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The government is trying to take down the Council...
But they get their asses handed to them.

One of the senators wanted to play hardball from the beginning but got outvoted.

Now, the head of the task force is killed.

Will they wise up and swallow their pride to get the best?

Lt. Hall is working more closely with Shay, and admits that the kidnapping and fights and losing a man has made it hard to sleep.

Will she be able to get revenge and close the gate to the fear that is creeping into her life?

Brownstone isn't going to play by anyone's rules, so he waits patiently while his team works on their barbeque skills. Will the government ask Brownstone to go to war for them? Will he, after what they did to Alison?
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 Council has been around for about twenty years, started when magic began to flow to Earth. Don’t know their ultimate goals but do know that they now have some artifacts to help them. They’ve got something up their sleeve, and the fact that they already have so many little safehouses and bases set up isn’t a good sign. They’ve been playing a long game, and we got lucky. FBI and PDA managed to capture a few mid-level agents. These guys play hard. Even their low-level punks don’t like to be taken alive. A lot of the law isn’t settled on magical evidence and the Constitution, so we’ve taken advantage of the gray areas. “ We need the biggest damned boots in the country to squash these roaches, and that’s you, son.” Willing to pay, usual bounty plus bonus, plus favors in high places. Alison might need those some day. Never hurts to have them.
 James responded." “I’m not a fucking moron who’ll toss myself into the furnace just because some Senator asks. What you’ve told me is that you guys keep fucking up, and now you’re desperate.”  As the Council might decide to come after James in the future because of what he’d done, he might as well take the fight to them first. “If you want this done, I want complete support when I ask for it. Otherwise, stay the fuck out of my way. I’m not taking orders from anyone, and I don’t want anyone crying if a building or two blows up by the time this is over. I’m not filing reports or asking permission for shit, either. I’m more interested in political help in case I do blow up a building. Shit like that. I also might need quick transport or portals or some shit to get to these bastards.
-“Magical portals might not work again. If you need insertion, we’ll get you there fast and in style.” The Senator gave him an authenticatr, a gadget that would allow him to access all of the relevant information gathered so far. “Fine.  But if I so much as smell a hint of the idea that you’re fucking me over, I’ll drop this monkey on your back again.”
+“Magical portals might not work again. If you need insertion, we’ll get you there fast and in style.” The Senator gave him an authenticator, a gadget that would allow him to access all of the relevant information gathered so far. “Fine.  But if I so much as smell a hint of the idea that you’re fucking me over, I’ll drop this monkey on your back again.”
 Brownstone calls Shay, tells her it’s all-out war, and that they’ll need Heather and Peyton on it. Shay wants to sit Lily out on this one. Not ready yet.
 Tyler, at the Black Sun, gets a call from Brownstone. I need the best to poke around in the dark web. Got a huge pile of cash for this one. Possible death if we fuck up though. You in? Time to fuck up the people calling the shots. Don’t be a pussy. Strap on a cup and saddle up.  Tyler agrees, and they meet at the bar that day, after closing. More phone calls, and Shay,  Trey, and Maria Hall will be there, too. The Professor will also help out, with items. Brownstone goes to Zoe’s house, orders 500 healing potions, ready in two weeks or less.  She’ll do it.

