Crystal Lake Illinois U.S.A. December 29, 2012 8:00 A.M.
Stephen arrived at Mikes.He did something similar to what his uncle did to survive the trip from New York. It only took him 15 hours with naps in between to reach Mike’s condo. His Dad was already there. It took him about five hours with the chaos between his home and Crystal Lake.His Dad said that he saw all kinds of stray pet animals on the way to his place.They were roaming the streets just like the wild animals were. He was lucky to get there. There weren’t any animals to overpower his car. He had enough gas to get there in one trip. Stephen said something similar to Mike’s Dad. It just took Stephen longer to get there. They visited for a while before they turned in. They had mentioned that they were going to discuss the situation thrusted upon them the next day.
Chapter 5
Human Orders
December 30,2012 8 A.M. outside Washington D.C.
Up to this point the president of the United States realized that this was too serious and that the world was experiencing an epidemic. He remembered his childhood growing up in the South where the sound of crickets chirping was a good sound. To him it always relaxed his nerves along with a tall glass of lemonade. Not anymore. It was a sound of worry and confusion these days. The president contacted everyone he could to confirm what to do about these animals on the loose. It seemed that there were too many of them. Human beings being organized and realizing this onslaught, might have a chance to settle down and retaliate, he thought. He thought it was time to get busy. He said to himself that humans had overcome obstacles throughout history before, they could do it again. He tried contacting every military official in the United States first. He thought to himself that the United States would set the tone for retaliation. “We will fight back with everything we have in this country even if the rest of the world doesn’t follow us,” he exclaimed to his driver. Chaunce, his driver, wasn’t listening. He was trying to dodge any animals on the road. He was doing a decent job. There were mostly small animals and stray pets all over the road. “Just run them over if they get in the way,” the president commanded. Chaunce just shook his head in agreement.” People don’t realize it yet, but this has turned into outright war,”the president continued. “It’s my job to make them realize it!” “ I had pets when I was a kid, but this is different!” Chaunce kept driving and running over animals listening to the president rave on. The president was starting to get in touch by satellite or cell phone with selected officials.
Naples, Italy December 30,2012 10 A.M.
The president of Italy was in his private jet outside of Naples. He could see many mice and rats along the cement of some of the runways at the airport. It reminded him of the episode at the capitol just a day ago. It was horrible and a nightmare. He thought to himself that people should retaliate in some way. He tried to connect on his cell phone with any military officials that he could. He also tried to connect with presidents from other countries. In a time span of an hour he reached presidents from; China. United States. United Kingdom Japan and Egypt. They agreed to get as many military as they could and fight these animals on the loose. They didn’t care if civilians went to the streets and fought these wild animals with knives, they thought it had to be done. The United States president just wondered if their public would buy the idea to slay every animal. At this point they were all a threat. They agreed and hoped that as many people as possible would get this message.
Washington D.C. December 30,2012 12P.M.
The United States president agreed with all the other governments that he was able to contact. He sent out a universal message to all country officials for the world public to fight back and for world governments to have their military forces attack in any way they could. This was not a nuclear war, but the use of conventional weapons would help. The president finally reached a Russian ambassador at the Kremlin. The president was dead and the ambassador was in his car. The ambassador relayed that his country would follow the rest of the world. Ambassador Romanov explained their odds were not good. Over half the worlds population was dead or starting to die from disease outbreaks in most of Asia which was one-third of the worlds population. The U.S. president said he would contact him with the odds of succeeding and survival. The ambassador agreed on mutual contact on that matter. Miraculously the computers were still working. The president ordered over the phone to his top statistician to get recent mortality statistics on the recent epidemic for him. Julie his top statistician for the country, who was still alive gave him the information from her home. She was isolated in the upper peninsula of Michigan in a town called Copper. Julie used to be a math teacher and then earned this top respectable job. She loved her job tabulating math figures for the country except today. She heard some rumbling outside her house. There were reports of wolves and bears overtaking homes in her area. She relayed the information to the president. It was 3,456,900,165 people that had died so far. All this in half a month. The president got this information and relayed it to the ambassador in the Kremlin. He sat there with his mouth ajar. He couldn’t believe it.Over half of the worlds population dead from disease and attacks from animals. After the shock he became outraged.
Meanwhile at Julie’s home more banging was taking place. She looked out the window BEARS! All kinds were on her snow covered lawn. She went into the basement and grabbed any sharp object she could. The bears broke in easily and started ripping the place apart. They finally descended on Julie downstairs. She got one clean swipe with the knife before a 1,000 pound grizzly bear crushed her skull with one swipe. The bears moved on.
At the other end of the computer the president’s computer link to Julie went dead.He assumed the worst.There was a bunker under the Pentagon. He ordered Chaunce to drive there quickly. It took them one hour of running over small animals before they made it to the Pentagon. They exited quickly and got through the doors of the Pentagon. No infestations yet, which was a miracle. The president thought it wise to keep broadcasting the message for 24 hours. Through the communication of his cell phone, other country officials agreed with him. The message kept being sent...
