Standing In For Dad Ch 65

Karma is a real bitch

"Major Craigg, this is the General's secretary. General Tillman would like to see you and your security guard in his office."

"Yes, Ma'am. When should I be there?"

"I would say, fifteen minutes ago."

"We are on our way."

Maxis chuckled, "Well that didn't take long."

Five minutes later we walked into the front office of the base commander to see a Sergeant under arms from base security and the Lieutenant at the desk who waived us on through with a warning, "Stormy weather, Sirs."

Jake nodded. "Thanks for the heads up, Lieutenant."

We walked in to find our smart ass, nose swollen, and uniform still bloody asshat sitting with his back to the wall across the room, a stern-faced JAG officer standing next to him. We stood before the desk and reported.

"Major Craigg! Care to give me your side of the story? The Major here is filing battery charges against your bodyguard. I'll have you know, such things are not going to be tolerated on my base!"

I handed 15 separate and signed witness notes to the General, "Sir, I believe these witnesses will easily refute whatever the Major is alleging. Fact is, he forcefully put his hands on Maxis to push him out of his way, and, after a warning, he tried a second time. "

"Maxis, in self-defense, disabled the Major and released him after an apology. If charges are appropriate, the Major," I pointed to the smart ass, "is the one who should be charged."

General Tillman looked at Maxis, "We both know he couldn't have hurt you. Why this?" Tillman asked as he pointed to his handiwork.

"General, I am and was introduced as Major Craigg's security detail. I was verbally and physically challenged by the Major there. To be effective at my job, there was no way I could just stand there and do nothing. That would have made my job a hell of a lot more difficult in the future."

"When the Major made a second attempt to push me, I pulled him off balance and lifted him up off the floor. I did release him on the way up and it was unfortunate he landed face first on the floor. But frankly, he is lucky I didn't take it personally."

"And you think these witness statements make it all okay?" The JAG officer asked.

"Actually, I have the classroom surveillance video as well as my body cam video to back up those statements, Sir. If you will turn on your monitor on your computer I will play them for you side-by-side."

Tillman turned on his computer and even before he could put in his password, Maxis was streaming the videos on his screen with sound. "How the hell are you doing that!" He asked as he listened and watched the videos.

Tillman chuckled menacingly before hitting the intercom function on his phone, "Lieutenant, have base security come in."

When he entered, under arms, General Tillman pointed to the Major in his chair, "Major, you are hereby charged with conduct unbecoming and two counts of battery against an embassy staff member. Sergeant, place him in custody, take him to the hospital to have his nose set, and lock him in the Brig."

The JAG officer asked, "Who will be filing the charges, Sir?"

The General responded, "I am. His actions will not be tolerated on this base. Major Craigg, Mr. Maxis, I wish to extend my apologies for the Major's actions today."

The smart ass Major resisted arrest but the Sergeant was expecting it and swiftly had him under control as they left the office with the JAG officer in tow.

After the door closed, Tillman smiled and looked at Maxis, "I am in your debt, Maxis. That Major has been a pain in my ass since day one. Dumb ass thinks he is the General stationed in the Pentagon instead of his father. This will be all I need to get him kicked out of school, off my base, and out of my hair."

Maxis smiled, "In all honesty, Sir, I took the time to review all his interactions and your notes on your computer about him during the class lecture during my security scan of the room for possible threats. I determined with an 87.46 percent probability you would appreciate me taking him down a notch should the opportunity arise."

"No shit. How the hell do you have access to my secured digital files?"

"I am sorry, General, but that is need-to-know."

"Maxis, those were my personal notes on my secured computer. I need to know."

"I am very sorry to have to disagree with you General. I am sure if you take it up with your superiors you will find they are in full agreement."

Tillman leaned back in his chair for a moment. "Both of you stay available should I need to discuss this further. You are dismissed."

As soon as they were out the door, Tillman was on the phone to SECDEF.

0o0

"So, you are telling me he has compromised the secured base systems and is doing unauthorized background checks of everyone who comes in contact with Major Craigg in real time?"

