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Life and Its Little Oddities
By: TheSecrch4

Chapter 3

The plans were slowly coming together and things were looking up. Dana had
gotten the two hackers from Durham that now were setting up the computer
area. They had gone nuts over the amount of equipment and where I wanted to
go with it. I had the ability to build a storage area where most of today's
knowledge and information could be held long term. They were free to hack
into any system and copy the data. But they could do no damage to it.

I was reading a report Jimmy and Tommy had done on how best to store and
retrieve the data we were accumulating. They had been cutting out the fluff
and junk and just keeping the solid information. If it could not be proven
it was just theory and not fact. Fact was stored one place and theory
another. The databases were different and easy to search this way. We had
every news group stored going as far back as the largest system on the net.
That would just get added to each day until things fell apart. But some day
it would be fun to go back looking at all the groups and postings made.

Dana walked up behind me and started to rub my neck and shoulders.

"Lady I'll give you about ten years to stop that."

"Is that all I get? The way your muscles feel it could take a lot longer to
get the knots out. Why haven't you said anything?"

"Sit down a minute and let me say a few things." Dana sat at the table and
she looked directly into John's eyes.

"First of all your my friend and someone I trust completely to discuss
anything. I have no right to expect you to be my nurse, maid or servant in
any way. Matter of fact I see you more as a daughter or may be really a
granddaughter at my age. Your beautiful, sexy as hell and deserve a life of
your own without limits being placed on you. Now that is just how I see
things and it worries me for your future."

Dana took her time deciding how to reply to this. "John I have never know a
man since my dad I care for more than I do you. Kelly is in love with you
and would never leave your side. So your just going to have to get used to
us hanging on to you. We both want your attention and love."

This comment just floored him. He was not sure just how to take it and did
not dare ask right now. The fear was she meant just what she had said and he
found that scared him. He was past the games playing days and relationships
not built on unconditional love. But for him to have any attachment beyond
where he was at just did not make sense to him or for him?

"Look the two of you are all the family I have now days. So just let me
adjust to that for now."

They walked to the white board John had mounted on the wall. It was a large
one like would be used in a school in place of a black board. There was the
income to the company, expenses being paid out and purchases being made on
one part. In the middle was a tree shaped form that showed what would be
needed to survive and grow. This was in colors as to what was covered, being
handled and what needed action. It looked like confusion, but really was a
visual plan.

"Dana you need to see how close the hydroponic areas are to being ready.
They should be close to having the fiber optic cables in place to provide
sunlight for plants. The lenses we have should do fine to assure good
growing light and the back up grow lights should make up for days of little
or no sun. Please also check the area where soil is being placed for trees
and bushes not grown in the US."

"I love walking through those growing areas. With the miners we have the
areas are really large and very different for me. But people seem happy with
the way things are going. Once we took over only eighty two families have
left the company. They have all been replace with the Navy people coming
in." Dana did love the below ground areas.

"Just check out how it looks compared to your last visit. We will need some
food from it this year to be able to employ people and prove it out. What is
over produced we will freeze dry for later use. But the growing area must be
sealed pretty tight, so we don't loose too much moisture. Check the make up
air to be sure we are keeping the levels where they need to be." John knew
he had a limited time to get the things he needed, before they were not
available.

Dana headed to the food production area and it was down a good half mile
below ground. The way it had been designed it was a set of concrete pools
about 30" deep. Each pool could handle two floating trays for food across
the pool. The pool could take 2,000 trays per pool. With fifteen pools
running most produce could be handled for the town. It would be added to as
needed, but for now it was way ahead of the industry.

The growing area for trees, bushes and planted food was very close to ready.
The soil needed now was down here. Planting was being done and the sprinkler
system was working for watering. Right now the grow lights were being used.
The holes running to the surface allowed her to see the light where sunlight
would be piped down here. The soil growing area was much larger now than she
remembered it to be. She must have walked a mile just looking it over. There
were columns holding the rock ceiling up and between them always a hole
going to the surface to bring light down.

The underground was a world onto itself. The top couple hundred feet are
around 55 F, after that it starts increasing about 1 F per 100 feet. So at
2500 feet the temp was close to 78 degrees here. That was great growing temp
for almost any thing and it stayed the same 24/7 all year. So there were
many levels of storage, food production and shops being built into the
mountains owned by the company. The design of several laser cutting robots
helped cut out many rooms. A few places caves were below ground and just
needed roof bolts and grouting to make them safe.

But they always connected the rooms and levels with walkways and elevators.
None of the coal areas were used and no areas above or below where shafts
existed. Safety was always a major concern. It was pretty sure one day the
coal would be needed to make a fuel substitute. That could be worked on
later, but it was not needed yet. So that area was left connected to the
system, with sealed doors to stop any gas from leaking into the other
tunnels.

