Tomorrow’s Past: The Raid
Chapter 1
Marcus and Kim both lingered, looking at the photo of David which Jocelyn had displayed for them. It had only been a few weeks and David was already looking malnourished. They must barely be giving them enough food to sustain them. They could also see several bruises on his face and arms.
“Jocelyn, where is this picture being taken?” asked Marcus.
“It was taken just outside of the Broken Arrow Air Force Base near Tulsa, Oklahoma,” she said.
“You don’t have video footage of this?” he asked.
“No. Currently, the cameras working in this area are set to time lapse only. The picture will refresh every thirty seconds,” she said.
As soon as Jocelyn finished answering him, Kim said, “Let’s go get him. Going back home would only slow us down. We have plenty of ammo and we already have a good head start in that direction.”
“Hold on Kim. We don’t know anything about where he is being held. We don’t need to rush this and get us all killed,” said Marcus thoughtfully. “Jocelyn, how far away is his location?”
“If you travel by highway, it will be between six hundred and seven hundred miles. I am plotting a course as we speak,” she said.
“You want to go back home before we head that way?!” said Kim raising her voice.
“Calm down. I didn’t say that. You are right. That would just waste time but we need to have a strategy and plan ahead so we don’t walk into a trap. Let’s see what Jocelyn comes up with and go from there,” he said.
It took a couple of minutes but finally Jocelyn had plotted a course for getting there and it wasn’t pretty. With the detours and obstacles along the way, it was over eight hundred miles and it could take up to five days travelling to get there. Jocelyn pointed out that in some places the fastest you could drive was around ten miles per hour.
Before they made a decision, Marcus had Jocelyn analyze the base. She was able to display the entire layout of the whole area along with all the security measures that were in place. A majority of the base was covered with a Force Canopy. Further out was one of the invisible perimeter fences that Marcus had dealt with before. They had vegetable gardens set up between the canopy and perimeter fence. The gardens were being worked by approximately ten to twelve prisoners at different times. Six prisoners alternated every three days to work the gardens. It looked like maybe they were working on a winter crop. Running scans of the entire base, Jocelyn was able to determine that there were approximately a total of twenty-two to twenty-five prisoners. They were being held by a total of forty-one captors.
After some discussion, Kim and Marcus came to the conclusion that the best way to break David out would be to get him when it was his day to work the gardens. Although, in Marcus’ opinion, it looked like the hardest part would be to actually make it there. Marcus and Kim kept debating on how they should proceed for the next thirty minutes.
“It’s just so far away that it might pay us to go back home, set up a plan, and head back to Oklahoma. I know it might take us an extra week but we wouldn’t be going in blind,” said Marcus.
“I know. You are right. It’s just so frustrating now that we know where he is located. I just wish there was a way for us to travel faster. If we had a pilot it would be great. We could track down a plane or helicopter and get there quick,” she said.
“Yeah, you are right. I just…,”
“Marcus,” Jocelyn interrupted. “With the new access I have to several of the military bases, I can bring a fully operational Black Falcon helicopter to your location. There are several in the database that are fully automated and fully armed. Would you like me to fly one in?”
Marcus and Kim looked at one another and they both said in unison, “YES!”
“How long will it take
Chapter 1
Marcus and Kim both lingered, looking at the photo of David which Jocelyn had displayed for them. It had only been a few weeks and David was already looking malnourished. They must barely be giving them enough food to sustain them. They could also see several bruises on his face and arms.
“Jocelyn, where is this picture being taken?” asked Marcus.
“It was taken just outside of the Broken Arrow Air Force Base near Tulsa, Oklahoma,” she said.
“You don’t have video footage of this?” he asked.
“No. Currently, the cameras working in this area are set to time lapse only. The picture will refresh every thirty seconds,” she said.
As soon as Jocelyn finished answering him, Kim said, “Let’s go get him. Going back home would only slow us down. We have plenty of ammo and we already have a good head start in that direction.”
“Hold on Kim. We don’t know anything about where he is being held. We don’t need to rush this and get us all killed,” said Marcus thoughtfully. “Jocelyn, how far away is his location?”
“If you travel by highway, it will be between six hundred and seven hundred miles. I am plotting a course as we speak,” she said.
“You want to go back home before we head that way?!” said Kim raising her voice.
“Calm down. I didn’t say that. You are right. That would just waste time but we need to have a strategy and plan ahead so we don’t walk into a trap. Let’s see what Jocelyn comes up with and go from there,” he said.
It took a couple of minutes but finally Jocelyn had plotted a course for getting there and it wasn’t pretty. With the detours and obstacles along the way, it was over eight hundred miles and it could take up to five days travelling to get there. Jocelyn pointed out that in some places the fastest you could drive was around ten miles per hour.
Before they made a decision, Marcus had Jocelyn analyze the base. She was able to display the entire layout of the whole area along with all the security measures that were in place. A majority of the base was covered with a Force Canopy. Further out was one of the invisible perimeter fences that Marcus had dealt with before. They had vegetable gardens set up between the canopy and perimeter fence. The gardens were being worked by approximately ten to twelve prisoners at different times. Six prisoners alternated every three days to work the gardens. It looked like maybe they were working on a winter crop. Running scans of the entire base, Jocelyn was able to determine that there were approximately a total of twenty-two to twenty-five prisoners. They were being held by a total of forty-one captors.
After some discussion, Kim and Marcus came to the conclusion that the best way to break David out would be to get him when it was his day to work the gardens. Although, in Marcus’ opinion, it looked like the hardest part would be to actually make it there. Marcus and Kim kept debating on how they should proceed for the next thirty minutes.
“It’s just so far away that it might pay us to go back home, set up a plan, and head back to Oklahoma. I know it might take us an extra week but we wouldn’t be going in blind,” said Marcus.
“I know. You are right. It’s just so frustrating now that we know where he is located. I just wish there was a way for us to travel faster. If we had a pilot it would be great. We could track down a plane or helicopter and get there quick,” she said.
“Yeah, you are right. I just…,”
“Marcus,” Jocelyn interrupted. “With the new access I have to several of the military bases, I can bring a fully operational Black Falcon helicopter to your location. There are several in the database that are fully automated and fully armed. Would you like me to fly one in?”
Marcus and Kim looked at one another and they both said in unison, “YES!”
“How long will it take
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