Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The Investigators, Inc. An Odd Rescue Case. Chapter 14. Jumping Ghosts.
The team was now at the fence and just a few steps away from their freedom. “I don’t understand how all these soldiers can be walking around,” said Aurora, “and yet, they act as though they don’t see us.” “That is because they don’t see us,” said Jennifer casually, “remember your miracle. I am preventing them from seeing and hearing us. Can you trust me right now?
Later I will do some explaining, once we are at home and safe.” “I do trust you Jennifer,” she said, “otherwise I would not be here.” Then Aurora saw the lion jumping over the fence and landing beside them. Then it came over to Aurora and rubbed against her, so she petted the lion. “When I prayed for a miracle,” said Aurora, “I never expected this!”
She and Sapphire then climbed onto the lion and were strapped on safely. Then with a huge leap the lion jumped over the fence, landing safely on the other side. Sky was also busy jumping the fence while one of the girls held onto her. However, the guys were kind of big and Sky wasn’t too sure about jumping the fence with one of them holding onto her.
So, our friendly lion took them one by one. Rock was the last one and Sky had stayed behind so she could keep him invisible. Finally the lion came back and it was his turn. “Um, are you sure she can carry a big guy like me?” he asked Sky. “Scared you might fall off Rock?” she asked in return, “Just do as your told and everything will be fine.”
But, Rock let go of Sky before he touched the lion and he was then visible. One of the soldiers yelled that there was a man over there…and a woman too he had added afterward as Sky made herself visible. “Quick Rock, touch the lion!” she said. He did so and immediately disappeared. But Sky stood there, still visible and the soldier shot a couple of times.
But Sky stood there looking at the soldiers. Now there were 4 of them shooting at her, yet she continued to stand there. Then she shot some bolts of electricity, killing all four soldiers. Then the Colonel, Aurora’s aunt, showed up and saw Sky. Sky pointed at the fence, just briefly and the Colonel looked, seeing her niece safe, standing beside Sapphire. They both smiled, then walked away.
The Colonel smiled too, knowing that her niece was now safe. Sky then jumped over the fence, doing a complete flip as she did so and landing safely on the other side. Another soldier had arrived beside the Colonel and was about to shoot at Sky who was already on the other side. “NO, you fool!” exclaimed the Colonel, “Do you not see all the soldiers on that side?
Do you want to cause a major incident? That woman is not one we are looking for anyway.” Back with our team again. “I am very happy that my aunt was able to see that I was now safe,” said Aurora, “it just makes me feel so much better.” “Yes, we are all happy that she was able to see you Aurora,” said Jennifer. “You do have a lot of friends I see,” remarked Aurora.
“This is only a few of them,” said Sapphire, “wait until you get to meet everyone!” “I really am looking forward to that,” she said smiling, “I have never had a friend that I could trust, or talk with, or share things with, my entire life. It was forbidden in my family and I never understood why until 2 years ago when my parents were killed.” “Well, now you will have many friends with us,” said Sapphire. They were on one of our jets, a larger one, on the way back home.
“By the way,” said Aurora to Sky, “you and Angel look like twins.” “Triplets actually,” said Sky, “the third one is at home. Her name is Crystal. Although we are really just cousins, but our mothers were triplets and the 3 of us were all born within days of each other. Jennifer and Kat are real identical twins though.” “And Jennifer is married to your top leader, correct?” asked Aurora.
“Yes, that’s right,” said Sapphire, “although he used to be married to Kat first.” “Oh, why did they get divorced?” she asked. “They didn’t,” said Sapphire, “Kat was killed and then he married Sky.” “Yes, then when I was killed, Steve married Jennifer,” added Sky. Then Jennifer waved to Sky to come over to her, which she did. “I think I’m a bit confused,” said Aurora.
“That’s okay, Jennifer did say she would explain things to you once we get home,” said Sapphire smiling. “I’m looking forward to that,” she said giggling. Right then Jewel, Tracker and Moonbeam came over to the girls so they could be introduced to Aurora, although Jewel had already met her before. “Oh, you have 3 cats!” exclaimed Aurora, “I love cats, but have never had one.”
“Actually, we have 19 regular cats and 4 wildcats,” said Aasta, who had now joined the conversation. “Yes, I have met the huge lion already,” said Aurora. “Oh, right, I wasn’t counting our lion,” said Aasta. “How could you forget something so big?” asked Aurora laughing. Well, it was good to know our team was heading back home, all of them safe, including Burk, who had been flying that helicopter remotely.
I am looking forward to meeting Aurora. It is also nice to relax again with Jennifer sitting beside me. Yes, Sky and Jennifer returned home, leaving the plane, ahead of the others and we all need a time to relax again after this case. But I’m sure our relaxing will be short, I can tell.
The End. A new story will be coming soon.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
Saturday Stories. #25-05 Exploring.
Greetings and Happy March to everyone! Time seems to be flying by, and that is okay as it means that winter is soon coming to an end. I am looking forward to spring and not just for the warmer weather but also for the new life that begins to show that time of the year. Actually, meteorologically speaking, today is the first day of spring, although for us, spring arrives when those temperatures go above freezing and stay there each day.
That is when the birds begin to really come back from the south and their spring songs fill the air once again. And seeing those tiny green leaves appear on the trees and shrubs makes the whole landscape come alive. Speaking of spring. It was also the time I used to like getting out and begin exploring the area again.
I would get in my car and start driving down the many country roads looking for old abandoned buildings to explore. It was always a lot of fun. Now, when I say country roads, many of them were more like trails barely visible among the trees. But, a road is a road. If people used to drive on it before, then I can now. At least that was my theory.
And it usually worked fairly well. Anyway, this one time I was driving down a country road and spotted something. So I stopped and backed up. Sure enough, there was the remains of some kind of road. There was no ditch along that section so I could just drive across an open area to the “road”. Okay, it was a trail. At one time anyway.
It did seem like there were two ruts along which some kind of vehicles traveled at one time. I drove among the many bushes and around trees until I came to a clearing with a couple of broken down buildings. I was by myself, which was normal, since no one I knew at the time had this same desire for adventure as me. Another way to put it, “I was crazy, my friends were not”.
That’s the way they said it anyway. I carried a walking stick with me, sideways, just in case I discovered an old, unmarked well. Something that happened on occasion. This time I didn’t have any problems with a well. The old house was fallen apart so badly that I decided not to go inside. However, there was an outside entrance leading to the cellar.
Now we’re getting somewhere, I thought to myself. The stairs seemed sturdy enough and I had a flashlight with me, so, down I went. The floor above was sagging terribly in the center, but I decided not to pay attention to that, it might scare me. The cellar was small, which was quite typical in these old places.
There was a couple wood boxes in one spot, an old table in very well used condition, a couple old metal tubs and some wood shelves which likely held preserves at one time. There were some broken glass jars on the floor, which was just dirt. The walls were made from stone and something that was curious. There was a door on one wall.
I decided to check it out but I couldn’t get it open, even though it didn’t appear to be locked. I’m a curious type, so back to the car to get some tools. Back at the car I noticed that one tire was flat, completely. Hmm, not good. However, I did have a spare tire with me. But, I was missing something important, a jack for lifting the car so I could change the tire.
It’s a handy little item. I remembered that my brother had borrowed it a couple days before. Sigh. This will make things a tiny bit difficult. Anyway, before this gets any longer, I will stop and finish it next time. Have a great weekend everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 