ANARCHY
Introduction by Lane Carman

    “What are we doing here?” Zubinmata growled angrily. “There are much better things I could be doing.”
    “Hush,” Jenny said to her friend. Zubinmata rolled her eyes, but stayed silent. “Go on.”
    Peter nodded. “As you are all aware, we are trapped on Earth.”
    “What?” Zubinmata asked. “What do you mean ‘we’?”
    “The Keeblers, Corporates, Magicks, Sciences, Dark Warriors, City-State of Tresiar, you Kebb Squad, and the Endalls are all stuck here together on Earth, not to mention the Omega Operatives, Powers, and the Ravagers, whatever the hell they are.” Jenny shuddered. The last time she had seen the Endalls, she had barely escaped with her life. “Why are we all stuck together?”
    It was Dane’s turn to talk. “The Endalls used some strange power to keep everyone on Earth in and everyone not out.”
    “Did you watch the news today?” Shane added. “A spaceship exploded while exiting Earth’s atmosphere. Whatever those demons did, it is very physical.”
    Jenny nodded grimly. “This is serious,” Zubinmata added. “What are we going to do?”
Lane looked at Peter and nodded. “What we need to do,” Peter said, “is team up.”
Zubinmata’s face contorted with anger. She stopped, took a deep breath, and looked at Jenny. “It’s your call, boss. You know my opinion of the Keeblers, but if you say so, I’ll go along.”
“What do you say, Jenny?” Lane asked. “We’ve located one of the Endalls in the Amazon Rainforest; Anarchy, I think. Will you help us?”

           Jenny zones out. Visions of her past experiences with the Endalls fill her mind. “No. I’m sorry but I don’t want my Kebb Squad to get involved in this.” Jenny says almost mechanically. She turns around and walks away.

            “Huh. Weird. She’s always willing to work together with you revolutionists. Maybe I’m rubbing off on her.” Zubinmata says with a smile. “Come on Electra. We’ve got better stuff to do then hang around with the revolutionists. Let’s get back to the base.”

            “Jenny looked disturbed. Shouldn’t we see if she’s okay?” Electra asks catching up with Zubinmata.

            “She seemed fine to me.” Zubinmata says. Electra shrugs and the two girls head for the Kebb Squad base.

            “Well looks like we’re going to have to find some new allies or forget allies altogether seeing as the Kebb Squad’s the only one who sort of like us.” Peter says looking around at the other revolutionists.

            “Hey Lane, where to next?” Dane asks looking over at his friend. “Lane?”  But Lane’s mind is off in a totally different place. “Hey Lane snap out of it.”

            “Huh? Oh sorry. I was spacing. Anyways, I can’t really think of anyone else who would want to be allies with us. No body else really likes us. In fact most the Kebb Squad still doesn’t like us. I guess all we can do is head back to our earth base.”  Lane says his mind returning to his friends.

            “Okay if you say so.” Shane says and Peter, Dane, and Shane begin to head for their warehouse base on foot. But Lane’s feet stay glued in his spot.    

            “Hey Lane are you coming?” Peter asks looking back to find Lane standing in the same spot.

            “Yeah. Go ahead I’ve got some stuff to take care of first. I’ll just meet you there later.” Lane replies looking over at Peter.

“Okay we’ll see you when we see you.” Peter replies shrugging and he, Shane, and Dane continue on their way. Lane watches them walk a way then he runs after Jenny. He finds her sitting on a rock with her head in her hands. Lane walks over and sits down next to her. Jenny hears him and looks up at him.

“Jenny are you okay?” Lane asks. Jenny blinks and tears fall from her eyes. She looks down and stares at her feet. “Jenny what’s wrong?”

Jenny wipes the tears out of her eyes and takes a deep breath. “I want to help but …” She stops suddenly.

“ But what?”

Jenny takes another deep breath and swallows. “I hate to say it but I’m afraid of the Endalls. After what happened the last time and so many time before, I shudder and freak every time I hear the name Endalls.” Jenny says fidgeting.

“What happened, Jenny?” Lane questions removing his reflective sunglasses and putting them in his pocket. His full attention on Jenny.

It takes a few minutes and many deep breaths before Jenny starts her story. “When I was about 10, the Endalls attacked my town. My neighborhood was the target or should I say my house. I wasn’t home yet from school because I stay after to play with some friends. I was walking home all by myself, you know believing that life was easy and that family was the most important thing in the world. Well as I neared my neighborhood it hit. A giant explosion. I watched it as it hit and exploded. I was shocked and scared at the same time. I didn’t move from my spot. Tears hit and didn’t stop.

 “After about five minutes, I rushed into the death and destruction to see if anyone was alive. I didn’t find anyone. As I neared my block, I noticed that my best friends house, she lived next door, was in shambles and barely standing. As I spied my house I stopped dead in my tracks and screamed. “There was nothing left of my house but dust. I fell to the ground and cried. I cried till I was shaking and could cry no more.

