VentureRealm Amusement Park -ch19

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Chapter 19

 

As the cast and staff began to prepare for the day, a sense of tension was spreading. Those that lived in the dorm had it first. Due to interaction in locker-rooms and dressing areas, it passed to those who lived off-compound. The mechanics and technicians had come in early and worked with a fury to inspect every ride. Reassurances by Over-Watch were taken, but equipment was still verified to be in proper working order. Anything that even looked suspect was replaced. By the time guests began to line up at the gates, the last of the rides had passed their test run. All were operating as they had when first run.

Every member of Main Force Security had a hard look on their faces. They were scanning the faces of every person they could see. During the morning briefing the State Police showed up. The Sheriff had contacted the State Attorney General who in turn contacted the State Police with a warrant to search Nably's business. After that was when Troopers visited the park. Their news incited even more anger from the Security Force, Tessa and the princesses. A picture was flashed on the big screen on the wall. Joe Nably, detain and call for the State Police to take into custody.

When the gates opened, the Hospitality staff were paying close scrutiny. Over-Watch had an additional member in the monitor room running facial recognition on the entrants. The first hour passed. The second hour passed. It was just after Noon that the quietness ended.

"Over-Watch to all. Juliet November is over the threshold. Number 6." The operator announced. "Repeat; Juliet November over the threshold, number 6."

Heads turned and confirmations were subtly made. Direction of movement was relayed and ten Main Force members converged to take up a dedicated perimeter around him. Dave Wells was already calling the State Police. Troopers were en-route before he disconnected. Dave strode angrily as he made his way to Storm Bayou. Along the way he met up with Tessa and her escorts.

 

~*~*~*~

 

Over in WildForest Princess Michelle heard the announcement over the radio of her own escort detail.

"Let's go!" Michelle said and started walking fast.

Her four Security escorts kept step with her as they left her area to head for Storm Bayou.

Princess Danica in SeaSide was doing the same. "Come on guys!"

"Aye Aye Princess." One the former Marines replied and led the way.

Princess Nicole stopped in mid-joke at the announcement then turned back to the kids. "Je suis désolé les enfants, sorry kids. I get back on this later."

A collective 'awww' went out as she turned to go.

"Hommes, avec moi! Allons!" Princess Nicole waved to her escorts.

The detail were hot on the heels of the cajun. They knew she was furious and needed to be held back, or she would attack the man alone. Soon enough though she spotted him.

"See you, yeah!" Princess Nicole snarled and made to confront him.

One of her escorts caught her and stage whispered. "Not yet Princess. Wait. He's not going anywhere."

Nicole said back angrily. "Want him bad Tommy. He paid those guys mess up the rides to hurt people. Change they mind, try killing Reine Tessa 'stead."

"We want him too Princess. Stand fast though, he's trapped. He just doesn't know it yet." Tommy DeVrie informed her.

Moments later, Princess Michelle could be seen coming from the other side. She too, was stopped by her escorts. Princess Danica joined Nicole with her group. Finally Tessa arrived with her full contingent. Each princess had four escorts while Tessa had all twelve of her own. They began to move in, but had to stop as people suddenly took off baggy shirts. They were wearing t-shirts underneath emblazoned with a church group on the back and front.

"THIS PLACE IS SINFUL!" One person yelled.

A woman called out. "YOU'VE ALL BEEN LURED INTO A TRAP BY A DEVIANT!"

Tessa waved her people forward to push past the people.

Nicole growled angrily, passing through. "Knock off, noisy fool! We busy!"

The group stopped shouting in confusion at being pushed aside and disregarded. It was beyond obvious that they and their antics were unimportant. VentureRealm's royalty stood surrounding Joe Nably. Their security escorts forming a ring around them.

Dave Wells called out. "Sloan."

"Yes Sir, Captain." Jimmy answered then addressed Joe Nably. "Nably, stay where you are. State Police are coming to take you into custody. I'm a reserve Deputy for the Sheriff's Department and can arrest you myself, so don't move."

