Manhunter Revelations (9 page)

"Boss I want to introduce you to Ms. Sessa
and Sheriff Connelly of the village of Woodspirit, of the Northwest
Sector”

The Northwest Sector. During the recovery of
the United States after the plague, it was determined that there
were far too few people left and far too many cities in the country
that was for the most part deserted and somewhat uninhabitable. The
country since that time had been restructured into eight gigantic
sectors: The Northwest Sector, Southwest Sector, North Midwest
Sector, South Midwest Sector, North Mideast Sector, South Mideast
Sector, Northeast Sector, and Southeast Sector. The previous state
lines and boundaries were abolished and the new American nation was
formed called the "United Sectors Of America.” Twelve Mega Cities
were also built, two to each costal sector, and one to each
interior sector. Most of the new Mega Cities were built over the
bones of previous large cities whose location was important. There
were also a few hundred smaller villages and towns in each sector.
The old state of Alaska was now a country of it’s own. During the
plague the military presence in the state did an outstanding job of
isolating the state from the rest of North America. Since that time
the residents of that state choose not to remain a part of the new
United Sectors. This was due in part to the new industrial and
transportation systems, which had been built years prior to the
plague. This new industrial and transportation systems made the
state fully accessible and independent. Due to limited resources
the new United Sectors decided to let the state go. The state of
Hawaii however, because of its isolation in the pacific ocean,
became one of the strongholds of the previous United States
government even though most of the population on the islands were
also infected and most died. During the battle against the plague,
the islands became the jump off point for the Antarctic naval
blockade fleet. After the plague had been eradicated, the islands
were set up and became a huge military base for the new United
Sectors. It was no longer a vacation spot for the people. About
twenty years after the plague, as part of the country rebuilding
efforts all of the previous uninhabited large cities that existed
before the plague was ordered by the new government to be
demolished and returned to the wild. This as well as rebuilding the
country infrastructure established work for most of the remaining
population, and the work was still ongoing today. The new Mega
Cities was built to be what was now called earth friendly, and no
building was to be taller than three stories high, and most of
those was for local government and business use. Most residential
buildings were one to two stories high or privately built homes.
The cities would be built outward, not upward. As a result, the
Mega Cities resembled very large suburban areas more than they
resembled cities. People today still had an inbred fear of living
clustered together with too many people, and living in skyscrapers
was almost a maniacal fear. During the Antarctic plague, people
living in skyscrapers were the first to get affected and die due to
the closeness they had with their neighbors. The established norm
now was for most private houses to be built an average of a quarter
to half a mile or more apart from each other. Even office and
industrial buildings had a great deal of space between them This
fact greatly contributed to the growth of the Mega Cities outward.
The new government was also greatly reduced. During the plague it
was found that the large size of the government hindered the
country's efforts in battling the plague, and the recovery
afterwards. As a result, the government is now structured as
such:

*United Sectors President, and Supreme
Commander Of the Military Forces

*United Sectors Counselor, Main advisor to
the President

*United Sectors Country Council, which
consisted of four delegates from each sector for a total of
thirty-four government officials running the country. Succession in
the event of the death or incapacity of the President went to the
Senior Council Member and so on. The Country Council was
responsible for creating and passing all laws for the civilian
populace and the military. These council members had a support
staff to help them in the performance of their duties.

*United Sectors Judicial Council, which
consisted of eight delegates, one from each sector and whose
primary responsibility was to judge the legality of all laws
proposed by the Country Council. They approved or disapproved all
new laws. As such, these individuals was appointed to, or if
necessary removed from their seats by the same voting method as the
President and other government officials. These judges also had
support staff to help them in the performance of their duties.

*United Sectors Legal Corps, which handles
all legal prosecutions in the country's courtrooms.

*United Sectors Police Force, which provided
all law enforcement duties country wide for the civilian
population, primarily in the Mega Cities and the countryside. They
were equipped with the same equipment as a military command, which
was considered by the new government to be essential in the
performance of its duties. This at first caused some fears of
dictatorial rule over the populace by the government . Yet during
the country's recovery from the Antarctic Plague, the military did
such an outstanding job in restoring order, that most of the
populace accepted wholeheartedly the idea of a national police
force. Most of the smaller villages if they wanted to, had the
authority to establish local sheriffs for local law enforcement.
Some did, although most relied on the USPF for police duties.
Amazingly the USPF consisted of around 140,000 personnel with a
support staff of 16,000 civilians. This made the USPF a larger
force than the USMF. Yet tasked with patrol and safety of the
country, it was vastly under manned.

*Mega Cities was governed by a City
Administrator, Vice Administrator, and fifteen Counselors. The
smaller villages around them were governed in a similar fashion
although to a much lesser degree.