"Yes Sir. That is exactly what I am telling you. And when he was physically confronted, he defended himself but did not overreach. He went to the edge, but he did hold the line with an appropriate response."

"Did you get a copy of the videos?"

Tillman looked at his home screen and noted the video file, opened it, and saw both videos running side-by-side, "Yes Sir, I have them."

"Send them to me, please. Oh, and General?"

"Yes Sir?"

"Prosecute the asshole. From what I can see, he has been a pain in the ass of every officer who has had him under their command."

"With pleasure, Sir."

0o0

Charley and his team were decked out as if on mission for the war game. The objective was to move unseen and capture the flag in the center of the now abandoned camp. They started at the edge of the property opposite the cave.

Their opponents did not know their attack vector so Charley was confident his boys, a hand-picked, highly trained crew of the best of the best, would easily defeat two of the city slicker security dudes who literally just got off the bus.

The squad was in full battle dress with paint, paintball guns, and Gillie suits which they had adapted to the local fauna. The squad moved into the tree line and disappeared into the forest.

They moved like shadows, in no rush. The object was to win, not race to the finish. After the fifth hour Charley called a halt for a 5-minute rest. Contrary to the movies, a stealthy jungle creep was not a cake walk. Every step was calculated and performed with precision to create no sound to give away their position, every movement orchestrated with the intent to blend in with the natural movements of their environment.

After their rest, they scattered and moved out again, walking through the forest like ghosts.

The two bots adjusted their adaptive camo skins so they were invisible, as if they had the Spec-Opps invisibility ponchos on and silently slithered away into the woods. They quickly scanned their surroundings, listening for holes in the music of the forest with their highly augmented hearing.

*Something bearing 13 degrees true, 50 yards out. Let's flank and investigate.*

Ten minutes later the two bots had found the blue team and watched from each side as the spread-out group inched right past them. When the last two had passed, each bot reached out and pinched a paint ball right in front of their faces before grabbing them, so they didn't fall and alert the rest of the team.

The two soldiers were pissed, as in fry an egg on their heads pissed. But, in the spirit of the exercise and as disciplined as they were, they didn't alert as they were silently laid down in the brush. When the rest of the team was out of sight they quietly got together and one asked, "Did you ever see them?"

"Nope. Didn't hear them, either."

The first one then sighed and whispered, "Well, we might as well follow well behind and pick up the rest of the team as they are taken out."

The two bots were really enjoying taking out this crack team of special operations boys two at a time. Silent kills each, repeated another two times until only the Lieutenant was left. The bots took the Gillie suits of last two and took up their positions flanking the Lieutenant for the last hour until they reached the perimeter of the encampment.

Charley called the two standing next to him closer and signed that one two-man group was to move in alongside the mountain, the second group of two were to move up next to the access road, and the three of them would take the center. The two bots, figuring out real time what his hand signals meant, moved slightly to either side and repeated the hand gestures as if the rest of the team was still there, keeping up the illusion, and then joined Charley as they carefully wound their way past all the camp perimeter traps.

Charley new his team and knew the other two sets of men in his squad were working through the sides of the camp as his team worked their way through the center until the flag was in sight, just 50 feet away from their location. He could not shake the feeling they were being watched, though. Something wasn't right so he had the team wait while his senses scanned the area for anything amiss.

Finally, Charley gave hand gestures telling one of the men to go get the flag while the other two of them gave cover. The bot nodded, smiled to himself, making sure his Gillie suit hid his face. He looked left and right, then ran to the flag, grabbed it, and returned without incident.

Having won the game, Charley stood and walked over to the command pavilion and walked into the door with a big smile on his face. His two comrades following close behind.

When his eyes adjusted, he saw his team seated with the Major, around the table in the center, all with paintball coloring on their faces. It took a second for his mind to connect all the dots. "Fuck!" He turned around, "How fucking long have you two been ghosting my ass!?"

The two bots took off their suits, having changed their adaptive skins to simulate clothing, and while returning the suites to their original owners, replied, "About an hour and a half, give or take a few." He knew the exact amount of time to the second but figured it might come across a bit pompous.

