Free The Manhattan Incident by Raymond Poincelot

400 Wedgie number meant that no one site was likely to have great numbers of Wedgies above it. Should there be any hostile moves, numbers might favor us. The bad news was that one Wedgie dropping a hydrogen bomb was all it took to cause major disaster.
    General Straub picked up the hotline to the Mount Weather facility. After many rings, President Tomlinson answered. “President Tomlinson, General Straub here. The hostiles are now parked above our 13 largest cities, which I suggest shows hostile intent. They are also above the largest cities around the globe, some 100 in all counting ours.” Just then Straub’s Aide, Sergeant Sean O’Malley, arrived, saluted and left a list. General Straub picked up the list. “Our just updated list shows the remaining hostiles appear to be closing in on our major air force bases, including NORAD. We also show them likely approaching biological lab facilities such as Plum Island. I suspect the one over Atlanta might be targeting the CDC as well as the city itself. They also appear to be zeroing in on bio-safety level 4 lab facilities and our major back-up military communication hub in the underground facility in Area 51. One is also on direct route to the Mount Weather facility. We owe much of this intelligence to our stealth spy plane, the Aurora. It enabled real time data, unlike the spy satellites when not in position. What are your orders, Commander-in-Chief, Tomlinson?”
    “General Straub, I want you to issue further martial law orders. Notify all National Guard commanders at those 13 cities to issue as much gas and biological warfare gear as they have. Put those troops in the front line. Issue orders to shoot looters and rioters on sight, without hesitation. We have to impose control before things get out of hand. Reallocate or relocate our best equipped fighter jets to protect the targeted air force bases, biological labs, the back- up communication center and Mount Weather. Authorize all military base commanders to have full, independent authority to return fire short of tactical nukes, if attacked. They are not to be given orders to deploy the tactical nukes, yet. Try to minimize collateral damage, but the highest priority is base and facility survival. If any attack occurs, call me immediately. I may be forced to issue DEFCON one. God help us, if I do” were the last words as the President hung up.
    We’ll need more than God to help us this time, thought the General. The General had already issued orders for biological and chemical protection. The President didn’t need to know that. The additional orders went out promptly. The National Guard was now extensively deployed. Fortunately, the Guard was up to full domestic strength. After the Afghanistan war against the Taliban ended in 2014, raising and maintaining Guard numbers had become a high priority. General Straub knew even stronger martial law would not be welcomed, especially by reporters. The current version of martial law came with total news blackouts. Rumors would arise, but hopefully wouldn’t be as bad as the actual truth.
    The video scene switched to Iran. The location was depicted as Tehran. General Hassan Yazdi is shown running into the Ayatollah’s office. “Supreme Rostam Jalili, we have just sighted two aircraft approaching our airspace from Israel. According to the Western military sources, they are alien vessel headed for France and Germany,” said General Yazdi, out of breath. “Lies,” screamed Ayatollah Jalili. “It is a US-Zionist plot, a cover for their attack on us. Shoot them down immediately.” The next scene shows four Iranian Saeqeh 80 fighter jets closing in on the two Wedgies. Missiles streak toward the craft, but are destroyed quickly by laser light pulses from the Wedgies. Next the four fighter jets are seen to blow up when more laser pulses strike them.
    When the Ayatollah hears this from General Yazdi, he is furious. “Launch a dozen Shabab 5 missiles against the infidel craft. I