Message-ID: <59253asstr$1248783003@assm.asstr-mirror.org> X-Original-To: ckought69@hotmail.com Delivered-To: ckought69@hotmail.com X-Original-Message-ID: <1306c15a0907280130ub09a73bv5df307134cecba2d@mail.gmail.com> From: John Darts <johndarts@gmail.com> X-ASSTR-Original-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:30:41 -0400 Subject: {ASSM} Life and Its Little Oddities Ch 21 (By: TheSearch4) Lines: 602 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:10:03 -0400 Path: assm.asstr-mirror.org!not-for-mail Approved: <assm@asstr-mirror.org> Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d X-Archived-At: <URL:http://assm.asstr-mirror.org/Year2009/59253> X-Moderator-Contact: ASSTR ASSM moderation <story-ckought69@hotmail.com> X-Story-Submission: <ckought69@hotmail.com> X-Moderator-ID: RuiJorge, dennyw This is a fictional story. Any relationship to truth is in your mind. This is a story owned by the author and may not be sold or used for commercial purposes. It may be posted in full to any site where it is freely given to any and no fees are required to join or belong. Life and Its Little Oddities By: TheSearch4 Chapter 21 Simon had been sent to Roanoke and was slowly working his way into the city. He was being very careful not to show himself. It was a sure bet he had too much wealth to just let him pass by. So care was called for big time. He had worked his way down Williamson Road staying off it and in housing areas behind the road. It was a hard way to get to where he wanted to be. He had good binoculars and would try the Mill Mountain area. His hope was to see if he could find one of the old houses up there unused? But the large platform under the star would give him a great place to watch a lot of the city during the day. The nice part was there was little risk. It was just to far up the mountain to send people to look over the city without having gasoline. It would take some time to checkout the living areas up there. But the zoo should be empty and the house for the park manager should be empty? He would go up after dark and look the whole place over. But it should be cooler up there than down here in the main part of the city. He found an old store that had been looted and moved into it for the hot part of the day. The office was in a dark part and he could close and lock the door. Just after he put his sleeping bag down a small child stood there looking at him. "Little one what is your name?" "Tina and who are you and where did you came from?" He locked the door and turned on a small lamp he had that was a LED light. It showed good light and he could see the girl. "OK now I am Simon and I came from a place called Shangri-La. My job is to learn as much as possible about the city so when our people come they know what they must do and where. We are close to starting to rebuild the country now." The little girl was really dirty and she smelled as well. "Is they really a placed called that?" "Yes we named it for a mythical place that people would remember the stories about. But we have a small military and the start of a government. The laws have been change to something reasonable and kids are protected from being used for slaves or sex toys." You could see her interest. "I had a friend back a long time ago who left with her family to go there. She and her sister were neighbors to me and my family." "That would not be Pam and Rhonda would it?" "They made it then?" "Not really dear. We found them after their parents had been killed and they had been abused. Matter of fact I guess we saved them and they have attached themselves to my boss who found them. He and Pam are going to get married and Rhonda is in love with him also." She laughed at this report. "I am sorry their parents were killed, but glad they made it. My were killed also and I have been living alone now for a long time. So I am so glad to have you to talk with and be my friend." "When I call tonight I'll be sure Rhonda knows your alive Tina. I know Jackson will tell her and Pam for you." The girl just beamed at him. "I knew you were not like the others around here." "Am I going to be found out here? If that is the case I must keep moving to some-place safe." "Because I have a gun and have shot one of the boys trying to rape me, they don't come in here any more. People give me a wide berth, as they don't know what I will do. That is just how I want them to react to me." "After dark I must leave and head up on Mill Mountain, so I can watch a lot of the city. I have two reports I must send in each day to the base. But you and I will go together if that helps you feel safer. Now how have you managed to eat so far?" She laughed at Simon's question. "I am not sure I should tell you as you might take what I have." Simon reached into his pack and pulled out two energy bars and handed one to her. "I don't need your food dear it was just a question." She ate it with great enjoyment showing on her face. "That was the best tasting thing I have had in months." "They are called energy bars and they supply all the energy you need for a good four hours. Now I am going to need to get some sleep and be ready to travel tonight toward Mill Mountain. So you need to decide what your going to do and let me know. If you want to go with me that is fine and I will get you picked up as soon as I can." "What if I just want to stay with you?" "You can do that also if you want. But it is liable to get both boring and exciting as time moves on. If I am pushed, I will kill people that place us in danger." "I have no problem doing that either Simon. But my gun is old and loud and I have to be careful not to bring people after me. Now just so you know I have been eating dog food I collected and