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Its early on a
chilly morning it the wooded area of Washington up by ice creek &
about the 700 line of a Crown Zellerback logging rd..
We were up hunting for Elk. Bear and Rock chucks. Deer season is
over, Charley got a nice 4 point. about 200 yards off the main rd.
nice. Made a bunch of jerky out of that buck & brought up about a
half of a pillow case of peppered jerky, couple of beers a a
little wild turkey (he says Snake Bite you know)
block of cheese canned chilly and
several bags of salted in the
shell peanuts.
Life is good. o yea and I got my trusty short fishing pole. caught
some nice rainbows, Charley says that's why they bring me cause
I'm a good fisherman. Love to fish
I been hunting with old Charley & Jim for about! Well Jim used to
hold the rifle for me so I could shoot squirrels, boy I was 7 then
and I'm 14 now. He's like my dad, he raised me when my papa died,
Jim stay's out on the farm and does all the chores that me and mom
can't do, you know fencing fixing the barn and boy could he
tame some of those wild horses they catch up in the hills
of northern Nevada. beside they used to have a bounty on coyotes,
used to scare me half out of my wits in the middle of the night
saying bobby bobby I'm going to eat you and chasing me with the
head and teeth claws of the critters.
We got here late, so we are trying to find a spot and set up camp
Look Jim their is a spot no says charley, find a spot down
by to river where we will have running water and can throw bobby
in, yea you and what army I will help you Charley, no Jim your
supposed to be on my side. Look their is a great spot, good eye
bobby, ok lets back up this old beast, You can fit it back here is
about 50 ft back so that will give us about 12ft clearance to set
up the table out back of the trailer. Room for the awning Yep its
about 75ft wide area , Good says Jim. Bobby get some wood be
careful their are bear out their BEAR , just whistle a toon!
No bear could stand how you whistle, he would run for sure. ok
here take this light and don't go far, ok charley got that side of
the trailer
level ? yep got it, this side is good, ok get in there and make that coffee
charley ok, I will go help bobby, Where are you bobby? over here, You stink bobby what did you get in to,
I don't know Jim, I was walking over their and it really stinks,
Well lets take this wood back and get warm, I need some of that
hot coffee. Looks like you boys got a nice fire going, I got some
chilly and hotdogs ready Thanks Charley I'm starved. What's that
smell? you didn't catch a ferret or something bobby? no Charley, I
got something on my jacket, take it off and hang it on that tree
and let it air out, here put this coat on it's light , thanks Jim,
Now go get me some of those cookies in the upper drawer, Yea
cookies. What do you think he got it to Jim. I Don't no but it was
pretty strong, We can take a look in the morning. ok Charley let
get some shut eye 5 a clock comes pretty early,
Boy is in frosty this morning, hey Jim drag bobby out
of bed, lets get up to look out ridge and see if we can spot that
heard of elk, Come on bobby get up. Got every thing Jim don't fog
get the spotting scope, I will get it Jim ok Bobby get it and lets
go.
Hey Charley did you move my jacket ? it wasn't hanging on the
tree this morning No, I did not move it either. Ma be a lion
thought is was good to eat, are their lion up here Charley some
bobby just don't be wondering off stay close to camp, I
will.
Look up their on that ridge Yea looks like about six mule deer any
bucks? no all does. they are really cool. that's what that jerky
is made out of bobby but only a buck, That was a nice big buck.
now keep your eyes open for those elk. How much further to the look
out point. Well were not going that high up yet we are going to go
down that small cannon that charley seen that 6 by 7 bull yea big
rack . Yea I hope he is still their he might be just waiting for
you charley, Stop the truck look fresh tracks going down that
draw, little bit of snow up here helps. Ok Jim you and bobby drive
down to the bottom and I will go down this draw and ma be
push an elk or two down to you. Ok give me about 10 min
before you start. Got your warlike talkie? ok. Get in the truck
bobby This is fun! Now be quite bobby when we get down their and
don't slam the door when you get out, I wont I will be quite as a
mouse, This spot will do, Be careful where you point that rifle.
Sit behind that log . ok , This is a great spot Jim, be quite, ok,
Did you wear that stinking jacket? No. I can smell that same
smell from last night, Me too now be quite.
10 minutes ok Guess their in place, I better be care full I'm not
as young as I was, Halina
I will drop down to that stand of pine trees and work my way to
that point, so I can look down to the left of the gully. It sure
is quite in here and really wet like it has been raining or humid
It must be 20 degrees warmer in these trees Weird and What is that
smell. I will climb out on that rock over their, Nice view their
is the road way down their where Jim and bobby are. Hey look over
their is that a dead wolf? I think I will check it out!
that must be what that smell is from, yea it a wolf alright, what
wrong with it's head?
let me get a stick ,
Wooo, the top of his head has a huge
hole in it, about the size of a of my fist, Their nothing in his
head no blood brains It's like something has sucked out his
brains, and check that out, his right front paw is missing It
looks like some thing ripped it off yet left the bone in tact Some
thing skinned off his front paw with the claws intact.
What could do that? besides that hole in his head is a perfect
circle, no teeth marks or tearing ,just a perfect hole. Look
some elk tracks, Fresh they must of checked out this wolf. Headed
in that direction, I think I will check it out. look at that is
that some kind of drag marks? heading up to those rocks? That
smell is worse like rotten fish. I'm going to head down to where
Jim and bobby are. Look Jim their is Charley he sure is walking
fast
Hey What's wrong Charley? Don't no but That smell that was on
bobby's jacket was up in that gully by a thicket of maple
trees, and I found a dead Wolf, Dead wolf I want to
see it, No Get in the truck Bobby lets get out of here. Jim
you drive, ok, you are sure shook up, It was weird up their,
What killed that wolf? I don't no bobby never seen any thing like
it. Let's head back to camp and eat, Good idea I'm starved , you
are always hungry bobby. good idea charley and then we will head
up to the ranger station about 4:00 and hunt that area behind old
ray's cabin, Will tell that ranger about that wolf, maybe he knows
what's going on.
Chapter 2 Bobby meets new
friends
Well that was fun but scary.
Good to be back at camp Jim, I know charley, What do you
think happened to that wolf. Don't no, Can I go fishing after we
eat? yea just don't cross the creek just stay on this side ,
and don't go any further then you can see the road. don't go down
one of side creeks like you did at Big Bear river, Remember! Yes I
got lost I know but I caught 4 trout, yep and they were
tasty but your worth more then 4 fish , think I'm worth 10 fish?
Well ma be What kind of fish? JIM" be care full I will.
I grab my pole and tackle pouch, headed down the
river bank, I think that river is about 30 yards wide and got some
nice pool in it ma be 10 15 feet deep. look, Wow look at that fish
jump, got to be a 2 ponder Charley said you can tell cause fish
have scales Funny. I better try that Cobart spinner
It's
the one for that baby I get on that log and cast
perfect come on hit that bait try again can't believe it I thought
for sure he would take it. o well I move down stream. hey look a
Helgramite
They always work Ok lets see, take this spinner off, put
this small hook on put a lead bead sinker up the line 8
inches hook up that old Helgramite and a little marshmallow Float
it off the bottom. Their is a big rock sneak around it real quite
fish can feel vibration, look at that I will drop in in this fast
moving water and their it goes right in to that pool come on
little nibble come on Got Ya great now
real slow, keep my line tight, pole up come to bobby that's
it in the net! Yes 17 inch rain bow pink meat Yep Native.
gonna have supper tonight. Now lets take and clean you. love this
pocket knife Charley's brother gave me even has
scissors on it.
love it. now lets take the stomach out of it And put on the
hook and put the net down in the water on that rock put the
hook in the middle down in to the still water in side the net and
see if we can get some crawdads to smell it and get close enough
to grab them. theirs one no two he's big, that's two on the
net look another one come on get in that's it got ya 3 big
crawdads put them in the bag now for some more fish ma be a 3 lb
momma. what's that noise sounds like a truck door closing. there
is the road hey look a couple of kids. Hello up their Hello Hello.
The little boy yells back Got any fish? Yes,
I yelled hold on I will come up their , ok Kids my age neat, Hi
how are you gyes, fine, lets us see those fish, Wow he's
big, and what are those? the girl ask, crawdads, can you eat
them? yep their good, can I hold one? No they will pinch
you. What are you gyes doing up here ask bobby? We are up hunting
with our dad, what's your name? the little boy said Nicos
hold old are you? almost 13 my name is Helina and I'm almost 14,
My name is bobby and I'm 14 too be 15 next month,
Have you gyes smelled that awful smell? yes it smells
like my sisters ferrets kind of worse and we heard some
strange growls last night, hey look theirs my dad. how day
he said who might you be? I'm bobby, I'm Ted their papa, nice to
meet you. You from that camp below We seen your lights when you
cam in,. yea that's us me Jim and charley. Dad says helina, bobby
said that he smelled that bad smell to, Yea We were hunting
early and charley found a dead wolf, him and Jim were going to
report it to the ranger, something had sucked it's brains out,
Yuck said helina, that's gross said nicos Well let's go down and
meet your friends and I can tell them some thing they might want
to hear. this is sure a nice truck Thanks. what's your dads name
Its my uncle Jim and charley, ok, where's your dad ? He died a few
years ago, I'm sorry, It's ok my mom and Jim take pretty good care
of us, Where is your mom nicos? shes home, going to have a baby
It's twins says helina , I'm going to have two baby sisters.
Looks like your Camp Bobby, hello what bobby get in trouble No said Ted
we found up on the road or should I say he found the kids, we are
camped up high on the ridge, past eagle point, we got lots of snow
last night, might move camp down the mountain a little. to cold
for helina Yea she a girl you know say's nicos, Why don't you come
down here their lots of room right their says Jim , bobby
could use the company and it would give him some one to talk to
He drives us craze, my brother Talks talks talks never stops they
will get a long good and I can read and not be disturbed,
She's always reading about ferrets and skunks and stuff. Is it ok
Charley I could take nico fishing, Me too yea girls can go
we will have fun, well what do you say Ted, Ok Sounds good. can
bobby go up and help us pack up camp says nico Yea sure says Jim
ok.
Their another thing we need to talk about
We have been smelling this dead animal or something and we had
some things taken from our camp the other night and I found some
skin or something I don't no, I will take the ranger up their and
show him We are going to talk to the ranger today you can go
with us Ok load up kids lets get this show on the road.
Chapter
3 Rumble in the mountain
Just pull in their, Got
every thing? yes sir, Thanks again for letting us camp by
you, Worrier about that smell and all, No problem Ted, says
charley, We love to have the company Jims a pretty good
cook.
Hey Jim meet their dog Beamer, come here beamer come on this is
Jim, Hey little feller your sure spunky
Lunch is ready Going to eat that fish and craw dads and of
coerce macaroni and cheese and peanut butter sandwiches yea as
nico & heline and bobby are dancing and jumping around and
beamer is barking
Settle down says charly, let's eat. Well that was a good lunch , can we go
down to the river and throw rocks. Be care full nicos watch
your sister ok dad
Good kids yea, Tell us what you found, ok I did
not want to say any thing around the kids but yesterday I got up
early beamer was growling and shaking in his boots scared of
something but not barking, I notices that the fire pit that
we had dug had the coals spread all over and it look like some
thing had dug it up. were talking a bed of hot coals, we had a
pretty big fire last night and I had put some big wood on it
so that we would have coals for breakfast, well the logs
were deep in the bottom like they had been buried, I went and got
my shovel and starting digging around in the bottom of the fire
pit, I notice a hide or something in the coals , I tried to
pull it out but is was stuck on something ,I kept digging and
their was some ooze like puss from a boil or infection, smelly and
very sticky, I went and got a pry bar out of the truck and I pried
up a head of some kind attached to the skin I had been pulling on,
still could not pull it out, so I got the truck and tied a
rope to it and pulled this huge distorted oozing glob of
something that was dead Could you tell what it was ask Charley, no
and it had a bunch of I don't know legs or
tentacles
like an octopus but made of rock like bone, So I drug it out of
camp up the road about 2 miles and pushed it over the side of the
road I took my ax and tried to chop off one of the arms,
Hold on look at what it did to my ax head
Let me see that said Jim its chipped but it looks like you got
something on it and it dissolving the metal,. Its not melting it,
but It looks like something is eating it like a caterpillar eats a
leaf. Yea it does,. Charley speaks up and says come on Ted,
let's you and I go up and see it, Ma be we can take a picture of
it for the ranger .ok let me grab my coat ,put that ax in the back
of the truck, we don't want to leave it here, Ok Jim tell the kids
we went to spot elk , Be care full something is wrong out
there.
Theirs are old camp just a couple of miles up
Nice View. look at the road their is no snow in the middle
of the road I drug that thing down this this morning and their a
was at least 8 inches and it has been snowing all day Stop
lets check it out Charley does the ground on the road seem warm to
you, Yea and look at the tree trunks It look like
something is eating them Look at that bark, Get me that ax Ted I
will knock a piece of bark off it Ok Charley, hit it again I did
is like hard as iron I cant even penetrate the wood Unbelievable
Come on lets get up their and check out the spot you dumped it, ok
is only about half a mile from here. Go, lets go, ok,
I took this little landing rd off to the right and its about
200 yards in on the landing, Their I pushed it off the side. stop
Do you smell that, Yes I never smelled it that strong before, Hold
on I got a 45 in the back seat for bear , Go get it, ok hey I
don't see anything down there It has to be It was right their I
know I could see the road a way down from your camp I see the turn
where we headed up to camp, ye this was the place.
Look Jim the mountain looks like it falling like a land slide
and Wow It's an earth quack, Hold On Get up Get to the truck
the ground is shaking and the thunder of that mountain big rocks
and mud sliding ,It wont stop hold on I'm look
the trees are falling their going to hit us, back up
Back up That was close it almost got us, Wow it stopped It
stopped That was terrible Jim, yea look the road is totally
blocked We are trapped up here ,We need to get back to camp,
Hurry, I hope my kids all right I know their scared. You
dropped your gun, Just leave it we got to get back to the kids
hurry.
Chapter
4
Nicos is missing
What happened? I think it was a earth quack, look
at the road their is no snow on it at, all no rocks, no fallen
trees, I know I don't understand! Trees were fallen on that
landing, but not here, ma be it's like a tornado hits one farm but
not the other, Ma be Stop Look down at the river it must have rose
about 10 ft, hurry that is higher then our camp, I know I know,
one more mile, their is the camp pull in, It's not under water it
looks perfect. Hey Jim where are the kids, Dad Did you here that
rumble What was it. yea says nicos and bobby at the same time. I
think an earth Quake. Earth Quake Said Jim We did not feel a
thing, The water about a mile up stream or so has rose
about 10 ft, Not here look it the same as when you left, Did you
spot any Elk Dad What nicos? You and Jim left to
spot elk, o yea that's right, Nope but we will keep trying. Come
over here Jim Ok charley I got to tell you something about
what happened, ok, charley spoke as calmly as he could telling
Jim what happened Jim could not hardly believe, but with
everything happening it's possible. What should we do I don't
no, tonight when the kids go to bed you and I and Ted can come up
with a plan.
