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Chapter 38
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is the final chapter. It is emotional and dramatic, but ends on a nice note. Remember none of this ever happened.
The boys were actually up at 530 the next morning and out training with the rest of the guys. I woke up at 630 when the alarm went off and got some coffee going. They came back in a little after 7 and both got in the shower to get the sweat off and then got dressed
You studs want some coffee
Sure daddy
You know I'm surprised you guys were up and trained this morning
We had to get the testosterone flowing good so we can do round two with you after breakfast
Oh no you don't. After last night you boys just flat wore the old man out
You liked it that much
Boys I have to say no one has ever made me cum like that before
Well daddy you know we aim to please
Hell you guys almost had me to the point of passing out
Let's go get some breakfast Robbie said, after the two workouts I'm hungry
Some of the other guys had come in and we started having breakfast when the phone rang. Miss Mabel just happened to be by it and answered Johnson Incorporated
This is Colonel Albertson I need to speak to Mr. Johnson
Mr. Jay telephone
Hello
Jay this is Colonel Albertson I will be there in 5 minutes there's an emergency situation
Ok we're in the main house now
I'm almost there
Todd have the monitor building open the west gate
What's going on colonel
I will tell you in person
Ok I'll open the door. The colonel pulled up and got out and on his way in he just said we need to talk privately now!
My office is right over here. We went in and I told him to sit down. Now what has you up here this early
One of the people we rounded up let it slip the main people behind the espionage ring is pissed as hell and they are coming after you, your guys, and your family. And who the hell is this Randy guy
He was my first boyfriend and someone I grew up with from like 7 years old
He was mentioned too
Hold on a minute. I opened the door Todd, Tony get in here right now!
They came rushing in what's wrong boss
Get this place locked down, get every weapon and magazine loaded and passed out. Tell the new guys we have a major problem if they want out do it now and I mean right now. I'll tell you more in a few minutes
Unit 1 to monitor building
Monitor go ahead
Lock this place down now close every gate there is. No one in or out except on my order only
Yes sir
Now colonel what is going on and is there a time frame
Someone found out Josh and Robbie were traveling and a person we turned told us they were coming after all of you.
Ok they were going to leave here today at 4
We may have until then but I doubt it
Have you contacted the Marshall Service
I called Jim Thomas and told him what was going on and I was on my way up here
I'm calling him to see what he can do
US Marshall Service
Jim Thomas please
Sir he is in a conference right now can he call you back
Tell him it's Jay Johnson and it's an emergency
Ok sir hold on
Jay it's Jim, before you start I have Marshall's on their way to your mom's house right now but I don't know where Randy lives
Ok he is like a half a mile from my mom's house. Let me give you the address and what is the ETA on your men
They are like 15 minutes away.
Ok hold on let me call her, you know she is going to need help. She is on oxygen and doesn't move too fast
We have a female Marshall with them she will help her
Ok let me call her she is probably not even up yet
I put him on hold and called mom. Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring
Hello
Mom it's me. I need you to get up and get your clothes on now. There is a big problem and a bunch of US Marshall's are on their way to pick you up right now
What's going on
There's no time to tell you. I just need you to get ready and they will help you pack what you need for a couple days they are like 10 minutes away right now
Ok I'll try to get ready
You don't have to look nice just throw on whatever you can find. I have to go I have another call to make
Jim I got mom up she is gonna need some help getting things ready
Ok Jay I also have a team on their way to Randy's house
I'd better call him too hold on again
Ring, ring, ring, ring
Hello
Hey it's me change of plans. There's a big problem. Throw what you need for a few days in a bag and be ready in 10 minutes
What the hell is going on
No time to explain Randy. There's a bunch of US Marshall's on their way to your house just go with them, they are picking mom up too. I can explain later but every minute you are there, you're in danger
Ok I'll be ready
Bye I'll talk to you soon
Jim
Yes
He is going to be ready. What are you going to do with them
Not sure yet but get them the hell out of Columbus first of all
Bring them here. My house is done and I have 22 men now 25 with me and the boys and a radio system they will play hell trying to hack into
Where do we bring them to
You know the airport we used when going to and from Quantico
Of course
That one. And whatever help you can send would be appreciated
I'll be in touch keep close to a phone
Ok bye
Now back to you colonel. I want to know who and what the fuck we are up against
It's a fuckin defense contractor the guy Tony killed was his top computer guy
Great just fuckin great. Just then my radio went off monitor building to unit 1
Unit 1
I have Jack the contractor at the gate
Tell him I said take the rest of the week off. And put the rest of the contractors on hold. I will contact him
Ok sir
Ok colonel what help can you give us right now
The only help that I know of that's close is a rapid reaction force that is based close by. But I don't have the authority to get them going.
Use my phone and call whoever you need to. I need to tell my people here what is going on. I went out to the kitchen and a few of the guys were armed already
Where's everyone else
Grabbing more arms and radios
Josh, Robbie where are your arms
In the bedroom
Go get them, mine too and radios. Might as well grab your jackets too it's going to get crazy. Then go over to the arms safe and get 3 shotguns and 3 carbines and bandoliers for all and take a backpack with you and get some extra mags for our side arms.
