The Unexpected Kite

Believe it or not, people are always bugging me to put them into my books. Now seeing as how they take place in the 35th century, it's hard to come up with a realistic presentation when it is 1400 years in the future. That doesn't stop me from trying. I put my stepson Perry in Rome's Evolution as the son of one of Rome and Rei's persons of interest. I put my wife Denise in The Ark Lords as a wife named Neesy who disappeared. My children ended up as Rome and Rei's children, Lupe and Aason. I still had to find a place for my other stepson, Matt.

Jack Henry was not only a leader and a martyr, he was a pretty damned good military strategist. A few days ago, I gave you Jack's assumptions on how the battle of Chicago was going to go. Turns out, he made a slight miscalculation. He thought there would be three enemy transports/battle wagons. There were actually four:

     “Yeah,” replied Percy. “There are four of them. And one of the vehicles is pulling something. It looks like a giant bird. No! It’s…it’s a man! On a giant kite like with wings, though. He’s up above them. Way up.”
     Will shoved the radio back to Grainey and scrambled over to his pack to get a second walkie-talkie. This one was set to Channel One.
     “Jack, Jack,” he called out frantically. “Do you read me?”
     “I hear you,” came Jack’s voice. “Is it time?”
     “Jack, yeah but you were wrong. They have four vehicles, not three. And they’re pulling some sort of giant kite. There’s a man in it. Way up there.”

Now what? Why stepson Matt to the rescue!

     “Jack says we stick to the plan. You let the first three go by and we attack the fourth.”
     “What about the extra one?” Shank asked.
     “We’ll have to figure that out after we take out the rear. But listen, who has the Ark Lord light stick? Over.”
     “Matty.”
     “OK, tell Matty that one of the wagons is towing a giant kite. There’s a man in it. Jack says that is Matt’s job, to take out the kite. It’s his only job. It has to be done.”
     “Alright,” Shank said. “When does he do it? Before or after we start firing? Over.”
     Will put his hand over his eyes and dragged it down his face, stopping to grab his lips. He looked off to the side. “He has to shoot first,” Will said. “It’s like they have eyes in the sky. We have to blind them. As soon as the kite is in range, take it out. The light stick makes no sound so they won’t hear anything. But make sure he doesn’t miss. Over.”

Matty doesn't miss but it doesn't end well for him.