Crystal Lake, IL. December 30,2012 3:00P.M.
The gentlemen were talking about the recent catastrophe still at 3:00. They had been up since 8 A.M. talking about it off and on. Now it was arguing and not talking at this point.” I have enough food for two weeks for four people,” Mike explained.”There’s no need to go out unless necessary with the way things are outside,” he continued.” I’ll take my chances out there,” Mike’s Dad relayed. “Under the circumstances, I realize we’ll all get cabin fever but the situation is different Jim,”Denny interjected. “Besides conditions here are pretty good compared to what I’ve seen,”Denny continued. “I agree,” Stephen added. Mike’s Dad decided to hang out for a while.
The complex was in an area where there was country that met city and it was cold. No infestations reported yet and the foursome were healthy. None of them had any symptoms of disease. There were a few sniffles here and there, but nothing serious. Mike was surprised that the electricity was working so well. He thought that mice might eat through any wires. It was not so. Denny and Stephen were watching television when there was an interruption. Mike was on the computer and he noticed something also. A message was being transmitted.
“Attention world this is the president of the United States.” Mike’s jaw dropped. He knew this was not good.” According to the recent events over half of the worlds population has been killed by disease or animal attacks.””Regarding this recent outbreak of this type of invasion we as a people need to react and defend ourselves.””Invasion?” Mike questioned. “Are you guys seeing this?”Mike asked the group out in the living room.”Yes!”they replied. Mike’s Dad was in the bathroom. Denny and Stephen’s jaws were also dropped in amazement. They continued to listen to the broadcast.”I order every human to attack and kill any animal you can with any means necessary. “In order for humankind to survive this animal onslaught we must fight b
ack.” “ Hopefully we can decrease the animal numbers so people can get back to their lives.” “ If you disagree with this command it is your funeral” “We need to strike back and be the dominant species again.”” Best of luck until the next order.” God Bless and the other countries also have the same orders” The transmission was ended.
It took the foursome ten minutes to realize what the situation was. “Living room group,” Mike commanded. “We need to talk about this!” Mike looked pissed Denny looked disappointed. Jim was upset and Stephen was confused. Each had their own outlook when it came to animals.” Let me say this first,” Mike demanded. “I have a gun and some poison to outline the place with.”” It will not hurt us.” “ We should stay in here unless it is necessary as I said before.” We go out to get food only when vital to our existence.”’ I will not kill animals unless they try to kill me first,” Mike continued.Stephen agreed with Mike. They were both animal admirers. Their job says that. Denny being in the navy during his youth was not really obligated to follow orders. He agreed with Mike and Stephen. He had always been somewhat of a hermit. He didn’t mind hibernating unless it was important to go out for supplies. Besides the weather outside was getting a bit warmer. The high today was 35. Jim Mike’s Dad was ready for battle. Mike handed his Dad a baseball bat and said,”If anything comes in here and is not human you have first shot Dad.”Jim laughed and said,”We better get anything out that can be used as a weapon.” Mike agreed. Mike got out any knives electronics, and sports equipment.Mike bordered the condo with poison. He also sprayed up the fireplace shaft. This was in case any birds got any ideas.They had quite an arsenal if needed.
Five minutes after they got all their artillery out in the open ready for use they finally relaxed a bit from all the hype. Stephen looked outside and noticed fools already starting to kill the animals. Outside the complex people were slaughtering birds of all kinds. The birds were fighting back and swarming. It was a mess. The sparrows were pecking at the people in swarms and the people were clubbing the sparrows with bats and sticks. “ Idiots,” Stephen said. “ Look at this guys,” he continued.” Lambs to the slaughter,” Mike said. The people were falling and dying. The swarms were too much. Denny went into the bedroom to look out the window there. The rest were looking out the living room porch window. It was the most horrible thing they ever saw. They could hear sirens and crashes in the distance. People were using their cars to run over animals. The deer and coyotes were all over the place. Birds of prey were in the air.” It’s started,”Mike gasped.” We are doomed,”Denny added. They all four were looking out the porch window now. A flash of light brighter than the sun appeared for two-seconds and disappeared. All the people were dead and the foursome stood in wonder. The animals kept moving about like nothing happened.
Chapter 6
Humans Fight Back
December 31,2012 Washington D.C. vicinity 8:00A.M.
The president of the United States, from a bunker under the Pentagon, got on his cell phone to further a message to the world. This message was going to the other leaders of the world as well.”This fight will be done with minor weapons. “ We can’t chance nuclear weapons because too many people would die in the process.”” The only missiles and bombs we can use are in open areas where there are no people around.”’ This is only in areas where many animals have been sighted.”” All the leaders of the world are giving this message to their respective republics.””We can only hope it reaches the rest of the population of the planet”” The United States will deploy the best it can any military forces to fight these animal hoards.”” To the American public good luck to us all until further orders.”