What's going on dad
Big trouble I'll tell everyone at the same time
Where's gunny
He's at the arms safe too
Unit 1 to monitor room
Monitor room
Is gunny Williams over there
Gunny here
I need all 3 suburban's at the front door of my house the first chance you get. Back one of them right up to the door. Tell the rest of the guys as soon as they get arms and radios come back here I'll let everyone know what is going on.
Ok Jay
Mabel, Betty come over here and sit down a minute.
What's happening Mr. Jay
It seems the job we did pissed off some very powerful people. And they are coming after us. If you want to get out of here I'll call the sheriff and make sure you get home safe
I'm here for the long haul. As long as I been here they may think I know something too so I'll stay
Betty?
I'll stay give me a shotgun I know how to use one
Me too Mabel said
I caught Robbie when he brought my 45 and gun belt. Bring all the shotguns and shells for them over here if you need help grab someone to help you.
Colonel Albertson came out. Jay I have tried everyone I can't get anyone in command to authorize military help.
How far have you gone
I tried the General at SOCOM, The Army Chief of Staff all with no luck they tell me it's a civilian matter.
Well that's what sitting on your ass in an office does. Teaches you to pass the buck. Can you get through to the White House
Never mind I'll call myself
White House operator how can I help you
Ma'am I know this is a highly irregular request and this is not a prank call but would it be possible to speak with the president
Who are you sir
My name is Jay Johnson I own a small company called Johnson Incorporated. A few months ago, the military asked for my help. Because of the job we did for them we uncovered a large espionage ring that went through the military, defense contractors, and several private companies. Now one of those defense contractors is after me, my family, and my employees. We are all sworn Special Deputy US Marshall's and the only people willing to help is the Marshall Service. But they have nothing as far as what a defense contractor has access to.
I see. I can't put you through to the President but with what you have told me I can give you his Chief of Staff
I'll take what I can get at this stage, thank you ma'am
Hold on a minute I will get you directly to him
Chief of Staff Card speaking
Sir I need to speak to President Bush
Can you tell me what this is about
Yes I'm Jay Johnson I own a small company called Johnson Incorporated a few months ago the military asked for my help. Because of the job we did for them we uncovered a large espionage ring that went through the military, defense contractors, and several private companies. Now one of those defense contractors is after my family, my employees, and me. We are all sworn Special Deputy US Marshall's and the only people willing to help is the Marshall Service. But they have nothing as far as what a defense contractor has access to. It was the Crusader weapons system we were protecting
I remember hearing about that. Can you tell me how you know about this threat
Yes Colonel Albertson who hired my company came up here from Mc Dill this morning to tell me personally
I see, how do I get in touch with him
He is standing right here, he has contacted everyone he knows with no luck
Could I speak with him
Mr. Card you're on speaker with myself and Colonel Albertson
Colonel could you give me some information to verify who you are
Yes sir no problem at all. (and he gave him the information)
Ok Mr. Johnson and colonel I'm walking this over to the president's office right now. I have your number we will call you back in about 15 minutes
Thank you sir
How the hell did you pull that off
I guess the operator liked the way I talked. Todd knocked on the door Jay everyone is here
I'll be right there
Ok guys here's what is going on especially for you new guys and Miss Mabel and Miss Betty. The job we did protecting and transporting a new weapon system uncovered a large espionage ring. Tony had to take one guy out but it ran all the way through the military, a defense contractor, and several private companies. And now they are pissed and coming after us.
The only people willing to help so far is the Marshall Service. So as of now it looks like we are on our own. Colonel Albertson exhausted his chain of command and I just placed a call and hopefully from that we will get some help. I don't know what they will come at us with but what we have here is all we got so far. So Tony I want you up high with your sniper rifle. You guys that just got here I want you with one of the older guys in 2 man teams myself, Robbie, and Josh will be out front here using the cars for cover. Mabel and Betty will be in here with shotguns and if we have to fall back we will also have the other 3 shotguns here.
Ring, ring, ring
Johnson Incorporated
Mr. Johnson please
This is Mr. Johnson
Stand by sir for the President of the United States
Mr. Johnson this is President George Bush, Andy told me what you said and I remember hearing about your exploits
Yes Mr. President
I have just chewed the Army Chief of Staff's ass and then called Colin. I have personally ordered the rapid reaction force that is near you that Colonel Albertson asked for to deploy to your location. They should be there within an hour. Now mind you they can defend only because of federal law. But defense does cover a very broad range of things.
Thank you Mr. President
Also how many people do you have there at this time
29 people including the Colonel
I am having 30 sets of body armor brought to you also
Well I am glad someone in my government is willing to do more than the two older ladies who are our cooks that are presently armed with shotguns themselves
Sounds like you have good people there
Some of the best
If you need anything else call Andy back and he will get the information to me
Thank You again Mr. President
I hung up and gunny asked was that who I think it was
Yes gunny a rapid reaction force is on its way along with 30 sets of body armor. And Colonel I think your boss is out of a job
Unit 1 to monitor
Monitor go
There will be a bunch of military vehicles showing up in about an hour, let me know when they arrive
Yes sir
Ok you guys that got a chance to eat deploy, those of you who didn't, get something to eat and deploy to your areas but make sure you stay in radio contact
I called Jim Thomas back
Yes Jay
Did you guy's get mom and Randy
Yes they just left your mom's house and are in-route to an airport
I hope nothing local
No and WITSEC is moving them so I don't even know. Only that they will be down here this evening
Ok I got help coming
How did you do that, I tried and got nowhere
I called the White House
You got more balls than I do
It got the job done. Let me know when they get down here.
