Message-ID: <48981asstr$1093421420@assm.asstr-mirror.org>
X-Mail-Format-Warning: No previous line for continuation: Wed Aug 14 16:30:23 2002Return-Path: <lzalezac@yahoo.com>
X-Original-To: ckought69@hotmail.com
Delivered-To: ckought69@hotmail.com
X-Original-Message-ID: <20040825025530.53046.qmail@web60401.mail.yahoo.com>
From: Lazlo Zalezac <lzalezac@yahoo.com>
X-ASSTR-Original-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {ASSM} JC:Oscar Meyers I-09 (mf mm)
Lines: 772
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 04:10:20 -0400
Path: assm.asstr-mirror.org!not-for-mail
Approved: <assm@asstr-mirror.org>
Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories
Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d
X-Archived-At: <URL:http://assm.asstr-mirror.org/Year2004/48981>
X-Moderator-Contact: ASSTR ASSM moderation <story-ckought69@hotmail.com>
X-Story-Submission: <ckought69@hotmail.com>
X-Moderator-ID: gill-bates, dennyw
Dear Reader,
This ends Part I of Oscar Meyers. I shall return to
posting the next part of Ed Biggers. I hope that you
enjoy them both.
Lazlo
=====
Lazlo Zalezac
http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/Lazlo_Zalezac
http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/Lazlo_Zalezac
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
<1st attachment, "desert-09.txt" begin>
Oscar Meyers
Part 1: Foo Fighter
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2004
Chapter 9
Oscar noticed a plume of dust on the horizon well outside of the
training area. He watched it move and then stop. The medallion
flared hot against his skin. His stomach clenched as the hairs on
the back of his neck rose. As the dust started settling, he shouted,
"Georgia, break radio silence. Get everyone back to camp right
now."
Without asking any questions, Georgia got on the radio and started
broadcasting the message. Once she had told everyone his orders,
she called back asking, "Why?"
"Tell them it's an order from me." He reached into his pocket and
pulled out a flare gun. He shot it into the sky to get everyone's
attention. He went back to the Hummer where Georgia was
repeating the message to another group. He got into the drivers seat
to check that it was fully operational and said, "We'll wait here for
an hour before heading back to camp. Anyone that gets here in
time will have a ride."
He opened the back of the Hummer. Under the normal bed of the
Hummer was a hidden storage well. From that, he removed a
number of rifles and clips of ammunition. After putting a clip into
a rifle, he handed it to Georgia and said, "Get rid of the toys. We're
going live now."
She stared at him in shock as she asked, "What do you mean?"
He answered, "We have the real thing six miles away from us. I
want you to take a couple of these guns with you and hide up the
side of the hill a little ways. When any of our guys show up, I want
you to call them up to you and give them a gun. I'm going in the
direction the terrorists are coming from. I'll hold them off until it is
time for us to leave."
She looked at him and frowned, "What about you?"
"I'll be fine. Don't worry. You're talking to Private Foo."
She laughed softly as she turned to follow his directions. She knew
that when it came time to do battle there were very few groups that
could stand against him. That knowledge made it easy not to argue.
Oscar went off in the direction of the dust plumes. He hadn't even
gone twenty meters away when he disappeared into the
surrounding landscape. Even though she understood how he did it,
she watched amazed at how quickly he could hide himself.
With her extraordinary skill in hiding, she found a small
depression and sat in it with her cloak around her. She blended into
the rocks and sat still watching the horizon for signs of movement.
One of their people slowly worked their way to the Hummer. She
whistled softly and he turned in her direction. He climbed up the
hill, correcting his course by ear until he was beside her.
She spoke softly, "There are terrorists in the area. Use this gun, it
shoots real ammo. Hide yourself and watch for the enemy. Don't
shoot our guys by mistake. Oscar is out there searching for the
terrorists and will be coming from that direction."
The man answered in a whisper, "Will do."
He moved thirty meters away to a rocky area and settled himself
for the wait. Georgia studied his position and decided that he was
hidden enough not to attract immediate attention. She moved her
eyes to study the area around the Hummer, noticing the dust plume
on the horizon. Concerned, she watched to see if it was coming
closer. It wasn't moving closer and it wasn't moving further away.
It looked like it was circling their position.
