Back to the Farm... at Night! 8:47pm in - out by 5AM before Dawn (or stay? Brigadoon syndrome?)
     And the farm house appears normal as it was before Halloween....

   LA - Corelli and Whirlwind meet some interesting women: the supposedly missing Susan Vasari [Com 19] & Polly Chantel [com14]!! at a bar and take them to a hotel room for questioning [separately so they can't produce a story together... yeah...right, sure, of course you believe that].With room 617 for Corelli & Susan, and room 512 for Whirlwind & Polly.

   1:15 AM Whirlwind attacked by a "Ninja", 1:22 killed, declared dead 2:45 AM in hospital....Corelli survives his attackers.

  Monday, Nov 30, 1987 - Funeral is scheduled for Friday, Dec 04 - 1PM at a New England cemetery, next to his wife and their child. "Survived by OCTF" on tombstone. His estate goes to Corelli, JD, Gibbons, Stratford etc.... None to his estranged father.

Note: Carson Milford skill 19- age 25, army 4 years, is considered an enemy of 9 Hands Cutting and yet is still alive!

Note: the ladies check out as real, even if their stories are not, they seem to believe them.

  5 by Midnight rashness leads to Death in the "Line of Duty" in the backroom of a Greek restaurant. Killed by "D", "F" was target. "F" gets warrant upgraded to "Murder of a Fed Agent" for being involved.

Scoppa and the Inferno [connected to Bettino outfit](manager Aleardo Rossini are paying protection money to Yakuza)

   Yakuza Assassins? using Curare against Hemlock etc....

   Whilst hunting info on "Blood Red Moon Rising Warriors" from Thailand, JD, Corelli & Hemlock "convince" the priest to go with them.

(Force is needed as none of them radiate anything but "evil" - grey tainted blades, "Blessed bullets" etc.)

     10:45 PM at Doc's SF townhouse, then 13 O'clock.... Corelli uses truth serum in attempt to gather info from Father Dunsene, then by 2 Am after more info is picked out of Dunsene's brain, Corelli calls "Dr Weng Fu Pang"!!! for info on "Blood Red Moon" cult & agents..... [when will he learn?]

  The kindly Dr Pang helps him with 3 names & details While Hemlock starts to track down parts of his own blood stained past.

    After Corelli finishes his questioning of Father Dunsene, he SHOOTS him!!!!!! Not willing to interfere with a man, armed & dangerous as Corelli is, the shocked Dr C just signals Justine to bring back a body bag.....[Corelli deliberately ignores & suppresses the questions this raises in his mind....](She has a well equipped dispensary suitable for many uses as a healer and researcher.)

  Friday afternoon Hemlock orders a matched pair of 9MM Glocks for Corelli - Rush for Christmas. [Compulsive Generosity of Hemlock]

   Evening planning for LA Marriot Hotel raid for Blood Red Moon agents [Hemlock, Toru, JD - hotel; Paul & Spyder helicopter Overwatch (what happened to Paul's 90 day suspension without pay???? Gone with the weirdness of recent events?)]

Suiting up and making the play...decoys & false IDs and origami animals - one-by-one. Finally an agent of the cult - wounded and captured!

Japanese Cult agent remains amnesiac - only fragments of memory about a "1953 NY train ride stopped by a truck..." after various tests and stability reached - patient is transferred to Sam Slade Trauma Center under guard.

   Corelli asks for "mission" from Dr. C. and she sends him to San Blas in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico to hunt down a new & very nasty drug: "Nightmare". Sent with a fresh clip of "Blessed bullets", he promptly gets into trouble and has to call in help from Toru, Hemlock and JD.

Fresh terrors emerge in the lab, as the group sees the source of "nightmare" and Toru & Hemlock are caught in "Vomitus explosive" Toru - covered head to toe, immediately begins seeing the Mariachi monkeys.....Hemlock, merely clipped, stopped to examine a strange statue and bas-relief in the alcove and flipped back to a "past life" experience...Hemlock as ancient priest of the bat-winged god defending his village against the vicious Black knife (Corelli), Tiger Claw (JD) and Iron Claw (Toru)....

   Hemlock stayed in manacles the entire plane ride back. "I'm fine, Black Knife, you can let me go...."

   Examination of trace memories of female Cult agent are revealed to be memories of Dr. Carl Johnson [son of Peter Johnson who is son of Henry Johnson] not that of a Japanese woman! [Dr Johnson was victim of both "body theft" and "Mind erasure"] [Black Talon? name of PSI?]

"Dr Johnson"'s body and car is found at SF airport and searching names of people scheduled to leave but who never checked in and flew, leads to name Rafealla Cortez [com 12, age 45 mother of 2] [her mind was in dead Johnson body] City wide quest spots use of Cortez's ATM card [pin # easy to find when telepath] and cordon narrows... she then leaped from Cortez to 11/12 year old runaway boy in "hippie house" [across alley] finally an attempt was made to steal Hemlock's powerful auraed body....

