The Disease of Planet VEE

Chapter IV Blimps are the wave of the future

In New York, Jonathan Oakshaw age 25, lived in an apartment. His apartment was medium sized. Entering the front door you'd find a closet just to the right. The closet door was made of cherry wood with a solid bottom and slats at the top. Taking five steps forward and turning left, you'd find a hall. On both sides of the hall there were closets with regular doors and knobs, and at the end there was a bathroom with a tub/shower, toilet, and a sink in between them. Straight across from the hall was the kitchen. The kitchen was a small U shaped alcove. There were cupboards all around the top and most of the bottom. At the back was a double sink with a stream/spray hose, on the right side was a stove/oven and the fridge, and on the left was counter top with a long pass through window. Leaving the kitchen and turning right you'd find a queen size bed. On the other side of the room just to the right of the pass through window was an entertainment center with the works. A 52” LCD D TV, Blu Ray DVD player, VSH tape player, Internet connection, and surround sound speakers. Go past all that and you'd find a sliding door that lead out onto the balcony. Jonathan turned off his TV and got in his car, an orange Corvette, to go to work.

Life had been good for Jonathan. Good home, great schooling, and now a good apartment and job. Jonathan had been closely following the news about planet Vee. He was concerned about the possibility that planet Vee might come near earth on the New York side. His friends said he was probably more prepared than any other New Yorker. He spent all his money that wasn't allocated for food and bills on things to prepare him self for the coming of planet Vee. He even bought things that sounded like they couldn't get even get close to doing what the commercials said they could. Like the Astro Cannon. Said to be able to shoot asteroids with lasers so hot the ashes would burn up, and do it automatically. Or the House Deflector Shield. They claimed it worked as well the Starship Enterprise's shield. He also had above his bead, a gun that was supposed to be able to kill aliens.

He turned on the radio for some music, but got the news instead.

Good morning. Police have finally opened this story to the public. Most of you know that blimps are the wave of the future. People would rather take a blimp than a plane or helicopter. But not just for travel, police say terrorist are using them as well. There have been...

Just then Jonathan saw a light green blimp with a dark green triangle surrounded by a circle on ether side. It was about two blocks away. He saw a figure stick a gun out the window and shoot a man on the sidewalk.

The police station was just five blocks to the left of Jonathan. Jonathan pulled his car to the side of the road as two police cars, an ambulance, two fire trucks, and a tank came from the street on the left and turned left. One of the police officers spoke through a mega phone. “Everyone clear the street and empty the nearby buildings!”

Jonathan wasn’t going to miss this so he stayed. 

People came pouring out of the buildings running for cars, busses, motor cycles, and bikes. Once the four nearby buildings where emptied the officer continued,

“Person or persons in the blimp we need you to land now!” The blimp just kept moving forward. 

 Just then Jonathan's radio picked up the signal of the police radio. “How far away are you?”

“Our helicopters will be there in two ours.”

“That's not fast enough! Ready the fire trucks and tank now!”

The fire trucks aimed there hoses at the blimp and the tank aimed its barrel.

“Fire!” the police officer said.

 The tank fired and hit the blimp. It burst into flames and the fire trucks worked to put them out. The blimp came down with a crash as the fire went out.

The police began checking the blimp. On the radio, “There’s no one inside. Its radio controlled.” Just then a police officer saw Jonathan. “Hay, what are you doing here?”

“I’m watching,” Jonathan said, “And you have no idea what you’re dealing with.  My radio picked up your signal. You said there’s no one inside that blimp.”

“It’s a radio controlled blimp. We will find the person who is responsible for this.”

“You’re wrong! I saw some one in the blimp. Just as you got there they moved to the back, out of sight.”

“What did they look like?”

“I couldn’t tell.”

Then the officer picked up his radio and spoke into it. “We have some one here who says he saw someone in the blimp. It’s…”

He took his finger off the talk button. “What’s your name?”

“Jonathan Oakshaw. I’m the most prepared New Yorker.”

The officer pushed the talk button. “It’s Jonathan Oakshaw. The most prepared New Yorker.”

“Can he give a description of the person?” Another police officer said on the radio.

“No. He says he couldn’t tell what they looked liked.”

“Get his contact information and head back to the station.”

“Can I get your number and Email?”

“Yes. My number is (212) 555-7158, and my Email is 1563@habinghoyo.com”

“Thank you. Have a nice day.”

The officer left and Jonathan turned his car around to take a different street and get past the road block.

At work he opened up his Internet browser and his habinghoyo.com home page came up. He quickly scanned the page and noticed an article about the blimps. It said “Police chef Dan Martings has been getting asked “How do you get the terrorist blimps if they don’t give up and land?” He says in an F G gong post, they use helicopters with cables to drag the blimps away. If the helicopters are too far away they Shoot the blimp with a tank and put out the fire with fire trucks.” Jonathan then went on to his work assignments.