Mission Origin View (Final Days Trilogy) by Knox Barry

Author:Knox, Barry [Knox, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Frisky Squirrel Books
Published: 2013-09-17T07:00:00+00:00

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Mucha watched as the armed men approached the apartment door and then passed it, walking farther down the hall. They suddenly stopped at another apartment and began beating on the door with the butts of their weapons.

“Open up! Open up!” one of the men shouted.

The door opened slowly, and an old woman stood there, shaking.

“Is your husband here? He’s three hours overdue reporting to mine three-four-A-F!” the man shouted.

“Yes, he’s in bed sick,” she answered, her voice laced with fear.

“Sick! Is he too sick to report to work?” he asked.

“Yes. He has a fever, and I don’t have anything to give him for it. He can hardly walk,” she answered.

“When did he go to the community medical center?” he asked.

“Last week. He’s been sick for five months, but they couldn’t see him until then,” the old woman answered, paused to swallow, and continued. “The medic said medicine would be sent once the test results came back, but we haven’t received anything yet. My husband is the shift manager and has been going to work every evening sick, but this evening he was just too sick.”

As the old lady was talking, one of the men detached a communications pad from his belt and began typing. Mucha looked as the man received some information a few seconds later. Mucha watched the man’s lips move as he read to himself, and placed the device back on his belt. “Help your husband to the door. I want to speak to him,” the man who used the communications device demanded.

The old women left the door open and went back into the apartment. A few minutes later the old woman and a skeleton of a man appeared.

“I checked with the community medical center and accessed your medical record,” the man who had used his communications pad said. “You have stage-four lung cancer, and it has been decided by the community medical managers that you’ll not be treated because you’re too old. We’ve been ordered to retire both of you. Thank you for your loyal service!”

The other man raised his weapon and shot the old woman and her husband in the head.

Mucha watched in horror as the men simply turned around and began walking back toward the elevator. One man pulled out his small handheld communications device as they walked. “This is security detail Gamma-Fourteen. We’ve retired two citizens, and they’re ready for pickup at this location.” Without another word the men entered the elevator, and the door closed.

Mucha, still shaken by what he’d seen, reported, “LT, we’re clear. The armed men are back on the elevator.”

“Was that weapons’ fire? What’s going on?” Gideon asked as Xia opened the apartment door and led the way back to the stairway.

“The men murdered an old couple just a few doors down from you,” Mucha said.

Mucha watched as the team walked towards him. Behind the team, the old couple lay on the floor by the open door to their apartment. Blood flowed from their head wounds and was pooling together in the hallway.

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