Breakthrough by Michael Grumley

Author:Michael Grumley [Grumley, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781475031904
Google: emsbnQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1475031904
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-06-13T04:00:00+00:00

26

President Carr stood in the White House conference room, facing the large monitor with his arms folded across his chest. He watched the video of Keister and Clay speaking with Palin. Behind him around the large table sat Stevas, Miller, Langford, Clay, Keister, and his military chiefs. The video ended with Palin scooting his chair back and the screen came to an abrupt end, frozen on the last frame of the video. Carr remained staring at the picture as the room fell silent. He slowly began shaking his head. “What in the hell are we dealing with here?” he said, turning around. Carr leaned forward, putting his hands on the table. “I mean Jesus,” he raised his voice, “do we even know whether this man is a friend or not?!” He looked around the table. “Well?!”

Stevas spoke up. “We need to assume not.” He continued when the President looked at him. “We cannot be sure of anything which means we have to assume the worst. This ring is huge, far larger than they would need to bring just a thousand people through. I don’t believe for a minute they have been here long. I think they came through and got caught before they could bring whatever comes through next!”

“So you’re saying what then?” asked the President.

“I’m saying we need to take action while we still can.”

“And what kind of action are we talking about?”

Stevas glanced around the room. “We destroy the damn thing.”

Clay looked at Langford who managed to remain completely still.

“Destroy the ring?” asked Miller, sitting across from him.

Stevas nodded. “Shut down the portal. Destroy it and by doing so we cut them off.”

Clay could not believe his ears. He looked at the military brass at the end of the table, and they seemed as un-phased as Langford. Was Clay the only one who thought Stevas had just gone off the deep end?

“Just like that?” replied Miller.

“That’s right,” Stevas said, looking back to the President. “Look, we have to be preemptive here. If we do it right we close down any possibility they have to attack us and with luck we trap them here as leverage.” The President did not answer. He was considering Stevas’ point. “At the very least that buys us time.”

Miller frowned. “Time for what?”

“To prepare, in case they come back. A defense, for Christ sake!”

Miller remained skeptical. “Wait a minute, how do they come back if we destroy this thing on our end?”

Stevas looked surprised by the question. He clearly did not have an answer. In fact, Clay wondered if he had even considered that. How could the President be listening to this man? Clay cleared his throat and everyone in the room turned to him.

“Excuse me,” he said slowly. “But I think we may be overlooking some things here.” Stevas gave him a cold stare, but Clay ignored him and asked the question anyway. “Surely we don’t believe they would be incapable of returning if we destroyed the ring. After all they got here before without a ring on this side.

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