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Drone Strikes: A Short Story

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Click The year is 2097. The entire west coast of the United States of America has been scorched by Chinese nukes and drone strikes. This was all over a U.S. cyber attack on Chinese government websites, and hacking all of the Chinese search browsers and removing all of the censors on them. The U.N. somehow thought that this was fair, so they forced a peace agreement between the two countries, which China happily agreed to. The U.S. eventually “agreed”, but they had a different plan in mind. Revenge….. … Karl sat at home watching tv. He was relaxing after another hard day sweeping up trash at the millitary base. These days, every city had one, each with a different codename. He worked in the Altus section of the base, the largest area with …show more content…

He looked out of the window to see what it was. He saw 3 figures moving what looked like boxes of cleaning supplies, food, or computers and other technology of the sort into their supply shed. They were running low on cleaning supplies, so he didnt think much of it. the next day he walked into the shed to grab some glass cleaner, but something happened that shouldnt have. He walked into the wrong shed, and this mistake changed his life forever. He saw a big computer screen with a map of the ENAU, and all of the millitary bases. They were represented by small black dots. However, some were much larger, and had the letters “NS” under them. There was a keyboard and a mouse as well, and a big button that said “LAUNCH ALL” under it. There was also a letter on the desk that …show more content…

At first, he was confused. But then he realized that it was his birthday! He was so excited that he rushed out of bed, threw open the door, and ran straight into Joshua Peeters. “Hello, sir” he said. “I don’t want to be rude, but why are you in full uniform? It’s 7 am”. Peeters gravely said “Karl, we need to talk. Please go inside.” At this moment, Karl knew it was all over. He sat down in the chair, hoping for the best. “Karl, I’m sorry that someone has to tell you this, but I regret to inform you that your family back in the Minnesota region was killed by a Chinese airstrike. I’m sorry for your loss, and if there is

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