1147  Chapter 132- The Colonel – Instruction from the General (VOLUME 6) ~~

The Colonel Harrison Orson

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I had the guns. I had the vehicles. I had the men. And, unfortunately, I had plenty of women as well. I had an army, albeit a small one. There was almost nothing else that I needed before I was able to launch my attack.

The only thing that I needed to work on now was when I was going to launch the attack on those people. No, on those things. They were not worthy of being called people. They were disgusting monsters that turned into different creatures of the night. They were the stuff of nightmares and Hollywood horror movies.

Yes, over the years, people had romanticized those ‘things’ in books, movies, and television, but they were not worthy of being called people. They were gross, disgusting, and needed to be exterminated. And that was where I came in.

I was going to be the exterminator. I was going to rid the world of the infestation that had taken root under our noses. I was going to see to it that they were gone for good. Then I would lead the people. I would change the world into what it needed to be.

I would create a new world order. A new kingdom that rose above all the others. It would be a military state, one that was governed by me and made to cooperate. We would always be at the ready for another war, another battle, and anyone that couldn’t cut it would be pruned from the garden. I had no patience for people that were weak and useless.

“You’re doing well, Colonel.” I heard the voice say from nearby. I had heard this voice before, but it was always in the back of my mind. I had never heard it so clearly before. “Are you really there?” I had a feeling I knew who it was, but I wasn’t sure. Not until I heard them more, what they sounded like and what they had to say.

“Yes, it is me. Look over here.” The voice called from near the wall. I rose to my feet and stepped closer to where the voice was. It seemed to me like the man that was talking, in that deep and familiar tone, was coming from the corner.

The only thing in the corner was a standing mirror. Why was that in here? I hadn’t asked for it to be put in here when I set up these quarters. I hadn’t ever had a reason for a standing mirror like this. Still, that was where the voice was coming from.

“Over here, Colonel.” The voice, commanding and strong, seemed like it was coming from the mirror itself. “Come here, soldier.”

“I am not just a soldier.” I told the voice as I stepped in front of the mirror. “I am the Colonel around here. I am in charge.”

“Oh yes, I know that you are.” The voice was not condescending, but it was acting as if it were a higher rank than I was. Not in my army, I was the highest authority.

“Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want?” There was so much about this voice that I wanted to know. So much that I wanted to ask.

“Who am I? Are you telling me that you don’t know? You haven’t figured it out yet?” The voice, a little mocking now, chuckled as it spoke.

At that moment, I stepped in front of the mirror. The person that was looking back at me was familiar, but I still didn’t know who they were. Not right away. I saw his hair, military short and sandy colored and knew that I had seen it before, but I wasn’t able to put my finger on it. His eyes, a warm and intense brown, very human and normal looking but also conveying authority, were looking me right in the eyes. He stood tall and straight, a proud man with a proper military background.

I was asked to take a file to the Colonel. We had just managed to absorb another group into the DOE army. We were preparing for the attack that was coming up, the one where we were supposed to be destroying the hive Queen. We were almost set and ready to go, but there was just a little more that we needed to do.

This new group, the Loyal Army of Minutemen, Bombers, and Snipers, or LAMBS, was a highly skilled set of warriors that had honed their craft over the last several years. They weren’t exactly against those super natural pieces of shit, but they were willing to join our fight because they wanted to put their skills to good use.

08:23

When I had approached the Colonel’s office, I heard two voices coming from the room beyond the door. One of the voices was definitely the Colonel’s, but the other seemed a little gruffer and sterner. And that was saying something because the Colonel was a very stern and angry man as it was.

The door to the office was cracked open, not quite latched all the way, so I was able to peek into the room. I saw that the Colonel was actually alone in the room. He was standing in the corner directly opposite of me, looking into the mirror that one of the women had put in there for him. They had thought that he would want to make sure that his new DOE uniform that he had commissioned was fitting him properly and to admire the way that it looked on himself.

The second voice, the one that was not quite the Colonel’s, was actually coming from him. I hadn’t thought that it was him because he was changing the tone and timber of his voice, but it was him alright. He was talking to himself as he looked into the mirror.

“That’s it. You do understand, Colonel. You can take care of this. You know what to do.” He was encouraging himself as he spoke in the other voice. I thought that it was quite strange, and it actually scared me a little. What was the Colonel doing? Why was he talking to himself?

Before I had the answer to what I was asking myself, the Colonel called from the other side of the door.

“WHO’S THERE!?”

“Excuse me, Colonel, I have brought a file for you.” I had to fight not to stammer and show how scared I was of the man that had called out to me.

“GET IN HERE AND GIVE IT TO ME THEN, SOLDIER. DO NOT JUST STAND THERE!” I was frightened by what the Colonel had been doing, and by that tone in his voice. He was acting differently than he had when I originally joined the DOE. He was acting unstable and unpredictable.

“H..here you are, Sir.” I stepped into the office and held the file out to him.

“Were you spying on me?” The Colonel’s eyes narrowed as he took the file from me.

“No, Sir, not at all. I just arrived when you called out to me. I hadn’t had the chance to knock yet.” He narrowed his eyes at my words, I could tell that he didn’t believe me. It was the truth though. I had just arrived. I hadn’t spied on him.

“You are part of the VAMPs, correct?” He knew who I was. He knew who everyone in the group was once they had been there for a week at the least.

“Y..yes, Sir, I am.”

“Pity, your team seemed promising.” He spoke calmly, almost as if he were dismissive and about to let things go, but I still didn’t trust him. And I had good reason to. I never even saw him going for the gun, he hadn’t lifted it at all. He shot from hip height, the loud reverberating sound filling the room the moment that I felt the pain searing through my chest.

“S..S..S..Sir?” I stuttered out the word as I fell to my knees. I knew that I was already dead. He had killed me, and my mind was just trying to catch up to my body as I slumped to the ground. “That is what you get for spying on me and the General!” He said as he stooped over me. “You should never spy on your superior officers and commanders. I am the highest authority in this army, in the world, and I will not tolerate people spying on me. I will kill anyone that breaks these rules.” There was angry spittle flying from his mouth as he spoke these words with vehemence. “I..I..I..I didn’t.” I said the words with my last breath. It was at that moment that everything around me went dark.