Nathan replied immediately out of pure gut reaction than rational thought. “I have a list it goes car dealer, rapist, murderer, child molester, politician and lawyer. Without the lawyer there wouldn’t be so many molesters, rapists and murderers.” Nathan winced as soon as the words left his mouth, the man and his wife looked shocked at Nathans proclamation. Nathan truly detested lawyers, the thought that someone could defend a child molester under the pretense of “It’s my job” left a very foul taste in his mouth; he did not however want to seem like the asshole he most certainly sounded like.
The man leaned into his wife in a mock whisper loud enough for Nathan to hear. “What does this guy have against car salesman?” The man then turned to Nathan with a wry smile and winked. Nathan couldn’t help but to smile back almost laughing. “I could definitely benefit from a haircut though.”
The rest of the evening was spent around the campfire talking and laughing; a much needed break from the stress. Later on Nathan, Anthony, Darion and Jason prepared for the mornings departure while Alexia and Beast, who just happened to outweigh her by about 40 pounds kept watch.
* * *
Deshad slowed as he closed in on the outskirts of Mount Weather. He wanted to test every facet of Weathers security, to do so he had to prepare appropriately. Deshad was dressed from head to toe in a black body suit similar in texture to a wet suit but specially designed to conceal body heat from inferred sensors. In a tactical holster on his right leg was a silenced Sig pistol, on his back was a silenced sc340 assault rifle with scope. Strapped to his left leg were several throwing knives and strapped upside down under Deshads arms were his signature daggers. Each dagger about ten inches in length was engraved with a serpent on the blade and the all seeing eye at the end of the handle. Deshad had a few more tricks of the trade but didn’t expect to need them. As Deshad got closer he noticed half a dozen or so sensors, some infrared, some motion. Thanks to his suit Deshad didn’t have to worry about the infrared, he assumed the motion sensors were tripped hourly do to wildlife and falling foliage, so as long he was careful he should be able to pass them arousing little suspicion. Deshad stealth fully made his way through the last mile till he finally saw a fence. The fence was about 100 feet from the treeline. Besides having cameras every 100 feet the fence was barbed, lined with razor concertina wire, electrified and very well lit. Deshad could see guard shacks about a football fields length away. Deshad moved silently to the edge of the treeline removed his rifle from his back and an EMPD(Electro Magnetic Pulse Disrupter) from a pouch on his belt. The EMPD would shut down the fence until the backup was engaged, that gave him 4 to 10 seconds to clear the fence. Once the fence was down the guards would be alerted. Deshad picked up his rifle aimed in on a camera about 400 yards away closed his eyes and took one final breath. Deshad opened his eyes and shot the camera. As soon as he let off the trigger Deshad sighted in on a motion detector in the same area and shot it as well. With a distraction 400 yards away Deshad made his move. He ran dodging motion detectors and trip wires when he got 10 feet from the fence he threw his EMPD into the fence and retrieved his cutting tool, the whole fence electrified with life and then shut down.
“1"
Deshad quickly began to cut the fence only to find that it was made of some strange metal that wouldn’t cut.
“2"
Deshad dropped his cutter and quickly threw himself as high on the fence as he could and latched on.
“3"
As he climbed through the barbed wire Deshad received several cuts and scrapes but his primary concern was getting through before the fence reactivated.
“4"
Deshad tried to stand on the top of the twelve foot high fence so that he may jump over the razor wire on the ground but found the sling of his rifle hung up and was holding him down. Deshad quickly cut the strap and made as far a leap as he could just barely clearing the razor wire and rolling on the ground to absorb the fall.