John was still working when Dave came into the office. "Well boss we have
the area pretty well buttoned up. We will know a hood five mile away of any
traffic on the road and fifteen miles over land. There is a good set up of
video cameras with both day and night vision abilities. The four valleys we
own are covered moving into them from all angles. I have set up command
posts for each valley and the team there has set up to control their area."

"Is there any thing you need long term to be able to defend this area?"

"Yes, but it is all aircraft now."

"Can you get what you need and how much are we talking about?"

"I have a deal set up to get exactly what we need. All the craft are
considered junk and we just need to drive in and pick them up. The aircraft
are broken down and engines boxed. It will take about thirty semi loads to
get the full package here. That includes thirteen trailer loads of
ammunition, extra engines and electronics. Then we need to use the same
trailers to mover the defensive systems here. Out total costs is scrap
values of two hundred thousand."

"I assume I don't want to know how you did this?"

"Nope you really don't want to know that. But I will have a bill of sale on
the scrap for the company and it is all legal and above board that way.  I
have hired six more men and two women that will be coming to set all this
stuff up here. They are building underground hangers for both the fixed wing
and rotary aircraft now."

"I assume those large stone buildings going up are from the underground
facility?"

"It seemed like a good use of the materials when we started. It does give
people a nice target for any bunker busters. If someone attacked them we
would not be hurt in any way. The fixed wing hanger is in the mountainside
and the rotary is below ground in another valley. Putting both here at the
strip seemed to be tempting fate."

John liked what he had heard so far. "What is the defensive systems?"

"Those will make us money. They are older missile launchers and the missiles
for them. We have contracted to remove them and scrap them. We will be paid
four thousand a missile for its destruction and five thousand to remove the
launchers. The total pay off is just over $840,000 for that job. With the
electronics and guidance systems I bought we should break even on rebuilding
them and installing the equipment here." Dave was very pleased with himself.

"Well you have earned your pay with that. Now what about pilots for the
aircraft?"

"That I have covered as well. We will have four fixed wing and eight rotary
pilots with maintence people for both types of craft. I also have the
defensive systems people for that equipment as well. The full number of
security people will be right at one fifty. The people living in our four
valleys are just over thirty eight hundred and that gives us right at eight
hundred additional men if needed to defend the area. It would take a good
size army to take these valleys."

It seemed Dave had done his job well. But fuel was going to be the major
problem now. "We need more fuel stored to be able to use the craft long
term."

"I have two tankers bringing fuel from the Bluefield, WV rail yards and we
have enough storage for about five years of normal flying. The military has
purchased a few extra tens of millions of gallons jet fuel. We are a storage
site for a small part of that. But it will keep us well supplied once things
fall apart. But hat seems to be running at a slow speed."

John smiled at David and knew he just did not understand. "Look the binder
in the glue that holds any country together is a belief in itself. Over the
years since WW II American has gone from a strong faith in our country and
leadership to little faith. Politicians are today seen untrustworthy,
crooked, untruthful and that just keeps slipping. In place of doing what's
best for everyone they tend to just do what they want. Trust is fragile and
right now it is broken. But money runs the government. It must run out of
that to fall."

David saw the way John was looking at this. "But they can print money
forever."

"True, but it must have value to be used. Before Hitler and WW II, in
Germany it took a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread. That
real worth in the dollar is being eaten away by spending money and just
adding it to the debt. Once the debt is high enough the country fails, as
the debt become worthless. We buy most of our oil from other countries, much
of the non-food items sold in stores are made outside the USA. So setting a
date for a failure is not possible. But right now you have states cutting
their budgets and raising taxes to stay solvent."

"Economics was never something I had any interest in. But now I see how many
different ways things are tied together. So we have built a house of cards
and some day one will be taken out that brings it all down?"

"That pretty much says it all. No one knows what that final card will be
that causes the collapse? But everyone with eyes sees the weakness. Most
people tend not to think about the problems until they have to face them.
Then they have no idea how to solve them. If their family is hungry, cold
and there is no food available what do they do then?"

David saw things in his mind he did not like. "I now fully understand the
preparations your making. Before it was just a mental game and now it is a
nightmare I don't want to see. But your saying the entire world is going to
see this?"

"The economy is a global thing. But the developed nations are the ones that
will pay the price. A desert nomad will live the same ten years from now as
he does today. The world for them will not change at all. But with the
environmental change demands, loss of an economy and the inability to feed
their families, many will die in developed countries."

David sat back and considered this statement. "I see a lot of what your
saying. But Global Warming is a problem."

"David when did that condition start?"

"In the period where we have been burning coal and using carbon based
fuels."