   Very dangerous, as Hemlock had already called in a Violet alert and had the building surrounded and sealed by his secret ally "Sector Trident" - anyone leaving would be fried without right codes - deeply hidden in Hemlock's mind.

   Also (appearing as comedy relief) various idiots caught in the sweep, die or get arrested for a long time for stupidity and bad timing [drug labs too]

[End results: Anya Scoppa will be employed to fully restore Dr Johnson's mind, though he will end up in an younger oriental woman's body, the fake "Sifu Wang" from Yokahama Tool & Die, a page 162 name. The young boy is a sadder case; he is now in a 45 year old woman's body - he has lost 34 years of life and never can be returned to his parents... (a vanishment by Trident, Cortez's children will be told their mother was killed by terrorist who stole her identity and papers and "he" will be a lab rat in Nevada; his parents will probably never know of "his death" in SF).]

   Lear stock drops due to crash...

  Fancy party in SF, that Hemlock manufactures agency quality invites to, has guests such as Barbara Streisand, Don Johnson (who has Val Stratford on his arm)[Val studiously ignores Corelli & Company] and George Burns [with Bevy of Beauties at his side]. Host Hugh Hefner (with Blonde playmate) and daughter Christie Hefner [with whom Hemlock strikes out with]. Toru reminisces with Peter Caine, a pal from the temple from which Toru came.

   Corelli misses a photo Op next morning/day and no one will believe him: "Like a man possessed by the spirit of Hugh Hefner.." Hemlock actually smiled once! [having 2 dates at once will sometimes do that, even for stone men like Hemlock]
   That evening; Corelli, Toru and Hemlock have some fun on a Chinese freighter - at 3:45 AM Sat was the Explosion...

  Dead bodies, some with bladed weapons nearby, have been found recently: this week Frank Hanson (ID 'ed through fingerprints). Some kind of mistake was made however: the prints were misfiled in WW II era records, they even have him listed as a WW II plant worker, born in 1909 [age 35 in 1944].

   On Sat [JD, Toru & Hemlock drive to LA from Frisco] they have a consultation on swords at MacLeods Antique store. Later dinner & dancing in LA, with women from the Latin Rose - Bar & Grill [even a date for Toru (Chaste until 25th birthday, he can drink but not really play - old vow he wished he had never made)] Hemlock spends wildly and buys new dresses for all the ladies....

   But spotting some NYC thugs, cavorting with the local Di Centa mob spoils the appetite of our protagonists (so Hemlock secretly drops a dime on them to their rivals: the Santelli mob).

"Studio 54" drug arrests and Hemlock, Toru, JD hear of the Mall explosion as they head for the Hotel......(but are not called in)

  Sunday Hemlock calls someone and is told there is "no reason to investigate", Sunday Hemlock calls "1-800-the card" and gets Raoul [Carlotta's soon to be Ex-husband] a job, one he can not leave. (or have intact limbs if he does) - Streets & Sanitation dept - Garbage truck.

   Plastique burrito day (no more extorting the Latin Rose) end of one outpost of "Tire World" in a fiery explosioonnnnn!!!!! (not really legal was that?)

  Corelli has a strange encounter at the Exploding mall in LA (the Galleria). Would Dr C lie to him? [She claims she wasn't injured during event since she had already left.....]

Corelli on the prowl _ LA - the worst places he can find.... He's in a bad bad mood - love troubles - so others will feel pain!

More data on Father MacKenzie's past and the hunting of his possible killers 3 - leads which lead to torture of "semi-innocent" people - Corelli stops Hemlock from going further.....

   After reaffirming bonds of trust at the Latin Rose Bar & Grill a drunken JD (whilst his pals & fellow marshals: Corelli, Toru, and the mysterious non smiling Hemlock continue to eat and drink) leaves to walk several blocks (or 300 yards?) to reach the trailer of Carlotta and Raoul (lately working against his will for the streets and sanitation dept of LA). Hemlock is wondering over an odd feeling a cute girl gives him [lust or his spider senses tingling?].

  Then An assassin strikes!!!! and the drunken JD fights for his life, when an unlucky shot strikes JD's boot (releasing the special boot blade made from a grey dagger), JD warns the thug that "he shouldn't of done it"; and then proceeds to slice up the man's gun - metal into 3 pieces and remove his hand as well before slicing his throat open with the very (almost magically?) sharp boot blade.

   When the others got involved it is discovered that the man was a criminal known to be connected to the New York crime scene and to the Gambino family (possible connection to that Nightmare Op in Central America?).