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 '''THE HUNT'''  “Contact!” And Major Davies looked over at Hammer 3. His exoskeleton lay on the ground, the soldier still strapped in with his head lolled back. Blood dripped from a gaping wound in his chest, where his armor had been shredded like paper. They were ruthlessly attacked by four-armed monsters. Bullets and magic were exchanged, and finally the monsters and their magicians were conquered. The surviving soldiers, along with the single wizard and witch left, searched the roofs and ground for more enemies. Everyone reloaded, as they decided to breach the building. As they exploded a door, a cloaked figure stepped out. They shredded its clothing with a grenade, and a dense and thick red mist appeared. A red-mist tentacle whipped out of its sleeve and wrapped around Hammer 2’s neck. He got out a scream before his entire head melted like ice under a heat lamp. The red mist disappeared into a portal. Several explosions ripped across the compound. The first few blew the landing craft apart and scattered the reinforcements. The next one knocked Major Davies to the ground. A final titanic explosion consumed him, and everyone else.
-TUMB 11/03  Captain Tanaka, leader of Eagle Team (. (See Groups, [[US Gov Special Forces (TUMB)]] for structure, goals) , arrived, and found all dead, consumed by the fires and the explosions. Correk  advised, “You’re going to have to think way out of the box when dealing with this group, Captain.” The Captain asked if he thought that she (Leira) might come back. Correk said, ”No. You humans need to find your next set of heroes. We have been trying to help you do this for decades.” The elf shrugged and raised his hand, and a portal winked into existence. “I have a suggestion. Place a very large bounty on this group, dead or alive, a level six. I’m sure you’ll find the expenditure of money worthwhile, and you’ll find plenty of bounty hunters who know how to think outside the box.” The Captain called for a phone.
+TUMB 11/03  Captain Tanaka, leader of Eagle Team (. (See Groups, [[US Government Special Forces (TUMB)]] for structure, goals) , arrived, and found all dead, consumed by the fires and the explosions. Correk  advised, “You’re going to have to think way out of the box when dealing with this group, Captain.” The Captain asked if he thought that she (Leira) might come back. Correk said, ”No. You humans need to find your next set of heroes. We have been trying to help you do this for decades.” The elf shrugged and raised his hand, and a portal winked into existence. “I have a suggestion. Place a very large bounty on this group, dead or alive, a level six. I’m sure you’ll find the expenditure of money worthwhile, and you’ll find plenty of bounty hunters who know how to think outside the box.” The Captain called for a phone.
 James and Shay were watching some of her Parkour Penny incidents, and were amused. James feels, however, that the Bounty Agency training isn’t enough, that they need training in combating magicals.  He tried to think of how he could improve the training at Camp Brownstone. Obviously, he didn’t want to cripple his men or feed them to crocodiles, but maybe making things rougher wouldn’t be such a bad idea.  The phone rings. It’s Alison, wanting to prepare James with the idea that there just might be a boy she’s interested in, and she doesn’t want him coming over and blowing up the school about it. James agrees he won’t do that, And Shay says, “ You’re being mighty mature about this. I was half-expecting you to already be on the phone for a supersonic flight to Virginia.”

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 TUMB 11/15   James and Shay had taken out the Utah Council safe house, and had lost their rental SUV to a fire bomb, because it was parked too close to the targeted house. They were parking farther away now, safer. They’ll try to keep the damage contained to the house itself, also, and the police were on patrol on the outskirts, in case they were needed. Might be artifacts inside, so don’t want to just blow it up. He bonded with the amulet, which was ready to fight stronger enemies, so he would get stronger. Shay has a magic shield to protect her, and will take the back entrance. Brownstone kicked in the front door.  Four men inside the living room opened fire with assault rifles. Brownstone was unaffected, because of the amulet. They killed three of the four, and called for any Council member there to come out. A muscular man stepped out of a bedroom door. He growled several times and pounded his fists together, and an orange aura oozed from his skin and surrounded him. Bullets bounced off him. Shay tossed Brownstone her magic sword, and he finished off the enemy, taking the jade earrings from him, per the Professor’s instructions. This had not been a Council member, and they were disappointed.
-TUMB 11/16  '''THE INFORMATION FROM THE EYES'''   Tyler, at the bar, finds just the person he wants to take to the Eyes, Stone Hanson, a sex slaver, selling to prostitute rings. Real scum, that even Kathy doesn’t want in the bar. Tyler tells him he has a deal that needs someone with Hanson’s peculiar skill set, and Hanson agrees, if it would be a 70/30 split. They go to see the Eyes.
+TUMB 11/16  '''THE INFORMATION FROM THE EYES '''   Tyler, at the bar, finds just the person he wants to take to the Eyes, Stone Hanson, a sex slaver, selling to prostitute rings. Real scum, that even Kathy doesn’t want in the bar. Tyler tells him he has a deal that needs someone with Hanson’s peculiar skill set, and Hanson agrees, if it would be a 70/30 split. They go to see the Eyes.
 Hanson meets the Eyes, and is taken for an experiment on limits – limits of pain the human mind can stand. The Eyes gave Tyler three sets, of two numbers, each separated by a comma. Tyler asked what they were. Enough to restore balance. Tyler forwarded the numbers to Heather and Peyton with the message, I got this from a contact. I have no fucking idea what it means. Maybe you can make heads or tails of it.
 Brownstone, the next day, presents a map to Shay, Hall, Tyler and Trey, with three locations marked on it. The number sets were locations, latitude and longitude. James does not even want to give the information to Johnstone, as it might be leaked. They decide to take care of it themselves, the old-fashioned way, no satellites or magic or other shit. A stakeout. Dannec sent me a message this morning, he’s ready to deliver most of what I need. We can equip some teams and stake out the locations. Just for observation. If we verify the Council members are there, then we send everyone there. All the locations are within an hour by supersonic flight. I’ll lead a team with a few guys. Trey will lead some guys. And you and Shay can be a team. We’ll watch these fuckers for a few days and see if we spot any roaches that need to be squashed.”
-TUMB 11/17   '''THE STAKEOUTS’’’ Brownstone, Lachlan, Deshawn, and Max had been on stake-out for four days.  Getting boring.
+TUMB 11/17   '''THE STAKEOUTS''' Brownstone, Lachlan, Deshawn, and Max had been on stake-out for four days.  Getting boring.
 Shay and Maria are in the same boat. Boring, so they talk a lot about Brownstone And Shay.

