"Yes, like I said, fortunately I can now call on my family without any intermediary...well almost without any intermediary but even you have to admit if something happens to the radio we have to use the international relay system. There's also the fact that I have some authority over any prisoners we take if we do have EDC enemies captive"

"For the radio you're right in that if we lose our radio we have to use the international relay system until it reaches one of our ships who will then relay it to your family, and I hope the paperwork kinks have been worked out because you sounded angry about said kinks when I heard from you"

"We're working on the kinks still, but we think we've come up with a solution"

"In either case, this is going to get interesting depending on what you learn from your phone call"

Allison would get nothing from the President himself because of the promise they had made with China to not try and find out more through Russia than what they were being told, the other reason which was more subtle was because of the fact that the President didn't know much in the first place

"Didn't get much did you?"

"Nope, except for the fact that we should be deployed soon"

"Fine, back to training for now though"

"Yep, back to training"

Two weeks later and the group was indeed deployed to China and that's when they discover about the EDC enemies and the threats which were keeping China silent

"Well this complicates things a lot"

"So, family time?"

"No, we'll see how far we can get first, once we can no longer make progress against the enemy I will consent to calling in my family for help, the enemy is dangerous, China is taking a big risk asking for help even in secret because these guys will go through with their threat if we're discovered"

"Yeah, this complicates matters than, at least like you said you can call for them yourself now if needed and can give orders without any problems either too"

"We're in for a long fight aren't we?"

"Most likely Captain, most likely"

"Texas Allison?"

"In part Tonto, we're also going to do guerrilla warfare"

"Um...Texas?"

"I thought we told you guys how we got out of Texas when it came under siege, starting with Dallas"

"Nope, all you guys said about that was that you managed to escape before the enemy had full control of the state and took a long time to get to Washington because you were being careful about discovery"

"Huh, thought we'd gone into greater detail"

"Nope, all you two said was that you handled things and wished to not go into greater detail and so we honored your wishes"

Allison pinches the bridge of her nose at hearing that

"Okay, Captain, Tonto and I need to have a talk, the kind of talk where we explain things that should have already been explained and yet weren't for whatever reason when we got back together after freeing Texas, the rest of you keep looking over those maps, one of you might discover a weakness yet"

"Captain?..."

"Best do it guys, the Lt. knows what she's talking about"

And so Tonto and Allison explain exactly what they and their two other friends did to survive the journey to the nations capitol and to even escape Texas while it was being put under siege starting with Dallas surprisingly enough seeing as how Austin is the state capitol

"Okay that should work...and you have charge of any EDC prisoners Kerenai?"

"Yes, but with these guys it won't be very likely but if we do capture any of them I will give further instructions then, but ordinary cuffs aren't going to cut it in securing them and that's an advanced warning"

"Sedation work on these guys?"

"Um...yes and no, yes sedation does work but for it to be effective you basically have to give enough to knock out an elephant or any other big animal"

"And we don't have enough for all our enemies"

"Exactly"

"So basically shoot to kill"

"Well, considering that's probably the only way you'll survive than yes shoot to kill"

"Well if we should capture one we'll use the sedatives and you'll have authority over them"

"Yes that...wait, I can get us the right sedatives and the amount we need, and if we need more I'll request them at the time, the problem is communication with the outside world"

"Yeah, radios haven't been broken per se but..."

"Exactly"

"So what's your plan for the problem?"

"Not sure yet, for now we need a break so I say it's down time for everyone"

"Move first though?"

"Yeah, might be a good idea, we may have been busted scouting"

"I thought we were quiet enough"

"Oh it's not our side that's the problem it's them, they have low level empathy which allows them to sense their enemies up to a certain distance, we may have been forced to get too close identifying them than was safe and thus being detected"

They quickly move and set up camp at another place and both Allison and Tonto both decide to have some journal time

Day 20

Well I met Chief Thundercloud today, twenty days after you went to sleep and I had to be the one who told him what happened to you guys, having to explain who two of you were in relation to their good friends first, but still it wasn't easy. I have been invited to stay for their version of a funeral ceremony and to help them with something the Chief has yet to explain, but he mentioned that I would enjoy helping them with what they are asking help for, well have to get going since the funeral will start soon and I have been given clothes for this ceremony and I need to change

After reading several more entries they both go to sleep knowing it was needed due to the fact that getting word to the EDC was going to be complicated

"Bed time?"

"Oh yeah, tomorrow's going to get complicated by a whole heck of a lot"

"No kidding"

The next day the three people were discussing the radio problem

"Quick question, won't asking for those sedatives let your family know you need their help?"

"Not exactly Captain because I've asked for those sedatives before when there was a possibility of going up against EDC enemies that were powerful, not to mention I've asked for human dose EDC sedatives as well because I knew of the possibility of them being needed"

"You?"

"Oh yeah, and the commanding officers who are as stubborn as me and need the sedatives to get any sleep after suffering loss and dealing with a ton of paperwork"

"Okay fine, you asking for sedatives won't be suspicious, how are we going to do it still is the big question"

"Relay points"

"Yeah and how are we supposed to contact those relay points without being busted?"

