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A hand shot up.

Ramos said, тАЬCaptain Garrett?"

тАЬLet's not kill the pilots, sir,тАЭ the young captain suggested.

тАЬOh?"

тАЬNo, sir. Let's send the agents back in the plane. All sitting up very nicely in the seats. All dead."

тАЬI think General Raines would approve of that, Captain,тАЭ Ramos said. тАЬThank you. A very nice touch,
indeed. I would like to see Director Cody's face when his men return."

Just as their cousins and uncles and fathers and mothers had done years before, many people of the
United States, instead of turning in their handguns and heavy-caliber hunting rifles, had wrapped them
carefully and buried them. Then they had formed underground networks of small cells of dedicated men
and women, all with one goal in mind: To keep Ben Raines's dream alive. To restore America, not to
what she was before the bombings, but something better; something very much like Tri-States. And just
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as their relatives had done before them, if they had to die to preserve that dream of a government truly
тАЬOf and for the peopleтАЭ ... so be it. They were prepared to do so.
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тАЬWill you get your ass back into bed!тАЭ Chase shouted at Ben. тАЬGood jumping Jesus Christ."

Ben bit back the pain and said, тАЬHector Ramos on the horn. It's big, the operator said. I'll just talk for a
minute then back to bed. That's a promise."

тАЬHard-headed son of a bitch!тАЭ Chase yelled at him.

тАЬYou shouldn't talk to the general like that,тАЭ a young Rebel said, speaking before he thought.

тАЬI'll talk to him any goddamn way I please to talk to him!тАЭ Chase roared.

He was still roaring at the young man when Ben slipped on the headset in the communications tent. тАЬGo,
Hector."

тАЬHow'ya doing, General?"

тАЬI'm alive, HecтАФbut don't ask me how."

Ramos brought him up to date on the flight of the agents. Ben smiled a toothy tiger's smile as Ramos told
him the plans. тАЬI like the captain's plan, Hec. Can you carry it out?"

тАЬNo sweat, General. They'll land at the new Air Force base just outside Flagstaff late this afternoon. My
people will be in position when they come in. We'll hit them as they deplane, then ship the bodies back