That was a long day, finally the kids are in bed , I'm glad their
safe says Jim Me to charley agreed, with everything happing we
never got up to the ranger station, said Ted I know spoke Charley, and
continued Lets go first in the morning down the valley and see how
bad the road is, see if their is another way out, Then lets find that
ranger I thought with the thundering mountain and the mountain sliding
down would of got that ranger moving around and checking the area, I
never even heard a truck all day, In fact I don't think I heard any
birds or squirrels chirping, Me neither and I don't here any crickets
now, last night they were so loud that I could hardly sleep sad Ted
strange, well get some sleep its going to be a long day tomorrow ok Good
night.
It was almost 4:30 in the morning that beamer starting barking,
woof woof woof loud and more barking running down to the river
barking and barking like something is out their. Ted jumped up , What is
it beamer Beamer stop barking , but beamer continued to keep barking as
hard as loud as he can, charley got up and ran out side and beamer was
just frantic and would not stop barking, so Ted yelled Nicos Nicos
come out here and settle down beamer, Then a scream came from the tent
Halina was screaming ! nicos is gone nicos is gone , Ted rushed over to
the tent nicos was not in his bed, Nicos yelled Ted as well as charley
and beamer was barking and running up and down along the bank of the
river. shut up beamer Bobby get that dog Ok Jim ,as Jim was
lighting the lantern, get your truck Ted shine your lights on the river
where beamer is barking, Get back here Halina stay away from that water
calm down quick crying We will find him. O daddy I'm scared what if he
is dead, Now settle down He's not dead yes he is, no he is not,
Find him daddy ,Go sit down and quit yelling so I can think, Pull that
truck down here said Charly to ted , use that spot light, shine it over
to the other side of the river, Look charley what is that
its moving up the hill, shine the light on it, The trees are in the way,
Get out of the water Jim ,No I'm going after nicos as Jim plunged
in to the river, Their he is said bobby on the other side on the bank
heading after nicos, What are we going to do cried Ted my boy my boy I
love nicos so much, I got to find him. daddy what are going to do, Bobby
get some wood on that fire yes sir charley right now hurry , Bobby get
Halina over buy the fire settle her down, and get her a blanket to put
around her, hurry bobby. Charley Charley yelled Ted get over here
there is Jim on the other side he's coming back, What did you see Jim
you must be freezing get over here by the fire. I seen Something!! What?
yelled Helina It was big, and was moving fast, I could not
keep up and it, It was dark, very dark. I could not get a good look it
was moving fast and disappeared in to the trees and then Quite,
nothing, Did you see nicos? ask charley, no, what are we
going to do? first settle down, We can't do anything in the dark, it
will be light in about an hour, and we will find him .He's a smart boy
He will stay alive He's dead, I know it sob heliana No he is not said
Ted, He is your brother and we are going to get him back., Jim Jim come
over here to the river yelled bobby Look! Look at all these dead fish
in the water what happening I don't no Lets get with the others and stop
that dogs barking, Come here beamer yelled Halina and picked him
up and was crying You got to find nicos beamer please please I love him.
Every one settle down We will find him, What we will do cry Halina.
we will search for him at first light Now get some coffee going
Charley and I will get our rifles out and some gear together and first
light Ted and I will cross the river and look for nicos Me too said
bobby I'm a good tracker, I'm not scared Necos is my friend Your
right said charley you come with us.
Chapter 5 Nicos is alive
It's light enough to cross the
river Ted said Charley, Grab the rifles Bobby get that back pack. ok Ted
do you have that campus Yep. and some rope just in case, Good now jump
in the truck about a half mile back is a fallen tree in the river that
will help in crossing the river. ok their it is lets cross.
Charley why does the water look like it glows and feel it, It's really
warm. Be care full bobby I don't no, now keep your eyes open and
be quite watch for signs, Their is the camp we can pick up the trail
here . Look Charley said bobby some kind of drag marks, look a
blue marble. Nicos had a bag of blue crystal marbles tied to his belt
Yea he showed them to me said bobby
lots
of them, head up that hill. it looks like those marks are going in
three different directions, which way do we go Charley said Ted Look
said bobby I see another blue marble down that trail see it shining in
the sun. Yes Nicos must be dropping them so we can follow him
Smart kid I told you He's alive said bobby!! Get that radio out
bobby lets see if we can get Jim on it. Here charley Breaker
Breaker Jim Hello Jim Come on Jim You Their Yea
charley breaker , Nicos is alive Breaker Al right Helina grabs the radio
let me talk to him ,Give that radio halina
sorry, Did you find him Charley breaker No but he left us a trail
with those blue marbles breaker Good find him Breaker Ok Jim get back to
you later over and out, Yes lets go be quite. I will go first said
bobby, look a broken branch and some marks on the rock, let me see said
Ted it's from bobby its a circle with a line on the bottom.
he
learned it in his boy scout class to leave a trail marking, Can
you smell that Charley said bobby, yea its getting stronger lets go this
way towards that thicket of trees, that the kind of trees that I found
that dead wolf in, Lets go around the back way. up this set
of rocks and behind that hill. look at the trees they are glowing
like the water and their is no snow on the trees. We must be getting
close. It's dark in here and really stinks, Here charley is a flash .
thanks Ted , now get behind me bobby, Keep that rifle ready Ted I got it
but I cant see nothing in front of us. be quite, NO No stop stop
Help I'm slipping Help I can't stop THUD Thurd Help I
can't see I have fallen in a hole. Move bobby are you ok ,I think
don't come any closer. what should we do Ted , What should we do!! help
him, I will throw you a rope grab it, hold on I dropped the flash light
, Ma be I can reach it, got it Throw the rope bobby, try again ok hold
it Got it Tie it around you said Ted Ok, Now pull Bobby ,ok,
their he is come on ,keep pulling bobby I made it.Thank you gyes
you saved my life. Shine the light over their what is it ? a huge Hole
said charley, how deep is it ask bobby, I don't know , Hold the
rope while get closer I will shine the light in, I cant tell the
batteries are getting low, Hold no charley said bobby ,Where is that
back pack, here bobby give me the flash light, What are you looking for
bobby ask Ted Glow sticks we always take them with us when we go
hunting, Good thinking bobby said charley, Got em here is one charley, I
got six of them Great, Lets see break it wow it's bright ,I'm going to
drop it down the hole and see how deep it is , Look it's falling ' I can
barley see it, but it stopped, it's got to be 250 or more, We cant reach
it with what we have , Lets climb down, We Can't The walls are straight
down like a well , I got lucky and landed on a ledge where a big root
was sticking out. What are we going to do? ask bobby, We got to see if
we can get help and more rope and lanterns, What about Nicos,
I know Their is nothing we can do till we get more rope, Look Charley
Ted
another marble, He has to be down their, Hurry lets get help break a
couple more of those glow sticks so we can get out of here.
Chapter 6 Ranger station deserted
I hope nicos is all right
Ted says bobby, I know he will, He can figure stuff out , I
Remember when he got a cat out of a dry water well, He
dropped a wooden box down into that well with a open can of tuna
and that cat jumped right in it and he pulled her out. Really, Yep
then he accidentally dropped his glove down that well, He took a
rock and tied it to his rope and put his bubble gum on the bottom
of that rock and dropped it right on top of the glove ,Yep
that glove stuck right to that rock pulled it up. That is cool, he
is a genies. and then down at the mall kids would loose their
balloon and it would get caught on the ceiling way up their
so they would buy a balloon sand string, put tape backwards on the
balloon and tie the long string on it and then run their balloon
in to the ones up their and they would stick to their balloon and
then bring both down ,they would get about 20 balloons that way,
and then he would give the balloons to kids that were poor. He is
nice, Just like dropping those marbles We will find him, Their the
truck lets get back to camp, As we pulled in to camp Halina and
Jim and beamer came running out of the trailer Did you find him?
Well we think we know where he is, But we need ropes and lanterns.
Ma be that ranger has some said Jim, Charley why don't you and I
go up their and leave Ted with Halina, Helina is real worried and
needs her papa , and bobby you keep an eye out, their is some
danger out there, Ok Ted speaks up, I will pack up some food and what
ever I can think of, halina you can help me ok I have
a small first aid kit in my back pack go get it ok, Hurry
back. Lets go charley ok Jim you drive. I'm going to see if I can
raise any one on this old radio ,keep yours on Ted Channel 7
That's the channel the loggers use. How far is that Ranger station
Charley well it's about 6 miles from Jim's old camp, ok Their is
jims camp now about 2 miles up is where he dumped that thing
he found, right their to the left pull in looks like a
lot of trees fell when we heard that rumbling, stop, lets look
over that edge, see any thing no, you no ,Let get to the ranger
station , another 4 miles their the ranger sign, turn right
now about 3 miles up. Its steep so be care full, got ya,
their it is Honk your horn Honk Honk , lets go knock Any
body here yelled Jim Hello Hello, I don't think he is here, open
the door lets go in. look on the table a note.
Tues day !! this is Saturday
ya and look that sandwich is stale bread it have been
sitting here a while.
We need to go down their look for a map of the area, try the
desk, Here is one charley, you see if you can find it their
camp. I'm going to look for some rope. Hey look down
by the shed, ok!!
I found the
spot not too far, look everything we need ropes,
lanterns, gas, Flares, hey a hoist grab it and get
those shovels, and pick, what's this? Those are elk
sound bombs They run the elk out of certain areas, Their
loud Grab a couple of boxes ok Grab all of them,
load this stuff up back the truck up here Jim I'm on it.
Let's see according to this map turn right at the 5,000
marker Right, now left go past high water, their stay
to the left look like a valley, yea the 3,000 block rd is
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theirs winder
creek, keep going 4,000 rd another mile, their turn
north now about according to the note about the 1,000, look
their is a truck tipped over to the right, Stop, Get that
rifle Jim, ok, can you see any thing hardly It's really humid
like a we are in a fog, their that's smell again. look
what was that hold on Bang Bang did you hit it, I'm sure I did I
heart the thud and I seen it flinch, What do you think it was
Jim? It look like a bid rat but the size of hippo but moved
really fast. Yea I thought it was a 500 pound gofer, That it it
look more life a gofer then a rat, Any body here Yelled Charley
Hello, it was dead silent, Jim look just by the tree
a upside down table and boxes chair and mattress, Look like it
was a barricade for a last stand ,Look at that Jim must be 50
empty cartridges Yea look at that rifle charley! I think the gun
barrel was bitten off. hey look at these tracks
Huge what could have made these. We need bobby here, he would
know, and look by that tree its blood and hair, I
think you did get him, look at where that blood is eating into
the tree bark, Yea. let do a search for these people or any
thing that might help us. I can't find nothing, their is a tow
chain rapped around this tree, and it has been bitten off see
the marks on the end, He must of caught one. What was he going
to do with one? lets go, Did you here that yes it sounded like a
woman, Hello Where are you, I think its coming from over their
Hello! Hello! Quite Jim I here a tapping noise, Me to its coming
from mmmm from here, tap on that stump, Tap Tap Tap,
Hello we hear you, Get the shovel charley and pick, got it Dig
here ok, Chunk Chunk sounds like metal Its a truck door
Pry it up!! help me here it comes. pull it out of the away.
shine the light down O my are you ok? Yes let us
help you Thank you thank you How long have you been down their.
about 4 days some thing came in to our and grab my twin boys So
my brother mike put me in here and went to find the boys, have
some water, Get in the truck Hurry lets get out of here,
They took me the day before but I got away and got back to camp
then they got the boys. I'm glad you found me we got to find my
boys and my brother Mike. Yea they took one of our kids, so ma
be we can help each other. What's your name Dianne, ok Dianne we
will find them. don't worry.
Chapter
7
Beamer acts strange
As we pulled in to camp, we could see
Ted and bobby down by the river, Looked like they are dragging
some thing, Then the trailer door swung open and halina came
running out Papa has shot something, hurry of coerce beamer is
barking franticly happy to see us settle down beamer, Stay
here halina an charley started running to help ted and
bobby, What is it ted it's huge and look at those teeth!!
Look at those teeth
We found a logging chain chewed in half, We better find
Nicos, and figure out how to protect our self's Back at
Dianne's camp they had a barricade and it was not
good enough.
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It's a huge rodent about I would
say 150 lb, we shot at one twice that size, I hit
him but the took off., I can't believe that
something could be that big out here ,Look at his
claw it could rip you apart |
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If the teeth are this big on a small
one And how big is the big ones teeth and claws?
I don't no. 
Bobby said those claws also can dig deep ,We got to catch
one. no Shoot one.. |
What are we going to do with it, Burn it, I
guess It Stinks This is what we must have been smelling,
Well one thing when we run into the smell We will have an Idea
of what out there.
What do you think, Jim Man it's ugly that looks like a gofer, Yea it does
Jim, You know I was thinking, That big hole up their in
the woods that we found ? Their might be another
entrance, Out on the farm I Shove a hose down the main gofer
hole and the water some times would comes out over in the
other pasture, they have lots of tunnels that lead back to
their nest, This could be one of their babies, Then charley
say's I wonder if mike was trying to set a trap with
that chain around that tree, he could of caught a small one
and tied it to that tree and Then build that barricade and
waited, Could you imagine what could of come out
to rescue it's baby, He must of shot at it , We found at least
50 empty rounds, and it bit his rifle barren in half. But
where is mike , Who's Mike Said Ted? That's Dianne's husband,
Who's Dianne? come on I introduce her to you. She's in the
trailer with Halina. Halina comes out of the Trailer and says
be quite you gyes Dianne was exhausted and laid down ,sound
asleep Ok we will talk to her later, Look It's late said
Jim We will get started early first light Lets go back
to where mike put that chain around that tree Ma be we can
find a main entrance, Ok said Charley. Whereas Beamer said
Halina I don't no he was just here, said Ted You go inside
helina I will look for him. Beamer Come on boy where are you,
I seen him go down that trail over their, Thanks
charley, Beamer come on. beamer how far does this trail
go I must of walked 300 yards Beamer where are you
at boy, Beamer come here What are you doing, What are you
chewing on, Smells like raw hide, where did you get That, Come
on It's getting dark Come on , What? you want to stay
out here all night Al right Do I got to carry You, Man
your getting Fat, Good Boy. Now get in that trailer, Halina is
missing you. Thank Papa I love you. Did you find him? ask Jim.
Yea but he keep looking down and wanting to keep going
down the trail, and did not want to come back with me, I had
to carry him, Strange! he never leaves halina and nicos
side, never seen him leave camp like that. Beamer It's 4:00 in
the morning I don't want to let you out Just wait, Bark
Bark Bark. Halina said Ted spoke up Let him out problem
needs to go potty ,Ok . Beamer Papa He just ran down that
trail, Go back to bed Halena I will get him in a min , He is
just checking thing out He's a dog you no, No he's not He's my
baby , Go back to sleep , Ok , Don't forget beamer, I WON''T
That stupid Dog where is he it's almost 5 in the morning, Got
to get up any way. I will start the fire and throw the coffee
on.
