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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.






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