Chapter 241

Tuesday morning, Bobby was in my office as soon as I walked in the door. I removed the ankle monitor and reminded him not to get into any more trouble - that he was on probation until January like the other five students were. Even minor trouble could be a serious thing for them. I followed up by sending an email to Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Short so they could bring their personal files up to date.

With the repairs to the damaged dorm completed and the contractor back to construction on the final new dorm I was back to weekly progress meetings with Mr. Bozman. That meeting took the rest of the morning.

After lunch Mrs. Short and Mr. Jackson stopped in and asked if I knew where Sly and Janice were; both were absent from their morning classes.

"Yes, they are attending a DHS meeting in Washington at the request of the regional director," I replied.

Eric had left me a copy of the sting Saturday last night from the hidden cameras that Bobby and the girls were wearing. I still had not had a chance to look at it; now was as good a time as any, I thought.

I invited both of them to follow me into the conference room where the DVD player was located.

The DVD had the complete video from all three cameras. I was surprised how well the girls played their part in the morning part of the video; if you did not know any better you would have thought they were actors.

The afternoon one was almost all action. The SWAT team made their run towards the van as soon as they pulled the finished cards out and showed them to the girls. They were immediately seen before they even got close to the van.

The two culprits in the van tried to make a run for the exit and grab the girls but the girls were ahead of them in their thinking and reactions.

Janice and Sly both hit them first with a throat chuck and then a fist to the nose. That was when the blood flew that Bobby could not handle. After that the guys backed off enough that Sly and Janice used their feet for a rib kick or two, and then they went back to hitting them in the face and another throat chuck and a kick to the testicles.

The SWAT guys arrived and the girls moved out of the way. Poor Bobby lost his lunch after the first bloody nose. He had lived a sheltered life somewhere. I could hear Rodney laughing in the background. I could not tell if he was laughing at the victims or at Bobby who was still in the back gagging.

After they had them cuffed, Rodney told the girls they did a good job. The video went black after that and the audio quit a moment or two later.

I could see where the girls said they had administered some pain. Other than the nose punch everything else they hit them with was painful.

"Just thinking about being on the receiving end of any of that makes me hurt," Mr. Jackson said.

"There are some places that I have been shopping that I would love to have them along, just for piece of mind." Shirley added.

"They did listen quite well when in training," I replied. "They should be back in class tomorrow," I added.

The rest of the day was quiet and I managed to get some work done. We were in the second week of September next week and Jenny had another appointment with the Doc. The days were flying by it seemed.

At the gym Sly and Janice did not say anything about the trip to Washington with Eric. I did notice they seemed pretty upbeat. I just assumed that Eric had sworn them to secrecy about the conversations that went on there.

Tuesday became Wednesday and Ching Lee and I were stepping off the jet at the guard base again. Jenny, Lorrie and Vicky met us at the building they called a terminal.

I could tell that they both looked tired. I chuckled to myself and didn't need to wonder why. I gave them both a warm and lasting hug and remarked that they looked like they needed sleep.