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Protocol A system of rules that explains the correct conduct and procedures to be followed in formal situations | 1 |
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A plan for a scientific experiment or for medical treatment | 1 |
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A document that describes the details of a treaty or formal agreement between countries | 1 |
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Prologue | 1 |
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I shot the first one in the face | 1 |
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It hadnt been my intention | 1 |
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It wasnt how Id been trained | 1 |
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Center mass | 1 |
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Always aim for center mass | 1 |
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It gives you the greatest chance of hitting your target the head being a smaller target | 1 |
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So when the first bullet exploded from the back of the intruders head I adjusted my aim and shot him twice in the chest | 1 |
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I probably didnt need to but it was habit | 1 |
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The dead mans accomplice raised his rifle to shoot | 1 |
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He had arms the size of tree trunks and a barrelshaped belly | 1 |
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I felt the bullet whiz by my head | 1 |
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It was so close like a bumblebee doing a flyby | 1 |
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My first shot didnt miss but neither did my second | 1 |
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He took the rounds in the chest with wide eyes | 1 |
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I could almost hear him thinking how could I get shot | 1 |
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Really how could he think that | 1 |
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He came into my house where I try to keep my wife and three kids safe and he has the balls to think no assume that he would not get shot | 1 |
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I shot him again the old anger palpable now | 1 |
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It tasted like iron nails in my mouth the reasonable me gone for the briefest moment | 1 |
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I watched the second intruder squirm for a few seconds | 1 |
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My pistol always aimed at him in case he could be stupid or strong enough to threaten my loved ones again | 1 |
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Finally he ceased all movement | 1 |
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One | 1 |
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Two | 1 |
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Three | 1 |
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Four | 1 |
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Five | 1 |
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I counted deliberately another old habit | 1 |
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My breathing slowed the adrenaline sap leaving me drained a couple of levels | 1 |
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Thats when I remembered that my two oldest children were behind me | 1 |
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It had been my daughters scream that brought me running and now when I turned to face my kids she stared at me with blank eyes | 1 |
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I wanted to run to her and hold her beautiful face against my chest | 1 |
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My sweet child the innocent one who took offense at even the most childish slight was clearly in shock | 1 |
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Most days she had the maturity of a nineteenyearold but right now she looked like a fragile little nineyearold girl | 1 |
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She was in shock but I knew she would deal with it in her own way | 1 |
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Both children had just witnessed a new reality much worse than anything they had seen before | 1 |
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Then there was my son all boy at almost seven years of age | 1 |
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He clung to his sister not out of necessity but because he sensed she needed the physical contact | 1 |
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He stared at me with a mixture of awe and trepidation like he wanted to ask me what I was thinking or how I was feeling | 1 |
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He was always asking that sort of thing | 1 |
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Funny really | 1 |
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I call him my little professor | 1 |
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Now they came to me tentatively at first then they ran into my open arms | 1 |
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My daughter wouldnt let go of my neck while my son stroked my back as if I required comforting | 1 |
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I smiled despite the dead duo mere feet from us | 1 |
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We were safe for the moment and I inhaled the innocence of my children | 1 |
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It was similar to when Id marveled at their tiny toes and fingers when they were born | 1 |
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How I wished I could go back to that time that world | 1 |
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In those days safety was a given | 1 |
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Nights werent spent with a gun at my side listening to the light snores of the children sleeping a few feet away | 1 |
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But those days were gone swept away by the violence that now threatened to envelop us again | 1 |
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I kissed my children on their heads lightly as if they might break | 1 |
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I would do anything to keep them alive for another day | 1 |
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Chapter 1 The Tennessee Zone Year 2057 | 1 |
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I pushed past the barricaded front door and took in a deep breath | 1 |
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The morning chill tickled my nose and sent shivers up my back | 1 |
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While I relished the fresh crisp air the rest of my body was tense my senses reaching out to the trees encircling our small grove | 1 |
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It had been our haven a place where the children could play in relative safety | 1 |
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However Jane or I always sat on the rickety old porch with a long rifle and shotgun protecting our children | 1 |
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The kids knew not to go far well all except for little Charlie | 1 |
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He had a gift for sniffing out trouble and at a bubbling two and a half years of age he had more than enough energy to keep us on our toes | 1 |
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but on this morning he was curled up in Janes lap | 1 |
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Sybil our oldest and Andrew our second oldest kept vigil with their mother | 1 |
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Wed waited for dawn together like we always did | 1 |
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It was hard teaching your kids that the predawn hours were the most perilous that stretch of time when silent enemies converged | 1 |
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In the old days kids slept from dusk until dawn | 1 |
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Not now | 1 |
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To me it seemed they never had | 1 |
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I took a step off the porch the ground meeting me with a squish | 1 |
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The long days of rain had finally slacked off and I was anxious to get on the move | 1 |
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Jane and I had talked about scoping out our territory | 1 |
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It had been the first attack in a while | 1 |
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We had many questions | 1 |
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We still didnt know how the two men had found us and Id expected their comrades to run to their aid but no one had come | 1 |
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That didnt mean they werent in the far tree line | 1 |
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Id done my best to keep the underbrush at bay but there were still plenty of places to hide | 1 |
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I imagined them watching me just waiting for me to make a mistake | 1 |
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As I stalked across my land I saw no movement from any direction | 1 |
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There were no other sounds beyond the spongy squishes as I walked the birds chirping and the rustling of leaves | 1 |
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Then I saw footprints | 1 |
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They were headed to the tiny cabin wed called home for the longest time | 1 |
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Since it had all happened I followed the trail back to where the prints originated automatic rifle ready | 1 |
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I followed the two pairs of boot prints those presumably from the dead men who were now stacked like firewood behind our cabin | 1 |
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I breathed a sigh of relief when I found their packs behind the tree nearest the hayfield | 1 |
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Much like their shooting technique their gear looked worn and unprofessional | 1 |
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The two packs held soiled sleeping sacks and clothes I was surprised I hadnt smelled from our cabin | 1 |
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I searched through their belongings | 1 |
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I found a tin of food pills some extra ammunition and three canteens | 1 |
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One canteen was half full of liquor probably moonshine | 1 |
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I dumped the rotgut onto the ground and kept the canteen | 1 |
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Id come back for the things later after a vigilant loop or two around my property | 1 |
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By the time I saw the sun peeking out over the trees I was certain that the two men had been alone | 1 |
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There was only one pair of tracks coming in except for the familiar deer and coyote stamps | 1 |
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As I returned to the cabin I attempted to devise a game plan | 1 |
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The kids would need to know what we were doing especially the older two | 1 |
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They were both at ages where every action was preceded by a question | 1 |
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