Posted Oct. 14, 2021, 7:47 a.m. by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Civilian Micah Pikelsimer (Federation Security Agent) in Tennessee, Earth - Home Sweet Home
Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Tennessee, Earth - Home Sweet Home
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A grin spread across Shara’s face and she gave a tiny, almost imperceptible nod. I see you, she was saying. As she began to circle too, knowing one fo them would have to make the first move or they could forever circle. “You know Pickle, I thought this was supposed to be my vacation. I think we need to start redefining what that means.”
~Shara
Nadine watched almost horrified but also a deep measure of curiosity. Something in her birth mother has shifted, changed, but she wasn’t sure what it was. No, that wasn’t true, it was that Shara herself was a weapon as needed and she was prepared to be here too, even if this was supposedly friendly. A small shudder ran through her.
That is when Cloris started to move, bending low and starting to dart at Shara’s legs. Micah knew what was about to happen and yelled “All Right, Enough!” and Cloris froze and whipped her head at the man and glared daggers. Micah put his hands on his hips and glared back. “Cloris Morgan, you back off ‘afore I teach ya to respect your elders. And I’m gonna tell ya right now… you go and dart into that woman’s shins like you were about to and she is gonna stomp your head like a month-old melon. And I won’t have either of ya hurting the other. Got it?” Billy Jack frowned and looked at Maybel, who nodded and said “You remember what Ma and Pa said ‘fore they passed. Micah there is the closest we got to kin, so we do what he says.” Billy Jack looked at Micah and nodded. He then looked at Cloris and said “But she really doesn’t learn any other way…”
Shara hadn’t frozen so much as cautious came to a stop. She was fully prepared for the woman to charge her anyway. Micah’s tone still rang in her ears and he had to know her well enough that she wasn’t going to be taken unaware, even if she trusted him with her life.
Nadine and startled and instantly felt relief course through her. She was starting to feel that she might not want to witness this tussle after all.
Faster than even Micah and Shara could react, Billy Jack’s arm shot forward and snagged Clovis by the back of her overalls and in a single toss sent her sailing past Shara…
And directly into the creek.
Shara’s hand slapped over her mouth and she tried really hard to not laugh, she really did, but the whole thing was just beyond comical. Finally, Shara stood up fully and allowed her herself to exhale, to relax and stand down.
Maybel busted out laughing and so did Micah. Clovis came sputtering and thrashing to the surface and Billy Jack said “That there’s Micah’s wife, sissy. And since he’s kin… that makes her kin, too. And kin don’t fight kin!” and he looked at Maybe for confirmation. “Damn straight, Billy Jack. Damn straight!” she replied with a laugh. Micah looked at Shara and said “Oh, I know without a doubt you’d have won. I just knew you’d feel bad if you hurt her too bad.” and he laughed again as Cloris came stomping out of the water.
Perhaps wisely, Shara only allowed herself a tiny smirk in Micah’s direction. It wouldn’t do to piss the woman off more by rubbing this all in her face.
“My own brother! I can’t believe it! Really, Billy Jack?! Really?! You done went and took her side over your own blood?!” she yelled… but there was grin on her face. Cloris shook her head and patted BIlly Jack on the shoulder and then looked at Shara. “You still didn’t beat me.” she said with a hint of defiant pride in her voice.
Micah
Close to Micah, Nadine blew out a breath and turned away, pacing with her hands on her arms trying to sort through the weird feelings she couldn’t quite name,
There were rare times when Shara acted without thinking things through a dozen steps ahead. Her drunken nuptials were one, and it seemed now she was instigating another. She reached out her hand to Cloris. “I don’t have a lot of kin in my life these day, and if Micah’s vouched for you, then I’m honoured to be your kin too.”
~Shara and Nadine
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