 “The leader of the Kebb Squad before me, found me. They were the first to arrive on the scene. Gypsy took me in and gave me a room at the Kebb Squad base. As I grew, I learned a lot about the Kebb Squad and became a good squad member. One of the best is what Gypsy always told me. Right before she died she appointed me the next Kebb Squad leader. “

She died in another attack by the Endalls. They always seem to attack were I’m at. She died and I took her place.

“There have been attacks by the Endalls everywhere I go. It’s like they know something I don’t. Like the future.

“Anyway the last one I ended up in, I barely escaped with my life. Most of the time I’ve barely escaped with my life.” Jenny stops for a minute as the scary memories flood her head. She takes a deep breath then continues.

 “The last attack was September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center. I was there for a meeting with a friend. We were in the second tower hit. Oliver and I were standing near Oliver’s desk. I had just reached his desk and we had just shared a hug. I looked out the window to admire the view and the plane hit the first tower. I screamed and Oliver came up behind me. He saw what had happened and pulled me close. Everyone looked over and some of them rushed over to the window to see what I had screamed about. Oliver took my hand and held it tight. I backed up not believing what I had seen forcing Oliver to back up as well.

“I was frozen for minutes. He stood there with me looking out the window as I stood in his arms. When the second plane hit I went crazy. It was like a gigantic earthquake. I fell to the ground and Oliver helped me up. He told me that we had to get out of the building. I was so scared. I didn’t know what to do. He grasped my hand harder and helped me to the stairs. We climbed down the stairs as fast as we could, dodging people and parts of the building.

 “Oliver didn’t make it out of the building. He was hit with a giant piece of falling ceiling. It barely missed me. I remember his last words. He told me, ‘Get out of the building quick. Don’t give up no matter what. You are strong and I know you can do it. Get out of the building Jen! And remember I will always love you.’ ” Jenny stops and cries for a few minutes. Lane doesn’t speak; he just comforts her.

After a few minutes, Jenny continues, “I said my goodbye quickly telling him that I loved him and will always remember him. I kissed his cheek then I rushed out of the building as fast as I could. When I was about a mile or so away from the building, it fell and I had to continue running. I didn’t stop crying at all that day. I also didn’t sleep for three days. It was horrible Lane. All of it is. I don’t know what I ever did to them to make them want to kill me. I don’t know why I have to be put through all this pain and strife.” Jenny finally stops not being able to talk between the tears and sobs. Lane is shocked to find out Jenny’s past. Lane takes Jenny into his arms, in a friendly hug, and lets her cry on his shoulder.

Finally Jenny stops crying. She hugs Lane then pulls away. “Thanks.” Jenny says in a small voice. Her eyes are puffy and red from crying and her voice is small. She takes a deep breath in and breathes it out.

“I’m really sorry Jenny.” Lane says breaking the silence. He looks over at Jenny. “Are you going to be okay?”

“Yes. It’s just that I haven’t told anyone about the last encounter. I didn’t tell anyone where I was going. And when I got back I acted as if nothing had happened. I’ve pushed the memories from my head. But when I started telling you about my encounters with the Endalls they all flooded back. Oliver was my best friend. We had known each other since before I became leader of the Kebb Squad. We were so close. It hurt so badly to leave him there. Especially since I had feelings for him. We were closer then friends.

“Lane, I loved him! It hurt so bad to lose him. I cried a lot at night and didn’t get much sleep or much work down during the day. All I could think of was Oliver. I was really quiet, not talking more then I had to. I was quiet towards everyone but most didn’t notice. Zubinmata did though. I didn’t want to tell her the truth so I lied. I told her that I hadn’t been getting much sleep and was a little tired which was true. She believed it and, in time, I returned to my normal self.

“Well as normal as I could be without Oliver. I didn’t want to talk, think, or even remember September 11^th. The Endalls killed all those people just to get to me. And they killed the one I loved. Maybe I should just give up and let them kill me. I don’t want innocent people to die because they want me died. I especially don’t want someone else close to me to die like Gypsy and Oliver.” Jenny says strongly.

“Don’t even think about it.” Lane says strictly. Jenny looks over at him. “We can destroy them before they destroy you. If the Kebb Squad and Keebler Revolutionists work together, we can track down those damn Endalls and give then a taste of what you’ve had to go though. Give them a taste of your pain.”

Jenny looks away. “I don’t know. I’m putting you and everyone else in danger though. I don’t want anyone to die because of me.”

“Come on, Jenny, it’s okay. We can take care of ourselves. If the Endalls attack, we’ll attack back. And I promise to take out any and all Endalls that come near you. I don’t want one of my best friends, and leader of the only group who would think about being allies with the revolutionists, to die.” Lane says smiling over at Jenny.

Jenny looks over at him and asks, “Really?” Lane nods.

Jenny takes a few minutes to think and finally she answers. “Fine I’ll do it. The Kebb Squad will help the revolutionists get those damn Endalls!”

This was a Christmas and birthday present from Lane that was never really finished or continued but I still enjoyed writing it and it has brought about the rest of my story Keebler collection to come about.

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