3 days later
"good afternoon sir" says Tori at attention as President Robert Jackson arrives
"at ease soldier, is she stable, may I talk with her" says Robert as Tori relaxes
"she had a reaction to the fever medication we gave her but before that she wrote everything down, even signed it in her own blood, it reads as genuine sir" says Quintin
"fair enough but I require an audience with her, on the other hand, this Kyle fellow, the protégé of Patrick who's been in the news, has he been detained" says Robert
"he chose to take his own life after confessing to encouraging the rape culture at the nearby California University campus, he seemed proud that he'd ruined the lives of so many people, he said it proved that men were created to rape young ladies, I must warn you about Adriana, she's terrified you're going to deport her which she's afraid will mean she will be killed" says Quintin as they enter Adriana's hospital room
"please uncuff her please" says Robert as Tori complies
"y-you're going to deport me aren't you" asks Adriana
"do you swear your statement on TV was the truth, do you swear on your life that you did not lie to the American public or to God" asks Robert
"my father turned his back on God, if there is a God my mother would still be alive and not under by bed back home rotting, I'm afraid my experience has disillusioned me of religion, that is why I was hoping to be bought by someone with a voice sir, North America is seen as the place where God walks, thousands of girls like me have been disappeared, first in Brazil then after the Chinese slave trade was killed to America, I didn't lie, my little sister is here somewhere, I would do anything to keep her safe, making that speech makes me a traitor to my country, if my sister is in Brazil I have guaranteed her death, I spoke because I believe she's here, my father would shoot me if I made a speech like that back in Brazil, I beg you to believe me sir" pleads Adriana
"sir I believe her as does my youngest, and you know Erika is hard to convince" says Quintin
"indeed she is, as is your oldest Alissa, they both inherited your hard headed nature, if Erika believes her than so do I, I will confirm with the Mexican government first before deploying troops, I don't need to start a world war, though it is obvious the public would support me if I did, that was quite the speech you gave Adriana, you have stirred quite the response from both sides of the isle, they're saying we need to prevent Hitler version two" says Robert
"I just hope I didn't get my sister killed in my attempt to free the Brazilian people" says Adriana
"I received a report yesterday about two girls, clearly Brazilian, they didn't know any English, how tall is your sister" asks Robert
"six foot, she's the tallest Soto ever, our family trends to the shorter side of the height spectrum, never above five-foot two, I'm five-foot three, Beatriz and her girlfriend Felicia both went missing years ago when Beatriz was disappeared after she stabbed our father, she favored action over debates, Beatriz has a scar going from her left ear to her lips" says Adriana
"then one of the girls is your sister, how tall is her girlfriend" asks Robert
"Six-foot two, she's half African but was brought up speaking Spanish" says Adriana
"then we found them and you don't need to worry, they are being held in San Diego, have been for the past month, their handler says that neither really speak much, are they legal to be dating here in California" says Quintin
"they'd be fifteen next week so I doubt it, they're autistic, they're in love but aren't the feisty fast moving types, last time I saw them they'd hug and butterfly kiss but their lips never touched, though I suppose survival instinct may have changed that, when can they be here" says Adriana
"I can have them processed for asylum in a few minutes, they could be here in a few days, though them not speaking could delay that" says Quintin
"they won't speak if guns are present, my sister once called me Vitória Régia, the legend of the giant water lily, I always loved that legend, my father called it uma fantasia idiota or an idiotic fantasy, if that handler says Vitória Régia sent them then they will speak on the assumption that you will bring them to me" says Adriana as Alissa walks in
"Sir Mexico is on the line, waiting for you, they apparently received a threat from Adriana's father after they stopped a shipment of slaves" says Alissa
"so it is a real thing then, Alissa do you think the public would support me sending troops into Brazil to put an end to this" asks Robert
"it is turning out to be very real sir, more protests crying out for action are occurring about every half hour, I get the feeling that if you don't do anything you won't be here by Christmas, what do I tell the Mexican president sir, they called because they are afraid of retaliation" says Alissa
"tell them to take care of the young women they stopped from being trafficked, they will need help, they were labeled as American property so they are my responsibility, if they can't hospitalize them and or feed them have them brought across the border, in ships if they have to, tell them not to use guns, we don't need them afraid for their lives, I will go visit the mayor of Malibu and make a public statement there" says Robert
