Time Warp by Steven Brockwell

mans domestic live stock such as chickens, ducks, pigs and so on would be the first to contact the virus, some of which might be consumed by humans infecting them in the process. Man would result in slaughtering a lot of his live stock to try and control the outbreak.”
    “You mean like foot and mouth? “ Asked Nick
    “Exactly , but on a much larger scale, once the virus starts to mutate it would then be easily transferred between mammals that’s when the trouble starts. “
    Frank paused for a break, while Jason and Nick disused the issue, “ what kind of trouble do you actually mean?” asked Nick feeling very inpatient, desperate even to try and get to the end of all of this and especially what Sonard had install for them.
    “A global food shortage, man would have to result in slaughtering cattle, pigs, you name it, and infected areas would have to be quarantined. This would eventually lead to riots, clashes with authorities, Marshall Law and most of all it would be every country or even town for its self, until the situation is under control. Some countries might even start to invade adjacent countries for their food supplies, and then of course we would be looking at a third world war. “
    “Yea that’s no problem just nuke the bastards “, said Jason smiling.
    “Don’t be stupid , if you nuke another country all you would be doing is destroying its food stock pile. No I am afraid it would have to be tactical assaults, small arms fire the normal stuff, the whole world would be turned upside down, it could even push man back to the dark ages,” answered frank.
    “And how did you figure that out? “ Asked Jason
    “ Just imagine a virus so deadly and contagious, no one would be able to come in contact with any one in fear of contacting the virus himself, the whole world might come to a standstill. Economically and even total infrastructures could collapse, leaving man in the dark, without power or fuel to keep the economy moving “, replied frank.
    Just then nick had a brain wave, frank might have just uncovered Sonard’s plans, nick rushed up to frank and gave him a big kiss on his bold patch
    “What the hell has gotten into you “, said frank pushing nick away.
    “Thanks man, you are a genius; you have just cracked the biggest code in your life “, said nick.
    Jason stared at both of them , still not having a clue as to what nick was going on about
    “Come on Jason , lets go and find Carl he’s not going to believe this when we tell him“.
    Nick and Jason were about to leave, as they approached the front door they heard a clamping sound, it seemed that someone from the outside had affixed something on the other side of the door. Frank looked towards the surveillance screen, it was blank someone had disabled it from the outside . Jason turned to nick, they quickly moved from behind the door just in time as an explosion ripped through the hallway, blowing the door off its hinges. The explosion stunned Nick, Jason reacted quickly, and pulled his revolver from behind his jacket, he quickly pulled on the cock slide slipping a shell into the chamber. Jason turned to the corner and saw two men just about to enter franks apartment, Jason instantly fell to floor and let off three rounds into the two men’s direction. One of the men grasped his chest as two slugs pierced his lungs almost instantly, he fell to the floor, the third bullet entered the second mans shoulder, forcing him to drop his weapon.
    Jason approached him kicking his gun towards the side, “don’t move! And keep your hands where I can see them “; Jason yelled to the man, “Ok, ok “he replied.
    The man slouched forward, Jason knew better and stepped backwards as the assailant tried to reach inside his jacked, hoping Jason would fail to notice his intentions, only it was all in vain. Jason squeezed the trigger one more time, the bullet entered the man’s forehead, it exited taking the back part of his skull completely off, his body