brought here. It does not taste good, but I am still alive." He got another energy bar out and handed it to her. "Once were on the mountain I'll cook us a good meal. Leave the dog food here and we will eat out of my pack until I can get us a resupply. But we need to find someplace to get you washed up lady." She giggled at that and knew she likely did smell bad. "You sleep and I'll get cleaned up and watch out for you. Once your up I'll sleep until your ready to move out." The girl was off in a flash without opening the door. He was not sure how she did it, but was to tired to care. He woke sweating and needing to relieve himself. He looked around and there was a very pretty girl sitting and watching him. "Good God young lady you are very pretty when your cleaned up." That caused her to laugh and he liked the sound of it. "I don't want boys to see me like this often it just brings trouble. There are just so many bullets to keep them away, once they are gone I was in deep trouble." "I need someplace to relieve myself and then I need some water to rehydrate." She led him down to the basement and a very large tank with a spigot coming out of it. "The water is good and you can use the bathroom over there." She pointed at a door. "But you must take a bucket of water and flush it when your done." The girl had worked out a way to survive and she for her age had done well. He was not surprised, as most of the young people found some way to do that. He did wash up and get a fresh shirt on before going up to the room. "Now how soon will it be dark and how soon before we can miss seeing people?" "It will be dark in just over and hour and people go inside then. Most live in the basements, as it is cooler in the summer heat. The only gang out here is a group of kids from several blocks around here. They do keep the black gangs away. They hit a marine armory and stole weapons and ammunitions before the black gangs even thought of it." "So they don't fight or try to take control?" "There is so much of the city to handle, it is not worth fighting other groups for what they have." That indicated there was no large group operating here as there was in some other cities. "OK how do we best head toward Mill Mountain from here?" She laid out the best route and time to start to his goal. There were questions as to why there, but she would wait for answers. He did give her another energy bar and she felt better than she had in a long time. "Pack what clothing you want to have with you. If you have any keepsakes get them also, as most likely you will never return here." "Why most likely?" "If something happens to me Tina you may have to take my gun, knife and phone and come back here. At least you know this area well and can protect yourself." That scared her and it showed. "Don't let anything happen to you Simon. I can't handle that again. Last time I went a little nuts and people know that around here. Most still think I am nuts and I have encouraged that." After dark Simon called in and advised Jackson of Tina's being alive. He could hear the girls yelling in the background. So the two men let them talk for a short time. Then he reported all Tina had given him and advised of their goal position wise. Once the phone was put back up and he was ready to mount his pack Tina hugged him. "Thank you so much Simon. It was so good to hear from old friends. They said they both trusted you completely and for me to follow your directions. You were there when they were saved." "I took over and brought the scouts back after Jackson took the girls to Shangri-La. Neither of them would go anyplace if he did not go." "They had changed then since I knew them. Before they followed no one and were the leaders or they did not get into the group. Both girls were very confident and smart." "They are still smart and liked by most of the other kids. But they live with Jackson and Pam is going to marry him. So there is some resentment in a few girls." "Pam is too young to get married." "As soon as she turns 16 she will be a full adult in our world. Young people finish high school by that age, but the age of consent is 12. So they are just making sure that is what they want. We allow no divorce so marriage is forever. During school your warned again and again about the fact there is no divorce." "Can they enforce that?" "Oh yes and unless you wish to lose your abilities for sex, both sides had better make it work." She chuckled at this and liked the way it was so important to people now. "If you get married it should be for good. It is not a game and needs commitment on both sides to work. If someone can just walk away they don't have to have that commitment and that breeds failure. I watched too much of that with friends families." They had headed out and she led them along a path she knew well. They worked their way down beside Williamson road and made good time. The girl was fast in her pace and knew they best areas to walk. Once they got to orange Ave they headed into an industrial park and skirted buildings. She worked them down to Riverland Rd. and then started up the side of the mountain. "We are not going to climb this all the way to the top like this are we?" "No silly we will hit a nice road in just a few more feet. It is called Fishburn Pkwy and goes to the top. But gangs sometime patrol the entry point below. Walnut Ave. feeds into this at the bottom of the mountain. There are lots of houses that they have taken over at the base of the mountain. But not too close to the hospital as that is well guarded by the old police force that still exists." "God the girl had all the data he needed. Is there anything you don't know?" "If the question is about the main area of Roanoke I have