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Mirrors, Beeswax and Fireflies

by Steven J.

 Chapter 2

A Jail  With A View

Page 2

       On the way back to Kansas City Billy receiver a page to check his e-mail. He downloaded the message from Lisa it said. Bill Steve is going to be in jail longer then we thought so if you can find something to pick up his furniture for me so I can move it to his mother house, also his roommate could you use some help with  finding a place for there stuff it seemed there in jail for the same reason Steve is. They were caught dealing with the brotherhood.  Billy found a phone so he could make a  connection to the legal internet so he could find something to haul Steve furniture. He found a man with a cargo container that was damage and he would let it go for a hundred dollars if he would haul it away today because it was taking up space behind his business he had just bought.  Billy spent a half hour with a power winch, several round fence poles, and a steel ramp before he had the container tied to the bed of his trailer. Billy arrived at Lisa  apartment dirty and smiling she bequeathed let him use her shower to clean up while he was drying off the front door bell rang and Lisa knocked on the bathroom door and Billy open it just wearing a towel. Lisa told him to be quiet a neighbor was at the door and she didn't want them to know she had a man in her shower. After Lisa neighbor left Billy came out  wearing a clean T-shirt and  jean. Lisa had changed  into shorts T-shirt and blouse. She told Billy Susan and a friend will be over shortly to help so Billy help Lisa pack a cooler with soda and water. They spent a half hour setting on Lisa couch talking and watching TV  until Susan arrived. The  friend she  brought was Ron from  where she worked.  When they left for Steve house Ron and Susan road  in the cargo container will Lisa road with Billy as he dove.  The house they drove up to was a ranch three bedroom with a large fenced backyard.  As they came to the front door they tore down the  yellow police tape.  Susan  was ready to use her key when Billy pushed the door open. He had noticed that the police had kicked the door open and tore the doorjamb  where dead bolt  lock was. As he walked in he first notice that the house was a complete mass all the drawers were emptied out on the floors. Billy made a quick walk through the house noticing thing that were missing. In the living-room the wall was bare where a  large flat  TV screen was missing the the cable and power supply were all that was left. Billy guest the screen was a black-market active-matrix-display and was now  evidence along with it's decoder  he followed the cable to a small green house in the back yard. It went  inside  to two satellite dishes of different sizes and a  long narrow  telescope that was pointing up. The back of the telescope where  a sensor would have been located was missing also the controlled and decoder boxes were torn from the dishes to.  Billy thought to himself more illegal  electronic.  A  large high voltage power-supply with a torrent table was also all that was left of a high power laser that was missing from it motor mont. There was even  sum large pots that where once growing plants. Billy pickup a dried lead of marijuana from the floor. The seven pots were just under the felony limit. Billy returned to the house as Lisa and Susan came back from the neighbors to tell them they were moving Steve Furniture to his mothers.
 .....Lisa followed Billy to the garage were they found a extensive work bench with drills saws and wrenches and what  looked like a cars carburetor. There was a  clear area  where  there was metal shaving  in the shape of curly cues. Billy guest that the police had taken  another illegal piece of  equipment probably a robotic lathe.  Even the security box was missing from the wall of the garage it was  probably one that could call you and show you how was trying  break into your  house and allowed you to take counter measures like turning the  lawn sprinkler on them. When they entered one of Steve roommate bedroom they found a cutting edge  TV studio  minus a lot of equipment and the large large collection of laser disc.  Still on the wall was a poster of a  cow girl sitting on a fence with a heard of cattle watching with the words K.C. Sirloin T.V.  Susan was in the kitchen packing up the crystal and china on seeing Billy she said. "Isn't this beautiful as she held up a china plate Steve said I could have the hole plate setting and all the pots and pan, there all custom made you know." Billy  thought the police had missed everything that was brotherhood made if its wasn't electronic or a robotic tools. From where Billy was standing it looked like Steve robotic Manufacturing was doing quiet well. He was selling what he made and buying others manufacturer goods using the invisible electronic penny as currency.  The the police couldn't prove any thing was  illegal if it wasn't a appliance with a serial number.
