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Life and Its Little Oddities
By: TheSearch4

Chapter 14

The spring was getting busier as people were looking for more food and
cities were no longer able to supply it. The larger cities had every food
store broken into and carried off long ago. Because of lack of power no fuel
could be pumped and most fuel stops were empty of food, but not of fuel.

Jackson had been out now for a good time trying to contact people and get
John's plan to them. The West Virginian area had been covered pretty well.
Now he was working his way to Blacksburg and just outside of Roanoke. With a
well armed and mounted troop of twenty he was not worried about being
attacked. But he had divided responsibilities and a small protective force
riding just out of sight. They had communications with the base center as
well as Jackson.

The lunch break had not been cooked food and power bars to be able to keep
going at a good pace. This had been watched by a small group of gang members
from Roanoke. They had been looting and raping the small farms out here.
From what they could see it looked like close to a fair fight. They did not
like that, but the horses would make their lives easier.

The group set up to fire from cover and at a range of just about fifty
yards. With their small caliber weapons that was just about max range for
being accurate. Each chose a position and waited for a hand signal.

Once in position they were aware only of what was in front of them. Each had
a target and was ready to kill them. The leader was the first to drop as a
crack of a pistol sounded. The gang never got more than a couple shots off
before they were killed.

Jackson walked over and looked down at the dead bodies. "Damn fools had no
real training and paid for it. This is the seventh group we have removed
from our area so far. Load up the loot they had including the weapons and
let's get out of here. We will let the buzzards do their work."

This group had one scrawny packhorse and it was now loaded. They headed into
Blacksburg and the police station if it still existed?

 Once inside the town they saw a few people walking the sidewalks. As a
group they looked like normal town people. Jackson asked for directions and
was given good ones.

His troop dismounted and held their horses until one officer came out.
"Sorry to bother you officer. But a group of around thirteen I believe were
raiding farms around this area attacked us. They are dead and we wanted to
drop off their loot and let you sort it out."

"Who the hell are you people?"

"If you have heard of a place out here called Shangri-La then you know where
we are from. Now I need to talk with whoever is leading this town and give
them some information."

"What is your hurry?"

"I have air cover tomorrow to go down Christiansburg Mountain. We expect to
have to fight our way down to Salem to deliver the same information. So far
people as far as the southern half of West Virginia has it and now we will
be sure it is out there from Roanoke to Bristol."

The officer knew he had some strong people here. "What makes you think you
can leave here?"

Jackson picked his mike up and said now. Suddenly three choppers and two gun
ships were sitting behind him. "Now I have fifty Special Forces personnel in
the choppers and you know what the gun ships can do. So get the people I
need here and now."

The officer said nothing else and ran into the station and three men came
out. They looked at the backing here and knew this was no game. "OK I am the
mayor, this is the judge and our police chief."

Jackson handed them one copy of the information John had printed. "I suggest
you read that carefully and consider it. Here is a cell phone and I will
need a name to set it up. John will only talk with one of you so make a
choice. Then use this solar charger to keep it operational. If your in
agreement with us we will provide support as you needed it like what you see
behind me. It takes just twenty minutes to get this much support here."

As Jackson turned he walked to his horse and one officer lifted his weapon
and was shot fast. Not to kill, but to disable him. "That man is one who was
providing information to the gang we killed. He has a brother here who was
working with him as well."

The police chief pulled his gun and took aim at the mayor. "Your under
arrest and God help you if the people find out about this. They will storm
the jail and hang you with that no good brother of yours."

Jackson and his men headed off with the cover he needed to assure his
getting out of town. He was always surprised at how hard it was to get away
after leaving the information. The camped on top of the mountain and posted
a guard at the top to watch for human traffic.

Tonight they cooked a hot meal and enjoyed a good nights sleep. It took an
hour to work their way down the mountain. The gun ship had taken out several
gun emplacements and stopped groups from killing his people. Using IR to
find those points and then using the chain guns made fast work of that site.


As Jackson came to the bottom of the mountain he was shocked to find two
girls sitting by the road. One was may be fifteen and the other ten. "Ladies
what are you doing sitting by the road?"

The older girl looked up at him. "Just waiting for our new owners sir."

He dismounted and walked over to the girls. "Look where we come from no one
is owned. Girls your age are in school and for sure cleaner than either of
you. We also make sure our ladies are well fed."

The girl blushed and he liked seeing it. She was beautiful and someone a man
could fall for easily. He offered both girls food and water. Both took it
quickly and disposed of it fast.

"Now are we going to have to fight our way down the entire highway 460 to
Salem?"