Morning Charley , Got some coffee ready Jim? Hot and
strong Good I heard you whistle for beamer, Did you find
him? No he went back up that trail he was on last night. Ok
Let me have some coffee and I will look around.
he went down that trail ok. I see you found him, Ya He was was
acting like he was waiting for some one or some thing,
Good morning Ted, How is our visitor Dianne, Their she is,
Good morning, Coffee, Please and thank you for helping me, Hey
we are all in this together, sit down eggs and bacon are going
to be ready pretty Quick. Sounds Good. and bobby save her some
bacon Ok,
Hey come here beamer said bobby where have you been , you are sure
acting strange lately, Halina looking for you. Beamer
Beamer come here baby yelled Halina from the trailer
Beamer where have you been get up here, Don't you be
running off I love you baby as halina started to dose off back
to sleep.
Chapter
8 Beamers new friend
Well it's about time you got up, Halina , come
here beamer Want a piece of bacon You love it ,
Good morning Dianne, Good morning Halina, Charley and Jim and my
Dad will find my brother and your boys and mike, I know it, They
seem pretty smart said Ted, Here is your breakfasts halina,
thank you Papa,
Look at that!! the road is
blocked their is no way around it said Jim as they got out
of the truck. I don't under stand, something does not look
right, What do you mean Charley climb up here , Look down
the valley every thing looks normal ,no trees down no land
slides, no Big rocks on the Road, Yea it looks like this slide
was deliberate so that no one could get out of this area, Lets
climb up this side, looks like a trail of some kind, yea to wide
for elk , Look Jim big tracks like those other one, Go get the
rifle and some of those elk bombs, ok be right back, Hey what
did you find? It looks like a ranger jacket see the patch on the
sleeve, let me see it It must be the rangers. the name tag says
Larry on it, their is something in the pocket. Looks like a
letter from the sheriff's office. What does it say Jim,
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Here I will Read it.
Larry We heard back from the feds about the things that were
happening that you were talking about. They said
They don't no any thing about the matter. But we got a
call from a man , would not say who he was, but told me
that years ago they had a research lab up in that area and
for some reason it was abandon and an old Indian chief
from that area said their was a big explosion and the
mountain covered the entrance of the place Be careful, he
said they were doing experiments with nuclear waste and
some kind of gamma partials and some kind of enzyme and
some kind of DNA research. Don't no what that means, Just
if you find some thing get back to me Bob |
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Charley see those 38 casings over there, Larry must
of got off a few shots off, Yea, Look up their see how
the rocks are It looks like some thing has push them in to
those other rocks and it starter the land slide, That must be
the rumble that they heard at camp. But the ground was shaking
where we were said Charley, Why, ma be !!!Scary..

Lets follow this
trail, How much further do you think charley? well we
are about the same level as those rocks are, Quite Look
Where? Their,. it must be at least 10 of those gofers
about the same size as that one Ted shot . look ? it
looks like they are smelling the air and they are all
looking in the same direction
Yea, Look Look Where? There It must be the Mom of
those other 10, Look at those teeth. Their are
like a saber tooth tiger from the ice age
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They must have a main entrance here
Yep looks like it Jim. Lets go back to camp and get Ted
and see if we can find some thing over at mikes camp, Ok
It's sure stinks. But that's good they cant smell us we
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What did you did you find out ask
Ted? Let's load up the stuff you got and we will tell you on
the way Ted We don't want to worry the girls any more then
they already are. Ok Get halina and tell her to mind Dianne,
Bobby we want you to come with us, We might need to do
a little tracking. ok let me get that glow in the dark
caution tape I use for tying on trees so I can get back to
camp when it gets dark, Then charley remember that's right
we used that tape when we were trying to find that bear I
shot, and it ran down in to the canyon and you tied some of
that tape about every 500 yards and it was easy to find our
way out, Good thing because I or got the flash light
and it was pitch black no moon said bobby as they all
chuckled. See you gyes in a little While. I love you papa I
love you to Halina
Dianne Dianne, Yes
have you seen beamer? No halina, he has been gone for about an
hour at least
Well lets walk down the path and see if we can see what's up
helina, Lets be quite and sneak up on him Ok. .Do
you see him yet no? I can here him barking, up that trail
Halina, be quite! look Their is a man down their playing with
beamer , No I think is a Indian boy. your right Dianne I
wonder who he is Lets see if we can talk to him Hello!!
Hi how are you, Don't run Please help us said Dianne
Then Halina step in front of Dianne and said
What's your name min is Halina Have you seen my brother? The
young Indian stopped and just keep looking at them as they
walked closer them beamer ran right to halina and
wagging his tale and barking in excitement, Who's your friend
beamer as beamer turned to and ran back to his new friend, My
name is linos brave of the Chinook Tribe, My father was Chief
living water Son of Chief Sun Eagle, I'm not afraid I have
been watching you séance you arrived. You speak English very
well. My mother taught school at fort saddle horn and I
learned from her. It's so nice to meet you spoke Dianne Please
come back to camp with us, Halina spoke My dogs name is beamer
he likes you please come, we are scared and we can't find my
brother nicos as she started to cry. I have seen him, You
have, yes Please come with us pleaded Dianne, and I have seen
two boy who look as one My Boys Are they alive Yes, my husband
is also missing he and the ranger are with them and
alive, Please Hurry! we got to tell my dad Ted, thank
you hurry.
Chapter
9 Charley Finds the main Tunnel Their is your old camp Ted , How far do we got
to go ask bobby not far, Stop the truck I want to take a look at the
Terrain Jim, said charley,
Here is that ranger Map Looking
at the terrain you see that area where the ranger station is
pretty steep now look at mikes old camp it flows toward the
small canyon now down by the main road that is blocked we
seen all those rodents it's on about same elevation as the canyon
below Ted's camp. I bet where Ted dumped that gofer is that could
be the place where that research lab was, Yea lets start their
Bobby said I agree said Jim I know that area I hunted all day over
their, But I did not see any thing, You weren't looking for odd
stuff Yea just that
big Buck, lets go charley |
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Breaker Breaker Charley are you their over,
Hey bobby grab the radio, Dianne is that you, over, Yes, Over Every
thing ok, over Yes nicos and and mike and my boys are alive Over, They
are, are they at the camp Over, No over we met a young Indian boy that
has seen them and knows where they are Over, Where is he now, Over
Here at camp Over, We are on our way ,Over and out, That's good news
They are alive. Hurry. I'm so glad my boy is alive, I miss him
so bad, we will get him back won't we Jim, yes bobby you bet
says charley
Their back. yelled halina as she ran to the truck grabbing
her papa nicos is a live Yes Yes ,we will find him,
now lets talk to that boy, Hello I'm charley and this is Jim and Ted,
and I'm Bobby My name is Linos, how old are you 17, where are your
folks? my mother died 2 years ago and my father is ill and his brother
has taken him to Seattle to get help ,When? 5 mounts ago. Tell us what
you know about the boys and where they are. I can show you. But we
must clime a mountain and cross a river and then we must travel up
stream for several miles and then climb up to the forest and you can
look down at sun set and see them being brought out side the
cave. Who is bringing them out? You must see. Ok said Ted Lets go!
Lino spoke is a days joinery their are no roads just elk trails and
rock. Ok We will leave first light said Charley, We must stay their at
night and decide what to do said Jim. I want to go said helina No It's
to dangerous spoke Lino, He is right, Lets get a good nights sleep and
save our families in the morning,
Charley was up about 4:30 am got the camp fire going,
put the coffee on and started heating a big pot of stew that he had
made early, figured every one should have some thing in them to start
the trip , He got in to the utility trailer and got out that jerky
they brought up Plenty for a couple of days. Jim your up? you to Ted
bobby and Lino are most likely still sleeping, Don't think so I heard
Lino leave about 4:00 Get bobby up, Hope he comes back, me too because
he knows the way to get their. Lino your back we got worried, I went back to my
camp I got this a while back from a truck that went off the road and
they left it. Let me see it, That's a Geiger counter. it works, Yea it
dose said Ted, I had to take a class on uranium in collage, Great said
Jim your in charge of the electronic gismos. also this was in their
some kind of key, here Ted your department. The girls are getting up
and bobby too Dianne are you sure you will be all write? Yes I
got a rifle, Beamer and Halina, Yea I can shoot can't I papa, yep.
Lets go we are burring day light Day Light said bobby that's moon
light. Load up good buy see you soon. said Jim.
Let me see that map you have Sir No it's charley, ok charley those
blue line what do they mean That's where I thought they might have dug
their tunnels, in those directions My father and ranger Larry were
friends, our Camp was above this blue line where it says 5000,
their is a lake to the south and large stand of pine trees, I seen many
of those animals their. We are going right here, see where you have those lines
meeting each other, The way you have drawn the lines it looks like you
have found the main tunnel their where you put the blue
x .see Yes, if you follow your blue line and up a little
from the 3000 mark, That is where I seen the boys down in a valley below.
Why did wait to tell us where the kids were? Ask Ted,
Their were some men here a 2 mounts ago and I told
them that I have seen big animals, and they said I was Lying,
and grab me and tied me up and
took me to their camp, I heard one man say we have to get
rid of him, I got free from the ropes and got away ,They shot at
me and tried to follow me, but they were too slow I hid and
watch for several days, They were looking for some thing, They
had a big truck with a dish thing on top that turned. Did the
truck have any markings on it? Yes the letter U.S. Jim Spoke up
I new it. the government has to be behind this. Charley then
said The letter that was in that Rangers jacket that we found
said they were doing experiments with nuclear waste and some
kind of gamma partials Bobby Said and kind of enzyme, and DNA
research It looks like it up to us to stop this, Well Lets first
rescue every one before we try to save the world spoke
Ted Your right let get those kids .
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Park here, Jim Get all our
stuff, bobby you and Lino go in front. Ted you keep a eye behind us
ok charley. Do you see that ridge? said Lino We need to get their
buy that set of trees. This is a pretty good elk trail. You no I
have not seen 1 elk or a deer, said Ted Bobby said we seen some mule
deer earlier, but that's it . Yes lino spoke up, the squirrels
and birds have been missing too, We found lots of dead fish in the
river. but I caught some live ones. some thing strange here that.
for sure Jim said, ' We got to stop and take a rest soon said lino
its just up a little ways and we will be on that ridge,. here we
are. Bobby where are you going I want to go over to those pine trees
and look around , I will go with you said lino. Come on lets go .
Their is that smell but not very strong, and look some tracks,
they go over here. look a dead elk, yes and a hole in it's head
like the wolf that Jim found. Look over down their! we are going
down to that Big rock them along that ravine and back to that ridge,
from their we can be in place to see your friends, Lets go back and
tell Jim about this elk.!! Jim Jim !! We found a dead elk with it's
brains sucked out How about it's feet Lino spoke up Yes It looked
like it had been caught in a trap and the elk had pulled his foot
out and ripped the sin all the way to the bone off same as the wolf
said Jim, Let go! Ted said, I want to see my boy nicos
as he grab his back pack, Slow down you boys Its Steep going down ,
We are old men, Lino laugh so is my dad, and bobby said their
so old they new chief Sitting bull ,Struck lino funny bone and
replied Like to see them ride a buffalo like old sitting bull did,
Jim got thrown off a horse last year and had to use a cane for about
a week acted like an old woman Lino and bobby just laughed and
laughed What so funny up their said Charley? and that just
laughed some more. I'm glad you came to help us, Me to you are a great friend bobby, and helina is very nice too, You like her don't you? No Just as friend,
and they started laughing again.
Here is the big rock, we will snake our way along this edge of this gully
them we will have to climb to that ridge pretty steep but we
can do it,. Jim ok said charley after about an hour they came
to a spot where rocks had slid down .Lino said another 500 yards and
we will climb up. when they got to the spot Jim said lets eat first
Every one agreed, that got out that jerky and cheese, It's good Then
Ted Had a surprise and got out of his pack a hole bag of Hershey
kisses, Lino had never eaten them But had no problem eating 10 or
more and bobby he keep right up with him, then they started up the
hill and about half way Ted said we need that rope , Lino took
the end of the rope and climbed up and tied it to a tree limb
about 100' ft up .They used as a guide for they were slipping
on the shell rock, They climbed over some more rocks, lino
showed them a trail and took it and came around to the top, Now be
quite and lets go through this thicket of trees, they came
through the trees and in front of them were a bunch of huge rocks,
so they went slowly towards them and their was a space between the
two biggest rocks, then just on the other side of them it was
flat like a table and about 15 yards wide so they crawled to the
edge and they look down to the bottom of the ravine and they could
see a big hole in the side of the mountain like a tunnel Their he
said they will bring them out here Jim Said Who will Bring them out
Lino said you will see. as charley looked down he ask lino
where do they bring them too Lino said right by that big rock about
200 ft from the entrance. they let them walk around and get warm I
think they are shivering . It must be cold under ground their Jim
said, Charley thought for a moment and said If we could get a
note down there do you think nicos could find it Yes lino said
yes I will take it their Charley said I will take it, No said
Lino I can get in and out, they will never here me I watch
your camp, and took a jacket off the tree and you did not here me,
That was you, why did you take the jacket. I wanted your dog to find
me , I knew he would follow nicos smell on it. I wanted to make
friends with him It's was lonely since my father left. Ok here take
this note
Be care full Give me that rope.
Look said bobby Their he is all most their, where
said Ted Their on the rope sliding down, That boy is good, charley
said You can tell this is his back yard, Their he is putting that
note on that limb buy that rock, give me those binoculars. look like
he is taking that red feather out of his hair and tying it to that
limb it it blowing in the wind Smart said Jim ma be it will catch
nicos eye Yea said bobby kind of like that glow tape. He's coming
back he is climbing the rope.
Where is he ? ask Ted bobby said it's harder to climb then go down
hill, I see him their he is he is moving like lighting
said Jim , Your Back Good job son , Now all we can do is wait , how
long said Ted when the sunlight reaches that set of rocks to
the west , They will come..
