Chapter 133

"Let get to rehearsal, boys", Dan said after breakfast.

"Nope, we're waiting on a phone call", David said as he sipped his coffee. He couldn't explain it but Brie always made the best coffee, good and strong. Some mornings he even had to put extra cream and sugar in it to make it taste almost normal. Today, he just took it black.

"From who?" Dan asked.

"Commandant Henchly. He woke me up at 6:30 in the fucking morning just to give me some stupid Resistance news that I can't even remember."

"Are you kidding? 6:30 in the morning?" John asked.

"No, ask my wife. I was not a happy man when we got up to get Malachai and the twins ready for their lessons." He picked his coffee cup up. "This is my SIXTH cup this morning. Usually, Brie doesn't let me drink that much coffee because I become a major dick with that much caffeine in my system. Today, I need to be a major dick. But, she's cutting me off since I've already emptied one pot."

"Too much caffeine is not good for you or your blood pressure, baby", Brie said as she cracked open a Mountain Dew.

"Look who's talking?" he laughed.

"Who just had to be put on blood pressure meds, David? It sure wasn't me."

"And the fucked up thing is... I DON'T EAT PORK! WHAT THE FUCK?!" He laughed as he brought the cup to his mouth and took another drink of his coffee.

"You do know that coffee also stains your teeth, right?" she said teasingly.

"Do I care?"

"Haven't since I met you. I guess it's one of your charms." She smiled and winked at him.

"Just one?"

"Yeah, just one of the many that made me fall in love with you."

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"Hello Commandant", David said as he answered his phone.

"Good morning, David. I trust you're in a better mood?"

"MUCH. I've had six cups of coffee this morning, so I'm a bit WIRED, but hey, it's all good. Now, what was it that you woke me up at 6:30 to tell me?"

"Are the other members of the band with you?"

"As are our wives. Spill it, Commandant. We don't have all fucking day."

"I called this morning to let you guys know that the Utopians are going to get their ghost. Matthew is training the ELITE of the ELITE sniper force. This way, we can hit more targets at once and have more important buildings go up in smoke."

"So there are more demolition teams being trained as well?", Dan asked.

"Yes, sir. The demo team attached to Matthew is training more people. We're going to bring the Resistance down one way or another. You can mark me on that. You fellas need to get out on the road again and that means that this war needs to end and end quick."

"Well, thanks for the consideration, Commandant, but how about you end the war because there are men dying for the cause of liberty and freedom of speech and that's what you've been fighting for the entire time?" Mike asked.

"You almost sounded like David there, Mike. Been listening to him a lot lately?"

"No, I just agree with him on a lot of things."

"Very well, but you guys are the biggest advocates of the cause of liberty and freedom of speech, so getting you out of seclusion and back on the road will be a credit to the cause."

"If you say so, Commandant", John said. "We need to get to rehearsal."