Princess Nicole snarled at him. "Can't believe you. You send you boyfriends come in here tear up rides so people get hurt and kill! All to make close down and buy for self!"

Joe Nably had frozen in surprise. He had no idea where all these security people had come from to effectively surround him so fast. Like they had materialized from thin air itself. When she spoke, he stared at Tessa Frost in anger, but it was no match for the fury on her own face.

"Nably I send word through your lackey; back off. Twice. I told you, face to face, to back off. I have no idea where you come off thinking laws don't apply to you, but they do. You can't buy your way out of this." Tessa said then hooked a thumb over her shoulder. "And as for the stunt with those idiots? You forgot to mention to them about your little sabotage plan?"

"Sabotage?" Someone asked, confused.

Tessa turned around and addressed the group. "Of course. He paid six men to break into the park last night. Their task was to sabotage the rides and cause injuries. By his own words, death would be even better. I'm assuming he sent you a message highlighting myself. I'm sure he sent you a donation as well to motivate you."

People began to look at each other trying to understand exactly what was being said. One was fairly quick on the uptake.

"Are you saying he's using us?" A man asked.

Princess Michelle nodded. "He played you all like a cheap MP3 and now you look like REAL idiots. Congrats, you're stupid."

"Bunch of guppies. Little brains, BIG mouths." Princess Danica remarked in disgust.

Princess Nicole was still the most hostile. "Should take down to Breaux Bridge and strip 'im down and leave out for the skeetas. Gatorbait too good for him, yeah. That or throw bucket of beer over and drop in the Basin for them leeches."

"That will do, Princess. Even though your suggestions are entertaining, we'll be turning him over to the State Troopers." Tessa said to Nicole, but glared at Nably. "Oh yes, Mister Nably, you will indeed get your day in court. Even though any punishment they impose will always be woefully inadequet, you'll face justice. When they are done with you, it will be MY turn."

Unknown to Nably, three State Troopers were coming up behind him.

"Think any of this'll stop me, freak? I'll make bail before the ink dries and I'll hire better guys to come after you. Maybe if enough of your people go to the hospital, better yet, the morgue; you'll clear out! I'll scoop this place up for nothing and do whatever I want. I got money, I own people. Things a freak, like you, can't!" Nably snarled then froze as he was suddenly grabbed and cuffed. "WHAT THE HELL? GET OFF ME! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! I'LL HAVE YOUR BADGES!"

One Trooper was cuffing him and the other began mirandizing and actually reading it off a card. "Joseph Nably, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a Court of Law. You have the right to an attorney and have them present during questioning. If you do not have or cannot afford an attorney, you will be provided one. Do you understand your rights as you are now under arrest?"

Nably continued to shout and struggle until the Trooper pulled his Taser. "SIR! If you continue to resist, I'll have to light your non-complying ass up!"

Several people began to shout in support of the Troopers, to tase him anyway, until Tessa caught their attention. It became so silent, even a snail could be heard crawling.

"Enough." Tessa said the looked at Nably. "Count the minutes Mister Nably, the time of getting your way has just come to an end. See you in court."

The Troopers led him away to their patrol units at the gates. Tessa finally turned to the protest group. In her gown and tiara, backed by the three princesses with a large contingent of Security, she looked extremely imposing. The look of disgust she cast at them was unmistakable as well.

"One bit of nonsense down, one to go." Tessa said coldly after stepping close to the obvious leader. "How exactly does it feel to be duped by a man that would resort to murder in the name of money? The same money you jumped all over."

"We were told a deviant runs this place!" The man proclaimed only be silenced with a slap.

Tessa cut him off before he said another word. "Listen close you sanctimonoius jackass! You call me or anybody that works for me that again and I'll tear you apart where you stand! You don't know any of us! How dare you come here and insult! Your bullshit religion is as corrupt as it gets! You danced to the whims of a so-called man that paid thugs to come in here and damage the machinery here in hopes people would be injured and even killed in the pursuit of money! I can go into any church of the so-called Christian faith and find con artists, adulterers, drug dealers, thieves and even pedophiles! The con artists and pedophiles are usually at the pulpit banging their fist on a bible! So don't you dare come at us with your unfounded accusations, we have more integrity than you ever will!"

