“Now I’d like you to meet three kids I found living just outside the green zone.” The kids stood up for everyone to see.
“This is Rosie, she is fifteen years old, Billy is thirteen, and Peter is nine years old. Take a good look at them. These are children who need our protection and love. The Feds shot their parents for stealing food in the Green Zone and then threw them out of the zone to the wolves. They were living on the streets with no one to help them. Every day they had to search for food just to stay alive. Now they’re living here on Tocabaga with my family. This could have happened to your kids if you lived in the Green Zone.”
I touched each child on the head and Hemmi then took the children home for the night. Tonight they could sleep unafraid knowing that someone was taking care of them.
“If you think the Feds have the answers then go live in the Green Zone. Leave now and don’t come back to Tocabaga. The Federal Government and the President who declared Executive Order 13603 are the ones that screwed up our country. It declares that all property belongs to the Federal Government; your house, money, guns, and even your kids. They can tell you where to live and where to work. They’re the ones that violated the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as a whole.”
“If you want the type of government that tells you what to do all the time then leave now. We’ll give you a ride if you need it. There won’t be any hard feelings, just leave.
“But beware, if you stay here on Tocabaga and commit treason you will pay a huge price when I find out who you are. I can promise justice will be swift and painful.”
Johnny shouted, “I’m sick and tired of your shit, Jack. You think you’re the King here. You got your own Army now and you’re telling us what to do!”
Chase and Troy both shouted, “He’s right! King Jack, long live the King!”
Rick butted into the disagreement, “Everyone here voted us in office. If you don’t like it leave. It’s a mean world out there! I know one thing. If it wasn’t for Jack setting up the original defense for Tocabaga we’d all be slaves to the Feds or dead by now. Jack has risked his life many times for the good of Tocabaga.”
Chris stood up and commented, “Johnny, if you don’t like it, then get the hell out of Tocabaga. I was there at the bridge when the doper gang attacked us. It was Jack that saved many of us from being killed that day.”
Some others yelled, “Chris is right.” That shut up Johnny and his buddies.
You can’t argue with a progressive socialist because they won’t listen to reason or common sense. These QUISLINGS want to run Tocabaga themselves. They’re the ones that want the power and control over the people. They’re the ones that want the glory. They’re the ones who want to be the Kings. They try to fool the people by using words like Peoples Party, Republic, and the all famous word Socialist. They always say things like “it’s for the good of the people.”
(The term Quisling was coined by the a British newspaper in an editorial published on April 19, 1940, entitled "Quislings Everywhere" after Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany to conquer his own country so that he could rule the government himself. Hence, it means a traitor or spy who wants to be in control.)
Look at the following three examples how the people were fooled.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR was a socialist state between 1922 and 1991. It was governed as a single-party state by the Communist Party. Millions of people starved to death or were sent to prison for not being a good Commie. People lived and worked where the state told them to.
China is officially the People's Republic of China. It’s the world's most populous country with a population of over 1.35 billion. It is a Communist/Socialist state, single-party system. The people really have no control over their own lives or property even if it is called the People’s Republic. Millions were killed during and after their civil war by the good commie leaders. The people have no power at all.
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, are common names for Germany during the period from 1933 to 1945, when its government was controlled by Adolf Hitler and his National SOCIALIST German Workers' Party or Nazi Party. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a Fascist totalitarian government which controlled nearly all aspects of life. Hitler became dictator of Germany when the powers of the Chancellery and Presidency were merged. Hitler's word was above all laws. Hitler once wrote the bigger lie you tell the more people will believe it.
Rick stood up saying, “The meeting is adjourned there is nothing else to discuss.”
People started leaving and I noticed that the three amigos were leaving together with one other person who was waiting for them in the shadows. I couldn’t identify him so I asked Rick, “Who’s that guy with Johnny?”
“I don’t know. I can’t tell from here,” Rick replied.
“It means Johnny has some allies and that means more trouble.”
I asked Tommy to follow them discretely, at a safe distance, to see where they go. I wanted him to identify the stranger with Johnny. Since Tommy was a sniper he could sneak around pretty well without being noticed.
Thirty minutes later Tommy reported back to me. He didn’t know who the other guy was but they went to Johnny’s boat. Johnny lives on a 48 foot fishing boat and doesn’t own a house. The boat is anchored near shark channel close to the old Tampa Bay Watch house. Unfortunately, this is also close to the bridge that goes to Fort Desoto and they could monitor movement in and out of the Fort.
I advised Tommy, “I could be wrong but I think he’s a Fed agent that has infiltrated here. When Johnny goes fishing no one goes with him. He could pick up some agents and bring them here with no one ever knowing it.”
“Yep, it’s possible Dad since he docks his boat near the bridge to the Fort where no one can see him. He’s off the grid so to speak. What do you want to do now?”
“You go back to the boat and keep an eye on them. If they move give me a call. I’m going to tell Ron and Jim Bo to be ready because we may have trouble brewing. We’ll be roving between the Fort and the main bridge.
“The Amazon Warriors go on duty at the Fort at 2100 hours. Two will be guarding the bridge and ten at the Rangers HQ. That leaves eight for patrolling the rest of Tocabaga.”