Chapter
10 They find the lab
The sun is getting closer to those trees Be quite
said Charley as they all were laying on their bellies and looking
over the edge,
What is that? Yelled
Bobby Be Quite said Lino
You don't want them to see us!
keep down!!! look they are huge ants, and they are
bringing some thing out what is it ? It's a man and their are some
more ants they are bringing out more people Look Yelled Ted Be
Quite Ted Get Down as one of the sentry ant turned and
looked up I'm sorry but it's nicos I don't think he saw us sad
charley Lino said their are sentry that keep the people from
running. and escaping. Their the ranger Larry spoke lino, that
must be mike Dianne's brother, and the twins Who are those other people? I
don't no said Jim, lino says their are ma be 4 more. that ant is
next to that branch, he is got to move, they are walking
around. give me those glasses, I think that the ranger sees that
note , He just stood next to nicos and then nicos turn and
looked right at it , They can't get to it that sentry ant won't
move, what can we do Do nothing , look the ranger is running away
from the direction of the tree, He must be trying to get that ant attention , its working it is after him and nicos is reading the note, He is looking around, he is tanking off his belt and holding it
up Look the flash Its His belt buckle he is signaling us, Good job Nicos The ranger
Larry is ok the ant just pushed him back with
the others and nicos too. We did it Lino we did it, Yea now me must
find that lab and the entrance, Lets go Quit now lamented Charley
, as he put his arm around Ted and He's alive .we will get him
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We must hurry it will be dark soon,
we are almost back to the truck and It's getting dark I cant wait to
tell every one nicos and mike and the ranger are all right halina will
be so happy said bobby, The truck now lets load up this
gear and get back to camp said Jim, As they pulled in to camp
Dianne and halina and of coerce beamer came running out of the trailer
Your back Your back we have been worried, Charley jumped out of the and
yelled We have seen Mike and Nicos They are alive. What said
Halina my brother is alive? yes we have seen them Dianne burst into
tears of joy I'm so happy and the twins Yes they were with them. You
must be starved I have a big pot of beans and , Halina broke in
and said we made muffins and a big cake for you gyes, then Halina
turned to Linos and said to you like cake Yes, O good I made a small spice cake with sprinkles for you, and bobby
started to laugh, I mean for every body, Linos smiled and said sounds
good, Jim said lets eat and try to figure out how to find
that lab. As they were eating their by the fire, they heard a
noise Charley told bobby real quietly, go get my rifle , its by that
stump be care full it's loaded bobby ran over and gave it to charley
then they heard a voice Hello Hello Don' shoot I'm Bob Tunner the
sheriff. It's the sheriff We been saved said halina, be quite halina
said Ted, Come on in sheriff , you can call me Sam ok Sam, and whom
might that feller be That's Rusty my dog H's a good looking dog and
beamer ran up to check him out, Rusty sit said Sam and he sat
right by his side as beamer tried to get him to play Rusty did not
budge, Jim said he looks a smart dog, Bobby said can I pet him sure
said Sam go rusty and rusty blasted right over to get petted by bobby,
beamer right on his tail Pet me pet me Bobby side I love you to
Beamer now settle down . Dianne ask Sheriff Bob, Hot coffee
Please I had a tough time climbing through that slide down below took
me most of the day, Are you folks all right? So far we are but
we have some family taken captive. Really Dianne came out and
said here is a big bowl of beams and some potatoes, Is that corn
bread, Yes sir Good I'm starving. Didn't I meet you and , and
Mike my husband down in town Yes but mike has been taken and the boys
too! and Charley told us that he had seen them alive today. Please help us, Come sit down and we will tell you all about it. said
Jim Good said Bob, then said Have you seen Larry the ranger up
here Yes said Jim, he is with the others. Come here son! aren't
you Chief living waters boy Yes sir Where is your father, He is
sick and in Seattle, Seattle for how long, 5 mounts, You been up here
all by your self, No The Dear and elk and eagle are my friends, You
are like your father and so grown up now I remember you when your
father would bring you to town with your grand father, What's his name?
Chief Sun Eagle, He new my dad , They used to trap together. and they
would take me and your father with them, I know this area just like
the back of my hand. We used to have a secret place by the river where
we would swing from a big branch over the river and drop and swim, I
know of it my camp is above it where the old log hut you and my father
built. It's still their? It's getting late Kids time for bed, where is
lino bobby ask halina he went in to the woods I guess to sleep. I hope
he is all right, O you think he's cute, don' say any thing I think
he's brave , Bobby laughed he will be all right he's an Indian, they
are tough, You should of seen him climb that rope after he scaled down
that steep mountain to get that note to nicos, he Did I'm so
happy, Good night bobby Good night Halina Sweet dreamssss As he
chuckled to him self. Sheriff Bob laid out his sleeping bag climbed in it and
rusty laid next to his head so Bob could use him as a pillow You could
tell they were long time friends. Sam scratched old rusty head and he
dosed off to sleep..
Early the next morning Charley woke up I better get up, I got to get that camp
fire going, As he came out of the trailer the fire was going and
there on one nee petting rusty was lino, Up early lino? Yes time to save
our friends, That's the sprit lino, I will start breakfast, the smell of
that bacon will wake up every one for sure. Sure enough Ranger Bob
said, as he was walking up to the fire Charley's restaurant is it open
yes sir Coffee Yes sir, That hot yep,
Stop rusty settle down all right
come here I scratch your ears, he likes that said lino. What kind of
dog is he? ask lino Austrian Sheppard
He sure is smart, Yes sir and has saved my life
many times, One time I fell in a river and hit my head and it
knocked me out and rusty dove in and dragged me to the bank
Saved my life for sure. I would like a dog like that
Yep Hard to fine one like him said Sheriff Bob In fact one
time a wolf came it to our camp and he got a surprise when old
rusty came out from the tent and slammed him right to the
ground, and ripped right in to him, Ran that critter right out
of camp. He is a great dog Come here rusty said lino I will call
you Rusty kobay, What does that mean? Ask bobby,
Fear no mountain. I don't know if he's that tough. I think
beamer could whip him said halina, laughter broke out and
Ted grab halina gave her a big hug ,Beamer would protect
you even from a grizzly yes daddy he would eat that bear, Every
one was laughing. beamer was barking and rusty just quietly sat
next to lino why lino was petting him |
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What so funny ? Dianne we were
talking about Bob's dog rusty and halina thinks beamer could
eat a grizzly said bobby, He could and beat up a mountain lion, as
halina grab Dianne's hand and brought her to the fire He could"
couldn't he. Yes he could sweet heart. Coffee Dianne ask Jim,
Please, I will get you some sugar as halina ran to to the trailer.
Ranger Bob ask what has been happening? So as Charley was telling
him he showed him the map Bob said Look right where you lines
are meeting together, that's is where the lab is. We were up their
And did not see any thing. Well I might be able to fine it, I know a
back way in to that lab , I watch them build it They brought in tons
of cement and steel I know it is in tack, it was a fortress. Lets
get our gear together Ted, Jim, bobby grab some of that jerky Bobby
lino you have to ride in the back Ranger Bob Commanded rusty Load up
and in a flash rusty was in the back of that truck before those boys
could think. Wow said bobby It's going to be fun keeping up with
that dog, Linos said he is strong.
This is where I drug that thing that was burring in our fire pit said Ted,
over their their is the edge that I pushed it over, Sheriff Bob
started to walk to the other side of that landing and starter up a
small hill, Jim said wait up as rusty was already at the top of the
hill. We will be right back boys Lets check out the area said
charley to Ted and the boy's.
Now see this back trail look out younder at
the base of those rocks is a back entrance to that lab, Now
let's walk back to the road where we
turned in to this landing

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Look at that slide to the left that is
the area where the front entrance was under that slide of
rocks Yea you would never know their was any thing their,
Where we were at on that hill you can see weigh back their
look right down the middle of that draw see the base of those
rocks. The back door

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Charley Come here you were right just like you said!
This is where the hub for those gopher are,
Sheriff Bob say's first as we get closer I will show you a
building that is full of
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They must be sick in the head
if you can nock that lock off, with that hatchet you have Linos,
I can split that lock one
slash, Wow said bobby that is sharp did you see that Jim? Yes. Give me
that light, What is this Bob? Its their dynamite shed, Now that's what
I'm talking about said Charley. Look at this Stuff It's the same
kind of explosives we used in the service Desert storm, I
was a demolition expert Well I guess your in charge of blowing up things
said Ted And see this ? This is a multi explosion switch You can set off
dynamite at 7 different locations at one time or one at a time with in a
15 mile radius It works like a CB radio the loggers use see the antenna,
Look how far it extends said Linos It's perfect bobby get that
pack over their and put this stuff on the table in it, this too and this
Lino you get that C4 and switch
.
and that fuse, see that package? that's for blowing open a door,
ok What is this some kind of sound device I guess I turned it on but
can't here any thing, see the needle is on 2 and when I hit this button
It jumps to 6.Turn it off and bring it.
Deep down in the tunnel, all of a sudden Nicos Jumped
up hey Mike what's happening? look at those ants, what's wrong
with them, I don't no It must be my dad they must be at the lab, What
ever happened the century ants did not like it. What are we going to do.
It's time to do some thing said Nicos, That mineral that we have been
scraping off the wall that glows get it Pat, no I'm Dave,. I can't tell
you a part .just get it. I know what happened said Matthew Your dad must
of found a sound gun ,that they used to control the ants, When we
were working here Nephi and I discovered what they were doing ,and we
said we did not want any part of their experiments, and they used these
sound guns to get the ants to bring us down here and lock us up, Nephi
said I'm so sorry that you gyes became captives. We had no Idea what the
government was up to. In fact I made a disk and hid it in a explosive
storage shed by the back entrance of the lab. Yes Yes said Matthew I
seen those guns their they must be by that back entrance. Nicos took off
his belt and said mike give me your belt, here is what we will do
Matthew and Nephi you get that big rock, it will take both of you to
lift it, Pat" Hello I'm Dave, stop playing around, Ok Dave you take this
mineral dust and throw it in the ants eyes, and when mike and I
will throw these belts at it's front legs, Ranger Larry you start
screaming try to keep it focus on you you two smash him in
the head with that rock got it, pat get the ants attention , How?
run over their as fast as you can right by us Whistle real loud
several times and then run. Pat Whistled and the ant got
real excited and he whistle again The ant acted like he could not
stand it, Nicos Yelled wait don't run yet Yelled every body whistle loud keep Whistling, Look He cant stand it , he is getting
confused, ok pat run and pat ran, the century followed right
behind him trying to catch him as he brushed by Nicos and Mike, Dave
through the dust right in his eyes, they had the belts tied together and
tripped the ant, as it lunged forward ,its front legs being being taken
out from underneath him He hit the floor right in front Mat and Nephi
they slammed that rock as hard as they could , direct hit right on that
critters head "THUD" that century ant laid motionless.We did it Be
Quite sheeeee we don't' the others to come. Now what Nicos , Here is
what we do we have about 3 hours before that other comes and replaces
this one We got to get to that lab where my father is We are right
behind you nicos lead the way Then Let's go said nicos.. First though
lets make us some weapons, break off that ants front legs and we can
make some spears, Good Idea Get that rock" knock off those pinchers,
here take my jacket said Matthew and take the zipper off and use it to
tie those pinchers on that Leg, Nice, Now make another out of his
other leg. Rip the jacket into long pieces Yea that will work said Nephi
.we can tie it perfect, look at is eye? said Dave, we knocked it's eye
out when
we hit it with that rock and when you look backwards through it It's
like night vision glasses I can't believe it, Nicos speaks up, I took a
class in school about, ants that how they see at night.
Get the other one, Larry said I got it Let's go.
As Charley and and Sheriff Bob got closer to the rocks Jim shouted Look a
trail It's hard to see but lets follow it ,Their said bobby a door We
found it It's locked Yes Before we try blowing it open, We might
alert the ants and gofers lets look around, bobby started around
the hill with linos soon they spotted a air vent I will go get Jim said
bobby , Hurry Jim we found an air vent, Lets see if we can get it off Pull Pull. Hold on said Charley get that rope and they doubled it tied
to the vent and wrapped it tight around a tree, now get a stick Bigger
They put it through the double rope and twisted it soon it got really
tight and started to pull the vent Off Got it I can climb down
that vent said linos and starter down, Hold on said Ranger Bob I found a
motor bike out behind that hill Some one is in their. Ok said linos I
will be careful and get that door open..
It was a tight fit, lions worked his way down, the vent ended into a
large vent where he was able to crawl on his hands and knees. It
came to an end their was a vent cover . He look through the vent
cover ,he could see a large corridor He got out his
knife
chipping on the wood frame and prying the screws out as he lifted
to vent off he hung down from the edge and dropped to the the
floor the cushion from his moccasins made no sound at all.
As Linos worked toward the back entrance he could see large rooms
of computers and tables , lab rooms with large windows, and glass
containers with some thing in them. He could hear a humming sound
in front of him like a truck engine running, as the hall
turned it opened in to a large room, with huge glass tanks he
hunch down and moved close to one as he looked in the tank their
was a huge ant suspended on chains in some kind of light bluish
green liquid. that had streams of bubbles randomly floating to the
top of the tank They were alive, he had never seen ants this
size by the entrance where they seen nicos, it had an eggs sack on
it, and eggs were coming out of it and flowing down a glass tube
to another room, What are they doing, he thought to him self. The
room had silent motion sensors in it that you could not see.
Linos notice a light started blinking , He was not sure of what it
was, but was moving Causley toward the huge door on the far
side of the room,
When The motion censor caught him movement it set off a alarm in a room
where the man that was on t the motor bike was He looked up at the
monitor and could see Lions, The man mover toward a button on the
wall and pushed it, Linos became motion less as a round cylinder
door started to open ,he could see down in to it a little
but it was a dark hole What have I done he thought. Then their was
some movement in the tunnel , What is it , its some large
ants but not like the others they were killer ants soon their were
about 5 ants looking for him Linos ran to where a
latter was attached to a tank one of the ants saw him and it
headed towards him he grabbed the latter and climbed , another ant
climbed over to the other tank and reached across like a bridge
and another ant ran across him and now was above him he was
trapped their pinchers were at least two feet long and they
must of been 9 feet in length. An ant hit him with his pincher as
is was trying to grab him ,He fell from the latter to the floor
below another ant and came across the floor, He jumped to his feet
and pulled his hatchet from his sheaf swinging at it with
all his might, the other ant that was on top of the tank ran
towards him Lions remember what his grand father had told him when
you are trapped by wolfs stay calm they cannot think as a man,
linos started to calm him self , he then ran toward the far wall
as the ants followed him He began to jump up and down as an ant
lunged at him he jumped up off his feet then buried that
Tomahawk deep in to it's head, as the other and came at him
he jumped and throw him self under the ant and and trust his knife
in to the belly of this ant ,the ant squelled out a loud sound and
it curled up, lions then slashed at another ant as he
was backing up to the door, their was the latch to open the door
Lino was yelling ants ants. Charley and Jim were prying at
the door to help lions they could here him yelling , lion grab the
latch as the ant grab him The door swung open and their was Jim
with that sound gun and he pointed it at the ant
charley was shooting at it ,The ant reared up and dropped linos
and started towards the it's hole, bobby took a shot at it and got
it in the head it dropped to the ground. Ranger Bob grabbed
linos are you ok yes he said I thought he was going to eat
me, Bob said Aw he would of spit you out. Linos laughed in
relief and said thanks, come on charley Their is a man it that
other room let's get him, Jim shot at the lock of the door and
and. swung it open yell at the man stop or I will shoot. The man
raised his hands up he was no fighter just a book worm of a man
ma be 5Ft 4 and 145 ld Charley grabbed him and said you almost got
that Indian boy killed , I'm sorry , You will be ,That's right as
sheriff Bob enter the room You are going to jail for attempted
murder. How do we get to our friends MR, Here let me close the
hatches and secure the ants and gofers from the main
corridor. follow it down and they are at the bottom look at
the monitor I see nicos wait their are some gofers by them ,They
must of got out before I closed the hatches You better hope they
are all right. as they started down the tunnel and you go first Mr.
