The Directives by Joe Nobody

Author:Joe Nobody [Nobody, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kemah Bay Marketing LLC
Published: 2014-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

Bishop moved to the edge of the wood line, staying low on the off chance that he was being watched. He had borrowed Kevin’s sniper rifle while the team’s best shot had taken his turn in the rack. Grim was also catching some sleep, the contractor snoring away in Bishop’s net-hammock.

He’d told Cory to hang back and observe the camp, violating his own rules about operating alone. Still, he wasn’t going far, and the sleeping men were far more vulnerable.

It was another hour before sunset, and Bishop wanted to take a detailed look at the town before they moved in after dark. The scope on Kevin’s rifle offered the most powerful magnification available.

Bishop steadied the rifle on a tree limb, turning the focus knob until the details of Riley cleared. The first things that drew his eye were the grain silos.

Dwarfing the rest of the structures in the area, the complex of buildings, tracks, roads, and towering structures was amazing. If the grain elevators were as full of seed corn as their source claimed, the Alliance could begin replanting thousands and thousands of acres, while at the same time making a significant dent in the imminent food shortages.

There was no way to tell if the silos were actually full from Bishop’s vantage. He would have to wait until Cory inspected the storage areas. Still, it was exciting to be a part of something that could change so many lives for the better – perhaps even save the Alliance.

Satisfied with his review of the night’s objective, Bishop lowered the rifle and sat back to relax for a few moments. The sun was just touching the western horizon, low enough that a man could view it without hurting his eyes. It was going to be a clear night, his watch indicating a quarter moon.

Those conditions would offset the advantage of their electronically enhanced night vision, but not enough to delay the trip to town.

Bishop took a moment to marvel at the beauty of the remote Texas countryside. The birds, chirping and singing, obviously didn’t care about the apocalypse. He spied a rabbit emerging from its burrow, the long-eared jack preparing for a nocturnal graze.

“We’re the only species that gives a shit,” Bishop whispered. “We built it up, let it fall down, and now we’re struggling with the consequences. Every other life form on this ball of rock could care less. Maybe we should be more like them.”

It wasn’t the first time the Texan’s mind had traveled in that direction. Was mankind’s reorganization really the best move? Was society, rule of law, and all of its trimmings really the best strategy?

There was a streak of Darwinism in Bishop. A line of thinking that conjectured that the human race had asked for much of what happened because it had bypassed survival of the fittest, circumvented nature’s rule that only the strongest survive. Yes, the species had prolonged life, made the less successful more comfortable, and propagated the population to billions and billions of individuals.

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