an answer."

"I have a terrible memory. I always have to go back to the beginning and start all over again."

"If you must, you must. I have everyplace you touched memorized, so don't miss anything, or you will have to start all over again for third time, or a fourth, or a fifth, or more. This could take you all night."

"I think I could be up for it."

"If you're not, I could give you a hand, or a mouth to help you rise to the occasion."

"That is a very kind offer Madam; I may take you up on it."

"Do you think you could start now, I'm getting cold?"

Gray kissed her, until she relaxed; then dove between her thighs and nibbled on her clit.

"That wasn't the beginning you moron."

He didn't acknowledge her. He continued torturing her pussy, as she pounded him with a pillow. It didn't take long for her to acquiesce to his tongue-lashing.

"Oh fuck it." She lay back and lost herself to the feelings consuming her traitorous body.

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They both watch Newton Sunday, because neither had the power to do it on their own. Every time they looked at one another they smiled. If they passed close enough to one another, they would kiss, or simply touch.

Newton was not blind to what was going on around him.

"Why won't grandma tell me why you and dad are so happy today mom?"

"Maybe you're supposed to ask me or dad that question."

"Mom, why are you and dad so happy today?"

"Your father and I had a very intimate night last night. We talked and we had a lot of fun together. We even talked about your sister; and where her name may have come from. It gave us a very good feeling about each other, and it brought us closer together. Is that what you wanted to know?"

"Does that mean you had sex last night?"

"Yes it does; that's what I meant when I said your father and I were intimate last night."

"Why didn't you just say you had sex?"

"There are nice ways of saying things, and there are rough ways of saying things. I am your mother, and I want to say things to you the nice ways."

"Okay, I understand now; thank you mom."

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"I will never get that move right, Monty."

"If you don't, you will be picking yourself up off the floor every time you make that mistake. It's all in your balance. If you don't keep your right foot balanced on the floor, you're going down, and come up with more bumps on your body than you can count."

"I watch that move on tape. I visualize it in my mind, and I practice it. Every time I come up against a partner, the damn foot moves, and I don't understand why."

"Gordon, you are anticipating the move. Instead of letting the aggressor come at you and making contact. You are picking the foot up off the floor, and putting yourself in a weaker position. Once your opponent hits you, you are allowing yourself to be turned. Once that happens, your opponent is in the stronger position, and you are going down."

"You make it sound so easy. Can I try it again please?"

"Janet, Gordon, fight!"

"God dammit I did it again."

"Watch your mouth Gordon."

"Yes ma'am."

"Again please

"Janet, Gordon, fight!"

"That's better, you didn't take her down, but you didn't go down either.

"Can you nail my right foot to the floor please? This is getting ridiculous. I can feel it moving before I ask it to move."

"You're not supposed to ask it to move Gordon. It's supposed to come naturally. Do you have to think about one and one equaling two or do you just know it?"

"I know it."

"It's the same thing with this movement. Once you realize you know it, it becomes second nature to you, and you don't have to think about it. Janet again."

"I'm going to teach you a new hold this time Gordon. I'm not putting you on your ass; I'm putting you on your head."

"At least I'll have a bump on a different area of my body."

"Janet, Gordon, fight."

"Yes Gordon yes that was perfect. What did you do differently that time?"

"I didn't want Janet to scramble my brains, so I must've reacted faster."

"You reacted, you didn't act. The movement is meant for a reaction to her action. You used her energy against her, and you put her ass on the ground."

"I'm sorry Janet; I didn't mean to hurt you."

"Hurt me, my ass. It was the most fun I had all day. It gets boring winning all the time. You're not going to win every time, but you are going to continue learning. Shall we do it again?"

"Are you going to hurt me this time?"

"Abs-a-fucking-lutely."

"That's what I thought."

"Janet, Gordon, fight."

"Don't let her go Gordon, get her down. Get her down; you are in the stronger position."

"OOOWWWWWWWWW! She bit me."

"You are also on the ground. She won. You lost."

"She didn't fight fair."

