Escape from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Published: 2014-03-31T11:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Richmond, the New Capital of the U.S.

MEASURE INTRODUCED TO

RENAME BASE CAMP ONE

New Name To Be Raines City

Area Around Raines City

To Be Called Capital District

“Raines City, C.D. What a load of horseshit!” the chief of the FPPS said. He threw the newspaper across the room, and it fluttered and flapped until it hit the wall and slid down to the floor.

The old FBI was gone, and the FPPS had taken its place. It was a fancy title that fooled no one. The FPPS was the nation’s secret police, and they were everywhere, bullyboys and thugs. Day-to-day activities of those living in the USA were highly restricted, and President for Life Claire Osterman maintained control over her people through organizations like the FPPS.

“What’s the matter, Derek? You don’t think the citizens of the SUSA should honor their brave leader?” Carl Roberts said, chuckling at Owen’s reaction. Roberts was Derek Owen’s second in command.

“I’d like to honor the son of a bitch,” Owen said. “I’d like to honor him by putting my boot up his ass.”

“Ha! You might be able to shoot him, if you were in ambush somewhere. But I don’t think you, my friend, or anyone else could put a boot up his ass. You’d have to get close to him for that.”

“Well, you know what they say, ‘Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer,’” Owen replied with a controlled smile.

“Trust me, Ben Raines isn’t someone you want to get too close to.”

“You know Ben Raines, do you?” Owen asked. “When did you two become such great friends?”

“I would hardly call us friends. The bastard killed my brother.”

“You aren’t the only one who has lost a brother to him. He’s killed a lot of brothers,” Owen said. “But the chances are very good that he won’t be killing anybody else’s brother.”

“What do you mean?” Roberts asked.

“Well, the SUSA has made no official announcement, but his airplane is missing,” Owen said.

“What? How do you know?”

“This is the FPPS, remember? We have our sources,” Owen said.

Roberts chuckled. “Are we talking about the same FPPS? I mean, I wouldn’t admit this to anyone else, but you and I both know that this is the biggest department of incompetents and malcontents in the whole government.”

Owen held up his finger, as if calling for attention. “Ah, but trust me, my friend. It is all changing,” he promised. “That’s how it is that I happen to know that Ben Raines is missing.”

“Missing where?”

“His plane went down in Alberta, up in Canada’s northwest woods. I doubt they will ever find his ass. You have any idea how wild that country is up there. Hell, last year they found an airplane that crashed on a training flight during World War Two. Can you imagine that? That plane had been there since World War Two, and they didn’t find it until last year.”

“Son of a bitch!” Roberts said. He walked over to the paper and picked it up.

“Oh, you won’t find it in there,” Owen told him. “The SUSA doesn’t want the population to panic over the loss of their great leader.

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