The Native Americans came back on stage at the concert and gave
news updates in their lyrics for the concert song. Donations had gone to
$600 million. And they gave the song another evolution: it was a
revolution going on, the leaders in with the performers, one and the
same, some of their words.
        Then, as Kenja was driving their Jeep up the road out of the Valley,
they saw some Natives waving for them to stop at an entrance to the
Valley of the Gods. Kenj slowed and Jess and Kit recognized the Natives
when they got close - it was Lion and Swan!
        Kit excitedly told Kenja to pull in. Lion waved for them to follow
he and Swan as the spirits walked up the road a short distance. Then
they saw the bonfire a little farther in with Natives all around. The spirits
motioned for them to stop and walk with them.
        Jess asked Kit, "are we dreaming, Hotey?"
        He didn't think so. And gave her that look.
        LE and Swan and the other spirits were dressed in ceremonial
garments and talking things over there. And they just wanted Jess, Kit
and Flece to hear some things, they told the visitors. In fact, Juli or Kenj
couldn't hear them, but were seeing them. And our three WPO guys
learned, among other things, that the spirits - the ones right there - had
just been dancing up on stage with the other Natives, and the real Natives
on stage had known they were spirits, which made the lyrics minutes
before make a LOT more sense. Kit and the girls are still, even now, a
little reticent to give all the details of what they learned that night at that
powwow. Of course, belief must be suspended at times. And they regret
that. Bottom line, though, the spirits there had all been very supportive
of the guys. And way cool.
        Jessy was so happy about it all. It seemed nothing was bigger than
what they were doing. They stayed until Swan told them it was a good
time to go and the next thing the guys remembered was pulling into the
airport lot at Monticello with an "all clear" from Pute. No agents or
anyone stopped Kenja, who took care of the bills in the office, Juli with
her, and no one interfered with any of them getting on board. And they
all flew to Santa, more than a little dazed by the "missing time".
        Kenj handled the FBO desk there in Santa too, and things were
OK. Then she took the Bonanza to pick up the 401 in Taos to go back
to Monticello and the concert as the guys took the SUV to La Fonda,
their hopefully not too regular stop by then, so any tail would not have
the vehicle direct from the plane to the ranch.
        They watched the concert on the big screen in the bar as they
quietly talked over plans and waited about half an hour. They were
thinking about flying Juliet Pop up to the Cody ranch, but the weather
wasn't with them that night. The full moon filled the sky. Meanwhile,
they rented another SUV for the commute to Truchas and, within the
hour, drove up and in with the lights on. The moonlight would have
given them away otherwise, and being seen without lights would surely
have brought the agents down on them.
        Julian and Ria's concert party with Wallo and family was going
strong, despite the early hour, everyone talking about the hoopla over
the "giants". Our guys partied a short while with them before going to
the cabin to check in with Pute, anxious himself to get plugged back in
to Cybergirl. DC and Cincy would get their barn inspection, Pute and
Cy told the guys, but it would be when the Treasury came back up for
a Platinum pickup.
        "Thank GOD for bureaucratic infighting!" Kit cheered. So, they
had time to get J Pop out of there. What they didn't know, though,
was that the President had gotten involved in that one.
        They watched the concert and the news on it, and the holograph
message was being reported from concertgoers and performers. The
plan was working. The government had lost that battle. The idea was
getting out! The guys were staying up all night, going back over to Ri's
and Jul's until their friends conked out, then watched Monument while
laying on the feathers after showers, Flece staying with Juli in the other
cabin's living room again. And birthday girl and Kit had a sex nightcap.
With a little coke. Mm mmm.
        All the military interests were gathering in Washington, calling on
the Oval Office for meetings and following Joni's and Julio's travels to
the other countries, Pute and Cy were informing the guys later. They
sent a message to Sundance for him to tell his fellow 'Xecs to get
underground as soon as they could. And why.
        Soon enough, our three revolutionaries would be trusting Kit's -
and the computers' - electronic wizardry again by attempting to fire
off the holojectors at Trinity from the hacienda.
        "Piece of cake," Kit summed up the readiness for Jess, hoping,
of course, that it would be; and she was soon messaging Sundance,
staying up himself, to ask him to notify the press. Jessy felt so honored
that the Redman himself was comming with her and handling things
there, so told him.
        Dawn was about a half hour away, just enough time for press in
Albuquerque to get helicopters down there, in case any newsrooms
were calling the government. And the guys would make sure at least
one camera would be rolling on it before pushing the "talk" button.
        Jessica reminisced about how amazing it had been with Lion and
Swan back at the Valley of the Gods, and talked on as they rolled
around in bed.
        Word came back from Sundance. It was "go". They went
outside and Jess gave button honors to Kit. "My birthday's over,
handsome."
        He smiled, gave her a big kiss and hug, pointed the 'mitter in the
direction he knew the satellite to be, pressed that darn button, feeling
the power, and they went inside to check the computers and TV.