  Later an attempt by a member of the Latin Kings gang was made on Corelli's Life. The very drunken marshals there at the Latin Rose decided that they were tired of the mob trying to kill them and that they should bring the fight back to them...So they decided to go to NY and kill some gangsters... then they realized it was late and they were in California....

    at this time, Hemlock said "I have my own plane..." [and Hemlock was sober. evil, evil, evil]

   Jan 13 continued with Toru's triskadekaphobia being activated multiple times...too bad he didn't heed his fears. (Jan 13, Hemlock's plane's registration number ended in "..13", it was 13 degrees in New York City when they landed, the number of the flight plan itself ended in 13, the club they were planning to hit was located on the 13th floor and was named the "King of Spades".... (Ace = 1st , King = 13th card)

   After an amusing period of time in which the team members in the hotel sobered up (but still planned to continue) they visited the club and committed Cold blooded premeditated murder. Diagram and notes on page 185. Page 184 even has a Vampire!?! (Blonde male sitting with ND) and Night Dragon seeing them there in New York (let alone the many other witnesses, including the 2 undercover cops - she is addressed by name by Hemlock). Toru, JD, Corelli and Hemlock (Paul is not listed as being there) work together to create a kill pattern, with each covering an area of the club that had their targets in it. Fierce gun battle ensues in which Toru is injured (15 not 13 to the head) and has to be lead or carried out (fortunately no lasting injury to eye).

Gambino family lt. Tolvar Solerdaro is killed (poison gas pen disguised by Magnum of Champagne) but (undercover officer) Juliet Dobson is not.

   Escape from the club with the wounded Toru, in the alleyway 3 armored cars from the Santelli crime org, a deal made by Hemlock (through "1-800-the card"?). on the 14th 5Am they get the Red Eye from NY (why no private plane from Hemlock?)

   the hunt for the Cellini Amulet....

   Flaming cars and a bullet in the head... bodies in bag on the dirty hillside and a civilized tea afterwards.

Criminals, having discovered Rhodes's blade is by the same master, attempt to steal it from their apt. and steal other rarities from the Museum.

  Celebrating the recovery of stolen items and capture of the criminals at Orly Airport. Sebastion gets his own sword back after French Govt agent calls Dr. C. [even miles away she has strings to pull]

   Rankings & Street Deaths: Bridgett 22-(4th Dan), Lady Filanna long Sword 17-, Staff 18-

   Escape from the club with the wounded Toru, in the alleyway 3 armored cars from the Santelli crime org, a deal made by Hemlock (through "1-800-the card"?). On the 14th, 5Am they get the Red Eye from NY (why no private plane from Hemlock?)
Toru stays in hospital until Jan 18, 1988

   Toru gets civilian Firearms permit in case of job loss. More members of the Latin Kings & the Crips learn to hate the team. (the "suspension with pay" JD is fighting is not connected to NY, but previous LA antics - for some reason no repercussions yet.....)

   The other New York shoe drops... Hemlock calls Col. Slade, and the team - Corelli, JD, Toru get offers they can't refuse. Work for your country and we keep the lid on...

  Loved ones moved to Nelson, Virginia while you are training, and you still remain in US Marshals Service officially...... (we will cover for you here)

  Filanna & Bridgett go shopping on the weird side...

   The Rhodeses & Filanna scheme to send a family to Monte Carlo to gain access to their house along the water & the land beneath it. And 40'+, beneath the cellar under several "Protection from Good"'s is found a man frozen in time, who remembers a Paris before Paris [1370 AD].

   Later the ad hoc team travel to elsewhere & elsewhen to find the "lost" Bridgett and battle evil [Dunwich - Oerth] Dragons & Vampires and Azurians, oh My...

page 001 to 050 - July 01, 1986 to Jan 1987

page 051 to 100 - Jan 1987 to Sept 1987

page 101 to 150 - Sept 15/16, 1987 to Nov 20/21, 1987

page 151 to 200 - Wed Nov 23, 1987 to March 1988

page 201 to 250 - March 1988 to Fri., July 29, 1988

page 251 to 298 - August 03 to 19, 1988 to Sept 21-23, 1988

page 299 to 350 - Sept 24-26, 1988 to Mon. Nov 07, 1988

page 351 to 400 - Wed/Fri Nov. 9-11, 1988 to Sept 11-15, 1988

page 401 to 457 - From Secret data to Secret data with Nov 1988 to Jan 1989 sandwiched in between.

page 458 to 501 - Jan 1989 to Dec 18-22, 1988

page 502 to 550Dec 22-24, 1988 to Wed Feb. 01, 1989

page 551 to 600 - Mon. Feb 06, 1989 to Tues-Thurs March 14-16, 1989

page 601 to 637 - Wed. June 28, 1989 to Wed/Thurs July 26/27, 1989

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