I will
Colonel you might as well lose that coat. Can you use a shotgun
I sure can
Here, and I gave him a shotgun and a bandolier. If you're hungry you might as well get something to eat too.
Miss Mabel can you and Betty start cooking up some more food and hold it on the steam table
Already working on it Mr. Jay
Gunny came over and asked Jay do you think we should block the gates
I thought about that gunny. But if we do if we have to haul ass we would be stuck too
I wish we had a couple 50's
Well we can't get M-2's but we can sure as hell get some Barret's when this is over
Miss Mabel said Mr. Jay you really should eat something
Ok, ok I'll have some sausage and eggs and hash browns if you have any
Sit down and it will be there in a minute
She brought my food over and at least I got something in me. While I was eating Colonel Albertson's cell phone rang
Colonel Albertson
(I could hear the screaming thru his phone)
I don't know what the fuck kind of bull shit you have pulled up there but I just got my ass handed to me by the Chairman of the Joint Chief's. Now what the hell do you want up there
Hold on a minute General and I'll check. He looked at me and gunny
Gunny said I'll handle this. Tell him 5 M2 machine guns and 500,000 rounds of ammo, 100,000 rounds of .223 armor piercing and 10,000 rounds of .45 armor piercing if they have it. 50 LAWS and if he can spare them 3 or 4 avengers and 50 security troops and their gear
The colonel told him and you could hear the yelling start all over again
Colonel give me your phone. General this is Jay Johnson, Colonel Albertson didn't cause your ass chewing I DID and if you don't calm your ass down I will be more than happy to make another call to the White House. Do you understand me general.
Yes sir I do
Now we didn't cause this mess, the dammed military industrial complex did. We just helped clean the governments mess up. Now do we get the assistance we just asked for or do I have to make another fucking phone call.
What you asked for sir will be on its way within the hour.
Thank you General. And you may want to put your medivac folks on alert also hopefully they won't be needed. Good Bye. I didn't wait I just hung up on him
Thanks Jay, I know dam well no one has talked to him like that in a long time
Well there isn't a hell of a lot they can do to me now is there
Not without being totally embarrassed
I have no problem with going to the news media when this shit is over. Do you know which defense contractor is behind this
I have heard rumors only
Can you find out
I'll make a couple calls
Birds nest to unit 1
Unit 1 go
I have a line of armored military vehicles headed here
Check the area around us and see if there are any threats
I have been scanning nothing but just our guys right now
Ok
Colonel, gunny, we have quests. We loaded on the golf cart and headed to the west gate. We got there and saw a couple Humvees and 5 MRAPs with machine guns mounted. We pulled up to the gate and a Captain Casey got out. He saluted the Colonel
We have been ordered to reinforce your men and provide protection sir
Colonel Albertson made the introductions and then stated. I'm mainly in Intelligence and Security. Gunnery Sergeant Williams here will be in operational control since he has more combat experience than I do with situations like this
I have no problem with that the Captain said
Gunny spoke up and said good. Captain I need you guys to pull in and we will get more organized
I got on the radio. Unit 1 to monitor open the west gate. Pull straight up the road here for now captain
They got in and we closed the gate
Let me explain some obstacles here captain. Make sure your men know to keep the vehicles off the grassy area on the other side of these three mobile homes, also the east side of the long building back there. There are 3 large septic tanks in those areas and we don't need your vehicles to fall in them.
I will tell them
Gunny said I would like 3 of your MRAP's to go back this road around the fence. There are gates back there on each side and one also to cover the back fence. Our men are already back there on foot. The other 2 I would like covering the 2 front gates here. What else did you bring
The MRAP's have rockets also and plenty of grenades. And the Humvees have ammo, grenades, and a radio set
Good would you mind if we passed out some grenades to our people, they are all ex special forces within the last few months. And how many men are with you.
There are 40 of us total. I have no problem with that. I was ordered that you folks were in charge
Ok there are 29 of us 27 actually fightable and 50 more on the way from Mc Dill with more arms and ammo and hopefully some Avengers. If you want to get your men to their positions and bring your radio set up to the house. It's basically our command post
Sure I'll be up there in a few minutes
He got his men spread out and came in the house with a field radio and asked. Can someone fill me in on what is going on. I was just told to get here and defend the place
Colonel Albertson explained what was going on then I gave him the additional story of why I hired these guys to start with. And concluded with I just wanted to quietly retire, all this was basically thrust upon me.