Another member of their party crept into the area. She smiled
when she saw that it was Colonel Lettieri. She whistled softly and
watched as the Colonel came straight to her position. She stopped
about ten yards away and sat down hiding herself. Georgia called
over to her in a soft voice, "We have real terrorists in the area. I've
got a gun here with real ammo for you. Get it and then hide
somewhere to cover a good area. Did you notice the Captain?"
The other woman called back just as softly, "Yes, I did. I didn't see
him until I was about on top of him."
"Good. Oscar is on the other side of the Hummer looking for the
terrorists."
The Colonel climbed up the hill, pausing slightly to get a gun and
continued up. An observer would have thought she just stopped to
catch her breath. Her pass by Georgia was intended to keep her
position carefully hidden. Georgia smiled at the knowledge that her
friend had learned some lessons better than any of the others.
She noticed two dust plumes of trucks heading towards the camp
from where the Hummers of the other groups had been parked. She
nodded as she realized what that meant. As she processed the
information around her, she realized how much she had learned
from Oscar over the past five months. She sat there watching the
environment, knowing well before anyone even showed
themselves that they were coming. More of their people arrived at
the Hummer. She did a count and confirmed that all six trainees
had gathered there.
Oscar came around the hill and blew his whistle. Everyone stood
and went to the Hummer. Oscar joined them there and opened the
door. They all climbed into the Hummer. As soon as the doors
were closed and a headcount performed, Oscar floored it and
headed straight to the camp.
When he got to camp all of the other trainees were waiting for him
outside the command center. Oscar stopped the Hummer outside
the center and got out of it followed by the others. One of the men
waiting called out, "What's going on?"
Oscar stopped and turned to face everyone. He answered, "We
have real terrorists coming into the training area. I'm going to hand
out real guns with live ammo. We have five teams in training.
Three regular army and two special forces teams. The least
experienced team is regular army. You guys are going to guard the
camp today and tomorrow. The second least experienced regular
army team will also stay here to guard through the nights. Each of
you will change guard positions every hour."
Oscar turned to the others and said, "You will join me in the field.
We'll leave tonight. The moon is new, so we can use a Hummer to
get to the hills. Once there, you will each take a region of the
training area and watch it. I'll move across the whole area. When
you encounter the terrorists, take your time. If you don't get a
chance for a good clean kill of all of them, then don't attack."
Georgia sat there listening to the instructions. She finally asked,
"What about me?"
Oscar answered, "You are in charge here. Make sure that everyone
is alert. Provide coffee and enforce the rules."
One of the new men objected, "She's a civilian sir."
The Colonel turned to the man and said, "She's also the best fighter
here, with the exception of Oscar. Obey her and you'll be safe."
Oscar smiled and opened the door to the command center. He
commanded, "Folks, get in line to get your guns and ammo."
Georgia went in with him and helped hand out the rifles and
ammo. It was a slow process but everyone was appropriately
armed by the time they were done. Once the newest team had been
armed, Georgia took them out to the perimeter. She put five people
to watch, keeping the sixth in reserve. He was to replace the person
in the first position in an hour. The person in the first position was
to relieve the person in the second position. The person in the fifth
position would get an hour break and return to replace the person
in the first position.
Oscar was busy at the map with the other teams laying out a grid
identifying the area that each person would be responsible for
scouting. Oscar pointed out weapons caches that he had established
throughout the area in case terrorists entered the training area.
There were three weapons caches in each area.
A general plan for dispersing the people along their entry points
was developed. Oscar would drive each team along the hills
slowing down long enough to let individuals out of the Hummer at
different points. Each individual was to move inward until they
reached their area to watch.
He told the assembled group, "Everyone get some rest, because for
the next few days you wouldn't get any."
One of them asked, "How will we know that it is all over?"
Oscar answered, "I will fire three flares separated by ten minutes at
sunset. Use the darkness to return to the points where you were
dropped off. Be careful in how you move, because there may still
be lots of bad guys in the area."
The meeting broke up. Oscar went outside and joined Georgia as
she watched the horizon. Several more dust plumes were appearing
far to the east. She turned to him and said, "There's a large amount
of movement out there. What do you think it is?"
Oscar turned to her and answered, "I think that our first few
graduates have really upset the terrorist organizations. They have
come here to shut us down."
She looked at him with a question in her eyes. He clarified,
"They've been very busy taking out camps all along the border.
They've accomplished more in the past few weeks, then the army
has done the entire time that its been here in a peace keeping role."
She said, "So they are doing well. That is good to know."
