Skeleton Wars (12 page)

Gen. Cov was then taken to Pentagon’s
Briefing Room such that he could address the world leaders who were
still hiding in their bunkers. With his shining skeleton and bright
crown, Gen. Cov appeared on the screens of all their bunkers. His
unique appearance attracted all the leaders’ attention. He spoke
compassionately and he maintained his composure throughout, which
convinced them to trust him.

“Dear brothers, we regret this incidence that
has occurred on your planet. This unforgivable crime has been
committed by a section of our comrades because of their greed and
jealous. It does not mean that every skeleton you see is involved,
no! Not all of us are bad. We have come to your rescue and we
expect a positive response from all of you. We have almost defeated
them but we can’t finish our mission without you. We urge you to
come out of your bunkers and start commanding your armies to take
to the streets. Many innocent civilians have been left fatally
wounded so they need your help. Send rescue teams to help them and
to secure their places from further attack….”

The most demanding issue that Gen. Cov wanted
to resolve was that of the ICBM that had been dropped in Ottawa.
The first victims had started dying and many others were on the
verge of death. Something had to be done immediately to help them.
Another white striped aircraft landed in the Pentagon’s central
courtyard and out of it came the skeleton of Dr. Christine who was
taken direct to help Gen. Cov coordinate the rescue operation of
the victims because she had been part of the scientists that had
manufactured the bacterial spores.

The two were escorted to the laboratories on
the last basement level where the skeleton scientists were still
locked up. They found when the scientists had destroyed most of the
solutions and equipment they had been using after learning that
Lord Ghost had been overthrown. The lucky children that had not yet
been experimented on had been resuscitated and the scientists were
planning to help them escape from the building.

The sight of her living husband triggered Dr.
Christine to run and hug him. The professor was taken by surprise
and if it were not for the two bullet holes in the rib cage of her
skeleton, it would have taken him time to remember her. They hugged
for some good time until when Gen. Cov interrupted their moment by
reminding them of the innocent who were dying in Canada. He
requested the couple to hastily start planning for the ways through
which they were going to save them.

The ghosts were still in control of the US
communication system and hence used it to call upon human health
workers to join the team of the skeleton scientists who were about
to be flown to Ottawa. Over three hundred nurses and doctors from
different parts of the US especially Arlington volunteered to join
the ghosts. They handed themselves to the US Army which took them
to Pentagon and handed them to the Ghoes. All the living scientists
first dressed up in special suits and face masks to protect
themselves from the poisonous fumes and bacteria that were still
spreading in Ottawa. Prof. McDonald and his wife were assigned the
responsibility of leading the team whose work was to be supervised
by two of the ten Ghoes who were to accompany them! The team
boarded the ghosts' hypersonic aircraft and within no time, they
had already reached Ottawa.

When they were
programming these bacterial spores on Planet Ghostia, Prof.
McDonald and his wife had ensured that the ailment from them would
have a simple treatment just in case a chance came when the
affected humans needed a first aid. The treatment involved
swallowing several anti-acid drugs to neutralize the hydrochloric
acid in the stomach. The reduction in the acid concentration was an
indirect way of killing the bacteria because they could not thrive
in neither alkaline nor neutral PH. Victims were also administered
with Low Molecular Weight Heparin, an anticoagulant that could help
dissolve the emboli in their pulmonary veins. In severe cases, the
patients were put on life support and were admitted in area
hospitals.

Gen. Cov and the other seven Ghoes remained
at the Pentagon to conduct the process of withdrawal of the
skeleton forces that had remained on the streets. Meanwhile, pilots
of the few US fighter planes that had not been destroyed by Lord
Ghost’s air force had managed to get the courage to fly back into
the airspace to help the white striped UFOs. They were joined by
more fighters from Canada, Mexico and later UK and France which had
volunteered to help their ally. These fighters were mainly tasked
with helping the US troops that were carrying out rescue operations
on the ground. The aerial combat between the white striped aircraft
and those that were on Lord Ghost’s side had almost ended after the
Ghoes promising to pardon the pilots that were on Lord Ghost’s side
if they agreed to surrender freely. Many of these aircraft had
started landing on the ground to avoid being shot by the white
striped aircraft and manmade fighter planes.

