THE WASTELAND LEGACIES -

CHAPTER 5 PART 1

The Cynicism Legacies 

As the Pupa Mark 2 descended to the air force base,   John Walker saw a crowd had gathered. Not only the highbrows, but many else had gathered too. Clearly, their story had spread, and very quickly at that. Then again, word did have a tendency to spread fast in New York.. As it was being barbecued by alien rockets was New York’s other favorite pastime.

                          As the craft descended, here is what several people thought.

President snow “all I need to do now is milk this issue. ill and be reelected….they bungled up badly, the fools. it was a recon mission , not a turkey shooter mission….well probably die anyway, but , hell, as long as I am elected, who cares” 

Supreme commander of armed forces Robert backwaters said “look at that toad Snow. he thinks that he will be reelected. The idiot.. ill finally be able to stage an successful coup, With public support.hahaaa”

                           And the common man “gosh, which is better, coke or Pepsi??”

    Some random cat “Garr. .Look at all those weird two leg things getting so excited…and I am feeling hungry, when will anyone feed me!!”

                     as the craft descended ,the scene was a lot like some cheap science fiction novel…..president snow was sobbing on everyone’s shoulder, for some reason, and general Robert was on the dais, vowing to blow the hell out of well, somebody. Everyone else was standing around cheering, having no idea what was going on.

                                                        As Walker and Thomas exited, they were instantly surrounded…the din was unbearable. For them, seeing so many fellow people again after the wilds of the wasteland was overwhelming.

     They were ushered onto the podium, where they were introduced as “the chosen ones” who would destroy the aliens….the entire crowd cheered like crazy….now it really felt like a cheap science fiction novel…expect there were no zombies..

          Both were awarded medals….walker put on a plastic smile on his face..

As Thomas began to speak, walker felt horrible. All the rest of the rest of the team were dead. and no one cared…it totally sickened him..

                         He excused himself, saying that he had go to the bathroom.

He headed towards the bathroom, but once he was sure   that no one could see him, he ducked below a tank, and took out the papers.

He looked at the papers. He was unsure what to do. If he handed them over, they would want to know how he got them, and they would be used to fight the enemy. Walker did not want that. On the other hand, if the papers were found….

   So he resolved to read the papers, and destroy them..

                                         As he went through the files, the first ones were not that interesting. all the material was known to them..

                                 As he went through the second one, he suddenly noticed a portion of the file that read “really top secret”. Walker wondered what it contained..

        He opened it….and saw a picture of PRESIDENT SNOW…with the word “INFORMER” written on it……

He could not believe it. President Snow.. was with the aliens.?? But how was it possible??

.he then, saw a message written “snow to inaugurate nuke defense system on 25.5.2157 at empire state building …system to self destruct within seventy two hours..”

                                                                                    There was only one way to check if the file were true.

                         Walker went to general backwaters and asked “ is pres snow going to inaugurate a nuclear defense system on the empire state building today at 5 pm. why, Walker??..Are you all right...?”    

Because just then walker had stepped back, horrified.

The file was right. the betrayer was president Snow. and walker only had hours to stop him..

This is the final chapter. There will be two more parts..