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am.”
    “We’re fine. We can take care of
ourselves. We didn’t put ourselves through all those long hours of training for
nothing,” Brad said.
    Marc’s attention shifted as
Jonathan and Terri exited behind four people in Coast Guard uniforms.
    Brad turned to the four people
and spoke, “As you have rejected our invitation you are now free to go. The
marina is over that way, you’ll find several boats there. Take whichever one
you want. We won’t need them anymore.”
    Mike spoke up, “One more thing,
you won’t want to be here for very much longer. I would suggest you leave this
island post-haste. It’s going to get very nasty here shortly.”
    One of the four turned to
Jonathan and held his hand out palm open, “The clips to our weapons.”
    “Nope,” Jonathan said.
    “You promised to give us our
weapons back if we decided to leave,” the woman of the group said.
    “Yes, you’re correct I promised
to give you your weapons back. I never said anything about your ammo or clips,”
Jonathan said.
    The man who had asked for the
clips got red faced and faced off with Jonathan, His voice was dripping with
venom as he spoke, “Look here kid, I’ve just about had enough of this shit.
We’re the authority here and I demand you give us our clips back. Or so help me
I’ll toss your ass in the deepest darkest brig I can find and then lose the
key.” He was so angry he was almost spiting in Jonathan’s face.
    “No,” Jonathan said in a calm
voice.
    That did it. The man broke and
took a step towards Jonathan the rage on his face unmistakable.
    That was when Terri stepped
between the man and her brother and extended her hand in greeting.
    She smiled at the man and spoke
softly, “Hi, I don’t think we have met. You’re…”
    “Pissed!” the man shouted as he
came up short.
    Jonathan’s eyes narrowed as he
absently rubbed his chest to make sure he was still wearing his armor. They all
were, Jonathan had made it an order, just in case.
    Terri smiled and curtsied when
the man didn’t take her hand, “Hi, Pissed. I’m Terri fourth degree black belt
in Aikido and Karate. That’s my brother you’re fixing to assault. Now I love
him more than life itself. It would be a shame for him to get hurt. I don’t
think I would much care for that.”
    Marc snickered; he knew what
Terri was capable of doing in a fight. He had sparred with her a few times.
    “Yeah, what do you think you’re
going to do about it!” the man shouted.
    “Whoa! God that’s brutal,” Terri
said as she waved her hand in front of her face. “Someone get this man a
Tic-Tac.”
    The man blinked for a second as
his face turned another shade of red, “Get out of my way! I don’t want to hurt
you little girl!”
    Terri narrowed her eyes and
stared into the man’s eyes as an evil grin split her face. She spoke calmly to
the man but with a voice that left no doubt, “I promise you if you lay a hand
on him. I will personally rip your arm off and beat you with it before I shove
it so far up your ass you won’t shit it out for five years.” Terri then stepped
to the side and out of the man’s way.
    The man sputtered as he watched
Terri step to the side. The man then looked at Jonathan, who had a neutral
expression on his face, and then back to Terri. He considered for a second and
took a small step towards Jonathan. However, Marc, who was shaking his head no,
caught his attention. The look Marc was giving the man told him this was over,
and he needed to set aside the aggression.
    The lone woman Coast Guardsman
chuckled and then spoke up, “Girl, you have some
spunk! I like that. Can I change my mind?”
    The man turned, and looked at
her. He shook his head, as though he couldn’t believe what he had just heard.
He turned back in the direction of the marina. He stormed off as he tossed his
rifle to the ground. The other men followed him, almost having to jog to keep
up.
    “Yes. I told you if you changed
your mind, and you are more than