Charley looked to his team, "Did any of you see, hear, or hell, sense them?"

All of them shook their heads no. Charley then looked at the two bots and asked, "How?"

The two bots then adjusted their skins again and disappeared right in front of him, "Our skins are actually an adaptive camouflage material that can simulate clothing or bend light." They re-appeared and every jaw in the pavilion hit the floor.

The Lieutenant looked at the two and sputtered, "Y, you aren't human!?"

The appointed leader of the bot security detail laughed and said, "Okay fellas, show yourselves." Immediately, seven other bots adjusted their skins from invisible to skin tones and jungle camouflage clothing, startling the hell out of everyone there.

"To answer your question, Lieutenant: we are actually aliens working for Ambassador Walker."

Charley didn't know if he was joking or not, but he heard the Major laugh over his shoulder. "Lieutenant, they are military grade robots."

Charley raised an eyebrow, and the corners of his mouth twitched in the beginnings of a smile, "Well, you kicked our asses. How did you find us? And: Can I get a couple of you in my squad?"

"We have adjustable sensitivity hearing, and we listened for a quiet spot in the forest. When we found one, we vectored in ahead of you and let you pass by, taking out the ones in the back until we got to you. And Lieutenant, that is strictly up to our commanders. Thing is, our loyalty is first to the family and that might present a problem for you in the field."

"And being bots, evidently my spider sense didn't kick off."

Charley looked to the Major, "Sir, these boys are as good or better than we are. This place will be in good hands."

Major Tillman chuckled, "Yeah, and I have to file a fucking report directly to SECDEF about how my crack team of commando insurgents was taken out by just two of them without firing a shot or raising an alarm."

0o0

It had been two days since the assassin was dispatched and HayB, Penny, Sue, Xi, DC, dad, a squad of SEALs, and I infiltrated the office tower where the mining company resided. We all had on our stealth gear and slipped past open doors as others came and went so as not to raise an alarm over doors opening for no reason.

It took us a while to get into the only elevator that went up to the top floor. HayB overrode the keyed floor access for us. It took us two trips to get everyone up.

0o0

Two security guards at the entrance to the main conference room heard the ding and saw the doors open to the elevators. When no one came out they both went on high alert and made their XM-7 assault rifles ready for action. One quietly mentioned, "That should not be possible. The only way for that elevator to get to this floor is if someone inserts a key from inside the elevator after the doors close."

They watched as the elevator closed and left the floor, the floor indicator showing it went down to the ground floor lobby before coming back up. Again, the elevator opened with no one inside.

The lead security guard was reaching for his mike to call in the situation when everything went dark for him; both guards collapsing to the floor.

The doors were electrically actuated wood covered stainless steel doors on hinges resting in a stainless frame and had electromagnetic locks. They could only be opened from the inside of the conference room (A separate elevator on the inside went up to the living quarters for the CEO/Owner and his family) and the entire wall was armored.

HayB smiled and wirelessly released the electromagnets, allowing the doors to swing outwards into the hallway.

One of the SEALs knocked out the secretary in the front office as the rest of us walked into the conference room where all fourteen board members were present. When the doors swung open a confused group of men and women looked in our direction. Their confusion rising when they didn't see anyone entering the boardroom.

HayB set the cameras in the room on a loop.

Each of the 14 board members had someone standing directly behind their chair when we all took off our light bending camouflage at the same time. Amid screams and cursing, each board member was struck with enough chi, at the right place, to rupture their aortas, causing them to bleed out internally and lose consciousness within 15 seconds.

We placed each of them back in their seats, donned our camouflage, and exited the building. As we left, HayB cut the video loop.

0o0

The man watching the cameras in the conference room noticed a flow discontinuity and stared intently at the screen. When nobody moved for several seconds he hit the master alarm, and the building was shut down. He then called 911.

After we boarded DC's plane for home, preliminary news reports started hitting the local airwaves about the entire board of trustees dying during their monthly board meeting. The cause of death was unknown, and autopsies were planned.

We flew directly to DC and Izzy's palace and settled in while the plane flew back to the cottage to get the rest of the family.

