Followed East by Andre Gonzalez

Author:Andre Gonzalez [Gonzalez, Andre]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781951762063
Publisher: M4L Publishing
Published: 2020-06-29T22:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 19

At the Pentagon, an unsettling mood spread throughout the entire Crew’s underground offices. They were under attack and weren’t prepared. Attacks were supposed to occur every three decades. It was supposed to be a time of peace, according to tradition, but now every member looked over their shoulder when leaving the building. Some even refused to leave the confines of their underground fort once they heard what happened to their two comrades in Michigan.

Colonel Griffins called an emergency meeting with the department leaders, having them cram into his office with the blinds shut, huddled around his desk.

“Three attacks, now,” he said flatly. “Three attacks that we never saw coming. Three goddamn attacks with nothing to show on our tracking devices. What the hell is going on with those?!” He shot his question to their head of technology, Felicia Lewis, who slouched her shoulders and gazed to the ground. Colonel Griffins had made it clear that no one speak until he was done.

“No one in the public has suspected anything yet, we’ve got that much going for us, but it won’t last long at the rate we’re going. We need the tracking devices to track again or this war may as well be declared over. How can we stop what we can’t see coming?”

Even though he spoke in a low tone, an underlying rage still clung to every word that left his mouth. His face flushed a light shade of red as he clenched trembling fists. He didn’t give a shit if they saw him this pissed off. Maybe it would get everything back in order. He rarely showed emotion, he was impossible to rattle, but today was a new day and it almost seemed as if no one had been doing their job over the past several weeks.

“We need new training on combatting the Exalls. The two we lost in Michigan were ambushed. A full investigation is being conducted and we’ll be able to piece together what exactly happened. I want the scenario recreated and for every solider we have on this planet to go through a training for it.”

Colonel Griffins paused, opened a drawer, and pulled out a flask to take a swig of whiskey, not offering it to anyone else. “A dark day is upon us, people. If we don’t get our shit together right now, it’s all over. Kiss it all goodbye. I suspect we’ll see one more attack. Our friends started their party in Colorado and are moving east. I think they’re coming here for the boy.”

The head of research, Damien Kurtz, raised a finger to make a counterargument, but was promptly ignored by the colonel.

“I’ve been in this business a long time, and I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve seen the ugliest from these assholes. I’ve even seen one of these gray fuckers vanish like dust through my fingers. But I have never seen the level of uncertainty that is plaguing our entire organization. I’m now getting daily calls from the White House wanting to know what the fuck is going on.

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