Government Z (Book 1): The Beginning

by Reid, Bryan D.

  Rus and Don continued to fire back and forth with the secret service agents. Suddenly they noticed the return fire had stopped. When they looked from their cover for the agents, guns still draw, the agents came running over with incredible speed and knock the guns from their hands and threw them into the entrance of the Ocean Hall. Rus jumped up and proceed toward the African Cultures Exhibit while Don made his way to the Human Origins section looking for a weapon. With no such luck Don made his way into the Mammals Hall where he was met by the agent chasing him. Don threw his fist as hard and fast as he could hitting the agent repeatedly. After landing four jabs to the agents face the agent grabbed the fifth punch in mid swing and under hooked Don’s other arm, then proceeded to head butt Don square in the face breaking his nose. Don staggered back when the agent released him and was kicked in the chest sending him crashing thru a glass display case which shattered around him. Don looked around quickly trying to gain sense of what surrounded him. Don was lying between a taxidermy gazelle and zebra when he saw the agent moving in on his position so Don slide under the gazelle to hide while he tried to come up with a plan. Don reached behind his back and had his trusted kamas in hand when the agent looked over top of the gazelle for Don. Don grabbed the chain of his kamas and threw it like trying to jump rope over the back of the agent’s neck. Once the chain was around the agent’s neck Don stuck his feet in the neck of the gazelle and pulled the agent closer to the sharp antlers. The agent’s talons were flared out as he gave a scream trying to fight off Don’s quick thinking. With a hard pull of all his strength he had left Don pulled the agent face first into the gazelle’s antler. The antler pierced threw the agent’s open mouth and out the back of his head. The agents body went limp and Don jumped up broke off the other antler on the gazelle and stabbed it into the top of the agents head. Don knew there was no time to rest so he ran out to the main lobby to see how I was doing but since the gates had the second floor on lockdown Don headed to the Dinosaur exhibit to find Rus. Rus ran thru the African Culture until he reached the Ice Age displays. Rus ran past the skeletons that were of the animals from the Ice Age era. Rus looked for cover while he tried to think of what to do since this was his first one on one fight with one of the superior zombies. So far these super zombies have had impeccable strength, lightning speed, unlimited jumping ability, or mutated into a monstrous beast. Rus looked across the Ice Age exhibit and saw the agent coming out of the African Culture section and cut thru the Fossil Lab exhibit into the Dinosaurs Exhibit. Rus ran up the ramp to the balcony overlooking the Dinosaur skeletons restructured he turned around to see where the agent was, but to his shock when he turned around the agent was standing right behind him. The agent grabbed Rus around the throat with his left hand and started to pick him up off the ground by his neck. Do you really think you can stop us the agent asked Rus. Rus reaching at the agents hand around his neck with his left hand and reaching over his shoulder with his right hand grasping his machete strapped to his back. Rus grabbed his machete and swung down hard toward the agent’s arm that was grasping his throat and with one slice detached the agent’s arm at the mid-forearm. Rus threw the arm that was around his neck down to the ground as the agent screamed in pain. The agent punched Rus in the chest with such force he went thru the half wall of the balcony and crashed to the floor going thru one of the dinosaur skeletons knocking over the other dinosaur skeletons in a domino effect. Rus slowly started to rise from the collection of bones that now surrounded him. When he looked up to the balcony the agent was staring down at him still grasping his severed arm. His talons opened up and he let out a scream as he jumped from the balcony and landed on his feet on the floor below. Rus scrambled to get out of the skeleton debris that he was covered in before the agent got to close. The agent using his super speed closed in on Rus quickly and started punching him and moving so fast that when Rus took a swing he missed. After several punches to the face Rus was slowly fading almost dropping his machete but then the agent stopped and he became clear to him as he looked up with his right eye almost swollen shut from the punches. The agent had stopped with his right hand suspended in the air Rus saw Don who had wrapped his kamas chain around the agents arm. Rus rose quickly swing his machete will all his strength and the agents head went rolling across the floor, then collapsed back to the floor. Ooooo Woooo need a hand up there old timer, Don asked with a smile and a hand extended to help Rus up. Ooooo Woooo and shut up bitch, Rus said as he grabbed Don’s hand and got back to his feet. They heard a loud crashing sound coming from the upstairs. They looked at each other and said “Bryan” and sprinted toward the Rotunda.