"That's where the complicated part comes into play, because this will get complicated. As far as I know a weakness has yet to be found, as such the complicated communication, and this is how it will work, Tonto and I have bows and arrows we use, one arrow between the two of us and get it as far as we can each time we shoot the bow and arrow until we get it to the nearest village, once we get it to the village that's where the relay system will truly come into play because we will make sure it reaches a place that knows Morse code, from there it will relay until it gets to a US Navy ship, and from the Navy ship it will relay until it gets to an EDC base in the United States, any where's in the United States will work since all EDC bases have to have both types of sedatives in stock, and when I say in stock I mean at least two years worth of supplies at any given time"

"What?"

"Yeah, there's a complicated reason behind that decision that you're not cleared for and once the message is received getting the sedatives is going to be just as complicated as sending out the message that I need them in the first place will be"

"And what about the rest of the unit in the meantime?"

"Oh, this is where it gets fun because you're also going to be part of the message relay both ways"

The Captain naturally got scared when Allison started grinning the one type of grin that all military and Texas Ranger Captains had learned to fear from her because it meant that she had a PLAN involving their respective units

"I shouldn't have asked"

"Tell me Captain, how much training have you or the rest of the unit had in intercepting alien communication and the bow and arrow?"

"Knew I wasn't going to like it, and as answer to both your questions not enough trust me, why?"

"Well you could track them with communication interception and as for the bow and arrow you could help us move the message along since our arms will tire out and take that much longer to send the message"

"Since we can't do that do you have a plan b with us?"

"Oh yeah"

"I'm scared"

"Oh take it easy, plan b is very, very simple, relay runs in between bow and arrow shots, contacts can tell you where each shot lands and we can have someone already there fresh for a run to a set location each time"

"How would we be fresh?"

"The horses we borrowed?"

"Oh, that would work, what about the enemy?"

Allison winces at that

"You're going to have to learn how to intercept and track alien communications the hard and fast way I'm afraid"

"By simply doing it after a quick lesson on how"

"Exactly"

"I hate that method, the last time you forced that lesson method on us the entire unit was almost wiped out due to a mistake that beginners make, especially when being taught by that particular method"

"I know a rookie mistake almost killed everyone, that was in a way deliberate due to the fact that quite frankly if you had been taught the normal way you would have made a more critical mistake that would have killed everyone, that particular situation is always taught the hard way for that exact reason"

"Didn't know that"

"You weren't supposed to ever find out, but with your fear I had to reveal the truth behind that scenario so that you can trust me and trust in the unit to handle learning on the fly because that sometimes happens in the military unfortunately"

"So interception lesson before message relay?"

"Exactly"

"Hope it doesn't take too long then"

"Agreed"

It took a little longer than expected since Allison had to also teach them how to keep themselves from being detected while they were intercepting the transmissions

"Are you sure this will keep us safe?"

"Safer than if you don't use these safeguards or try and get too close to them again"

"You have a point there I guess, but still I hate rushed training of this sort"

"Not too happy about it either but you know it's what's needed in this situation"

"I know, just wish it wasn't necessary"

"For now it's time for message relaying"

And that's exactly what they do, Allison and Tonto shoot the arrow and others run to a designated location for three days, Allison would be the one who would get the message to the city, very, very carefully, she first hunted for the building she needed to get the message to and then in the dark of night shot the arrow through the window and onto the desk knowing it would be seen in the morning and seen the next day it was when the person went into the office

Message

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*Kerenai to EDC. need sedatives both large animal strength and human dose strength. do not need further assistance at this time. those relaying the message are to send message in Morse code. send to nearest United States EDC base.*

End of message

"Best send this out like requested, immediately"

The relay continued until it reached Hawaii who then sent the message to Alaska since they were actually closer via Russia to send supplies, the reason it went to Hawaii instead of Alaska in the first place was because the relay went through to Japan, to Taiwan, to the Philippines, to Guam, to the Mariana Islands, to two different ships, to Wake island, to an airplane, to another ship, to Midway, then Hawaii and the EDC base at Hawaii sent the message to Alaska, who made contact with Russia explaining why they were needed and Russia agreed quite willingly knowing the full story behind the message. And the reason behind the route was a combination of the time of day, the frequency heard, the competency level of Morse code and the ability to relay the message in the first place, because while Taiwan is closer to China the one person who was able to relay the message had been out on a brief errand and only received the message on return, so five different people in Japan had received the message first and two were unable to relay the message and so the other three kept on repeating the message until they received word that it had been relayed. The reason behind why there wasn't a dedicated relay system by the EDC or any other military was because they didn't think it was needed, even after the events in Texas showed just how important Morse code was in certain situations. As for the supply drop from Russia to Kerenai and her unit Russia and China had made arrangements with Kerenai before they had gone deep into the area the enemy was for any load drop requests so Russia and China both knew that a couple of people would be at the drop zone waiting for when the supplies arrived to take it back to their group seeing as how Russia would just do an air drop for any supplies that weren't fragile like bottles full of sedatives

"So...how long are we supposed to wait again?"

"Considering the relay system? I think Kerenai said a week"

"By the way how did she take..."

"The news I had to tell her when she got back?, not as bad as I feared to be honest"

"We were almost destroyed because of a mistake by a civilian we brought with us, a civilian who should have known the rules"

"I know, but like I said it could have been a whole lot worse"