Oscar laughed and pointed to the horizon where another dust
plume had appeared. He said, "There's another group. They must
be doing very well. Of course, that makes us a logical target."
He turned to Georgia and said, "After this is over, I might need to
let loose some emotions."
She smiled at him and replied, "You mean my warrior is liable to
come home ready to ravage me?"
"Exactly."
She cooed, "I'll be waiting all ready to be ravaged."
He laughed and said, "For now, we have to rest. It is going to be a
long time before we can rest properly."
The two of them returned to the command center and took a nap.
For a change, it was a rather tame time spent in bed and the hours
passed all too quickly. The sun set and the soldiers met in front of
the command center. Oscar came out of the center and went to the
Hummer. He commanded, "First group, get in."
The men climbed into the Hummer. When they had all entered, he
pulled out of the camp. He drove without headlights and took a
twisting path to the foothills. He occasionally stopped and then
continued. When he reached the foothills, he paused about every
half mile, not quite coming to a complete stop. At a few of those
times, a man would exit the Hummer while it was still moving.
Once the Hummer had been unloaded, Oscar turned around and
headed back to camp.
He arrived at camp and stopped outside the command center. With
an hour to kill, he went to the mess hall and got a cup of coffee.
Georgia was there with the guard that was on relief. He sat down
as he said, "The first group are off. I need to give them another
hour to move into the next position."
The soldier said, "I watched you out there using the night vision
binoculars. I could see you slow down, but I couldn't see anyone
get out."
"Did you see anything else?"
"There are very minor glows on four of the hills. They went out a
little while ago."
Oscar nodded and then said, "Four separate camps. There are
probably more of them out there with better discipline."
They sat there for a while enjoying the coffee. The soldier looked
at his watch and stood up as he said, "My turn back on watch."
Georgia replied, "Keep your eyes open."
Oscar watched him go. He turned to Georgia and said, "I think you
should consider joining the Druids. You are good at this."
She laughed and answered, "I'll become as randy as my sister. You
wouldn't like that, I'm sure."
He smiled and remembered her sister with fondness. Every time
that Georgia mentioned her sisters sexuality, Oscar thought back to
his first time with Jennifer. He said, "There are worse things that
can happen to you."
"That's true. Of course, you might like me to be a little more
randy." She smiled and hugged him. She knew that he was nervous
about the students performing alright. The two captains had not
made much progress in their training and still complained each
time they were shot in the back.
He looked at his watch and said, "I have to go now. I've got
another run to make."
She kissed him before he left the kitchen. The latest relieved
soldier came into the mess hall to get some coffee and stretch his
legs. They passed at the mess hall door. The man coming in asked,
"Is the situation that bad?"
Oscar was about to make light of it and then realized that wouldn't
be a good idea. He stopped and told the man, "We have a lot of bad
guys out there that will kill us the first chance they get. Just
remember, you have to pull the trigger first."
Oscar went out into the night to ferry more people to the hills. He
made four trips total before parking the Hummer and entering the
hills himself. While the students were covering the training area,
he was to explore the region surrounding the training area. It was
only an hour before sunrise and it was necessary for him to get
some distance away from the Hummer and find a spot to spend the
day.
The sun rose as Oscar watched his surroundings. He was in a good
location to see any traffic moving into the training area. He started
when he heard explosions behind him. The explosions were
followed by gunfire and then quiet returned. After fifteen minutes,
one more shot rang out. From the pace of firing, he knew that one
of his people had already found a camp and taken it out.
He looked in the direction of the camp. After half an hour, there
was no flare. The instructions were that if a person was wounded,
they would call into the camp and a flare would be fired. That
would let him know that he was to move in and rescue the person.
He relaxed and watched his environment.
A few birds that he recognized as rock doves flew away from an
area not too far from him. He took note of the location and
watched it. The lack of further movement suggested that it was a
natural event. There was an off chance that a guard had moved into
position and was now waiting and watching. He would know if
there was a guard change by further disturbances in the area.
Hours passed and he took a short nap. He was startled awake by a
series of explosions. They were followed by short bursts of
gunfire. The exchange seemed to last a long time and he frowned.
It suggested that the initial attack had not been very successful. He
listened and waited. Movement caught his eyes as a person came
over the hill in front of him to look around. There was a final huge
explosion and Oscar smiled. They had hit the ammo.
