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Life and Its Little Oddities
By: TheSearch4

Chapter 20

"I think you have pushed your luck as far as any man should flying fighters.
So now you need to manage others and plan to meet a goal. The country will
not have the fuels to run based on gas and oil. Kelly told me you're an
engineer and a good one. That is where you need to work now. I want electric
cars and trucks, fuel cell technology, advanced fuels that might be able to
burn in a combustion engine. Find me ways to power our country."

"How do I do that here and without a lab or staff?"

"For number one your wife is your chemist as that is her background. We have
a lab for you and it is well equipped and staffed. The problem we have there
is no one is pushing them to find answers. You have zero limits to what you
can try or do."

"Can we build prototypes?"

"Yes and far more advanced than you would expect. I could build you an
entire car from carbon fiber parts. You design them and we will have them
before your next design is ready to make. We do make body parts for all
aircraft from carbon fiber and ballistic materials."

"I saw none of that from the inn or walking in town."

"Everything critical is inside one mountain or another. As you saw our base
for aircraft is also below ground. It makes it hard to destroy us or hurt my
people. What is seen by any satellite is not what is really here is it?"

"No is sure is not what others would see. But I have a few problems, as we
need a place to stay, clothing and food. That is no small thing in today's
world."

"I really hate to burst your bubble. But we are short nothing that really
matters here. Matter of fact we have food to keep us going for five years
right now."

"How did you do that?"

"He bought a lot before the fall and stored it in air tight vaults inside
the mountain. Then he started farms and ranches to produce food we needed
here. In the mountain you will find we grow many exotic things normally not
available here." Dana was pleased to provide the answers.

"This is my wife Dana and she is the expert on what we have in the
mountains. She runs the new medicine labs in the hospital now days. Of
course she is carrying our twins and is big as a moving truck once was."

The guests were laughing at these two. "I would think that sense of humor
would have been long gone?" Rachel knew at this point she had none at all.

"I had to do this to get the man to marry me. The amount of arguments over
his age was monumental." Dana was now laughing at John's look on his face.

"Of course if I had not of married her then Kelly would have been without a
father she wanted badly. So I was trapped."

Now things made sense to them. "You don't look all that old John." Rachel
thought he was may be fifty.

"At 68 I am far to damn old to be getting married to a young woman I assure
you. But to sire twins that is really beyond my understanding?"

That floored them both as neither expected him to be that old now. "How in
the world is that possible?" Jordan wanted an answer for this.

"His great grandfather sired one at 70, so it is nothing new to his family.
Things do happen and often to those who want them."

John saw her avoid the questions and did so as well. "Now Dana will show you
to your apartment and where you can draw clothing, household needs and food.
Kelly took Gina to the school to get her started. She will be home at around
2 PM today and can come to your lab if you want. But school starts when the
child is ready and not at any certain age. The goal is to complete high
school by 16. School here is year around and there are few breaks."

"What grade is Kelly in?"

"That depends on the subject.  Her lowest grade level is sixth and highest
is tenth. But all students have those type differences. No one is ever held
back here in any area. But if one falls below grade level they get added
help to try to get them back on course. In this new world education and
knowledge will be what carries the day."

Dana showed them out and down to the apartments for military people. These
were mostly the technical people.

"What types of people live here?" Rachel was now asking the questions.

"Mostly technical people and scientists for the military areas here."

They were shown the store for clothing, food and for household needs like
sheets and towels. These were local stores and their card would work here
for any needs they had. But the ones in the town had a slightly larger
selection if they wanted to go there.

Dana then took them to their lab and they were shocked at how big and well
equipped it was. "This is your working home folks. Everyone here works for
you so accept no crap from them. You're responsible here for the good and
bad. John expects results and does not accept failure. Everyone here knows
that, but they will try to slide from time to time. They have failed to come
up with one single prototype car. The computer system can provide you
research going back a long ways. If your missing something go see John and
he will get it for you." She shook hands and left them standing there
looking at the room.

Jordan called them together and looked the over. "Now I am your new leader
here and my wife is our chief chemist. From what I have been told you are
right now failures and John is not happy with you." This shook the people
and they knew their tails were on the line.

