The ten now attacked the group we had followed along with the others that had joined them. The surprise attack was very successful in killing or wound...ng seven of the twenty. The remaining 13 fought back and when the killing was over there were only four still standing from the group we had followed.One of the survivors put his hand to his ear and then turned to the other three and spoke something. They checked their gear grabbed stuff from some of their fallen and took off running again.. We give each other our names and numbers, for when things close in. I left my phone in the car. I have to get over there!” I told him.“No way! You’re a civilian!”“Sarge, I can help with this! I hear he’s on the roof with a gun.” Castle cursed Briggsby quietly, but I continued, “Either he’s going to jump or he’s going to do something stupid with the gun and get his ass blown away. You know that’s what the TRT is lining up to do!” The TRT was the Tactical Response Team, Matucket’s SWAT team. “I. I had asked for an Atari that Christmas, but didn't see why he would give it to me in the middle of the night. I set my alarm for 2:00 so that I would not doze past the appointed time, but need not have done so. I was far too excited to sleep, so I just lay in bed and stared at the ceiling while I listened to the melodic strains of Kajagoogoo on my Sony Walkman, which my father had given me a few Christmases earlier. Finally, 2:00 arrived and I got out of bed. At a time when not a creature. Yes, they remembered him, the clever man with all the turbines and the Archimedes Screw. Would he wait while they got out the papers. Yes, they were all in order, notices had been posted for the correct amount of time, there had been no objections and the National Park had no objections. Would he wait again while they checked on the official. No, no one had come from their office.Joseph sipped his tea and pondered the visit. Now he was sure that the man came precisely because Joseph was absent.