As Lt. Walker prepared to board the VTOL, along with his close friend, Sergeant William Clancy, there was a sudden shout “the president has arrived!”……walker looked in the distance and saw president Peter snow striding towards him.
President Snow was not a president as such, he was appointed by the high council over twenty years ago. He was a polite, well mannered man of 56, in complete stark to his job of protecting the city from the ever problematic aliens…….despite that, he had a strong sense of humor, and was liked by all, including the powers of the city: the military, the high council, and the he slant political party, who were very influential.
As president snow approached the command post of john. F. Kennedy air force base, all units, including the departing team, got into position. president snow tapped the microphone, sighed and said” I know time is short, so ill be brief….be safe, be in radio contact at all times, and above all, be quick, this is just a recon mission, the starfish must not know we were there” . Clancy laughed and said “ yeah, in my wildest dreams….”.walker laughed too…..he felt slightly better….
The fleet consisted of 6 VTOLs, with 3 passengers in each. They were supposed to recon with a small resistance camp about 2 miles north of town. The journey would
Take half an hour, taking weather and other factors in account.
The presidents speech over, walker prepared to board the VTOL. Before he could, he heard a familiar voice, which he did not like to hear’’ hello Johnny” walker turned and saw his archenemy, Roger Thomas, scowling at him.” Hallo Tommy…what happened….did you run out of people to annoy” walker snarled…..he hated the very sight of Thomas.” no, unfortunately , I am assigned to join your group……. Life is unfair isn’t it?”
“The hell it is !” said walker as he got into the VTOL, Thomas followed him…….
As the VTOL took off, Walker took a last look at the New York skyline , unsure if he would see it again….there was a lump in his throat………. After a distance of three miles, the border of New York ended, with a ten mile zone known as the Neutral zone….beyond that, was the wasteland……..the unknown…..just ten minutes, but a completely different world…..
As a child, walker had heard several things about the wasteland, about the destroyed areas, the mutants who roamed the area, the inherent evil of the unknown…………walker tried to forget it all, and focus on the mission…..
Just then , walker saw a bright flash of light in the sky….within seconds, he realized , to his horror, that it was the flash of alien artillery…..they had flown into an ambush….walker knew what to do…..he picked up a spare parachute, so were Thomas and Clancy…..he jumped…..
They were very lucky. As they dropped off , their VTOL was hit……. Their pilot was dead, but at least they were alive…….
As they dropped off to an abandoned warehouse, walkers head was swimming….ten minutes into the wasteland, and had been shot down, with no means of contact, and the camp still 5 miles away…..
When they landed, it seems that things were not so bad. They had a radio, and some supplies…..but they were stuck, behind enemy lines……
Darkness had fallen and it was 2000 hours. After a diner of biscuits and a chicken leg, they decided to wait till dawn and then plan…..
Walker got first watch….as he watched from the roof of the warehouse and tried to keep alert….he wondered what unmentionable horrors like whole towns being destroyed, people being converted to aliens …..were waiting out there… now that all hope had exploded
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THE WASTELAND LEGACIES -
Science FictionIn the year 2157 , 100 years after an alien attack destroys the world , and converts it into barren wastelands, leaving only the city of New York . Lt john walker is sent behind enemy lines to investigate a possible alien weakness...but then thier p...