As nicos and the rest were coming around a Connor, Larry said I heard gun
shots and just as he got the words out of his mouth Nicos
yelled stop he grabbed the eye their in front of them were about
10 gofers, we got trouble hurry turn around run look a door
yelled pat , hurry get every body in, We are trapped said mike.
the gophers were digging at the walls with sharp claws they were
breaking through the walls Nicos and mike were
swinging their belts and Pat and Dave were trying to stab them,
with their ant leg spears one got through and had Dave trapped
just then Matthew grab pats weapon and ran right at that rat and
plunged in deep into its side. more were breaking through they had
no chance. all of a sudden a dog jumped on top of a gopher and
started ripping in to his flesh Nicos could not believe his eyes,
he grabbed his belt and keep swinging at it's head as the
dog grab the gopher by it sought and blood starting
pouring out then the dog grab the side of another one and all of a
sudden a hatch flue through the air and into the head of a gopher
that was just about to rip apart Dave, then some one Yelled Get
down on the floor, as flash lights shined in to the room, get
down, and then gun shot rang out Bang Bang bang the gophers
starting falling bobby grabbed nicos and pulled him out of
the room and the others starting following him ,they were all out
and charley slammed the door. They were in the dark What just
happened said Nephi, Its papa nicos Dad Day You came for me
and they hugged Then all of a sudden lights starting coming on , I
found the main switch .Is this that dog that saved my life nicos
ask Come here boy You are sure Brave , What's his name said
nicos That's Rusty Sheriff Bobs dog. Thank you rusty Your a good
dog. Dad is Helina and beamer ok Yes son and Pat said is my mom
Yes Dianne is ok O good My sister is ok said mike as as heaped a
sigh of relief Hey MR get us out of here, said Bob, his name is
Clark he alright He's just a fool, said Nephi Well he all most got
nicos eaten by ant's You did your an idiot Clark, now get us out
of here said Matthew as Matthew smacked him in the
head I told you you were and "Idiot" Please I'm sorry I am
stupid I'm just afraid of my bosses, said Clark. Who are your
bosses ? barked the sheriff . Matthew said we will get him to talk
let get this placed closed down and get out of here. As they
reached the doors Clark spoke up all the files are in their, and
ledger books get them and Over here in here Stop I will get
it I don't trust you Clark said Jim My diary it tell ever thing
and names. even the names in Washington that authorized this
project All right Clark Said the sheriff We might not fry
you ma be just life in prison.
Chapter
12 We must
destroy this project They headed back
to the truck and grabbed Clarks motor bike. down the mountain they
went pulled in to the camp their was so much joy every one was
safe Jim started
to sing We are Safe
We are
Safe, in this Place, it's not by chance so let us Dance, can you hear it
ring as we sing. Jim shouted Don't give up your day job,
laughter broke out Beamer was barking barking and barking ,Halina was
twirling and Dianne was clapping her hands as she hugged her brother
mike, Sheriff Bob had a satisfied smile on his face and rusty next to
his side, his tail was wagging just a little trying to be serious and
then Lions yelled come here rusty and rusty flew toward him the started
wrestling with linos, and nicos jumped in and rusty started
barking happy, and beamer jumped in with halina and they were all
roiling in the grass, every one was so happy. Bob looked over to his
friend Ranger Larry and nodded, Larry nodded back to say thanks bob, Charley said lets get
those steaks out and have a feast. Bobby said yea! and corn on the cob,
Jim said I will help you Dianne, Hey you boys Go get plenty of
fire wood for tonight, Ted take my truck and keep an eye on the
boys will you? You bet. Come here Ted, Take a rifle with you Yes sir
Charley and the radio, don't go to far, Dianne yelled to nicos Take
these cookies with you. Matthew said now that is the cookie monster look
how fast he was to grab those cookies. I will go with you Ted said Nephi
come on, as they drove away Charley and the sheriff took Clark
down by the river and they started talking. Matthew joined them He has
known Clark for years.
Now Matthew said to Clark Why are you still here and where are the
others? Clark said that he was scared ,You remember Ralph
The man the
feds sent down here, Yes The crazy guy, well he has turned in to a
monster he altered the DNA of the ants We had breed them to be docile ,
well he added a DNA strain from a
African killer
ant, It changed their behavior, he build a device that could control the
ants and gophers, He got a couple of the scientist to implant a chip in
to them and he can control them when ever wants to, Where is he now
He is back at a second small lab that was build in secrete. they were
being backed by the military for a fighting solider and and gopher. Bob
jumped in, what were you going to do with these ants and gophers? It
started out to be where the government wanted to drop these gophers in
to the war zone and they would dig tunnels underneath the enemy so that
the army could get behind them , Then they started experimenting on some
large ants, They took a dossal ant breed And got the ants that took care
of the baby larva ,they call it the nursery, the ants don't fight they
watch the young, so then they trained the gophers to grab people without
hurting them and then take them to a spot that the ants could take care
of them .You know catch the enemy and put him in a contraction camp. but
only under ground. then they had to breed ants to feed the nursery ants
and captives which they did. and the ants would carry human food to the
captives from the military's feed stations that were under ground. It
was a great idea they seen where they could help places that had natural
Disasters where they could not get supply's in by truck or air Use
the ants and the gophers could rescue the people Perfect, Then every
thing changed one day a military convoy came to the lab with new plans
and testing equipment. and that is when they had the gophers take you
and your brother down in to the holding chamber or nursery, Matthew
spoke up I knew something was wrong! I intercepted a memo from a
satellite transmission to Ralph and it said their would be a second
team, Clark went on and said now Ralph and the other team designed
a killer ant and a fierce gopher that would fight with long tusks not
just for digging but for killing, Charley Said we found a dead wolf
with a hole in its head and its brains sucked out , yes that is Ralph he
traps wolfs deer and elk and takes an enzyme out of the brains of these
animals, he put it in to a mixture of DNA and I don't no what and it
caused the gophers to put out a awful odor, they
coated the chip before they implant it in the gofers so it won't reject
the chip, The ant's the chip did not bother them. We got to stop Ralph
said Clark I'm so sorry this has happened The government said if I did
not cooperate with them my family would pay. Let me take you to the
secret lab Ralph will be expecting me to be back tonight.
Here comes the boys back from getting wood. Sheriff spoke Lets see if we
can find him. Charley call Ted and Nephi and the boys over and
said here is the Plan. Mike you need to stay at camp with the
girls. Matthew you and I and your buddy Clark, we will go to that
secret lab and apprehend Ralph, Jim you and Nephi and Larry and
Ted, you go to the main lab, and start getting records and any
thing that's looks important that you can Make sure
those critters cant get out. Charley You are the demolition expert. You
take Nicos, Linos, and bobby, Try to go to the find the tunnels
entrances
and set some dynamite we got to contain these things, Bobby Spoke
up You remember what you said Jim about the gophers on the farm
about drowning them? Yea Linos Said Good Idea Your map do
you have it, It's in the truck, Nicos took off I will get
it, here Linos, Look Charley see their at the right corner Lake
Saree? Yes, That is
where the big gophers with the tusk were and the large ants, we could
blow up that big beaver dam
and the water
would flood those tunnels, Charley said if we blow up the other
entrances first and close them up The water would fill it up completely
Yes Lets do it Dianne Yells Come and get it steaks are ready ok lets
eat. This is sure good said Jim Humm good then Nicos said to his
dad, what's that smell is mom here? No, it smell like her
perfume,. It's you Halina why are you wearing mom's perfume?
because,,,, because those rat's stink ,I don't smell any gophers
right now, Ted said be quite Nicos, why? just because, dad why is she
wearing perfume? Then he look over at bobby and he was chuckling,
and then he look at Linos, You like linos don't you? Halina turned beat
red Shut up Nicos, and headed for the trailer, bobby said, be quite
nicos don't embarrass your sister Nicos started laughing, and
Linos just stood their and started to blush, You like my sister too
That's funny. And Halina yelled from the trailer Shut up, as Dianne
headed to the trailer to comfort halina, Jim said Looks like you got
your self in a mess Linos. Charley started laughing to him self yep she
is a love sick pup, Larry heard charley and said linos is to .Sheriff Bob
said let eat up got a lot of work to do. Every body got your radio, Yes
sir Move out,
Clark told the Sheriff, stop
here we can go behind this hill and hike up and be above the
secret lab. They started hiking up the hill and came to the top.
as they looked down at the the hill their was movement by the back
door .It was several gopher wit the tusk guarding the area, Clark
said he must know that you got me. and that I would cooperate with
you. He never trusted me. Matthew said If those gophers are hear
he must have of let some out. We got to warn Jim. Hand me that
radio Jim Breaker Breaker Jim, Jim here go ahead Breaker,
Jim, Ralph has let some of the big gophers out
over, ok copy that. Breaker Breaker this is Charley, Jim over, Yea
Charley Sheriff Bob just said that their are some big Gophers out,
over. Got it, we will be on the look out, over and out. Charley
turned and said we need those sound guns, Bobby said we need to go
back to camp and get them, Ted said I will go, Linos Said I
will go You need the truck here I can take the back elk trail and
I will ride the motor bike back, Can you ride, Yes my father's
friends had one and we rode it. Ok then Hurry, as bobby turned and
said hurry, Mike and the girls are in danger. down the mountain
Linos flew, Charley and nicos and bobby and Ted continued to the
lab.
As linos got closer to camp he heard some gun shots and
yelling, He climbed up a tree and could see this big gopher
carrying, It was Halina, his heart went into a panic beating out
of control, Halina he said to him I will rescue you, he slid
down and started running towards the other side of the raven, The
gopher was heading around the hill where it comes out to the
bottom, as he turned the Connor their was a rock he climbed on to
it ,he could see the gopher coming ,he got behind it and their was
halina is the jaws struggling and yelling Help Help me The
adrenalin in lions heart raged for Halina's safety as the rat got
closer, then he got his Tommy hawk out and lunged off the rock on
to the back of the gopher He grab the gopher flesh and started to
slash at the top of the gophers head, the gopher released halina
from his jaws an let out a squeal out from the pain that lions was
inflicting on him Linos yelled to halina Run Run as halina look up
and their was her hero linos rescuing her, He yelled again Run and
she came to her scenes, she heated towards the rocks, the gopher
then kept bucking and turning like a bull Linos was thrown
to the ground the gopher charge at him with those big sharp tusks
and teeth Linos rolled to one side and slashed at the leg of
the rodent hitting him in the knee, his Tommy hawk went flying to
the side, the gopher fell and linos lunged at him jumping on to
his belly and grabbing the tusk as he pulled the rodent head to
one side, Linos grabbed his knife trust his knife deep in to his
throat, the rat squirmed but could not get away from this young
warrior. as he laid dead Linos rushed to halina and grabbing her,
are you all right? yes as she was crying you saved my life and
squeeze him hard like a bear, He was so happy that he saved her
from that rat, Then they heard some more gun shot and around the
Connor came Mike and Dianne You saved her life yelled Mike as he
grab Linos Thank you Halina rushed over to Dianne and Halina
said he saved me he is my hero, Linos blushed and said I would
have saved any body But you could see in his eyes this was not
just any body this was Halina.
Chapter
13 Set the Charges
As they heated back to the trailer their lay a big gopher off
the trail Mike had shot it , and their were 3 other ones dead by
the camp, Mike explained how the rats surrounded the trailer, Mike slid
out the back window and came around the side gun a blazing one of the
rats knocked him down Halina and Dianne came out yelling to get the rats
attention, then mike jumped to his feet the one gopher grabbed
Dianne the other Halina as mike turned he could not shoot at the rat
that had halina for he might hit her ,he quickly turned and shot the
gopher that had Dianne twice in the side hitting the gophers heart then
Mike and Dianne ran after Halina, And Dianne said you know the rest of
the story, Halina just looked at Linos and sighed. Linos said where are
those sound gun, Mike said here is two of them Linos grab the motor bike
Said how do I start it Mike said here let me on it and got it
started , Linos Jumped on it as halina rushed up to Linos please come
back Be care full, Dianne yelled hold on and ran to the trailer
grab some cookies and gave them to Linos, Halina said I made them, Linos
said I will love them and I will come back to you and rode off. beamer
was barking Halina gave beamer a cookie and said He will be back.
Dianne agreed with a sigh, I hope soon, Me too
Linos rode the bike right to where Charley and Bobby were, setting
up some explosives by the back entrance, They had already set up
the
C 4 explosive in the front entrance Linos ask what about the entrance
that we saw the boys at, Nicos said I will go down the corridor and put
the charges at the end I have been down their, Bobby said I will go with
you. Ok here I got a big brief case out of the office, So charley filled
it with
C 4 and said set this next to the entrance and active this beacon so
that when we are ready I can hit the switch on this unit Ca BOOM!!! Be
care full. we will leave the bike for you and we will head up to the
lake Saree an set charges on that beaver dam So they took a sound device with
them and down they went Charley and Linos and jumped in the truck and
headed up the mountain.
Sheriff Bob and Matthew and Clark, with Rusty in the
lead Bob telling Rusty Be Quite Be alert, worked their way down
the other side of the secrete lab so that the Gophers would not see
them, Rust's ears stuck right up and he was looking right at the
lab with his nose sniffing They could here some loud Growls coming from the lab Matthew
said what is it Clark O No!! Ralph must of got him revived, Who?
Ralph had a wolverine and a grizzly bear sent here and was
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trying to put
the DNA from the bear in to the wolverine, and then some genetic altered
genes
from the warrior red ants And the wolverine collapsed and went into a
coma, I thought he died, this is not good. What was he going to do with it? He wanted to clone it. and so that the military would have a solider
that would go in and destroy any thing alive. in an area where the enemy
could not be over taken, Like a secret weapon including the gophers and
ants. Including any prisoners that they had captured .grizzly bears are
foresees eaters and would eat any thing dead or alive and their would be
nothing left to find. Then how would they get rid of the them? Ralph put
a chip implanted in it's brain and a homing device to get it to
return to their cages and then they could move them to their underground
facilities like the feed stations for the ants and prisoners. he
named it Jbar. Short for Jaw Bar, I watched him bite a steel bar right
in half. What are we going to do ask Matthew? Clark said I was
really scared of it and I took the chip and put a second code in it, But
the code that I put in it would not control it, It would shut down it's
ability to function. It would put it in to a coma, Sheriff
Bob Said good now how do we activate the chip? Their is the problem! you
have to reprogram the hand held device that Ralph keeps on him, Great
back to trying to get Ralph, with his new body guard .Yea Ralph
can control it to do any thing he wants it to do. that why you have not
seen many elk and deer, he takes it out at night to let it feed it
even eats birds It is a great tree climber. What about the sound
guns? ask Matthew. No they don't do a thing to it. Their is a window
behind those trees Matthew see if you can see any thing.
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That was Quick? I could see Ralph and his buddy
Jbar.Their must be something wrong with it ,It look like it was having
a seizure or something, Yes it's the DNA mixture that he gave it It
started doing that after he used the ant serum. He was using some kind
of shock electrode gun on it. Sheriff Bob ask Clark how do we get in. I
got a key hurry lets get to the side door, keep an eye open for
those rats out back , Clark open the door and they slipped in Bob told
rusty you stay guard, as they worked they way down the hall they could
see Ralph their by the table working on Jbar, Bob turned the Connor and
pointed his 38 long barrel at Ralph and said Don't move, Ralph
jumped and turned out of surprise, Don't move or I will shoot.
