Wasteland Rules: Born to Fight (The World After Book 2) by J.G. Martin

Author:J.G. Martin
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

June 21, 2029

I-75 South of the Florida-Georgia Border

Derek pondered the conversation with the two leaders of The Society and Rora as they drove north towards Atlanta. The revelation that Doors had transferred himself into a computer on the supposedly lost Olympus Space Station was mind blowing. Olympus Station had controlled all of the United States’ space weapons and ground based missile shield. If Doors was in control of it, he commanded space and the ability to rain destruction down anywhere on earth. Technically, he could cause massive destruction just by dropping a satellite on something.

That hadn’t bothered him so much, but Rora had implored him to finish what her father had started; to disable the LINC and prevent the enslavement of mankind by Doors’ robot army. It sounded ridiculous on its face, but he had to admit that the idea of everyone being turned into a drone was rather frightening. And he couldn’t deny the existence of the drones since he had seen them in action. That had still not been enough to make him give up his huge payday. It was Rora’s insistence that Doors had been responsible for releasing the crop virus and triggering the Collapse that had been the convincing argument.

If it wasn’t for the Collapse, his wife and daughter would still be alive and he would still be happily employed as a U.S. Special Forces operator. His friends would still be alive, and he would still be living in a nice house on a lake. So much had been taken from him by Doors. It was time for some payback.

The Voice hadn’t been on board with that though. Derek had been forced to leave NASA, under heavy guard, to confer with his patron. Once outside the effects of the jamming device, Derek activated the phone.

“I’ve been waiting for your call Major.” The Voice said gently. “Are you ready to bring me the device now?”

“There has been a slight change of plans.” Derek informed him cautiously. “I still need it for one more mission.”

“What mission is that Major?” The Voice asked, sounding frustrated.

“I, uh, need to take it up to Olympus Station.” Derek told him, expecting an angry backlash.

“Really.” The Voice asked, almost sarcastically. “What could you possibly want on a derelict space station?”

“It’s not derelict.” Derek responded. “Doors uploaded his consciousness there and is controlling the entire Collective and all the satellites from the station. We can use the device to shut him down once and for all.”

“Then the device itself is useless. How would that benefit me or my employers?” The Voice replied. “Why would we pay you then? What is in this for us?”

“You wouldn’t need the device.” Derek answered. “With the Collective gone there would be no need to hide. Instead of one person being invisible with the device, everyone would be free to move around.”

“Interesting theory.” The Voice replied after a minute. “Let me check with my employers.”

After a few minutes the Voice returned. “My employers find that option acceptable, but there will be no payment.

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