Henry Steven Zones

### Relatives

Christopher Steven Zones (Son) Josephine Marie Zones (Daughter), Derek Zones (Grandson), Zack Zones (Grandson), Annalia Zones-Downey (Granddaughter), Sandy Sanchez-Zones (Granddaughter), Amellia Marie Zones-Pletcher (Granddaughter)

## Appearances

### Debut

Zones Chronicles Book I

General Henry Steven Zones the Patriarch of the Zones family grew up in Waco Texas where his brothrs and sisters reside. At the age of 18 Henry Zones left home after discovering the mayor was murdering those that were a threat to his rise of power at the age of 16 and being the emboldended young teenager threatened to reveal this to the authorities not realizeing the mayor had most of the police force an many judges in his pocket already. Their response to the threat was they beat Henry to a bloody pulp and told him when to shut his mouth and he'll live to become an adult and at 18 he best leave Waco and never return otherwise they'd finish the job starting with his girlfriend and then wipe out his parents brothers and sisters like the Zones family never existed.

He'd listen and would at 18 leave Waco with Brenda Tobolski and they'd attend school at the University of Michigan while Henry would go under an ROTC Scholarship. He'd marry Brenda in college and from ROTC attend officer training and graduate as a 1st Lt and serve at Goodfellow Air Base until he'd raise through the ranks and finally take command of Wright Patterson Air Base. He'd over the years have two children his oldest Christopher Steven Zones and his daughter Josephine Zones. His Second in Command would be Colonel Jesse Nestlerode and would bond with the family as Brenda would learn Jesse was born in Northern Indiana and knew her brother and sisters.

Upon retirement Henry would move the family to Northern Indiana at he request of Brenda in order to be close to her family and give the kids the opportunity to meet at least one side of their family. Buying over 100 Acres of land would have a garage sitting on the property converted into a home where he'd finish raising his son and daughter.

As his son reached high school he'd meet Jennifer Pletcher and brought them before his father and being what he saw as a strong Christian met his match when he met Jennifer and he'd enjoy the young woman's company sparring over biblical scripture and would bless his son's relationship with her.

Jennifer would get pregnant with her firstborn with Christopher and due to strong disaagreements with her father she'd leave home and would move in with Chris at the house and would get help establishing a small business where Chris would use the equipment Henry had provided and do yard work mowing lawns and basic landscapeing with Jennifer helping until she became to pregnant to work.

Henry would also use his influence as a retired General to negotiate a deal with a judge. His son Christopher had accumulated speeding tickets with 90% of them from him responding to calls from Jennifer about blow out fights with her father. He'd show up at his son's court apperence whre the judge was refuseing to even listen to then Deputy Roberts trying to get lienecy for Chris and get at least some of the tickets thrown out. Henry would step forward identifying himself to the judge and negotiated a deal which his son and he had already discussed prior. He'd graduate high school with no more tickets and upon him graduateing would enter the Air Force to serve his country.

The Judge would agree and also Christopher's friends would be following him and helped him with the business taking just a small cut for pay. Richard Weathers would take an interest in Josie and they'd begin dating with just a 2 year gap between them Richard and Carlos Santos would many times spend hours with Henry and he'd advise the three on being a good officer and would set them on the path for officer training all three entering with his recomendation on there applications when they enlisted after college and until Christopher graduated would help Jennifer in raising Derek until Christopher was assigned a base and she could join him.

Over the years once the grandkids got older starting at 4 they'd begin spending the summers with Henry and he'd get a strong influence on them enhancing the morals and lessons Jennifer was teaching them. Zack upon turning High School age would move in perminately with his grandfather and attend High School at Penn while Brenda would be teaching for one of the middle schools in the district. The world changed for them the moment Annalia was born. Henry would not visit them at Andrews knowing his pressense would bea distracition but heard the stories that like with Josie at Wright Patterson Anni had gained a reputation of being the Princess of Andrews since rumor was Chris was in line to take over Andrews and she used that influence to wrap officers around her finger.

Anni like her brothers stayed the summers and while the boys were grandma's favorites and spoiled by her Anni became Grandpa's little princess as well and saw her friendship with Anthony Downey form. He'd met the Downey family upon moving here and knew Anthony's grandfather who had moved on and left the house for Anthony's father where he was raising Anthony and just the year prior lost Anthony's twin. They'd learn of Henry's Generosity as he'd invite them over for dinners and offer to watch Anthony if either of them needed to work late so he knew the General as he'd known him and had met Derek and Zack and was already considered a little brother the fact he had met Anni and attached to her hip was icing on the cake for the families as she was there for him and helped him cope with loosing his twin and the Downey's had accepted her as a daughter with as much time as she spent with the familiy.

This would continue for certain holiday's Anni would make the trip to Osceola with her parents and every summer she'd spend with them until she turned 11 when Anni would perminately move in with her grandfather after her parents finally got Henry to conccede and agree to a remodel because with Anni came her adopted sister Sandy and both girls were attached at the hip

He and Brenda would raise Anni and Sandy putting Anni through school for the first time as she like the boys had been home schooled by there mother until they moved in. It was the year after when things went downhill for the family. Sandy and Anni had went to Andrews for Christmas to spend with Christopher and Jenny where Sandy would get a few gifts the first was th official adoption papers making her a Zones and the trip home would seem uneventful until the Johnson family would intentionally wreck the family with the girls in the car. They would survive the accident but each had there own degree of mental and physical injuries and all the kids thought they lost there parents and back at Andrews in the care of Carlos Santos and his wife there not even two year old sister Amelia was there.

Henry would arrange Amelia getting to Indiana and while at first Anni would try to insist to care for her Amelia would go to Derek who was married and had a daughter Arwen the same age as Amelia and would raise them as sisters.

Clues were beginning to come in that linked the attacks to Chris and Jennifer to Waco, Anni knew there was a link to Waco but hadn't met any other Zones when down there with her parents as Anni fought in a tournament there that her parents side company had sponsered for years and how Anni had met Sandy.

Anni would convince her grandfather to return to Waco even with his reservations and would have the FBI backing him as her brother was an FBI agent and had presented the case against the current mayor who was Sandy's biological father to his Director and she'd communicate with the Director in Waco and form a plan of attack. In June of that year they'd make the return just before the celebration and would sneak into the tournament after the FBI had spent two weeks vetting Henry's data and would find everything he had outlined and upon Papa making his pressense known in Waco the FBI sprung into action and was arresting dozens of people ranging from police to judges and lawyers along with the mayor,

Henry's return had suprised the family as he'd show up at the doorstep of his brother and find out his nephew Jason was one of the FBI agents involved in the search and through Henry's information along with Sandy's own testimony it had reunited his nephew with his daughter who his wife had kept from him since there divorce.

Henry would requant himself with his family explaining why he had stayed away and from that point make yearly visits to spend time with his brothers and sisters.

Henry would see the rise of Phoenix Squad and the girls discovery of there parents survial and the redoubleing of efforts to see this through and would see the birth of Jennifer and Ethan and through them would leave his legacy. Henry Zones found the kids loved hearing his story and Anni and Anthony had got a camera and would record his talks with the twins and Jonathon Parker and they'd save the recordings and preserve them.

Henry would pass away when Jennifer and Ethan were nine years old from cancer and had seen Phoenix Squad rise to power taking down the Johnson Compound and taking down Colonel Harrison and return home to become a family and raise their children here. Through his videos he gave warning to the family and would heavily influence the battle strategy of Phoenix and Odin Squadron in there strikes at the Sanchez family and now his great granddaughter Jennifer Monroe Parker maintains the recordings and has honored her great grandfather by naming her firstborn Henry after him.