seen most all of it. The police used to give me candy bars and I would tell them about the gangs moving around them. If things got really bad I knew they would get me a room at the hospital." "How do they operate there?" "They took over the old fuel storage area on 460 east of Roanoke. Each week they truck fuel into the hospital and to one station for vehicle fueling. You should see the guns and guards when they do that. There were two food distribution centers and they took both over so they had food. They have several tanks fully armed and people who know how to use and fire them." When they made it to the top of the mountain he could not see much. But when the moon came up he saw a dark area of shapes below him. He checked out the area and found no one here. But he did see the radio tower and knew that could be of used. On time he called in and told Jackson what he had learned and what data Tina had given him. The fact of the radio tower caused a lot of interest. "If I sent you a small troop of scouts could you hold that mountain for us? We need to build a radio station for there and to get the star lighted. We know they are listening to us now on our station from here. But John would like to get Roanoke taken into the federation quickly. The gangs seem weak compared to many cities." "I would need a lot of supplies and at least fifty scouts to hold this mountain. I have three entries into where I am and all would need to be covered. It would take ten at each and then twenty on top to support them." That sounded reasonable to Jackson. "You will get your people today and several other items as well. We will send you some horses to provide some mobility. Do you have some place to hold them?" "Sure there is an old zoo up here. In checking it out the walls looked to be in good shape. There were several out door areas for keeping horses. The big issue here will be water and food." "Look for a spring we can pump water from. I know there will be one or more up there. Get some sleep as you will have troops coming in by noontime. If Tina wants to come out she can do that with the choppers delivering supplies and people." Now Simon was sitting cooking food for them. "OK Tina if you want to go to Shangri-La it will happen later today. At noon there will be troops and food coming to us. We will get some horses as well to make us more mobile. I would bet we get a Bradley to assure we can fight our way off this mountain." "I am not going any place you don't go Simon. You are going to need my contacts and I can deliver people who will help you. The police would never talk with you unless I go to them first. If they started shooting I am afraid many would die or be hurt on both sides. Enough people are dead now it needs to stop." They sleep just below the lookout platform. They heard the choppers coming in and saw them start to land. First came troops, then cargo containers of food and then horses. Next tents and sleeping bags were delivered. They set up in wooded areas so they were not in the sun. Tina was shocked at the abundant food and other goods. The fact they now had twenty horses and tack made getting around easy. Simon set up machine gun points at good sight line areas of the mountain. Anyone trying to come up without being seen had no chance of that. They had cameras on every possible trail coming up the mountainside. The night inferred made it so easy to see the enemy they could handle them with ease. It was not just the cameras there were pick ups for any noise made as well. One station at the top did the watching and listening for all areas. But the big toy here was the trailer with a full radio station inside it. The idea was to give the Roanoke Valley a voice of its own. Drones were dropping leaflets over the city now advising of the stations frequency. That it was now being run by radio Shangri-La and Roanoke was being reassembled as a city of the federation. It only took and hour and a group of motorcycles were coming up the mountain on the road. John had been smart enough to send a group of twelve Green beanies with the scouts. Simon walked out with Tina to meet the police. He was surprised at how angry they were. "Just who the hell do you think you are to try to take over our town?" Tina looked at Ned and laughed at him. "Ned you sometime are so stupid it shocks me. Do you see five machine guns pointed at you and one Bradley fighting vehicle behind you?" That was when twelve field dressed Special Forces men came walking down the hill. "Are you having a problem Simon?" "Not really Tina was telling the officer he was letting his mouth overload his ass. He is going to have to change that in the new country." The man got off his bike and came after Simon. That was when he found himself on the ground with a knife at his neck. "Now dumb ass what are you going to do? It will make the decision on if you live or die." One officer reached for his gun and was shot in his hand. "Office you're as dumb as the one on the ground. All of you get off your bikes and I mean now." "Troops disarm these men and then we may talk with them." Guns, nightsticks and pepper spray was removed from them as well as ammunition they had. They were moved to a shaded area and sat on the ground. Ned was also stripped of his weapons and sat with the men. "Now why did we get all this crap from police." Ned was staring at his men. So no one would answer. "Ok fat ass get up and I am going to kick your ass and never break a sweat." The bull jumped up and started for Simon and found himself flying through the air and landing on his back. "Is that the best you can do? God what a wimp." Once more the man charged and got taken down and this time Simon broke some ribs. "Now pussy would