THE BEGINNING Book Two (THE EVENT) by Huffman Marshall

Author:Huffman, Marshall [Huffman, Marshall]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2012-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

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As soon as they were dressed the next morning, Yegor made sure Matryona had the necessary encrypted badge and a hand and retina scan. He wanted to make sure she had all the security measures covered before he let her wander around the complex. Now it was time for him to perform.

Even with slightly more than two thousand five hundred people in the room, it was still almost totally quiet. Yegor checked himself in the mirror once more before stepping into the room and climbing the platform they had set up for him. He stood facing them just looking them over. He was somewhat surprised at how few military personnel were present. Most had on civilian clothes or overalls. He took off his hat and placed it under his arm. Without saying a word he reached for his holster and then looked down at it.

“My goodness, I seem to have forgotten my pistol,” he said and smiled.

Slowly a ripple of laughter echoed off the walls. Everyone took a deep breath. He had broken the tension with just a small gesture.

“Most of you know that I am General Yegor Nitikin. When I got my orders to come here the world was a great deal different. The sun was shining, birds singing, and life was pretty much routine. Something happened. What, is not clear. I do not know what caused such a pronounced change but whatever it was, it has devastated the world as we once knew it. The sky has been dark and angry. It seems to be getting better but still I have seen little sunshine.”

A smattering of laughter went through the crowd.

"Most of you probably don’t know what the sun is by this time. It’s that big yellow thing up in the sky during the day.”

More chuckling and snickering.

“Are we the last people on earth? No. Others will have survived. Others that happened to be as lucky as we were at the time it happened. Devine intervention? I don’t know, but what I do know is that most people underground at the time will have survived. Where will they go? I honestly don’t know. I suspect many will head to the large cities and look for others. We went to Moscow before coming here. We found twelve other survivors but it was only a few days after the event. Others will go there. How many, I have no way of knowing. Here is what I do know. We must work together to survive. Every one of us must be responsible for the person next to him, the one behind you, and the one in front of you. We all work together and live or we all perish. Many of you will be assigned to a new task that is not in your area of expertise. Some projects will be halted. Different priorities will be spelled out. Plans will change, sometimes quickly as we face new and unexpected challenges. Some wonder who could have done this. That does not matter really.

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