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This week's chapters open with Cleve learning that Sergeant Cornplanter is a real fighter. Also that morning four men from the Addison III National Guard arrive. The Colonel is not impressed with them. Later that day there is trouble with Sergeant Cracker again when he bursts in on Susie in the shower.
The next morning trouble develops when they learn they have no transportation. The problem becomes worse when they learn that the rebels have been active in the city over night. They head for the Air Wing Headquarters when everyone is ready. The assault on the headquarters and the runways is proceeded by a distraction provided by Task force Six elements who shoot down a blockade runner at the runway. Later Cleve and the Colonel inspect the results of the battle.
It requires another two days for planes to be ready to take them to the initial search sites. They leave on day three and spend three more days in the field searching several abandoned camp sites. This is followed by three more weeks with little to show for their efforts.
The National Guard contingent is changed during this time and they are replaced by Guardsmen who are professional hunters. During the fourth week of searches, things improve and they begin to find evidence of hastily abandoned camps. They are even fired on by a sniper at one of the camps.
The next search operation starts badly with transportation problems. They arrive at the landing site very late and set up but don't set out for the camp location. The Colonel soon realizes that this was done on purpose. That night they are attacked by the rebels, who are beaten back. The Colonel calls the Chief Investigator for police assistance with the clean up.
In the morning Cleve goes to find his Partners and the two men they have captured and guarded over night. Later that morning, the Team and the Marines set out for the camp some seven miles through the jungle. Following a short skirmish they reach the camp where there are many sick and injured. The Partners are sent after the escaping mercenaries.
Everyone is eventually evacuated and they return to the warehouse. The President declares the rebellion over. The Marines are returned to their ships, and most of the Army personnel are recalled.
Six weeks later orders arrive in the form of the Special Operations S-3. The Team and the Colonel are headed for Headquarters and a new assignment, one that the S-3 tells them they will eventually hate him for.
This ends the Partners story, but not the series, as there is at least one more story planned.
I am currently working on Injustice III, Magic Ink VIII, and a fun story called Marianne. None of these are ready for posting yet.
I wish to thank all who have read this story, especially those of you who have sent me emails with corrections or told me how much you enjoyed the story.
Keep Well,
uncle jim