Free Omega Pathogen: The Beginning by J.G. Hicks Jr

Omega Pathogen: The Beginning
     
    Published by J.G. Hicks, Jr.
    at Smashwords
     
    Copyright 2014, 2015 J.G. Hicks, Jr.
     
    All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of quotations in review, without permission in writing from the author. You may contact the author at [email protected]
     
    This is a work of fiction. While some locations describe actual locations, this is intended only to lend an authentic theme. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is with their permission or purely coincidental.
     
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    Author’s Notes
    I want to thank you for purchasing this eBook, this is my first and I sincerely hope you enjoy it. I have had many ideas running in and out of my head for years and until recently I’ve not had the intestinal fortitude to actually take the risk to type some of those ideas down and take the leap of publishing. I thank my beautiful wife and family for all their love and support for me. I am by no means the easiest person to live with, yet they stick by me.   
     
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    Contents
     
    On The Safe Side
     
    Man-made Demons
     
    The Colonel
     
    Worse Than We Hoped
     
    That's Not Right
     
    Time To Hunker Down
     
    Under Siege
     
    Jim and Arzu
     
    On The Safe Side
     
    His eyes open quickly. His heart beating fast in his chest, and he can feel the familiar sensation of the ‘‘fight or flight’’ instinct coursing through him. He’s lying on his right side; he takes note of his body position, and begins running scenarios through his head, flashes of images of what defensive or offensive actions he can take from it.
    He notices the smell of his wife’s shampooed hair and the faint lingering scent of her perfume on her pillow next to his. He’s lying in his bed at home, he feels safer. Still, like most times this occurs, he’s not able to completely relax and shake the feeling that something may be wrong. He retrieves his Glock 17 pistol from nearby, quietly ensuring a round is chambered, then tests the light attached to the pistol and begins his search.
    After double-checking to make sure windows and doors are secure, he checks the status of the alarm system. He is calmed by seeing the home is secure, and then heads back to the bedroom he shares with his wife. He secures the firearm, and then uses the restroom to relieve his nearly bursting bladder. After washing his hands, he splashes some water on his face and short-cropped hair to cool him from the elevation of body temperature from being in a hyper-alert status.
    Quietly, making his way back into the bedroom, trying to be stealthier while passing his wife’s side of the bed, he lies down for the rest of the night – more like early morning as he notices the clock: 3:36am. Once he’s taken a couple of sips from the bottle of water on his nightstand, he lies down, turning a few times before finally finding a position of comfort to begin his drift back into sleep.
    “Everything okay?” his wife, Arzu, asks quietly. Looking toward the sound of his wife’s voice, he sees the outline of her thick long dark-brown hair, and a hint of her slender face. He’s not able to see