"When you are fighting for your life, there is no such thing as fair. What would've happened if she kicked you in the balls?"

"I would be seeing stars, instead of visiting them."

"You can't give anyone a break. You have to go for the kill. You cannot allow them any advantage. Take the opponent down as soon as you can when you are in the superior position. They will take whatever weakness they see and try to reverse your power position."

"You cheated Janet."

"Pussy."

"I'm going to stuff your face into the mat, and sit on it."

"Dream on little girl, dream on. I'm going to bite your nose."

"Janet, Gordon, fight.

"Don't let her take you down Gordon, don't let her do it. There you go, twist her, take her down now. Force her head down. Kick her leg out. Good, twist her arm up, you've got her. Force her head down, down, perfect. Sit on her head like you promised."

"Get off me Gordon, you smell like shit."

"Let me help you up Janet, it's the polite thing to do for little girls."

"Don't start patting yourself on the back Gordon. Two wins out of seventeen attempts does not make you immortal. Congratulations on this last attempt; you put up a good fight."

"Thanks Janet."

Monty asked, "What did you do wrong Gordon?"

"I moved too soon again. I'm sorry Monty. I just need more practice time."

"Gordon things are going to happen around here in the not-too-distant future. You may need to defend yourself, and your family. You have to take these lessons to heart. These are no longer games; this is preparation for the real thing. This is preparation for war. The faster you learn the better you can defend yourself and those you love.

When your dad is able to come back to work, he is not going to be half the man he was before. It is going to take a long time for him to regain his strength. You may have to defend him against an unknown enemy. You have got to be prepared to help him. Learn faster. Try harder."

"I will Monty, I promise."

"Good, get into the ice bath."

"Monty..."

"Five, four, three,

SPLASH

"Shit, it's cold.

"It's not cold Gordon, say it."

"You told me never to lie."

"It's not cold Gordon, is it?"

"No Monty it's quite refreshing."

"Excellent Gordon, your attitude is improving. Next time watch your language."

"Yes ma'am."

"Fifteen minutes Gordon, not one minute less."

"Yes ma'am. Are we going to run to work in the morning?"

"Are you up to it?"

"I believe I'm ready for it."

"It's 10 ½ miles Gordon, and then you want to put in a full day's work. Are you sure about that?"

"Yes Monty, I think I'm ready."

"Good boy, I think you are ready too. We will leave at 5:50 AM, so you can shower and have some breakfast, before you begin working."

"I'll be the one running with his eyes closed."

"I'll be the one behind you with the Taser. Ten six minute miles, that should be interesting. All you have to do is picture a pretty girl's ass in a bikini, running ahead of you, and you will be fine."

"Am I allowed to see one of those in real life first?"

"No one told you to be brilliant. If you were a normal child, you would have seen plenty of them by now. It's a trade-off; which would you prefer, a pretty girl or a spaceship?"

"I'd like a spaceship during the day, and a pretty girl to hold me close at night. Is that asking too much?"

"You're fifteen years old, it will happen soon enough."

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89. Again

"What the hell happened this time Jim?"

"Those assholes blew their cool. I didn't take any chances William. Those men work for OSHA, but they weren't working for them at that time. They all took time off so they could work for me. They've done it before.

This General Morgan scared the piss out of them, when he knocked Freddy on his ass. Instead of showing Morgan their identification badges to prove that they worked for the government, they backed out of there like wolves with their tails between their legs.

It wouldn't matter if OSHA had been there ten weeks ago or ten days ago. OSHA can show up anywhere, at any time, to do a surprise inspection. They should have had the run of the place, and they walked away with nothing."

"They didn't learn anything at all?"

"The only thing Freddy said was Zabo is deep inside the headquarters building, and if we were going to go after him, we had better be prepared for war, because that is what we are going to get."

"How many drones do you have Jim?"

"One and it's barely flyable."

"One wouldn't do much damage anyhow. Let's leave that as a last resort. Do they have to pull licenses for those agents?"

