Contagious (Infected Book 2) by Scott Sigler

Author:Scott Sigler [Sigler, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780307452115
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Published: 2008-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Corporal Cope drove Charlie Ogden’s Humvee out the back of the C-17 Globemaster and into the winter night. It didn’t have to go far. Just off the end of the runway, a black Lincoln waited. Four men stood outside it. Even from a distance, there was no mistaking the size of Perry Dawsey.

Ogden tapped Cope on the shoulder and pointed to the Lincoln. Seconds later, Ogden hopped out in front of Dew, Perry and two other men Ogden didn’t know.

“Colonel,” Dew said, shaking hands. Dawsey didn’t offer his hand, and if he had, Ogden probably wouldn’t have shaken it. The other two men just stood there, respectfully silent.

“A damn shame about Amos,” Ogden said. “Please convey my condolences to Margaret.”

“I will,” Dew said.

“Status report?”

“No problems so far,” Dew said. “State troopers have shut down all off-ramps to Gaylord from highways I-75 and 32. They have a dozen troopers at each on-ramp administering the swab test. Traffic is backing up a bit, but it’s not that bad.”

“Any positive tests?”

Dew shook his head. “So far, so good. The cops have people waiting to go over area maps with you, suggest the best places for roadblocks.”

“What about reports of violence?” Ogden asked. “Any of these bastards fighting?”

Dew again shook his head. “Nothing reported. Gaylord police can’t believe how smoothly it’s going, but I guess the small-town rumor mill has been spreading stories of the body the postman found. Tack on the news coverage talking about what necrotizing fasciitis can do and people are only too happy to cooperate, get the test and get the hell out of Dodge.”

Ogden nodded. He’d come to expect smooth sailing out of a Murray Longworth cover story. The slimy bastard knew his shit.

“I understand that you need men,” Ogden said. “How many and for what?”

“Eight should cover it,” Dew said. “Those bodies they found in Bay City? The guy’s name was Donald Jewell. He was probably here visiting his brother, Bobby Jewell, age thirty-three. We have to go bring Bobby in.”

“Bobby have family in the house?”

“Wife Candice, also thirty-three, daughter Chelsea, seven. That’s it.”

“Stay right here,” Ogden said. “I’ll send a full squad, nine men instead of eight. Acceptable?”

Dew nodded.

Ogden walked closer to Dew and talked quietly so that only Dew could hear.

“Murray said we need to watch out for Dawsey going apeshit,” Ogden said. “My men have orders to stop him from doing anything stupid. I’ll load them up with Tasers, but if push comes to shove they will take Dawsey down by any means possible.”

“You going to shoot him, Colonel?”

“If I have to,” Ogden said. “So make sure it doesn’t come to that.”

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