Vernon Dursley, The Mad Muggle and The Floo of Doom.
Written by Wendy Holmes
Apologies to Sever Us who did a Severitus Challenge, My
CHAPTER-6 CHEM-CO Expansion
Meanwhile CHEM-Companies (RESTOR, AUTO, SPACE, TRONICS, FPC) enemies (Airplanes, Auto and Arms manufacturers) have not been idle. The TRIPLE A as they are known, they drive the world economies. They sell to both sides while reaping millions as people die in managed wars. Now they see their business slipping away by an ex-military guy who is not interested in starting wars, if they only knew.
The 'TRIPLE A' has tried disassembling the solar panels only to discover that as they pry them open they see a brilliant blinding flash as an EMP wave is released and the panel is charred beyond repair or investigation.
They have also tried doing the same to other CHEM-Co products only to discover they all self destruct leaving not enough material to investigate. Now they know that CHEM-Co built their parts to be tamper proof and to be kept from being reverse engineered.
They look up the patents on them and discover that they hold the patents for the next 75 years, which will put them all out of business. They need to buy some Members of Parliament so as to get the law changed from 75 years for new technology down to less than 5 years. Litle do they know that each time they tampered with the CHEM-Co equipment and destroyed it an alarm went off at CHEM-ALARM notifying them of the tampering or destruction thereof, name of purchaser, part ID number and location.
CHEM-ALARM then notifies it head, Draco Malfoy. Malfoy was hired into the company after he married a muggleborn, Hermione Grangers cousin. Draco sends an investigative team to find out what resides at the location. They find the corporate headquarters of many of their competitors.
They know that their competitors will try to introduce a political solution. CHEM-ALARM instead beats them to the punch and donates millions to all the Member of Parliament who support their cause. They also donate to those who will support them by running against those in office who do not support them. Draco will try the political solution first to see if it works. If not then he will use the Wizard solution, either obliviate them or avada kedavra them.
Due to CHEM-Co's employment and hiring practices, about 60% of those hired who fit into the wild talent catagory are ex-military men, veterans. So the Veterans Organizations support CHEM-Co's companies. The public is glad they have hired so many vets.
CHEM-Corp subsidiaries are doing so well. Brits have jobs, unemployment levels drop. Vernon and his buddies have decided they should run the muggle government. By doing so they can get laws passed that support their viewpoints. Since they intend to colonize Mars as a extension of the CHEM-Co Corporation they should have laws passed that allow them to do this. They will at first use British Rule of Law to govern Mars, later they may go over to Corporate Law as they colonize the planet..
Meanwhile CHEM-SPACE makes a break thru in space technology and have designed their first space ship. It uses boosters during the initial launch to get up to launching speed. A ramp will be be built down one hill and up the side of the other. The space ship will launch by that method. (see When Worlds Collide, the movie. such a ramp is displayed in it. Near the end off the movie you can see the ship launch down the ramp, fire the rockets and then lift off as it reaches the peak on the other side, dropping the boosters.) Once launched the solar panels which convert the uranium into electrical power, now instead convert the uranium into solar power to drive the ship. (and no i have no idea what solar power is, i made it up for this part of the story.)
They built a test ramp and test ship with a test weight. When launched the test ship is launched into space on the first try. It circles the globe and aims for Mars with it experimental magical packages to begin to convert the carbon dioxide into nitrogen and oxygen.
Vernon and his buddies make a command decision. They create a division within CHEM-ALARM. This division the CHEM-ALARM2 hires the best of MI5, and other secret agents from around the world with magical contacts. They figure that those muggle businesses will try some industrial espionage. They need enough in-house security teams to protect their product development and manufacturing methods.
They also figure they may need enough armed men to keep the secret agents of other countries out of their business. They are right, after their first successful launch to MARS the Americans are now looking towards CHEM-Co and want to know more about it.
The President of the USA, tells his Chief of Staff, "find out how they are doing it. i do not want to know the specifics. Do what ever you have to do, never mind the collateral damage. You run the show with the VP." And so begins the American's involvement by sticking their nose in where it does not belong, as they have done for many years.
After that meeting the C.O.S. notifies the American Ministry of Magic about what is going on in Britain and that the President wants to steal that technology. The American MofM tells the C.O.S. that they have treaties with the other MofM's around the world. They are not allowed to interfere with other magical governments.
The C.O.S., says, "Well if you do not warn them what is going on here, you may find the US Military taking a war tour of Britain with all it military might."
The MofM, "You cannot do that.The UN would stop you."
The C.O.S., "Our President has the attitude of 'my way or the highway'."
The MofM, "I'll get on it" and then he teleports away. The C.O.S., "Sheesh, I hate it when he does that." The MofM of America sends a delegation of Wizards ot the British MofM to fill him in on what the President has said, namely he wants the space technology that CHEM-Co has.
The British MofM, tells him "that the CHEM-Co controls most of Parliament and the CEO is running for Minister of the Ministry of Magic and the Prime Minister of the muggle ministry. Beside he has been good for business. He is the Uncle of Harry Potter and while for along time many thought he was a muggle. It turns out he is a Squib, but with a wild talent. In fact everyone near him has some kind of Wild Talent."
USA MofM, "Well our President may be a bit nuts, but if he wants something he usually sends troops."
Brit MofM, "Well so long as he stays on the west side of the pond, everything will be okay. If he sends troops over here, he will be in for a surprise."
USA MofM, "Well, see you next Saturday for Pinochle, usual place."
Brit MofM, "Lets make it Monaco, they have a nice new magical cafe there, okay."
The USA MofM, nods his head and his team teleports back to America, no longer the land of the free home of the brave, but rather of so many laws as to restrict freedom. Bravery is met with a hail of bullets by the threesome lettered organizations and micromanaged to the point that when the news media sticks its nose into the fray, those government agencies point their fingers at each other while denying their culpability.
Meanwhile CHEM-SPACE builds a full sized ramp and spaceships and begins launching more space ship to Mars for more terra forming and colonization development. They use the best that Britain has to offer, bringing the British Space Program into CHEM-SPACE, paying all its expenses. After MARS has to be worth something.
And so now CHEM-SPACE is getting a foothold on MARS. Vernon is wondering if there should be a KING OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. What would it like to be a King. "Hmm " he is musing, 'Maybe I can marry Dudley off into the Royal family.'
End of Chapter 6