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Without even looking over his shoulder, Hank replied in a flat tone, “Yeah. I thought Steven was lazy as a kid, but those two bring a whole new realm to the word lazy.”

Sadly, Bernard shook his head, knowing you can’t support people who won’t work or everyone dies. “How’s Steven?” he asked.

“Been lying in bed crying since he got here,” Hank replied, getting angry.

Seeing Hank’s face turning red, Gerald took a radio off his belt. “Hank, you need to use this if you come over. We have someone on watch all the time, and one of them is eight,” Gerald told the small lie, but Gavin was working.

Shocked, Hank slowly took the radio. “You have an eight-year-old working?” he asked.

“Yes and standing guard,” Gerald answered.

Hank turned to Judy. “If Steven and his family don’t start helping, I’m kicking them out,” he said, and his boys clapped with big smiles on their faces.

Glad that his lie had the desired effect, Gerald said, “I’ll bring over a charger for the radio when I come back. Don’t use your cellphone, internet, or phone. The government is watching all communication to see where people are.”

“Yeah, we saw the notice this morning on TV for everyone outside cities to start heading to the closest FEMA camp,” Judy told them.

Bernard looked at Gerald with wide eyes. “Thought you said they weren’t going to do that till they had the cities under control,” Bernard said.

“They must be getting hit hard out here in the sticks,” Gerald said, not liking that and making a vow to start keeping up with what was going on.

“How did you know that?” Hank asked, getting suspicious.

“He worked for the government before they took everything from working people,” Bernard explained.

Relaxing upon hearing that, Hank looked at Bernard. “William stepped down as sheriff,” Hank said in a low voice.

“What?” Bernard blurted out.

“We saw William three days ago when he brought Steven and his family here. He told us to be careful and not trust any government agency,” Hank said. “On the way back, I stopped at the gas station and saw Gene,” Hank said, looking over at Gerald. “Gene was one of William’s deputies.”

Gerald nodded as Hank continued. “Gene said a Homeland guy came to the station and announced William stepped down because he didn’t want to take orders from the government.”

“That don’t sound like William,” Bernard said. “He always wanted to be sheriff.”

“Bernard,” Gerald said, “I’m sorry, but I’m certain William and his family are dead.”

Everyone’s faces paled. “No way, they can’t do that. It’s murder,” Hank declared.

“Sorry, but I know Homeland killed the sheriff for Ft. Smith and his family. One of the agents was heard bragging about it,” Gerald replied. “They do that so the deputies and staff will follow the agents’ order. They will also do it to police chiefs as well. If you are a squeaky wheel, they just remove the wheel.”

“They could’ve just locked William up in one of those FEMA camps,” Judy said hopefully.

Sadly, Gerald shook his head. “Can’t run the risk of him escaping and telling others.”

“Hank, we need to get some stuff around here done before they come for us,” Judy said.

“Dad,” Tim said, stepping up. “We can put some stuff over the windows and make the house like a fort.”

Gerald held up his hands. “First, you sit down and draw up a plan. Don’t just start doing stuff without rhyme or reason. Tell you what; let me go back and bring over those weapons, salt, and sugar, then I’ll sit down and help you come up with a plan,” Gerald offered.

“Take it,” Bernard told them. “He knows what he’s doing.”

Hank stepped over, holding out his hand. “Thank you, Gerald,” he said, shaking his hand. “We’ll be waiting.”

After the goodbyes, they drove back to the house. “Gerald, you take the stuff over. I’m getting Matt and Nelson to do the truck now,” Bernard said.

“Want to ask Hank and move the truck out past the bridge?” Gerald asked.

“No,” Bernard said, getting out. “If Hank wants to do something, we’ll put a barricade up at the bridge.”

Gerald followed and found Nelson and asked for some weapons for Hank. Nelson was only too happy to get some of the stuff out of his basement and container. Carrying back three ARs and three Berettas, Gerald laid them in the seat as Nelson brought out an armload of magazines still in packages. Next, Gerald loaded up several cans of ammo then the salt and sugar.

As Gerald left, Bernard was loading round bales of hay on the trailer with Nelson sitting behind the steering wheel of the old truck. When the bales were loaded, Nelson slowly drove out with Bernard following in the big tractor.