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 Remember Lieutenant Hall’s briefing about the anti-magic deflectors. If they get too dark, you need to pull back. The only people dying today will be the Council and their lackeys. We don’t know how many monsters or soldiers the Council have left. We’ve picked off a lot of places and grabbed some artifacts, but this will be their last stand, and they will fight like cornered animals. So watch each other’s fucking backs, and make sure that every last Council motherfucker goes to meet their mak
-TUMB 11/22 They were on the ground, near the facility. Jame’s amulet was talking to him. Kill strong enemies. Adapt. Grow stronger. Reach advanced transformation. Full capabilities yet to be unlocked.
+TUMB 11/22 '''THE BATTLE'''  They were on the ground, near the facility. Jame’s amulet was talking to him. Kill strong enemies. Adapt. Grow stronger. Reach advanced transformation. Full capabilities yet to be unlocked.
 There would be no fancy communications tech this time. The main buildings were already in sight. The Council had pulled all its forces inside, so they knew they were coming. “From what I was told, the Council’s men are in that large building. We’ll stick to the earlier plan. I’m gonna knock on their door to get their attention with Shay’s and Lieutenant Hall’s help. The other two teams should hit the sides and sweep toward the center. Pincer-attack shit. I’m sure Royce would be proud. James had decided against bulletproof vests to focus on armor with more resistance to stabbing and slashing. They expected monsters and magic, not gunslingers.
 James halted about twenty yards from the front of the building. Two massive metal doors stood there, decorated with two halves of an elaborate crest made up of concentric circles and upside-down triangles. The teams spread out. Rockets were fired, and the doors collapsed, opening the way into the buildings. Dozens of four-armed Zains were waiting.  Grenades and gunfire followed, with knives and Shay’s sword completing the task of annihilation. James’ amulet kept urging him to fight stronger enemies for advanced transformation.

