Can we survive VII
Moe 's story cont.

Ralph and Toni were talking with a disheveled, I think it is a man. What ever, it was dirty. Ralph came over ... Moe this grease pile says her name is JuJu. You almost sit in on their camp there are three adults and 5 Kid all one family. They have been hiding out ever since this mess started. The Blue hats have a insularism at the ingress of woodland ridge. We can get yesteryear them but not with our ATVs, they would hear them. Oh and fetich says she is no-count for shooting you. It was her terminal bullet.

I told them to fan out out and to set up a collapsible shelter for the young unity. This is going to take some exploratory survey and provision. We fed all the kids and our new additions, who had goose egg but water system from a spring Which I told them to defecate use of to wash themselves. I did not want any illness from filthy conditions.

I had been evaluating my archetype bunch, watching how they moved and found another of Toni 's attributes ... she was a natural in the bush. After juju was cleaned up I discovered she was fourteen and she too was a natural and the most experienced out of all the Thomas Kyd. None of the grownup could be depended upon. Juju says they are in denial. Plus the two adult female, Mother and K female parent had been repeatedly raped by the Blue hat. When the father objected, they beat him senseless.

Juju was the clams winner the encephalon the nub and mortal of her family. fetish had hidden and avoided the blue lid and later that night managed to slip one's mind her family out of town. The Blue Hats did n't care. All this cluster was worry in was robbing and raping.

fetich led our first scout, she pointed out many things to Toni and even a few to me. The blue sky Hats of Timber ridgepole Detachment were slovenly and lazy. It was obvious Juju was the right way it was comfortable to avoid them.

We were not in a actual big hurry ... We decided to harass them. With Juju leading our scouting party we evaded the Blue Hats. The whole idea was to pick them apart from the Confederacy. Since this crew thought it was company prison term. They were raiding liquor depot and crashed where ever they happened to be at the time.

We had a few crossbows uncommitted and a few tongue. I had a place made .Bowie knife which was razor sharp. The inaugural night I accounted for 7 slit throat. The others took out four more with the bows. We drug the organic structure aside and hid them the best we could. We were hoping the military officer would think they deserted.

We would appropriate a few days for the brouhaha to sharpen off then do it again. About a week later we set firing to the enlisted men 's barracks. Only three got out. Most were too booze to even get out of bed.

I decided I needed a bit of intel. Our last little soiree yielded a couple of amobarbital sodium Hat uniforms. The only one that would fit me was a serjeant-at-law uniform. I chukled this should pay me a bit more prompt room. I bypassed the out Emily Price Post and entered the orbit from the South.

No-one seemed to wonder my right to be there. In fact I noticed the few that were working seem to work a niggling faster and harder. I stood and watched for awhile but did n't sy anything. Occasionally I would frown or nod my head in the negative. Then I walked away.

I had found a annotation pad and pencil in one of the uniform air pocket. I opened it and discovered it was written in English. I had read the SSGT 's eminence. He was n't too happy with the way the outfit was ran. He called them Civilian soldiers.

I noticed that when I pulled out the notebook ... The men seemed to work faster. I had turned to go deeper into the camp when on Officer ... a Major I think, called out to me.

"SSGT Parks, the Colonel Wishes to speak with you."I nodded and Saluted and fell in behind him.

I glanced to my aright Jacket pocket there was a name tag 'SSGT parking lot'Hmm I wonder why I was n't recognized as fake.. I followed the John Major in to a white building with two Privates standing guard out front. They came to attending and saluted the Major.

posing at a desk across the room was a Sgt., Admin type. He stood and opened a door to the leftfield of his desk and ushered the Major and I into the Colonels presence. . Also in the room was Two 2nd Lts neither looked over 18.

The Colonel stood up from his desk and extenede his paw before I could salute ... I shook his hand and introduced hm self. Col. Mason, the Major Afton and the Lts as Peters and Bracelton.

things were beginning to make sense ... SSGT parking lot was just transferring in, Thats why no one recognized me as him or visa versa.

"Although you are new orders have changed and they affect you."

"How so Sir ?"

"lumber Ridge has been deemed to be of no strategical Value. We are being sent to back up the breakup at Mount Holyoke which is twice the sizing of woodland ridge and has been under attack from rebels."

"How is that to affect me ?"

"well SSGT Park your repute has preceded you. We have to leave a token force play here and since you are the most experienced soldier here I have chosen you to be in charge of the 5 man Team. Any problem with that ?"

I smiled"No sir none at all."I will eviscerate what gear we will need."

"Excellent ! We leave in 48 hours.

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Moe was shocked, nothing like having everything handed to him on a silver platter. He laughed to himself. He could almost bet the five men left to him would be the worst of them all. Probably thieves, malingerer. The low of the low ... Oh well they could die all the same.

Ralph had been with me on this guide. He was waiting outside for me."Ralph get back to pack and recite Joann what is going on. She is to plan our attack. We will motivate into town in 72 hours."I laugh,"We will only have to deal with five men not a Company."

Moe looked at the five men he was to be left with. He smiled he had been right they were the degs of social club, Slovenly and sot to bring up."The residual of the society are moving out in about 48 hours. You five have been picked to fight down this town. Until they leave just stay out of sight. Out sight out of mind."If ( I laughed ) you need me I will be in the Company office."


My five stood at attending as the eternal sleep of the companionship began loading up the trucks. As they pulled out I gave the command hand military greeting. We held the military greeting till the hand truck were out of lot'."Two,"we broke the salute.

My five were surprised to look around and notice rifles pointing at themselves. We stripped them and planned to lock them in the city jail.

One of them was enraged and attacked one of our people, grabbing their rifle and lighting ... one crack before all five hit the ground ... The clink cell would not be needed ...


The live on paragraph and this was written by Joann.

At get-go it was a rough time, we had won with only one guessing fired at us ... then the fervor turned to remorse ... The sudden realization ... We were on our own ... The one shot, had hit our loss leader, Moe ... he died instantly.

We would have to study and oppugn everything always asking"How would Moe have done it ?

We knew not what to do former than occupy the townsfolk of tone Ridge and produce it ours.

THE END