John chuckled at this response. "I hate to tell you this, but it started at
the end of the last ice age. The weather has been changing and getting
warmer. Once it hits a point it will get colder I would think and start
another ice age. Did man speed it up some? I am sure we did and have no idea
how much that is? But burning rain forests, forest fires, volcanoes
erupting, solar storms and many other things have also impacted it. That
issue has become a way to reduce the economy of developed nations and
increase the economy of poor ones."

Now David really looked confused. "I am not following you?"

"Every step taken has or will weaken the economy of any developed country
right?"

He considered this. "Yes."

"So only poor undeveloped countries would have the ability to offer zero
regulation of gasses to industry right?"

"I see where your headed now. Yes they could allow industry to come and do
as they wish. So you see industry leaving developed countries and going to
undeveloped?"

"Not really as they just don't have the trained workforce. But it is one
more card pulled from the house of cards. The people wanting to restructure
the world just don't see the disaster they are creating. They vision is far
to short for them to see anything but what they believe." John was teaching
a class. He had not seen Kelly slip in and take a seat and just watch and
listen.

David just was lost in many thoughts running through his mind. "I can see
how these changes would destroy America. Is there no way to fix this?"

"I don't think so David. People have lost faith and are following someone
else's plan now. The politicians have stared to feel they have the answers
for every problem. If we keep moving the direction we are it will fall
fairly fast."

"I have never seen any sign of political leanings in you. Why?"

"May be because I am neither republican or democrat. If anything I am a
centralist. The best thing we could do is rebuilding America's values. That
would require cutting out many programs that now exist. Cutting taxes at
federal levels and allowing state government to handle more of its peoples
governing. Dumping the IRS and setting up a federal flat tax. Pulling all
military personnel and equipment back home. Closing overseas bases and
developing a closer relationship with Canada and Mexico. Then let the rest
of the world find its own way."

This was a complete shock to David. "That is a very different view."

"I am sure it is. But it is today a realistic one. This country cannot be
the policeman for the world. That is unless they want to pay us to do that?"

"What about the UN?"

"They have been a failure so far. So ask them to move elsewhere. We would
just drop out and let them do as they wish elsewhere."

Now David saw a lot of reason in these steps. "It should happen, but it
won't."

"David the world needs us far more than we need the world. Our problems is
political elitist."

Kelly was pleased with what she heard John say. It made sense to even her.
"John I understood what you said all but the elitist word?"

"It is someone who believes in rule by and elite group. May be I should use
a special group who all believe the same thing?"

"You said rule? Like a king or something?"

John had to laugh and David did as well. "Yes pumpkin they feel anyone who
does not believe what they do is of no value. Those people should be stopped
from speaking."

Now Kelly cocked her head to the side and considered this. "But we have free
speech here."

"Not if they had their way, we would not."

 David saw just how Kelly was talking with John. Her smarts were showing big
time now.

"OK then, how did they get elected if they believe that?"

"If you never say what you believe then no one knows do they?"

"I would think they were asked what they believed?"

"In that case they would lie and never show their true beliefs." John tried
to keep this as simple as he could.

David saw now he has missed a lot in listening to politicians. "Kelly I have
heard them lie and never questioned it. They say one thing and vote another
way. But this conversation has opened my eyes more than ever before."

Kelly looked a David in a funny way at first. "How could you still be
learning?"

He laughed at this. "Kelly everyone who is intelligent learns forever. No
one has all the facts, knowledge or ability to store all knowledge. So
learning is a life long event."

She was pleased that it was not just her doing the learning. "John how do we
run things here once it is all built?"

"Well dear it is going to be a little different that our current government.
But we will have a group of us who make the decisions for the community.
Here I own the land, company and hire the people. So if they disagree they
can leave. We are not a country here and for now we are part of the USA.
Later on I have not come up with any plans for then."

David thanked John and left the office.

"Little lady what can I do for you?"

Kelly walked over crawled into his lap and just snuggled into his chest.
"Just hold me John. I need to feel loved."

That brought tears to his eyes. "Little one your always loved by me." He
bent down and kissed her head.

She just melted into him and felt so good. "I need some time like this every
day. You tell me you love me, but I really need to feel it."

Dana had heard Kelly's comments and went to fix dinner. She was smiling at
her daughter's ability to wrap John around her finger. Kelly at 7 and almost
8 was smarter than most girls of 13 or 14. She did need to feel John's arms
around her to complete her world. But she was able to handle things mentally
most adults could not.

"Pumpkin how about us taking a walk?"

Kelly loved the walks with John. She jumped up and grabbed his hand. "OK
lets go and enjoy the weather. But slip a jacket on as it is getting cool
out there."

They walked down the hill and through the town. A lot of people spoke to
John and she loved the way people treated him. They seemed very happy with
the changes and life here now. She knew nothing of life before she came
here, but people seemed to indicate it was really bad.

