Planet of the Dead (Book 1): Planet of the Dead by Stowers John
Author:Stowers, John [Stowers, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Black Dog Press
Published: 2019-12-22T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter 15
I must have made my way back and fallen asleep at sometime in the night because my alarm jolted me awake at 0530 hours. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, and pulling my clothes on as clumsily as a zombie, I prepared for what would need to be done today. Approaching the serial killer case like any other project, I grabbed a pencil and my legal pad and began to jot down the dayâs âto doâ list. Around 0600, I heard footsteps outside and opened my door. There stood Hart and Wilson with three hot steaming cups of black coffee.
âThank you, gentlemen,â I said, taking one of the Styrofoam cups from Wilson. âCome in. Iâve sketched a plan.â
The three of us took seats around the table from the night before. I quickly told the story of how I had slipped out and added a fake body to the pile at the crematorium, and my subsequent fear that we might be dealing with a serial killer. Hart and Wilson both shifted in their seats and sat up straighter. They both seemed to be coming alive, and I donât think it was just the caffeineâthey were into the chase.
âAs a Major,â I began, âI could simply order any lower ranking officer in the technology department to give us a report of missing ID numbers, but he would probably report that to his immediate supervisor and it might get back to the killer. So what I need you men to do is find me a hacker. Weâre not breaking into the Pentagon here, but it will take a little finesse.â
âWhen we checked ID numbers before, we made up some bullshit about barracks assignments and running short on rations,â Hart said. âWhy canât we just do that again, and then have tech print us a list of all the ID numbers?â
âWe could.â I answered, âBut Iâm thinking that going through two hundred thousand ID numbers by hand could get pretty cumbersome, and thereâs a good chance that if only one or two are missing from the sequence, we might miss them. No, getting a report of missing numbers will be more foolproof. Of course, if we canât find a hacker that we can trust weâll have no other options.â
âThis sure is a lot harder than setting up a supply run for plywood and two-by-fours,â Wilson commented.
âAre you gentlemen up to the task?â I asked.
âAh, Major, youâre hurtinâ our feelings,â Wilson drawled.
âSorry, Wilson,â I said, âI just know that Iâm asking you men to do a lot of work thatâs well above your pay grade.â
âPay grade?â Hart grinned. âThatâs a good one, sir. Iâm not sure if weâll ever get paid again.â
âTrue,â I agreed, âbut then again, who knows if any of us will ever have bills to pay again.â Then switching back to the real topic at hand I asked, âAny other questions, before I cut you loose for the day?â
âNo, sir,â they said in unison while standing to attention.
âThen youâre dismissed.â I said, adding, âAnd gentlemen, good luck.
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