Chapter Eight
Making Their Point

"You should be advised, Mr. President," the Captain continued, "we have a visitor down here."
Back in The White House the President said "Oh. Do describe your visitor, Captain."
The Captain did so, and the President looked to Nathaniel Green who nodded. "Inform your visitor, Captain," the President continued, "that we are conceding to his demands. Operation Northern Light has been canceled and no such operations will ever be considered again."
There were several seconds of awkward silence, followed by a startled cry. "Captain!" the President asked, "Captain! Is everything all right?"
"Yes, Mr. President," Captain Hope answered. "Our visitor just got up, turned around, and walked through the bulkhead! Quite a startling thing to see, sir. Mr. President, the main lights just came back on. The ventilation just went on full power. Number two, check the weapons panel."
Commander Day shouted back. "All systems returned to normal, sir! All weapons show ready and standby"
The Captain let out a deep sigh. "We're all right, Mr. President," he continued. "Everything is returning to normal. Shall we continue our patrol or return to base?"
The President turned to an Admiral nearby. "We think they should return to base, sir," the Admiral answered to the President's unspoken question. "We want to check those ships over from bow to stern."
The President relayed the instructions and Captain Hope acknowledged.
"Well done, Captain!" the President praised.
"Thank you, sir!" Captain Hope acknowledged. "But we didn't really do much, sir."
"Captain!" Commander Day cried, "There's a new message on the computer screen."
"Read it off," the Captain cried.
"'Mr. President, thank you for being reasonable. Would you kindly instruct Mr. Green to take up pursuit of Mr. Peterson before him and his associates cause us further problems?'"
"Did you hear that, Mr. President?" Captain Hope asked.
"Yes, Captain," The President acknowledged. "Yes! Agent Green is already going out the door. Again, my hearty well done to you and your crew. Washington, over and out!"
"Abraham Lincoln over and out, sir," Captain Hope acknowledged. The President put down the telephone and turned to those present. "The military personnel may depart," he ordered. "The Bureau chief and the Agency chief are to stand by 'til we find out what is happening."
Men began to scatter. A few minutes later Nathaniel Green rushed back into the room. "Mr. President," he snapped, "two men saying they were from the Bureau came and got Agent Peterson from the detention center saying he was to be transported to the bureau's office for interrogation. No such pick up was ordered, sir. I fear we have several rogue agents who have decided to act on their own initiative."
The President shook his head. "They must be stopped," he ordered, "whatever it takes, notify all departments. LETHAL force is authorized. Please, gentlemen, please. Try to keep this quiet. This government has got enough troubles as it is. Everything that happened here must be kept  totally secret. No one must ever know."
"Yes sir," everyone snapped.
"You may leave, gentlemen," The President ordered. As everyone departed the President called out, "One moment, Green."
Agent Green stopped, as the others disappeared. "Mr. Green," the President continued speaking softly, "isn't there some way we could bring him into the government, give him some kind of work, establish a beneficent dialogue?"
Agent Green shook his head. "We would have to straighten up our act, Mr. President, considerably, before he'd even consider that. Though he'll be aware of your interest and when this business is concluded he may make some efforts to soothe our feelings, do us a few favors to make up for having to be so forceful."
The President laughed. "They DO make Their point, Mr. Green, don't they?" he concluded, patting the agent on the shoulder. "They most certainly do have a way of making Their point."
"That they do, Mr. President!" Agent Green agreed, "that they most certainly do."

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