In Limbo

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his forearm, Ken activated the mounted cameras on the underside of the helicopter.  They descended, almost low enough to touch the treetops and swept across the rectangular field of neat rows of corn.  Then they turned away and back toward the compound.
     
                  “It sure is beautiful out here,” said Ken Messer.
     
                  “Say, Ron,” Jeff Craft could be heard.  “What can you tell us about the precautions taken on the ground.  You know, like keeping people out of the area for at least a little while today.  What has been done about that?”
     
                  “That's easy.  Mr. Brooks is good friends with the Base Commander. Well, it appears that the Base Commander has some training exercises going on this weekend for several local Reserve Units.  Involves spending the night out in the woods.  One unit handles guard duty and as a part of its training simply sealed off all roads leading into the base in this sector for the next twenty-four hours, along with all roads accessing the river just above our test site, as of this morning.  The only other way in would be on horseback, across the fields.  We can't seal that off, it's just not possible.  Would you like to see the base and some of the surrounding area?  It's really pretty out here, especially if you're into wilderness camping and that sort of thing.”
     
                  “Yeah, sure.”  “Let's do it.”
     
                  They turned back toward the river, temporarily following its winding course upriver back toward the base.
     
                  “Wow, look at those bluffs!  Beautiful.”
     
                  “That water looks crystal clear.”
     
                  “ I can't believe that nobody lives here.”
     
                  “Someone needs to build a resort out here, they'd make a fortune.”
     
                  “Dave, do you ever not think of money?”
     
                  “Yeah, when I'm in bed with a hot chick.”
     
                  “This is awesome.  I had no idea SERPAC owned this place out here!  I've been with the company for years, never heard about it.  When I was told to come out here, I never made the connection with AMAG.”
     
                  “Hey fellas, check out the blonde down there, on that boat.”
     
                  They swept a little lower and watched a young blond woman in a hot pink bikini floating in a canoe in the clear water of a little river.  They forgot that the aircraft's automatic cameras were still running.
     
                  “They do grow nice looking women here.”
     
                  “Well gents, let's get back.  We need to set up the equipment for tonight.  Jonathon wants only key personnel to be involved.  That's us.  Thank God for automation.”

Chapter  8
     
                  I didn't have an opportunity to speak with Tom for a while after we landed. We were busy setting up camp.  After a while I felt pretty foolish to have been so upset over some oversized weeds. Must be fertile soil here, I said to myself, or the military has played around with some chemicals.  Then I put the whole thing out of my mind, at least for the moment.
     
                  Sam had chosen a nice spot for our campsite.  I didn't care for the fact that it was gravel, though.  Gravel gets rough on your feet and can be hazardous after dark when you try to walk around on it.  But we were close to the water and the ground was level.  I thought of a night under the stars in my husband's arms and couldn't help but smile.  With the pads and the air mattress I would not feel a thing.
     
                  Supper was simple: steaks and barbecued beans.  All of us wives enjoyed the paper plates and plastic utensils, which left no dishes to wash!  Sam had

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