0o0

The Le Délice de Susan anchored about 500 yards off the coast of Playalinda Beach's nude beach in Florida and both subs and tenders were soon in the water. The subs went lobster fishing at Pelican Flats Reef and between the two of them they cleaned up, getting 96 two-to-three-pound lobster for dinner that evening.

The tenders rotated nude beach going crew members back and forth during the day. Red was laying out in the nude under a large beach umbrella when 6 men walked up to her. One particularly obvious one whistled at Red and asked, "Hey hot bitch! That your boat out there?"

Red lifted the floppy brim of her straw hat and took in the measure of the men and let the brim fall back down over her eyes, "Boys, I am not interested, go away, please."

The leader guffawed, "No, pretty lady, my boys and I are taking you away from your boy toys here and taking you back to your yacht where we are going to gang rape your ass before throwing you overboard and stealing your ride."

Two of the bots stood between Red and the bad boy wannabes and Red replied, "You fellas just fucked up." She spoke to the two bots, "Just don't kill them and please don't get blood on me."

One of the bots just chuckled, "Yes Ma'am, Cap'n Red."

Red chuckled and the lead butt head pulled a Bowie knife, lunging at the bot closest to him. The bot grabbed and crushed his wrist while dislocating his shoulder and hyper extending a knee. The other bot quickly took out the three to the right with a broken kneecap, broken ribs, and shattered shoulder. The others ran away.

Red, without even looking up, said, "Drag them off away from here, please. I want some peace and quiet." Those who could walk were escorted off the beach, carrying those who couldn't as best they could.

Others on the beach around Red and the boys clapped their approval... from a respectful distance. The place seemed to get just quiet enough that Red could enjoy the soft lapping of the waves against the shore and she dozed off for about an hour. The bots adjusting her umbrella for her, keeping her in the shade.

After a good, hour-long nap, two county sheriff's deputies walked up and confronted the bots and Red. She asked, "Good afternoon officers, how can we be of assistance today?"

"Well, ma'am, we have 6 complaints about your two friends here who are accused of felony battery. Would like to hear your side of the story."

"Hmm. I guess us being attached to an American embassy wouldn't give us a get out of jail free card, eh?"

"Well, ma'am, if you were foreign diplomats, yes. But being American diplomats would get you dispensations. However, we would need a way to counter the complaints."

One of the bots chuckled, "Officer, we have the whole thing on our body cams. If you will open up your phone I will transfer the video to you."

The lead officer pulled out his phone and opened the operating system and immediately a video downloaded onto his phone. He clearly heard the threats, saw the knife, and that the two fellas had obviously just defended the lady and themselves from a potentially lethal attack.

Red waited until the officers had watched the video and asked, "Will that do?"

The officer smiled and responded, "M'Lady, we apologize for taking up your time." They left mumbling about false complaints and all the paperwork they were now facing.

"Good work boys." Red said as she gathered her things to return to the yacht.

0o0

Back in her quarters Red called the Chief, "Chief, I am needing some personal attention in my quarters, you interested in taking a shower with me?"

"Red, I ain't dead yet! Give me 5 minutes!"

Red smiled, she was having a pretty good day, considering; and getting some sexual relief from Chief while they cleaned each other from the day's business was just icing on the cake. Soon Chief walked into her quarters and took off his clothes, it being a necessary safety issue with moving parts in engineering, and took Red's hand in his.

Keeping eye contact, which was damn hard for him to do with such a raving beauty standing nude before him, he took her hand and held it up to his lips, gently kissing her knuckle while sliding the tip of his tongue between her fingers.

Red shivered and smiled, "Mmm, keep that up and I will let you take my ass you silver tongued devil!"

Chief winked, "Well, it being rather obvious I find you quite desirable, I must say, you have been number one on my fantasy list since we met."

Red wiggled her eyebrows and patted his very hard, fully erect, cock which instantly spasmed, swelling noticeably and producing a dribble of precum. "Oh! Is that for me?" she asked as she slipped a finger over the eye of his cock and slipped it into her mouth."