“5"
The fence returned to full power, Deshads rifle sparking at the top of the fence as it hung from its sling clearly marking his location. Even worse the alarm was sounding and a 15 foot steel wall was rising just within the parameter. Deshad flew with the speed of a cheetah towards the closest cover, a hanger about three hundred yards away. Deshad managed to reach the hanger without being seen but he knew it wouldn’t take long for the guards to find him. Out of options Deshad ran for the entrance of the compound hoping his speed would give him advantage over his pursuers. The entrance to the compound itself was built into the side of Mt. Weather. It was a large archway with steel doors guarded by two gun turrets on either side and two guards. Deshad stopped and hid between a quartet of joint light tactical vehicles while he assessed the situation. Normally Deshad would have surveyed the base for a longer period of time to ensure he entered undetected but he was on a strict timeline and had to work quickly.
Two guards manning turrets..... Deshad needed a distraction. The assassin looked around and spotted a chock block behind the wheel of one of the JLTV’s. He grabbed it, opened the door to the lead truck pressed the ignition switch, put the chock block on the gas and threw it into gear. As the JLTV flew in front of the base entrance Deshad flew along the mountain side until he came to the side of the archway. Both guards watched with M 4D rifles drawn as the JLTV crashed into a guard shack. Deshad edged around the corner to see the backs of the guards. In a blur of motion Deshad snapped the closest guard’s neck and quickly closed the distance to the other. As the guard was turning Deshad brought his left foot across the front of his body to kick the guards rifle out of his hands, as that left foot hit the ground Deshad's right swept up to land on the side of the guards head. The guard twisted to the ground, and was finished with a knife to the neck. Deshad quickly moved to the door ensuring to stay behind the turrets. A retinal scanner and hand print analyzer were on a podium next to the door.
"Easy enough." Deshad grabbed the closest guard who wasn’t dead yet but certainly would be in a matter of seconds. Deshad removed his knife from the still flowing neck wound and moved the guards head and hand to the scanner. A moment later a screen came up that said. "Access denied, tandem screening required."
"Tandem screening?" Deshad looked around but only saw one screen, that combined with the seven or so vehicles driving straight for him convinced him that maybe Mt. Weather was secure enough for the Prince. As the vehicles stopped all the guards within jumped out and sighted in on Deshad who stood calmly arms at his side. A call came from one of the guards.
"Drop to your knees and put your hands on your head!"
Deshad calmly removed his hood. A figure stepped from the center vehicle and moved forward, two armed guards shadowing him, he began a slow applause as he moved forward; through the blinding glare of the headlights Deshad recognized him.
"So you beat me here, no one’s ever made it this far, but I would expect no less from you."
Deshad moved towards President Garrett but stopped abruptly at the sound of every rifle aiming in. Garrett turned to address the guards. "Return to your posts." All but Garrett’s personal illuminated Secret Service left. Deshad moved to Garrett then asked. "Where’s the other scanner?" Garrett smiled "Through twenty feet of steel my friend." Deshad lifted his head as the statement clicked. "Inside."
Garrett nodded. "Yes, there are two guards there as well. It takes the one inside as well as the one outside to open the first door." Deshads eyebrows rose. "First door?" Garrett smiled again. "Let me give you the full tour."
* * *
0300 Kiesler saftey compund, south Mississippi.
Staff Sergeant Reyes and specialist Franks sat in the Major's office. As soon as they arrived they immediately reported the "hijacking" of citizens to their First Sergeant who had them wait in the Majors office, whom the First Sergeant had to wake. The office door opened, in walked the First Sergeant and the Major, Reyes and Franks jumped to attention. "At ease." the Major groaned before the soldiers could even offer a
greeting. The Major then told the men to take a seat. The First Sergeant stood off to the side. "The First Sergeant tells me you were hijacked, is that right?"
Reyes being the senior of the two spoke. "Yes sir, this maniac stopped the bus and took seventeen of our people, he and his militia were heavily armed. Franks and I took a bit of a beating but managed to get away,"
Franks looked at Reyes then looked away wondering what the Staff Sergeant was up to.
The Major asked. "How did these individuals get you to stop Sergeant?" Reyes explained. "One of the group was a young girl who was standing in the middle of the road, we thought she was lost. When we stopped to help we were ambushed."