"That will start changing right now. We will have a prototype ready in
ninety days to start working on to improve it. Because of the way things
will be, it will be a small truck that seats four adults or five if children
are in the back. We must be able to move food from a farm to a town or city
and from stores to homes. A brain storming session will start tomorrow and
we will start making some decisions. Just remember a bad decision is a good
starting point for learning."

Jordan and Rachel walked out of the lab and headed to the stores to get what
they needed. As they picked up things in stores they were shocked at the
quality and pricing. Once they delivered those items back to the apartment
they went grocery shopping. As John had said they could have wanted nothing
they did not find. Produce was fresh and picked that day. Meat was aged just
enough to produce good taste. There were many freeze dried items for them to
use and they liked the way this had been done.

Rachel started cooking at once when they got home and the house smelled like
food when Gina walked in. "Mommy you should see the school it is great. I
have my own computer to work on and they tested me today."

"I see you seem to have enjoyed that?"

"Yes and they said they would send you my test scores."

"I will check for them after dinner if we have a compute."

"It is in the living room mom." Gina just shook her head at her mom's lack
of seeing things. So she went to get her dad to check them.

He found she had done very well and was above her grade level in all but one
area. "How did you get so smart Gina?"

"Kelly showed me how to use my knowledge and told me I was smart."

"I know you could not read some of this so how did that happen?"

His daughter sat and read every word to him and he was not ready for that.
"How did you do that dear?"

"It is easy daddy. Here I am really going to like school and do well."

"What is the different between where you were and here?"

"Here I am allowed to try things I was never allow to before. If I do well I
am told how good I did. Before I was not allowed to do anything the teacher
did not tell me to do."

Jordan knew she was smart, but she hated to go to school before. For a smart
creative child that restriction would kill the desire to learn. She did not
want to be just like the others she went to school with. So John's ideas on
education should pay off for many a bored child. His daughter's love of the
new system was impressive.

"Why do you like this system so well?"

"I get to do what I want to work wise as long as I want to do it. Then I can
move to something else. If I don't want to do something today I don't have
to do that."

The children control their own pace and what work they do. It was a way to
teach them the need for keeping all work up to date and letting them mo9ve
forward on what they liked.

"How do you know where your supposed to be at in your work?"

"I have a screen when I start that shows me where I am in each subject. If I
am behind then I must catch up or get help from a teacher. The computer will
not run unit I have taken some action to solve the problem. Kelly said if I
had problems come see her at John's office and she would help me work it
out."

"Why John's office?"

"Did you see that cubical in his office? It is where she does her work each
day she has school. She is able to do her work in less than three hours and
then do other things she wants to. The radio station scripts must be written
and she has research to do for the youth counsel."

"Kelly sounds like she is really very busy."

"She is daddy and loves how much she gets to do here. As smart as she is I
know I am going to love it here also. We get along and like each other.
Besides she is only a year older than me."

They were called to dinner and enjoyed the food here like they had before
the fall of the country. "This is real food husband and I love being able to
cook again." Once done she brought out a pie and sat it on the table. It was
cut and each given a piece and they really enjoyed it.

"It seems like forever since we had a pie mom."

"It seemed like forever to me since I made one. But we have lots of freeze
dried apples, cherries, berries and peaches to make pies with now. When
baked they taste like fresh fruit does."

John and Dana talked until Kelly came home. "That was a good program for
news you put together dear. It told a story that needed to be told and did
it well." John was pleased with her research and how the facts had been
handled.

"I had a bit of a fight over it and had to put my foot down. Jenny wanted to
start throwing rocks. That was not how to handle this and I did not want the
how the generals house was destroyed known. So a few things had to be
skirted to protect our knowledge. Let others draw their own wrong
conclusions."

"How did it end up with Jenny?"

"I told her she did things my way or she was done at the station. She called
Jackson and came back and apologized to me. I think he set her straight on
who runs this station."

Dana laughed at her daughter's abilities and her determination. "Girl your
bolder than I ever was."

"I learned that from daddy mom and it works. If you take any crap they just
keep piling it on. So stop it before they learn how to try it."

That set Dana off and they all were laughing now.

"Girl, John and you are so much alike I have to believe he must have
fathered you."

"I know he did not, but he has taught me so much I am like him in many ways.
For that I need to thank you mom, if you had not gone for the job I would
not have a daddy."

