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Tri-States.

Ben grinned at him.

тАЬWhat are you grinning about, El Presidente?тАЭ Ike asked.

тАЬRemembering the first day I met you."

тАЬLong time back, partner."
****

Ben had been traveling down the coast of Florida, spinning the dial on his truck radio when the music
rolled from the speaker. The voice followed. Startled, Ben pulled off the highway onto a shoulder and
listened.

тАЬBright beautiful day here in the city with the titties,тАЭ the voice said. тАЬTemperature in the mid-seventies
and you're listening to the SEAL with the feel, Ike McGowen."

Ben drove on, looking for a radio tower. He spotted what had to be the shakiest tower he'd ever seen,
leaning precariously by an oceanside house. Ben, accompanied by Juno, a malamute who had adopted
him outside of Jessup, Georgia, walked up to the house. They were met by a gaggle of scantily clad
females, all carrying automatic weapons.

Ike's radio station, Ben learned, was KUNT.

Ben wintered with Ike and his female companions. Not only did he winter with them, he married Ike and
Megan Ann Green. The ceremony might not have been legal, but it was the best any of them could do at
the time.

And Ike, Ben found, had been part of the Rebels long before the bombings of тАШ88. Part of the group
under the command of Ben's old CO in Vietnam, Bull Dean.

Ben had heard of the Rebel movementтАФhad been approached by a member of the group in тАШ84тАФbut
had discounted the movement; laughed it off.

But as he traveled the country, he saw billboards reading: BEN RAINESтАФCONTACT US 39.2.
When he finally did contact the mysterious party at frequency 39.2, he was astonished to learn that he
had been placed in charge of all the Rebels.

Ben refused it.

Then Ike had told him, тАЬGo on, General. Hell, I'm not going to push you. Travel the country. Your duty
will come to you after a time."

After the group in Florida broke up, each going their own way, Ben traveled many more miles, but the