C A S E U LT R A
THE QUIET WARS SAGA
ISSUE
11
he old man hadn’t heard a soul in days. If it wasn’t for the special feeding tubes attached to his
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body he would have died by now. It’s not like he was getting many visitors before, but he’d kill to hear the sound of something other than the creaks of the building and the drip from his feeding tube. He wondered how long the drips would continue before everything was silence, including him. Suddenly his universe exploded. He could hear a large door opening somewhere further down the facility and his first instinct was to call out but his mouth was dry and all that came from it was the slightest whimper. He tried moving his body to kick something or rattle his chains but he was too weak. Just as his heart sank and he accepted his fate the sounds of footsteps echoed closer. Someone was coming towards him! The face of a man peered through the dusty glass window of the door and spotted the old man. He tried pushing it open but it was locked. After a few seconds the sounds of bullets erupted and smoke drifted up to the sky. The door creaked open and the man entered the room. He was dressed in combat gear but wore a white bandana around his forehead. He called out to someone down the hall, “I found one!” He walked over to the old man, took a good look at him and shook his head. “I’m sorry they did this to you old man. Don’t worry, we’re here to help,
we’re the good guys. How long have you been down here? Do you know what’s happened recently?” The old man tried to speak again and managed one word, “No.” “Well, the tide has turned my friend. The Merchants of Chaos suffered a major loss. We took out their big television programming station and people are beginning to wake up. It started with a brave guy on the inside who sacrificed himself for the cause. As soon as that happened everything moved faster and we’re starting to have real victories now. Our numbers have been increasing and any day now we can finally win this war. Ain’t that exciting news old man!?” The old man smiled and a tear fell from his left eye. “Yeah, it’s just a matter of time now. Those bastards don’t have long. I didn’t tell you the best part, did I?” The old man shook his head. “We got an unstoppable weapon — a highly, super, top secret, mind-blowing, earth-shattering kind of weapon. It’s going to change this whole game up. I know, I know, you’re probably thinking, if it’s so top secret, how do I know about it, right? Well, I’m a top secret kind of guy. I got friends in high places, believe it or not. Anyhow, this weapon we got is going to do some major damage to the enemy — completely wipe them off the face of the map. Only problem is we’re looking for somebody that knows how to work
the damn thing. So we’re searching for this super important scientist guy. Any chance that’s you?” The old man smiled a wide grin and nodded. “Ha, ha! I thought that was the case. Come on old man, you’re going to make a lot of people down at the base real happy, especially that granddaughter of yours — she still hasn’t let go of that teddy bear.”
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