Steve`s Country
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The Investigators, Inc. The Major Case. Chapter 15. The Fight.
Storm saw the man behind Kristina get too close, so he let out one of his loud screams to warn her. Kristina knew what to do and twirled around out from between them and hit the man behind her on his hip with the club. Then she kicked the other man in the stomach, then in the head, knocking him down briefly. Then the third man came ashore, but he had a machete!
Kristina knew she was in trouble but continued fighting until the man with the machete knocked the club out of her hand. That is when Storm came running out and jumped on the back of one man, scratching vigorously! The man screamed and tried to reach Storm, but was unable to. Then Storm jumped off and ran to hide again.
Then one of them picked up a rock and threw it hard at Kristina’s back, hitting her right between the shoulder blades. She groaned and fell to her knees. That is when Storm jumped into action again, landing on the back of the rock thrower, scratching him hard which caused him to scream as well. Storm jumped down and disappeared once again.
Another man went looking for him, but Storm jumped on his back too, scratching him terribly!. Then Storm jumped off and ran behind the cabin. But he came right out and meowed=chop chop come! The man still in the boat took out a gun and shot at Storm, but missed him and he ran to hide again. That rock had really hurt Kristina and she was having trouble getting back on her feet.
The first man then kicked her, knocking her on the ground, then he went after her. Storm was about to try again, but, a loud voice boomed from the helicopter. “Stand down you men and get back in your boat, NOW!” said the voice. The man in the boat turned and shot at the chopper. But the Major has well-equipped helicopters, and this one shoots a small grenade, not too powerful, but it does the job anyway.
They shot back with this small grenade which landed next to the boat, causing it to tip and sending that gunman into the water. Then the voice came back, “I said stand down, get back in your boat and leave!” The men were a little more afraid now and started back to the boat. The chopper began to land and had the side door open with one man there who also had a gun, a bit more substantial than a handgun.
One of the attackers turned back and pulled out a knife to stab Kristina, but the man in the helicopter shot him before he had a chance. Storm had jumped up on the rock ready to attack the man with the knife, but he was happy he did not need to. The helicopter landed and the one man jumped out right away and made sure the other men left.
“Take your friend there with you!” he yelled out. They went and carried him back to the boat. “Hey man, he is dead!” called out one of them. “And what did you plan to do with your gun and knife boy?” the man asked. The other men got in their boat and left quickly after that. Kristina had gotten up and was leaning against the rock. “No need to worry Kristina, the Major sent us to pick you up,” said Frank.
Roy had jumped out and secured the chopper. “Where is Steve?” he asked. “In the cabin,” said Kristina weakly, “he is in a coma I think.” They carried me out to the chopper and helped Kristina get in. Storm ran and jumped in too, then off they went. Roy called back to the Major. “We got them Major,” he said, “but Steve is in a coma, and Kristina is hurt. Storm is fine.”
“Any other problems?” the Major asked. “Just some young guys that wanted to cause problems for Kristina,” said Roy, “but she was tossing them around quite nicely. One of them did hurt her though with a rock. But we sent them packing, one may have been killed.” “Well, they chose to play games with the wrong people,” said the Major, “oh, let Storm meow into the speaker, Sky would like to talk with him. How is Kristina now?”
Frank turned around, “she is beside Steve with her head on his chest.” Meowr.=Kristina do very good, she save Steve by herself, me only help a little. I tell more when I come, but me think you know already. This is not over yet…
To Be Continued.
©2023 Steve McLeod.
Friday Fun With Coffee! #3
Good morning everyone! It is cloudy again this morning and we had some more freezing drizzle earlier as well. It seems too cold to have something like that though. The temperature was, and is, 14F (-10C). I was informed by one of my readers yesterday about something odd on my blog. That had to do with the captions under my photos. When I put the captions in place, they run horizontal under the photo, like the sentences in this post.
But he was seeing the captions stacked like a pile of bricks, for lack of a better way to describe it, kind of word over word and placed to the left under the photo. So I checked some things. Going to my site using my laptop, that was indeed what showed up. Using my phone and going to my site, the captions showed up the way they should. I checked with my laptop through the reader and the captions showed up properly as well.
Above is a male evening grosbeak with a female common redpoll in front.
However, me doing it on my laptop does not always mean that is how it looks. I have found that out before. Most people, apparently, read blogs with their phones, so the problem would not likely show up. So, I need some help from you, my readers. If you could tell me how you see the captions under my photos, I would be very happy! Also, please let me know if you read from your phone or laptop/computer. Do you use the WP app?
If I am going to approach WP with this problem, I will need as many details as possible. I have discovered that before. If you have a solution to the problem, please let me know, I am sure others must have had this problem before. It is annoying for sure. Likely people think I am doing this deliberately. I am trying something different this morning to see if that will correct the problem. I could also just describe the photo either before or after showing it, right in the post itself, without using captions.
Female evening grosbeak on the right with the small female common redpoll on the left.
I have done that before too. It is just nicer to use captions. Oh well. Thank you so much for your help!! I sometimes have problems. In other words, things happen to me. My dad was accident prone, now I am. I guess I inherited it from him. Or something. Anyway, last night I wanted to boil some potatoes. I do that sometimes. I put water in a pot and as I pulled it from the sink it hit the edge of the sink and splashed water.
It was much like a huge wave of water. All over me. Getting me quite wet. It even went up the sleeve of my shirt. I raised my arm to get it out of the way and the water flowed right up to my shoulder. That got me to lower my arm quickly and the water poured out and onto my foot! Until that moment my feet had remained dry. Sigh. I changed my shirt. I like dry shirts. Especially in winter. Now, after cooking my meal and getting the food on my plate, I proceeded to walk to my chair.
Just had to include another frosty tree above.
I sit in my recliner while I eat and spend time on my blog. I like to do that. And it works good. Well, most of the time. Guess I sat down too fast, or something, and my plate began to tip. I tried to stop it and just ended up slapping the plate against my chest. Flat. Splat. My clean shirt! My food! Muffin had been sleeping but she came running when I mentioned food. Or maybe she heard the splat. Whichever.
I cleaned up my food and put it back on my plate. Then I changed my shirt. Again. I came back and Muffin was enjoying my meal. Especially the broccoli. She just loves broccoli. She grabbed the biggest piece and off she ran with it. Sigh. She ate it all too. I looked at my food. I wonder what else she was sampling? Sigh. Nothing much has happened lately, so guess I was overdue. Oh well. I do hope you have a fabulous Friday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2023 Steve McLeod.
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