He watched the person on the hill turn and leave. He knew that he
wasn't far from a camp. He heard the sound of an engine starting
up and smiled to himself. They still hadn't gotten fusion powered
trucks. The engine sound traveled for miles in the quiet desert. The
truck came into view and headed in the direction of the last
explosion. He watched it go, not wanting to attack it and give away
his own position so close to the camp. Thirty minutes later, he
heard a single explosion.
He smiled to himself. His people were halting all movement of
trucks through the area. Throughout the day, there were random
explosions throughout the training area. He listened to each one,
pleased at the lack of return fire. He knew that meant that most of
his trainees had learned their lessons, but he still worried about the
two captains.
Sunset seemed to take a long time to arrive. After sunset, he took a
half an hour to eat. He was eating two meals a day now and
conserving his water. He watched and listened before moving from
his location. He took his time and moved slowly. It took him four
hours to cover eight hundred meters. As he moved closer to the
terrorist camp, the wider his eyes became. It was huge with over
two hundred men there and very disciplined. There were no lights
of any kind, but men watched the surroundings carefully. He
definitely wasn't going to be able to sneak into this camp and scout
around.
He moved away to go to one of his weapons caches, realizing that
he was going to need a lot more firepower than he was carrying
with him. He went to the weapons cache and retrieved a number of
explosives and grenade launchers. He made several trips setting
out explosives with trip wires along routes that the terrorists would
take to get out of the camp. He set out stores of grenades and
launchers at four different sites.
He made one last trip to the weapons cache and retrieved four
mortars and eight shells. He worked until well after sunrise setting
up the mortars, taking great care to set up the mortars outside of
the sight of the lookouts.
After his preparations were completed, he stopped and assessed his
situation. It was not good. He was definitely outnumbered by the
terrorists and he wondered if he should get a couple of more people
to help him. He swallowed as butterflies took flight in his stomach,
but the medallion around his neck gave forth a reassuring sense of
warmth. He dropped the mortars into the launchers, one at a time.
It took two minutes for him to fire all eight rounds. The sound of
explosions hurt his ears.
He stood up and ran around the hill to the first site where he had
set out the grenade launchers. Men set off the tripwires as they left
camp to search him out. He fired the grenade launchers into the
camp as best he could. Once that was finished, he moved further
around the camp to the next site where he had set up a store of
grenades. He fired all of the ones at that site, listening as gunfire
went off in every direction.
He left that area and moved to the far side of the camp. There were
continued explosions around the camp as more men tripped the
booby traps. He settled down behind the camp and watched the
activities within it. There was a lot of activity around one of the
tents. Several men came out of the tent and got into a truck. They
looked like they were very important judging by the number of
people that surrounded them. Several other trucks were loaded up
and the whole group pulled out of the camp in his direction. He
picked up the grenade launcher and took out the first truck and the
one containing the important people.
Shots were returned in his direction and he scrambled over the hill
to blend into the background. He moved as fast as was reasonable
to about a kilometer away and stopped. He watched the
environment around him for movement. Satisfied that he was out
of sight, he took a very short nap. He woke after an hour to the
sounds of explosions far away. He smiled and considered the
amount of damage that had been done today to the terrorists.
He waited another two hours and then started making his way back
to the camp. Well before reaching the camp, he stopped and
watched the activity. There was significant excitement as men
scoured the area looking for him like ants swarming around a
hotdog dropped on the ground. There were at least seventy-five
terrorists combing the area. He was still a good distance away from
where they were looking.
He waited until sunset before returning to the weapons cache. He
pulled out two canteens of water and attached them to his belt. He
loaded up on eight more mortar rounds. With care he carried them
to a location far from where he had fired the mortars that morning.
He set up two mortar launchers and then waited. He had one more
hidden pile of grenades and one more location from which to fire
upon the base.
He paused thinking about Georgia back at the camp waiting for
him, wanting to be there with her than here. His thoughts were
disturbed by the sounds of distant gunfire. There were no
explosions. He immediately thought of the captains and their
continued insistence on trying to take prisoners. He took a couple
of sips from his canteen trying to assess how much water he had
left.
He started firing the mortars. Two launchers and eight rounds
meant that it took him close to four minutes to fire all of the
rounds. The bases were extremely hot to the touch. He slipped
away and moved to the grenades. He fired them into the camp
aiming at every location where there were three or more men in a
group. He fired into a tent that seemed alone. That was followed by
a huge explosion as he hit a munitions store. A second tent
exploded as well, apparently set off by the first explosion. Running
out of grenades he dropped the launcher and moved to his final
firing site. It took him five minutes to get there.
