Chapter 3 fall of man dawn of a new age Rewrite by Raven Fox
?This is chapter 3 of the rewrite, I am writing. John get's Joe to assist him, in looking for answers.
To what happen, and they continue the grim task of cleaning up the mess. Shelly has a surprise for Joe
at the end of the chapter.
Fall of man dawn of a new age: chapter 3 searching for answers
Joe drove first to his RV to check on it, everything seemed ok. There was no signs of any body
messing with it. Joe talked to a few friends at the trailer park the he lived in, and they were in a state of shock
in what happen yesterday. His friends thought he was one of the fatalities, they were glad he was
ok. He told them that, He was at Shelly's place when it happen. he packed a couple of days, of fresh clothes and
locked his place, then drove to Shelly's place.
"How are you doing Joe?" Shelly asked as he walked in to her place and hugged and kissed her.
"I am ok, they told me we might be doing this detail for another three days" As he set's his pack
down.
"What's that?" as she stared at the pack Joe brought in. "I brought some clothing to work on, I got
to modify it so it will fit me. I got to shorten the pant legs and put in a tail flap." Joe replied.
"I'll do it, and don't worry about that you are taking advantage of me. Oh how's your neck?" Shelly asked.
"It's fine, it stopped being stiff around noon like it never happened." Joe said.
She grabbed his clothing bag, and walked to her sewing machine stand and open a drawer,
pulled out a pair of scissors and a tailors tape. She walked up to him "Joe, just undress to your under wear
and t-shirt." She measured his waist and in seam of his leg. "You are down to a 28 inch leg and 29
inch waist.
"Well good and bad, I use to be a 34 waist, my leg in seam was a 33. I don't mind losing fat, but
shrinking in height." Joe said shaking his head.
"Joe, I don't care how tall you are. I just like the way you are, just keep being my friend." She did
the changes to his clothing. "I say you got the better end of the deal, you don't half to buy a new
wardrobe like me. One thing got's me puzzled, for what happen this morning, you should still be
experiencing some pain in your neck."
"I guess, I am a quick at healing injuries" Joe teased.
"That worries me, you are 35 years old and something like that happening to you should take at least one week to heal,
not ten hours" she finished one pair and started work on the other pair. "I'll repeat myself you got lucky, on the clothing
issue."
Joe looked at her, she was right. Right now the only thing can wear at the moment is those sweats
of hers. She had at least four sets that he knew of.
"Any word of who is running the stores?" Joe asked.
"Yeah Joe, It's like the 1940's, guys are doing the burial detail and the women, are running the
store's and businesses that are ok to run at the moment." Shelly answered looking at Joe.
"What are you stuck with?" as Joe tried the fit of the first pair of pants.
"Banking and accounting, somebody's got to move money around." She took one of his t-shirts and removed her bra
that doesn't fit any more and put on the t-shirt. "I got a call from John, that why I am doing this." She grabbed one
of Joe's regular shirts and put it on. She had to leave the top two buttons undone.
"These pair fit nicely, thank you." Joe looked at her, she as she finished up the second pair. His shirt looks better on her
than on him.
"Ok Joe try these pair." she watched as Joe tried the second pair, she was looking at his erection as he was changing.
"I guess you like how your clothes look on me" she smiled.
"Can't help it, it's got a mind of it's own." Joe teased.
"That's what they all say" she patted his butt. The door bell ringed, she answered the door. John
and Jill were standing in the doorway. There were two others with them, a male siamese cat with
brown coloring and the blue eyes. A female with seal coloring (grayish) with black shoulder length
hair.
"Joe, this is Jose and Lynn. They are a couple of friends of mine and we are going to need their
help tonight."
"For what?" Joe looked at the two new comers.
"I think that building exploding Thursday night, has something to do for what's happening
around the world" said Jose slightly hissing his words.
"Joe, you know computers, maybe you can help us get some info out of that building" John
looked at him. Joe looked over at Shelly, she shot a scowl look at John.
"The law enforcement is stretch pretty thin, but the parts of the office is still standing at that
building"said Lynn.
"Joe if there is a police presence at the sight, well abort the mission" John calmly said.
"You better!" growled Shelly.
They all got in John's van, and drove to the building, but they parked a block from the place. There
was no police or any other law enforcement at the remains. There was only the entry offices left of the
labs. They entered through the rubble of the loading dock area, Jose and Lynn guided us in the dark.
They got in to one admin offices, found a intact computer. Joe removed the hard drive and hooked
his laptop to it. Joe copied the info on it and reinstalled it, Joe also copied around twenty cd-ROMS and put
them back. "Boy I am lucky I brought this external hard drive, John that's all we can do here." Joe said shutting
off his lap top.
"Look at this" Shelly pointed at a file marked BERSERKER FORCE. Joe thumbed through it, he went in to
a closet and with his digital camera. Joe came out five minutes later looking angry.
