The Price of Freedom by Chris Kennedy

Author:Chris Kennedy [Kennedy, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blood Moon Press
Published: 2019-08-14T06:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Thirty

Both terminal workers, the plane’s pilot, and the group of men from the back office were waiting by the ramp when I returned with the plane. They opened the door as I shutdown the engines, and the two girls went running off. Hopefully to a counselor, if such a thing existed in post-World War III Colombia.

The pilot stuck his head into the plane. “Looks like I’m out of a job,” he said with a sigh. “They’re going to kill me.”

“You’re not out of a job,” I replied. “I have something for you. Besides, JalCom is going to have a total makeover of its Corporate Board. I think you’ll be forgotten in the ruckus.”

He looked confused, but before he could say anything else, the terminal worker from today said, “You’re just out of a job; he’s killed this whole city.”

“Far from it,” I said. “Who can prove he was here? When the pilot flies the plane out of here, there won’t be any evidence they were here. Perhaps they had aircraft problems and never made it? Who knows? Also, as far as anyone will know, this was part of the corporate restructuring that is about to take place. When I’m done, no one will ever notice your guy didn’t return.”

“How is that to be?”

“I’m going to kill the JalCom Board of Directors in Puerto Colombia. No one will notice there is one body missing.”

“But how are we going to get gas? Without it, our fishing fleet can’t run, and we’ll starve.”

“It has been my experience that underlings will continue to do the things they’re supposed to until they’re told to stop. Without someone to say, “Stop the flow,” oil will continue to be extracted, refined, and distributed. It makes the company money, and things that make the company money will continue to occur with very little oversight.”

“What if the next people who come are worse than that guy?” the terminal guy asked, nodding at the aircraft.

“Then you make them disappear, too. Eventually, people will get the message.” I cocked my head and looked at him. “You sure are full of negativity. Why don’t you try a more positive approach? You just got two girls back who you thought were dead. That’s gotta be worth something, right?”

“One of them was my brother’s daughter,” one of the other men said. “I, for one, am happy you brought her back.”

“So, tell me about this new job,” the pilot said.

You’ve got to be pragmatic in this Fallen World.

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