  Once the Vice President mutated and knocked me across the second floor exhibits I got up and ran for cover not knowing how to stop a monstrous beast that can spit acid. I ran into the Bones exhibit and broke the glass to one of the displays of a marlin skeleton and ripped the head off the marlin and decided to use it as a weapon. I then found a large leatherback turtle skeleton and thought I could use the shell as a shield to protect me from the acid that the Vice President could spit. I could hear the Vice President coming since his large size gave him thunderous sounding steps as he gave chase. As the Vice President made his way into the Bones exhibit I prepared to fight for my life. The VP’s mouth open and out spewed more acid. I raised the leatherback turtle shell I found and it blocked away the acid from harming me. As I started to lower the turtle shell the only thing I saw coming was a large foot from the Vice President that sent me flying into the first mummy exhibit just outside the end of the bones exhibit shattering the glass display and knocking me hard to my back. I looked up to see a large hand attempting to smash me like a bug and the only thing I could think to do was thrust the marlin head up into the hand of the Vice President. The nose of the marlin went clear thru his hand all the way to the skull. The Vice President let out a scream of pain as he broke the nose of the marlin off and pulled the skull from his hand. I raised my turtle shell shield up as the Vice President turned and open his mouth spraying acid coving the entire shield. The Vice President rushed in and lowered his shoulder in the shield knocking me into a sarcophagus in the Egyptian Mummies exhibit. The turtle shell was slowly starting to deteriorate from all the acid it had stopped protecting me from the Vice President. I quickly got to my feet and limped thru the Insect exhibit and made my way to the butterfly and plant exhibit. Every breathe I took I could feel the broken ribs I had suffered from being tossed into the sarcophagus, but I had to keep moving. I ran thru an exit and ended up on a walkway overlooking the Rotunda. “Bryan” I heard a voice shout from the Rotunda. I looked down to see Rus and Don were still in the Rotunda. Get ready I shouted down to Rus and Don as I went running for the Hope Diamond and Geology Exhibits. Rus and Don watched it shock as a huge beast that resembled the Vice President started to stomp its way after me. I entered the Geology exhibit and the only thing I could see that would help was several large rock and gem formations. There was a twenty five pound quartz attached to a lift on wheels. It looked like they were rearranging the Geology exhibit before the Vice President reserved the building for this meeting. I could hear his steps booming through the museum as he continued to give chase. I released the brake on the lift and lined it up with opening to the doorway leading to the walkway overseeing the Rotunda. I could hear the steps getting louder, so I knew the Vice President was getting closer. So I tried to time it right and got the lift moving until I was in a full sprint behind it. Just was the Vice President made his way to the opening of the exhibit I met him with all the weight and power of the lift. The Vice President took the blunt of the hit in the chest driving him backwards toward the railing. As we approached the railing and I heard the Vice President break thru I released the large quartz with it and the Vice President went crashing on top of the elephant display in the center of the Rotunda with the quartz crushed into the Vice President chest. I looked at the carnage that had happened over the past hour inside the museum. Don wrapped his chain around the Vice Pre
sident’s neck and Rus sunk his hook swords into the Vice President’s thighs. I looked down at Rus and Don holding the Vice President down, picked up my battle axes and took a leap off the balcony and swung my battle axes cutting both the Vice Presidents arms off at the shoulder as Rus pulled his hooks down thru the thighs cutting the Vice Presidents legs off and with one hard pull Don decapitated the Vice President. I slide off the elephant display with Rus and Don’s help and collapsed from exhaustion and the wounds I had received. Rus and Don sat next to me and asked so what’s going to happen now that the Vice President is dead and Director Skinner knows we were coming here to meet him? Well first let’s hide the bodies and limbs in the sarcophagus’s upstairs in the Egyptian exhibits and then we will head to Headquarters and dig up what we can. Afterwards we will head to the hotel and find out what Bruce and the guys have found before making our way home. We rested for a couple of minutes then started collecting the bodies of the secret service agents and the limbs of the Vice President taking them to a large sarcophagus in the center of the mummy exhibit large enough to hold all the bodies. We made our way outside to the SUV and headed for a tailor shop to find new wardrobes to look our best when we reentered FBI headquarters and then drove back to the underground garage at headquarters. Prepare your guns and whatever you think we may need cause if Skinner finds out we are here I think we are in for a gun fight I said as I cocked both my desert eagles and put them in their holsters.