Feeling that the government had been too
exposed on the east coast, the seat of the government was moved to
the former military base located at the formerly named Colorado
Springs, Colorado. That whole area for fifty miles around was
isolated and used exclusively for the government's use. A new White
House and Capital Building was built to accommodate the new
government. Support buildings for the related governmental needs
were also built. The old Washington D.C Area was declared a
National Treasure and the buildings and surrounding area was
maintained by support personnel stationed there. All federal
government officials were elected by the country's population, and
all Mega City officials was elected by each cities population. This
also held true for the hundreds of smaller villages around the
country. There was no convoluted voting process. Each government
official was elected purely by popular vote only. All officials
whether at the federal level, or any government level below, was
elected for a term of five years, and could be re-elected for a
total of three terms. These laws were established to ensure that
those government officials who did a good job would have three
terms to continue to do so. Those government officials who did not
do a good job were voted out as the people no longer had any
tolerance for inept officials. The concept of capitalism still
worked with one major exception. You could prosper as much as
possible, as long as the process of doing so was strictly legal.
Any corporation, corporate individual, government official, or
private citizen who was caught getting rich by any illegal means
was prosecuted and the penalty for such crimes was death. In fact
committing such a crime was considered the same criminal offense as
the new classification of crimes called humanicide, which covered
rape, child molestation, kidnapping or any crime committed against
another human. The penalty for any of these crimes was now death.
There was now only one military branch, called the United Sectors
Military Forces, which consisted of a series of Commands. The main
commands under the USMF were:

*USMF Aerospace Command (USMFAC) which
included the former U.S. Air Force and

NASA. They are responsible for all aerospace
research and space projects.

*USMF Naval and Air Command (USMFNAC), which
was the former U.S. Navy. They

were now responsible for all naval and air
defenses.

*USMF Warriors Command (USMFWC) which
included the former U.S. Army and

Marines and which is the largest of the
commands.

*USMF Intelligence Command (USMFIC), which is
responsible for all military and foreign

intelligence gathering.

*U.S. Science and Tech Command which is
responsible for all science and military

weapons research.

*U.S. Logistics Command which handles all
aspects of equipment and supplies for the

all the military commands and also for the
U.S. Police Force.

*U.S. Military Law Command which handled all
aspects of military law from

investigations to prosecutions within the
military.

The military was now a very streamlined force
consisting of between 95,000 to 120,000 Military personnel, with a
support personnel of around 9,000 civilians. This was due in part
in advances of automation and computer technologies, which allowed
fewer personnel to accomplished the needed tasks. The coordination
between the branches was now top notch and efficient. Yet
throughout all of these changes we had to adjust to, all of us
still considered ourselves Americans.

Snapping out of my spell I advanced and shook
the hand of the Sheriff who rose to greet me. After shaking the
sheriff's hand, the woman spoke.

"I am sorry for the strong emotional feelings
you both are experiencing now. It is a genetic condition of my
people and it effects humans we are around in the way you are
feeling. Normally we can control such and there are no effects on
any humans we are near. I apologize however as I have been under a
huge stressful situation for some time now and my control is
somewhat compromised at this time. I have a serum here that will
alleviate the emotional turmoil in both of you to a manageable
level”

In her hand she held two small bottles with a
clear liquid in it similar to a cider. Looking at her suspiciously
I started to tell her no thank you, when Yolanda spoke up.

"It's okay boss. I have heard of Ms. Sessa's
people before. The liquid in the bottle will help”

Saying that Yolanda took the bottle and drunk
it's contents before I could object.

"Yolanda, are you sure what you just drunk is
harmless?"

"Yes boss. Some years ago I was part of a
multi-national strategy group where one of our discussions was on
the genetic changes that had effected some members of humanity from
the Antarctic plague many years ago, and our future plans to deal
with them and any new ones which may crop up in the future. During
this discussion we were briefed by the government on a special
group of people whose identity and existence had been kept ultra
secret. The select group of us there, were to be briefed on these
individuals and their particular abilities. We would also meet one
of these unique individuals during the meeting, but was strongly
warned of some type of severe physical reaction to them. We would
then be required to drink this brown liquid to counter this effect.
Our first thoughts was that maybe they were somehow a biohazard to
us, but we found out afterwards that was not the case. For security
reasons which are still in effect, I can't tell you who or how many
of us were there, but when the woman from these unique people
entered the room we all felt the same effect you are experiencing
now. Some of the men had to be physically restrained. We were
informed that the liquid we were to drink would greatly reduce this
severe reaction to this woman which it did."

Looking at the woman, Yolanda asked,

"You are a Muraiin, are you not?"

Showing her surprise, the woman introduced as
Sessa answered.

"Yes I am. I am surprised however to see that
you know of my people. Your government has assured us that our
existence would be kept top secret”

"It was, and to my knowledge it still is. As
I stated, I was introduced to your people

before. The woman, who introduced herself as
Yelesa fully briefed us on your people and some of your unique
abilities. To be honest, even after the severe physical reaction we
had to her at first, we found her explanation of your people a
little hard to believe”

At this point, both women looked over at me
and both were smiling.

"I am impressed boss. I figured you would
have tried to seduce Ms Sessa by now. I strongly suggest you drink
a bottle of the liquid. The effects as I understand them will only
get stronger if you don't”

By this time I was staring at this strange
woman and my mind was beginning to get very cloudy with my desire
for her. My manhood at this point would have been able to break a
diamond if needed. The woman, looking at me decided it would be
safer to hand the liquid to Yolanda to give to me. Yolanda had to
jolt me a couple of times to get my attention, and practically had
to force me to drink the liquid. I gained enough of my sanity back
to drink the liquid and immediately felt the effects of my strong
desire begin to recede. After a few seconds I was again able to
think clearly and move functionally.

"Someone had better tell me what the hell
just happened to me”

"What you just felt is what my people call
Eurola. It is the strong sexual desire humans have to members of my
race”

"Your race? What do you mean, to members of
your race"? Are you telling me your people aren't human?"