The story continues in the aftermath of their retribution. Knowledge about what happened is exchanged. The group's origins come to light. The feeling of relief is evident.
Chapter 5 -- Explanations and Shocks
The mood was sombre. The silence deafening. Even from outside it was deathly quiet.
They watched as the Fusiliers bagged the bodies and carted them off.
As they ate, Cheryl said they were a number of rooms they could use to have some sleep, shower if they wished.
John told Cheryl, "You'll have a lot of redecorating to do."
Cheryl shook her head, "I can't afford this place. I'll have to leave. I'll lose my last connection to Ted but at least my daughters are safe."
Iain said, "Sleep for you is a good idea. I have a few things I need to finish. I'll make sure you are all back here for 3pm. I'll have your parents here as well, Joanna."
As everyone was exhausted there were no complaints.
Joanna and John made their way to her room. They showered and fell into bed, hugging each other. They fell asleep almost as their heads touch the pillows.
After pointing out rooms for the others as they passed Cheryl asked Mo if he would like to come to her room. He made her feel safe and she would love to have a hug and a cuddle if he wished to stay with her.
Aftermath
As they gathered together Joanna's parents arrived escorted by several Fusiliers. There were lots of tears as they hugged Joanna and John.
John tried to apologise for all the hurtful things he had said but Mum stopped him.
Mum told him, "You said you were going to rescue Joanna and to trust you. We could tell this wasn't bravado. We had to play our part. You played yours. Evans men were in our house listening to many of our calls. They saw our pain, our anguish. They never saw our hope.
"You did everything you said you would. You saved our daughters, our grandchild and us, even the town.
"We can never thank you and your friends enough. Words can't express our feelings."
She gave him a massive hug before moving to hug Mo and Junior.
Dad told her, "I'm not sure why you're hugging Junior. We'll have to redecorate because of him."
Junior looked shocked until he saw the smile.
Mum answered, "That's why, I've wanted to do that for years."
They all laughed.
Iain looked very tired. He spoke, "This meeting will update you on all that has happened. At the end, I'll have to speak with John, Andrew and Mo privately on stuff I can't say publicly.
Iain turned to Joanna's mum and dad.
"I have several documents for you. The first is in regard to your professional services. It appears that Mr Evans left a signed document stating you were to arrange the funerals of those killed here recently. Each funeral is costed at €25,000. Between the guards and the Police Officers, there were 96 deaths recorded. The sum of €2,400,000 has been transferred from his account to yours already. He didn't stipulate what arrangements you should make but those bodies have been placed in a communal grave containing all the dead from last night's operation. So that will take away quite some unwanted work, I imagine.
"Secondly, there is an offer on the land which caused this problem for your family. It includes making it a natural habitat for native species and an education resource for children. It undertakes that no development other than for community will take place. In addition, it includes a percentage of revenue should any gas be extracted in the future. That's for €25 million."
Iain laughed at the shocked look on Joanna's parents faces.
Joanna and John were smiling. Joanna was still not letting John out of her arms. She was kissing him repeatedly.
"Now Joanna, if you'll just put him down for a minute." She blushed.
"As regards last night's operations, this is where things stand.
"Thanks to Cheryl, we have access to all of Johnson's accounts. There is €3.75 trillion in various accounts offshore. I should say, Was! I transferred it to a safe bank. I have approval to spend some of it immediately.
"Everyone involved gets €2 million up front. The Fusiliers, the A10 guys, the Recons, Joanna, her parents, Cheryl and us.
"The women and men victims at the whorehouse will get €10 million each. Andrew, your neighbour's daughter was alive and like many getting medical care. Her parents have been advised.
"Cheryl, as you were treated like that you will get the €10 million, as well.
"From on high, John, in addition, all of us will get €10 million. When I say , all I mean all. Joanna, mum and dad, Cheryl as well as us.
"As we trace further victims or their families, we'll pay them as well.
"Five hitmen have perished since last night.
"The final count on the highway was 1723 killed. They are in the mass grave. The balance tipped in our favour when the A10's joined in. That buzzsaw sound was them.
"The whorehouse. Again, we cleaned house. We found one man beating a woman with razor wire as he fucked her arse. Apparently razor wire is highly kinetic. He was thrown off the roof with the wire around his arms and legs and genitals. Took a little while as he bounced up and down but his balls and cock tore off just before he lost his arms. He didn't survive the fall. Official cause of death, smoking!
"We found blackmail tapes and various other documents which will prove enough to convict many people.
"We found seventy women and ten men working there. They showed us a large grave. We are arranging exhumation of the bodies and will try to identify them for their families.
"As suspected, his five thousand men headed to prevent the onslaught on the whorehouse. There were eighteen Apaches and the four rearmed A10's. In turns out there were over six thousand. They are now in another mass grave. Those A10's turned the battle. The Fusiliers didn't allow any to escape.
"Somehow, we didn't sustain any loses. We have quite a few injured, none too seriously."
John asked, "What about those running that whorehouse? Did they escape?"
Iain laughed, "The Recon teams kept them there until the Fusiliers arrived to search the building. Much like here, none of the women had a good word to say about any of them. They let the women explain the errors of their ways to them. None survived.
"Another positive is that other criminal kings are shitting themselves. The Government, as far as they are concerned finally hit back. They could be next.
"As we get further into all the documents, I'm sure we'll find others who stayed hidden but they will be dealt with.
"Now as you enjoy this wonderful coffee and cake, I'll do the confidential briefing."
Iain took them to the office suite.
"This is now controlled by us so we can gain access anytime.
"I found another €1.5 billion hidden away as well as €30 million cash in here. I propose we use this money for the community or indeed other communities to help rebuild the damage caused by Johnson. It will just disappear if we leave it to the government."