"No one has ever gotten down the mountain before, so that was the only guard
posts."

"Where do you two come from?"

"Our family was part of a group leaving for Shangri-La and were ambushed
here trying to leave this valley. That was almost a year ago."

"Well ladies Shangri-La has come for you. Now we are going to have to put
you behind a couple of us to get out of this area. But we will have a
chopper coming to take you back to our base. There you will get medical
attention, food, clothing and any care you may need. Understand a lot of
questions will be asked and the answers are important for the future."

"We will answer any we can sir."

"Look you don't have to call me sir. Most called me Jackson, as I prefer it
to Samuel, which my mother named me. I run the out riding patrols for our
camps safety. That covers training horseback riding, rifle training,
survival, map reading and many skills not used for many years now."

She was impressed with Jackson and it showed. "Can I ride with you?"

"For whatever time that takes to get you on a helicopter and back to base."

He lifted the ten year old up behind his number two and she weighed nothing
to speak of. He could feel her ribs and her legs were almost all bone. "I
assume that is your sister?"

"Yes she almost died this winter as she had bad bronchitis. I was able to
get food for her by stealing it from the men holding us. They were going to
let her die. She is still not strong and has some bad times yet."

"I am sure they will put her in the hospital once at the camp. We have the
drugs she needs and lots of good food to put some weight back on. I assure
you Mrs. Minch will see to that."

"The place your talking about sounds like heaven." She held on tight to
Jackson as they rode.

He heard it well before most did and pulled up. Once down he got both girls
and led them to a spot for the chopper to land. He walked them to the cabin
and lifted them up. The older girl leaned out and kissed him and he almost
fainted.

The crew not having seen the act, lifted off before he could close the door.
So the girls had to fight it closed.

The group started the trip to Salem. Simon and Thomas rode next to Jackson.
They knew he needed support right now.

Once the chopper was down the girls were taken to John's office. Shelby had
food laid out for them and lots to drink.

"Ladies fell free to eat as much as you wish. But if you go beyond reason
you will get sick. We will keep feeding you for some time more than just
three meals a day. You have lost weight and muscle mass and need to rebuild
it back."

Both girls smiled at John. But Pam had a question. "Sir will I ever get to
see Jackson again?"

"I am sure you will, but for now he is doing something for me very special."

"I want to get to know him well sir. He is a man that I can respect and I
think we hit it off in many ways. It is not that he did anything, but the
look on his face said he wanted to."

John smiled at this and knew she was most likely right. She was just far too
beautiful a young lady. He asked many questions and most they could answer.
Just a few were things they did not know.

Julie came in and watched John talk with the girls for a time. "OK ladies it
is time to come with me. I am Julie and your doctor for the next few days.
You will be spending the next three days in the hospital and then we will
settle you into quarters I am sure you'll like."

John enjoyed Julie and liked her way of dealing with children. "Now if you
listen really well, Julie has been known to bake some very good chocolate
chip cookies and give them away."

Both girls were laughing as she led them away. "Well Dave what do you
think?"

"It does not sound good at all for Jackson. They will not be able to come
home as they went in."

"I gave them two different routes out different from the one in. My hope is
they take the Poor Mountain to Bent Mountain way out. They will hit 221
between the two mountains. It will be easy to fly over and protect them.
They also never have to go all the way into Salem for that meeting. The
other is by 311 to old 42 that comes out north of Blacksburg. This way we
keep them directly out of the cities downtown. No fighting going in or
coming out."

"I have a troop leaving for Pulaski and down route 11 to cut their work
short. This will let them get a break, as they have been under the gun now
for two months."

"If your going to bring them back then the 311 route would be best. Where
they meet 460 north of Blacksburg they are about 100 miles from home by
horse. They can move over back roads and never be seen."

"I order it and be sure they are covered. Jackson has done an outstanding
job, both in training and in getting people to respond to us. We now have
eighty two towns interested in initiating a more formal government. A date
has been set for the last Monday in August for a meeting here. If we get the
same response on the Virginia side then we have a good chance of pulling
this off."

"In my humble opinion we will carry the Virginia cities and counties. Then
we have a much larger area to cover and control. That could end up being a
nightmare or a pleasure?" John was really not sure which that would be.

"Well boss I'll handle Jackson for now and follow my troops moving to
Bristol."

"How large is that force?"

"I sent fifty in two groups of twenty five to make it quicker. But we will
cover most of the towns of any size at all. That is any town over one
thousand people before this disaster."

"Be sure that county leaders get information also. Remember in Virginia
counties are separate government entities. No city is in a county and no
county had authority in a city."

"You know that always confused me."