All that in 7 months? I couldn't imagine the nightmares incurred with that happening let alone getting all this done here
Oh the house and property were the least of the nightmares
Miss Betty said Mr. Jay we have food in the warmers me and Mabel are going to take a break for a while
Ok you ladies take the shotguns with you
Birds nest to unit 1
Unit 1 go ahead
I have 4 armed men approaching from the west in the area of the garage
Captain have that MRAP check it out that ground there is solid
Ok birds nest what are they doing
Checking out the fence
They look like hunters or something else
Looks like merc's to me
Put a fucking warning shot right past one of their ears
And a second later BOOMMMM
Birds nest I think that discouraged them for now
Ok change positions if you can
Captain do the you have any infra-red sensors on your equipment
Unfortunately no. Those were designed for escort and transport only
Things stayed quiet for a while. We got everything a little more organized. I did go explain what was going on to the retired deputy in the monitor building and asked if he wanted to get out of here. He said he would stay
The column from Mc Dill finally showed up with all the arms we asked for and they even brought 4 Avengers with them. We got them deployed around the front of the property to provide overlapping coverage. The security troops deployed around the rest of the property reinforcing the guys already there. The Air Force guys also deployed the M2's at each corner of the house. We moved the suburban's into a semicircle around the entrance of the house. And several troops were there along with Josh and Robbie.
Everything was quiet which was very strange after their first attempt. Colonel Albertson found out the company behind this was called Starburst Systems and he got me all the background info on them he could. Turns out the owner and CEO was a guy named John Samuels.
I decided to try a preemptive move and called them
Starburst Systems how may I direct your call
John Samuels please
Sir he is in a board meeting can I take a message
No miss break in on his meeting he will want to take this call. Tell him Jay Johnson would like to speak to him
I'll try sir, hold on please
I must have been on hold for 5 minutes when he finally answered
What the fuck do you want Johnson
I was going to be nice and ask you to back off. But since you're acting like a total asshole I'm going to talk to you like one. You have this one chance to call your boys off. And that's it
You cost me millions and you're going to pay. You and your bunch of fag boys. Yes I know about your bunch of faggot deviants.
Well I'm going to tell you what Mr. Samuels I wouldn't trade any of my fag boys as you call them for a stadium full of asshole bigots like you. So I'm going to treat you like the cunt you are, if any of my men or anyone here suffers as much as a scratch caused by your guys I will make it my mission to see you suffer and beg to die.
You can't threaten me faggot
Oh that's not a threat at all it's a promise. You pulling your paid bitches off or not?
Fuck you Johnson, you're done. And like a little bitch he hung up.
I looked at Colonel Albertson, well that didn't go well
He's a spoiled little silver spooner. I should have told you before. He thinks he's better than anyone else
Well he just fucked with the wrong guy.
Unit 1 to all units. I just called the person behind this and he is blaming us for everything that went wrong in his life so be ready for anything at anytime
It stayed quiet for about another hour
Birds nest to unit 1 I have a dozer coming through the woods
Copy birds nest if he gets within 50 feet of the fence take out the operator
I see at least 50 men behind it
The radio went off again we have at least 100 men headed in from the east side all on foot
Ok use a couple LAWS and take out the dozer. Birds nest start picking them off at your discretion.
You guys on the eastside let them get close and open up on them
About that time I heard a couple explosions out front. They were lobbing M-79 grenades at the front of the house. And the next thing we knew everyone opened up. The MRAP's and Avengers opened up on the fence line. They managed to blow a hole in the east fence.
The fuckers even brought a helicopter gunship and as soon as it started to fire, one of the Avengers took it out with a stinger missile. They had tried to take out one of the front gates but failed.
I told Mabel and Betty to get in the pantry since it was the inner most room in the house. There were explosions and gunfire all around us. I went to the front door to tell Josh and Robbie to get their asses inside. Two of the suburban's were on fire and the boys were on the ground next to one of them covered in blood. I crawled over to them and they were both chewed up by shrapnel and were dead.
I crawled back in the house and got on my radio. Unit 1 to all units kill all these mother fuckers. I told Captain Casey see if you can get us air support. He said 2 Apache gunships were already on their way. Good when they get here tell them to take out anything outside the fence, vehicles and all that look like a threat.
The Apaches showed up about the time some of the guys were reporting running out of ammo. And they strafed the woods all around us. It gave some of our guys a chance to get to the arms safe and get more ammo. We heard a few explosions off in the distance. Capt. Casey told me the apaches took out several of the vehicles the guys attacking us were trying to get to.
We were getting reports on all of our radios of guys injured or dead. I had the Air Force Captain call Mc Dill and get medivacs started. I called Sheriff Roberts on my cell and told him what happened and asked him to send any help he could but advise them there was still some fire going on and to just get in position and wait.
The Apache's reported that all threats were neutralized Capt. Casey told them to maintain station as long as they could and be aware there were medivac's inbound.
Unit 1 to monitor
Monitor here
Be ready to open both front gates help is on its way
Ok sir
Are you injured
No sir just a few small scratches from glass
Good job
I went and knocked on the door to the pantry and told Miss Mabel and Miss Betty it was safe to come out.
I called Sheriff Roberts and told him send all the help and medics he could find. Both captains were informing their men sheriff and fire and rescue were on their way. And to clear the road ways
I called Jim Thomas and told him to get ahold of the plane if he could and divert them.