you like to try again?" Ned did not move any more. "Now you were asked a question and had better be answering it." The story came out and it was not pretty. Police had just moved into the hospital and taken over food supply businesses and the fuel depot. They did no police work and just survived while many died. It pissed off the Special Forces men so much Ned was shot where he lay on the ground. A slick came in and picked up the cops and moved them far away with each providing fingerprints, eye scans and DNA. They were told they would be killed if they showed up in the area below the Mason Dixon line. "Tina how many more are at the hospital?" "They had over one hundred cops before. So I assume some are at the food sites and some are at the fuel site. But that would leave sixty more at the hospital and Ned was the leader." The Special Forces team loaded up in the Bradley and headed to the hospital. There was a good number of police standing guard now. The vehicle just shot everything that could be seen. As police ran out the back of the building they were shot by snipers waiting for them. Not one officer was left here alive and doctors and nurses were happy to be out from under their rule. Many had no idea if their families were OK or not. The troops loaded the two small trucks and headed out to the food sites and took them over quickly as no one was there. That night radio Roanoke was on the air and asking people to stand up and take over their city. The story of the police was told by Tina and she was known to many here. By morning much of the city of Roanoke and Salem were under civilian control. The leaders were brought to the civic center and a meeting was held. They were given the new laws and the plan for government and most liked it a lot. John started engineers getting Smith Mountain Lake dam working and feeding electricity back to Roanoke. Some off the lower dam was sent to Lynchburg, but it was not known if it could be used. He did know he needed to get North Anna 1& 2 and Surry 1 & 2 back online for Virginia to have the power it needed. He also needed the Bath county dam power plants running and he had people there now. Of course some coal fired plants would be needed until new nuclear plants could be built. But the south was lucky in that they had a lot of these plants now. The big powerful states saw the poorer south as a good place for nuclear power plants. They did not want them in their state. Now that decision would come back to haunt them. The south was far better off with few exceptions for nuclear power plants than most of the rest of the country. It also had a lot of the development areas like the TVA and some natural gas fired plants for power. But Duke Energy's construction arm could build those new plants over time. The government would be assuming that company and using it for that purpose. Now was the time to get Roanoke back in some form of operation. It for sure would never be the same city it had been. Only a few industries would survive and the railroad yards. Norfolk Southern would be one of the key rail lines of the new country. It would be headquartered in Roanoke and stay that way. As the government ran that form of transportation they would make the decisions for location. No stock companies would exist in the Federation. The government, a single person or group of employees would own each business that restarted. There would be no stock market and now way for any business to screw the public. Tina had watched the meetings at the civic center and saw how well Simon handled things. He for as young as he was showed why he was trusted. Finally agreement was reached and people signed off on the laws and format of the new country. It was understood there would be no states and each city or county was responsible for its own area. They had to build the town and over see the housing they had. No person was to be charged for any home they could find and occupy. But the laws were to be carried out firmly no matter who the lawbreaker was or national police would come in and investigate the infraction. Then leaders could be punished. In each city one office for paying bills owed to the Federation would exist. The cities employees would staff that. 1% of collections would be paid to the city for the service and they could spend the extra money for services they needed to supply. Banks would be set up to loan money for good projects and businesses. Of course the money was the new Federation credit backed by gold. But a profit was required to be made by the business to keep it. Each city needed a few things first of all. Food and clothing were at the top of the list, so small makers of these things were sought out to start these businesses. Here small grocery stores were once more needed. But many of the old skills were now lost. "Simon why are people so demanding?" "They think they have power and find out to late it is really responsibility. It is a hard lesson to teach people. Then they found out no government leader is paid for any work they do. That changed a lot of minds about wanting to lead their areas." She cocked her head and smiled. "You mean they found out they had to work and not tell other what to do?" "To a great degree yes. But it is even more than that. The old government taught people to want power. That they did not have to be responsible and would be paid to tell other how to live their lives. That was a good part of what crashed the country. You had a lot of people spending money and not taking responsibility for it or trying to balance a budget." "But your not going to have any income as a government for a good amount of time and that is going to put this country back into debt." "No John has hundreds