"Or a set of twins coming to be a brother and sister for you. But I am sure
glad the time is close to deliver them. My insides are not a playground."

"That is what you think and those two kids don't believe a word of it." John
shot back.

"They had better or I will name them cuss and discuss."

The next morning was a beautiful day and Kelly and John had gone riding. The
land down by the river was cool and two boys were bringing people across the
river. He waited to see just who they were.

A man stepped off and walked to John. "I am glad I caught you here. I am the
brother of Admiral Brenner and wanted to see if there was any way to bring
him to my home?"

"Sorry when people send planes to attack my people they get no free pass.
Your brother is in prison now and will stay there until he dies. He told
direct lies to the pilots he sent and told me I had no right to protect my
people. Now for you it is time to decide if you fit into our new government
or not."

"I disagree with your actions if that is what you mean."

"Boy please arrest this man and hold him for the military to pick him up. We
are going to send you out of our protective area, as you just don't fit
here. I hope you like your new living conditions and life. Good bye sir."

Kelly and John rode off and the man tried to stop the boys from cuffing him.
That was of little avail and he was brought down. They cuffed him to a fence
and called David with John's instructions.

Shortly a slick dropped down and three men got off and loaded the man on it.
Then it was off and heading north. He was dropped in Pittsburg and left to
find a way to survive. They had marked him with and RFID seed that would
show him as undesirable. He would never be allowed back into the country at
any boarder crossing and would be picked up in any city.

John and Kelly finished their ride and unsaddled their animals. After
brushing them they put them in the stall and gave them feed and hay.

"What do you want to bet I get at least 10 calls today from military people
trying their best to be nice?"

Kelly was laughing at John's prognosis of the day. "Are you going to talk to
them?"

"Of course I will and I am not saying I'll be nice to them. But I will
listen to them."

They went to their rooms and showered and dressed. When Kelly walked in John
was on the phone and he smiled at her. She knew he was talking to one of the
military.

"General I am sure you mean what your saying right now. But the moment a
higher ranking officer orders you to do something your going to follow
orders. You have no authority any more that you answer to. So who now speaks
for all services and commanders?"

"Yes I am sure that is a hard question to answer. But understand if any base
fights us we will take out the commanders there first. So each of you can
surrender or fight and those are your choices. If anyone tried to go nuclear
again I will wipe them off the face of the earth. Do you understand that
sir? We will also report those actions on the radio to the world, so they
can hear what fools we have as commanders. Good day general."

"That sounded like he wanted some kind of special deal dad?"

"He threaten to go nuclear if he did not get his way. So listen to his call
and play it tonight on the station. It should wake his men up to how little
he cares for them."

"If worded right it might open eyes on many bases as to how little officers
care about enlisted men? Desertion before now was not a problem, but it
could be now."

"We don't want those weapons getting into the wrong hands dear. So be
careful and walk a fine line here. People who leave their bases tend to take
weapons with them and that opens up trading weapons and ammunition for food.
We have some strong gangs left that will have to be fought and destroyed
before a city can be rebuilt. That will mean no drugs being sold or guns to
control people being held by them."

"I get the idea and will play with it before you see the script for today.
But my big sell is going to be people are either the good guys or bad guys.
It is their decision to make that choice. Those who are the good guys stand
a good chance of surviving this war that is coming. But those who are not
will surely be killed. We have no room for criminals in the new country."
Now she saw where he was headed and not even he saw what he said in context
to the whole. She had slowly been investigating each concept he had to see
if any had holes. But as things expanded there were no holes, as following
steps covered holes she thought she had found.

"Kelly this needs to be orchestrated liked a good symphony. It cannot
overwhelm the senses of the people, but must carry them to where we want
them. They must feel it was their desire that we followed. So Carlton is
going to drop troops into larger cities and they will report to you each
night. You will get peoples attitudes and feelings stated to you."

"That could be dangerous for them Daddy."

"They will be in normal clothing and look no different from other people. Of
course they will be armed and their hand to hand skills are way above
others. But we need the people to be heard from before we step into a city.
They need to scout it so we know where the gangs are and how to attack them.
A lot of Jackson's scouts are volunteering to do this."