"I'm not sure, but I can know within thirty minutes."

"Find out, and if they need licenses find out how many agents they have at that facility. If we're going to buy an army, I'm going to buy an overwhelming army, like we did in Desert Storm. We are going to run over that place and smash it."

"Whatever you say William; I'll have that information for you shortly."

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"They show 290 licenses for agents at the facility, but the clerk said it doesn't mean all of them have been issued to employees."

"Alright, this is what I want you to do Jim. Rent an aircraft and do aerial surveillance of that place for seven days. Get good cameras so they can use them at a relatively high altitude so the people on the ground don't get suspicious. I want motion pictures, and stills."

"I will use men from my company to do it. If they screw this up, I'll kill them myself."

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"Margaret, I'm going to have to hire a translator for you. I'm getting complaints from all over the building."

"Complaints from whom Dan, and what are they complaining about?"

"Should I put the 'what' first Margaret? If they're asking for a translator, it must be because of your speech impediment. I'm the only one in the building that understands you, and that is a minor miracle. Either you are going to have to learn how to speak English, or you're going to have to slow down so normal people can understand you."

"Can't you just hear it now general? I will answer the phone:

General Morgan's office, this is Margaret his secretary speaking. How may I help you? One moment please.

General Morgan's office, this is Margaret's translator speaking. How may I help you? One moment please.

This is Margaret advising you that the general will not be in his office today until after 1 PM. One moment please.

This is Margaret's translator advising you that Margaret said the general would not be in his office today until after 1 PM. One moment please.

"This is Margaret again; I hope this delay in communicating with you is not frustrating you in the slightest. I know it's bugging the hell out of me. One moment while I transfer you to my translator"

"This is Margaret's translator..."

"Who's complaining Dan?"

"No one, I just love the color your face becomes when I get you riled up."

"How would you like your coffee in the morning general; with, or without?"

"You haven't noticed I'm bringing in McDonald's coffee in the morning?"

"You haven't noticed I've been bringing in these little clear plastic cups in the morning?"

"Margaret you wouldn't."

"Can I do anything for you general; I normally do special things for you, especially in the morning?"

"Margaret you're despicable."

"I am, aren't I? I am also irreplaceable."

"Let me know when Lucius gets here please."

"Is that the same Lucius as...?"

"Yes it's the same Lucius as last time."

"Are you two still fighting?"

"Let's just say there is a truce in place."

"Does that mean bare knuckles or boxing gloves?"

"It means we're not fighting. We are on the same side."

"Should I put you two on a timer to see how long it's going to last?"

"Margaret, if I had left him alone that fucking war would have been over three years sooner than it was. Unfortunately my conscience would never have let me live with it."

"Thank you for that Dan, I appreciate the sentiment."

"God damn you Lucius, why do you always walk in at the perfect moment."

"Is he still bothering you about that wonderful accent of yours, Margaret?"'

"No Colonel, he just does it in the morning, afternoon, and in the evening. He's quite affable during the rest of my day."

"He won't let you work for anybody else I see."

"He wouldn't know where the lighter is for his cigars Colonel."

"Those things will kill him Margaret. It's good to see you again.

"You too Lucius."

"Hello General."

"Colonel, what do you have for me?"

"A proposed battle plan sir."

"Okay, lay it out, and talk me through it."

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"Beginning with their hierarchy, we know they act irrationally. There is a probability of seventy percent the former vice president will order a direct assault on his main target; which we believe will be the Spacecraft. There is a forty percent probability he will go after Mister Zabo as his first target. The other options are across-the-board but all of them are in single digits. He could try to take out our scientists and the people working on the interior of spacecraft. It would delay the project several years, but those range at nine percent or below.

We believe he is going to want to crush your effort into the sand you are built on. We can expect to face overwhelming odds; two or three to one. Some of his forces will be mechanized, but most will be ground pounders. Don't be surprised if William Silver is with them. He may want to shoot Mister Zabo himself.

