“It was mailed training for Badass. I don’t know who sent it. Mail call had a new lesson every month. It stopped after four and a half years.” I shrug with no details because I don’t know who sent it.
Anchor and Racks look at each other for a few seconds that drag on.
Anchor asks, “Where did they come from?”
“California, Boston, Virginia, one time Ohio and one from New York. Wolf had me check for more but those are it.” They look at each other again so I sit and slide the duffle under my seat. Havoc lays down in front of me.
Racks moves first, sitting beside me while watching out for Havoc’s body. “When did you talk to Wolf?”
“It was by email this morning. I put it in a book after Hemy said it was Lead, Teach and Enforce lessons from Badass. I used them for the job not knowing that. I thought it was about me thinking on my feet.”
Racks laughs. “One and the same, Brother. Keylan has been giving them to us like he got them from Little Brothers. The new Bible they sent us has some he gave. It all boils down to the same thing. Jinx and Brinks know them all by heart. Jinx re-wrote it with lessons Crow and Cort gave them.”
I’ve heard of Crow and search for it.
“Whitewater. The original MC Club in New Mexico’s President before Cort. It’s the Alpha Club now.” We all turn toward Mucimi.
The normal shit you’d do or say when someone — not on the chopper when you boarded — is answering your thoughts, never happens anymore. It’s like a training you get in Badass that no one says a word about.
“I’ll talk about it but do you seriously think it would matter or do anything but waste time?”
I smile. “You got a point. Crow didn’t send the lessons. Who did?”
His face changes from the half smirk to blank. “That’s one I can’t talk about. You got what you needed. Anchor and Racks were getting it from Keylan. They didn’t get Mason but Badass is so close they didn’t need it.”
That has my head tilted. They didn’t get Mason. So,Mason teaching is…
“An influence. Let it go. You need to get off the chopper before the dam. They’ll tag and track everyone on it. I’m dropping you and Havoc first. Store the gear bag. You won’t need it until later.”
I nod and pull the gear bag out then throw the strap over my shoulder while he talks to Racks.
“I’ll be back for you. You need the new drones and the short-range satellites you and José worked on.”
Racks runs, in the chopper, that’s not far, but I don’t get to see where. “Warnings are good.” The air hitting every bit of me is unreal on steroids.
Havoc chuffs agreeing with me and I feel his body against my leg so I don’t know how I feel air there too. I guess this is where magic meets freaky.
Mucimi doesn’t laugh. Fuck.
§*§*§
Honor Rising
Sophie
Riding with Kristos, Seth, Asa and Pepper’s new Protector Team, I stay alert but I’m enjoying the hell out of the mountain roads. It’s like one of Asa’s simulated tests but better because it’s real and I can smell the trees and fresh mowed grass. I make a note for them to get smells added in the simulator with a smile. Maybe it doesn’t need to be that realistic. I’m smiling until I hear my name.
“What was that?” I ask.
Seth answers. “The smellavision for the simulator. Theyput it in the Rescue simulator for the K9s. In puddles or drizzling, you smell the water and feel the spray. Alder said it’s needed for the dogs but Racks put it on all the simulators. They have a whole keyboard with the synthesizer to control sound and fans for wind and spray for rain but they added the interface for smells. Racks put it all together on a gaming keyboard and Anchor put it on a synthesizer with toggle switches. Alder had Mateo over there to help Oliver code so the simulator uses the same sound, wind, rain or smell for each scenario.”
“So, the wind blows harder or a certain way when you ride up a hill and jump?” Kristos asks.
“Yeah, Pres. Whatever you call for, it will run like the K9 scenarios at Rising Squared.” Seth answers.
Asa pipes in. “Rescue have different to Rescue train. Here, Flight simulator, ground Ops different to Security train. No BSC basic simulators. MC have old to train Badass.”
Seth explains that better. “We aren’t a training Club for BSC so our simulator is focused on flight working with ground teams. Brekan gets the old simulator programs for the Clubs signing the clean Bible. They don’t all go BSC or want to so he trains at the Clubs that do with the old.”
