Creative Story: Death Cload 2100 hours, Captain James S. Steward of the United States Air or!

e straps on his "#suit and $oes over his mission %riefin$s one last time. &e wal's out into the han$er and awaits his !hariot. (he S)#*1 +la!'%ird, the fastest plane in the world with it,s twin tur%ine en$ines and sli!' %la!' radar a%sor%ent s'in ma'e him a flyin$ shadow in the air. &is mission, to fly a !overt re!onnaissan!e mission over -os!ow, the heart of the USS) .ntelli$en!e %elieve that the )ussians have a %uild up of nu!lear missile silos around the !apitol. /ith the Cu%an missile !risis at hand, the United States !annot let their $uard down on a snea' atta!' from the Communists. 0Another sui!ide#run,0 says Captain Steward to his fli$ht maintainer. 01es, sir,0 replies the private. Captain Steward s2uee3es into his !o!'pit seat li'e a sardine in a !an. 4ittle swit!hes, $au$es, and %uttons em%ellish the !o!'pit, ea!h with a !ru!ial part in flyin$ the air!raft. 0)eady to ro!' n, roll.0 Steward pulls the +la!'%ird out of the han$er li'e a !um%ersome 5ldsmo%ile, %ut only this spe!ial 5ldsmo%ile !an travel over twi!e the speed of sound undete!ted %y enemy radar. /ith a push of the throttle the twin# tur%ine en$ines roar with authority. (he %ird ta'es fli$ht disappearin$ into the ni$ht s'ies evanes!ently. (he only si$n that it e6ists is the trademar' soni! %oom as it passes the sound %arrier. After appro6imately seven hours fli$ht time and two in#fli$ht re# fuelin$s, the +la!'%ird rea!hes its destination, -os!ow, )ussia. (he thermal ima$in$ !amera, lo!ated in the %ird,s hull, depi!ts the radioa!tivity from nu!lear silos as %ri$ht yellow and oran$e %lo%s on the terrain. (he ima$es show seas of yellow throu$hout -os!ow. (he !ity resem%les a $iant missile %ase up and

operational. Captain Steward pulls a 170 and heads for home with si!' eerie feelin$ in his stoma!h. After a lon$ !omprehensive study of the re!on ima$es, the United States order an in!rease in their produ!tion of their nu!lear missiles to !ounter# atta!' any offensive the )ussians have planned. Silos sprout li'e weeds throu$hout the United States and the 8resident $ave the order for Def!on 2. (he !ountry falls in a state of pani!, as they slip one step !loser to a nu!lear holo!aust. 5n the other side of the Atlanti!, the USS) noti!es the nu!lear %uild up in the United States. .n fear of an preemptive stri'e, the Communist fuel and prepare their %irds 9ust in !ase. (his pre#war a!t resem%les a !hess $ame: one side ma'es and move and the other !ounters it until %oth sides end up 'illin$ all their pie!es. +oth !ountries fall into a stalemate, waitin$ for the other to ma'e the first fatal move. (ensions mount as the stand off !ontinues for wee's. 5n a !lear Sunday mornin$ 0*00 hours, )ussian radar pi!'s up an Ameri!an U# 2 spy plane 9ust finishin$ a routine re!on mission. (he )ussians ta'e this as a national threat and a violation of their air#spa!e. So it %e$ins. (he )ussians ma'e the first !ru!ial move, laun!hin$ twenty#four nu!lear armed missles on populated !ities s!attered throu$hout Ameri!a. Strate$i! !ities li'e /ashin$ton DC, 4os An$eles, ;ew 1or', Chi!a$o, and Dallas fall amon$ the list of tar$ets. Ameri!an satellites pi!' up the laun!h, for!in$ them into Def!on 1. (he United States !ounter#atta!'s with a wave of their own missiles aimed throu$hout )ussia. (he missiles ta'e the air li'e a swarm of %ees, with a stin$er !apa%le of 'illin$ millions within se!onds upon impa!t. Somewhere over the Atlanti! the )ussian missles and the Ameri!an missles pass ea!h other %y. (he missiles home into their pre#determined tar$ets with no mer!y and no hesitation. (he impa!t of a sin$le warhead !reates a trem%le that measure 2.< on the )i!hter s!ale. (he %last#wave radiates hundreds of miles wipin$ out everythin$ in its path. &ouses

and %uildin$ %low over as if !onstru!ted of paper. o%literation within a matter of se!onds.

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(he vi!tims of the %last#wave do not even have the time to hear their own s!ream. =veryone within a hundred miles of the detention sees a flash and instantaneously they disiner$rate into a mea$er pile of $ray ashy dust. (hose who did not die immediately upon impa!t suffer radiation poisonin$. Any person within two#hundred miles of the %last suffer radiation %urns so severe that the s'in si33les li'e %a!on . Some vi!tims sprout a third arm and mutate into un# human !reatures, li'e teena$e mutant turtles. After several hours of e6posure, the vi!tim,s s'in melts into a li2uid state and they $o into !onvulsions. )adiation poisonin$ saturates their internal or$ans and the %ody re9e!ts them. (he %ody,s own innate instin!t to flush out forei$n o%9e!ts !auses vi!tim to vomit their own internal or$ans. -oments %efore death the vi!tim,s eye s shrivel up li'e sun#%a'ed raisons. (his nu!lear holo!aust !laims %illions of lives. +oth !ountries literally $low li'e a ni$ht#li$ht from the radiation. (he mushroom !louds, the only thin$ left, %lan'et the =arth. (he !louds mas' the Sun restri!tin$ li$ht to rea!h the surfa!e. A!id rain pours out of the radioa!tive !louds and eat away the 5#3one layer. Ultra#violet rays %a'e the =arth li'e a mi!rowave (> dinner. (he surfa!e temperature rea!hes a s!or!hin$ two#hundred de$rees. (he polar i!e poles and two#thirds of water that on!e !over the =arth, evaporate leavin$ the lands!ape na'ed. or tens of thousands of years our =arth !annot support life all %e!ause the hands of man. (he upraise in humanity results in the annihilation of the human ra!e and of the world. /e !reated our own demise : we !reated our own Doomsday.