He shouted back. "I'm a man of the cloth!"

"Oh Yeah? Then I will pay you a million dollars cash to prove, right here, right now; Heaven and God exists and YOUR way is correct! I challenge you and your bullshit religion! PROVE UP or GET OUT!" Tessa demanded then addressed the crowd around her. "My parents took me to every church they could get to, brought in every priest, pastor and anybody else they could call. The only things they didn't try were voodoo witch doctors, snake-charmers and Budhist Monks. I'm still ME! I wasn't possessed, I'm not deranged. I've never harmed a child, nor will I ever. I even go out of my way to ensure the protection of children here. I donate to school programs that truly advance a child to a realistic future, instead of filling their heads with pipe-dreams of professional sport! These churches and their hate-troops, do NONE of those things and never will!"

Dave took command of his troops. "PLATOON! REMOVE THESE HOSTILES!"

A chorus went up. "HOO-AHH!" "HOO-RAH!" "HOO-YAH!"

The Security force moved in and began roughly walking the protest group to the gates with Dave leading the way.

Dave glared at the leader. "And if you think we can't throw your butts out, this is private property except for the Reservation. You can be arrested for tresspassing by the Sheriff's department or be arrested by Federal Agents, take your pick. Or you can leave and never come back all on your own."

 

~*~*~*~

 

Tessa addressed the actual park guests. "Ladies, gentlemen and especially children, I do apologize you all had to endure that. Fools will always demand more attention than they should get. Please put it all from your minds and enjoy a beautiful day in the park. Princesses, take charge of your areas."

All three curtsied then turned and invited people to follow them in pursuit of fun things. Tessa herself, led the way to SnowyHill. In no time, people were enjoying games, sing-alongs and dances with the park's royalty.

 

~*~*~*~

 

Nably and his attorney sat in the Interrogation Room of the State Police Headquarters and looked up when the State A.G walked in.

"I demand the release of my client." Nably's attorney stated but was cut off.

Jeremiah Hessfield rolled his eyes. "Not happening. We're still tacking on charges. Right now we have him for extortion, bribery, conspiracy, racketeering and the hits keep coming."

Nably smirked. "You got shit!"

"Actually we got everything." Jeremiah said to their confusion. "You're pretty stupid, really."

Nably and his attorney's jaws dropped as a CD was played, the meeting that Nably hired the thugs to go in to sabotage the park.

"How in the Hell did you get that!" Joe Nably demanded.

Jeremiah smirked now. "Your computer. You mean YOU didn't set it up to record audio every day and store it on a cloud? That and you don't delete your sent emails of wrong doing. You practically handed us evidence of every illegal act you've committed for the last ten years. You're sabotage crew rolled, that gave us probable cause to get a warrant to search your office. The rest, is about to slam you in court."

The Real Estate developer and his lawyer sat stunned as the A.G stood up with smile to go, but looked back from the door. "Oh yeah, the I.R.S. are wanting to talk to you too. Something about falsifying your records, undeclared income. They have a thing about stuff like that. Good luck with them. No sense of humor at all."

At his arraignment, bail was denied. Nably was deemed a flight risk due to his many property holdings and possible still undiscovered secret funds. His time in the cells weren't pleasant. One of the Deputies was 'overheard talking to another Deputy' about how Nably had paid to have rides at the park sabotaged. For some reason, emphasis was put on the rides for small kids. That didn't set well with the prisoners and they made it very clear in blind sopt of camera coverage, between the guards rounds. Three weeks later Nably finally saw the courtroom. The judge sat calmly, but the jury grew more and more angry as evidence was presented. Evidence and testimony that couldn't be refuted by the Defense. Put simply, the case was over before it had even begun. Right after the Judge gave the sentence, Trent Valens intercepted Nably and his attorney. He served them the papers for the lawsuit. Tessa had Trent going for everything Nably had left.

