ELEVEN AND STRANDED: The Beginning

Camp Hidauigoa Part 2

MCRC "Let's begin at the gates. I designed the camp to withstand any assault." Lyn "Assault?" "Attack. There is no way to destroy this camp from the outside. The gates are a three door system. Get through all three in order to enter. When attacked the three part wall system is impossible to break through. In addition between walls two and three is an oil pool which will ignite with the throw of a torch or a hot spark causing an inferno. With the inferno blazing away the enemy turns back and retreats because it will lessen their men. Most monsters will ignite in flames if a spark hits them in the right spot. Realizes they cannot win a full retreat is ordered. For those monsters that can go through flames there is a trap set for them, they will hit a pressure plate and fall into a hole only to get impaled by sharpened logs pointed up. The defenses are top notch and replenished quickly. Hence the reason we have storage scatter around the outside of the camp but inside the walls. This ensures we can quickly rebuild sections of walls and reset traps with incredible ease." "So in other words you did the Aquila defenses?" "Marcus Flavius Aquila was a powerful Centurion of the fourth Legion of Gaul. He did what everyone said couldn't be done. They just said Rome would say 'Eagle lost, honor lost, honor lost, all lost.' However he restored his families honor when he took only a slave North of the wall. He set out in a journey with one goal, return the eagle to Rome. His father perished during a battle while defending the eagle. The last Roman to hold the eagle before him was his father. His fathers legionnaires were not all dead, they ran from the battle. His fathers legionaries helped him defend the eagle by putting him in command. A glorious battle took place were only 20 legionaries held off 20,000 men. All this was done in a creek bed. He had the blessing of Mars. He was the best of the best. He was a role model for many through the ages. His story outmatched all others. He took command of a section where he created better defenses than they already had. Sharpened large sticks and stuck them in the wall. He then poured tar over top of them and into the trench. His defenses were what kept them alive. Yes I modeled them after his and yes they are very efficient. It takes a long time to set them up but they can easily be fixed or replaced." "I always wondered if those defenses actually worked."

"The next part is the infirmary. This is the medical station of the camp. We have top notch personnel and can cure just about everything except for shadow poisoning. Shadow poisoning occurs from to much shadow travel. The only thing we can do for that is have them rest and continue giving them nectar." He points to some jars on a shelf above the from desk. These jars are elaborate pieces of art that hold the most powerful healing agent known that can actually be made easily. However the Physicians Cure can cure even death, each batch made only treats one individual. "Those jars contain the Nectar of the Gods. It is said that you have not lived until you have drank the nectar. I've never had to use it myself by countless others have. I have but one reason for keeping those jars. We have 17 stations set up. This is a big camp. I have a lot of men under my command. Moving on. The next stop is the food court, we carry everything you might want.  From pizza to Chicken Alfredo we got it here.  You want burgers we have burgers."

They walk through the food court and continue the tour.  "The next stop is a place I know you all want to see.  You may not want to leave this place once you are there.  Especially you Lyn.  This next place involves your favorite thing." "How do you know what that is?"  "I am your Godfather.  I was always there.  Your mother claimed me as godfather for her children.  Three years ago I got a message from your mom saying she was in trouble.  I responded immediately only to discover the message was about you going missing.  She said someone came to the house in the middle of the night and when she woke up you were gone.  She was heartbroken and I had to fix it again."  "Wait, you said again.  What do you mean?"  "Lyn your mother and I were really close at one point in time.  Three years I spent constantly checking on her and now I can say I have found you.  Your mother was worried sick, she had the cops searching for you.  After three months they gave up and pronounced you are assumed to be dead.  A memorial service was held.  Very few attended, very few knew you were not gone.  Your mother refused to believe it and that is why they only told certain people.  I spent a week staying with her to make sure she didn't do anything stupid.  The last thing she said to me before I left was about you.  She told me to find you and now you are here.  I have known you for a long time.almost your whole life.  I never gave up hope that you might just turn up."

Lyn begins to cry.  "Juni you go with Evelyn, this is something only I can take care of."  Juni "I am her protector."  "No you aren't.  I was always meant to take this transport.  It was just by fate she came through my area.  On dark stormy nights I know something big is coming.  If it wasn't for that battle I would never have found her."  "You better not do what I think you're going to do."  "Don't even go there.  You remember what happened last time, oh wait you weren't around yet."  Evelyn "Hey you boys need to cool it!" Juni leaves.

MCRC "Lyn, let's go sit down."  Lyn "Okay."  "Waiter can we get some menues over here?"  "For you MC, anything."  "Make sure it's in English this time."  "Yes sir."  " Lyn, are you feeling better yet?"  "My mother is dead."  "No she isn't, her name is Elizabeth, she has blonde hair and she never mentioned me unless something happened."  "You're the one who she talked about all the time?"  "My real name is Raymond and I have a history with your mother."  "She was always saying that things would be different if she married you.  I didn't have a clue of how protective you can become.  Plus I never met you until now."  "I've been hiding for three years.  Three years I have spent out here in the middle of nowhere. Doing the one thing your mother wanted me to do." "She never showed me any pictures of you two together." "That's because we were never doing anything together. We were extremely close back in school.  We never got to a more personal level until after you were born.  I became the family guard.  Anyone who wanted to see you and your mother had to go through me.  Then I trained her in the art of karate.  After that I left because I had a calling."

"You just up and left us alone because you felt she was ready to take care of the family on her own."  "Not exactly.  She was ready and still is.  They never put your name on a stone.  Only those who still believed in you surviving were at the service.  The cops thought it was weird so they left.  Shortly after they left Athena made an appearance.  I was right behind her with your mother when she told us you are still alive.  I was the only one to respond, I asked her where you were and then is when she said somewhere in Canada.  With that she disappeared."  "It was then that you began searching for me?"  "Yes that is when I began to search for you."  "I still don't believe I can trust you."  "And I don't blame you either.  You have heard that I left without saying goodbye.  The last thing I said to Liz until 3 years ago was, you are ready.  And with that I was gone.  The gods wanted me to go in a different direction and they made sure of it. I wound up with the legion in California and training position in New York. Today I run the single most deadly operation on the planet. We like to call ourselves the Ninth Legion of Gual. Now if you are unfamiliar with the legend that goes along with us I will tell it to you later. As a matter of fact you will get to see our campfire tonight. We have skits and songs, to finish up the campfire activity I will repeat the legend of the Ninth Legion. Now I'm going to take you to the tent you will be staying in as well as show you where to wash up. I have a private wash basin in the back of this camp. No one is allowed back there unless invited or it is an emergency. You will be completely safe back there and nothing will happen to you." "Thank you and I am considering staying at your side since you have a history with me."