Tombstone Estate

[Doc Holliday]

Tombstone Estate, Planet Gran Canaria

It was cold. The harsh winter was setting in over Gran Canaria and with his estate in the hills away from Port Canaria, it was even more harsh. Still, he was prepared. He had enough food, water and heat to last him for years if he chose not to leave. For now though, he sat in his West room relaxing.

He was in a black robe on his couch. A cup of tea on the table while he read a medical magazine. Keeping the room warm was a fire crackling nearby. Minutes earlier, he had thrown another log on it and returned to his couch, his legs folded under him on one end of it with a fleece blanket wrapped around him. He was comfortable and at ease. For a moment, he stopped to take a stare out the window. It was snowing and blowing. Comfy inside, he didn't care. While his mind was involved in his magazine, one on the outside looking in would notice what would appear to be a very empty home.

Most people would leave a place like Canaria during the winter season but not Doc. Anyone else would retreat to his cabin on Erie to let the harsh winter pass or even stay aboard Med Force One. He chose, however, to live in the past or at least, to a point. He missed Midori. He had built it with her in mind many years earlier and was to her memory and honor that he stayed. Having his large, underground lab made it appealing to him as well and of course his baby grand piano.
But what really made it home? No politics! It was here that the wars of many factions and governments were non-existent. With but a private channel to Med Force Enterprises, anyone else would physically have to come to the estate to talk to him and at this time of year, who would be crazy enough to do it? After years of attempting to make peace between groups, his robes were mothballed in a closet somewhere. He could travel anywhere without bother as he funded his Enterprise. Humanitarian cargoes to a Freeport, food to Crete, pharmaceuticals to Malta or iridium to just about anywhere didn't generate interest.

Again, he looked out the window and gave a light smile. It was a quiet day and he would enjoy it.

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