Jbar was startled also as he was starting to revive from his seizure, a
huge growl came from him as he lunged towards the sheriff as he came off
the table he could not get his balance Bob shot three rounds at him ,at
that moment Ralph turned and headed for an open door ,Matthew tried to
grab him but tripped on the wires that were strung across the floor Jbar
turned towards Matthew and was going to attract him, Bob could not shoot
,he might hit Matthew Clarke grab a chair and through it at the animal
and just as it grab Matthew by the leg with it claws Rusty in a full run
jumped Jbar right at Jbar throat who was still woozy from the drugs,
Ralph slammed the door and locked it, Clark could see him through the
glass reaching in to his pocket, and pulling a hand held device out as
Rusty was fighting with Jbar and was no match Matthew yelled Run Run so
they headed for the side door as they went out Sheriff Bob was yelling
at rusty come here come here Rusty turned and ran for the steel door,
Clark slammed it shut, then rusty turned and caught site of a big gopher coming right at them, He lunged forward grabbing and
biting the critter. Bob starting shooting at another gopher as it started at them, Matthew
got to his feet and was trying to grab his sound gun, the door was
being pounded by the Jbar trying to get out at them, He turned and
pointed the sound at the gopher that was now on top of rusty in a fierce
fight and pulled the switch instantly the gophers started to respond as
they turned to run. Clark said give me that gun ? Matthew threw it to
him Clark turned and was turning a dial just at the same time the
door started to bust open by the Jbar as he was trying to squeeze
through the door they all started to run up the hill the Jbar got
through the door and started after them He was fast, Clark put that
sound gun to another setting and pointed it at the gophers They
responded to the frequency and turned toward the Jar bar and attack ,It
was a fierce fight 4 gophers were trying to tear at the Jbar. The Jbar
grabbed one of the gopher and lashed at his back ripping him apart it
fell to the the ground as it jumped on to another rats back it started
ripping it's neck then another gopher rammed the Jbar with its tusk
another gopher rammed him as he was falling from the back of the other
gopher They were getting the best of him because he was still not
completely revived from the drugs, Just then Ralph came out of the back door, He
pointed his device at the Jbar , The Jbar turned back towards the door
He swung the door out wide so that the Jbar could enter The gopher
was right behind him and Ralph fired about 6 rounds from a pistol in to
the gopher slowing him down He slammed the door pulled down the lock Bar
and pointed the device at the Jbar controlling him back in to a cage. lab,
As the men were running towards the truck, Rusty held back watching for
any attackers behind them, When they got to the truck Sheriff Bob Yelled
come on Rusty, rusty dove in to the truck, Matthew started the truck
threw it in to gear and punched it sliding on the gravel road almost
loosing control Bob yelled slow down , slow down we made it ,Clark said
that was
close, we got to stop Ralph, as they got to the top of the ridge, Bob
took the binoculars and started scoping the side of the canyon, Look!!
Their is Charlie's truck now Grab the radio Matthew, Sheriff Bob
Said in to the radio Breaker Breaker Charley come on, Charley come
on ,are you their. no reply Come on back charley Come on, Then
Mike at camp herd the radio grabbed it Sheriff this is Mike over
Mike Over, Yes, Are you gyes ok sheriff over, Yes Matthew and Clark are
with me , Over We are ok, Linos was here and saved Halina from the
Gophers, over, Is Bobby and Nicos their No, with charley over. Ok Back
at you later got to find them , over and out. Ok Matthew try to catch up
with Charley, Looks like They are headed towards Lake Saree. Ok.
Jim, Nephi , Larry and Ted were at the main lab Ted said be
careful Charley set charges right their, and their, That's looks like it
will blow up the whole side of the mountain, That's the plan. Grab the
hard drives Their aren't any they must of taken them, Look I just found
this lap top, It must be Clarks and here is a hard drive next to
it and this drawer is full of videos and tapes, Grab them Help him Larry
,sure thing, Nephi said lets go to the inter lab, as they entered their
were rats and gophers in jars, on the shelves, several glass boxes
,thick glass like aquariums with huge ants floating in some kind of
liquid. Right here behind this wall Nephi hit a switch and the wall
began to slide open , a chamber of some kind ,It's must be where that
had ,What ? I don't no said Nephi ,Look at the teeth and scrap marks ,It
looks like something very powerful was trying to get out. Let me see
that hard drive , They went back to a computer by the area that they
found it , Try this one No won't fit, Here This is it ,Turn it on, Nephi
said lets see Clarks pass word is 4488dive no! It's his boats name
was divercraft, That's it we are in. How did you know that, When
we first started I heard him putting in his pass word, he would
talk as he typed, Ok Files Try search experiments, Ok
must be hundreds? try experiments Ralph. Good Idea, Click that
folder . WHAT IS THAT? some kind of bear no wolf no. Let me read down
It's a wolverine mixed with a grizzly bear DNA Is he Crazy Yep he is.
Where is it now? Get this stuff in the truck, those files too,
Lets Go We need to pull the truck up out of this canyon so we can
use the radio, Breaker Breaker Sheriff you out their over Is that you
Jim ,over yes over, You got to get out of their ,we could not
capture Ralf and he has some kind om animal monster in his power over,
We seen some files on it , over Go back to camp we are going after
Charley and linos, over, ok we are out of here over and out.
Nicos and Bobby reached the bottom entrance put the charges in as
they were headed back about half way ,Bobby look do you see that? yes it
must be a door to the outside and it is opening, Be quite What is it ,A
man and a I don't no what that is, What are we going to do Nicos? They
will come right by us, Yea lets hurry Maybe we can hide up the
tunnel where those gophers and ants are Yea right Well safer then
here Got a point their, I think they seen us Run Run, Ralph took out his
device and put it on kill the Jbar took off after the boys , He's
coming hurry, their is the door close it, As they enter the big
room their were hundreds of gophers and ants, looking at them The Jbar
was clawing at the door and big plate glass where you could see in to
the room The gophers were getting upset as the growls and pounding of
the door What are we going to do ask Nicos? Look climb on that ladder to
that rafters and slide towards that vent shaft as bobby was shimming
down the rafter he said where are you going Nicos I'm going to open that
door ma be the gophers won' t like him and ma be he will attack them
, Nicos dropped off the rafter and got behind the door, un locked it and
the door swung open and slammed Nicos into the wall behind it as the
Jbar rushed in no way Nicos could not get away Bobby starter
yelling up here waving his arms up here and whistling loudly The
Jbar looked up and lunged towards bobby but the rafter was too high, He
jumped again as he fell back to the floor he caught nicos jumping
towards the ladder and headed towards him ,Nicos grabbed the rafter with
his feet dangling the Jbar jumping and catching his boot with his claw
almost knocking nicos down ,Bobby keep screaming the Jbar jumping
again, Nicos was loosing his balance and .I'm going to fall he
yelled Just then the fell he hit the floor and slid under and
behind this counter that was in the Connor The Jbar jumped up on to the
counter slashing his long arm and claws down behind the counter hitting
nicos in the arm Nicos screamed , bobby started yelling louder trying to
get the Jbar attention but he was fixed on Nicos, the Jbar
hit the cabinet with his strong body and he grabbed it with his big
teeth and jaw and ripped the cabinet in half their was nicos no place to
go He new he was going to die. All of a sudden the Jbar was slammed in
to by a huge gopher and then another gopher rammed him Nicos started to
move towards the latter the Jbar was coming after him fighting off
the gophers, nicos grabbed the latter the Jbar grab him down as the
Jbars teeth were heading at nicos head ,He could not believe it a
huge red ant with it's huge jaws grabbed that Jbars head and pulled it
back with nicos cap in its mouth inches away the and began flinging the
Jbar around shaking it's head like a dog shakes a rope 3 other guard
smaller ants attacked him and then a gopher rammed the Jbar right
in the belly lifting it up including the ants that were still biting the
Jbar , Nicos grabbed hold of the latter and on to the rafters sliding
down towards bobby that had gotten the cover off the vent here take my
hand and pulled nicos in to the vent they crawled about 200 yards and
came to a steel grate they turned on to their backs and started to kick
the grate off, They climbed out and started to run Nicos yelled to bobby
this way the motor bike they reached it jumped on it and fled down
to the main road. Bobby jumped off the back and said now what ?We got to
head up to lake Saree Bobby jumped back on to the bike Nicos gunned it
doing a wheelie Yea hoo yelled bobby faster, as they road up the road,
as they were getting closer to the lake they could see the trucks, they
pulled in, Sheriff bob said, It's the boys are you all right?
yes, where is Charley setting the charges on the beaver dam, I see him
Look at the size of that beaver dam never seen any thing like it,. as
Charley and Linos got closer Linos said You won't believe
what we saw It must of weighed 300 pounds, What? a beaver
That' s why that dam is so big I guess,
Bobby and Nicos told what happened Bob said we need to get every
one to high ground All of you go back to camp and try to get to the 5,000 road
remember when we went down to see if we could get through
the main entrance and we could see those Gophers on the side of
the hill Well just before you get to that place you can go left and it
will come around to the top of the mountain above camp, That's right
said Jim ok Bob said Charley and I are going to set off the charges and
try to safe Ralph Why! He tried to kill us , We will let the Law
fix him. and beside we need to make him talk. What else has he
created Look at that beaver said Charley.
Chapter
14 Down the drain As every body reached camp they were all a
buzz about what has been happing ,Halina yelled your back your back and
hugged everyone, yes including Linos. who this time hugged her back. as
he softly spoke I'm glad you are alright.
Jim started to hook up the trailer, No don't hook it up It won't pull
that hill, you are right Ranger Larry. Just load the blankets and
gear in to the trucks and we got to go. Nephi said look everyone I
grabbed a bunch of stored food from the lab , Must be 20 boxes of food,
yes beans canned cake, carrots, meat and also a box of candy, It's the
new army rations. Good! ok stay behind us, you take the lead
Larry, Mike Ted you get Dianne and some of the kids, Hurry, come on
beamer get in said nicos I'm riding with Dianne and Linos said Halina,
Nicos said under his breath who would of guessed that and then he yelled
back at halina ,don't for get your perfume ,She just ignored him, But it
was in her back pack. There is the turn, they traveled up about 4
miles
We will be at the top soon around six or seven more turns, It's steep
said Dianne, yes but we will be safe up here. good said Dianne to Mike
Sheriff Bob and Charley parked the truck at the cross road to
the lab, quietly worked their way up to the back entrance door. Charley
put his ear to the steel door he could here movement in side. then he
heard the latch on the inside of the door release, he grabbed Bob and
they turned an ran to a big rock that had a few small trees
in front of it, The door opened and Ralph set down a pack and then went
back in, a few moments later he came back with a case that looked like
like a small glass case. Hold on Charley Said Bob in a whisper. let him
shut the door first, as Ralph turned and shut the door. Sheriff Bob stood
up and pointed his gun right at Ralph Don't Move Ralph, Ralph turned and
seen them ,he turned and began to run Bob shot two rounds just above his
head and yelled the next one will be right in the middle of you, Ralph
came to a stop Drop that stuff and put your hands up, He did! now
turn around, Bob said to Charley hand cuff him Charley took the
hand cuffs that bob hade on his side and secured Ralph's hands.
Where you headed , Your going with us. Charley searched Ralph and found
a hand gun in his belt and a device in his jacket .Look Bob It must be
that device that he controls that animal. Good we got you Now get to the
truck. What's in this foggy glass container ? Don't open it yelled
Ralph What's in it Bob Grunted , Please don't open it Charley grab it be
care full, When they got back to the truck they tied Ralph feet and
hands to the back roil bar. and secured the glass case by putting it
into a cooler in the back of the truck. The Sheriff said time to
blow this place to Charley. Head up to the ranger station we will have
good line of sight. Call Jim on the radio! ok Jim over Jim you
there over, yea over, we are going to blow the beaver dam over, ok
bombs away over, ok over and out. As they got their They grabbed Ralph and headed up
the stairs of the look out I can see Lake Saree said Bob Ok hit
that button Charley Charley took the Explosive multi switch and hit the
button of the tunnel where they seen all the young Gophers down below
where Mike and Halina and the rest had gone up high on the mountain Ga
Boom they could here it go off below them, Nicos yelled They blue up the
entrance look below Yes it completely cover it, with rocks and
trees, Then another explosion to their right way off in the distance it
was where they first found the whole where nicos was taken close by
where the dead wolf was, Another explosion , Bob said that's where you
seen nicos alive in the cave entrance, yes lino got nicos a note to him.
Ok now blow up that beaver dam Here Goes Ga boom Ga boom Ga boom three
charges went off you could here it for miles then as they looked towards
the lake they could see the water moving but not going down the side of
the mountain like a river it was flowing right down into the cave,
We did it ,will see said Bob. As they watch from above Dianne said look
water is trickling out of the rocks It must be working Sheriff Bob
got out his field glasses and started to focus on the area where the lab
is but could not see any water, Charley got on the radio called Jim
,over Jim here over, Can you guys see any thing over just a little water
coming out of the rocks over Ok we will head in that direction in
a couple of hours over ok we will hold tight over ok over and out.
Three hours had gone by and Jim got on the radio Sheriff Bob over, go
ahead Jim over you won't believe this but the gopher entrance that
is below us just burst water running down the mountain like a
water fall and river
their
are hundreds of dead ants and gophers every where. their is all kinds of
boxes metal tables equipment with it. Bob yelled You did it charley you
got the lab Charley was jumping up and down and laughing yes , Bob
said to Jim we will head in that direction soon ,over and out.
Sheriff and Charley with Ralph a gained tied up in the back
headed to wards the secret lab, Sure enough it had water running
out the doors Charley said lets blow it up so nobody can use it
Good idea said Bob Charley went in It was totality washed out
mud and debri every ware he set the charges, got back to the
truck, Ga Boom That's done now to the main lab. They got to the
road where the main lab was and Charley took his device and at the
same time was going to set off the charges that they put inside by
the front door and back entrance early. Charley turned to the
Sheriff you want the honors? Yes sir Charley said hit both buttons
at the same time Ga BOOOMMMMM Rocks cement water
went flying 200 ft high completely destroyed that lab. Let's get
back to the others Let's go Bob.
Look Linos, bobby and Nicos yelled as they were standing on a hill
above camp, It's the Sheriff and Charley! As they got out of the
truck every one gathered around hugging each other and laphing and
patting each other on the back even Rusty starting barking beamer
was jumping all over as halina was trying to calm him down Soon
those rusty was standing quietly next to Sheriff bob, Dianne said
to Bob He sure is a wonderful dog. She bent down and said rusty
come here but he just stood by bob and would not move. then she
pulled a cookie out of her pocket and rusty could not resist Bob
whispered a command to rusty go ahead she is a nice woman. so
their he went Dianne started petting him as he chewed on that
chocolate
chip treat, Bob look at Dianne and said look like rusty has a new
friend, And she walk over and pored a cup a coffee and
offered it to Bob with a cookie Bob said softly thank you Dianne.
Dianne and mike had cooked a bunch of that army canned meat
and vegetables from the lab and started feeding every one. the
kids already got in to the caned cake and candy ,The boys threw
some more wood
on the
fire.ok lets bed down in the tents, we can all fit and then in the
morning we will try to get the the canyon to the main road ,
beamer climbed in to Halina's sleeping bag, Linos and Rusty
and the Bob bedded out by the fire taking turns watching the camp
just in case.