It was almost 2100 hours so the Amazon squad would be reporting to Sergeant Willis at the Fort. I had informed the remaining eight, under the command of Trini, to start patrolling the north and south ends of Tocabaga.
It was 2300 hours and the Rangers were leaving for their rescue mission. I was standing on the side of the road when Captain Sessions pulled up to me. He advised us that Corporal Phillips, the radio man, would remain at the Fort.
We followed the convoy to the main bridge and watched them disappear into the darkness. My phone rang; it was Tommy. “I got bad news. Five men just left the boat with Johnny and they are armed with rifles and one has an RPG.”
“Shit. An RPG? Well, now we know these guys aren’t local people. We’ll have to take them out. Where are they going Tommy?”
“It looks like they’re headed toward Troy’s place.”
“I wonder what these guys are planning to do. If they hook up with Troy and Chase then there’ll be eight of them. If we hadn’t killed five already we’d be up against thirteen of them.”
“Dad, whatever their plan is it doesn’t matter. We need to arrest them now,” urged Tommy.
“All right, keep following them and once they’re at Troy’s house let me know. I’ll get the Amazons and with Jim Bo and Ron we’ll surround the house.”
The eight warriors under the command of Trini met us a block away from Troy’s house. I advised them the plan was to surround the house. Then we would call them out. If they don’t come out of the house we would open fire. I explained one man has an RPG so it was imperative to take that guy out.
An RPG is a rocket propelled grenade. It is a shoulder fired weapon system that fires rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. An RPG can blow up a car or shoot d
own a helicopter.
I received a phone call as we were moving into position around the house. It was the Corporal Phillips, “I just received another message over the CB radio. The message reads; Ranger convoy just left Tocagaba headed your way putting plan in action Jones. So you better be ready for something, Jack.”
“Ok. Thanks a lot Phillips.”
I told my team another coded message was sent tipping off the Feds that the Rangers left the Fort. These guys are QUISLINGS and if they don’t surrender shoot to kill.
We had the house covered, the women fighters were on the east and west sides of the house. Jim Bo with Ron moved to the south side where the back door was located. Tommy and I were at the north side covering the main door.
I yelled, “Troy! You and your gang come out with your hands in the air! You’re all under arrest for treason!” There was no reply.
I shouted again, “You have 5 minutes to come out or we’ll open fire!”
It was dark out but we could see inside the house there was a dim light coming from a candle. The candle went out and all of a sudden an RPG zoomed out the open window at Tommy and me. We ducked behind our truck. It blew the truck up and the force of the explosion knocked us to the ground. We were dazed from the explosion and the truck started to burn. The fire lit up the dark night allowing them to see our movements.
Now, rapid gunfire was coming from inside the house. To escape the heat of the burning truck Tommy moved to the left and I moved to the right as we opened fire on full automatic. I dove behind a couple of big rocks and Tommy jumped behind a tree. Now all my warriors were firing into the house.
The dirtbags inside were trying to return fire but I knew that would be difficult to do as our bullets were shooting right through the thin walls of the old house. I could see Trini on the west side of the house with her team hiding behind a wooden fence. Then I saw an RPG round slam into the fence. Trini, along with her three girls, went flying backwards as the fence blew apart. I was worried that some of them might have been killed.
I didn’t see the two men who jumped out of the west side window, and started to run toward the blown up fence, until they were almost on top of Trini. Trini was laying on the ground stunned. One man had the RPG and the other carried a rifle.
I took aim at the dork with the RPG and fired a burst knocking him to the ground. The man with the rifle shot two warriors at close range and turned his gun on Trini. Trini was in the line of fire so I didn’t have a clear shot. Trini jumped up like a cat with no gun in her hand … the spy aimed his weapon and pulled the trigger but nothing happened it was jammed or empty.
He reached in his pocket for another magazine. Trini pulled out her Barong machete and like a tigress sprang thru the air before he could reload. With one swift swing she split his head open, cutting it in half like a ripe melon. He fell to the ground with brains sliding out of his skull.
Trini picked up her M4 and continued firing into the house while laying on the ground. Tommy yelled at me and I turned to look at him. He signaled he was going to throw a hand grenade inside the house. He stood up and from 20 feet away tossed it in an open window. There was a giant flash and … KABOOM … the bomb exploded.
During a fire fight the noise from the gunfire is incredible. You can hardly hear a damn thing with 12 guns going off. I yelled to Trini as loud as I could, “Cease fire. Pass it on.” I gave her the standard hand signal waving my hand near my throat which means stop.
There was a slight amount of return fire still coming from the house. I told Tommy to throw another grenade in the east-side window. It exploded and then all was silent.
Tommy shouted to me, “Let’s go in!” We slowly approached the front door. Tommy entered first and I followed close behind him. If my count was correct there were eight men in the house to start. There were two dead outside and we found five more dead in various rooms.
I told Tommy, “There’s one man missing and I think it’s Troy.” We continued searching the house.