45 minutes later on tv
Hello fellow Americans, I have decided to help the people of Brazil, this will not be a war but a peace mission, we will only fight if we have to, the mission will be to save the Brazilian peoples once the oppressor has been dealt with we will leave them in peace the soldiers will have orders to use non lethal tactics first, I have received support from the United Nations and Mexican troops will aid in the operation, as will Peruvian troops, as long as I am president there WILL NOT BE SLAVES ON THIS EARTH
"that was a bold statement on his part" says Tori as Agent Franklin arrives with Beatriz and Felicia
"IRMÃ eu pensei que nunca mais te veria" squeals Beatriz
"vamos morar aqui agora, seremos americanos, temos asilo, Ana vai ensinar inglês a vocês dois" says Adriana
"we know little bit English, mexicana's took us in, they feed us, we would be dead without them mexicana's" says Felicia
"why you in hospital, why you cuffed, you slave here" asks Beatriz
"I had a bad reaction to some medicine Bea, I'm not a slave, I attacked a doctor trying to calm me down, soon I can be released, have you and Felicia kissed yet" says Adriana
"sim, nós nos beijamos agora, fazemos muito isso, aos poucos estamos ficando mais confiantes sobre como nos sentimos um pelo outro, você não está bravo, está?" says Felicia
"me mad, Felicia you clearly don't know me that well, Beatriz is the action child not me, I prefer debating, big sis was the anger prone one, rest in peace Sabi" says Adriana
"there will be rules, you two will get your own room in Butler Hall effective immediately, due to the conditions the president just initiated you will be on twenty-four hour security watch, Adriana will be here till the troops land in Brazil" says Tori
"people won't be watching them kiss though right, because that would be treating them like property and I don't condone that" says Adriana
"not directly, through security cameras and they will be guarded by proven loyal CIA agent Dana Cruz, if they want food she has to clear it" says Tori
"that's kind of cruel" says Adriana
"I understand your concern Adriana but it's for THEIR safety, if he's willing to sell his family as slaves, I can only imagine what he'd do if he found out that they were under American government protection, we can't risk them ordering food that ends up tainted because your father paid some struggling restaurant owners to taint the food, once your father is removed from power in Brazil we can loosen the security" says Tori
"you trust those military men to stand by the American president and not get paid off" asks Adriana
"they will be led by CIA agents, anyone accepting a Brazilian bribe will be arrested, it won't take that long Adriana, I've already gotten word that the states of Pará, São Paulo and Santa Catarina will accept American troops" says Dana
"you're certain of that, Santa Catarina is where my family is from, they're under my father's thumb" says Adriana
"your father used the 'American property' scheme for a reason, he knew countries wouldn't stop the shipment of slaves if Americans owned them, it's the fear of retaliation they fear Adriana, the threat of ACTUAL American troops uses that fear against your father, my family was born in Mexico, believe me they fear American retaliation more than anything, so I met up with the representative of Sonora, the state that borders Arizona, where you were found crossing into the state of Baja California, he was nervous about putting out a notice to house all Brazilians being transported through his territory but I informed him that they'd be discovered crossing into America anyway and that Mexico not reporting it looks worse and would certainly give him trouble with America" says Dana
"Dana I specifically told you not to use fear" says Tori
"relax Tori as it turns out it was my cousin Rodriguez Cruz, he'd only just gotten elected, the youngest to hold that office, he's well aware it was an empty threat, he asked for my credentials when we first met there, he knows I'm a drone and not the royalty of the CIA and can't order such actions, he was nervous because he was new, all my speech did was make him remember he got into the state office by campaigning on transparency and end of the secrecy, after my speech I told him to grow a set, that for all we know Mr Soto of Brazil had his eyes on Mexicans next, how's Cat" says Dana
"pregnant again, turns out there was an incompatibility between her and the lubrication the sleeves used, ensuring a miscarriage, so Robbie tried again without the sleeve, turns out Cat prefers making love naturally without the sleeve between him and her kitten, though it's more powerful this time and is causing memory blackouts due to pregnancy hormones and her pre-existing brain damage, otherwise she's doing fine" says Tori
"are you still pregnant" asks Dana
"why do you think I didn't offer to head the unit heading to Brazil, I got lucky and didn't have a reaction to the lubrication, Quinn made us some custom sleeves, Zoeys's were done first as she chose the simplest one, I'm heading up the local units down in San Diego and Carlos is heading up the rest of the border waiting for more to arrive and bring them here to California" says Tori