The camp had organized itself to respond to his attack. He
estimated that they had about fifty men that were capable of
responding. He took aim and started firing. Three shots at each
moving target. When there were only two shots and a click, he
would put in a new magazine. He went through several magazines
shooting at everything that moved.
He was down to his last magazine and pulled back. The darkness
covered his retreat back to the weapons cache. He loaded up with
magazines and took stock of what remained. He had used all of his
mortar launchers, perhaps foolishly. He was out of grenades and
had several hundred rounds of ammunition left. He covered the
hole with the rock and left the area.
He returned to one of the sites that he had used the night before.
He moved carefully checking to make sure that it was not booby
trapped. He reached the spot and looked into the camp. It was a
disaster with only two tents remaining intact. There were pits
where the mortars had exploded. The mortars hadn't hit any critical
spot, but if men were running through the only open areas in the
camp, then they would have been hit by exploding shell fragments.
Several of the trucks had been hit and the good trucks were locked
behind damaged ones.
Ten men moved around, pulling the bodies into neat rows along
one edge of the camp. Another twenty wounded men lay off to the
side moaning constantly. One of the terrorists stood in the middle
of the camp, frustrated and angry. He shouted to the sky in a
furious tone of voice, "Come out you Dog! Allah's curse upon you!
Face us like a man!"
Oscar watched, interested at how angry they were when their own
tactics were used upon them. He had clearly taken out the key
leadership of this group. The men looked lost and unsure of
themselves. They slowly gathered around the one that had been
screaming to the sky. Another five men emerged from the darkness
around the camp and walked past the bodies of their fallen
comrades.
He counted eighteen of the walking terrorists. Even the wounded
still held their guns, but most were praying to Allah for relief from
their pain. He waited and watched the actions in the camp. They
slowly organized themselves and started pushing the damaged
trucks out of the way. He ate an MRE while they worked. Even as
he chewed, he realized that they were going to be very hungry
soon. He took a sip out of his canteen.
As dawn approached, more sounds of explosions arose from the far
end of the training area. He listened carefully and decided that the
sounds came from outside the training area. He wondered which of
the trainees had expanded their area of coverage. He tried to
untangle the sound of the distant battle. It was hard to say what
was the outcome. Still, there had been no flare from the base camp
to let him know that anyone was injured.
The camp below him increased in activity as the men took up
defensive positions. He watched as they reacted nervously to every
noise around them. They were going to be very jumpy for a long
time. He considered his options as he settled in to watch the camp
until light.
Morning arrived after a long night and more men entered the camp
from the surrounding area. He now counted at least twenty eight
men moving around. More injured were brought in from around
the camp. More bodies were added to the rows of dead. The
terrorists were exhausted. While he had taken several naps, they
had been working nonstop. They were making stupid mistakes and
arguing among themselves. About half of the men entered the two
remaining tents to get some rest.
He waited twenty minutes and then opened fire on the men that
were moving around the camp. He only fired for about two
minutes. He didn't bother to count bodies or wounded. He fired
with the intent to kill and changed targets to someone else that was
moving. The camp was again stirred up. He changed his location,
taking an hour to move to the place he had fired from last night.
Again he had a good view into the camp. The men had spread out
to search for him. One man had even walked within twenty yards
of him. After searching for an hour, the men began returning to the
camp. The number of terrorists had been significantly reduced. The
ones remaining stormed around the camp furious.
He hid himself within his cloak and took another twenty-minute
nap. He woke and took another sip of his water. The men below
looked in pretty sad shape. They still hadn't gotten the trucks freed
and were without food and water. The number of casualties had
shrunk as several of them had died while he napped.
He opened fire on the ones that were moving around the camp. The
men in the tents came out fighting off their need for sleep. He
continued to fire, only now firing once at each target rather than
three times. He was running low on ammunition and needed to
conserve it. It didn't take him long, but he ran out of targets.
After that round of fighting, he moved closer to the camp. His
movements were careful, as he did not want to expose himself to
view. He waited for movement in the camp below, but nothing
moved. Counting bodies, he came up short two men and settled in
for a long wait for them to show up. Hours passed as the
temperature rose. Sweat trickled down his face, collecting around
his collar and soaking the back of his shirt. He took sips of water.