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 Heather and Peyton pin-point cleaning services with companies the Council own, and they might have two locations that look good, one in Las Vegas, the other in Salt Lake City. Heather tells Brownstone.
-TUMB 11/14   ‘’’STUN GUN PRACTICE’’’   Trey and Shorty out on a Level Three bounty named Howard. (Shorty asks Trey why he’s been grinning like a fool for the last few days.) Brownstone had given them healing potions, just in case they might need them. They had a solid team: Trey, Shorty, Deshawn, Isaiah, Lachlan, and Max. Several Level Threes had popped up in the last couple of days, and James wanted them taken down as soon as possible. Even a minor easing up by the agency had convinced some scum they were free to pop out of their holes. They had new stun guns and stun rifles to practice with, to get ready for working the council events. Everyone had a potion and a bulletproof vest. Trey understood his intention. The boys had gotten used to easy beatdowns, and the Council wouldn’t be drunk losers they could manhandle, even with better weapons. Staff Sergeant Royce had stressed it too. Warrior protection was a mindset, he said.  Healing magic could do a lot, but it couldn’t bring you back to life. Lachlan is to guard their vehicle. Wants to be where the action is, so complains, but will do it.
+TUMB 11/14   '''STUN GUN PRACTICE'''   Trey and Shorty out on a Level Three bounty named Howard. (Shorty asks Trey why he’s been grinning like a fool for the last few days.) Brownstone had given them healing potions, just in case they might need them. They had a solid team: Trey, Shorty, Deshawn, Isaiah, Lachlan, and Max. Several Level Threes had popped up in the last couple of days, and James wanted them taken down as soon as possible. Even a minor easing up by the agency had convinced some scum they were free to pop out of their holes. They had new stun guns and stun rifles to practice with, to get ready for working the council events. Everyone had a potion and a bulletproof vest. Trey understood his intention. The boys had gotten used to easy beatdowns, and the Council wouldn’t be drunk losers they could manhandle, even with better weapons. Staff Sergeant Royce had stressed it too. Warrior protection was a mindset, he said.  Healing magic could do a lot, but it couldn’t bring you back to life. Lachlan is to guard their vehicle. Wants to be where the action is, so complains, but will do it.
-They walk to the location, a run-down apartment house, boarded-up windows, dirty, etc., with expensive cars in its lot. Contrast. Instructions. After stunning, tie up wit zip ties. Stun doesn’t last long. Shorty doesn’t want to hunt him out, so suggests they just call him, challenge him to come out. Shorty does so, and twenty armed guards come out to confront them. They were outnumbered and on open ground. Even with their vests, there was too much of a chance of a headshot. “Come on, boys, let’s go. Time for a strategic withdrawal.” Trey winked when his back was turned and mouthed, “Use the fucking cars as shields.” Battle ensued, and the stun guns did their work. Shorty and Isaiah got shot, took potion, got better. They took in Howard.
+They walk to the location, a run-down apartment house, boarded-up windows, dirty, etc., with expensive cars in its lot. Contrast. Instructions. After stunning, tie up wit zip ties. Stun doesn’t last long. Shorty doesn’t want to hunt him out, so suggests they just call him, challenge him to come out. Shorty does so, and twenty armed guards come out to confront them. They were outnumbered and on open ground. Even with their vests, there was too much of a chance of a head-shot. “Come on, boys, let’s go. Time for a strategic withdrawal.” Trey winked when his back was turned and mouthed, “Use the fucking cars as shields.” Battle ensued, and the stun guns did their work. Shorty and Isaiah got shot, took potion, got better. They took in Howard.
- TUMB 11/15   James and Shay had taken out the Utah Council safe house, and had lost their rental SUV to a fire bomb, because it was parked too close to the targeted house. They were parking farther away now, safer. They’ll try to keep the damage contained to the house itself, also, and the police were on patrol on the outskirts, in case they were needed. Might be artifacts inside, so don’t want to just blow it up. He bonded with the amulet, which was ready to fight stronger enemies, so he would get stronger. Shay has a magic shield to protect her, and will take the back entrance. Brownstone kicked in the front door.  Four men inside the living room opened fire with assault rifles. Brownstone was unaffected, because of the amulet. They killed three of the four, and called for any Council member there to come out. A muscular man stepped out of a bedroom door. He growled several times and pounded his fists together, and an orange aura oozed from his skin and surrounded him. Bullets bounced off him. Shay tossed Brownstone her magic sword, and he finished off the enemy, taking the jade earrings from him, per the Professor’s instructions. This had not been a Council member, and they were disappointed.