"I can't believe it, first our factory jobs. Now fighting the wars, they want to do it cheaper" Joe's
lips were up showing his teeth. "Let's get the fuck out here!" Joe threw the file back on the desk.
They explored the remains of the lab. Joe walked into the remains of the loading dock. He saw a another
folder, he thumbed through it. The contents had ten papers and fifteen pictures. Joe looked at the pictures,
he felt a chill. Five were marked DECEASED, the other ten showed before and after. He recognized the picture
of the wolf that bit him yesterday while he was still human.
Joe saw five cages in the rubble. He walked toward them, he saw four dead anthro's and the fifth cage the door was
opened. He looked at the sign, his blood ran cold, the sign read BERSERKER. "My god, I hope I don't become a
monster like him. From what I read on that file, they inflict pain without showing mercy." Joe started shivering uncontrollably.
He regained his composure, he read thru the packet again. "Those poor people, why did they do this. I guess I'll never
know. I fix machinery, not try to alter nature. I'll never understand scientists." Joe put down the file, he was going to copy
it. He decided not to. He walked to rejoin the others, rubbing his left hand. He can feel the brief pain of the bite, when he
thinks about it.
They returned to Shelly's place. They were pulled over for breaking the new curfew rule in place, they were given a warning.
Joe hooked his lap top to Shelly's large LCD TV with a cable he had. So the other's can see the data from the computer.
They were shocked, so was Joe. He got a good look of the file and he was still was worried about himself.
"I am not going to do this again" As Joe looked in to the computer files. "They wanted obedient
solider's to do the fighting for them, and almost no pay."
"Come on, there is a constitutional amendment against slavery?" Jose looked at Joe, with his
ears flatten, and his eyes were squinted. He was pissed off.
"Yeah, that's for human being's" John said with a feral look. "I think that there is half human
and half whatever, they can use a legal loop hole, use anthro's for doing there dirty work for them."
"But it turned around and bit them in the asss" hissed Lynn.
"All right every body calm down!" snapped Shelly. "What's happen, happen, we are not going
to fight among are selves's." "Joe, we got to get this to the president some how, with out her knowing
it was us."
"Well, we did not take any hard copies. The stuff is still in that office, I do a anonymous phone
call to the white house does anybody have the oval offices phone number" Joe looked at five shaking
heads. "I'll find a way of letting her know were to find the answers"
It was late, to avoid any more surprises they all stayed at Shelly's place. She had Joe sleep in the
bed with her, Joe didn't mind it one bit. She wrapped her arms and legs around him and held him tight.
And he was saying to her, that he was sorry, for almost losing it.
The next day was a another day of the burial detail. Eddie was in charge of Joe and John again, Joe asked him
if the mail service up and running. Joe was told in three to five days.
"Just be glad there is electricity and water." Eddie said to them
They were taken to a section in north Everett at a strip mall. Joe and John talked very little of
what happen last night. During a lunch break, Joe told him about what was in the file that got him mad.
They were going to downsized the military, and replace the personal they cut with anthropomorphic
felines and canines. The ones that were badly wounded they were to be destroyed and replaced with
somebody else, just like that, no disability pension.
Unknown to Joe and John, Jose walked up to Eddie and talked to him for a few minutes. Eddie walked away and made a
phone call. Over at Shelly's apartment, a bobcat used a key to get in. He knew Shelly was taking a load of her stuff
to a location. He walked up to a laptop computer, he hooked a cable to it. He turned on his laptop and turned on Joe's.
He copied the hard drive on Joe's laptop, along with the external hard drive. "Shelly, I am sorry for going into your
place. But your aunt wants this data to. Because she knows, Joe will get this stuff to the president soon." He turns
off Joe's lap top and turns off his. He places stuff back to the way it was and locked the door. He walks up to a
black Suburban and got in.
They finished that day, Joe went to his truck. There was a black 1969 chevy camaro parked
blocking his truck. There was Shelly still wearing his shirt and t-shirt, leaning against his truck.
"Joe, I know you don't like apartments" she turned, the shirt was she was wearing, was unbuttoned the t-shirt was
stretched Joe can see the details of her breasts "Please come live with me in the house, I just got"
"What about my RV?" Joe looked at her, his RV was a gift to him by his parents. Along with his
truck.
"The place I got has a parking spot for it, plus it has a two car garage" She looked at Joe with
those light blue eyes.
"How did you get it and afford it?" Joe asked.
"My bank reposed it a couple of months ago, They accepted my offer yesterday. I just got done
moving in, so Joe please come live with me?" She look at Joe.
"Sure, I'll come live with you. That RV of mine has to small of shower in it." she hugged him and
Joe followed her home.
Three down and one to go. I filled in the blanks of how Shelly's aunt got the data and how
Shelly knew about anthro's. It kinda hint's that Joe doesn't read much of it and Shelly must
of studied it while Joe was gone. I hope you guys and gals like these rewrites.
Raven Fox