Page 51 of Maverick

“We apologize for the interruption to your regularly scheduled programming, but we have a remarkable story to announce live today.”

“That’s Ted Fielding, the anchor for the Capitol Hill,” frowned Cam. The others nodded, shushing him as he gave them an evil look.

“We’re fortunate to have with us this afternoon the heads of the nuclear program for the United States, the head of the department of alternative energy studies, and the head of our peace-keeping efforts at the U.N. Gentlemen, welcome.”

“Thank you, Ted.”

“Why are we here, gentlemen?”asked Ted.

“Why? We’re here because you asked us to be here,”said one of the men.

“No,”he laughed. “You called and said this was urgent and that you had breaking news that would interest the world.”

“I don’t know what’s going on here, but I don’t have time for these games,”said the man from the nuclear programs.

“Sit,”growled Maverick, stepping onto the stage. Behind him were the others, as well as the POTUS, several members of Congress, the head of the FBI, CIA, and NSA.

“What is this? What’s going on?”

“Earlier today, we apprehended Enzo Bruloni, the man responsible for false accusations and a witch hunt against Katelyn Smith.”

“What does that have to do with us?”

“Mr. Bruloni was very willing to talk about how he and his colleagues created genius schools rivaling those used by the Russians, Germans, and Italians over the years. He was particularly fond of the Russian schools, but some of you liked other methods.”

“I won’t sit here and listen to this,” said the man from the U.N. Rush shoved him back down, and two FBI agents stood over him with their weapons drawn. “What is the meaning of this?”

“You three men and Mr. Bruloni bought, kidnapped, and sold children with exceptional intellect. You injected their brains with experimental drugs, forced them to create your visions, kept them drugged, and then either killed them or sold them. Those who were able to escape, Miss Smith being one of them, have told their stories.”

“This is absurd! I am an American.”

“An American who is a traitor to their country. We have found the schools that were built in the remote wilderness of Maine, we have found the experimental laboratories in southern Quebec, and we have the testimony of almost a dozen of the children you experimented on, as well as Mr. Bruloni’s testimony of your collaboration.

“Your intention in all of this was to create superior minds that would allow you to control the fate of every country on this planet, destroying those who refused to do things your way, creating war for the sake of war, and worse, using children to do it all.”

“Mr. President,”stammered one of the men. “Mr. President, please, you can’t possibly believe this!”

“I’m afraid we have all the evidence we need. Take these men into custody. Ted, we appreciate the use of your show for this. It was important to let the American people know that we won’t tolerate this type of tyranny. I’ll be giving a full explanation of everything when we have the timelines and story together.”

“Well,” said the host, shaking his head, “there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. We’ll be back in a few moments.”

“Holy shit. You guys really ripped the lid off this shit,” said Eric. “Did you beat the fuck out of Bruloni?”

“We’re not always animals,” said Tobias. “We just used a little truth juice. He was amazingly talkative and helpful after that.”

“He was a chatty-Cathy,” smirked JB.

“A lot of heads will roll on this one, Luke,” said Irish. “He was giving names of Americans, Russians, Germans, Italians, Brazilians. It’s a literal who’s who of people involved. Some of the politicians are retired but alive. I’m guessing sixty to seventy people involved in this.”

“Fuck me,” growled Hex. “How was Katelyn?”

“It was a shock for her. Her mother was only fifteen when one of the guards got her pregnant, and then they took Katelyn from her. She died, and the guard died as well. We got it all recorded. I have to say, she surprised us all. Asked him questions, and he spilled it thinking no one would ever know what was said.” Irish nodded at the men and then left the room.

“You did a great job out there,” said Cam. “This one will definitely see heads roll.”

“I’m gonna need some time off,” said Pax, standing to leave.

“May I ask why?” smirked Luke.

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