 

~*~*~*~

 

Elaine Oberline sat in her office. It had taken a while to go through and repair all the damage done by Ralph Conway. It turned out, Nably wasn't his only source of money. The more the Deputies dug, the worse it became.

Roy Dodd came in. "I think we're finally done."

"About time!" Elaine groaned.

"That park has really turned this town up and around. Kind of hard to know now, which way is up." Sheriff Dodd remarked.

Elaine sighed. "Don't I know it! Between her improvements to the schools and streets, to the two-minute uproar of her being a transgender and that developer trying to take the park away; I swear Roy, it's been non-stop."

"That Queen Tessa sure does know how to stir things up, that's for sure!" Roy laughed.

Elaine nodded. "Oh, she is anything but dull alright. I'm glad she has no intention of running for office."

"You know she's suing the underwear off that guy, right?" Roy asked.

That got Elaine's attention. "How much is she going for?"

"Don't know, but I heard it's absolutely everything of value he has." Roy said. "The real question is; what's she going to do with it?"

Elaine shrugged. "With her, it's anybody's guess. No one really knows what she's up to until its in full-swing."

 

~*~*~*~

 

Zeke had spent several hours everyday at the detox center. Ol' Mac had a rough time drying out, but somehow made it. On the last day, Tessa herself was there.

"Mister McDennett. I've not forgotten you." Tessa said.

Mac looked her up and down. Tessa wore a simple white halter dress and sandals, but in his eyes, still very much the same angel he saw on Christmas Eve.

His voice no longer sounded hollow as he said. "You're Tessa. The Queen. I remember you."

"Yes Mister McDennett. I'm told you no longer need to be here. Are you ready to go?" Tessa asked.

Ol' Mac was confused. "Go? Where am I going? I don't have anywhere."

Tessa shook her head. "That's not true Mister McDennett. You do have a place to call home. It would be best if we take you there, because you start work tomorrow. Mister Malone, we should head out now."

Zeke nodded. "Aye Queen Tessa. Come on Mac. Let's get you home. Ride's waiting."

Outside, Tessa's Lincoln waited. Zeke helped Mac into the backseat beside Tessa then sat ride shotgun up front. They drove back to the park and parked at the dorm. Zeke led the way upstairs and down a hallway to a door and opened it. Slowly Mac went inside and looked around.

"Nice digs, huh?" Zeke asked proudly.

Mac nodded. "Is this where you live?"

Zeke shook his head. "Nope. I'm right next door. This is yours. Look here. "

Zeke opened the closet and brought out a set of white pants and purple shirt with the park logo. The name Wesley McDennett was embroidered above the park logo.

"Queen Tessa hired you to work the Senior Services desk." Zeke said with a smile.

Mac was still in minor shock of it all. "I have a job now?"

"You have an important job, Mister McDennett. Children aren't the only ones to visit the park. Older people do as well. Some need assistance. I think would be the right person to help them. Would you do that for us?" Tessa asked.

Mac was more surprised and asked just to make sure. "You want me to stay here and work for you?"

Tessa smiled. "Of course, Mister McDennett. For as long as you want to."

"As long as I want? For real?" Mac asked and her nod, replied. "Yes Ma'am."

Zeke patted him gently on the shoulder. "She's your Queen too now. Queen Tessa."

"Welcome to my realm, Mister McDennett. See you tomorrow." Tessa smiled as she turned to go. "Carry on Mister Malone."

Zeke sat Mac down and handed him a packet of papers. Some needed his signature, the rest needed only to be read. Later when Zeke took him down to the cafeteria, Mac was amazed at the food there. Zeke encouraged him to try as much as he could and eat his fill. He also assured him that the others back at the alley of outcasts were going to be fed. That the food not eaten from the line would be trucked over there. When Mac laid down in his bed that night, Mac finally knew a night of peaceful sleep.