  Chapter 22

  We exited the SUV and made our way for the basement entrance which was three stories below ground since we figured it would be easier to access that entrance and make our way upstairs. To our surprise when we walked through the entrance there was a security guard post set up before the elevators. A large security guard arose from a chair and asked to see our badges. We presented our cards which he looked over and referred to a typed out letter before handing them back to us. Mr. Vaiddein, Director Skinner has asked for you to report immediately to his office once you arrived, the security guard said. Thank you, I will head that way once I am settled I said. NO! The security guard barked as he picked up the phone. I am to report your arrival and you need to report to the Director immediately with no exceptions said the security guard. Rus and I pulled our guns out and pointed them at the security guard. I don’t think that’s a wise choice Rus said. Put the phone down I ordered. The security guard hung the phone up and then his face split open and he started to scream at us when Don sunk his kamas blade into the back of the security guards head dropping him into the chair we first found him sitting in. Don pulled his kamas out and looked at Rus and me as we were giving Don a look. Don shrugged and said what in a sarcastic tone. You need to hide this big boy before someone finds him Rus said. Don pushed the chair the security guard was sitting in toward one of the custodial closets, opened the door, and dumped the body out of the chair and onto the floor. Close the door and let’s get going I said. We avoided the elevator and made our way to the stairwell. So where are we headed Rus asked. Well Skinner is probably in his office or the conference room on the eighth floor, so I think we will try the sixth floor and see what computer access we can get there I said. Don when we get a computer link up I need you to get on the headsets and contact Bruce and see what he has found searching through that computer I said. We made our way to the sixth floor entrance door and slowly cracked it open to see if we had an opening to find a private room to access a computer. We made our way down a long hallway of cubicles when we saw a door start to open at the other end. I was leading the way, followed by Don, then Rus. We ducked down be the cubicles. I looked back for Rus and Don. Don noticed the surprise look on my face and whispered what’s wrong? I looked at him and said where the fuck did Rus go. Pointing behind Don at the empty space where Rus was following him. Don shrugged his shoulders and said just keep going you know Rus he’s probably looking for more ammo or a bigger gun. Don and I crawled slowly behind and under the cubicles staying out of site of the agents that were walking down the hallway. Once we were at the end of the cubicles we poked our heads out looking in different directions looking to see if the coast was clear. We went through the door the agents passing through just came from with extreme caution since it looked like they were patrolling. We made our way down another hallway that had all glass offices overlooking the main road outside the J.Edgar Hoover Building and at the end of the hallway was an office with four walls and no windows.