"It is the way the commonwealth set up years ago. For most not raised in
this system it would be confusing."

John moved to his next project and was ready. "OK Kelly you have been a very
quiet lady."

"Rhonda is really bad off John and Pam is doing all she can. It is more
mental than physical. I think she saw her mom and dad killed and it has
gotten to her."

This made some sense to him. "I never heard her say a word while they were
here."

"She may speak to Pam, but not in front of others. Pam needs Jackson to be a
rock for her, to shelter her right now."

"If Susan agrees with you I will act and fast. But you need to go talk with
her and let her talk with both girls."

Kelly was off in a flash and waiting for Susan when she got to her office.
"To what do I owe this visit to?"

"We have a problem and you need to get involved." Kelly explained her ideas
and thoughts to her.

"I think your right dear and smart as hell to pick it up so fast. Tell your
dad I need Jackson as soon as I can have him. He is the one both girls feel
they owe their lives to. I am really going to make him uncomfortable for a
time."

Kelly headed to John's office and Susan to the hospital.

Once she walked into his office she sat down. "OK what is the situation
now?"

"Susan wants Jackson and she agrees with me about the problem."

"I sent for him after you left. He met with the Salem people and was heading
back home. So Simon and Thomas will bring the troops back and we are picking
Jackson up."

"Tell Susan I want to see her before she takes any actions."

Kelly was off once more to talk with Susan. John called Krystal and Sandy
and asked the to come talk.

The two girls walked in and sat. "OK I am not going to like this I can tell
Sandy." Krystal was firm in her statement.

"Seeing as I don't like it I am sure you won't either." Then he explained
about the two girls and the most likely problem.

"That would be hard to take for an adult. But a nine year old and may be a
fourteen year old? If Jackson will take her I think you need to let them
marry. That will also help with her sister by giving the little one some new
family. Family really needs to be replaced and fast here." Krystal was fast
at her conclusions.

"I have Susan with them now and she is checking them out. But from what I am
hearing you don't want them down in your area?"

Sandy now took up the task. "Every kid we have has problems, but none like
these two. We don't need new serious problems to be added into the mix right
now. Our little world is way overloaded."

He now knew exactly where he was at. "OK girls thanks for the information.
If I decide to send them to your area I will replace you before I do that."
Now he turned and started working on his next project.

Sandy looked at Krystal and shook her head. "I think we just got told we are
on very thin ice. John expected help from us and got bullshit. So I can't
much blame him."

"May be we need to go back and apologize?"

"No way am I going back in there right now. He has never complained about us
needing anything. If we needed it, we got it. That may not be so easy for a
time now."

John was not happy with the response he got from Krystal and Sandy. But as
he considered it he did see where they were overloaded right now with
children. Both had little time to deal with individual problems.

Susan walked in with Kelly and took a seat. "You sure bring me some troubled
people and children."

"You chose your field, so live with it."

Susan laughed and enjoyed this jousting. "True I did and often ask myself
why?  But we have two troubled girls. The little one saw her parents killed
and it is doing a number on her. Pam feels guilty for not protecting her
sister and needs to prove she has value."

As John listened and understood the problems, he could see where Jackson
might be able to help. "What if I let Jackson and the two girls move into
that old farm house down by the river. They could help him with the horses
and some general farm work for now. It has three bedrooms so each could have
a room for their own."

"You know Pam is going to go after Jackson don't you?"

"That needs to work itself out without our help. We don't need to become
matchmakers here, just let whatever happens happen. If we try to manage it
then any blame for errors is ours. I will not suggest their getting together
or put road blocks up to stop it."

"I will need to see both of them for some time to come."

"Then do it out at the farm where you can sit by the river or under a tree.
The less people around both girls for a time the better. I have a good young
Golden Retriever being trained for protection. I will have him sent to
Rhonda and give the little one something to bond with."

"That will work nicely and she will bond with him. I don't mind doing my
visits out there either. It just might open things up quicker? Will the bus
take me that far?"

"Nope it won't, but stop by the command center and they will drive you and
pick you back up. Just tell Carlton I said to handle that for me."

Susan left the office. John ordered the house be cleaned and made ready for
use. He had nice furniture installed and all household goods needed put
there.

Jackson walked into the office. "OK boss what's the big hurry today?"

"You have been elected baby sitter of the year. Thomas and Simon will led
the teams on all future missions. Your job will be to train more scouts and
get them mounted on good horses. Now there is just one more small problem.
You will be helping the two girls you found readjust to life. Use them at
the farmhouse and in the barns and fields. They needed to learn and adjust
to being free once more."

