The Peacekeepers. Books 7 - 9 (The Peacekeepers Boxset Book 3) by Ricky Sides

Author:Ricky Sides [Sides, Ricky]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“Bill! It’s great to see you. It’s been too long,” Jim stated as Captain Bill Young walked into the conference room aboard the Damroyal.

“It’s good to see you too, Jim,” Captain Young responded.

“How goes the hunt?” Jim inquired. The Constitution had been assigned the unpleasant task of monitoring the seacoast in an effort to locate the pirate base, for the past four months. “We haven’t located the base, but we have managed to make a dent in the number of operational vessels the pirates can put to sea. So far, we’ve managed to sink sixty-three. We could’ve gotten a few more, but at the time we weren’t certain they were pirates.”

“You’re earning your keep, my friend,” Jim stated and meant it. “Those sixty plus ships will never burden decent people again.”

Bill nodded his acceptance of the praise, and then he said, “You know me, Jim. I’m not much for mincing words, so I’ll just come out and say what’s on my mind.”

“I appreciate the candor,” Jim responded. He thought he had a fairly good idea why Bill had broken off the pirate hunt and came to rendezvous with the Damroyal.

“I read the command dispatch that you sent. Is it as bad as it sounds?” Captain Young inquired.

“It’s worse. Yesterday, the refugees in the Arizona camp attacked and killed the peacekeeper detachment that was trying to help them. Most of the refugees were killed during the fighting when they detonated an oversized fuel bomb. The Arizona got there in time to kill some of the men who had slaughtered the peacekeepers and armed themselves with their weapons. Jack gave the few refugees they located food and water, but then he ordered them to go south and not return.”

“That would have been hard for him. It’s not his nature to do something like that,” Bill observed.

“It’s worse than you think. There were three women, one man and five children. The odds of them surviving are not good, but Jack did the right thing. Doctor Smith reviewed the video footage, and is almost certain that one of the women had the flu.”

“Does having this flu automatically mean you also have the plague disease?” Bill asked.

“Not necessarily,” Maggie responded. “However, it is highly likely. Several of the refugees in that camp tested positive for the plague, and we all know how virulent that disease is. I think it highly unlikely that portions of that group would have the flu independent of the plague, though I wouldn’t completely rule out the possibility.”

“You wanted to see us, Bill,” Tim said. He was referring to the fact that Captain Young had requested a meeting with the peacekeeper council, Maggie and Patricia. “What’s on your mind?” Tim bluntly asked.

“I’m afraid you’ll have to overlook Tim’s gruff manner today, Bill. He’s lost a lot of sleep lately,” Jim said by way of explanation.

“The dreams again?” Bill asked. Everyone in the room knew that Bill meant the precognitive dreams that Tim had experienced in the past.

“They were our first warning that we were dealing with more than the flu,” Jim confirmed.

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