Natures Fury

by Michael Lodico

  Pearl Harbor Hawaii Battleship Missouri December 26, 2012,7:00 A.M.

  Captain Zachov was just getting out of the main bridge area to address the rest of the crew. He was a stout man in his mid thirties with a slight limp. He acquired that in a car accident earlier in ho life. He was still in decent shape.Most of the crew was already there except for a few stragglers. They had a full crew. They were doing routine training drills for the day out to sea. They were going to go out about 30 miles outside the harbor edges with the battleship Illinois and Montana. They were just some routine drills that were mandatory for their training. He contacted the other two captains for instructions. The captain for the Illinois was Captain Ronway and for the Montana it was Captain Segrue. Captain heard his orders from his commander on the harbor base and headed out to sea. Within an hour all three ships made it out of the harbor. Captain Zachov noticed an extra amount of pelicans and gulls this morning but ignored it. It was a beautiful day sunny and 85 degrees. He addressed his CO-Captain Fred Barry.”We good to start this adventure.”” Yes, sir, I believe we are ready,” replied Fred. They were on their way. The ships got to the halfway point of their destination when Captain Segrue of the Montana was yelling over the radio.”We have got thousands of mice on board,””They must have entered on board last night.””We have got guns on board to kill them.””There are too many of them.”” Some of the men were shot by mistake and others are just getting eaten alive by the mice!”Captain Zachov got the binoculars on the ship. He saw mass confusion and gunfire. He saw the mice too. He also saw pelicans and gulls descending on the men of the Montana. The captain ordered to fire guns at the flocks of birds.”Do you think that’s wise,”asked his navigator Ulus.”We might hit them or the men.””I will give the orders around here corporal,”he commanded.”Aye,sir,” Corporal Ulus replied. The men of the Montana were firing at the mice along with the birds. They were missing a lot. Men were being pecked or eaten to death. There were too many animals.

  “Fire,”Captain Zachov ordered. The shot went through many pelicans and hit one of the gun decks on the Montana. The ship was a wreck. People were scrambling on deck to get away from the fire and to get away from the mice pelicans, and gulls. The ship was now drifting because the men at the controls were too busy dodging animals. Captain Ronway of the Illinois was heading toward the Montana to help anyway they could. It wasn’t hard to catch them. They were about 300 yards from them. The Missouri was a mile away from the Montana. Captain Zachov had the binoculars on both battleships now. He saw the birds start to migrate over to the Illinois. The crew of the Montana were now getting in lifeboats overboard to save themselves. The ship was lost, too much damage. Captain Zachov noticed movement in the water. There were thousands of killer whales dolphins, and sharks in the water near the Montana. They were starting to drag the crew under the water that made it to the lifeboats!

  “Radio some air help out her immediately,” Zachov demanded. Radio technician Krik followed orders right away. No response, the radio was dead. He told his crew to check for mice on their vessel. Maybe mice had eaten through the wire. He sent a few men to check the whole ship. The Illinois was a lot closer to the Montana. More birds started descending on them. The Illinois crew were now doing the same thing the Montana crew did at the first of this attack. They were starting to shoot at the birds aimlessly. The only difference is that they had no mice on board.They hit a few, but missed quite a bit. There were still crew being dragged underwater after they got off the boat. Captain Ronway was 100 feet from the Montana. He thought to himself they better not get to close. They could still administer a rescue mission without getting too close. They were close to being at a full stop. Captain Zachov ordered his crew to get closer to both ships to help. All of a sudden large thumps hit the the Illinois. They were not stopping. They continued to plummet towards the Montana.” I ordered a full stop,” Captain Ronway commanded.”I know sir,” replied engineer Tocs from inside the engine room.”There is something on the outside of the bulk moving the ship!””That is impossible,”Replied Captain Ronway. The crew started looking along the bottom of the ship. “Whales,” The crew screamed.There were hundreds of whales of all kinds pushing the boat! The crew started shooting at them too! There were just too many animals of all kinds mauling the boat. The crew put up a good fight.The crew was getting killed on top and in the interior of the ship. The birds were overwhelming.Then it happened the Illinois ran into the Montana. There was a huge explosion and debris went everywhere. Crew members from both ships were now jumping into the water to save their lives.The crew members from both ships were being dragged into the water and drowning from all the sharks,dolphins,and whales in the water.

