Alice stands up and shouts back at TJ, “It’s a freaking bag! I’m ready to leave at a moment’s notice!”
“Where you gonna go?” shouts TJ as he steps towards Alice’s bag.
Alice doesn’t answer TJ and just looks at TJ.
Odin barks.
“You got O upset,” says Janet to TJ and Alice.
Odin runs over to the living room window and barks at something outside.
Janet gets interested in what Odin is barking at and she walks over to the living room window where Odin is.
The sound of several vehicle doors open and then close.
Janet looks out the window and she sees several armed troops coming towards TJ’s front door.
“Shit, what do they want?” asks Janet to herself.
Odin barks again and Janet tells Odin to stop barking for she is afraid that Odin will attract the troops to where they are inside the house.
TJ sees a paper map on Alice’s desk, and he picks it up. Alice sees TJ look at the paper map and she worries what TJ will say about it.
Janet shouts, “We got company!”
TJ puts down the paper map and exits from Alice’s room.
Alice picks up the paper map and starts to fold it up.
TJ comes into the living room and there is a knock on TJ’s closed front door.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
TJ looks at Janet and Janet says, “There are four armed soldiers out there.”
“Take Odin into Alice’s room and I’ll handle this,” says TJ.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Two more loud knocks are heard at TJ’s closed front door.
“Are you sure?” asks Janet to TJ.
“Yeah, stay quiet and close the door,” answers TJ.
Janet grabs her handgun that is sitting on the living room table and she takes Odin down the hallway that’s away from TJ.
KNOCK!
“I’m coming!” shouts TJ.
TJ hears Janet enter Alice’s room and Janet closes the bedroom door.
TJ moves the back strap that is around his right thigh holster, takes a deep breath, and walks towards his closed front door.
TJ looks through the peep hole on his front door and he sees four Caucasian male armed military soldiers.
“What can I help you gentlemen with?” shouts TJ from inside his house as he looks through his front door peep hole.
“We just have some questions for you Mr. Bailey,” answers the lead soldier that is in front of the other three soldiers.
“About what?” shouts TJ from inside his house.
“Just open the door, we only want to talk!” shouts the lead soldier to TJ.
TJ isn’t sure why the soldiers are at his front door or how they even know where he lives.
“Don’t make us ruin your nice white front door!” shouts the soldier that is standing behind the lead soldier.
TJ thinks about what to do and he decides to open his front door and talk to them with the door open.
“There he is,” says the lead soldier to TJ as TJ opens his front door.
“What can I help you with?” asks TJ.
“Well, that remains to be seen, but we’ll hopefully find out,” answers the lead soldier.
TJ notices the fatigues of the soldiers and they look to be part of Colonel Meyers group.
“Have you been to the power company recently?” asks the lead soldier to TJ.
“I’ve driven by, but that’s about it,” answers TJ.
The lead soldier smirks and finds TJ’s answer pretty interesting.
“Where is your dog?” asks the soldier that is standing behind the lead soldier.
TJ looks at the soldier and he recognizes him. He’s the soldier that TJ had an altercation with at MacDill and that soldier threatened to kill Odin.
TJ doesn’t answer the soldier.
“You mind if we come in and look around?” asks the lead soldier to TJ.
“Actually I do,” answers TJ.
“Now, now. Mr. Bailey. Your father wouldn’t appreciate you not being hospitable to a couple of his troops,” replies the lead soldier to TJ.
TJ notices the lead soldier has dried blood on his right hand and knuckles as he strokes his chin.
“I think we’re done here,” says TJ to the lead soldier.
TJ goes to close his front door and the lead soldier puts his right hand up and stops the door from being closed.
The soldier next to the lead soldier pushes TJ’s front door open and TJ stumbles backwards into his foyer but stays on his feet.
The soldiers come into TJ’s house and TJ feels unsure what to do. He thinks to reach for his gun, but he knows that isn’t the best move here as he’s outnumbered.
TJ stands upright and sees the four soldiers enter his house.
“You had to make this difficult, didn’t you?” says the lead soldier to TJ.
TJ sees Alice exit from her room with Odin and they run into the bedroom that is diagonal from Alice’s room.
“Check the house,” says the lead soldier to the other soldiers.
The soldier, that TJ recognized from before, comes over to TJ, leans in towards TJ, and says quietly, “I’m going to kill your dog and I’ll be back for you.”
WHACK!
TJ knees the soldier in the stomach. The soldier gets the wind knocked out of him and leans forward.
BAM!
TJ throws an uppercut that lands flush on the soldier’s chin and the soldier is instantly knocked out. The lifeless soldier falls towards TJ and TJ let’s the soldier land on his tile floor.
The other two soldiers point their guns at TJ and the lead soldier says to TJ, “You know we can’t let you get away with that now.”
“He threatened a police officer,” replies TJ.
“Go check out the rest of the house,” says the lead soldier to the two soldiers that have their handguns aimed at TJ.
“Are you sure sir?” asks one of