The Major took a breath. "Did he give any reason for the kidnapping, any demands?" Franks spoke coyly. "He didn’t really kidnap them sir." The Major still waking up rubbed his eyes and temples not sure if he understood correctly. He looked from Franks to Reyes. "They went willingly?" Reyes answered. "Well sir, he conned them by telling them there was no virus and that he was there to liberate them from our control." The Major paused for a moment to think. "Did he identify himself?" Reyes nearly growled as he answered the Major. "He said his name was Nathan Turner." The Major sat back to think. Being a soldier all his life he truly thought the government was helping these people but they did leave on their own. The Major looked to the First Sergeant. "What do you think we should do?" The first Sergeant thought on the situation. "Well sir part of me says that if they are dumb enough to follow some stranger into the woods then oh well, but he might try this again and if he gets enough people believing what he's saying then we might have a much larger problem and that dog don’t hunt sir."
The Major rubbed his brow as he thought of the next course of action. Reyes spoke up. "Sir I'd like to lead a team to apprehend him and his crew before they cause more trouble."
The Major met eyes with the First Sergeant who gave his opinion. "I think we can spare a small team sir." The Major looked at Reyes. "I'll give you ten men. You can take Franks as well."
Reyes stood up. "Yes sir."
* * *
At 7am Nathan already had his group on the road and moving north. The Suburban was loaded down. Ammunition weapons and supplies in the rear, tents and food in the overhead carrier; eight adults including Alexia sat in the large Suburban with children on their laps. Anthony drove Darions jeep that was similarly loaded with people, and of course Beast. Darion and Jason rode point on the four wheeler. Nathan told them to stick to the back roads heading in a northerly direction and to keep a roughly slow pace. Nathans goal was to get at least thirty miles from their last location. Mississippi had more than enough woods to set up a new camp. Also moving north put them closer to the Jackson compound, Nathans next target. At around 8:30 Darion spotted a service station and radioed in. "Bravo this is Alpha come in." Nathan responded. "This is Bravo go ahead." Darion continued. "There’s a decent size service station up here, looks abandoned, thought it might be a good place to resupply." Nathan passed on the brotherly instinct to be a smart ass and say duh it’s abandoned. "Good idea. How far ahead are you?" Darion answered. "About five miles." Nathan informed his brother. "We'll be there shortly."
A few minutes later Nathan and Anthony pulled into the service station. Nathan could already see the group getting restless; he only hoped their patience would last a little while longer before going their own way. While the group was ransacking the service station Nathan and Anthony were topping off anything that could hold fuel by siphoning through a couple of garden hoses.
Anthony spat then calmly said. "This is disgusting." Nathan looked to his friend and laughed. "That’s because you’re using regular, you should try premium it’s much better." Anthony was about to respond when Alexia yelled to them. "Hey guys come check this out." Nathan and Anthony walked over to the suburban where everyone else seemed to be congregating. Everyone was crowded around the TV that was receiving some sort of broadcast.
"Good morning, I am Kacie Stewart and this is World One News. President Garrett will be addressing the nation shortly."
Everyone around the suburban tensed up, this was the first information in nearly a month. Nathan tensed nervous of how his group was going to respond to the illuminati propaganda.
A short while later the President came on and addressed the nation, he sat this time in a replica of the oval office in Mt. Weather. "My fellow Americans, a great tragedy has befallen the world. A terrorist group calling itself Tahara has attacked many nations with their deadly virus and has nearly destroyed the populations of South America and Africa." The President paused to once again put on the most sincere expression of regret he could. "Casualties are estimated to be over five hundred million...."
Everyone around the suburban gasped in shock, some inadvertently covering their mouths.
The President paused for a long moment then continued. "Along with our allies we tried to produce and disperse as much vaccine as we could, unfortunately we were not able to get the vaccine to all of these countries in time. Due to the extreme nature of this threat a new world alliance has been formed, one that will hunt down these terrorists and ensure retribution is paid for the atrocities they have committed. I will represent North America in this alliance until the world is once again safe from this threat.