  There, that’s the room we want it’s one of the interrogation rooms I said. We can barricade the room and start a connection on the computer and to Bruce as well. We made our way into the room which had a computer and phone line since it was the viewing room of the interrogation room with a one way mirror seeing into the other room so if someone entered that room we would be prepared for it. Don get a connection going and see if you can reach Bruce while I jam this chair under the doorknob and barricade the door. Bruce come in this is Don, Do you read me? Don asked. Where the hell have you guys been I have been trying to reach you all afternoon? Bruce said. Sorry I was too busy getting my ass whipped by the Vice President’s body guards Don shouted back. Have you found anything in the files or on the computer? Don asked. Yes we have found files that need your attention Bruce said. Do you have an IP or email address I can send this information too? Bruce asked. Yes sending information to Vaiddein’s email account Don answered as he sent the information to my FBI account since Bruce was using my computer at the hotel. Bruce uploaded ten attachments in the first file he sent us. Alright Bruce what are we looking at here Don asked. “Alright the first three attachments are photos of a small outpost that was built on the outskirts of New York City in an old junk yard. It had a tall fence built around the yard and a wall of cars behind that for more protection as you can see by these photos. Now the next four photos are of survivors in the camp and as you can see they had about ten people. The close up of the one is a man named Ivan Talobish he is believed to be the leader of this New York Camp. The next file here is a sign notification from Director Skinner and Vice President MacDonald to eliminate all persons within the compound structure. This next one is a heat sensor imagery video of the night an attack occurred.” Bruce stated. All right Bruce I see about ten white spots inside the compound, twenty red spots outside the wall and about a two hundred yellow spots what exactly are we looking at? Don asked. Open the last attachment Don and you will see the results Bruce said. Don opened the picture to reveal several FBI agents holding Ivan’s head up surrounded by several zombies. I have another file here stating that the red spots are the FBI agents, the yellow is the zombies, and the white spots are the uninfected survivors Bruce said. I have several other files like these of other outpost and their destruction on order by Skinner and MacDonald. Bruce added. There are three files that were the most interesting and that is why I was trying to reach you all morning Bruce said. The first file is marked Pittsburg and the date on it was the day after we were there Bruce said. Bruce sent the file to us and it was all the people we had met when they gave us salvation for a day before we headed to Washington. They completely wiped them out once we left but no photos of our encounter showed up Bruce added. The next one is of Wyoming and all the encounters you three were involved in out there Bruce continued. It doesn’t show much as in thermal satellite other then the bombs from the aerial strike when Bryan called in for it Bruce said. The next set is the reason I was calling you all afternoon Bruce said. Open the first attachment which I am sending now Bruce said. Alright got it and opening now Don said. Holy Shit Don said opening the file. I know right Bruce said. Bryan take a look at this Don said. I looked over his shoulder to see a photo of myself with a red X through it with a caption at the bottom that reads “Michigan militia leader has been eliminated.” Wow that’s a terrible photo I laughed. The next attachment is a series of photos taken by satellite of the compound, the farm we inspected, and several stores we raided Bruce said. We also have been rated the biggest threat to the FBI and the most organized comp
ound, so congratulations gentlemen we have been declared public enemy number one by the United States government Bruce stated. There is a request that was sent by Director Skinner to both the President and Vice President requesting authorization for a full assault against the outpost Bruce said. He requested that three thousand failed subjects and fifty of the super soldiers take on this mission Bruce added. If that’s the case then word needs to be given back to the outpost and they need to start taken every measure they can Bryan said. Anything else of major importance Bruce, Don asked. Only like the other photos there is a date which I am assuming is when they attack and if it is then we have only a couple of months to get back and prepared or abandon the outpost and move everyone somewhere else Bruce suggested. Alright start packing up the supplies and be ready to move Bruce, I said. We will be heading to the hotel to pick you guys up and then we will head home I added. I could hear a noise coming from the other side of the wall. Don do you hear that? I asked. Don cut the wires to the computer and smashed the hard drive off the floor. It sounds like it is down pouring or the wind is blowing really hard Don answered. I removed the barricade from the door and cracked it open. The coast is clear so let’s make it to the stairwell, find Rus, and get the hell out of here I said as Don and I exited the interrogation room. The noise we heard got extremely louder when we exited the room. Oh Fuck, RUN! I shouted to Don. Don turned and looked through the glass office where I was already looking and saw the noise was coming from an Apache helicopter that was hovering at the sixth floor level. Don and I took off running for the stairwell as the Apache opened fire with its machine guns. The gun fire chased us destroying each office as we ran by it headed for the stairwell at a full sprint. Suddenly as we approached the stairwell door we heard a sound like a rocket getting launched as we dove into the stairwell. As the door started to close we could see a fireball from the explosion of a rocket being launched. Don peek his head through the door and looked back at me. You need to come see this Don said. Don and I walked back out into what remained of the hallway which was covered in glass from all the offices that were destroyed. Don walked to the edge of the first office and looked toward the street. I joined him and saw the Apache helicopter in the middle of the street engulfed in flames. Suddenly alarms started sounding as well as red flashing lights around the whole building. An overhead alert came across that the building was under attack and all personal needed to evacuate to the White House. That shot had to have come from a floor or two above us I said. Let’s go check it out Don said.