don't you stay Monday and visit with her? Maybe stay the whole week, the boys don't have camp right?"
Linda looked at Toby who was nodding "That sounds great you haven't seen Mary in months! You and the boys go and have fun. I will be fine here." he didn't want to sound too pushy. In the past he would have been annoyed that Walter was taking the them and not including him in the plans.
"OK, great! We will see you and Mom after camp on Friday! I am so excited!" she kissed Walter on the cheek and headed outside to tell the boys.
"I'll walk you out." Walter stood up and the two men went out to the driveway together.
"Now I have to get her sister up to the house too!" he almost chuckled. "It is a good plan. when you come bring some extra supplies clothes and food, pack it into bins so they can't see what it is. That way they have no reason to come back here for at least a month. I am hoping by then the chaos will settle and they will be able to go home. I don't think the fight will be over, but I think it should be more settled. Do you have your target?"
"Yes, and I fly out tomorrow to inform another group."
"Good job son!" he placed his hand on Toby's shoulder. "We will see you on the 4th" with that he got in his car and drove away. Toby stood on the driveway a little longer thinking about the events that had unfolded over the last 24 hours. Thinking about what the next week, month and year would hold. He still didn't know if he was ready, but he had to be he couldn't let Walter see him fail. He went back into the house and Linda had started dinner. The boys were in the back throwing a football around. He picked up the keys from the counter and headed out to take care of the nightly chores. As he collected eggs and fed livestock he started to go over the plan, well his piece of the plan in his head.
He would get up Monday morning and do his morning farm work. He would to drive down to the city and park in the garage nearest the candidate's office building. He had many different places he could be, but on Monday he was always at the main office. He would meet the many members of his team in the parking garage.Each team had a different rendezvous point and a specific job. First a loan operative Mike from his group would go in dressed as a delivery guy from a local deli. He would present himself at the desk with a breakfast that needs to be delivered to the 36th floor. The 36th floor houses the three man security team for the building. They issue photo ID and monitor the cameras throughout the building. The security team cannot leave the 36th floor and they have their own single use bathroom on the floor so they never have to leave. They have all their meals delivered and no one would question the delivery. Once upstairs Mike will eliminate all three security team members with a silenced gun. This had to happen or they would observe Team A in the lobby. They worked it through with Mark several times., There was simply no way for 1 person to take the three armed security officers hostage and there was no way to get more than one person up with the delivery. He knew this part of the plan had bothered Mark. It some times surprised him how nonviolent her could be for a revolutionary and then at other times he would say eliminate like we were dumping spoiled foods from a refrigerator. Toby knew it was because Mark would prefer to only eliminate people he felt had done the people of this country wrong. Those who had caused this miserable state we were in 65% unemployment, but they were reporting numbers like Job market gained 10,000 jobs. What they failed to report was how many people stopped looking for jobs, how many people were so desperate they simply gave up. They didn't count those people. They only counted who they wanted to count to make the numbers look good. They included unpaid internships in the number of jobs created, how did that help a mother of 3 who needed to put food on the table? It didn't. Mean while these government officials were living an enormous life of luxury and who was paying for it? Us, the citizens of this country. They were taxing us at an exorbitant rate. We were paying for their luxuries and for programs and policies that helped a very small portion of the population. The general good of the country was NOT their main concern and they made no attempt to hide what they were doing, they just lied and were allowed to get away with it. We were Then Team A would then enter the building dressed as business people and secure the lobby replacing themselves with the staff on the ground floor. Team B would then enter the lobby and be allowed through by team A. Team A would remain in the lobby and keep it clear of anyone not involved in the cause. Team B would then enter the main floor where his office was again securing the floor without causing a scene, He had his own security detail and they were really the only ones who were going to be any problem. They were all large, well trained and armed. Team C which was Toby's group was to go in and enter the board room suddenly taking them by surprise. The hope was there would be no blood shed and they would simply disarm his security detail and take the candidate hostage. They had not been instructed to eliminate the target simply disengage it. However, if he was or any member of his team was killed as a result of the maneuvers that was fine too. If they successfully disengaged the target and his security team Team D would arrive with a series of containers and a box truck. The hostages were to be placed in the cargo containers and moved onto the truck where they would be taken to an undisclosed location. The building would be evacuated and the rest of the people inside sent home for the day, due to a gas leak. A sign would be placed on the door of the building stating the same thing and all the teams would exit and go back to where ever they were told to meet. A very similar plan would be acted out at the governor's mansion. The one exception was that the Governor's mansion would be occupied by Team C after Team D left with the hostages. The leader of our group would stay at the Governor's office and await instructions. The instructions were suppose to come from Mark, but I guess now they would come from Bobby. These two major targets being removed from the game made it easier for the cause to take over the state government and it stopped the candidate from trying to monopolize on their cause. He knew this was not the plan for every official, some were part of the cause and others would be dealt with differently. Once the mission was completed successfully there would be a signal, but no one knew what it was, at least not yet. He was hoping his next meeting with Bobby would give him a clue. That was the only missing piece of his puzzle.
Once they had met back at the parking garage each of them was to drive in a different direction, stopping for gas, eating in different places and chatting with people. They were to blend in by being a regular person. Then he would head back to the farm and do his regular nighttime chores. Assuming he wasn't dead. In theory it all seemed pretty simple, but in reality the death toll and blood shed would be high. Mark had not wanted that, but this was a revolution and with a revolution blood is spilled. He finished up his chores and went back up to the house. Linda had dinner ready when he got back in. They ate and he listened to the boys talk about football and camp or was it football camp. After dinner he had many messages about the chicken meeting, people were in a frenzy, they wanted to have the meeting tonight,he answered each one as best he could and kept the meeting day and time the same. People would have to wait, they had waited this long they could wait a little longer. Then he confirmed with California that he would be arriving Friday to see his brother Joe and then headed off to bed. He checked on the boys as he headed down the hall. He tucked the littlest back in, he was asleep on the floor. Linda was already in bed when he got there. "So, what is going on?" she had a tone in her voice that she already knew the answer to her question.
"With what?" he asked innocently.
"You and my dad being all buddy buddy?"
"Weird right, I have no idea. I got home around 1 had a sandwich and took a nap. When I got up I heard him in the kitchen. I thought it was you and the boys. I was as surprised as you were to see him. He told me he had been to lunch and was stopping buy to invite for the 4th. I don't know anything more than you do. You think he is OK? Maybe he had been drinking. I'm not his favorite person you know." he looked at her sideways. He wasn't sure if she was buying it. Technically it was the truth up until the invite part.
"I don't know, but whatever it is let's hope it lasts. It was so nice to see you guys talking to each other." she kissed him on the cheek and rolled over on the bed.
He placed his head on the pillow and closed his eyes. His mind was racing between Walter, the plan, extra supplies and more. Round and round it was giving him a headache. Finally his exhaustion won and he fell off to sleep. He would deal with the rest of it in the morning.
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