guy time after the latest crisis (oliver)

The bar that was right beside the mall hadn’t escaped unscathed. There were a few boarded up windows that would stay that way until the glaziers got round to them but people had been phased while the attack happened. After that they got angry and back to their stubborn selves. He could understand the protest that the local radio had reported as the big media outlets got wiped out; nobody expected a journalist to die and that was a shock.

“I got shot but it was glancing. I got to an OSE shelter with Peyton and Ella after taking out the fanatic by going full big dog on him. I felt really angry at the time but this is the worst thing those blue f*&kers could have done to themselves. The world will want to crush them again. So will my kind” David replied as he brought Oliver up to date. He personally wouldn’t mind feeding any they found still on the island to the reef sharks.

Anyway they could do with a drink before he got bogged down with work again. “The UK’s medical ship is in port and some of their staff will be in our hospital. When I came here the blockade was still in place. So things really have changed”.

He did wonder how Oliver got on so added “what happened with you?”

Oliver Dougard

"Life is more complicated here than it looks like on the surface but you can live a simple life if you want to. It's not hard to buy some land away from the city and build a house with a garden. So what job did you end up doing?" David replied. It sounded like his sister was getting on well and a happy sister might also mean a happy brother.

Oliver Dougard

“Everybody needs a job. You’ll be working in a mighty unusual place but I knew OSE before coming here. Their UK branch outed me not being baseline human and that caused me a lot of problems. They were doing their job but I wonder if they realise just what issues they caused by doing it” David replied. “You should take the chance of getting firearm training from them as this isn’t the last we’ll see of those blue lunatics” he helpfully added as you might as get as much training as you could from your employer.

“I’ll be back in a moment. What drink do you want?” he posed. He felt friendly enough at present to Oliver but that could improve further. His personal attitude to OSE was softening and fatherhood probally helped that.

Oliver Dougard

“So I might run into your sister in that case” David replied after he brought their drinks along with a bowl of salted nuts. They did do lemon limeade and his choice was a local beer.

“They don’t have a good reputation but they do have a chance to improve it. I just hope they can given the common enemy we face” he added passing Oliver his drink.

Oliver Dougard

“ARI is a big place so it’s possible. My mother will be coming over sooner than planned following that the attack. Naturally she was worried once news got back to the UK so she’s flying over to see things for herself and her grandchild. We’ll look after her”.

Now he poured his beer and sipped it. He was surprised to see salted peanuts here as that was something he’d known back at home.

Oliver Dougard

David didn’t think it was random. You planned something like this and it had to be coordinated with the arrival of the candidates for the US presidential election. At least the way he thought.

“We all get scared Oliver. It’s how you deal with it that determines the outcome. For example even before I got here I lived in a big city. You had crime, political instability and how you dealt with what you seen defined my view of life. I even had a knife pulled on me living there but I fought off a robber. I still carry the scar from the minor wound. Now I have a scar from a bullet wound to remind me of what it takes to defend your family from people who would kill you for not agreeing with their world view.

I’ll always fight. The child of a lone parent dosen’t get it easy growing up. Now I want to see my mother enjoying life rather than just living. I now know what she sacrificed to be a parent.

I also think OSE will be involved into looking at this. So will other agencies like the FBI, CIA and others. We have a common enemy. My kind is a branch of hunanity just like homo sapiens is. They can co-exist and I hope my daughter will never have to go through what I had to deal with”.

Oliver Dougard