Jackson knew he was in trouble now. "John if that older girl Pam asked me I
would try to walk on water. This is not a good idea."

"They trust you and that is something they don't have much of. Both need
someone they trust to talk with and need to feel someone cares. They need
work to build self-esteem. I am asking you to take on an adult job for these
two girls."

"But what if I fall in love with Pam and she does not feel that way about
me?"

"Like a man you will just have to suck it up and go forward. Now get out to
the house and make sure it will be ready in two days. You did one hell of a
good job on your mission and I know this will go fine."

Jackson felt like he was walking to his execution. He knew nothing about
females and was sure he would screw it up.

Carlton had been waiting for him and saw his worried look. "You look like
someone just shot your horse."

"I feel worse and it is not going to get better. John wants me to help those
two girls get back into life. I know nothing about females and even less
about dealing with problems they have."

"Now I know you are a human male. None of us is all that smart about the
female of the species. They are always a big question to us and we just
never seem to find the answers. We are logical and females are emotionally
driven. If you ever understand one then your way out in front of the rest of
us."

Now Jackson laughed and it felt good. "I'll get the house set up and food in
so we can at least eat. Has anyone told dad I will not be staying at home?"

"Yes and he knows why. There you will have no problems. The guards along the
river have been told to keep any away from the house. They also will stay
unseen."

Jackson went to the jeep and was driven home. He had lots of work to get
done and wanted a plan in place. He walked into the house and was surprised
it was clean and well stocked. The beds were made and baths had towels. His
clothing had been moved in and he saw each girl had new clothing in drawers
for them. The houses air conditioning was running and it felt nice. Here it
did not take a lot of this in summer to keep a home feeling good.

When he got to his office he sat at the desk and started on his planning.
This was a place he felt comfortable. It took little time to get a basic
plan together and start looking where the girls could be fitted in. After a
couple hours he decided a shower and some food would be nice.

Once in the kitchen he started coffee. In the refrigerator he found all
kinds of cooked food. He dished some out and set it in the microwave and
warmed it. The cooking at first was solved.

Susan walked in and saw the coffee. She got a cup and sat down across from
Jackson. "I assume your accepting John's request?"

"With great reluctance and fear. Pam is enough to make a man wilt and I
don't want her hating me."

"Well to both of those girls they see you as their savior. Both had given up
and were just marking time before they died. They had been planning it as
much as they could without Rhonda talking."

"God I hope I can help them? But I am scared I will do something that will
hurt them or make them not like me."

"That is not likely Jackson. If you don't try to force them into anything
and they walk willingly into it, there will be no problem. Understand both
these girls have been used and abused since their parents died. For a nine
year old that can be painful and not pleasant. For Pam it was really hard,
as she had to protect her sister as much as possible. She feels like she
failed her little sister. Neither girl had felt anyone loved them in a long
time now. Then fun that is a concept they both don't understand any more."

"OK I get the picture. When will they be coming here?"

"In just a few minutes time now. Just let them take the lead and please
don't reject either of them. They need one human they can trust and depend
on. For both it has to be a male and one they can love. Both seem to think
you fit that description."

That was a nice thought, but he was worried about being dumb and destroying
any relationship. He would remind himself to think with the right head.

The girls when they came in ran to Jackson and hugged and kissed him. He
could feel their love and it felt good to him. "You two look so much more
beautiful now than the last time I saw you. You were kind of in rags and not
very clean."

Pam smiled at the picture he had shown them. "I guess we were pretty bad
off. But then you came into our lives. From then on things have gotten much
better."

Both girls held onto Jackson like he was keeping them afloat. "Are either of
you hungry or need something to drink?"

"No we would like to see the farm and John said Rhonda had a present her for
her."

"OK then follow me and we will go looking."

They walked by the river and to the fields were the horses were. Then to the
barn where Jackson had brought in two smaller horses for them. They were
fascinated at the size of the land here and how well protected they were.

"Now Rhonda go open stall one please." The small girl went slowly and she
seemed concerned. "It is nothing bad dear it is your present."

She smiled and opened the door. A big furry ball of golden hair came out and
started licking her face.

"Cody sit and shake her hand like a good dog." Pam was now laughing at
Rhonda's pleasure.

The dog sat, lifted a paw to Rhonda and they shook hands. "Now sweetheart if
you want him to do that again you need to learn to tell him. He reacts to
many verbal commands. But he will always protect you from anyone."

Pam was looking at Jackson and saw where he was headed. "Sis now that were
safe you need to think about talking once more. It may not be easy, but here
you are safe with Jackson."

The girl heard it all and just held on to Cody and hugged him.


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