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and I’m afraid it’s not the type
of get together that would be welcomed by your parents. I can only imagine what
they would say if they knew I was taking you to this thing.”
    The trip did feel like they were hiding
something when Ancil suggested he take Harley to see the sand flats on the edge
of town. He said he used to play in those flats when he was a kid and catch
lizards. He wanted Harley to see the flats first hand before it was built over
and developed into shopping malls.
    “What kind of purpose?” Harley asked.
    “Well, that’s a little complicated to get into
right now. It has to do with what we discussed the other day in the backyard”.
    “You mean about the committee people?” Harley
asked.
    “Yes.”
    “You want to stop them?”
    Ancil didn’t respond right away. He starred
ahead for a long while thinking over the best way to approach this subject with
Harley. He didn’t want to expose him to too much, but at the same time he felt
that he was old enough to know what was going on and why they were driving to
the meeting in the first place.
    “We’re getting together today with a few people
who feel just as strongly about preserving our way of life as I do. A lot has
changed in the world since before you were born; politically and geographically.
The war in the Mid-East created repercussions not only in our government but throughout
the world as well. Nations have fallen; many others are on the brink.
    “The European financial market has collapsed,
throwing them into a state of economic depression not seen since the Second
World War. All that global instability has led to fear and panic in our own
government. That fear has allowed certain people to infiltrate high sectors of
the government and manipulate things in their favor. And what’s good for the
few is never good for the many.”
    “But how can the government be against its own
people? Aren’t they supposed to help and protect us?” Harley asked.
    “Governments are made up of people, Harley, and
people are corrupted very easily. It’s happened all throughout history. Give
someone a platform to speak to an audience and people will listen, feeding the
fervor. It’s why dictatorships rise to power so easy in economically ravaged
countries where the people have nowhere better to turn. They cling to the first
person who can give them hope, no matter how bad it will be for them.
    “We’ve been able to avoid that scenario for the past
250 years, but I don’t know how long that can last for, not with things the way
they are”. 
    Ancil turned left onto another path and a house
could be seen in the distance. The house was small and looked like something
out of one of Harley’s history books.  
    “This is it,” Ancil said as he pulled up in
front of the house. Three other cars were parked in the dirt driveway. He put
the car in park and they stepped out.
    It was cooler under the shade of the trees as
they made their way to the front door. Ancil knocked twice and a voice answered
from behind it.
    “Password,” the man said. The voice was low,
almost a whisper.
    “Just open the damn door, Lee,” Ancil said.
    The door bolt unlocked and it opened to reveal a
middle aged man in glasses and a red tank top. He was laughing as he let Ancil
in.
    “Can’t be too sure now a days,” Lee Delany said,
“lotta spies running around these woods.” He took a look at Harley.  “Who’s
this?”
    “This is my grandson, Harley,” Ancil replied. “I
wanted him to see what was going on here today.”
    “I didn’t realize we were recruiting kids.” Lee
said. His expression revealed he was not happy about Harley’s presence.
    “He’s old enough to know what’s happening. And
besides, we can use younger people.”
    “I don’t want anything of what we talk about here
to get out.”
    “You don’t have to worry about that, he
understands. He’s a smart kid.”
    “And what about his parents?”
    “They don’t know where he is. They just