Until that time I ask that you please follow the instructions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and their agents as they are here for your safety and protection. Food, shelter and information will be provided in the designated safety areas. We are also in the process of bringing items that will make your stay more comfortable such as books, computers, better food and recharging cells for your portable electronic devices. So if you have not yet registered please do so as soon as possible for the safety of you and your families. The new world alliance is working to gather as much information as possible we will do everything that we can to keep the public informed... Let us pray for the safety of our world."
The screen immediately cut to the New World Alliance broadcast. Everyone old enough to comprehend what the President said turned to Nathan.
Nathan spoke through what seemed to be a never ending silence. "Let’s go."
As Nathan turned around a man shouted. "You said there were no terrorists; you said there wasn’t a virus!" Before Nathan could respond the fifty-two year old lawyer with the hairstylist wife responded. "He also said this would happen, didn’t you hear the President a New World Alliance. Listen to the President, go to one of those ... prisons if you want to but I'm not giving up my right to be free."
Nathan turned to face the man and the rest of the group. "I don’t have all the answers but I know the men behind that attack were from no terrorist organization. No terrorist group has the funding or capabilities for an attack that large" Nathan could see he was getting a mixed reaction from the crowd. "When we find a safe location I'll answer more of your questions, as for now we need to get off the road."
Nathan headed towards the driver seat of the suburban signaling the end of the conversation. Slowly everyone made way to their transport. A short while later they were on the road and moving. A few moments later Nathan heard light specks of ice start falling on the roof.
Alexia stated her confusion. “Hail?". Hail didn't fall very often in the south but more peculiar was that the sun was out just five minutes prior. Nathan radioed his brother. "Darion are you guys alright?" Jason returned. "We just pulled off a small dirt road; it has some overhanging trees that are giving us a little shelter." Nathan asked "Where at?"
Jason came back. "About two miles up on the right, you should be able to see us from the road."
Nathan advised Darion and Jason to stay put. A moment later the hail had stopped. Nathan pulled off by the dirt road Anthony driving behind him. Nathan got out and went to speak with Darion. "This looks like a good place to turn off; we crossed a small bridge earlier that creek should run this way." Darion nodded. "We went about half a mile in before the hail hit, it closes up pretty good." N
athan surveyed the small road as he spoke "Good I want you two to block the entrance as best you can. Use trees, shrubs and whatever else you can find that looks natural. Depending on where we setup I'm gonna send you back later in the jeep to wench a few trees down over the road." Darion asked," Are you taking off?" Nathan moved to the Suburban. "Yeah, but we'll be moving slow you guys should catch up pretty quick, just conceal the road as best as you can." Nathan got back into the rugged Suburban threw it in four wheel drive and began to expand the small dirt path by rolling over almost anything in the way. After a few minutes Darion and Jason caught up. As soon as Nathan noticed them he cut off the trail and through the woods towards where he thought the creek should be. After three hours of slow going and about six miles Nathan came to the creek, this one a little deeper than the one at the old campsite but still a fresh water source. Nathan disembarked and surveyed the area. Anthony walked up beside him. Nathan pointed. "Over there."
Anthony looked to a clearing on the other side of the creek then looked to his friend. "You would pick the other side.”
* * *
There was more than one group moving north on that day. Reyes and his team were well on their way to where he and Franks were stopped by Nathan. For Reyes tracking down Nathan was more of a personal pride issue than anything else. As they approached the approximate location Reyes told his crew to lock and load. The small convoy then pulled over to the side of the road. Once there the team began to investigate the area. Reyes and his team were no special forces unit, a few Army rangers, but mostly just general infantry; still they were skilled enough in tracking.
Reyes spoke to a couple of soldiers."I want you two to stay with the vehicles." Then he spoke to the rest. "Everyone else fan out and head straight in, call if you see anything of interest and feel free to shoot anything that looks like its holding a weapon."
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