 

~*~*~*~

 

Trent Valens gathered up all he needed. Joe Nably had 4 million in liquid assets and another 8 million in properties scattered over three states. Tessa told him to go after it all. That was all Trent needed to be told. The only reason to go to court at all, was Nably was desperately fighting to hang on to anything of value now. The bulk of his wealth had already been ravaged by the courts in the form of fines and I.R.S. penalties. When he had been arrested, Nably was worth almost 30 million in assets. Much of it undeclared. He was shown no mercy.

Closing his briefcase, Trent said to himself. "Tomorrow is doom'sday for you, asshole."
 
 
 
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Likes like Nably is going to

Likes like Nably is going to find out personally what it feels like to be stomped on, as he has been doing to others for so long. He may as well remain in prison once his time is up, because he is not going to have anything waiting for him on the outside, because it will all be gone.
I do believe that Tessa will be putting it all to some very good use once she finds out just how much money and property it is.

that requires...

...him surviving prison in the first place

"People" who go after kids generally don't have a fun time, and with his plotting to kill lots of kids now widely known, well ...

... that's not going to be pleasant for him

Awesome as ever

WillowD's picture

I do so love this series. :)

Nably made 1 HUGE mistake

Samantha Heart's picture

He pissed off the QUEEN!!! Tesa doesn't mess around when you mess with her, her people, her park are all no no''s but hurt or kill her charges (aka the kids & guests in her park) THAT'S A DECLARATION OF WAR!!!! I know Princess Nicole couldn't have a REAL alagator but feeding Nably to the gator, or letting the gator have a small pice of him below the waist would be JUSTICE served in my book.

Hmm mm homeless shelters with all of Nably''s properties perhaps? I look foward what Tesla has in store for them.

Love Samantha Renée Heart.

Can doomsday come sooner?

Beoca's picture

Well, I did say that VentureRealm would be better at dealing with a potential Terence Shaw than KVTX. I think I was right. Other than that, best of luck to both Trent and Wesley.

sweet

Chapter Nabley got his just desserts and in spades he really was stupid going into the park ?
He must have felt the restraining order did not apply to him?
And the hate group and their leader what a load of lemmings? Tessa put them in their place with just a few sentences and put them in their place.
Old Mac certainly got a true reward for his help some place to call home and more .
hmmm just what will Tessa do with the cash she gets from Nabley,
I can see perhaps a foundation with a Cpl of group homes to aid LGBT youth that get thrown out for trying to be true to themselves.
perhaps a hotel near the park with special deals for group homes and orphanages?? to help those kids that would otherwise have nothing to dream for
rteally looking forwards to the next chapter despite knowing that shortly Tessa's story will be finished and wil have nothing to look forwards to.

Matt

Trent

My5InchFMHeels's picture

Trent really is an unpolished gem. A certain beauty that isn't seen, but those looking properly know what to look for. I have a feeling the counselor will give Tessa some great advice as to the use of new assets, even if she's already got great ideas for them.

Madam Mayor, I feel, also has something to contribute though we haven't yet seen what it is.

More prison time for Nably

Nably was convicted on state charges. He can also be charged under Federal law for hate crimes and civil rights violations along with other Federal chargeses if he conspired with people from another state. Also there are assorted Federal criminal statutes under which he can be charged if any of his crimes involved electronic transfer of money. Speaking of money, the IRS was able to seize back taxes, interest and penalties under civil statutes; the Feds can also charge him with criminal tax evasion. So once he is out of the state cross bar Hilton, he could be going to Club Fed for a vacation as well.

Well I'm left wondering

Sammi's picture

about those companies that have businesses on the land Illegally rezoned by Ralph Conway, not so much for the respective businesses but their workforces, as unless the parent organisations are cleared of wrong doing ....

Queen Tessa though if I were to use a chess analogy moves more like a bishop, but still seems to be many moves ahead of everyone else.