“ Get me all military personnel,” the president commanded. “ I want all military personnel in tanks or planes out there killing any animal populations not in people populated areas.” Sirens and officers were scrambling all over the Washington base. It was a balmy December day out with temperatures in the low 50s’. Both Andrews and Bolling Air Force Base were responding with the limited personnel they had.
December 31 2012 Andrews Air Force BaseWashington D.C. 9:00 A.M.
Pilot Terrof was waiting for an opportunity to run out to his plane. He was flying an F-15 at this point in his career.Jef was a fit guy that was 120 pounds and five feet six inches tall. He saw other pilots scrambling out to their planes. The airfield was littered with all kinds of animals from mice to deer. The animals were sparsely populating the airfield. So at least some of the pilots had a chance of getting to their planes. A couple of other pilots from another hangar were getting close to their planes and then Chuck a veteran pilot started getting swarmed by mice ten feet from his plane. He was covered in two minutes. He was screaming until they ate him alive. Jef decided this was an ideal time to get to his plane since the animals were scarce at this point. The mice were swarming 100 yards from his location and his plane was about 50 yards from where he was. “I’ve got to chance it,” he said. He dashed for the plane quickly. He got about 20 feet from his plane and he felt something tugging at his feet. There were rats at his feet while he was trying to get to his plane! There were very few so he kept on running and stumbling over the rats. He finally made it to his plane and shook the last rat off his pant leg. He started up his plane. He noticed four other planes lifting off before his got off the ground. So a few pilots made it and were able to lift off. When Jef got off the ground and a considerable distance from the airfield one of the other pilots,Pete,blasted the airfield with gunfire. The remaining animals started scurrying to safety and the airfield was cleared of everything.
Jef was flying higher now.When he got on the radio, he informed the president of the situation. He also tried to contact any other bases in the area. No luck. The Bolling airfield was overrun by too many animals.They were the only pilots that made it with in a 200 mile radius.Either the airfields or the planes were infested with too many animals. He radioed the other pilots. The four pilots were flying over The Pentagon building at this time. They were following orders, but they couldn’t bomb anything in the city. They went to the outskirts in the country area outside the city to see if they could find any animals. The four pilots; Jef,Pete,Ariel, and Avon were on their way to find the enemy. The two woman on this mission were in their mid twenties. This was a perfect chance to show their talents. They survived this far, they had no fear. Pete was a die hard war personnel. He had been in many airstrikes overseas.About 15 miles outside of the city were some park areas. They reached an area called Huntley Meadows Park south of Arlington Virginia. They saw many targets in the open fields next to the highways. There were deer,raccoons,coyotes,birds of all species and hoards of rodents. They were rambling along the highways and trying to filter into the small towns. Jef was wondering if they had already been in other small towns. Jef radioed the other pilots,” You guys copy.” They all replied,”Yes.”We have got animal bogies along highway 1.” “ Copy that,” the rest of the pilots replied. They descended on their targets. When they got close enough right away the birds took off in flight. That left the rest of the targets on the ground. They were mostly ground animals. Pete descended the fastest and deployed one of his missiles. He directed it towards where most of the animals were. It hit with a powerful force and ignited everything within 100 yards.”Got those bastards,” Pete screamed to the other pilots.Ariel went next. She deployed her missile on another large area of animals by the road. Her missile was on target also. It was like animal target practice to the foursome. They were cheering over the radio.The radio broadcast could be picked up by local government officials, including the president. He smiled.
The foursome went around for another run at the enemy. The animals were all up and down route 1 and route 611. The birds however were in the skies around them. They were birds of all kinds from geese to blackbirds. There were swarms in the millions. The pilots didn’t care, it was do or die by now! They firmed up and got into formation for another strike. Avon’s plane was sluggish she tried to adjust, no lu
ck.It was revealed to her why. She saw her controls not responding. The engines were altered by something. Something was congesting the engines. She looked at the engines from her cockpit. They were starting to catch fire. It smelled like something cooking something awful. All of a sudden cockroaches filled the cockpit. This was the answer why her engines were clogged. Within seconds they swarmed on her choking her to death by crawling into her mouth.They penetrated her air piece somehow. There were thousands in the cockpit. Jef saw her plane start to descend out of formation. He radioed her, all he heard was gagging and silence. Within seconds she crashed into a ball of flame on the ground under their formation. Now there was three. Ariel got pissed and fired her missile into a herd of deer. The blast disintegrated anything within yards of the blast. She screamed,” That’s for you Avon!” Pete and Jef let their missiles go into herds of animals also down route 611.There were yards of destruction up and down route 611. It look like fireballs lined the highway 611 for two miles. It was only animals affected. There wasn’t any people around. A few houses off the road were looking on, but no people were killed or injured. The president smiled again from his safe bunker.He just wondered why there weren’t any people along the road trying to kill the animals. Maybe they saw the planes coming. He could only hope.
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