What happened Jay
They attacked in force. There's at least 150 dead including Josh and Robbie
Oh fuck I'm so sorry
Just get a message to mom and Randy that I am ok. And you better get headed up here and probably the FBI too
I'll see you in an hour
They called in medics from 3 counties and the field across the road was filled with helicopters.
Sheriff Roberts came in and asked Jay what the fuck happened. I gave him the short version
Holy fuck was the only thing he could say. I take it the FBI will be taking over
Yeah as soon as they get here. They're on their way
It was a total circus for a while. FBI, Army, Air Force investigators everywhere. Then the news media showed up and the circus got bigger.
Besides Josh and Robbie, 6 of my men, a few of the rapid reaction force, and 5 of the air force guys were dead. 7 of my guys injured a few critical and about half of the rest were wounded in one way or another. Gunny had a slight injury from flying glass or concrete and refused to go to a hospital. Tony, Todd, Brandon, Tommy, Jimmy, Jonah, Alex, and Charlie were the only ones left uninjured or dead. They counted and found 160 bad guys dead 9 injured and we captured 6 of them.
Maybe this wasn't the time but I called my lawyer Jim Richardson
Good afternoon Jay what can I do for you today
Well Jim there's been an incident here
What happened
I told him what happened and who was behind it and the help we got and also what these fuckers came at us with
Dam sorry about your boys what can I do
I want you to find out everything you can about a company called Starburst Systems and their owner and CEO a guy named John Samuels and find out what the company and him are worth. I want a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed for 5 times their total worth on behalf of Robbie, Josh, and all my guys and the soldiers killed up here today. The fuckin bastard sent 175 guys after us including an attack helicopter.
You got to be kidding me
No I'm not just watch the news tonight
I'll start working on it.
Jim Thomas showed up and after talking to the FBI and other investigators decided I didn't need to be there. They had the background info they needed on what happened. Come outside Jim
Ok Jay what can't we talk about inside
How soon can they take Josh and Robbie's bodies away? I need to tell Miss Mabel she thought of those two like her own grandsons
I'll talk to the investigators and see if we can't get them out of here
Also my undamaged suburban can I use it
I'll check, anything else
Yes I should go and notify their parents. Robbie's may not care and I have never even met Josh's but they might not care either from what he told me.
They were both law enforcement officers, I will go with you since they were my men too. But if you can go print out a letter for you to claim their bodies and bury them if their parents don't want them
I will as soon as I tell Miss Mabel
Let me go see what I can find out
I went back inside and Miss Mabel was at the stove cooking again. Miss Mabel would you come over here and sit down a minute
Mr. Jay I need to keep food handy all these boys are going to be hungry
No Mabel come over here and sit down now the food can wait. Miss Betty gave me a funny look. After sitting down I have some bad news. She gave me a look
My boys are gone aren't they
Yes Mabel they are. I found them a little bit ago. But they were together protecting each other. At least it didn't look like they suffered at all
Who else she asked
Billy, Kevin, Kyle, the new guys Bobby, Albert, and Miguel and several others are injured and in the hospital
Oh My God she cried and just broke down
Unit 1 to Brandon come up to the main house as soon as you can
Miss Betty was trying to comfort her and was crying too
Brandon came in and I just pointed to Miss Mabel and said keep an eye on her
I went to my office and started typing out something for the boy's parents to release their bodies to me. I couldn't hold back anymore and just lost it in the office. Gunny happened in and just put his hands on my shoulders and said just let it out. The longer you hold it in the worse it makes it
Jim came in and said Jay the boys and the rest of your men have been removed. They need you to leave the suburban where it is for now. I have Sheriff Roberts outside and all of us will go to notify their parents and then to see your mom and Randy, they are in a hotel under Marshall's protection.
I need to rearm first and get one of my guys to go with us. Unit 1 to Todd
Todd here I'm going to be leaving for several hours you are in charge cooperate as much as possible and I am taking Tony with me
Ok boss we'll see you when you get back
Tony and I got reloaded and made sure our badges were on our shirts and we went out. Sheriff Roberts was leading and Jim was driving us and another deputy was behind us.
At Robbie's parents it went about as I expected. They were more than happy to sign his body over to me. Josh's parents as normal like he had told me weren't home. We talked to a neighbor and he informed us they were in Las Vegas and gave us the number to the hotel they were staying at.
Jim Thomas called the Las Vegas office of the Marshall Service and gave them the information. And asked them if his parents didn't mind releasing the body to his employer to have them sign a paper saying so.
We all headed to the hotel they had mom and Randy hidden in. I went to Randy's room first.
Jay what the hell is going on. They won't tell me anything.
We've been attacked by a defense contractor we pissed off on our last job
Why are you here by yourself, where's the boys
The boys are dead. They died next to each other protecting themselves
Fuck! He came over and just hugged me and wouldn't let go
Ok babe, if you don't let up I won't be able to hold it together. Now I need to go tell mom
We went to mom's room next door and we all went in
It's about time, are you going to tell me what's going on now
Yeah mom just calm down it's been a hell of a day for everyone. So brace yourself there is some bad news too
First off the job we did a couple months ago uncovered a spy ring that involved the military, several defense contractors and several private companies. Tony had to take out one of the guys because the guy was going to shoot one of my guys. This pissed a certain defense contractor off and this morning we got word he was coming after us.