Other fighters were deployed over the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans to hunt down the drills. At the same time, the
Ghoes were trying their best to convince the skeleton pilots of
these drills to surrender freely to avoid being shot by manmade
fighters which were hunting them down. Those that agreed to
surrender had to first identify themselves before resurfacing from
the oceans. Then they would be escorted to the dry land by
squadrons of military planes and sometimes the triangular aircraft
themselves. The fighter planes were given orders to shoot down the
drills that refused to surrender and those that tried to continue
attacking the remaining US warships. However, this was not easy
given the strength of the alloy from which their bodies had been
made. Even when they were shot by manmade missiles, the drills
could move away without any considerable damage!

The fighters tried several times to shoot the
drills whenever they would spot them but in vain. It was not until
when one F-16 accidentally shot down one of the drills that had
attacked USS Carl Vinson that the fighters managed to determine the
only weak point on these drills. By targeting the small
polycarbonate canopy of the drill’s cockpit, the fragments from the
missile passed through it and crashed the skeleton pilot and the
control panel which sent the drill down. But it was still not easy
to target this area on the drill because of the speed at which they
were moving especially below the water surface.

Other drills decided to remain submerged
beneath the water where it was hard for the fighters to spot them.
For that reason, the US Navy was forced to deploy their remaining
submarines to search for them. These submarines were later joined
by many others from Canada. After losing their computer
communication systems to the Ghoes’ computer specialists, the
drills had been weakened since they could not perform successful
raids without being seen by the fighter planes. That is why many
agreed to surrender to the Ghoes.

By the morning of the next day, the US army
had managed to regain control over most of their cities and towns.
The Ghoes had started making plans of going back to earth because
their mission was almost over. A ceremony was organized in
Pentagon’s courtyard on which all the scientists that had been
collected by the Ghoes were handed back to humans. The helmets that
had been preserving their brains were removed so that they could
die completely. It was a sigh of relief to these scientists since
they had started feeling pain due to shortage of the fluids that
were preserving their heads and brains. Their remains were flown to
their respective homelands for burial. With request from the Ghoes,
all of them were buried in honor. The Ghoes even attended the
funeral processions of the late Prof. Clifton Clark who had been
obtained by the ghosts from Tampa, Florida.

It took a full week for the ghosts to collect
all the weapons and the other equipment they had brought to earth.
The equipment were loaded on all the large airships and some
medium-sized aircraft. These aircraft would rise immediately as
soon as they got filled to their capacity and would then fly back
to Planet Ghostia. The ghosts’ engineers were joined by different
US aeronautic engineers who volunteered to help the ghosts to
repair their damaged triangular aircraft which were to carry them
back to the Ghostia.

A colorful ceremony was organized by the US
Army at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington,
Virginia to bid farewell to the Ghoes and all the other skeletons
that had gathered up there to board their triangular aircraft back
to Ghostia. In attendance were the US President, Vice President,
high ranking military officers from the US Army and foreign
dignitaries from many countries across the globe.

The most touching moment which attracted
everyone’s attention was when Prof. McDonald was given chance to
hug the skeleton of her former wife. The professor could not hold
back the tears in his eyes as she hugged him with the greatest
affection she could afford. Though they were existing in two
different worlds by then, love still flowed between them. The only
consolation the woman had was that they were destined to meet one
day!

As the ghosts walked towards their aircraft,
Pershing’s Own, the United States Army brass band ensemble was
playing different tunes that could fit into the mood of the
ceremony. Flags of all the countries in the world were being raised
one after the other. To symbolize the peace which humans had
regained, the United Nations flag was raised last. The Ghoes were
the last to board the aircraft. A red carpet was laid on Runway 19
for the Ghoes to walk on. As they moved towards the two aircraft
that were waiting to carry them back to their planet, they went on
shaking hands with the US President and all the other dignitaries
who had lined the runway.

Although the Ghoes had managed to rescue the
human race, the US had been left in ruins. It was now up to humans
to help the Americans to re-build their great nation. A similar
task was awaiting the Ghoes on planet Ghostia. They had to
reconcile the ghosts who had been divided by Lord Ghost’s lengthy
regime. The greatest challenge to them was to rebuild the planet
such that they could prepare it for the humans who were to join
them soon. Indeed, Gen. Path had been right,

The Ghosts are humans and the humans are
the ghosts! The Two are just separated by time
.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

I am Desire Luminsa, a medical student at
Gulu University in Uganda, East Africa.

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