NationStates Jolt Archive

Senator Thomas O'Reilly's motorcade drove down the street. O'Reilly was in his Maybach with Major General James Marion, the director of The Captain's prison system. They were on their way to a hearing on the future of Robert Johnson, a man who helped authorities discover a spy ring within The Captain's ports of entry. Usually he would be branded a hero, but the way he came about the traitor was because they were sexual partners. Now, they were in a precarious situation, because they didn't want to put a national hero to death, and a prison sentence needed to be discussed.

The motorcade stopped. Ahead, the entire road was blocked by people, mostly long-haired and dressed in tie-died shirts. O'Reilly ordered his car to the front, where the combination military and Office of Internal Security officers were ordering the people to move out of the way. The car got to the front, where he saw people holding signs that read "The Captain is gay," "Free Robert Johnson," and "Tom O'Reilly =Hitler." He stepped out and yelled for the people to get out of the way. He explained to them that he was busy and that protesting was illegal in The Captain. They yelled and screamed at O'Reilly and he stood and stared at them for a minute.

The protesters broke out into song, and O'Reilly got back into his car. Marion looked at him, waiting for the order he knew O'Reilly would give. He nodded his head and Marion got on the radio. They could hear the droning of "we shall not, we shall not be moved" in the background as O'Reilly reached into his coat pocket for his Colt 1911. Marion unholstered his sidearm too, and they got back out of the car. The men aimed their weapons and when O'Reilly shot into the crown, the rest of the men opened fire. They stopped when nobody was left standing.


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"This is Matt Jeffries, reporting here in the outskirts of Mount Captain. Today, Senator O'Reilly's motorcade was attacked by a militant group of anti-establishment protesters. Most of the protesters were foreigners, bent on attacking The Captain due to its policies in certain social arenas. We have not yet identified their country of origin, but our government is working on that and has made it a high priority. If any countries know they had citizens here, we will work quickly to return the bodies. Senator O'Reilly, who was on his way to a hearing concerning Robert Johnson, made it safely to the Senate building and has reported that no decision has been made yet by the Senate.

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"Well that didn't work the way I thought it would..." the man said sitting back on the bed. "Really, I thought they'd get into more international trouble for killing a bunch of protesters..." He sat there musing out loud to the ceailing of his hotel room. The SAT-SCRAM sat silently on a small table, the red light blinking indicating that an incoming call was being recieved.

The man stood and walked over pushing the tie-dyed shirt with the Hello name tag saying Lib in large letters off the dresser and into a trash bag. One to be dumped in some distant trash receptiacle.

He picked up a small wand and ran an arc back across the room. The device detected no bugs. He picked up a head-set and placed it across his mouth. He switched on the unit and a high pitched hum filled the room. Only dogs and a few humans could hear it but it drowned out the voice...

He typed in his code 876JK78 into the 16 numeral key pad and waited...

Blake what the hell have you been up to...

"I was testing the political response to right wing nation's anti-free speech actions...."

By shipping a load of hippies from Terran Sphere out there...getting them to protest?

"Yes sir, Project Nava was designed to..."

I don't care...this is a mess and I want you, Blake, to clean up your mess...this project should have never been authorized, especially using Klatchians

"Yes sir," He gulped

You are running silent from now on...understood

"Understood and acknowledged...."

*Click* wieeeeeee...

Blake gulped again and put the head set down. Alright, this op has become a f*** up and if I don't start to clean up the mess I will be *flushed* He began to stuff anything incriminating into the plastic bag at the end of the dresser.

"Sickening, just sickening," an interviewee said on the evening news. "I can't believe that those horrible people would get in the way of a Senator like that. And to attack him and cause his escort to use force... I think we need more escort patrols for the Senators!"

"There you have it, Mary," Jeffries said into the camera, "citizens outraged at this senseless display of mob violence against one of The Captain's most respected citizens. I'm just as mad as the rest of them, and I think we need to see some more crackdowns on the protesting population. Maybe The Senators can travel by helicopter more often, and we can aviod these horrible demonstrations."

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"The Department of Information for you, Senator," the intercom chirped.

O'Reilly picked up the phone. "Yes, I just saw the broadcast. Put that Jeffries on the 'rising star' list. I could probably use him in my office, come to think of it.... Yes, we'll put out our own press release. Tell them that we're saddened by the loss of lives, but there were too many of them for me to reason with. And how I tried..." O'Reilly laughed and hung up the phone. It was so much fun to be a Senator.

"This is Matt Jeffries, reporting live on the scene of another protest. I have notified the Department of Justice and the Department of Information. We are here with their permission, and showing you these protests live and in person. Here's somebody now." Jeffries walked up to the man and asked why he was here. The man reeked as if he hadn't ever showered, and was wearing some kind of tie-dyed shirt.

"This is an injustice, man. The way The Senators treat the people is just totally wrong man. I mean, everyone should have a chance to be free."

"Our citizens are some of the freest on this planet!" Jeffries shot back. "Look at how we let you hippies gather and have your protests. Why we..."

Shots were fired. "You crazy hippies! Stop your violent protests!" Then the image on the camera blacked out.

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The Captain Daily News

Local Reporter Hero After Violent Protests

Mount Captain- Department of Information news reporter Matt Jeffries showed his patriotism yet again yesterday during the second violent attack on The Captain Police officers. While reporting on the so far peaceful protest, Jeffries was caught in a deadly situation when the crowd suddenly produced weapons and fired on the police. The officers on the scene were quick to return fire, and soon Foley St. was the scene of an all-out battle. Jeffries quick reacted as well, struggling with his interviewee and wresting the protester's weapon away. Jeffries then turned the weapon on the crowd, and has been credited with five kills.
"Really, I was just doing my job," Jeffries said in an interview with the Daily News. "There were civilians everywhere, and I was worried about their safety-- not to mention the safety of the police officers."
Those who surrendered immediately were taken into custody and are cooperating with officers. Those who did not surrender immediately were killed.
Jeffries will be back at his job tonight, and you can catch him on Channel 3 at 6:30