Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 00:01:52 EDT From: ZLATAZOBO@aol.com Subject: Where no one owns the rain, part 3 Welcome! Here are the legal statements. If the laws where you live prohibit the viewing or reading of this type of material or you are not yet of the minimum required age to do so, PLEASE leave now! If the subject of homosexual relationships is offensive to you, please read no further. This is not the story for you! This story is fictional. With the exceptions of the main character and the brief mention of my boyfriend Terry, all characters are fictional persons. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is accidental. I recently lost the entire contents of my hard drive, so bear with me. It may take me some time to get up to speed again. Plus the house we were moving to was destroyed by Hurricane Keith. I will get further parts out as soon as they are finished. - Andy If you want to, you may e-mail me at. BaronAVR@aol.com Thanks for reading! Where no one owns the Rain.... Part Three by Andrew Simon van Ryan Copyright 2000. All Rights Reserved. ***Note: By todays news, you can see it's already happening! - Andy van Ryan ============================================= WASHINGTON (Oct. 3, 2000) - The Senate passed election-year legislation Tuesday to provide nearly 600,000 new visas over the next three years for foreign workers sought by the burgeoning high-tech industry. ``There is overwhelming unanimity that we must act in this fashion if we are to keep our economy strong,'' said Sen. Spencer Abraham, R-Mich. ============================================== "Let me get this right. You're thinking of using DatManDead as the basis for overthrowing Conner?" I asked Gabriel. He nodded his head and stared at me. I considered the possibilities. "Let's hope Conners people haven't read it." I said shaking my head. "If they have, it has no chance of working." "We already thought of that." Zeke said. "That's why it's so important to have you here. We want you to rewrite part of the book. That way they won't know how it ends." I looked over at Ezekiels smiling face. He seemed to stare at me with something more that admiration. He stared just a little too long for it to feel comfortable. Or was I imagining it? "That won't be difficult." I stated. "When I wrote the book, I tried five different versions before deciding on the one that was published." "Tell me something." Zeke said. "Where were they sending you?" "Panama" I answered. Gabriel and Brian looked at each other. I could see a visible shiver run down Brians spine. "You heard about what's happening there, haven't you?" Zeke asked. "Yes. Death." I answered. They all nodded their heads. "Not just death." Gabriel stated. "Torturous death." I knew from the little I had heard already that the workers in Panama were dying by the hundreds each day. The refitting of the canal to accommodate the new "Titan class" oil tankers was behind schedule and the workers were being treated as expendable trash. I had been on my way to join that group. "Are you feeling strong enough to get up?" Brian asked. "We can show you the camp, if you'd like." "Might as well try." I replied. Zeke held out his hand to me and I took it. Pulling steadily he helped me to my feet. He smiled at me and I returned his gaze. I noticed that he stared just a moment longer than what seemed comfortable. It would appear that the boy who rescued me was attracted to me as well? I couldn't be sure, but as he glanced away I thought he seemed to be smiling nervously. Could he be attracted, I wondered? Then my thoughts turned to Terry. "Listen, I don't suppose anyone has heard about my boyfriend?" I asked. The three figures glanced between themselves and I knew. He hadn't made an escape. "Is he alive?" I asked. Zeke hung his head. Brian looked towards the open door. "He's dead, Andy." Gabriel stated. "He tried to fight them and was shot in Miami. We heard it on the short-wave from the resistance in Cuba. I'm sorry." I looked to Ezekiel. His eyes were already filled with tears. I felt my eyes brimming as Zeke reached out to me. "Oh, Terry! What will I do without you?!" I cried and fell into Zekes arms. He held me up as I sobbed It was a good half an hour before I was recovered enough to speak again. I didn't want to think of the loss of my boyfriend, so I asked that they show me the camp. Zeke stayed right at my side the whole time. I got the feeling that he felt my loss nearly a much as I did. As they showed me around, I couldn't help but notice that most of the camps inhabitants were young. Most of them appeared between seventeen and twenty five. As I was being shown the camp I was also introduced to some of the members. Most had names like Joshua, Abraham and Isaac. Biblical names. I asked why this was and Gabriel explained "Most of us here are hunted for the bounty placed on our heads. You will be too. We've taken these names and we're going to give you one too. From now on everyone will refer to you as Enoch." "Any reason why?" I asked. "Enoch was the one chosen to write it all down." He answered. So I was the one chosen to write it all down. I wondered if there would be anyone to read it in the future. It seemed very unlikely that the rag tag group of young homosexuals I found myself surrounded by would be able to pull off the bring down of the President. Zeke led me through the camp, all the time bending my ear. He explained every part of the camp and every part of their organization. When we returned to the little house where I had found myself earlier, I thought of a question. "Whose hut is this one?" I asked. "It's mine" Zeke answered. "Thanks for letting me stay there. I guess I'll be assigned a place soon." I said to him. "I already had them assign you here, I that's OK." He said as we stepped inside. "You don't mind having me here?" I asked. Shutting the door, Ezekiel stepped up within inches of my face. As his eyes studied my face he whispered. "I don't mind. I love you, Andy van Ryan." ..............To be continued