Page 3 of Apocalypse
Chapter Two
The sun was high inthe sky when Bane walked into the kitchen for his coffee the next morning.He saw James there at the counter.
James looked tired and very disgusted as he filled his coffee cup.
“You okay there, kid?”Bane asked.
James snapped his head up and growled at him.“Hell no, I’m not okay.After reading that manifest all fucking night, I’m truly pissed off.These bastards have been waiting for the time to be right to turn this nation into a third world country and then turn the third world countries into nothing but dust bowls.All the while, they will sit in their ivory towers, collecting the millions of dollars that people will be forced to pay them for food and water just to survive.”
Bane frowned.“That’s what this is all about?Money?”
James snorted.“And why wouldn’t it be?Everything revolves around the green, brother.You should know all about that.”
Bane just stared at him...giving him a cold penetrating look.
James swallowed hard, feeling like he’d somehow crossed a line he never saw.Shaking his head he said, “I’m sorry man, I’m tired and more than a little disgusted by what those four idiots have in mind.”
“So did you find out how they plan to do this?”Bane wanted to know.
James nodded.“One Horsemen controls the food industries by limiting the number of grains the farmers can plant.With less growing crops they will control how much we eat.Then they will poison the corn and wheat grains.So when the farmers feed that corn to their livestock the cattle and chickens will die out, limiting more of our food supplies.The wheat we make into bread and food products will start killing us and there won’t be much to eat again.”
“Then what?”Bane growled as he looked ready to punch someone out.
“Then we get a weapons runner, he’ll put weapons into anyone’s hands that can pay his price.Mr.War...Creating a Soldier of Fortune Army.They will come to our nation and reign hell down on us, killing even more of us who would stand against them.Most of us by that time won’t be armed and will not even resist the take over.”
“And the last one?”Bane asked.
“I’m sure the third horse will be the worst of all,” Bastian stated as he came in.
“Oh, he is, Boss.”James nodded his head.“This whole plan is so diabolical that even the vilest evil men will be terrified.He plans to poison the rivers so we’re going to be limited on our clean water...We all need water to survive and a lot of people will die before we realize what we’re dealing with.”
Bane was quiet for a moment then he finally said, “Do we know who these men are yet?”
“Baby steps,” Rainey/Excaliber said as she came in.“We found that Mr.Red is from Portland Maine that goes by the name of David Redding.He owns and operates a shipping company that runs weapons but we think we know how he gets them out of the country but we need confirmation.He labels the boxes as humanity supplies.Then he ships those boxes all over the world.”
James looked at Bane and said, “I have Lancelot looking into where the boxes go from the boat to make the journey to where they need to go.We should know soon.”Shaking his head he admitted, “And no one ever bothers to ask about the contents of the boxes.That’s the real crime.”
“And with that going so well, these guys could ship anything they want anywhere they want, couldn’t they?”Bane surmised.
“Just about.”James nodded in agreement.
Bane exhaled and ran his hands over the back of his head.“Sweet Jesus,” he whispered.“What about the other two?Do we know who they are yet?”
Rainey scoffed.“Baby Steps, Mr.Bane.”Raising her coffee mug at them, she left the room.
James shook his head.“Not yet but we’re trying to run them down.I think Rainey is getting close to finding Mr.Black but we need more time.”
“Just find out who they are and I will find a way to stop them.”Bane growled.“We might need some help finding that boat and proving the weapons are the humanity aid.”
“But the timing is important as well,” Bastian voiced his opinion.“If we stop one dead in his tracks, we need to stop all three.If one falls, the others can step up their timeline unless we stop all three at the same time.”
“But first we have to find them all,” James stated as he looked over at Bastian.“Like I told Bane, we found Mr.Red but we haven’t found the other two yet.”
Bastian thought for a moment then said, “Red is the color of War, Black is the color of Hunger, I would look at the top officials of the food industry.As to the Pallor of Death, what is the most important thing the whole world needs to survive?”He shook his head.“That would be water.”