.......The packing up of the clothes and the  small items was done before they started to move the large items into the cargo container. With the four of them working together they had a full load to take to Steve mothers in over a hour the trip was made more interesting with four people in the truck cab Susan had to sit on Ron lap and Billy had to look out for traffic to cops because there could only be three people in the cab. Billy told Lisa. "If  I see a  cop put your head down on my lap." She asked. "And then what." Unfortunately there were no police to be found.  Steve mother came out of her house when they finally arrived. She opened the garage doors and told them to pact everything into the garage. She hoped it would all fit. She  left and came back  with a large pitcher of ice tea that was well appreciated.  After they were don Steve mother wanted to pay them. They declined and told her Steve had already given Susan a set of dishes. But before they left they spent a half hour in the living-room talking about Steve trouble with the police to his mother. Steve mother was mad that her son had  gotten into trouble because he was a member of the brotherhood. She was saying every one she knew would be in jail for having thing made by people like her son and why didn't they arrest all of us. She had called the district attorney and was told their cases would go before a special federal judge at some time in the future. When that time was they couldn't tell her. It seemed there was a new executive order from the president that was given to him by congress in a special  secret session . That let the government hold Steve for a undetermined among of time without a trial. Billy was glad he wasn't with Steve and his friends. They left Steve's mother and returned to Lisa apartment  where Ron and Susan said good night and left.  Lisa asked Billy what she owed him for the truck Billy said it was on him Lisa said. No he would have to take something. Billy smile and said. "Like what."  Lisa shook her head and said. "That's was not what I meant."  "Well I have to head back to the farm and give the truck back to Fred." Billy said. Lisa asked. "Is it a long drive."  "A little." Billy said. "Would you like to sleep on the  couch?" Lisa asked. "Yes I'd love to." Billy said. After they where inside she said there was food in the kitchen and to help himself, she was going to make a call and freshen up. Billy went to make himself a sandwich and she went into the bathroom with her portable phone.  She turned on the water in the sink and dialed Ron cell phone. Ron answered. Lisa said  "Hi Ron what did you learn about the truck Billy was driving" Ron said. "It seems ok its not reported stolen, it belong to a guy named  Frederick Thompson in Kansas."  "Yes." Lisa said that what Bill said. I wonder if where on the wrong track.  "Well." Ron said. "I checked out his cargo container it was fine do you know were the he took the hay he had on his truck." "No." Lisa  answered. "Maybe I can find out later he's still here." "Lisa!" Ron said. "Your taking your job a little to far you know. You don't have to sleep with him to get him to talk." "He's  going to be sleeping on the couch Ron and if he give me any trouble I'll break his neck."  "I believes you I've seen you work out at the gym on a bag but you take care I'll talk to you tomorrow."  And Ron said goody.  Lisa took her shower and left the bathroom in a long bathroom. Billy was finishing his milk when she came into the kitchen. He said. "You look good in a turban Lisa." "My hair is wet and you can use the shower now."  "Thanks I will." Billy said. "But first let me get my bag from the truck I've saved some fresh clothes." Billy finished his shower and not having pajamas put on a pair of comfortable jean and T-shirt. Lisa had put out a blanket and pillows on the couch and she was watching TV wearing a long house coat. Billy sat down on the couch next to her. "So no champagne by a roaring fire?" Billy asked. Lisa answered. "Bill you can sleep on the couch and that is all I have neighbors who will call the police if I scream so you be good."  "I will be good." Billy answered.  Lisa said. "I don't mean that way."  Billy moved over to her and started to give her a shorter massage saying. "Girl after all that lifting you did today you need some help losing  up your sore muscles."  When he slowly worked his way down to the small of her back she stopped him and said she was going to bed and to turn out the lights and go to sleep.  Lisa left but Billy was still  thinking  about her and knew he was going to have to use a combat hypnotic suggested if he was going to get some sleep. Sleep and be alive was the words he gave himself. He had learned this technique from a computerized combat simulated trainer that the brotherhood made available to its higher members.
...... It was two hours later when Billy open his eyes to see a nice pair of lags  just a  couple of feet away. Lisa was bending over looking through his wallet that he had placed on the table next to the couch he was sleeping on. The hypnotic suggested he had given himself had woke him to the  presents of Lisa. Billy wasn't mad he expected girls to be sneaky he took his arm and chopped the back of Lisa knees making her fall into his lap. She scream and bagged to be let go because he had his arm around her waste and wasn't letting go. Billy said. "Well I've caught a sneak what should I do with her, maybe a speckling." Lisa said. "You better not!" Billy said. "Ok a kiss?" Lisa said "No!" Billy said. "Speckling then?" Lisa gave him a kiss but Billy said. "Not good enough." Lisa continued saying no for a hour.
