~~Start of Part 4~~

Late in the evening after we had finished with dinner, the phone rings again and Becky goes over and gets it. She is gone for a few minutes and then comes back in. She looks at the girls and then at me and says, “Looks like this flu thing is getting pretty bad and the Army is getting worried, they now have a full battalion up on the “Z” they are rotating out, sending in a detail cleaning crew and then bringing up a rear division unit to cover until they get they back to full combat effective strength…”

I look at the girls and at Becky… “We need to get them home, don’t we? What is the sitrep with the intel guys?” I am in full on PSD mode now and thinking there could be an airborne contaminate doing this rather than just the ‘Flu’ as North Korea has tons of biological and chemical weapons, they are not shy about using on their own population…

The girls look at me with concern on their face…Becky says, “nothing confirmed yet, but they want to make sure before they hit the full scale panic button and put things into motion that will be hard to back down from.”

I go over to the phone and call up MP HQ I Corps, and report in and tell them I need a sitrep for the Colonels detail now. A CID Agent comes on the line and asks for my “rank, detail, and Principals’ name and rank” I rattle it off for him, he says, “Hold one.” When he comes back on he says, “Currently the theater threat con has been bumped to DEFCON-3, but that is only locally. There will be a general recall of essential personnel shortly on AFN, You are located at the Intercontinental right?”

“Yes, Sir.”

“OK, do you have your TA-50 with you or not?”

“Negative for both sir.”

“Roger, I will send one of the agents by to bring you a rifle, lbe, and basic load out along with masks for you and the Colonel, You may have to take her up to the local TMC to have her do some work for MI and CDC, she has a Doc with her as well right?”

“Yes sir, Trauma Surgeon, top shelf sir.”

“Ok, I will call DSS and have them move into the suite across from you guys, so we have them together in case we need them both to do some work…Anything else you need Private?”

“yes Sir, My Stepsister and Girlfriend work with the Colonel at home and came over to visit us…can I get them out of here? They did not sign up for this shit…”

“Copy I will come over and get them personally and take them down south and put them on a free-bird to San Francisco…will that work?”

“Thank you, sir…I will fill in the Colonel. Out here.”