PHUNG HAUNG DONG TIEN
HISTORY OF PHOENIX
"The Blackened Bird"
THERE IS A PATH NO
FOWL KNOWETH AND WHICH THE FALCON'S EYE HATH NOT SEEN;
THE LION'S WHELPS HAVE NOT TRODDEN IT, NOR THE FIERCE LION PASSED:
The men of Phoenix became lions,
they were the Hunters. Few had nightmares from their duties, and
none would ever fall victim to delayed stress syndrome, for they
were not the prey, they were the lions, and lions know no such fear.
The men of Phung Hoang Dong Tien, at
least seven of them, became as a club, a group of men depending on
each other, not for personal safety, but for personal sanity, for if
all seven men acted as one, how could they then be insane. They
became hunters of human kind.
"THE GATEWAY TO HELL"
In ancient time rulers, in order to
govern effectively, had to resort to the actions of others to
accomplish their desires, thus the "Ninja" was born. The ruler,
called the Shogun, depended on the Ninja to do all the dark deeds,
in Phoenix, called "Black Projects," he couldn't publicly do
himself. Murder, arson, theft, character assignation, all the things
that are absolutely indispensable if a leader is to govern
effectively without squandering the trust and respect of his
subjects. This was around 1615, the Year of the Rabbit and the Hour
of the Tiger. In 1967, Shogun, The United States Government, had
cause to turn a few of his subjects into Ninja, at least seven of
them, and this then was the Year of the Rat, Hour of the Snake. This
path was the Gateway to Hell.
THE MEN OF PHOENIX
Sandman:
The Vietnamese civilians aptly named him, "He
who comes in the night."
Polio:
He left them crippled or dead.
Snake:
Kung Fu practitioner, effective but scared to death of snakes
Alky:
A southern hillbilly with an affinity for bad booze, forsake good
stuff.
Green Hornet:
He namesake make time stand still.
Red Dragon:
Called the Dragon, kept looking for something that was not there
because it never existed.
Number Seven:
The Gambler, took chances when they were not needed, also the worst
of the bunch.
As standard equipment most men
carried "Hush Puppys," a Mark 22, Model O, used 9mm ammo, and had a
5' barrel equipped with a silencer. This weapon, along with the fact
that each could kill with their hands, had only one other thing in
common, they were insane.
Better introduce to you the most
important member of the team, he kept the team awake for days at a
time, erased the deeds committed from the mind, yeh, and allowed
peace to enter the soul, at least for a time. His name was "The
Green Hornet," a green capsule containing a mixture of Benzedrine,
an amphetamine which stimulated the central nervous system, Dexamil,
a synthetic steroid which stimulated the adrenal gland, which
produced adrenaline, which made a man super-human, and then there
was Reserpine, commonly used to treat high blood pressure and also
mental patients, but this drug also keeps the mongoose killing the
cobra, for reserpine is extracted from the Rauwolfia serpintina
plant, common in India, where the mongoose diet consists of this
plant, which stimulates his senses, which causes him to be more
effective than the Cobra. Also treats tension states. Come to think
of it, Fakirs use this to convince themselves that they really fly.
Put all this together in one capsule and to put it simply, the
"Green Hornet" was a capsule that caused a man to act faster than
normal, stimulated his nervous system, and yet controlled that same
tension state. A man could feel his heart speed up, the head would
throb, and it felt as if the brain was actually growing. It gave the
man his own personal radar, and his senses were fine-tuned to an
extreme pitch. Every nerve ending was sensitive to sound, sight, and
smell and it seemed as if a receiver was in the brain. Put all this
together, a man could stay awake for days, fight, function, and not
lose his mind. The Green Hornet was used extensively in training,
particularly the qonset huts during night-day training.
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