Once back home they cleaned up and all sat down to eat dinner.

"Dana I just can't believe the food you keep putting in front of me. You
should have owned a restaurant before me."

This pleased her and she blushed. "I cooked for dad and he was the one I
learned to cook for. But it pleases me so much that you enjoy it."

He knew he had to ask her. "Dear I am still worried about your life that is
being wasted being around me. "

Kelly was now shaking her head. "John for as smart as you are there are
times your dumb."

That caused both adults eyes to open wide. John was the first to respond.
"Would you care to explain?"

Kelly just smiled at him. "Mommy has fallen in love with you silly. It
happened the very first time she met you. I have never seen her so happy as
after she came home from meeting you."

"Kelly I am way to old for mommy."

"By whose rules? Is this you being an elitist?"

That sat John back on his heels. "It is not normal for old men to take very
young wives Kelly."

She smiled, as she knew she was winning now. "John, normal is not what you,
mommy or this community is. Once things fall apart no one knows how long
they have. So it seems people should take what they can and do it now?"

The logic from this little girl floored him. He looked at Dana and saw her
smiling at Kelly. "I seem to be the minority here. So Dana we will discuss
your feelings after dinner and make some decisions from there."

The rest of dinner was silent and much thinking was happening. After they
finished John retired to his room and took a hot shower. He needed to get
the stress out of his shoulders.

Dana had Kelly helping her. "Mom just be honest with John. All he can say is
no and that puts us back where we are right now."

They had loaded the dishwasher and now were storing the packaged leftover
food. "I am just scared that he will say no honey."

"Just don't accept it mom."

That idea had never crossed Dana's mind. "What do you mean don't accept it?"

Kelly considered how to say this. "If he says no, just sit on his lap and
kiss him. If he says no again then go further. But don't accept no as the
answer. You could do this without thinking with any other man."

Dana just looked at Kelly. "Are you sure your just 7 and almost 8? Living
with you make me feel really dumb at times."

Kelly knew what mom's problem was. "Look mom he is never going to toss you
or me out. So quit being scared he will. He just needs you to be honest with
him and not let him not make the wrong decision."

"God you sound like dad and John both." Dana was till scared to death.

But she headed to her room and also took a shower and got ready to sit down
with John. Many small decisions were made and she used no make up. But she
also did not wear a lot of clothing either.

John was drinking coffee when she walked into his room. "I hope there is
some for me?"

He smiled and poured a cup for her. "OK we need to get some things straight
before we start. I have placed all past decisions in reserve. So your not
starting with any already made decision to over come."

"Thank you."

"I am 67 and my health is less than good. No I am not in any death sentence,
but I do have many problems. To be honest, I am not sure the Dallas
cheerleaders could get me up if they did a show naked."

Dana now had heard his worries and they did not worry her. "Dad built back
before my time a new technology. It was something he developed slowly as
advances were made by others. When I was 10 dad found out he had cancer and
they gave him 6 months to live. His technology kept him alive until two
years ago. He big beak through was when nano technology came into being. But
he was far beyond even that ability to save himself."

This was interesting and yet he did not see where she was going. "I am not
seeing where your headed?"

"I moved that equipment and the production equipment up here three months
ago. During the time I read dads notes and books and have built a batch of
the latest formula he had. It has been tested on animals so far and it does
work. At least on them it worked. It has not been tested on a human yet, but
dad was sure it would solve any bodies problems."

John considered this and it did interest him. "I'll keep that in the back of
my mind Dana."

"So the problems your talking about may all be solvable. But even if their
not I want a relationship with you."

This hit John hard. "Dana I don't wish to disappoint you. But it would not
be much of a relationship for you."

"If it were my choice that is all I ask. I will take any relationship be it
good or bad." Now tears were running down her beautiful face.

John just could not sit there, so he got up walked over and sat then held
her. She just melted into him and it did feel good to have a woman against
his body. But he was being very careful not to do anything wrong. He did not
want her upset him.

Once things calmed down she looked at him. "Don't look so worried I am not
going to fall to pieces or get mad. I liked your holding me and it felt so
good to me. John I just want to be your woman and it is that simple."

He looking into her eyes could see she was being honest with him. "My dear
Dana I just don't see how you benefit from this?"

"Why do you have to see it?"

Now he really had a question to try to answer. "I guess honesty is the best
way to answer that. It would end my life, so I never want to loose you or
Kelly's company. It would be so easy for a man to really upset a young lady
and have her get angry enough to walk away. I'm not willing to cause you to
get that angry with me. Due to that I walk a very thin line the way I see
things. For me just having you in the same room makes me feel good."

Dana hugged him and kissed him on the lips. You could see the shock on
John's face. "Dana I hope I'm not dreaming right now."




-- 
John
Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
 - Leon Trotsky
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