A New World: Chaos (46 page)

“No kidding,” she says in reply.

Robert and I refuel the aircraft from several fuel trucks parked along the ramp as Nic and Bri wheel the ground power unit from out of the cargo compartment.
 
Lynn and the soldiers fill up a lot of the available cargo space with crates and boxes of weapons and supplies.
 
After a rest, there is some time to give Robert, Nicole, Michelle, and Brianna an indoctrination to the M-16; letting them fire a few rounds across the ramp until they are mildly comfortable with it.
 
As
Lynn
gives them a session with the weapons, I plan our return trip.
 
There is one difference in our return path and that being to a runway located just outside
Atlanta
.

“Why are we going there?”
 
Robert asks, having finished with his lesson with Lynn.
 
He is looking over my shoulder at the maps spread on the small table in the cargo compartment.
 
Lynn, after shouldering her M-16, is looking over my other shoulder.
 
“Why not just reverse our legs out of here?”

“The CDC lies there and, if there is any info on what we are dealing with, it will be there,” I say looking first at Robert and then Lynn.

They both nod.
 
After a rest, I input the return legs and various approaches into the flight navigation computer and seal up the aircraft for our return journey.
 
We lift off into the heat of the early afternoon, the engines droning as we climb into the light blue sky with the sound of our aircraft diminishing and then fading from those ears left within the confines of the encampment.

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John is a former Air Force fighter instructor pilot who transitioned to Special Operations for the latter part of his career gathering his campaign ribbon for Desert Storm.
 
Immediately following his military service, he became a firefighter/EMT with a local fire department.
 
Along with becoming a firefighter, he began a career in the Information Technology industry starting two large casinos in Washington as the Information Technology Manager and becoming the Network Manager for the Washington State Legislature, the Northwest Information Technology Manager for the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Network Systems Manager for Hollywood Video.
 
Currently, John is self-employed with his own Information Technology consulting company, consulting and managing various businesses with their information technology needs.
 
He also volunteers for a local youth center managing their computer lab.

As a former marathon runner, John lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and can now be found kayaking out in the waters of Puget Sound, mountain biking in the Capital Forest, hiking in the Olympic Peninsula, or pedaling his road bike along the many scenic roads.

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