Here There Be Dragons

By: Kerrigan Gladeon

Three months later, Smith house Living Room Day Int.

Walt and Johnny have been thinking over those committment papers, taken from the impostor who had attempted to kill the psychic. There has been no nightmares from this for Johnny.

Who was grateful for that small mercy, but the images from the documents had him worried.

John "So with what we know about this Nathan Taylor, he's had places all over the country,

Where he ran some kind of a white slavery operation. I don't know who had such an interest in me, But what ever they wanted me for it had to do with my ability."

Walt " So what do you think they were looking at?"

John " I have no idea, what to make of it but from their faces I don't know what they were

looking at but from what ever it was I get the feeling it wasn't something that who ever those guys, were watching wanted to see, it left them all pretty scared."

The two men stood there across from each other. They looked at the papers again.

They both came to the same conclusion They needed to get Taylor to talk.

The man had refused all attempts to find people he had sold other than those he had sold locally and his recordson his computer,ran back only two years. Those who he'd sold were either being rescued by feds and other groups, or killed by the most cruel means by people who could have cared less seeing them as inhuman.

Taylor's men had been willing to make deals but Taylor himself seemed to have a trump card in his own deck, and what ever it was. Johnny Smith, was sure that it wasn't good for him or any other people that taylor was supposed to sell to those who had people like him, on their list. This made even the fed's worry that they hadn't a good hold on Taylor. The man wasn't cooperating. They went to see Brent. The FBI agent looked up at them as the came into his office.

Brent "This isn't a good idea gentlemen especially for Mr. Smith."

John (Looking at Walt and Brent) " Who ever it was that wanted me they have a reason behind it. That to them must have seemed very important."

Walt "They also have military support and that means they might still be comming after you."

they all realised that even as they stood there that there was something very serious to be considered in this the safety of others as well as Johnny himself was at stake.

Johnny "So where exactly does this leave us?"

Walt "In over our heads."

Brent " I hope you don't intend to do any traveling Mr. Smith."

Johnny sighed."There's something else I saw in that vision, that I need to follow up on but I need to do that up myself."

Walt " No you don't! Special agent Brent, just said that this isn't the time for you to be running around on your own!"

Johnny "If I do we can end this before it threatens anyone else."

Brent" Mr. Smith Don't make me put you into protective custody. There's very few people here I can trust in here the entire office is under investigation after one of our own people was found calling the slave owners before they could be raided."

Johnny looking hard at both and Brent. He was thinking of Sarah and JJ. He knew Walt was as well. He had found that there were several other people that could be involved in this situation people Johnny had helped. People who had no idea, what was going on.

Johnny "I just wonder how we can protectso many people. Everyone I've helped, since I woke up, and their relativesare at risk. "

That brought Brent and Walt out of anyillusions. The two men looked at each other then at Johnny. If these people are desperate enough, to obtainhisabilities,they might go after some oneJohnny hadhelped or even a relative of theirs.The true nature of this matterwas that unless they found out who Taylor was selling Johnny to someone else might suffer. Johnny feared it might be Rebecca Caldwell.

Brent"But the way most of theseSlave owners,have beenkilling or at least trying to kill allof the people that they bought from Taylor and others . I really don't think we should take that sort of a chance with your life."

Walt "Sarah would have both our heads if she thought I let you takechances like that."

Johnny " I'm thinking of the rest of the people I've helped as well as Sarah and JJ. If these people would kill any of the slaves that they held they wouldn't blink at killing any one else either. We might want to catch them. before anyother lives are lost.

GregStillson had been walking with Miranda Ellisin the park outside his hotel. It was a warm early Spring day.When Malcolm Janus came up to them. The powerbroker, looked at the blossoming Cherry trees as he came up to them. Miranda was pregnant. The recent wedding was held before she was showing her condition. Greg was a happy man, it was as if they were just another young couple out on a spring day.

Janus " Well Greg, How are you and your lovely wife?"

Greg "Mr. Janus, I didn't know you were here."A slight tension in his voice. "we're fine."

Miranda looks at Janus the man who forced her to mary Stillson. Kissing Greg, before she left the two men, to go back to the hotel.

Miranda " I'll be in our suite."

Greg" So What brings you out on such a nice day I thought vampires only came out at night."

Janus "That idiot, who is currently in the governor's mansion inAustin just made the kind of mistake, that could bring us a whole new kind of trouble."

Greg " That's what you get from a headcase, going into politics."

Janus " I've been on the phones with my people in Austin all morning and they said it was all because of some damned horse show. But what's worse is that this person is related to JohnnySmith and Cordell Walker! Think about it The fighting skill of Cordell Walker,and lord only knows what other abilities."

Stillson looked at Janus, he got the feeling that Janus was really afraid of this person. Who could instill that kind offear, in even someone as well connected as Malcolm Janus? He let the power broker rant for a while.

Greg "I'm sure they will want to stay in the warmer climates."

Janus "Not with the governor's of every southern state, trying to drive them out of their state. There's only one direction they can go."

Stillson had no reason to believe that this person was any threat to his plans. Or that they were even going to show up in his home state or in DC for that matter. He figured that Janus was just worrying over nothing. But Janus showed him a video he had obtained through the connections with the governor's office inAustin. Texas.

Greg "Did that woman just put three bullets through the same hole?"

He couldn't believe anyone was that good a shot. But as tyhe tape rolled on it showed that she didn't just get lucky. She was that good! Janus waited for him to get the idea that if Smith and this exiled Texas ranger were join forces they could be a threat. Johnny Smith and his unknown quantity niece, were a force to be reckoned with.

Janus " We have to deal with this Congressman. We have to deal with it decisively and quickly."

Greg however was intrigued with the idea of sending one of Smith's own relatives against him.

Johnny looked outside thinking about all the other lives he had saved. lives that might be ended if he didn't do what he was thinking about doing but it had been a week, and still there was a sheriff's department Cruiser parked outside, and a couple of FBI agents ashouse guests that were constantly close as his shadow. He looked at the delivery van as it came up. Thefeds andthe sherriff had him hemmed in. But even they couldn't watch him every minute.Yet every time he had tried to leave, he found himself caught by his own security system. Purdy hired abody guard, a nice enough fellow but Johnny was not happywith this mess. This satified both the FBI and Bannerman the guy seemed to be able to ride herd on their psychic.