"let me guess Texas and Arizona don't want them" asks Dana unamused
"unfortunately so, California is the only border state willing to care for them until their situations are assertained, be it asylum, fear based immigration, regular immigration or other such things" says Tori
"…. Fear based immigration…. what do you mean by that" asks Adriana
"meaning they'd rather stay here than return to Brazil because of fear, I didn't mean to make you assume I think your fellow soon former Brazilian slaves would be stricken by fear, just that the experience might make them fearful of Brazil as a whole" says Tori
"oh I guess that makes sense, would you mind getting Hanna to give Beatriz and Felicia a check up…. would the families of these girls be allowed to come here, not all of them are able to live alone, like Beatriz and Felicia, a significant portion of the girls are autistic, diagnosed or otherwise, a group of like a hundred from Espírito Santo stood up for their rights and were disappeared following my becoming a slave headed for America, an autistic diagnosis is hard to officially get under my father's rule, he says the diagnosis proves who is weak and deserves to be slaves and who doesn't, he has a tendency to target those with official autism diagnoses, he's become very Hitler esque in who he believes is worthy to be a Brazilian citizen, though he feels he's immune to rebuke from other countries because he's not targeting people based on religion" says Adriana
"the group the Mexicans called secretary Alissa about were mostly aprized of autistic girls, I think my cousin said about fifty or so in number" says Dana
"that's probably the group from Sergipe, they've been missing from the Brazilian population for about a year, from what I heard their parents were all killed for defying a presidential order, the girls defied a ban on shorts or skirts during a rough patch of extremely warm summer, which is why they were disappeared, our father is a very bad man, though why the speed of slaves is so slow is beyond me, he's all about speed and the cover of night, the only possibility is the men transporting them tried to delay the inevitable, probably spent some time in Venezuela, while not an optimal country by any means for stopping slavery their leader's daughter is a friend of mine and they knew about my father's slave exporting gig, she's rather pushy about humane treatment of people and isn't afraid of my father, she was long distance dating Sabi, as much as they were very much opposites when it came to temper, when it came to matters of right and wrong they always agreed, Sabi was darted in Venezuela by one of my dads spies two years ago, he confirmed her death though I'm beginning to believe otherwise" says Adriana
"why" asks Dana
"because Sabi was dads worst enemy after moms mysterious death when Beatriz was little, fought him on literally everything, she was well respected by every State, IF Sabi survived she would reside in territory our father would never suspect" says Adriana
"where would that be" asks Tori hoping for information
"somewhere close to Venezuelan territory, dads preferred route was to skirt Venezuelan territory by staying on the Columbian side of the border, then 'charter' a boat to the port of progresso where we are affirmed as American property being shipped from Brazil, if 'shipments' that should have arrived much sooner are suddenly arriving now only Sabi would have the know how to pull it off without dad knowing" says Adriana as Mr West shows up
"quite right miss Soto" says Damion West
"I'm sorry who are you and why are you on the property and how do you know her last name" says Tori
"I'm surprised you don't recognize me Tori, you pulled a stunt that should have gotten my daughter arrested for child endangerment all so I could see her play as she wanted it to be" says Damion
"you're bald now, how was I supposed to recognize you, I thought you were in the hospital on life support, that's what Jade and Erin believe" says Tori
"turns out my doctor was a complete idiot and massively screwed up my flu diagnosis and caused all that, Adriana your sister is alive" says Damion
"where" asks Beatriz
"I said alive not awake, Venezuela still doesn't allow girls to date, a bunch of guys beat her up a few months ago on the rumors of her and James Parez's daughter were dating, they don't take kindly to such things as a girl dating the presidents daughter without explicit consent by said president, her and Adria are headed here to avoid a possible clash with American troops, though only Adria is awake" says Damion
"how you know this and sis not knowing" asks Beatriz
"because Sabi isn't exactly loved in Venezuela Beatriz, mainly because of your father, if the public in Venezuela knew they were being moved to America before they get out of there James is afraid they will be killed, I know this because I own three private investigation companies, someone in Brazilian government enlisted my services to investigate your father for corruption, in the six years of said investigation there came up many issues, strife in the Soto family being one of them, one daughter missing, the other poison darted, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that he's a criminal" says Damion