That is why you're down here now. They started attacking us late morning and they came in force too. We killed and injured 160 of them and captured several more. And in the process over half of my guys were either killed or injured including Josh and Robbie.
Oh my god mom said. Are the boys hurt or dead? She was already crying
The boys are dead. They were side by side protecting each other using one of the suburban's for cover when the bastards fired a rocket into it and it exploded
She screamed NOOOOO and just slumped over
Sheriff Roberts immediately called 911 for paramedics and the rest of the Marshall's started doing CPR. Randy just pulled me to the side and said let them work.
The paramedics got there and started working on her and rushed her to the hospital but it was no use. With her health condition before and now this was just too much. The ER doctor said it looked most likely a massive heart attack from all that had happened today. Randy wouldn't leave my side, he even went to the restroom with me
I'm going home with you, you're not going to be alone tonight
We went back to the hotel and got his things and mom's and headed back to the house. By this time the news media was everywhere speculating (wrong of course) as to what went on.
Over the course of the next several days, things were cleaned up at the house and the investigators were done on scene. The media was still camped out dying for an interview.
I made another call to the White House and spoke to Andy Card again and asked what I should do and how much to tell the media as to what actually went down. He told me he would speak to the president because something else was going on relating to this and would get back to me within the hour. He did tell me to write up a statement with the whole truth about what happened that I was going to tell the media. But to send someone out to tell them a statement would be made in a few hours. So I said I would and started working on it after I went and told the media vultures I would be making an official statement in a few hours.
Back in the house I called Jim Thomas and told him I would be making a statement to the media in a few hours and asked if he and the FBI agent in charge wanted to be here, I also called Colonel Albertson and told him the same. And I started working on my statement.
It reads as follows:
"Good Afternoon, There has been a lot of speculation in the media about what happened here several days ago. My name is Jay Johnson I own this property and live here and am going to set the record straight.
After coming into some money I purchased this property and had decided to retire and live a quiet life. That lasted all of about 2 days. After a few unfortunate events I found the need for trained security people to protect both myself and my home which is why it is built the way it is and also for our storm season. The lies some of you told about this being a para military or terrorist compound are just what they are LIES!
ALL of the men who worked here with the exception of two are all former special forces that were recently honorably discharged from their various service branches. After some training here with new arms they weren't used to and learning to work with new people and also being trained as a DEFENSIVE I'll repeat that for those of you who don't listen they were trained as a DEFENSIVE FORCE an opportunity came up to visit and train and compete in a real life setting.
Because of our scores there and we scored higher than any other private security force to ever go through it. We got the attention of people in government and the military.
The military came to me with a proposal to transport and protect a new weapon system that had been the subject to several attempts of espionage. They didn't know who they could trust. After talking with my men, I accepted the job and later we transported it all the way across the country and tested certain aspects of it at the same time. No one knew where we were or which way we were going for security reasons. No phone calls were allowed, no cell phones were allowed to be on, and everything was paid for in cash. Yes, it upset many people.
Because of the need to be armed while doing this job all of us including the two young men who were like sons to me, Who went through the same training, we were all sworn in as Special Deputy U S Marshall's.
On the second leg of our job transporting this we were asked to make our presence known. There was an attempt at espionage that night and one person killed and two were taken into custody. This uncovered a ring larger than ever imagined that ran through several sectors of the Government, Defense Contractors, Members of the military, and several private companies. Within a couple days over 100 people were arrested on espionage and treason charges.
We thought we had done a good job and were done.
The morning this happened I was informed personally that one of the Defense Contractors was coming after us and my family and a close friend. That company is Starburst Systems who employed the people we killed and captured on the second leg of the trip. That company is owned by a man named John Samuels who is also the company CEO. I tried to reason with this man on the phone that morning but to no avail.
After asking for and being denied military support for protection. I took a chance and called the White House after discussing the problem with the President's Chief of Staff he took it to President Bush. President Bush called me a little while later and informed me military troops were on their way but in a defensive role only.
Starburst Systems and their CEO John Samuels sent 175 armed men to attack and kill us including an attack helicopter. The result 8 of my men were killed including the two young men I regarded as sons, several more of my men were injured. 8 members of the military were killed and the last I knew close to 40 injured. Later that day when explaining what happened to my mom she suffered a massive heart attack and died, JOHN SAMUELS I HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT TOO!
That is all I have. This is Colonel Albertson with the US Army, Deputy US Marshall Jim Thomas, and Special Agent Robinson with the FBI they can answer some of your questions and after I would appreciate it if you folks left me alone as I have several funerals to plan as well as repairs here that need to be done."
I reread it and decided to leave it the way it is. I faxed a copy to Andy Card for the president to look over
I was in the kitchen having lunch when the phone rang. Miss Betty got it and asked who was calling. Her face turned white and she said Mr. Jay it's the White House
I got up and said this is Mr. Johnson
Stand by for the President Sir
Jay this is George Bush I just read your statement and you did a good job, I like it. But what I would like to tell you and please don't let this out, I would like to do that myself. A few minutes ago the Department of Justice seized all of Starburst's assets and all of those of John Samuels also. They are also looking into hundreds of counts of murder, attempted murder, murder of federal law enforcement officers, conspiracy, espionage and anything else we can come up with.