Pute and Cy confirmed the signal. Then Kit and Jess waited until they
saw big ole "Al" and "Joan" on TV, broadcast to the concert from the
skycam news choppers - and broadcasting over the networks -
standing there 3oo feet high over White Sands in their cutoffs and T's,
and our two intrepids went back out, kissed again and Kit pressed that
button again.
        "Al" said: "Hola, again, everyone. We have a Declaration of
Peace for you all to sign..." his voice booming out over the desert,
"and there's also a Constitution and Plan....We'll be getting it all out on
the internet and everywhere we can for you to read and sign. But you
must sign it...to give the Peace Government your authority...."
        Jess and Kit went back into the kitchen to hear and see it on TV,
although they were taping it, of course, and it would be repeated ad
nauseum on the news shows. But there is something about live. The
music had stopped at Monument as everyone listened and watched
there on the big screens.
        "All we're saying..." "Joan" took it, "is that countries don't need
militaries any more. The world just needs one world force - under the
power of all citizens and good elected officials - to keep peace. And
that will end war...and free up hundreds of billions of dollars every
year to spend so much better...as one simple step to a better condition
of life for us all...and a much saner world to live in. Please be with us.
Sign the Declaration. You can do it in person or over the internet. But
please do it. And end war on Earth....Goodby, again, for now." They
smiled and waved and, just as the projection shut off, troops in
helicopters got to the hot boxes and took them away.
        Well, it had all been broadcast live and the government had not
shut it down. It couldn't, really, politically. And President Bill had said,
"let the First Amendment work" when the question had gotten to him.
It had gone via satellite around the world, though some governments
still had jammed it.
        The commentary and footage filled the morning news shows.
        "Like Jesus with his bride," some Sunday morning TV preachers
were saying, "just in contemporary clothes."
        "Two hippies with a hologram set," Sam Donaldson said on
Brinkley (it was before Davey had retired).
        A lot of people didn't believe it was holograms. They preferred
to think it was real - some beings from another world, or religious. The
US government explained - and showed - the boxes for the cameras
and debunked it all as a crazy hoax. Others said it was a nice hype for
peace. And some were saying it was a serious effort that was doing a
lot of good already. Cokie Roberts was one of those (again, on
Brinkley).
        Jess and Kit commed again with Sundance to go over everything,
telling him the third gram would be that night, and telling him where,
and went over the details of getting the Declaration out. Volunteers
would do it at the concert, Jess telling RR that they would fax copies
anonymously to the MC's and other stars. And they would get it on
the internet anonymously, Kit and Pute knowing how to do that.
        The government was still trying to find out who the WPG was,
they told Sunny, but Joni and Julio were prime suspects, mostly
because of Julio's comment on stage after the first hologram. So they
were plenty worried for them, but Sundance told the guys that he was
in close touch with them and that they would be staying quietly with
friends of Julio's in Costa Rica after their meeting with the President
of that country, who was going to be the first head of state to sign the
Declaration.
        The military leaders were furious. Not only was someone trying
to shut them down, the someone or ones had also snuck in and out
of a high security area. They figured it was that small plane the
helicopters had chased several nights before, but didn't want to say
anything about those lights in the sky. They were embarassed and
angry they didn't have answers. They had analyzed the Trinity tracks.
They fit only a few planes exactly, Mooneys among them, but the
military had no leads. And they didn't have the suits' info, nor vice
versa. Not then, anyway.
        Kit rationalized to Jess - since he had forgotten a sweeper for
Trinity - that it might be more confusing to not have swept up there,
just to give the suits more to think about, like maybe that the
giantgrams were done by two different teams, or whatever. Edge is
edge. But she knew he was just rationalizing and gave him a poke.
Of course, they wouldn't have had time to set out a sweeper
anyway.
        The generals were also vowing between themselves and
industry partners that they would shut down the dam WPG thing if
the government - the Prez - could not or would not, and were in the
process of putting their own agents into operation on it. Pute and
Cygirl had picked up on that too and were advising, and the guys
were advising on to Sunny.
        The Sun One was cool: "We're all safe here...and Joni and
Julio should be all right...."
        They adiosed Double R in a few more and faxed the
documents to the MC's and stars, and activated that website for it.
The Declaration soon started through the Valley "Nation" and
everyone was signing. The performers were singing and talking
about it on stage. They had real hope. It was kind of believable.
Maybe even doable. Definitely visionary. Many took up the
argument.
        Jessy and Kit went back to the veranda to watch the concert
with the others, but kept nodding off. Ria told them to get some
sleep, which sounded like an idea. Flece and Juli were still zonked
out in the living room. Our two got the Navajo blanket, spread it
out in the yard by the pond, listened to the music, then slept out in
the sun and breeze, the horses, dogs and all coming over at times
to lick or smell or lay down with them.
        "Kit..." Jess said at a point when Orgasm woke them up,
nuzzling her nose into them, still wondering about her shoes.
        "Hay?..." he answered as he patted their roan on her nose.
        "How do you get 'Al' and 'Joan' that loud?"
        "Harmonics, precious," and they kissed their way back to
dreamland.

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