He opened another MRE and ate slowly savoring the flavor. He
smiled to himself as he remembered the Russian Rations and how
foul they had tasted.
By this point in time, he had spent almost two days without
moving much. The few treks that he had taken were short and
required him to move slow. His muscles ached as they wanted a
chance to freely move. He decided that he would call in the troops
at dusk. It was an hour after he had made that decision before he
spotted movement by the trucks. He took careful aim and took out
the two men by the trucks.
He moved to the where he had parked the Hummer being careful
that he wasn't spotted. He got on his radio and called into the
camp. Georgia answered immediately. He said, "Send up the flares
tonight to call back the troops. They need to rest and eat well for a
day or two."
At dawn, he hauled the last group of trainees back to camp. All of
them were tired and hungry. Only one person was missing, one of
the two Captains repeating the course. He knew the two Captains
had been working together and was going to get a full debriefing
after everyone had a chance to eat.
He pulled the Hummer up to the command center and parked it. He
wasn't going to leave for at least another day. He entered the mess
hall and got at the back of the line. He stared at the bacon and eggs
with a desire out of proportion with the simplicity of the meal.
Finally, it was his turn and he loaded up his plate. He sat down at
the table across from Georgia and smiled at her. She looked at his
tired face and her heart went out to him.
He said, "Rather busy couple of days. I bet everyone is ready for
some sleep."
She smiled, "The ones that stayed here are in much better shape
than you guys. I'll keep up the guards until you tell me otherwise."
He nodded and answered, "Good idea. I think we got about half of
them."
She blanched at the assessment and looked at him with wide eyes.
She said, "We heard all of the fighting thinking that you had gotten
them all."
He shook his head and replied, "I took on a camp of about two
hundred men. If there are any more camps of that size, then we are
going to need some assistance. This is not a small operation."
He ate his bacon and eggs savoring the flavor of each bite. The
coffee, hot and strong, tasted like heaven after the past couple of
days of tepid water. Georgia sat across from him, watching him
eat. He looked more tired than she had ever seen him. He noticed
her study his face and joked, "If you think I look bad, then you
should see the other guys."
She laughed and said, "Do you want me to set up the command
center for the debriefing?"
He nodded as he looked around at the others in the mess hall.
Some of the people that he had dropped off earlier were probably
taking naps. He stood up and faced everyone. Once he was sure
that he had their attention, he said, "Those of you that have
engaged the enemy should join me in the debriefing room. The rest
of you can take a nap and I'll talk to you later."
He left as the others filed out of the mess hall. He went to the row
of tents and shouted, "Will those who engaged the enemy please
meet me in the briefing room? The rest of you can continue to
rest."
He repeated the message a second time before hearing people stir
within the tents. He went over to the command center and got out a
marker. He carefully marked the location of the camp he had
attacked. He put estimated casualties and manpower next to the
site. As others came in the room, he handed them markers to do the
same.
He sat back and watched as a picture of a major enemy offensive
was presented. He went over to the communications building and
got on the radio to call the main base. He requested troops
sufficient for covering a hundred square miles of terrain. They
would arrive in about two hours, although helicopters would by
flying overhead in twenty minutes. He smiled as he wondered what
would be the results of the flybys.
One of the two slow captains was sitting in his chair in a state of
shock. Oscar looked around the room and then said, "I want to hear
your reports one at a time. I'm going to start with those that look
the worse for wear. When you are done giving your report, you
may leave or stay."
The people gathered there nodded their heads. He called on the
Captain. The Captain looked up and said, "Ernie and I found a
camp of about ten men. Ernie stood up and told them to give up
before I was in position to back him up. Next thing I know, he's
carried into camp and they started to torture him. It took me some
time to get into a position where I could see what they doing. They
were actually skinning him alive."
The Captain looked up with tears in his eyes. He said, "Those
bastards were actually skinning him alive. Have you ever heard of
anything so barbaric? I started shooting and they started shooting
back. Ernie was screaming for me to kill him. I couldn't take his
screams anymore. You don't know what he looked like with half of
his body missing its skin. I couldn't take it anymore. I shot Ernie
and then ran like hell. They've been chasing me ever since."
"You guys tried to take them prisoner?"
The Captain numbly shook his head. He answered, "Yes, that was
the plan."
Oscar glanced at Georgia who had been staring at the Captain. He
finally said, "Thank you for your report. I suggest you go to your
tent and try to rest."