Thank you Mr. President
I would also like to offer my personal condolences of the loss of your mother, the two young men, and the rest of your men. I'm already seeing news clips up here that you are going to talk and I will make my announcement right after.
Thank you Sir.
If you need any assistance with dealing with this give Andy a call and if he can't handle it I will
Thank you Mr. President
Good Bye Mr. Johnson
I finished my lunch and called all the guys on the radio and asked them to come in. When they got there I told them what the plans were and asked how they were.
Several were just worn out and still a little pissed and wanted revenge. I said guys that talk doesn't leave this house. We were on the right side of this and are going to do what we can to stay on the right side of it. At least until the legal system gets done.
My radio went off monitor to unit 1
Unit 1 go
I have a Jim Richardson here to see you
Ok let him in tell him we are in the main house
Yes sir
In a few minutes Jim came in the front door
Over here Jim
I have some news
Ok
I have been at the courthouse all day and this morning filed a 400 billion dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the assholes. The clerk at the courthouse almost passed out when she read it.
Did it say how proceeds would be split
Yes, the estate of each of your men and the military guys killed get 10 million each, you get another 40 million for the distress and destruction to your property. 5 million to each person injured and 1 million to those uninjured. This applies only to your men and the military guys that were here. The remaining money will be spilt up between military scholarship funds and wounded warrior organizations as well as federal law enforcement injured officer organizations. And I got it in before the government seized all their assets too.
Good
That means if they are convicted and found at fault in this suit the money comes direct right then. No game playing
How did you find out about the seizures
The grapevine
Well he and a bunch of others were arrested this morning
We had the news conference and they didn't like that I read my statement and walked away but they had plenty of questions for the others. Shortly after the president gave his news conference backing up what I had said and that he could use the military in defense of private citizens and law enforcement especially with the situation regarding what happened.
The next Monday we had a joint funeral for Josh and Robbie. It had to be held in the football stadium at their old school. It was treated like a law enforcement officers funeral with Marshall's and Sheriff Deputies as pall bearers. Several gave speeches. I didn't because I didn't think I would be able to without causing a scene. There was even a letter read by the principal that the President sent. Josh's parents were there but Robbie's didn't bother. The boys were buried side by side at a local cemetery with full honors.
The next day we all got on a plane for Columbus for mom's funeral. It was mainly family and friends and a lot less fanfare. My brothers and sister didn't have much to say except they were glad one of us was with her.
After the funeral we got back on the plane and the rest of the week attended the funerals for Billy, Kyle, and Kevin. All were in the towns they were from with full military honors. The following week were the funerals for Bobby, Albert, and Miguel
When we finally made it back home I found a note from Jack it said. "Jay, After what happened. Tom and I took it upon ourselves to have the fence repaired and the broken windows replaced. We moved the destroyed suburban's to the end of the garage. The 3rd one is at the body shop at the dealer being repainted. We also repaired and repainted the front of your house from the flames and pressure washed the sidewalk. The generator and propane tank were fine, the transformer took a hit and the power company replaced it a few days ago. The asphalt around the fence held up pretty good and is ok just a few ripples in it. And the pool will be continued after you get back. Please accept mine, Tom's, and all the guys who worked here's condolences on your loses. Let us know when you get back"
Me and Randy went to bed that night and like the other nights since this happened just held each other close. The next morning I got up and after breakfast was checking messages. There was one from the monument company that made the headstone for Josh and Robbie. It said it was done and installed.
Also one that my suburban was done. Also Bill Ailsworth called and said after what he saw on the news he had a rush put on my new vehicles
After breakfast all of us including Miss Mabel and Miss Betty went to the cemetery to see the stone
It was a huge black granite stone with their names and info in silver in between their names was a large Marshall star and under it was the following They grew up together They played together They worked together They loved each other They died protecting each other Now they rest together
I saw it and fell to my knees crying. When I managed to get back up there wasn't a dry eye in the group. I got one of the guys to take a picture of the stone.
At home I printed a couple pictures of their stone and mailed it and the location to both of their parents
Later that night
I was asleep and I had a dream. Both my boys came to me in their skimpy shorts and mesh T-shirts. Daddy don't be sad, we'll always be watching over you. We are together and looking after mom, we kind of adopted her and she us. You tell daddy Randy we want you two to be together and go all the places you wanted to take us to see. Just remember we will be there with you. And Josh with a shit eating grin on his face said, if you think we don't mean it go look in the pouch of the door of the fancy truck. And they both walked off holding hands.
It startled me so much I woke up and I couldn't get back to sleep. I went in the kitchen and made a big pot of coffee. I guess I had dozed off because when Miss Mabel came in at 5 am she shook me awake and said Mr. Jay why you out here
I told her about the dream and that I couldn't sleep after
She said you better get out there and check that truck mister
I will as soon as it gets light. I don't know why but I'm kind of scared what I'll find
Gunny came out of his room and said you look like shit
I been up all night
Pretty soon Randy came out and said I wondered where you went
I told them about the dream and we all took a walk down to the garage. I opened the door of the truck and found a velvet bag that was never there before. In the bag was a bottle of lube, a box, and a letter.