Right before the turn heading to the Y intersection, Nelson stopped the truck. Then, he pulled it off the road and backed up until he was blocking the majority of the road from tree line to tree line. Nelson got out and walked back to Bernard in the tractor. Seeing Nelson coming, Bernard opened the cab door.

“We waiting on Gerald?” Nelson asked.

“No, I told him to drive around it,” Bernard answered, closing the door. Shocked, Nelson backed up as Matt drove up in his UTV with Michelle and Ashley.

Lowering the bucket, Bernard pulled up to the trailer, pushing the forks under it, then raised the bucket. With a loud, metal groan that set their teeth on edge, the truck and trailer slowly tilted over on their side wheels, and then the bales of hay fell off and rolled a short distance.

Then, gravity took over as the truck and trailer crashed down and almost rolled over but teetered back on their side. “Never thought I would wreck something on purpose,” Nelson said, climbing in the back of the UTV.

They drove back and waited on the porch as Bernard parked the tractor. When they were inside and sitting around the table, Bernard told them what he had learned from Hank. When he finished, everyone just sat in silence and shock until Gerald returned.

When he walked in and saw everyone’s faces, he put his rifle up and said, “This is only the beginning, guys.”

The back door opened, and Nancy walked in carrying several sheets of paper. Seeing everyone’s face, she stopped. “What?” she asked, looking at Gerald, and he explained. “That’s not even the half of it, brother,” she said, walking around the table and dropping in her chair.

Holding up the sheets of paper, Nancy looked around the table. “We are all federal fugitives and wanted now,” she announced. “We are to be arrested on sight and transferred to the nearest FEMA detention center.”

“Does life have a reset button?” Matt asked, dropping his head to the table.

                                                        THE END

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                                                    About the Author

Thomas A Watson was born in Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1970, and grew up in Doyline, Louisiana and Grenada, Mississippi. He was the assistant manager of W.C. Plastics in Grenada Mississippi for several years before joining the U.S Army, he was stationed at Bad Hersfeld, Germany. After serving four years in the Army, he returned to W.C. Plastics where he was the acting manager for four years.

He attended Holmes Community College in the evenings while working at W.C Plastics, taking general classes. He moved back to the Bossier City area to be closer to his and his wife's family and attended Northwestern State University in Shreveport, Louisiana, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. After working 10 plus years as an emergency room nurse in and around Shreveport, he and his wife and two children, moved to Missoula, Montana.

Watson, meet his wife Tina in Grenada, Mississippi, they celebrated 25 years of marriage in May of 2015. They have three children, Nicholas and Khristian Watson and Phillip Kyle. Watson, penned his first book in January of 2012, after moving to Missoula, Montana. His parents, Larry Watson and Kay Boykin, instilled the love of reading at a very early age. He has read and enjoyed most genres. His first published book Blue Plague: The Fall was released on Amazon and CreateSpace in August 2012.

Watson, signed a publishing contract with Winlock Press a division of Permuted Press in December of 2014. His Blue Plague series and Dark Titan series has been re-released through Winlock Press.

                             
Other Books by Thomas A Watson

    Blue Plague: The Fall                                              

    Blue Plague: Survival                                                       

    Blue Plague: Sacrifice                                                        

    Blue Plague: Rage

    Blue Plague: Decisions

    Blue Plague: War                                                       

   Blue Plague: Hope-2016

    Dark Titan: Journey-Sanctioned Catastrophe

     Dark Titan: Journey-Wilderness Travel

    Dark Titan: Journey-Finally Home-July 2015

    Thanos: Dawn of Man

   Future Releases 2015

    Blood Vengeance

                                                 
List of Abbreviations

AR-15-
a semiautomatic civilian version of the military’s M-16

ATF-
Alcohol Tobacco Firearms

Camo
-camouflage-

CEO
-Chief Executive Officer

EoTech
-brand of sight

FFL
-Federal Firearms License

Intel
- intelligence

JCAHO
- Joint Commission: Accreditation, Health Care, Certification

Mag
-magazine

MP
- military police

MRAP
-Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle

NV
- night vision, referring to night vision goggles

Rotts
-Rottweiler

Sieg heil
- The German-English translation means "hail victory". The Nazi meaning is "we will win" or "we salute the highest"

SOCOM
- Special Operations Command

SUV
-sport utility vehicle

UMP
- Universal Machine Pistol; sub-machine gun