Tommy yelled, “Here’s the scumbag in the main bathroom.” I ran to the room and Troy was in the bath tub. That’s how he stayed alive from all the gunfire. The bullets bounced off the old cast iron tub protecting him from any harm.
Troy was holding up his hands begging, “Please don’t kill me.” I grabbed him by the shirt, dragged him outside, and threw him on the ground. Then for good measure I kicked him in the head and told him to shut up.
Trini walked up to me with tears in her eyes and said, “Jack, two of my girls are dead.” I walked over to them and checked their pulse just to make sure. I saw that both had been shot in the head.
They died in the line of combat. These were the first women to be killed on Tocabaga. I made the sign of the cross as Jim Bo went to the truck and picked up two body bags. We carefully placed their warrior bodies inside the bags and carried them to the pickup truck.
I checked Trini for wounds because she had blood covering her face and hands. There were wood splitters embedded in her skin from the fence blowing up. Linda, the other Amazon on Trini’s team, who was at the fence, had the same injuries. They’re not serious wounds but I’m sure they were painful. I told them both to go to the Clinic when we were finished here.
Ron was guarding Troy who wasn’t even wounded. Trini ran over to Troy and kicked him multiple times. She screamed, “You fucking shit head traitor. I want to kill you!”
Linda came over and started kicking Troy. I let them kick the shit out of him. They had to vent their anger. They had to let it all out rather than keep it inside and have mental problems later. The other four Amazon Warriors also walked up to Troy and each one took turns venting their anger by kicking Troy who now appeared to be knocked out. I let them have their way because Troy deserved it.
My men and I just stood there watching the beating take place. After a few minutes I said, “Ok warriors, he’s knocked out. He can’t feel anything. We’ll take him to the Fort and lock him up. He’ll be held there until we put him on trial.”
“Let us lock his ass up,” Trini asked.
I thought about it for a minute and replied, “Ok, go ahead, but don’t kick him anymore. He’ll get his justice.”
They loaded his unconscious body into the back of a pickup and took off for the Fort. I had a feeling that Troy would never make it to trial. Somehow he would meet his maker at the hands of the Amazon Warriors. Too bad for Troy but I didn’t really care what happened to him. I knew better than to piss off the women warriors. Two of their sisters had just been killed in their first combat so emotions were running high.
I felt remorse for the two warriors’ deaths. Maybe I shouldn’t have assigned them the duty. Maybe they needed more experience. Maybe it was really my fault they died.
Checking the time it was 2 am. We searched the house and found another CB radio inside. That proved that Troy was a Quisling. We checked the other bodies and found ID badges hanging around their necks proving the five men were Federal agents working undercover to take over Tocabaga.
An hour later we were dragging the bodies to the seawall to toss them to the sharks when my phone rang. It was Trini speaking in an excited voice. “Jack … Troy tried to escape so we had to shoot him.”
“I’m not surprised Trini, don’t worry about it, just throw his body into Shark Channel.”
I advised my men that Troy was just killed trying to escape. Jim Bo said, “Escape? I don’t think he could walk after the beating they gave him. Even if he could run where would he go? He couldn’t get off the island.”
“I don’t know Jim, but there is nothing we can do about his death. Furthermore, I don’t want to hear any more about it. You guys go to the Fort and check what’s going on. Oh, and on the way there check out Johnny’s boat for any weapons. I’m going home to bed.”
The fact is anyone of us could have been killed tonight. We have to be more careful. We need to improve our security and maybe the Amazon Warriors are just what we need. We have to make Tocabaga a safer
place.
Captain Sessions hasn’t come back yet from the rescue mission. I hoped all was going well. I was very tired because this was my second night without sleep. I can’t keep working 24 hours a day; it’ll get me killed. When you’re fatigued you can’t think clearly and your reflexes slow down.
JUNE 29, 2025
My phone was ringing and I looked at the clock it was 9 am. Sessions was calling me so I answered, “Hello Captain.”
“Hello Jack, just calling you to let you know everything went as planned. We rescued four Rangers and retrieved four bodies. We also brought Carl back with us. Come on down for a coffee and I’ll tell you the whole story. I also want to hear what happened to the spies.”
“Ok Captain give me an hour and I’ll be there.”
I took a shower and dressed. I went downstairs for some coffee and food. My wife told me, “Jack there are a lot of women waiting outside for you.”
“Women? What do they want?”
Ron answered, “They all want to become Amazon Warriors.” Ron, Tommy, and Jim Bo started to laugh. It seems the deaths of Jill and Sally spurred more women into wanting to be of service. They all wanted to be Amazon Warriors.
“They need to talk to Amy, not me. Where is she?” Just then Amy entered the room.
“Amy you need to talk to the women outside because they all want to be Warriors.”
“Ok I will, but we only need to replace two women. I wanted to tell you what happened to Troy last night. Trini and Linda took him to the guard house and then I heard gunfire. I ran over there but Troy was dead. They told me he tried to escape so they shot him about 20 times. That’s all I know.”
“Ok thanks for the information but Trini all ready told me. Maybe their story is true and maybe it’s not. At this point what difference does it make? I’m not going to question their story. The main thing is the spies are dead.”
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