+TUMB 11/15   James and Shay had taken out the Utah Council safe house, and had lost their rental SUV to a fire bomb, because it was parked too close to the targeted house. They were parking farther away now, safer. They’ll try to keep the damage contained to the house itself, also, and the police were on patrol on the outskirts, in case they were needed. Might be artifacts inside, so don’t want to just blow it up. He bonded with the amulet, which was ready to fight stronger enemies, so he would get stronger. Shay has a magic shield to protect her, and will take the back entrance. Brownstone kicked in the front door.  Four men inside the living room opened fire with assault rifles. Brownstone was unaffected, because of the amulet. They killed three of the four, and called for any Council member there to come out. A muscular man stepped out of a bedroom door. He growled several times and pounded his fists together, and an orange aura oozed from his skin and surrounded him. Bullets bounced off him. Shay tossed Brownstone her magic sword, and he finished off the enemy, taking the jade earrings from him, per the Professor’s instructions. This had not been a Council member, and they were disappointed.
-TUMB 11/16  ‘’’THE INFORMATION FROM THE EYES’’’   Tyler, at the bar, finds just the person he wants to take to the Eyes, Stone Hanson, a sex slaver, selling to prostitute rings. Real scum, that even Kathy doesn’t want in the bar. Tyler tells him he has a deal that needs someone with Hanson’s peculiar skill set, and Hanson agrees, if it would be a 70/30 split. They go to see the Eyes.
+TUMB 11/16  '''THE INFORMATION FROM THE EYES'''   Tyler, at the bar, finds just the person he wants to take to the Eyes, Stone Hanson, a sex slaver, selling to prostitute rings. Real scum, that even Kathy doesn’t want in the bar. Tyler tells him he has a deal that needs someone with Hanson’s peculiar skill set, and Hanson agrees, if it would be a 70/30 split. They go to see the Eyes.
 Hanson meets the Eyes, and is taken for an experiment on limits – limits of pain the human mind can stand. The Eyes gave Tyler three sets, of two numbers, each separated by a comma. Tyler asked what they were. Enough to restore balance. Tyler forwarded the numbers to Heather and Peyton with the message, I got this from a contact. I have no fucking idea what it means. Maybe you can make heads or tails of it.
-Brownstone, the next day, presents a map to Shay, Hall, Tyler and Trey, with three locations marked on it. The number sets were locations, latitude and longitude. James does not even want to give the info to Johnstone, as it might be leaked. They decide to take care of it themselves, the old-fashioned way, no satellites or magic or other shit. A stakeout. Dannec sent me a message this morning, he’s ready to deliver most of what I need. We can equip some teams and stake out the locations. Just for observation. If we verify the Council members are there, then we send everyone there. All the locations are within an hour by supersonic flight. I’ll lead a team with a few guys. Trey will lead some guys. And you and Shay can be a team. We’ll watch these fuckers for a few days and see if we spot any roaches that need to be squashed.”
+Brownstone, the next day, presents a map to Shay, Hall, Tyler and Trey, with three locations marked on it. The number sets were locations, latitude and longitude. James does not even want to give the information to Johnstone, as it might be leaked. They decide to take care of it themselves, the old-fashioned way, no satellites or magic or other shit. A stakeout. Dannec sent me a message this morning, he’s ready to deliver most of what I need. We can equip some teams and stake out the locations. Just for observation. If we verify the Council members are there, then we send everyone there. All the locations are within an hour by supersonic flight. I’ll lead a team with a few guys. Trey will lead some guys. And you and Shay can be a team. We’ll watch these fuckers for a few days and see if we spot any roaches that need to be squashed.”
-TUMB 11/17   ‘’’THE STAKEOUTS’’’ Brownstone, Lachlan, Deshawn, and Max had been on stake-out for four days.  Getting boring.
+TUMB 11/17   '''THE STAKEOUTS’’’ Brownstone, Lachlan, Deshawn, and Max had been on stake-out for four days.  Getting boring.
 Shay and Maria are in the same boat. Boring, so they talk a lot about Brownstone And Shay.