......It was seven in the morning when Billy woke up in Lisa bed. Lisa came back from the bathroom and told Billy. "You will have to leave now I shouldn't have let you stay over last night and I don't want this to happen again."  Billy did his best not to smile. Their was nothing he liked to hear more than being told that he had been bad. He asked if he could just clean up before he left. Lisa said. "Ok but no fooling around I don't want any more of your tricks and  leave the door open I want to talk to you." Billy took his time  taking a shower. Afterwards while he was toweling off Lisa started to talk. She asked. What was he going to be doing today. Billy answered. "I'll be a heading back to Kansas." She asked. "To pick up more hay?"  "No." Billy said. "What did you do with the load you had." Lisa asked. "Fed it to some cows  north of Kansas City." Billy answered.  Lisa asked. "Why are you hauled hay in the first place". Billy answered. "Girl truck drivers make very good money because its a lot of responsibility and hard work and I like to look down on all you little people in your little cars and especially I like to look down and see girls in  their short dresses." "Your a pig and last night I didn't want to be sub dues but you succeed anyway. Where did you learn to do that."  Billy  thought of telling her the truth that he picked its up from a computer neuron neuro- network self  learning  computer program on the western black art of body controlled, it combined many techniques from India, Asia and western science on  hypnotism for the controlled of involuntarily body  functions developed by some monk's of the Waco love cult.  But he said "It just comes  naturally."
.......... Lisa said. "Im on to you and your not going to get a second chance to try out your natural technique if that what it really is." Lisa statement gave Billy something to think about. To advance in the brotherhood he would have to take even more advance training but at the same time he would need to blend in or lose his standing but now his training was giving him away. Maybe a course in being dumb.  Billy it didn't know why but he said. "Lisa would you like to see a movie next week I can come back from Lawrence." Lisa answered. "I don't know if you deserve a second chance I thought a one night stand was all you wanted."  " No." Billy answer. "I just got carried away. The sex  drive has a tendency to mass up both women and man and turn them into not so decent human being." "That's a good line Bill you just like sex and hurry up I have to get to work sometime today." Lisa said. Billy finish and left Lisa's place with out a kiss good by. His truck took him to a large mall where he parked .Billy brought out his computer and checked his downloads from last night. A priority message was there that shocked him. He was drafted by the brotherhood for a clandestine operation. He didn't even know that he could be drafted. The downloads included software to answer questions so he accessed and started  asking question. His first question was how he was drafted. It came up on the screen. Under your agreement as a player of War America ll you agreed to be on call for the protection of other game members. Billy pulled up the contract and read what he didn't read when he gave his voice signature to the contract.  He'd remembered reading parts of the contract but he had been to the much in a hurry to step up to the next level of the game to read all of the stipulation.
...........It read in part that if he gave his signature  his performance in the game would be judge by the Inner Circle and if they judged his skills to be up to their standards he would be passed up to the next level. and then came the good part. It read. Do to the danger this training may represent to the public in the wrong hands we require that you be a upstanding member of the brotherhood who pledges to protests the members of the brotherhood and the public. These words were underlined meaning there was further definition to follow. The pledge to protect means you pledge to be available to take action to defend members and the public. To be available was also underlined.  And it stated he would be drafted if needed. Billy than went to the question and answers search section and found that he could refuse being drafted but his standing in the brotherhood would fall to the level before he went to the higher level in the game. He didn't like the consequences, even if they were fair. So finally he pulled up his duties under the draft order. It read he was to go  over plans to break out members of the brotherhood from jails in Kansas City and to give suggestion and also this was only a exercise. He was also instructed not to reveal any information of the exercise. The penalty would be as severe as if this was not a exercise. This disturbed Billy.
........He wondered why they were so hot on secrecy. The no talking order did not cover talking to the members on the Break Out Board  of course, so Billy looked up their plans for breaking people out of the jails. They had downloaded a  large number of possible way of performing the task into his data base. the most  straight forward were ramming the Jail with a heavy truck preferably taking a loaded trash truck and backing it into the Jail at as fast as it will go in reverse, than coming out in full battle dress and taking the Jail. This plan also counted on the police giving up in the face of overwhelming firepower.
