Lance usually watches the news as he goes to bed with everything that’s been going on in the world, but this Friday night he’s wiped out after a long day at work and fades quickly trying to stay awake for a News Alert reporting several politicians around the country have been assassinated.
Lance awakes on Saturday morning like most with his 5 year old Daughter Lola who typically sneaks into her parent’s bed sometime during the night and then whispers into her father’s ears “Daddy wake up the sun’s out.†Lance chuckles to himself playing possum and thinking how innocent and playful she is. “Ok, ok I’m up. Go get Fenway’s collar.†They take their new 5 month old puppy out for his morning walk. They walk southeast along Court Road which runs along the coast Of Winthrop By the Sea just across the bay from Logan Airport and the city of Boston.
The sound of the constant roar coming from jet liners can get annoying from time to time, but after hearing the silence just after 9/11 during the grounding is a sound he considers to be more frightening. As they take a right on Loring, a very short street which leads to the coast Lance took a moment to enjoy the golden sheen given to the city skyline by the rising sun.
Lola had to raise her voice after calling for her Dad to come down the steps to the water’s edge. Lance finally hears his daughter and glances down. As they walk up to the water where you would normally see a Boston Whaler or two working their way out to open waters Lance is caught by surprise to see a Coast Guard vessel resembling a mini battle ship cruising through the channel. Just then he notices a constant sound of sirens and sees helicopters off in the distance over the city. “Daddy! Daddy! Can we throw rocks at the water?†Lance replied “Sure Sure, but just for moment.†Deciding he’ll use the time to look around and try to figure out what’s going on.
After skipping a few rocks across the tops of the choppy bay, the local Harbor Master came cruising by with what looked to be SWAT members in the boat. Deciding that this is about enough he turned to his daughter noticing the sweet innocents and wondering to himself how long that may last. “Ok, Lola let’s roll.â€
As Lance was coming to the top of the stairs that led up to the 2nd floor he could see his wife standing in front of the TV. The look on the newscaster’s faces were grim. As soon as Amy heard Lance arrive she seemed disturbed and confused “Honey, They think we’re being attacked, They’re killing governors, Police chiefs and CNN has been knock out all night.†Lance replied back “What? Who’s killing who?†Then before he could continue that annoying digitalized tone from the Emergency Alert System cut loud into the confusion both were experiencing.
“This is a message from the Emergency Alert System. This is not a test. I repeat. This is not a test. This is Tom Reilly, Director of Homeland Security. The United States of America is under attack. I repeat the United States is under Attack. Stay close to your homes and prepare to be without any public services for an extended period of time. Again this is not a Test. We are ____, then without warning silence is accompanied by a large glow off to the far west horizon. Startled their daughter grabbed both waists of her parents bringing them close. Lance pauses and thinks to himself that this can’t be happening. “This can’t be fucking happening!!â€
Fast Forward 3 days………….,
Task Force 118’s FOB is just outside of Herat Afghanistan. Since Israel’s attack on Iran’s atomic facilities in response to intelligence and thwarted terrorist attacks on its officials in the United States, the United States military has ramped up its troop numbers in Afghanistan with a deal it made with the Afghans to protect the nation from being overrun by OWA forces.
Major Stevens awaits the arrival of General Flint to be briefed on the discovery of a potentially lethal new weapon the OWA forces may be hiding in the battle torn and deserted northwest region of Iran. General Flint unfortunately will be briefing the force on the epic events that have taken place in the Homeland.
Lance awakes on Saturday morning like most with his 5 year old Daughter Lola who typically sneaks into her parent’s bed sometime during the night and then whispers into her father’s ears “Daddy wake up the sun’s out.†Lance chuckles to himself playing possum and thinking how innocent and playful she is. “Ok, ok I’m up. Go get Fenway’s collar.†They take their new 5 month old puppy out for his morning walk. They walk southeast along Court Road which runs along the coast Of Winthrop By the Sea just across the bay from Logan Airport and the city of Boston.
The sound of the constant roar coming from jet liners can get annoying from time to time, but after hearing the silence just after 9/11 during the grounding is a sound he considers to be more frightening. As they take a right on Loring, a very short street which leads to the coast Lance took a moment to enjoy the golden sheen given to the city skyline by the rising sun.
Lola had to raise her voice after calling for her Dad to come down the steps to the water’s edge. Lance finally hears his daughter and glances down. As they walk up to the water where you would normally see a Boston Whaler or two working their way out to open waters Lance is caught by surprise to see a Coast Guard vessel resembling a mini battle ship cruising through the channel. Just then he notices a constant sound of sirens and sees helicopters off in the distance over the city. “Daddy! Daddy! Can we throw rocks at the water?†Lance replied “Sure Sure, but just for moment.†Deciding he’ll use the time to look around and try to figure out what’s going on.
After skipping a few rocks across the tops of the choppy bay, the local Harbor Master came cruising by with what looked to be SWAT members in the boat. Deciding that this is about enough he turned to his daughter noticing the sweet innocents and wondering to himself how long that may last. “Ok, Lola let’s roll.â€
As Lance was coming to the top of the stairs that led up to the 2nd floor he could see his wife standing in front of the TV. The look on the newscaster’s faces were grim. As soon as Amy heard Lance arrive she seemed disturbed and confused “Honey, They think we’re being attacked, They’re killing governors, Police chiefs and CNN has been knock out all night.†Lance replied back “What? Who’s killing who?†Then before he could continue that annoying digitalized tone from the Emergency Alert System cut loud into the confusion both were experiencing.
“This is a message from the Emergency Alert System. This is not a test. I repeat. This is not a test. This is Tom Reilly, Director of Homeland Security. The United States of America is under attack. I repeat the United States is under Attack. Stay close to your homes and prepare to be without any public services for an extended period of time. Again this is not a Test. We are ____, then without warning silence is accompanied by a large glow off to the far west horizon. Startled their daughter grabbed both waists of her parents bringing them close. Lance pauses and thinks to himself that this can’t be happening. “This can’t be fucking happening!!â€
Fast Forward 3 days………….,
Task Force 118’s FOB is just outside of Herat Afghanistan. Since Israel’s attack on Iran’s atomic facilities in response to intelligence and thwarted terrorist attacks on its officials in the United States, the United States military has ramped up its troop numbers in Afghanistan with a deal it made with the Afghans to protect the nation from being overrun by OWA forces.
Major Stevens awaits the arrival of General Flint to be briefed on the discovery of a potentially lethal new weapon the OWA forces may be hiding in the battle torn and deserted northwest region of Iran. General Flint unfortunately will be briefing the force on the epic events that have taken place in the Homeland.
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