Chapter
15 Finally safe in Red Bluff
Good morning That coffee smells good Jim what time is it 6:30
good Dianne what are you doing ? I'm making a big fruit bowl and
pancakes , Big ones? Charley, Dianne turned and their was
rusty What want a cookie here boy. You are going to spoil that
dog, Sheriff Bob sad go ahead,
he has done a
good job for us , sure has said bobby and Linos agreed, How long have
you boys been up Jim said they are the ones that got the fire going,
where's Nicos Sleeping with beamer I thought beamer was with
Halina , Think those cookies Nicos got last night had
something to do with it. You heard that didn't you rusty beamers eating
your cookies. Dianne said don't worried boy I got a pocket full for you.
Just then Bob said I thought they were for me Dianne, Well get up I got
pancakes for the big boys! Coffee Bob, black is good ,Hot, you bet Thank
you Dianne. soon every one was up Charley and Ted jumped in to the
truck and said we will check out the road below Bobby jumped in the back
rusty right behind him then linos grab the side of the truck and swung
over the edge landing on bobby they laughed and down the road they went.
Nicos came out We got any hot chocolate Yea look in those army
rations their is some Hershey powder, and powder milk.
It wasn't long and they got to the road where they could see the
valley and the main road below, over their where the water ran down
, It looks like it cleared a path for us
see right
from the cave entrance, down the mountain then it
pushed those big rocks to the main road. Lets get the others
.Ok
lets go.
We can get down Ted told Ranger Larry Charley said we got plenty of
rope from your look out if we need it. Pack light little water and some
cookies, grab that first aid kit the radio we will be able to reach my
office in Red Bluff when we get to the main road and up around Casper
pound. They headed down the mountain ,they tied ropes together and Linos
and Nicos would go in front and tie the rope off where it was steep
,they would all hold on the rope and then do it again. That was a good
Idea Nicos said Bob with the rope Nicos said, that's how we learned to
work as a teem at our summer camp. Look at all those dead gophers and
ants, Don't tough them just get around them Matthew was carrying
the cooler with the glass tub in it, and Nephi had Ralph tied
by a rope on his right arm with hand cuff attached on his belt and
to the rope on his arm keep him from lifting that arm any higher then
the rope they used to hold on to to get down the trail. They reached the
bottom to the main road and started walking ,soon they got to dry creek
and about a mile further it was Casper pound as they turned the Connor
Sheriff turned the radio back on hoping he still had enough battery
life, Breaker Breaker Red bluff come in Red Bluff come in over,
Sheriff is that you said Marry, Yes over, Where have you been? we have
been worried sick about you over, Is Tom there over, Yes, over Get him,
Bob , where are you over, Tom bring the big van the patty wagon out to
Casper pound and pick us up over, patty wagon who is us?
over, a bunch of hunters and their families. Ok I leaving right now be
their in 20 min or so over, Bob out, Who's Marry? sheriff ask Dianne,
she runs the hardware store and is the school teacher "O" said Dianne.
She is the wife of our preacher "O" said Dianne with a slight grin on
her face. Bob just nodded nice folks.
Sheriff Bob and Ranger larry were looking down the road when they
seen some vehicles coming It was several police cars the
Patty wagon
with all its lights flashing, and about 10 cars behind them and honking
their horns as they pulled up to the sheriff, He took off his hat and
said It's half the town. Every body was happy, two of the officers
grabbed Ralph and put him in a squad car and put the cooler with the
glass cylinder in the trunk, Clark put his hands up Bob said no he
is ok and charley said your right ,he can go with us, most of the
friends from the town made every body jump in their cars Tom said
no body is going to ride with me in the patty wagon Nicos said I want to
can I turn the siren and lights on Yes sir get in, as soon as he open
the door linos and bobby jumped in with him Tom said That's more like
it, Lets lead the way, Sirens blasting and lights a flashing the boys
for a moment forgot all the things that were happening. Here boy grab
the radio get Bob on it.
Nicos grabbed the radio Breaker Breaker Sheriff Bob you got your
ears on over, I do said Bob over Tom grabbed the mike we will go
to the Hospital lobby and we can get you folks checked out I radioed
ahead to them and they will be waiting for us. as they turned in to the
parking lot their must have been the other half of the town including
old Sammy the barber. Hey Sammy said Bob. Just thought you might need a
shave , Yes sir and a steak and a shower, Well I can wait on the shower
Jim Yelled No way you need a shower. Ok Man It's good to be home.
Ted went in side and got to a phone and called Kristy to see how her and
the twins were doing, Darleen ,Kristy's friend answered and said that
she was at the hospital and she might have the babies early. Ted said
tell her we will be their as soon as we can. My truck is up on the
mountain Don't worried said Peter I have a 4 seated plane I use to
bring our mail and in with we will fly you to Port Angles and you can
get a flight to Settle. Ok be out at the airport say 2 hours and I
will ready to go. Ted got Nicos and Halina over to the Hotel where the
folks of Red Bluff had set up a place to shower and get a bite to eat.
beamer right behind them. Every one else got checked out by old
dock Fredrick, who by the way is also our vet on the weekends and
emergencies. In fact he gave rusty a tetanus shot, He had a pretty bad
gash on his rear leg from that critter he was fighting with. He loved
old rusty In fact his dog Cappie is one of rusty puppy's
well Grown up puppy.
They all ate and seen Ted and Halina and nicos off , Linos just moped
around like he had lost his best friend.
Next morning they all met at the sheriff office and wrote down what
they had seen and heard Bob told Mike and Dianne and the Twins they
could use the car out back to get home and they could bring it back
latter. Charley went down to the used car lot in town and worked out a
deal for a van.
so
Charley and Jim and bobby were ready to go home Jim ask Loins to
come and stay with them Just for a while and he would drive him up
to see his dad in Seattle and if his Dad was better he would bring
them back here,. Linos said I don't want to be a bother .Bobby
said you won't I will take you fishing and their are plenty chores
to do, and then whispered Halina just lives a few towns away. I
will work and stay in your barn, Well we will see about that,
Bobby's mother Sara loves kids and can she cook apple pie, Matthew and Nephi got on the phone and called a government
friend that they could trust, his name was Torry. He told Matthew he
would drive down and get him and Nephi and Clark that what happened down
their was just the tip of the ice berg, They also told him that they had
a glass cylinder from the lab. Tom had locked up Ralph in the jail
house and was standing guard, a sleep on Bob favorite chair feet on the
table and a twelve gage double barreled scatter gun, Rusty was right
next to him, wide alert, They called rusty their 4 legged deputy. would
put a hat and badge on him during the towns parade during rodeo days in
July. Bob was out at his place to get a little shut eye before
reliving tom and the jail, when woke up to a loud knock, He grabbed his
45 and open the door all of a sudden a light shown bright in to his eyes
Drop your weapon said the voice This is the us military .Their must have
been 4 jeeps and a truck with ma be 12 fully armed marines, what do you
want ,Drop your weapon No I'm the sheriff, then he heard a sound he was
familiar with being an x Marine himself, it was the sound of an M
16 slamming a round in to the chamber,. All right he laid the gun down .
two marines grabbed him and loaded him in to the truck. Where is Ralph
Hamilton ,Who Don't mess with me ! The man you brought down from the
mountains. He is at the Jail They drove to the jail, Rusty jumped
up and started barking Tom flew to his feet and glared out the window,
could not believe his eyes , Open the door commanded the Captain. Bob
Yelled Barricade your self in, Don't give him the prisoner, one of the
marines smashed him in the gut with his rifle barrel and he bent over I
will kill your sheriff right now grabbing the sheriff and pointing a
fire arm at his head ,then we will blow up this town , We mean business.
The sheriff yelled let the prisoner go so tom got Ralph out and un
hand cuffed him Ralph walk out the door Put him in my jeep Now
where is that glass cylinder? What Cylinder said Bob as a marine smacked
him in the head with his gun barrel I will kill him ,where is the
cylinder It,' in the back storage room Two marines burst by
him and into the storage room they came out with the cooler a Load up
and the Marines left. Tom rushed over to bob yelling get the doctor,
Fredrick was coming down the street get him to the hospital hurry for
bob was bleeding pretty bad from the gash on the right side of his head.
As dock was fixing his wounds, Nephi Charley and Clark came in the the
room. Bob said they got Ralph Was it a captain real big gye? Yes
they must of have wanted him and that cylinder, Matthew said I
only talked to Torry about Ralph and the cylinder. They have most likely
have had our lines bugged for a long time I remember their were new
lines put in by the phone company last spring We never thought any
thing about it. they said it was just an up grade of service, they
did run new lines past Casper pound. Now what? We wait for Torry to get
here he has a high official that he trust with his life Senator
Patrick. Ok we will wait. Later in the afternoon I got a call from
the airport and they said a military helicopter was landing it
must be my friends, Bob grab the truck and we went down to see,
Yes sir it was Torry Come on and we headed back to the hotel
and went in to the dinning room Marge had a private room in the
back. We order lunch and started to tell Torry all the things that
were happening. Lets take a fly over and look at that road and
slide ma be I can get a military road crew to open it up. Ok so we
headed back to the airport, The chopper had been refueled and was
set to go. as they flew over the slide Torry could see the huge
gophers and ants He flew real close to them. and turned to Matthew
. This is where they developed these but they now have them in the
war zone .Just no way to get close enough to their operation to
learn exactly what they have Pretty scary. No said Nephi
That not scary It was the wolverine and Grizzly that they mixed
DNA together a fighting machine a real killer critter
soldier. That's what Ralph was doing and they also have some thing
in that glass case .Did you see in it. No it was sealed and that
marine captain got it .That's not good, Ralph must be working with
them I think so. Their is the old lab Wow You blew that in to
smithereens yea and the other lab too. Let's head back before it's
dark. said Matthew Wait swing up to Saree lake as they got
closer They could see that something had the dam half rebuilt. Fly
in closer Look at the size of that beaver no Beavers They are
dragging through the water a 150 ft long tree. I wonder what else
they have mutated. What's in that glass cylinder? Torry said we
got to find out.
Ted and the kids were just arriving at the hospital in Seattle, as
they entered what floor are you looking for The baby floor
said Nicos Halina all grown up said the maternity ward, That nice
sweaty 3rd floor turn right. they headed to the elevator 3rd floor
their is the nurses station We are looking for my mom, What's her
name Kristy she is having twins. O Kristin she is down in room 34
and are you in for a surprise , Are you the father? Yes Ted.
Hurry down their ok as they turned the Connor room 34 ,they walked
into the room Kristy yelled my babies your safe, Ted looked and
then took a second Look an turned as white as a sheet. Halina said
it's triplets Kristy said 2 girls and a bob Nicos jumped up
and down I got a brother yea Ted was speech less mouth wide
open, Kristen said your more of a man then I thought, And
Ted said theirs the proof. He was proud and gave the babies a
sweet little hug and Kristen a kiss I love you she said. How is
beamer, He is ok and halina ask how are my ferrets? and eggie?.
still in the bathroom
Jim and the boys arrived at the farm and a few days later Jim got Linos up
and said lets go see your dad, they drove to Settle and got to his
room .My son My father Chief living water I miss you so much
are we going home. One day we will I must take some medicine and
get better and we will run with the wind. Please get better my
father. This is my friend and I'm staying with bobby and his
mother on a farm I will wait for you father. Jim spoke He is in
good hands his friend is bobby and is his same age they have
horses and good fishing we will let you rest and call you every
day I promise. father I will be here so we can return to our camp
.your a good son..
As the winter passed and linos and bobby were in school summer came and
the fall leaves were here, Halina is learning DNA research and is
top of her class, Torry was working with Matthew and Clark with
Nephi to infiltrate the captains military operation. to try and
stop this madness Dianne wrote to Sheriff Bob, and he has went to
visit with Mike and
Dianne out on their ranch several times They have all became good
friends Linos write short reply's to halina letters, and
check the mail box in town almost every day. Bobby has stayed
close to Nicos
It has been
about a year since all this has happened Halina received an
email from Torry who is a good government agent. I need your Help I heard from Charley that you
have done quite well in your class on DNA research Their is no one
that I can trust here at our lab, I need you to see if you can
Identify this strand of DNA Ma be at your small lab
Nicos was telling me about. that You
can't tell any one. I will have bobby and Linos come visit
you and they can bring it to you. I don't want to send it in the
mail it has to keep 10 degrees above zero. Please destroy this
Email .She replied to him Everything is good here I can do this.
Torry received her reply, He thought to himself is this the end of
humanity or can we stop them before they destroy us?
Chapter
16 Devious plans Back fire Halina got up in the morning and Ted had the day off
, Kristy was asleep with the babies. a knock at the door . It was Bobby
and Linos Ted said come in we have not see you for at least a month,
Linos said we been cramming for finals at school, I heard you were
studying Genetics. Yes and Halina got me interested in DNA. Halina came
around the Connor through her arms around Linos I have missed you ,did
you get my last letter ? yes Hi Bobby You are getting prettier every
day, and where is beamer? Their you are come here boy. good dog
.They all went in to the kitchen Halina was cooking her mother some
breakfast. Bobby said smells good. I got lots of bacon and eggs
and I'm making waffles.What are Waffles ask Linos? You will see.
Bobby said their the best. Nicos turned in to the kitchen, yea if she
could cook! Nice to see you gyes, Halina said you were coming. They
started to talk about old times ,Ted said got to run ,see you gyes later
, Halina asks Linos, How is your father? He said he is much better Jim
got him in a assisted living apartment in town, The doctors said that
his condition need to be medically monitored 24 hours a day. But he is
walking and sleeping good, He loves
it their has many friends. They love his stories. Our tribe received the
mineral rights to Grotto mountain. Good jester to the area Red Bluff is
now growing. My dad and I now receive our Indian rights check every
month, It pays for schooling and my fathers care. and we received a
large amount at first. I put in in to savings ma be for a lad some day
Sheriff bob has four deputy's now. and wants to retire and settle down,
Halina said I talked to Dianne last week and she said he had spent
several days with Her and mike, I bet the get hitched said linos. Oh I
hope so said bobby I like Bob.
They finished breakfast and went down stairs to
Halina small home lab that Ted was helping her fix . This is
nice, Papa is very good at design and look at those computers and
that lab equipment My dad got them for me. and redesigned
them for the new technology of DNA research Their was a fire at
this collage that he was doing some computer work for, and they
had a fire in the lab, So he traded some work for most of it ,They
got a grant for new stuff for their new lab. Pretty nice. Come on
Nicos said bobby lets get those boxes that Torry sent And that
cylinder. Bobby and nicos returned with several heavy boxes, What
is in them ? Here is a note
for you Halina!
