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come near us after that story gets out.”
    Leah smiled.  “That’s a good idea.  We’ll do that.”
    “When do we need to be ready to move?” the general asked.
    “September first is the plan.  Each family will drive a travel trailer down, and we’ll meet up.”  She referred to the map again.  “This will be the area for the homes.”   She paused.  “I guess you guys will need to leave a lot earlier than the rest of us to get there in time.  You’re coming from the furthest.”
    The general looked at it.  “That’s right smack in the center of your area.”  He nodded.  “I like that.”
    She shrugged.  “It only makes sense.”  She pointed to another area.  “This will be where the greenhouses are built.”  She kept pointing to more places as she spoke.  “The livestock will be here.  The community center here, and this section ,” she waved to a huge area in the northern part of the grid , “will be kept as wilderness.  We’ll need to be able to hunt and fish there.”  She indicated another area.  “We’ll build the wind mills here.  They’ll power our electricity once the power lines are down.”  
    “Library?” he asked.
    “Part of the community center.  We’ll need as many books as we can get.  At first, of course, we’ll still have the internet for the information we need, but that’ll go down, too.”  She sighed.  “Within a few generations, all of our electricity and computers will go.  We’ll be living a true pioneer lifestyle.”
    He shook his head.  “I don’t know how you kids’ll handle it, but I’m sure we’ll figure something out.” 
    “We don’t have a choice, sir,” Hannah said honestly.
    “I can see that.”  He stood shaking hands with both Leah and Hannah .  “You have a very brave daughter,” he said to Leah.
    She nodded.  “I’m very proud of everything she’s doing.”
    “You should be.”  He sighed.  “I’ll gather the military books I think will need to be included in the library along with some personal favorites.  We’ll do our best to get everything we need before we head down there.”
    Once they were out to the car, Hannah slumped in relief.  “He was the only one I was unsure of.  My visions showed me two outcomes.  One with the general and one without.  There would have been no point without him.”
    Leah glanced at her daughter.  “You certainly didn’t let on while you spoke with him.”
    Hannah shook her head.  “I couldn’t.  I had to let him decide for himself.  He made the right choice.”   The right choice for her and the other kids at least.  But was it the right choice for him?  Didn’t he deserve to have a quiet retirement?
    Leah smiled.  “ They’re all making the right choices .  Where to next?”
    Hannah grinned.  “How do you feel about flying to Colorado?”
    Leah raised an eyebrow.  “Who are we going to find there?”
    “A hunter and his family.  They’ve been living off the wilderness for years now.  He’s not going to want to join us, but they will.  His son is going to be key to our defensive strategy .”
    Leah smiled.  “What are we waiting for?”
    “Our flight?”

Chapter Three
     
    Hannah and her family were the first to arrive at the community site in Idaho.  They deliberately went early to make sure everything was to the specifications necessary.  As they got out of their travel trailer and walked around the area, Hannah knew this was the right place.  The walls were perfect, and the underground storages were as large as they needed to be .  They could start buying everything soon. 
    They spent hours that first day riding around in the truck across the site.  She couldn’t wait for the construction workers to arrive.  Everything that could be done by outsiders had already been done.  It was time for them all to get to work on growing and building their own society.
    They travelled to the area that would be left as a wilderness and