The Traveller - Chapter 6

The Traveller

A Novel

By Paul McCann

 

Chapter 6

 Return Of The Stolen Children

 

In the darkness of the night he woke up with a beautiful small of roses in the room . As he looked over he saw a lady standing there holding a small child and she said .

“Bucko there is a mission for you . We would like you to return some stolen children to their parents who have been kidnapped and held as prisoners before being sold as slaves to some wicked men who will abuse them  , Here is one of the children for you to see , so you’ll know when you go there that you’re in the right place . I will have to return her now , So this is your mission ?”

The child was asleep as Bucko took a good look at the child’s face and then asked  .

“Where are the children being held ?”

The traveller replied, 

“Inside an old abandoned school in Columbia , South America . Here are some images of the place you need to go to so study them and familiarize yourself with the lay out of the place . The children will require medication . They are all dehydrated and hungry and some of them need detoxified for drugs they had been given. “

Bucko nodded his head and said ,

“I’m ready to teleport there as soon as I feel I know where I’m going “

And the other traveller replied ,

“Thank you and remember you’re never alone ”

The lady reached out and touched his shoulder and then she was gone. Bucko started to study the photos and stored the images in his mind then closed his eyes and teleported there . On his arrival he observed some trucks arriving with children  who were crying . Screaming for their parents and too weak to defend themselves against the well armed thugs who were there at the slave labour holding camp .

All of the children were taken from the truck to a large cloistered building inside the school grounds that was set on a large property in Columbia . No one noticed Bucko as he wandered among the groups of children who were being held against their will in huge dormitories that had become their home ,Bucko observed some of the children looked as if they had been drugged , others had been abused .

Some of the staff working there at the old school were cold and ruthless people who frequently pushed and kicked the children and screamed at them harshly . Other held bamboo sticks and would slap the children across the legs , hands and buttocks .

Bucko observed all the children who were there and then he noticed the little baby that had been brought to his home by the traveller . So he knew he was in the right place .Fear was written all over the children’s faces and tears rolled down from their eyes . Their innocent hearts had been terrorised and all of them lay helpless on the floor around the dormitory . One of the children tried to escape but was quickly captured and tied up to a post near some guard dogs that patrolled the grounds .

It was very clear to see that the children had not been without food for a week or more .  The truck that brought the children left the school and the front gate was closed leaving only a small handful of staff inside the building . Outside in the grounds armed guards and dogs were on duty to prevent anyone from entering the school building .

When night fell and the lights were tuned off Bucko went to work . Inside a case he took some herbal medicines and strong tranquilizers and secretly injected the tranquilizers to all the staff present . They went unconscious immediately then he began to treat all of the children with natural medicines and skin lotions.

After doing that  , he was able to look around and found information and files on the children in the main office of the school building . It had the details of the names of the children as well as their parents details  He had addresses of where they came from and he wrote everything down . Then he knew he had to return back to his mountain home to put together a rescue plan  .

The next day as Bucko was packing some more medicines he was visited by a group  of travellers who came to see what progress he had made He showed them the list of the stolen children’s names along with their parent’s names and addresses .

The travellers were very excited about that and mentioned that they would pass these on to all of the authorities in Columbia  Bucko returned  unseen and assisted the children with some medications . Their health conditions were improving and their captors were wondering how this was happening .

The police were informed about all the children being kept at the school and were also given details about the guards and their dogs patrolling the grounds . After overhead surveillance had confirmed the information was true an active strike force code named Schools Out was planned to rescue the children .

Elite soldiers were called in to begin the rescue mission and started some training manoeuvres for the Schools Out assault

Bucko made another visit to the school to administer further medication and to see what other information he could find . He was able to find a contact list of the people involved who were buying the children which would be invaluable to smash this child slavery ring . 

As the days passed the soldiers had a plan and were ready to go in to rescue the children from their captors .  None of the children’s parents were informed at this stage just in case anything unexpected would happen when the troops went inside . Their assault was from air and ground . A wooden glider with some paratroopers would be unhooked from the back of the carrier plane and the troops would parachute in silence from the glider onto the roof of the school and enter into the school while at the same time armoured cars and tanks would smash through the front gates in a surprise attack on the armed guards and their dogs around the school grounds .

When the night came and operation Schools Out was about to begin many travellers arrived at the school to watch the action take place and to be there if needed .

Another job that Bucko had dome was to set baited traps around the property for the guard dogs with a view to put them to sleep and minimize their involvement when the troops arrived  .

Most of the staff inside the building would be easily taken out by the paratroopers however the risk was children who could be used as shields by them and the fact it could be a scary experience for them however a few of the soldiers on arrival to the dormitory would immediately surround the children as their comrades would eliminate the kidnappers and their wicked staff in the building with gunfire and grenades  .      

The safety and return of the children to their parents was the objective .

Heads began to roll as the troops stormed into the building and around the grounds with a speedy end to the assault . After the chaos the bodies of all the kidnappers were placed in a pile and photographs of them were taken to show the world that using and abusing children would not be tolerated .  The children were taken to a safe place and cleaned and dressed up in fine clothes and marched in single file before the media and then returned safely one by one to their parents who were ecstatic about seeing their children again alive and well . All of the local people admired and praised the soldiers for their successful operation ,

No one knew anything about Bucko and the great work the travellers had done but they were there in the background unseen looking on .

Everyone commented  about how well the children looked . Their parents and all of the local people in town had no idea that Bucko was responsible for their healthy state . The children who had been stolen from their parents were now back home again where they belonged.

All of the training the soldiers had done and the action that was taken resulted in a great victory for all . The international media covered the story and soon donations started to arrive from all over the world to assist many of the families who had been through a terrible ordeal .Food  and clothing also were arriving to help the children and their families .

The school that had been used was now going to be demolished and rebuilt by the  government to become a training centre for school children to gain skills for their future employers .  

Bucko was so happy to have been part of this rescue operation and returned back to his home in the mountains to work in his garden with his herbs and making medicine to cure sick people in the world and wait for his next mission to come ..

 

End Chapter 6

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The Traveller

A Novel

By Paul McCann