I opened the box and there was 4 gold wedding bands. I knew what they meant. So I opened the letter and read it out loud.
Dear Daddies,
If you're reading this then something has happened to us. What ever happened we decided we want you guys to be together. Just like we talked about daddy Jay. If they would have let us all 4 get married we would have been glad to. But if you're reading this you two need to do it. The rings are for each hand so you'll always know we are with you.
We know we confused you when me and Josh talked without speaking. That is because we were always meant to be together forever. Now you and daddy Randy wear these rings and go have fun. We will always be watching and guarding you.
Robbie and Josh
P.S. Daddies the lube was to let you know we left this. We're pretty sure you know what it's for.
Randy had tears in his eyes and gunny wasn't much better. We went back to the house and I showed it all to Miss Mabel
She read it and said Mr. Jay did you read this closely
Yeah why
Mr. Jay it was dated yesterday
What
Here look
What does this mean. Is one of you trying to play a joke on me
Mr. Jay it means they were angels and they told you in a dream so somehow they knew.
But the rings
I don't know about those
EPILOGUE
The pool got finished and the guys that are left and us have been enjoying it. And we did use the truck and go traveling quite a bit.
The guys that got hurt never came back, some couldn't because of injuries and the others just said they couldn't be there anymore. Tommy and Brandon are still together and are going to get married in a few months. Tony got back in contact with that girl he saw in Columbus and she transferred to an office down here. Todd is still in charge and things are going smoothly. The new vehicles got here and we still use them. The rest of the new guys did go to Quantico and were also certified.
Robbie's parents called me the other day and said they never understood their son, but somehow knew he would do good. They also thanked me for taking him in and giving him a nicer part of life than he had before. I told them he did all the work, I just provided the opportunity. They also thanked me for the beautiful spot he and Josh were buried in and also the headstone.
I had to ask them why the sudden change of heart
It was the letter we got from the President
From the President? What did it say?
It said he had never seen a young man accomplish so much and do such a service for his country in such a short amount of time. And that because of the work he did with you and the service you provided the government that most likely many lives would be saved in the future.
Well he was a lot more special than even the president knows.
John Samuels and his crew that survived were tried and found guilty on 178 counts of murder, and 304 counts of attempted murder and 304 counts of conspiracy to commit murder, destruction of private property, unlawful destruction of government property, 25 counts of assault on federal law enforcement officers, 25 counts of conspiracy to commit murder of federal law enforcement officers, 10 counts of murder of federal law enforcement officers, unlawful use of an aircraft, treason, espionage, and disturbing the peace. They were all sentenced to death. And John Samuels was stabbed to death in his cell at the Terre Haute Federal Prison while awaiting appeal.
What was left of Starburst Systems management settled without going to court for 200 billion. So many will be helped by that money. They were also banned from any government contracts by them or any subsidiary. They now make plastic trash cans.
Gunny retired and said he was going to see what a beach was like to relax on
I asked the guys if they were interested in doing anything else for the government and got a huge resounding NO!
I decided that if I needed anything else big hauled I would hire it out.
I called David and asked him when he thought he could get Charlotte into the Joplin yard. He said she was coming in next Monday. I asked him to keep her there until I got there. I had one of the guys take the 2-way radio out of the work truck and we loaded up one of the new suburban's and me and Randy took the truck to Joplin. I stopped to fill it with fuel about 10 miles before we got there and called David to have him tell the guard to let us in. And to keep Charlotte in the building for a while until I came in.
Me and Randy went in and I made the introductions and asked Charlotte if she had 10 dollars
Yeah why
Just give me 10 dollars. She finally dug it out of her pocket and said here. I handed her an envelope with the title to both the truck and trailer and said enjoy. She looked in the envelope and said what the fuck
I said David I think you just lost a driver and gained an owner operator and I said Charlotte NO WASHER AND DRYER ALLOWED
She handed the titles to David to look at
I got to see this he said
Come on I'll show you how to work it while I get my car off of it. All you have to do is remove the lettering that's on it. It's ready to work right now.
After getting the suburban off. Me and Randy headed back home on a nice slow trip. We got to Little Rock and he said get a nice hotel tonight. Maybe for a couple days. We found a Hilton downtown with a restaurant and I got us 2 nights.
We got to the room and he said baby I think it's time. And what a time it was as he was making love to me for the 5th time that night Josh and Robbie appeared in the room almost transparent and said it's about time. And in an instant they were gone.
When we did leave 2 days later. There was a note on the floor of the suburban with gold writing. Now it's time to get married, your boys.
We made it home a couple days later and did have a wedding and we exchanged the boy's rings.
We continued to travel and took the truck to many places I had wanted to take the boys and one night dry camping out in the desert we had a small campfire going and through the flames the boys were sitting on a log holding hands and smiling at us.
Several times here and there we could feel a "presence" but we never saw them again
THE END