  Captain Zachov was watching all this from the safety of his ship with the binoculars. He requested progress on finding out why the radio was dead. No luck the crew were scrambling everywhere they knew, and no luck. They had to try to save their comrades.They started moving towards both ships. The closer they got the more birds they saw. By now most of the crew of both ships were either in the water or dead. Captain Zachov ordered his crew to get topside and start shooting at any animals.They did.It didn’t help that much at all. They got about 150 feet from the chaos. They saw people being dragged down under the water from all over the place. The crew of the Missouri still kept shooting. It was like there was no effect on the animals. They were starting to scramble from the attacks from the air. The pelicans and gulls were overwhelming them. They kept shooting in the air. There were too many! The crew of the Missouri also heard some bumping noises from below. They couldn’t stop. They looked over the boat. All kinds of whales were moving the boat. This time there were thousands of them. They were on every inch of the boat moving it with their tremendous weight and strength.The Missouri couldn’t stop. It was hopeless trying to radio help.Captain Zachov told his crew on board within hearing distance to go down fighting. They did every last one. The Captain saw this outside the bridge window.He could see the other two ships sinking without looking through the binoculars this time. He knew his ship would have the same fate. He stared at the sea and watched his crew get dragged down by sharks.There were fires on board all over the different decks and the lifeboats were useless. He then snapped out of it and helped his crew. He went out of the bridge firing any guns he had in his hands. Eventually the birds got to him and started pecking at his eyes. The last thing he remembered was the chaos of screams on deck before his mouth filled with water seconds later. All three ships were drowned and the animals that were left just moved on...

  Main Naval Base Grand Bahama Island U.S.A. Forces December 26, 10:00 A.M.

  Captain Wayne was getting calls from all over the oceans of the world about attacks from sea animals. Their base was on an island just off the big island of the Bahamas.Private Freezon was in the room with him hearing all the chaos. He was ready to contact Sergeant Bloomberg who had taken a search plane out 72 hours ago.He went to search all over the Atlantic Ocean for reports on animal attacks. He got on the radio,”Bloomberg,you there?” “Sergeant you there?” “Yes, Captain I read you,” Bloomberg replied. “What’s going on out there?” The captain had anxiety in his voice. “ It looks like a war zone out here Captain.” Bloomberg also had anxiety in his voice also.” I’ve checked every base or American oil well in the Atlantic “ Any base or oil well is just burning endlessly,” Bloomberg exclaimed. “I can’t see any survivors Captain. “ It looks terrible and depressing,” he said with disgust in his voice.” Where are you now sergeant?” The captain was now concerned for Bloomberg’s safety.” I’m over the Canary Islands right now Captain.” “You get back here when you can,” The captain hurriedly said. “ Aye aye Captain,” Bloomberg replied. Captain Wayne was about to reply and then he heard a scream and static from Bloomberg’s radio. “ Bloomberg?”” BLOOMBERG!” “ It’s no use Captain,” Said Private Freezon. “The radio is dead at the other end.

  Bloomberg was on his way down to the water. Birds had attacked his pl
ane and sent him to the water. The birds had gotten into the machinery and were flying into the cockpit. His plane crashed into the Atlantic. He was dead on impacting the water.

  The captain was now terrified. He ordered everyone to take shelter on the base.” Look out the window sir,” the private exclaimed.They could see people on the base running for their lives. There were birds and insects of all kinds attacking people on the base.The birds were pecking at the people. The insects were flying in there openings and suffocating them. They decided to stay inside where they thought they were safe. Captain Wayne decided it was time to call the president. He got on the hotline to the president. The phone rang many times.The captain kept waiting for an answer. Then, glass shattered and cockroaches were all over the inside of the room. Birds had broken the glass and were swarming into the room. The captain and private didn’t have a chance. They were overtaken and suffocated in seconds.

  Deecmber 26,2012 Washington D.C. 11:30 A.M.

  The president answered the phone to hear screams and choking sounds on the other end. He knew what was happening and had a terrified look on his face. It was just a few days from the call he received from the president of France, but he knew what it was about. He was getting phone calls from many other countries about incidents in the ocean areas. The other countries didn’t know how to fight this because it was an odd enemy. Authorities were having trouble coming in to meet at the United Nations Building because of the chaotic attacks that were happening around the world. He decided to get his top officials that were around and meet in the White House soon.He also noticed on the news that zoos and oceanariums around the world were having animals escape or rebel against the caretakers.He was even more concerned about these incidents. There were too many incidents for it to be coincidence. After he hung up the phone he noticed the streets were empty outside his window and swarms of birds were circling in the air.When he gazed into the sky more, he noticed a flash of light go by. The birds started going crazy for a few minutes flying into one another and then calmed. He thought that was odd and then dismissed it.

  Chapter 3

  Air Incidents

  Governments in the Southern Hemispheres were trying insecticides on the swarms of insects reported.They didn’t work and planes were just getting their engines clogged or the pilots were suffocating to death from the insects flying in their mouths and choking them.Some of the planes were getting vaporized by lights.The plans were ineffective...

  December 26, 2012 Flight 162 Boeing 747 over South Dakota 11:45 A.M.

  Angie Spriba and her husband Doug were on their way back to Saint Charles Illinois. They had spent Christmas with her parents in Seattle, and were now on their way to celebrate the holidays with her husbands folks back in Chicago. They were a couple in their mid thirties and been married for five years. Doug was asleep and Angie was keeping herself busy with her Ipad. There was some turbulence earlier in the flight but nothing to worry about. The plane was packed with passengers. There were 200 passengers on this Boeing 747 flight.