There was value in this and she saw why Jackson's guys would be good at it.
"The younger men will be less noticed and able to go places others can't."

"That is in Carlton and David's hands and not mine dear. I have enough to do
without trying to run their area."

She went in to get the schoolwork out of the way and start her real job.

Jackson was now working to train some of his better scouts, in how to do the
job in a city. The first part was in a classroom and it was critical you did
well here. Because in a city good thinking was the key to surviving. He had
to teach them how to plan their actions and make them happen as planned.

"Understand I have been in Roanoke several times. My scouts were left
outside the city and I went on my own. The trick is not to be seen much.
Then to find a good hiding place to watch from before moving into where
people are. It is easy to tell if people are wary or moving freely around
the area. Watch for weapons showing as most gang members show their
weapons."

"How much could you tell from just watching?"

"You can tell a lot about attitudes, fear, how openly people travel and if
or how they may be armed."

"Who are the best people to key on?"

"Always a woman with a child as she will not place it at risk. Any child
that has survived this long is loved."

The questions went on for a couple hours and much was picked up by the new
volunteers.

After lunch Pam took over and told how gangs used girls as sex slaves and
what they expected. There were many things that could be watched for and
seen openly on the streets. A girl belonging to a gang was easy to spot.
This added a lot to their education and would help keep some alive.

The day had been shocking to many of the young men and they had a lot to
consider now. This was for sure not as simple as it had sounded and was
going to be very dangerous for them. They had maps to study for the city
they would be dropped into. But there was no rescue team ready to come in
and get them if trouble happened. If they did get into a jam no one until
check in time would have any idea something had happened. Then no one would
know what happened?

The being alone and the danger was stress constantly to them. It did cause a
few to drop out, but not that many. That had been planned for as well.

Each student went through the pistol range and the hand to hand fighting
course once more at the advanced level. Knives were given to them and they
were taught to use them efficiently. They spent days listening to the kids
that had come from cities and how their city worked after the fall.

Solar chargers were packaged for their satellite phones and each were given
a couple of gold and sliver coins just in case they were needed. It gave
them a story to get people to go after the rest of the gold they could not
carry. Of course they were given a real location and special way they had to
go to get into it. It was meant to assure that the person telling the story
was needed to get into the place where it was. Greed was to help them where
possible. That was a powerful motivator and would often work where nothing
else would.

Slowly each man saw he was as well prepared as it was possible to be. There
just was nothing else he could learn here and now it was time to test his
skills on the ground.

The slicks started going out at night and dropping people a good mile away
from the city. They would have to walk in and find their hiding place. They
stayed away from high rise apartments as a gang could easily defend them.
They were good places to look out from, but far to dangerous for them. A
better bet was an office building as it had no beds and nothing would be
working there.

They did have water purification pills, a good water filter unit and a lot
of freeze dried food. The packs were over eighty pounds of needed goods. The
amount of goods they had meant they needed to move at night for a while.
Once they had stashed the pack they could do some careful moving around in
the daylight.

So their main concern was location, location and location. It had to allow
observation, could not be conspicuous, easy to get into and out of with out
drawing attention, No small feat for a single person to find and make work.

Carlton and Jackson came into John's office. "Well boss the first of
Jackson's scouts are on the ground. We are now in twenty cities and have
fifty more to place someone into."

John considered this news. "I hope they all are well trained as it is not
going to be easy for them. God I would hate to be out their living by my
wits today."

Jackson knew the feelings John had. "I did my damnedest John to get as many
to drop out as possible. Most of the people we have sent I have traveled
with and know well so I worry for them also."

"Carlton I want a response force of twelve Special Forces to go into any
area where we have lost someone. Take out every gang member you can find and
destroy their buildings and headquarters. Jackson make sure your people know
if they fail to report in two times we are coming in after them."

That brightened his day now. "I will make sure they know how critical their
reporting is and on time."

Carlton liked the fact John was willing to take risks to try to save
Jackson's people. "I will have the force ready tonight John. We need all
Jackson's people's reports, so we can mark buildings and streets we need to
be aware of. Be sure they let us know the streets and buildings to mark in
their reports. Some of the people you have in North Carolina may end up
being covered by people from the compound at Bragg. My brothers are very
good at this kind of thing."

