2000 Light Years from Home (James London) by Iain Benson

Author:Iain Benson [Benson, Iain]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-02-11T07:00:00+00:00

The padded chair in the Oval Office turned languidly, but it wasn’t president Cruise occupying it. Cruise was on the subservient side of the desk.

“Looks like you’re not Top Gun anymore,” said Wishbone. On either side of him were four of his soldiers. They accompanied the megalomaniac everywhere now. There had been two attempts on his life, both had failed. He was dressed in a monogrammed pale blue polo shirt and casual beige trousers.

“The senate are capitulating for the time being,” said Cruise. “You haven’t won.”

Wishbone picked up a piece of paper on the desk. It was a very old piece of paper.

“This is your constitution,” Wishbone held it up and examined it closely. “I must say, it is very quaint. This first bit about congress, it’s a bit moot now, isn’t it? Very dry, this next bit. It’s hard to read as well. Blah de blah. “

Wishbone took a lighter and set fire to the ancient document. He handed it to one of his soldiers, who held it until the last of the ashes had floated off into the air.

“The constitution is more than paper,” said Cruise. “It is in the hearts and minds of every American.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Wishbone dismissed the claim with a wave of his hand. “Save those speeches for your movies. In here, between you and me and the people watching in the bunker downstairs, admit it; you’re beaten. You’ll be able to go back to that science fiction religion now, go back to making movies. You can leave running the country to me.”

Former President Cruise narrowed his eyes. It was his trademark stare, and it had won him the election.

“You may think you’ve won,” Cruise said. “But you will never defeat us. You will never defeat America.”

“Seriously?” Wishbone gave a chortle. “That sounded so trite. The USA doesn’t exist anymore. If you like I’ll call you the first state of the World Union.”

“Were we the last to fall?” Cruise looked for any shaft of light in the gloom of despondency.

“There’s about a few left, mainly small island nations,” said Wishbone. “Does the UK count as four countries or one? So that’s one or four, depending on how you count that pointless little island. Oh, and North Korea. We went there the day before yesterday. Every single person in the country wanted to fight us. It’s a very Weird Place. We’ll go back in a bit. Some countries I’ve not invaded might get in touch and surrender without having to visit. It’s mainly dribs and drabs now. Soon we’ll have them all.”

“What do you want?” Cruise asked.

“To rule the world,” Wishbone said.

“Why?”

Wishbone leant back in the chair, looking up at the ornate ceiling. “You never know, Tom,” he said. “Humans might enjoy being one nation. It’ll make mankind more productive for certain. Look, between you and me, Tom, people could have been walking on other planets by now. Diseases could have been eradicated. Climate change could have been reversed. I only have everybody’s best interests at heart.

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