  Captain Barry Sucre was on a veteran flight across the country.He was a man in his mid fifties ready to retire in five years. He had years of experience. Copilot Nancy Werd was two years into her flight career. She was still like an anxious little school girl when it came to flying. The situation was normal and they had a little turbulence earlier in the flight. There was nothing alarming in the incident. It was a bitter cold day outside.Captain sucre came over the intercom and reassured the passengers that everything was going smoothly. He did that every hour or so.Angie heard this and felt very comfortable. An hour passed by and Doug was still sleeping. The flight attendant started serving a snack and some drinks. Doug woke up really quick. He ordered a couple of drinks for themselves and any snacks they could get their hands on.They hadn’t had anything since breakfast that morning. The snacks were pretzels and they had water to drink. They were happy that was enough for them. They figured they would be in Chicago in about an hour or so.

  The captain leisurely looked out the window on his right side. It was a clear day outside. He saw a black blur in the distance.He didn’t think anything of it. Copilot Herd saw it too. They kept flying on course. The black blur started to get bigger and closer. To the captain it looked like it was about five miles from their location at this time. It was showing up on radar according to the navigator Lisa Mornon.”We’ll keep on our present course and see what this is about,”said the captain. “Agreed,”replied the copilot. The navigator just shook her head.Now,they were a mile from the blur.”Give me the binoculars,”barry asked his copilot. “Here,”she said.He started to look at the blur.”It’s a huge flock of geese,”the captain gasped.”It’s miles long.””Group,let’s avoid this, or they’ll clog the engines!” They started making a course change and the plane was starting to turn abruptly.The rest of the people could feel it. Angie looked out her window and saw the blur.”What the heck is that?”she asked. Most the passengers were not noticing that as much as the trembling of the plane. t first the captain thought that they were starting to clear the flock.Then the flock started going towards them rapidly. The flock was so big it was like a blob that was trying to intercept them as they got closer. They kept trying to avoid the geese.It was impossible,the flock was too big and close. The captain blamed himself.”I should have avoided it when I first saw it!”he exclaimed. “With some of the animal attacks that I heard about on the ground,that might not have been possible,sir,”Nancy explained. “Nonetheless I should have reacted faster,”the captain said with conviction.”Let’s weather this out staff”

  Barry got on the intercom.”We are going to experience some more turbulence passengers.”Brace and prepare yourselves” Angie had that questioned look on her face. Doug looked out the window.All of a sudden a single goose was splattered in feathers and blood all over the window.”Shit,” Doug whimpered. He was scared. Angie was worried also. Geese were hitting the cockpit window by the dozens. The geese kept going forward. There were so many of them like bugs on a windshield of a car. Then engine number four crackled. The lights on the front panel were going crazy and warnings were going off all over the cockpit and the rest of the plane. By this time the cockpit windshield of the plane was covered in blood and feathers and the vies was a blur. The crew in the cockpit couldn’t see a thing. Then engine three crackled and caught fire. Engine four blew up from being clogged so much.All Angie could see from her seat was smoke. The plane was going down.The masks came out for the passengers and they got into crash position. The geese kept going forward. There were so many of them the plane wasn’t even clearing the flock because it was so thick and large. “If this is it I love you so much,” Doug said. “The same here,” Angie replied. “We’re not going to make it,” screamed the captain.”Gain altitude if you can,” yelled the copilot.”Useless,” replied the captain.”We are going down more,”he screamed again.Engine number two blew up and rippled fire from the explosion through the cabin. People were screaming and praying.The passengers by the wings were incinerated or on fire. The geese kept going forward through all this. The plane blew up in mid air from all the fire and explosions from the engines. The flock had most of it left after all this. There were no survivors from the plane wreckage that eventually hit the ground in millions of pieces. The geese flew on.

  From his house window George Harris could see something exploding above his house in Clinton Iowa. He knew it was a plane of some sort. He called the police. There were a few animals out and about in his neighborhood. The flaming pieces of the wreckage were falling like fireworks hitting the ground. There was only a message on the 911 channel. George looked up in the sky to see if anything else was up there. He saw a bright flash of light and then it was gone...

  December 26,2012 Republic of Congo Flight 456 Nigerian Air 2:00P.M.

  Captain Obongo was looking at the horizon from the left window of the plane. It was over Congo soil. This was a 747 airplane a bit smaller then the American 747 planes. They were flying towards
Nigeria from the Congo. They had 150 passengers on board. It was a routine flight over troubled government skies. Some times the planes were shot at and sometimes they were left alone. Today the skies were quiet. The governments weren’t as power hungry today? At least that is what Captain Obongo was thinking. It was a smooth flight so far. They were only 20 minutes into it so far. His Copilot Odico was enjoying himself flying the plane with him. He was younger, so he was more energetic. They had both heard of animal attacks around the world, but they had a job to do. They really ignored the attacks. They were too busy making a living. They were both good sized black men. They both had big families to get home to. The flight regularly took about three hours to complete. Not today.