It was for sure the guys now with Delta Force needed no back up. But
Carlton's old group was also very good. He would have no trouble taking out
any group in a city John knew. "Are you sure they will want to play?"

"Oh yes the general we met with was highly pissed at the nuclear thing. That
changed his position completely and he is now firmly on our side. He knew
Jordan and liked him, so his report had a chilling effect on his decision.
That was why we had good cover on the pick up mission for the families."

"Has he said what he wants out of this deal?"

"Yes to handle the national police and boarder guards. He believes they need
to be the same force of people. Any who do get in are going to have to be
chased and that is the national police job."

"Does he know what you and David will be doing?"

"Yes and likes that we are just not tossing the baby out with the bath
water."

"It is going to be a very different world Carlton. Holding the military down
to 100,000 is going to be hard. But from a cost stand point we have little
choice. We will have to live within our budget and there is no more after we
spend it. For sure government must make money from its core industries to
even afford that. Understand the national police and boarder guards are part
of that military force."

"He and I understand that and have no problem with it. We know we are going
to have to have a good intelligence group for both of us to use. So the good
people we both had and have will form that from Bragg and here. Your
computer records will save us millions of hours in building a new database."

"That is up to you to organize and suggest the people we need to fill the
jobs we have. They all must understand that the first three years is going
to be at lower pay than after that time. No one is going to get rich in
government service, but you will not starve either. The days of big money
and bonuses are over Carlton. Each business will have an expected profit
spelled out for it. If they do better everyone will share that one year in
the improvement. But fail to meet it and someone is going to get fired. But
with zero inflation they will not be having to make more each year, just to
live as well as last year."

Carlton could see just how tough it was going to be getting things back up
and running. They were going to have thousands of people that had to be
hired and each would have to be checked out. Past history being the best
indicator of the future. That would be no easy job for John.

"How are you going to handle the reforming of the country?"

"It for sure cannot be done all at once. We are going to have to take it in
bites and once we have things in place move to the next piece. My guess is
it will take two years to get the entire amount of land into the Federation.
I have half of West Virginia and will bring in a good half of Virginia and
some of North Carolina. That is our base area. We have to get power running,
communications up and banking in place. To the north we will use rivers as a
boarder. It means we are going to take down many bridges and control the
ones we leave. Stopping people from entering is going to be hard and we
can't accept them where our people lose the ability to work. But we will
have certain skills we will need and accept. Like nuclear power engineers
and linemen for rebuilding the power grid for just our land areas."

He could see how certain type would be needed. "How do we handle those that
wish to apply?"

"We are going to have to run computer checks and do good background work.
Fingerprints are going to be needed to prove they are who they say they are.
But they will test out for any job they are applying for. That will be done
by computer and graded as soon as they are done."

"So my people don't have to know squat about those jobs?"

"Not the first thing. But they are going to have to watch them and see just
how they are reacting to the stress. Someone trying to come here without
family is not wanted no matter how good they are. We don't need to have to
go find out what happened to the family later. This is going to be some hard
decisions and people are going to try to lie to us. Once it is known we are
rebuilding people will try to come."

"How do we keep them out?"

"But you will be able to do RFID checks on citizens and they will not even
know it was done. Those who have money will attempt to buy their way in.
They will not invest in their own area, but will look for an easy way to buy
power. No RFID chip will be provided to new immigrants except at the
hospital. That chip must be certified with fingerprints, eye scan and DNA
provided. They will have the full biography of their background in that
file."

"So a good RFID number will bring up a complete history of that person?"

"I have them built for everyone here now. That includes Kelly, Dana and me
Carlton, so it is for everyone not just some. But everyone coming in must
read the laws and the organization of the Federation. Then they must sign
agreements and acknowledgements before going to have the implants. They will
not know that is what they are doing. They are getting shots needed. But
they will be fingerprinted, eye scanned and a DNA sample taken and they will
know that goes into their records. The RFID will give your people an easy
way to find someone who has a warrant out."

"What happens if they have no RFID?"

"They get arrested as they don't belong here."

A lot of law enforcement would depend on that RFIID seed. If someone passed
a national policeman with no seed planted they would know it at once.
Technology was going to handle a lot of the future he saw.




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