The Rise of Macon: A Zombie Novel (Macon Saga Book 2) (20 page)

"The one we saw, it was heading towards Wilmington,"
Kyle said, thinking about its destinations.

"It reached Wilmington. We've had reports that they've
seized the Port, but in their effort to move north towards Camp Leguine, they
ran into a sizable group of the diseased. They were all killed or turned."

"What about all the others?"

"The West Coast got hit the worst, with major bases,
thousands of military aircraft, repair facilities and munitions dumps; all
destroyed. We noticed what was going on after it started and took out well over
a hundred of the ships, but as of now there are over one hundred thousand North
Korean soldiers in our country. Though prepared for the diseased, they still
have to deal with the ones here, and that slowed them down."

"It's insane," Kyle said, caught completely by
surprise. He had a thousand questions to ask, but settled for one. "Why
are you telling me all this, Colonel? I'm just a civilian now."

The Colonel gave a tired smile. "There you're wrong. The
Vice-President, well, the President now, has reactivated you and since you were
still in inactive reserve, you have little choice."

Kyle had been expecting this, but wasn't sure how to
respond. Part of him wanted to go fight and rid himself of being in charge,
though the other half wanted to make sure his friends were taken care of.

"I can see you’re struggling with what to say. The
President has been all over the place, even being present when we debriefed
your friend Patrick, though he didn't know it." The Colonel laughed at
this. "He's going to give you the choice. You can remain a civilian or
take a promotion to Captain. If you decide you want to be reactivated, then we
have a specific mission, one you might not mind."

Kyle felt like he was being set up, but being given a
choice seemed too good to be true. "And that would be?"

"The cities on the Easter Seaboard were wiped out by
the diseased, but there are still pockets of resistance and millions of
survivors spread throughout the east coast. North Carolina is situated
perfectly to begin collecting those survivors and creating a
"beachhead", if you will, to take back the East Coast."

Kyle laughed, "Fort Macon?"

"That's right. Fort Macon is officially being opened
again. Oak Island needs to be cleared first, of course, and then the Island
will be turned into what we're talking about. We can cover the details later if
you accept."

Kyle knew instantly what he wanted to do. He could have
said he wanted to serve his country, help the survivors, or just go out to
fight, but he knew he wasn't ready to leave his brother and his brother was at
Fort Macon. He just needed some more time.

"I accept," he said simply.

The Colonel gave another tired smile and got up.
"Good, I'll have a liaison appointed and we'll keep in touch. I'm assuming
you'd like to have the young Coast Guard Petty Officer under your
command?"

Kyle jerked his head up at this. Was the Colonel smiling?
"Aw, yes sir, if that's alright.

"I'm sure something can be worked out." He picked
up his cover, walked to the door, almost walking out before Kyle caught him
with one more question."

"Colonel?"

"Yes, Captain?"

"What about North Korea and the rest of the
world?"

The Colonel’s worn face seemed to fall further. "South
Korea, taking a play from their brothers to the north, built a tunnel and
invaded, taking out Kim Jung Ill before he knew what was happening. The Koreas
are united again, though still being kept separate. The disease hit both of
them as well. The rest of the world?  Our Intel says every county was hit, to
one extreme or another, and now the globe is at war. Before this is over, the geo-political
map of the world will look much different."

Finishing, the colonel slipped out of the room, leaving
Kyle to get his head around everything that had happened. He pushed it away, he
could only deal with those things under his control, and right now and that was
nothing. But soon he'd be heading back to Fort Macon. There was still work to
be done.

The end.

I hope you enjoyed
The Rise of
Macon
.  I love a good zombie story but wanted something other than a bad
ass who kills zombies by the leaps and bounds, is impervious to hurt and is
more lethal than Superman.  I wanted something old school.  This is what came
out. Hope you liked it!

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for paying to read this book.  As an avid reader myself I don’t take that for
granted.  I also want to thank all those who left comments or reviewed
The
Road to Macon
. 

Especially Nickolai who wrote,
Thought
it was the road to bacon. Really disappointed. I should read further into the title.
Next time ginger...Next time. Ok ok.

Didn't
understand it, but it made me laugh.

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