Free The Cross of Mithras Vol. 1: EOD Operation Welcome to Hell by Douglas Howell

divisive. She once said that politicians are good for only two things: starting a war, and losing a war. And when it comes to activist groups; she called them act-up-tivist groups. Her feelings reflected where she comes from, more than anything else. She couldn’t fit in with those people and she didn’t want to. She wanted to see her Catholic friend more often. But they didn’t want to take any chances with her getting caught. So she couldn’t see him that often. It made her feel lonely and isolated - and depressed.
      Since Project 21 gave her the identity of an American citizen, she would at times go look for work. Being an unskilled worker, there was not many jobs that she could get. She knew that you could be trained for a job, but that doesn’t mean that you will get it. It’s up to the employer, not your training, which will get you that job. So she ended up with telemarketing jobs which she both resented and was no good at. Any other type of a job that she did get, she didn’t keep them that long. She didn’t keep those jobs because of her PTSD. She would always say, ‘Don’t forget the words, “Traumatic Stress.” The best way to understand PTSD is: stress elevated to the point where it become traumatic. It’s too much stress. So you don’t want any more of it. Not even a little bit. Not even if it comes from on the job stress. Until you endure it, you will never understand it.’ In truth, she felt more happy serving under Project 21, than being on welfare. But she felt stuck on welfare until Langston changed his mind, or leave office.
      So Vaistll would sit in her little studio apartment with it’s two burners instead of an oven, one sink for a kitchen sink, three foot tall refrigerator, no bathtub, no bathroom sink or mirror, can’t have a washer and dyer, apartment without a view, and the only type of pets that she can have are: birds, fish, mice, and cockroaches. All she would do is sit there and pass the time away and reflect. What she would reflect upon is: her life to some degree, but most of all, human civilization and human nature. She wrote down all of her ideas on paper and put them in a notebook. Later she learned how to type; she was good at it, typing at 25-30 wpm. She was a natural at it. She then bought some floppy discs, went down to the library, and stored all of her ideas on the floppy’s. Doing all of that gave her something to do, something to take her mind off of things. Just to pass the time away and to get out of her crappy little studio apartment. It gave her the chance to feel free.
      During the mid-term elections of 2006, both Vaistll and Project 21 finally got a lucky break. The Republicans party lost the mid-term elections. Perhaps it was the war on terrorism, perhaps it was the Apollinarians, or maybe it was the EOD, or all three, but Langston was becoming too paranoid.  He tested the loyalty of those closest to him, even his own wife. People didn’t jump ship because of the war on terrorism, or the fight against the EOD, they jump ship because of him. He even ruined his friendship with the Vice-President, causing the VP to say, ‘Langston is too drunk off of power to care about friendship.’ Some people in Project 21 thought (wrongly) that he might be an EOD agent. So they had him investigated to see if it was true or not. During that investigation, someone leaked that out to the press. He eventually started to give orders that made it appear to all those around him, that he is becoming a tyrant. He wanted to change the Constitution so that he wouldn’t be limited to two-terms in office. He even gave orders (that nobody followed) to make certain people disappear. What finally did him in, as well as the Republicans, was a simple mistake. Before the mid-term elections of 2006, a microphone was accidentally left on, and he was quoted as saying, ‘Freedom to me is an obstacle to giving people better security.’ He was not the type that ever slipped up on his