The Captain left the room amidst total quiet. The looks of pity
were tinged with disgust at the man's continued exhibition of
stupidity. Every time they had tried to get a group to surrender in
training they had been shot with paintballs. It was inconceivable
that they would try to do it for real.
When the door had shut, Oscar turned to Georgia and said, "Get a
helicopter here to take him to the main base and back to the states.
He's going to need significant help to get over this. See if we can't
get him a position in Kansas or someplace quiet where he won't
have many responsibilities."
Georgia nodded and left for the communications building. Oscar
turned back and listened to the others give their reports. The
terrorist camps had ranged from ten to thirty people. He had
tackled the biggest camp. The debriefing had barely ended when
two helicopters landed beside the camp. One of them carried away
the Captain. The other had brought an intelligence officer to get the
information about the enemy. His eyes had grown to the size of
saucers when he had spotted the map with the terrorist sites
marked on it.
Later another helicopter showed up with orders for Oscar to return
to the main military base in this region of Afghanistan. Oscar flew
on it watching out the open door as the terrain passed below him.
They were flying low and fast and the flight only took twenty
minutes. When it landed, the base commander met him at the
landing pad. He looked over at Oscar taking note of the dirt and
grime encrusted on his clothes.
The two men went to the office where Oscar gave a report on what
happened. As they talked, the regular army had arrived at the
camps that he and his trainees had attacked. Reports started
filtering back about what they had found. The base commander
stared at Oscar when it was learned that a large camp had been
taken out. Among the dead were three very high ranking terrorists.
The base commander said, "This is the largest single engagement
with the terrorists and it was accomplished by nineteen people.
You should be proud of yourself."
Oscar couldn't think of anything to say. Exhausted, he didn't even
know how many days had passed since he had been in a bed and
slept.
Hungry and tired, Oscar left the base commanders office once the
briefing had been completed. He went to the mess hall to get a bite
to eat and some coffee. He sighed in desire at the thought of
returning to Georgia and getting some sleep.
Leaning over a bowl, he slowly spooned the soup into his mouth as
his mind reviewed the events of the past few days. His thoughts
were interrupted when a huge fat man sat down across from him.
Oscar looked up and stared at the grotesque figure of a man.
Finally, Oscar asked, "Hello, can I help you?"
The fat man, in a very feminine sounding voice, replied, "You can
if you are Oscar Meyers."
Oscar slowly moved a hand down to the pistol in his cloak. The fat
man laughed and said, "One of these days, I'll jump out at you and
let you shoot me. I've always wondered what it would be like.
Until then, we will talk."
Oscar looked at the fat man with interest. His grotesque lips
flapped as the man talked. Three chins wobbled and rolled with
each movement of his body. Oscar asked, "What do you want?"
"You did a good job the past few days. You shall finish training
the current crop and then Colonel Lettieri will be ready to take
over for you."
Oscar replied, "I can't really comment on that."
"Of course you can't. We are quite pleased with your service to
us."
Oscar looked at the fat man and asserted, "I serve the Gods and
Goddesses."
"And quite well, if I am any judge."
"So what can I do for you?"
The fat man reached across the table and pulled the medallion out
from under Oscar's shirt. The chain broke as he brought it to where
he could examine it. Looking over at Oscar, he said, "It is time for
you to get educated. Go to the Druid College. When you have
finished your education, come to the Carter Glade and we shall talk
some more."
Oscar stared at the broken chain dangling from the fat hand. The
grotesque man dropped the medallion in Oscar's hand as though it
was a dime store trinket. Oscar looked up from the medallion to
find that the fat man was gone. He sipped his coffee and wondered
what day it was.
<1st attachment end>
----- ASSM Moderation System Notice------
Notice: This post has been modified from its original
format. The post was sent as an email attachment and
has been converted by ASSTR ASSM moderation software.
----- ASSM Moderation System Notice------
--
Pursuant to the Berne Convention, this work is copyright with all rights
reserved by its author unless explicitly indicated.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| alt.sex.stories.moderated ------ send stories to: <ckought69@hotmail.com>|
| FAQ: <http://assm.asstr-mirror.org/faq.html> Moderators: <story-ckought69@hotmail.com> |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|ASSM Archive at <http://assm.asstr-mirror.org> Hosted by <http://www.asstr-mirror.org> |
|Discuss this story and others in alt.sex.stories.d; look for subject {ASSD}|
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+