Chapter 5

The fried chicken was excellent. Tom and Steve sat with Anna, Meg, Vickie, and Micky. First Meg apologized but told them they cannot go in without them so no supervisor can override an order. If you can’t no one can! Both said great idea. Okay talk, Meg told Tom about the 3rd cave, Micky’s arm, the temp change, the distance between #2 and #7, then what they found, 19 feet in #3-1 and 14 feet in #3-2 and that’s not the depth yet. We don’t know yet just deep or will it go into another cave.

Tom and Marty told them they would have to handle it as they will be in Florida. “You can still reach us by phone if God comes to visit,” said Tom.

Anna said, “Got ya!”

Tom then said, “If Steve is not available, contact the Brain, she will have an answer or multiple solutions to the problem and you handle it.

“What’s her name,” Anna asked.

Steve said, “Tracy.”

“Will she get dirty,” Meg asked.

“She has 3 brothers, all sportspeople.

Meg said, “My kind of girl.”

“The girl is a Master Class Krav Maga.”

“Great, someone I can work out with.”

Steve said, “Why do you say that?”

Arron said, “Global plus 5 and I trained her.”

Steve said, “No wonder!”

“Steve just said don’t ask,” said Aaron

“Three Masters in 1 place, I didn’t think that was possible!”

Steve called the office and said, “Hey Brain, can you come up to the lunchroom, please?

“Do I need anything,” she asked.

“No, just you.”

About 8 minutes later a tall girl walked into the room, took one look and did a deep bow! “OMG 3 of them,” Marty said. Steve just laughed.

“Not funny Steve,” Meg said, “I can and will hurt you if you do that again!” A second “OMG” came out and she said, “And I can’t stop her or them!”

Tracy raised and acknowledged their presence, Meg gave her a hug and the boys bowed, “OMG!”! Meg said, “I thought maybe you could come down and beat on Micky instead of me.” She said she would feel privileged. “That’s what I said,” and the 2 boys just smiled.

Then Tracy noticed Tom and Marty, Tom said, “Don’t mind us we’re just bystanders.”

She just said, “How can this happen all in one day!”

Tom said, “I guess we are just lucky.”

Tom said to Tracy, “Steve will be with us most of the time if the girls need you, sorry Micky. I’m expecting you to be Steve for them.”

“Sir, I know about the operation but nothing about the particulars.”

“Oh Yeah, we forgot about tomorrow morning. Report here not to your desk! Start training, you will make plates, dig slag, go ID and pack plates, store grates. Can you drive?”

“We have a farm, 110,000 acres corn, soy, tree’s horses, International Harvesters, pickers, plows, forklifts, ATVs, to move flatbeds, plumbing, milking machines, chickens I guess you have the idea!”

“Boy, I only asked if she could drive,” said Tom.

Marty thought the girls were going to pee themselves, and she got red and said she was sorry.

“Ignore them their only picking on you! Some of the things that just happened today are shocking to us. You know some, don’t you?

“Yes! In college, I took two layout programs for the farm. Looking at the mountain layout, #7 will hit the back wall of old #2 and you will have 35 feet of material in # 3 before it will hit # 14. So, I would empty the front of #14 next.”

“What’s her percentages?” Asked Tom.

“90% and that’s where my guesses come from!” said Vickie

Anna and Vickie both said, “WOW” and Meg said, “Magic she’s good!”

Everyone looked around to see who she was talking to when Tracy bowed to Mark! “Don’t ask his head gets big.” Again, Tracy gave an “OMG”