of billions of credits in gold and can use them to stimulate the economy to start with. He is loaning that gold to the government at a low interest rate paid later, so we don't crash the country. No money will be printed that the government does not have gold or sliver to cover." She considered this and saw that was as it had been years ago. "So we are back on a gold standard?" "Yes and it will keep our money from declining in value. Things will be balanced to stop inflation or deflation. It will stop us from doing much importing unless we export an equal amount. Trade is going to be a balancing act for us. That is something the old government failed to handle properly. We need jobs here so people have work that is productive and meaningful. Jobs support the people and allow healthy families." She could see this was a massive project and knew she would enjoy watching it happen. "How long will we stay here Simon?" "My troops are starting to train the police. That will be done in may be thirteen weeks so at least that long. There are also some gang areas that must be cleaned out before we go. That could cause us to be a little longer." John came into the city and sat down with the leaders and new police captains. He stressed the laws being handled just as written and that no exceptions would be allowed. Any who tried to work outside the laws were guilty of violating them also. "But how can we violate them by not enforcing one?" "The laws were accepted as written by you and the leaders. To fail to enforce one is to lie to the Federation and me. That is punishable by the removal of your tongue. Lie about it and death is the penalty. We are going to be an honest civilization or a dead one. Your word is the most important thing you have. Use it wisely or pay a big price." "I just don't understand why no layers?" "Because each of you have lied, cheated and failed the people. You're a good case of that sir. I checked you out and found many things you have done that would have been punished in the old country under bad laws. It is why your not going to be allowed to continue in your current job. So you have a choice to make now. We will happily drop you off in Pennsylvania or you can go on trial here?" The man pulled a gun and a girl knocked him on the floor. "Dink take that gun and give him to the police officer here to execute." "I can't do that to anyone." The one captain said to John. "OK how about you officer?" The man took the lawyer out and shot him and came back. "I assume that was treason and it made sense to get him out of this country." John was pleased that the man was not disturbed. "Dink remove the captains uniform and send him home after finger printing, eye scan and DNA is taken. He is never to have a job of responsibility here. Please mark that he is a coward and shirks responsibility in his records and sign my name to it." "Yes sir it will be done now." She headed out and dragged the man after her. "Who is going to take his job now?" The woman looked at John and was still in shock. "How can you handle things that way?" "Read the laws you agreed to and then ask me that." The captain took pity on her. "Look treason if seen by a police officer or a citizen is punishable by death at once. He drew a gun on the Chairman of the Federation. That is treason lady. God how did anyone allow you to try to handle the job you have?" "My guess is the lawyer was connected to her being here captain and we have a flaming liberal." "Please round up those who will not live under our laws and we will move them out of the Federations area. They will all be sent north where they can be with like minded people. God help any we find came back as they will be dead." The woman was now shook and she knew life was going to get very bad for her. "What about my family?" "They have a choice to make and that is go with you or stay and live by our laws as agreed. That is a choice they each will have to make on their own and your not helping them with it." "But my kids are too young to make decisions like that." "How old are they?" "One is 15 and the other is 16. So they just are not old enough to make those decisions." "Lady remember the age of consent is 12 here and kids will graduate from high school at 16 or there about. So they are well old enough to make their own decisions without your pushing them to see it your way." She was now pissed and started to shout at John. A group of Special Forces personnel came and dragged her off. The captain was really upset that these people had not idea of what was happening now to try to build a country. "This is going to be harder than I expected John." "I saw it coming and that was why I am here. Here are a list of names in Salem and Roanoke I trust to make good decisions and lead the way someone should. The bleeding hearts were a major part of what destroyed the nation before. We cannot afford them in our new nation. So it is either change or go. I will have cell towers around the valley up and running in a couple days and power coming here in a week or less. We will start building out towards Bristol for power and cell phones. I will have a bank in Salem and one in Roanoke started by next week. People will need to sign up for cell service and for electrical power before they get it." The deal was done and John left with Dink to go back to Shangri-La and peace. -- John Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man. - Leon Trotsky <1st attachment begin> <HTML removed pursuant to http://assm.asstr-mirror.org/erotica/assm/faq.html#policy> <1st attachment end> ----- ASSM Moderation System Notice------ Notice: This post has been modified from its original format. 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