Open them Look at this stuff It must be worth Millions said
Halina, Linos laughed and said this genetics computer is perfect,
Look at all these Data research disk We got lots of work to
do. Well you and Linos have lots of work to do Come on Bobby Nicos
said lets go ride my new 4 wheel Grizzly bear The new one
Yep the 480-ZX turbo and off they went. |
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Ted got home and help the kids
set up their new equipment, This is the latest high tech stuff their
is. Linos said the government always buys the newest, best and most
expensive. look at this small cooling box ,it goes down to 65
below zero Wow Even the cylinder that he sent you has a battery
operated cooling system in it here hook it up to that out let
must be some kind of liquid oxygen around the inside of the cylinder
that when you recharge it and the batteries it activates and keeps it
cool. Sweet Now lets get to work
The Military operations header by the Marine Captain was under way in a
small country that had several rebel bands that were warring each
other. They pick the most powerful tribe The Gardeekus and said they would help them
to take over power the Dunggee tribe They brought in the head rebel Kantar
of the Gardeekus and explained
what they would do, they provide new trucks guns, clothes packs boots,
and food for their people and provided lots of cash He agreed,
that was a little over a year ago and the operation was in full swing.
They were now implicating their new weapon that Ralph and some other
military scientist had developed. So far the Gophers have dug tunnels
under the enemy lines and were taking prisoners underground to the
holding chambers where the ants were feeding and guarding them. The
emery Rebel tribe could not figure what was happening to their men
.They were disappearing A
great success . But the Captain wanted more he did not want a bunch of
prisoners to feed and care for .He was a man of war His thinking was
get rid of the emery for ever.
A convoy flew in to the base operation where the Capitan was. They
brought Ralf and several military scientist down an elevator about
1,500 ft down. a small carrier vehicle picked them up an it traveled
down a cement and steel corridor. Came to a stop and we entered a set
of huge steel doors. On the other side was a room a command
center. The Captain Reached out to shake Ralph's hand Good to
see you! Got The Package? Its on is way down Good. lets get you to
your Quarters and after dinner we will get started.
Cat
Face |
Here is a photo of what we have done
We took a Cat Face Spider DNA and put in into a Trap Door spider The
solder spider can run trap and it drag it's pray deep in to its hole
and eat him and remember his hole is about 14 ft deep A buried enemy
is hard to find. |
Trap
Door |
This solider Spider we call them ( Eaters )
Eaters that a perfect name .Lets get the eaters to the field
and see how they do.
How do my men control them They are harder to control then the
gophers but we have a chip implanted in the first lawyer
of the skin .We tried it deeper but they would not
respond to the electric pulse. Then we put in just the first
lawyer of skin and they think it is the out side danger and
then they responded like if it thunders means rain get to
cover or vibration like walking they can feel it
and respond That is where the trap door spider is good
he can feel the vibration of his pray We used the Hind legs
DNA of the cat face to give him the ability to run and jump Ok
then |
Solders |
Tomorrow let's release them said the
marine captain. Good job Ralph Ok we start early. How many
do we have? 16 weigh about 95lb
about as much as a saint Bernard but 20 times stronger.
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The captain loved the reports that
he was getting the enemy was disappearing The only problem
was the Eaters did not hide like the gophers and the eaters
came out during the day where gophers were night critters Like the
captain said Doesn't matter they will think spiders are doing it
not us That's what i call a secret weapon.

Back at the Helena's lab they have been running test on the DNA
that Torry sent them Linos had been up most of the night when
Halina came in with some coffee Linos said Their is just
something I'm missing. Halina started one of the computers
up that calculated known DNA and you know ma be we have been
looking at this the wrong way. Ralph used Gophers and we have been
searching rodents I was focused on the beaver The beaver said
Linos . What about the ants ,Yes maybe he is using Bug DNA
what kind of bugs? Halina clicked on another program and
started running it , she typed in some information for types of
bugs the area, elevation of Grotto mountain. it was scanning the
DNA at a rate of 4,000 clicks a minuet Then it stopped They looked
at the screen and both of them said at the same time spiders,
Halina said spiders what kind The computer could not give
them that info, Linos said We have mixed DNA we have to call Torry
for Help. I will call right now she dialed and got a recording
,Linos said Don't say any thing just what he told you to say on
the note. Ok Hello Torry I miss you, and she hung up. they started
looking at some types of spiders in the area on the internet their
were hundreds in that region. The phone rang, Halina grabbed it
Hello, It's Torry , We got a hit on the DNA It's some kind of
spider, What kind of spider? We can't tell we need more equipment.
Ok Torry said I will call you back later today Remember this is
Top Secret Ok we will wait. Linos and Halina were excited they
work on it all day
The phone rang Hello Halina answered, It's Torry I talk
to Senator Patrick He said He wants you and Linos to come to a
private military lad. It has every kind of computer their is and
we have several private Scientist that are civilians .and
some good friends of yours Matthew and Nephi .Is Ted their?
Yes I will get him. Ted It's Torry Hello Torry , Halina and Linos
they have broken the DNA sample But we need them to come stay at a
private location for more research Senator Patrick has ask me to
ask your permission. You all will well compensated. What will they
need ask Ted We will provide every thing they need and you have my
word nothing will happen to them. Yes sir You got me on your side
Torry could hear in the back ground Linos and Halina jumping up
and down with excitement. We will pick them up in the morning .And
how is Kristin and the babies? Their walking and they act just
like Nicos. He has been teaching them the moon walk What never
mind you have to see it Next summer when we have are reunion again
.That's right It has been almost two years all most. They will be
ready, Later. They arrived at the Lab It's so nice to see you kids
said Matthew. You rember Clark he is with us He didn't lie
His family was threaten and we been getting messages from
some one warning us about what was going on at Grotto mountain
It was Clark, We just didn't pay attention on the problem like we
should have. How did you get this DNA ask Linos Matthew spoke up
Charley you tell them. Torry has a friend that worked with all of
us at Grotto Mountain and He left with the group of
scientist when they closed the lab down He started being concerned
about the things Ralph was doing, He called Torry and Torry had
him keep quite and then The Marian captain contacted him and ask
if he would help them to continue the research from the mountain.
So we have an informant since He got us this sample to us .Their
were only a few that new what it was, But now we know. Thanks to
you kids Lets get to work and figure out just exactly what the
military has.
three weeks had gone by Linos and Matthew gave Clark a sample that
they had been working on ,He put it in the incubator and the next
morning it was moving could not quite figure what it was yet but
Friday morning it had grown in to a spider and weighed about 4
ounces by that Monday it had reached 25 lbs They moved it in to a
large square glass container the size of a bed room in the middle
of the lab. They put some rats in the cage and it devoured them
instantly they brought in a live roster and it killed it and was
starting to eat it
with in another 3 days, the spider was up to 95 lbs, The threw a
full size wart hog in the cage, they wanted to see if it could
give some resistance to the spider with it's tusk. It
devoured in in about 2 hours. What a hideous weapon the army has
created. 12:30 on Friday. Torry got a call from Senator Patrick
What is going on I got a call from General Billings He is supposed
to meet some Marian brass and a few other 4star Generals to
fly to some country to see the new secret weapon that will change
the way we conduct war? Torry said we have duplicated his
secret weapon The way he altered the gophers and ants, He has been
doing a test run with them in some country, only He has introduced
a 100 lb killing spider as a weapon Spider you say Is he crazy yes
sir we are working as hard as we can to learn more. Well I'm stuck
right now I don't out rank some of these players and I don't no
how far it goes up the chain Just find a solution. Yes sir said
Torry.
The Generals arrive at the air base The Captain in his best uniform
meets them Welcome You will be proud .Let's see what you got said
General Billings Yes sir. We will head out to the war zone main
military camp. In the morning we will fly you over the area and
you can see it in action.
They arrived at the camp You three Generals can stay is these quarters,
This is nice, just like hotel on the in side and military building on
the out side. We were preparing for your stay with us. General
Billings your quarters, Pretty impressive. This Better been worth
the money. O yes sir! You will be impressed.
Bang Bang Bang a gun shots and a loud sound of fire from a m50 machine
gun
General Billings came to his feet What is going on? several flares
went off then warning sirens It sounded like we are being
attacked. He glanced at his watch 3:00 in the morning. He looked
out his window and it was was like daylight with all the flares
lit
He look over at the Marians Generals barracks and yelled what is
going on
what
are those? They are attacking the generals. One of the spiders
drug out a 4 star general then another one men were firing at the
trees the Spiders nothing was stopping them the spiders over
took many of the solders and all the generals in their quarters
The firing stopped, you could here some firing in the
distance as marinas were chasing the spiders soon a silence just
people yelling medic medic .General Billings flew in to the middle
of the camp Their stood the Marian Captain he grabbed him what
have you done?. What have you done? I don't no what has happened,
You better find out you are responsible for those Generals. The
Captain ordered a helicopter pilot to fire up a bird and get the
general out of here to the safety of the main base. As the General
chopper was in the air ,the captain assembled some of his men
.What has happened why are those spiders attacking us .Sir the
controlling devices were not working they would not respond at
all. They are functioning perfect just would not control the
spiders.We could not stop them.They could hear some more gun fire
in the distance The captained order Kill those spiders, All of
them. Yes Sir. As it got morning they could see that their losses
were heavy many men were missing.
Chapter
17 Nature solves the problem
The phone line at the pentagon were jammed What's is going on? No
ones knows! Senator Patrick Called General Billings on his private
line You need to come see me. I have some of the answer that you
want. I have all ready consulted with the President I
will be at he capital in the morning. See you then
The General arrived a little past 9:00 and met with Senator
Patrick, He could not believe this Who authorized this? Patrick Said
that some one was working directly with the Captain, Who? We are not
sure .Just then Patrick secretary entered and whispered to the senator
Their are 2 Marian Sergeant Majors here Bring them in. as they sat down
Senator Patrick started to tell them what he knew. General Billings said
we will get to the bottom of this .Just then The President entered they
all came to their feet At ease boys. We got a problem. An ambassador of
Dungee has called a special session of the UN about being attack by a
member nation. We have a teem trying to calm him down, We have to work
fast You have what ever you need now get to it. Yes Sir. The the Majors
left. Patrick told General Billings about the lab that he was working
with , The general said you get them on this and use us how ever
you need, I am taking a company of men to secure the area We have
already had The Marine captain arrester. They have a lab some where
General You must shut it down. We will find it, that captain will talk
we got methods . Good. After the general left Senator Patrick called the
lab where Halina and Linos were He talked to Nephi and said he was on
his way, gave him a little detail and said I will fill you in when I get
their.
Patrick arrived at the lab , They all were going to met in the
conference room. They showed him the Spider that they had .You are
kidding What were they thinking? They sat down all the scientist
and Halina and Linos. We have got to stop these spiders they are
powerful and move swiftly They over ran that out post with in
minutes. They were trying to figure it out Morning had pasted and it was
later after noon Linos and Halina with Matthew were working on some
formulas but nothing. frustrated. Halina cell phone rang It was
Nicos, What has happened ? On the news their was something about a bunch
spider that attracted a military base. Halina told him some Detail
and she said that the men that were in charge of the spiders said that
the spiders were not responding to the chip that they had implanted in
their skin. Nicos not really thinking said their skin? Theirs the
problem spiders shed their skins don't they. Yes said Halina Hold on,
Yelled across the room, Matthew spiders shed their skin Da
Matthew said the chip was in the skin and they can't control the spiders
because they don/t have the chip any more. Bobbie was on the other line
and said Halina I got an Idea What ? I took a class in Entomology,
In What? Study of insects, O yea , Well their was a wasp that ate spiders,
Yes you are right I got to Go I will call you later, Thank you I
love you gyes said Halina, She called a meeting with the other scientist
and told them what they learned Ma be we can stop these spiders ,We
could drop these wasp in the area where the spiders are. Nephi said we
can put put some wasp in with our eight legged friend. and see if they
will eat them Yes Senator Patrick said I will make a call to our
research lab and they can locate some wasp and get them here. Great
The Wasp arrive and
they put them in the case with the Spider.

It
was working |
Senator Patrick Called General Billings .
Send us some trucks with some containers for the Wasp,
It's
Working |
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Now to get rid of the wasp Put those birds
that we had sent to us from the area that the spiders are from,
in the spiders cage. They are eating the wasp Nature takes it coerce
Problem Solved And we have learned don't mess with
nature
,That's for sure said Linos
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The General also had some Weapon Designers come and they designed a Air
gun with a tank that would work like a flame thrower that could
through wasp in stead of flames Perfect.
Then the trucks arrived and took the wasp and throwers to the air base and
off to the war zone.
Senator Patrick was able to get ambassador of Dungee to his office We
have to work together to remove this threat. you must talk to your men,
and we will provide you with the equipment that will stop these spiders,
He was still upset How could your country do this to us, having our people
killed for your war fare research We have done nothing to you.. You will be compensated You have my word on it.
The truck arrived and they loaded up the containers
with the wasp, The military had a large transport plane ,loaded the
equipment and fresh troops. they landed and unloaded they cargo to
choppers and headed to the main area where they last sited the spiders
it
wasn't long till they had the spiders killed and they piled them up and
burned them. But secretly One of the chopper crews Under who's orders?,
took one of the spiders It was not dead but almost. is was paralyzed
from the stings of the wasp. and took it to a place where a truck was.
They loaded it up and took it to a private small airport where they put
it in to a solid steel container and on to a small private cargo jet.
The news of the success of the spiders being killed and the area secured
reached Senator Patrick who now was back in Washington. He made a
private phone call to the president and informed of the success of the
mission. The president told the Senator that he would like the ones that
brought this disaster to the attention of the authorities to be brought
to his office So he could personally thank them. Senator Patrick had
Nicos Halina Bobby and Linos flown to Washington They were so
excited ,they got off the plane and they were taken to the Royal villa
hotel in a Black 6 door limousine. After lunch they were taken to
Devon's exclusive boutique, where Halina was outfitted with a beautiful
sleek suit from chenl The boys were custom fit with Botney 500 suit with
a silk black tie. Linos came out of the dressing room and Halina said
Wow is that you Linos He blushed and walked up to the full length mirror
I never thought I would have clothes like these Look at you Bobby said
linos as Nicos was standing their looking like a million dollars and
they started to all laugh and giggle.
They arrived at the white house and entered in to the lobby at were
sitting on the most beautiful furniture they had ever seen very nervous
Senator Patrick entered Well if it isn't the heroes of the year. Welcome
The President will see you now. They enter the room The president stood
up and walked up to them and shook their hands, and said It's good to
meet such fine young people The future of mankind stands before us. We
are honored for your services . Halina spoke up No thank you for letting
us meet you, Bobby nicos and linos said thank you. the visit was not
long for the president had to attend to important business.
Senator Patrick had arranged for the kids to go on a tour durning the
rest of the day Then he met them at a 5 tar restaurant and the ate
Fillet minion and lobster and imported, shrimp from Mexico. He gave them
each a check. to show the country's gratitude. Give this checks to
Matthew and Nephi. and one to your father Linos and your father Nicos
Yes sir. and Nicos. Halina I had some Boxes of Lab equipment that the
President felt that would benefit you and all of us, Like he said, some
times with the right equipment you can become a provider of good. Halina
was speechless.
On the flight back Halina said to Lions You know their is enough
money between you and I that we could open up our own lab. Nicos herd
Halina and said we want to help to and Bobby agreed. then Bobby said to
nicos and I going to get that new all terrain 4 wheeler, me too as nicos
nodded off to sleep.
Bobby Adventures
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