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fairly sharp images, and some were blurry, but one thing was consistent; they each became uncomfortable in their own way. Sensing their discomfort, Graves attempted to reconcile what was being said with what was happening in America. He was hopeful that his voice would not betray his feelings; that something was not right.
    “Gentlemen, Operation Acts of Defiance is now underway. I am sending you detailed and highly classified information regarding this operation, which the President has assured the Joint Chiefs is only temporary. I want each of you to go over the data thoroughly and make sure you understand it completely. If you have any questions, it is paramount that you contact me immediately. Your respective state governors no longer have any control over your units. The state’s authority is indefinitely revoked. Unless you hear from me, orders are to be questioned and challenged. Thank you, gentlemen. May God be with us all.”
    Carbondale, Illinois
    Sunday, July 13, 2031
    1:46 a.m.
    Captain Alex Ebers’s phone rang, waking his wife from a deep sleep. It went off five or six times before she nudged him from his sleep. First he felt the nudge, then heard the ring.
    Ring, ring.
    The captain rolled over to grab the phone, but his arm was dead from having cut off the blood supply. He oftentimes had the habit of falling asleep on it, causing it to go fully numb.
    “Argh,” he moaned, trying to sit up with one arm. Grabbing the phone with his good hand, he saw the notification of the phone call he had just missed.
    “Who was it?” his wife, Monica, asked.
    Still squinting at the bright display screen, he replied, “It was Brigadier General Simmons.”
    “At this time of night?” she barked. “Nuh-uh. Ain’t no way you’re going in at no two o’clock in the morning.”
    The captain was still half asleep, but if there was one thing he had learned in the military, it was not to shirk duty.
    Alex hit the recall option on his phone.
    “This better be important,” Monica said.
    Alex was using his free hand, which now had some circulation in it, to attempt to calm down his frustrated wife.
    Simmons’s phone rang about four times before he answered.
    “Yes, sir, it’s Captain Ebers. Sorry I missed your call … I see …Yes, sir … Right away, sir.”
    Monica was growing concerned. This wasn’t the usual phone call he would get at random times with instructions on the next drill. This was something more important. She watched as her husband stood up and started pacing around the darkened room.
    “I’ll get the units together as quickly as possible, sir … Good night to you, sir.”
    “Alex? What’s happening?”
    “We need to get you someplace safe.”
    “What is it?”
    “One million air and national guardsmen have been activated under Title 10 of the US Code.”
    “What’s that do?”
    “It gives President Baker sole authority over national guardsmen. He said something about a classified operation. There’s no more congressional authority, and the Secretary of Defense has been
reassigned
.”
    Alex was hustling about, trying to find his gear in the dark, when his wife turned the light on. “An even bigger question is
why didn’t I hear from Colonel Wright?
It’s not normal for a captain to hear directly from a general.”
    “You’re not going, are you?”
    “Monica, I have to. I’m a commanding officer in the Army National Guard.”
    “That’s exactly why you don’t have to go. You can decommission yourself right now.”
    “It doesn’t work like that, baby.”
    “Then make it work like that.”
    Alex was putting his uniform on and trying his best not to further antagonize his wife. But he knew if he went AWOL, he would face serious charges. Given the current state of affairs, he wasn’t about to put it to the test.
    “Let me find out what’s going on, and I’ll call you. I promise to keep you fully informed of my every whereabouts,” he said, in a futile attempt to make her feel at