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despite an attempt to withhold that information. A Doctor Patel, who worked for that same company was found moaning in an alley obviously thrashed with a spanking paddle found lying next to him. He refuses to talk to police. He swears he just tripped. He needed two units of blood. Some fall. Three lawyers and sixteen chief reviewers for PatriotAlliance Unity Health, an affiliate of Amerimed, are reported missing. Four men who had been working the state capital, lobbying congress on behalf of medical insurer interests, were found with their heads twisted backward and money stuffed in their mouths. A note was tagged to one of them, "A nation of laws not men? Not these men." The employees of six HMOs quit en masse, after receiving calls that merely stated God's work today. Two of the calls were traced to public phones in Ireland, several to various cities in the state, and others to Chicago. None led anywhere firm. In all of this, there were no witnesses. Senator Todd, who had gone on the air to decry the recent violence appealing to a return to law and order, has not been seen for a week. His proposal to prohibit fines on administrators of medical organizations suddenly lost support from several financially important organizations. "What's happening?" she again asked. "Do you know? The official word is that the CEOs crossed the mob, somehow? That the IRA is also involved. Three terrorist groups, three, have claimed credit for the attacks through calls made to Congresswoman Woodrow!" But Shannon knew. She knew. Her mind flashed that prayer that she herself had offered up in exasperation, "We need a hero." A soft yet ominously building reply floated out from the darkness after a long pause. It rumbled as would a tornado bearing down. "No more. No more sacrifices to evil! Father pulled in the lines and let fly the blade. I am of him, forged from his steel, And now, here I am, pulled from the stone by an unseen hand of self, honed to my