June 24, 2014

Today the shit really hit the fan, to borrow the expression. Me, Josh and Scarlet got up pretty early and took turns in the shower. Josh and Scarlet had some bagel an’ orange juice health crap, but I settled on some leftover pizza and a Budweiser from Josh’s fridge. When we were done we got Agent Al Bono from the Estate and took off to pay Matt a visit at the Whitehouse. Josh left Callaway in charge of Estate security, which I guess was a good idea at the time. In retrospect we probably should never have left.
When we were in the Oval Office an’ face-to-face with the Prez., Josh laid out everything I had told him the night before. Scarlet added some stuff she had from working with Wraith in NY, and then they had to quickly explain who Wraith was.
Next Josh took over, seeing as he was head of the President’s security detail. He advised Matt to evacuate to a safer location until all the crap that had been happening could be ironed out. Matt, being the honorably S.O.B. he is, refused. He said something about “seeing it through to the end” or some kind of similar BS. Josh negotiated and got him to agree to at least send Lexy away, for her own safety. Matt agreed, but that was when Agent Bono ran in.
Turns out, Pyros and Mash had moved faster than any of us expected. They had amassed their little force of hit men and had attacked the Estate. The Secret Service is good, but a lot of Mercs are retired Armed Forces or FBI. Take what they learned while in service, add some extra training and a crap-load of illegal weaponry and you got an army to be reckoned with. There’s a rumor that the Taske Family has one or two entire floors of their NY HQ devoted to housing an army of Mercs and Assassins. Its one of the reasons why people don’t bother trying to take them down using physical force.
After we got that news, Matt was rushed off by his security team to Air Force One, where they would fly him to Camp David or some other Presidential safe house. Me, Scarlet and Josh ran out and Josh claimed this big ol’ white van he used as a mobile HQ or something. As we drove, Josh at the wheel with me an’ Red in the back, Josh explained his plan. We’d go in, rescue Lexy, and get out. Once out we would fly her to Oregon and the relative safety of Josh’s Eugene house.
The attack plan was Scarlet through the back, with me an’ Josh through the front door. Then Josh really surprised us, he pointed out this gun locker welded to the inside of the van. Inside were these weird-lookin’ assault rifles Josh called the ST S29. He said he and Wraith had developed them, they looked at the AR-15, MP5SF, SSG 300, and the Masada and mixed the best aspects of each. They had bayonets incorporated into the shoulder stock and the underside of the barrel. Two fifty-round clips loaded with 7.62mm rounds and a M68 optic scope for accuracy. These things could totally kick ass!

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