........Another plan was to get into their computer and have the prisoners released. Billy thought this would be impossible because the police had decent security on there computers after several break-in of their systems. Unless there was a brotherhood member inside then it could be done. Other plans were variations on brute force and  prison riots. Billy brought up his artificial intelligent simulator and started working on a few of his own plans to see if he  could do better than the plans that where out there. After a couple of hours he had improved the  chances of a clean getaway by blowing parked cars into the street to stop any police pursuit.  The idea of shooting up the police and news helicopters before they took off  was someone else's idea. Next he was ready to try a specific jail to liberate. He checked down the list and found the hardest one where, it was on top of the cities court house over twenty stories up. He knew that crashing the wall was not possible unless he used a plane the  size of a passenger jet, he instead details a plan that involved a less radical approach.  After several hour he stored his plan in his computer to be later sent Brotherhoods Committee when the moon was up and the Black Light Laser Net was up. And then his plan would be judged and scores and he would see how he did against the other members plans. So now how was he going to spend the rest of the afternoon?  Billy decided to practice fooling lie  detectors test. a handy thing to know being the state of affairs in the U.S. today.  He took out a plastic tube combination close pin and put it on his little toe. It would measure his heart beat the level of oxygen in his blood and how much he was perspiring. A microphone would measure stress in his voice as he watched the true and false boxes on the computer screen as he  answered the question on the test. The technique he was using to fool the lie detectors was to use a out of body self hypnotic technique where he was covered with tamed rats that would be content if he needed to turn a lie into a truce and the rats would be nervous if he needed to turn a truth into a lie.  the computer exercise quickly got boring after a half hour so billy turned to a combat simulator where he was a scuba diver intercepted river boats in the Amazon river wearing a body stocking of rubber and chain link so he would not be eaten by some hungry cold blood creatures. In the past  simulation he was killed by a angry hippo. So Billy picked the Amazon instead of the Congo this time around on the simulator.  Billy made a good beginning navigating up the river using three battery power torpedoes on low to power him up the river when he  picked  up the sound of a motor boat. So he stopped and raised a hand periscope.  Then he fired a laser through the periscope to set the range of the boat, finally he set a location rod on the center torpedo up. Billy cut the torpedo lose aiming it across the  bow of the boat. As he played out the nylon optic fishing line he made it to shore and then turned the  torpedo and brought it to the surface, guiding it into the boat. The shape charge set off the stored cargo of munitions and sent a shock wave through the river. Billy was quiet happy with his exercise until proximity  fused  shells from a artillery bases killing him.  The critique that the simulator gave out was in short. If you are in a heavily guarded enemy territory you  should attach explosive to your target in set a timer for a time when you will be well away from the area and their was further notes saying in the  age of global navigation and cellular phones your positions can be easily given to artillery battery.  Then it got more pacific saying a crew member saw your torpedo and gave out a warning of torpedo off the bow and a second boat relayed the position of the attack to a nearby artillery battery that blanketed the area.
............ Billy continued the simulator until he survived the exercise and then brought up his college courses and did some simulated physics lab work on weighing electrons using a exotic cathode ray tube, after three hours he finished his days work ending with a advance calculus exercises. After a early dinner Billy receiving a coded page that was decoded by his pocket computer using the program that his computer downloaded the night before.  The message was from the brotherhood committee in charge of the jail break project. He was to contact them immediately and also in the message was a waiver that stating that his right not to use illegal communication practices was temporarily wavered. He was to use a clandestine internet password to make  contact with the committee and send them his plans for  liberating brotherhood member from the county jail. Billy found a pay phone and rather than use his cell phone because the cell phone could be traced. He cut the receiver off with a bolt cutters and took out the wires and connected them to a  male plug and plugged the plug into his pocket computer that dialed and sent his plans. It also received the a message from his contact and decoded it. It said  contact them back in one hour and one hour later Billy received his orders and it seemed his plans were good enough to try out in a dress rehearsal.  Billy was now  positive  that this was going to be more than just a game exercise but he still didn't know how to get out of the brotherhood drafting him for this exercise in stupidity. As Billy looked through his new downloaded program he made a few changes in what he would be taking for a early morning visit to the county jail. He had three different place places to pick up his supply the first place was a buried a group of plastic trash can full of various bottle of drugs. He found four bottle, one was a synthetic brain hormone  another was the antidote to it and a third was a ordinary tranquilizer and the last bottle was just to dissolve the others with. His neck stop was another country road and a quick walk into the would woods using a global navigating pocket located to find more buried trash cans.

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