Ralph Conway. It turned out, Nably wasn't his only source of money.

To miss quote one of Alecia's other characters 'Conway's Crimes just keep giving!', may be it was one of Jessie's, but the quote was referring to how the LOG Party & Vassago International's actions keep causing trouble.


"REMEMBER, No matter where you go, There you are."

Sammi xxx

Sweet!

Keep it up Snowfall, this is great. I have to agree with My5InchFMHeels, Trent and the mayor haven't been heard from the way I was expecting. Are they in your plans?

Thank you,
Kay

Did I Miss Something?

Why would Nably show up at the park himself? And why was everyone expecting him to show up? Not that he'd care about violating the injunction, but what would his presence accomplish for him? If the sabotage worked, it'd be counterproductive for him to be there and look complicit in it. If it didn't, there wouldn't be anyone there he could yell at about it.

He's not part of the church group, even though he hired them, and they're not going to do their job any better if he's present -- nor do they figure to physically protect him when the security guards try to eject him from the premises. (That's not even taking the injunction or his crimes into account; he's on private property violating park rules, which is enough to get him removed -- and he knows that.)

I suppose he could have expected the place to be so chaotic after the sabotage that the security forces wouldn't have time for him, but if so, even a dolt like him could see when he got there that it wasn't the case.

Eric

simple answer

Alecia Snowfall's picture

guys like Nably are just like pyromaniacs. they just can't resist watching. He didn't know his plan didn't work. and no, he didn't care about injunctions or restraining orders.

quidquid sum ego, et omnia mea semper; Ego me.
alecia Snowfall

"He was shown no mercy."

He deserves none. If his tactics had succeeded, children would have died, that makes him a worthless scumbag in my book.

In the jail systems, harming children or intending to harm them often brings what is termed as "prison justice". In many cases, these people rarely survive for more than a few months once inside the prison system unless they are held in solitary confinement the entire time.

Just drop Nably into the general population ranges, let them find out he wanted to harm kids and watch the fur fly. LOL

Hell hath no fury...

It looks like Nambly won't need his wealth, anyhow. And I don't see him getting anything but a life sentence. With the multiple attempted murder counts, I'm sure that they will be able to dig up some real murders from his past.

I'm hoping that Queen Tess will be able to use some of Nambly's wealth to make preparations to some of his past victims.

Great story, as usual!

Cocky moron

Jamie Lee's picture

Stupid can only be stupid so long before it become idiotic. Like the morons he hired, he failed to learn anything about the parks' security and got his butt arrested for an outstanding warrant.

The AG was so right, he is a idiot. Keeping incriminating videos and emails on his computer and his shouting in front of several potential witnesses what he planned to do to the park and it's employees. He actually gives stupid a bad name.

Thinking he was going to make bail was another pipe dream he had, or was it wet dream? After hearing the charges his attorney should have waved the white flag.

Now his problem with the IRS will really put a dent in his finances. If he ends up with a penny it will be because he found it lying on the ground.

And when Tessa gets finished with him in court, and he gets out of jail in his next life time, he may find out where the closest soup kitchen is to his cardboard box in the alley.

Mac was extremely shocked that Tessa was giving him a job and place to live. Most his life he'd been treated worse than a dog, until he met Tessa. She showed him there still are people who care about others.

Ah, the religious zealots, the hypocrites. They see everyone else's faults but are blind to their own. They should go back and read about throwing the first stone.

Others have feelings too.

Nably's FUBAR

Numerous criminal charges will keep him behind bars for a very long time, while the civil charges will quickly drain him of his assets. Threatening assault and murder while being arrested in the presence of ~50 Park staff and numerous visitors won't have helped him one iota. His former secretary being smart enough to take out insurance in the form of the voice recorder software adds even more to his woes. If/when he gets out, he'll be broke and find gaining meaningful employment exceedingly difficult. Ironically, he may have to rely on Tessa's charities to survive...


As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!