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+{{Book|preseq=10|prev=One Bad Decision|nxtseq=12|next=Karma Is A Bitch|series=The Unbelievable Mr Brownstone|asin=B07HKH6TW8|img=5161lo61oWL|blurb=
 The government is trying to take down the Council...
 But they get their asses handed to them.

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 FATALMISTAKEEVENTS -TUMB 11-ORICERAN
 TUMB 11/01  ‘’’THE ATTACK’’’  Special forces groups from the Department of Defense, enriched by witches and wizards from the PDA (Paranormal Defense Agency) were approaching  a large fenced area, ex offices of a special tech company, which had been taken over after bankruptcy, by a private group who was supposed to have been  using it for a corporate retreat. However, satellites and drones had determined that it was really being used by “the Council” to develop and launch terrorist attacks.
-The artifacts stolen from the LA Museum were allegedly inside this complex, and the  DoD’s Special Forces units were sent out to recover them, with the extra help from the PDA. (See Groups, [[US Gov Special Forces (TUMB]] for structure, goals.)
+The artifacts stolen from the LA Museum were allegedly inside this complex, and the  DoD’s Special Forces units were sent out to recover them, with the extra help from the PDA. (See Groups, [[US Government Special Forces (TUMB)]] for structure, goals.)
 The PFW team from the agency had still not heard the results of the competition they were in. James was reviewing what they needed to do to improve-  We’re nowhere near perfection. Only okay temperature control, but the balance in the sauces were off a little this time. Good but not great. Maybe we need to go to daily barbeque practice.
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 ‘’’THE HUNT’’’  “Contact!” And Major Davies looked over at Hammer 3. His exoskeleton lay on the ground, the soldier still strapped in with his head lolled back. Blood dripped from a gaping wound in his chest, where his armor had been shredded like paper. They were ruthlessly attacked by four-armed monsters. Bullets and magic were exchanged, and finally the monsters and their magicians were conquered. The surviving soldiers, along with the single wizard and witch left, searched the roofs and ground for more enemies. Everyone reloaded, as they decided to breach the building. As they exploded a door, a cloaked figure stepped out. They shredded its clothing with a grenade, and a dense and thick red mist appeared. A red-mist tentacle whipped out of its sleeve and wrapped around Hammer 2’s neck. He got out a scream before his entire head melted like ice under a heat lamp. The red mist disappeared into a portal. Several explosions ripped across the compound. The first few blew the landing craft apart and scattered the reinforcements. The next one knocked Major Davies to the ground. A final titanic explosion consumed him, and everyone else.
-TUMB 11/03  Captain Tanaka, leader of Eagle Team (. (See Groups, [[US Gov Special Forces (TUMB]] for structure, goals) , arrived, and found all dead, consumed by the fires and the explosions. Correk  advised, “You’re going to have to think way out of the box when dealing with this group, Captain.” The Captain asked if he thought that she (Leira) might come back. Correk said, ”No. You humans need to find your next set of heroes. We have been trying to help you do this for decades.” The elf shrugged and raised his hand, and a portal winked into existence. “I have a suggestion. Place a very large bounty on this group, dead or alive, a level six. I’m sure you’ll find the expenditure of money worthwhile, and you’ll find plenty of bounty hunters who know how to think outside the box.” The Captain called for a phone.
+TUMB 11/03  Captain Tanaka, leader of Eagle Team (. (See Groups, [[US Gov Special Forces (TUMB)]] for structure, goals) , arrived, and found all dead, consumed by the fires and the explosions. Correk  advised, “You’re going to have to think way out of the box when dealing with this group, Captain.” The Captain asked if he thought that she (Leira) might come back. Correk said, ”No. You humans need to find your next set of heroes. We have been trying to help you do this for decades.” The elf shrugged and raised his hand, and a portal winked into existence. “I have a suggestion. Place a very large bounty on this group, dead or alive, a level six. I’m sure you’ll find the expenditure of money worthwhile, and you’ll find plenty of bounty hunters who know how to think outside the box.” The Captain called for a phone.
 James and Shay were watching some of her Parkour Penny incidents, and were amused. James feels, however, that the Bounty Agency training isn’t enough, that they need training in combating magicals.  He tried to think of how he could improve the training at Camp Brownstone. Obviously, he didn’t want to cripple his men or feed them to crocodiles, but maybe making things rougher wouldn’t be such a bad idea.  The phone rings. It’s Alison, wanting to prepare James with the idea that there just might be a boy she’s interested in, and she doesn’t want him coming over and blowing up the school about it. James agrees he won’t do that, And Shay says, “ You’re being mighty mature about this. I was half-expecting you to already be on the phone for a supersonic flight to Virginia.”