Chapter 55

Present – Ben – At the bunker

Damn, now that was a dream – elephant hunting in Africa! And Jens, I mean Ms. Donaldson was in it and she sure as hell looked good. I really thought my feelings for her were gone. Oh well – now where was I? Oh yeah I was reading Jon's manuscript before I fell asleep.

I hear a loud, "Beeeennnnnn! I need help!" Then there's a big bang. Shit! That's Stacy and what the hell has happened to her now...

I carefully set the Jeffery rifle on the table, draw my revolver and leave Jon's private man-cave. I proceed cautiously, making sure to clear the kitchen, start to clear the stables and begin to laugh like crazy! Now this is funny as hell!

Present – Stacy – At the bunker

I see Ben laughing at me and I yell, "Ben stop laughing and get me the hell down from here."

He holsters his gun, walks into the stables, chuckles and questions, "What happened Stacy?"

I reply, "Ben I don't know, I was grooming the horses like you ordered and Bo was giving me some grief. I saw something, reached down and grabbed it and the next thing I knew I'm up here."

He continues to laugh (which pisses me off) and says, "Didn't I warn you not to be messing around with shit?"

I flip him off and say, "Ben get me the hell down from here and stop laughing!"

He finally stops laughing, looks things over and continues, "Okay, it looks like I can lower you from over here."

I complain, "Just make sure you don't drop me on my head..."

Present – Ben – At the bunker

Yeah, Stacy's curiosity finally got her in trouble. Perhaps she will learn ... No she's a woman and that's one lesson she won't learn. Well that's also not completely true because Ms. Donaldson sure the hell would have learned this lesson.

Oh I had seen the snare earlier by Bo's stable and made sure to leave it alone and now I'm glad I did because it has Stacy by the legs and she is hanging upside down at the ceiling. I walk over to release her and say, "So what the hell was the banging noise?"

Stacy replies, "I thought that was you making the banging noise." Then something hits the stable door and it reverberates throughout the stables.

I quickly pull my revolver and caution, "Stacy don't go anywhere I need to see what that is."

Present – Stacy – At the bunker

I yell, "Don't go anywhere! Ben how the hell can I move since I'm caught in this damn trap. Now get me down from here."

He replies, "Stacy shut the hell up and let me see..."

There's another big bang on the stable door which interrupts Ben. He doesn't let me down but instead heads toward the gun cabinet by the stable door and takes out a rifle as I loudly complain, "Beeeennnnnn! Let me the hell down!"

This time he ignores me and I know if I'm going to get down anytime soon, I'm going to have to do it myself...

Present – Ben – At the bunker

Damn! I thought it was Stacy making the banging noise, but now that I've heard it closer I know it's something really big outside the stable door. It's a much louder sound than when the banditos (and Stacy) were banging on the door so it must also be larger.

I grab a rifle from the gun cabinet, do a quick function check and decide I can squeak the small door open just a bit and shoot whoever or whatever it is.

I unlock the small door and begin to open it when all hell breaks loose!

Present – Stacy – At the bunker

Yeah, Ben's ignoring me so I'm going to show him, I will get my own self down. I draw the knife from my tactical vest, fight my way up to the rope, begin to cut it when I hear a bunch of noise and Ben yells! "Fuck!"

I cut the rope but my hand slips so I begin to fall and yell, "Beeeennnnnn!" Then he catches me?

Except the he isn't Ben but it's George! He sets me on the ground so I sign and say, "Thank you."

I turn to brag to Ben, hear a heck of a noise, turn around and see that Bo is pissed off! His ears are back, his lips are pursed and I swear there is fire in his eyes as he's charging us! I yell, "We need to get the heck out of here!"

George snorts a couple times, sees Bo, then picks me up and runs toward the door to the kitchen. We barely make it through the door and close it when Bo kicks the heck out of the door.

I look at George and sign, "What's wrong with the horse?"

George replies, "Horse crazy like other pet."

I think for a short moment and realize he means Ben so I ask, "Why is my other pet crazy?"

He signs and I can't believe it. Oh my God! Ben is going to be so pissed off!

Present – Ben – At the bunker

This is getting too damn regular! I wake up again to the smell of bad horse breath as Bo is standing with his head over me again. Damn what the hell happened? I reach up, touch my head, feel a damn big bump and remember. I cracked the door, just got the gun barrel in position when that damn gorilla charged through like a linebacker blitzing a quarterback and the door nailed me in the head. That big ape needs to be taught a lesson!

I scratch Bo and say, "Thanks big guy for standing watch over me again."

As he snorts I remember Stacy and the trap. Shit! I need to get her down now or she's going to be really pissed.

I sit up (and I'm dizzy as hell) look up to the ceiling and thank God that she's gone. But where the hell is she? I stand up, make sure the outside door is shut and locked, then head toward the kitchen door. Bo is by my side and the closer I get to the door, the more upset he gets. His ears go back and he begins pursing his lips so I scratch him and ask, "What's wrong big guy?"

He even fights me getting to the door. I push him out of the way and declare, "Bo stop being my mom! I'm going to be fine!"

I rattle the doorknob because the door is locked and hear from the other side, "Ben is that you?"

Present – Stacy – At the bunker

I locked the door because I didn't want an angry Ben coming into the rest of the bunker. When the doorknob rattles, I ask if it's Ben and I can't believe Ben's rude reply, "Hell no it's not me, Bo has learned how to open doors. Now open this damn door and let me in."

I answer, "Ben, Not until you promise me something."

He rattles the knob and replies, "I'll promise you if you don't open this door I'm going to get pissed off. Now open this door."

I inform him, "No way, not with the mood you're in, and not until you promise me you won't kill George."

Ben shouts, "Fine, have it your way. Good fucking bye, you and your damn monkey can have a great life together!"

What the hell! Ben is leaving? I unlock the door and...

Present – Ben – At the bunker

I knew that threatening to leave would get Stacy's damn attention. She unlocks the door, I barge through and she yells, "Ben! Dammit you tricked me!"

I reply, "No I just trained you." Then I start to chuckle.

Stacy snaps, "Well I sure as hell don't know what's so funny, because the same thing happened to you."

I think for a moment and decide this could be fun so I tease, "Oh no, I wasn't laughing about that. I just remembered this really hot and sexy spy from a foreign country. You should have seen her: I don't know if I've ever known a more beautiful woman - she was tall, leggy, had a great rack, and the firmest ass I ever felt. Wonderful long hair that blew in the wind when she ran. And run, man she was faster than me. Mira was a hell of a woman and an incredible operative! She had this great accent and the funniest way of saying things, in fact she used the word training for sex. That's why I was laughing. Yeah Mira was one of the most beautiful women I've ever known!"

Stacy gives me a strange look, throws up her hands and says, "Ha-de-fracking-ha! It's pretty bad if you have to laugh at your own jokes!" then storms off. I yell after her, "Don't forget to groom Bo."

Good, now that she's gone I can find that damn monkey of hers because he's not going to make a monkey's uncle out of me and get away with it...

Present – Stacy – At the bunker

I'm very pissed (and jealous) as I head into the stable! Who the frack was this mystery Mira woman Ben just told me about? I thought all I had to worry about was that flat-chested, old-floozy virgin, ex-fiancée of his. Now there's someone else and he's known her – surely he's not telling me ... I can't even think about it.

Bo takes one look at me and runs to the far end of the stable. I yell, "Dammit, if you give me anymore shit I'm going to hobble you! This is all your fault, if you had stood still in the first place and let me groom you, none of this would have happened."