They will come from three different quadrants. Two will be diversionary; but the main one will be a frontal assault from the West. You have the Army base to your east. It is possible we may be able to get help from them if they think they are under attack when they hear automatic weapons going off. We can help that along by setting up loudspeakers, pointing them at the base, and waking up the base commander.

You can expect flanking attacks from 70 to 100 men, who will try to pin you down using machine guns and automatic weapons. Their plan will include using our guests to keep you from getting an organized defense set up quickly.

During this time, their frontal assault from the west will move in, without firing a shot, until they are seen. All hell will break loose as soon as they know they been spotted. Personally, I believe their main objective will be to destroy the Spacecraft. If they can get it to fall, every man within its footprint will be dead or disabled.

These are our recommendations:

1. 800 meters from the front of the hanger build a series of interlocking berms. We can cut the side facing the hanger to look like stadium seating and not as a defense mechanism. We can make them look like there are ways through them, but they will all be dead ends. The minimum height of ten feet high is necessary, fifteen feet is better, twenty would be outstanding.

2. The opposition force will be coming in with rocket propelled grenades, mortars, and other movable, man-carrying weapons. My biggest fear is the mortars, because they can be fired from miles away.

3. We are useless fighting from the hanger. We have to be out among them to keep them away from it. We can leave a small security force there, if you wish, but the best way to kill them, is to be out there among them, and behind them.

When they run into the berms they are going to be confused as to why they can't get through them or over them. We are going to need some engineering help with that, because we don't want them to collapse if we get very high winds, or rain. It all has to look like sand otherwise they'll know something is up before it starts. When they reach the berms and can't get through them, they will all bunch up against one another. That is when we hit them. We hit them from the back. We hit them with everything we have, and we hit them moving forward, always moving forward in pincer encirclement.

It will be like shooting geese. You never shoot the leader of the flight. You always shoot the goose in the back of the formation. Then you work your way forward. If you shoot the leader of the flight, all the other birds will break formation, and scatter to the four winds. If you hit the rear of the formation all anyone will believe is they are hearing gunfire from in front, and they will keep moving forward. The closer we get them to the berms, the easier they will be to kill.

As far as the men on our flanks are concerned, I would like to dig tunnels that come out twenty meters behind the areas we believe they will set up and twenty meters to the left of the group on the right flank and twenty meters to the right of the group on the left flank. Ten men in each group should be more than sufficient."

"You think ten men can take out 70 to 100 men Lucius?"

"Yes sir. They are not going to be using their automatic weapons sir. They are going to be throwing grenades. The men of the flanking forces are going to be dug in to their defensive positions. They are all going to be stationary targets, facing the hanger. They are going to be night blinded by the lights. Our men will be dressed in black and wearing dark glasses. They will have their automatic weapons with them, but their main weapon will be the lanyards of grenades they will be carrying. I believe thirty grenades each will be more than enough.

They will also be wearing body armor. It will slow them down a bit, but it will also keep them alive if anyone from the opposition force turns in time to get a shot off.

After one pass along their entire rear, the opposition force will not know which way to position themselves. If they turn back towards the hanger we throw more grenades at them from a protected area. One man in our group will be throwing smoke grenades to mark the opforce's position. The security force guarding the hanger will know exactly where they are. If they are still under fire the men in the hanger do nothing.

The men with the grenades return to their starting point and begin another run along the rear of the opposition force. After their second run, there should be so few members of the opposition force remaining, they should want to surrender. If they don't, and turn to fight our men who were throwing the grenades, our men take cover and the security force, in the hanger, is free to open fire with their fifty caliber machine guns."

"Do you know how many left handed agents you have general?"

"This ought to be good Lucius. Why do you need to know how many left handed agents I have?"

"The men we send through the tunnel to the right flank will be throwing grenades across their body with their right hands. It's a natural throwing motion. If you have right-handed people doing the same thing on the left flank, they are going to be throwing like girls; high over their right shoulder, using only their wrist. If you have left-handers throwing those grenades, they will be throwing across their body in a normal throwing motion, just as their right-handed agents did on the right flank."