White Out
Chapter Four
Patterson was bored after finishing his work in the outer office. Kowalski came inside to see on whether he was done for the evening in order for him, Kowalski and Sharkey would be able to have a few beers at the commissary.
He looks up from the last of his typing into the computer terminal. He was blurry eye with all of the up close work on the screen. He needed to be sure to save or else he would have to redo again tomorrow morning. "All finish Ski! I need those beers with my mouth so dry for some odd reason. Where is Chief Sharkey?" He asked the question since Sharkey had to be sure his wife Joanna was fine after coming back from visiting her parents in the east.
"He will meet us there Pat. Lets go before we miss him." After saving and powering down the computer terminal. He had gathered his things to take with him back to his apartment complex on the grounds.
The both of them moved outside with darkness approaching. When all of a sudden they heard a loud noise from above them and some fast moving vessel moving out of view of their eye sight. "Did you see that Ski?" Patterson excited with not to be able to explain the sighting.
"We need to catch up with Sharkey and see on whether he heard anything at all. Maybe communications will be able to tell us on whether it was an airplane or anything else." Kowalski said with rushing quickly to head on over to the commissary and finding him inside with two others from the Institute. "Chief did you hear that loud noise earlier?" Kowalski asked with standing behind him with taking a sip of his drink.
"What was it Ski?" He asked with watching his face for a reaction and one of being scared.
"We don't know Chief? We need to check over at communications and find out on whether the satellite systems was able to notice anything like an U.F.O." Patterson says with a scared tone in his demeanor. The last time he felt like this was many years ago when he was suffering radiation sickness trying to shut down the pile.( Check episode "Day of Evil")
Taking a borrow jeep over to the communications center and satellite control. Lt. Raymonds was manning the satellite/radar stations alone this time around. He was checking his controls trying to figure out what the hell it was earlier with the strange blimp on the screen and loud noise. An alert had been issued from the local National Guard to stand ready and be ready to move out in case of an power outage or anything else.
They walked inside the building usually manned by three officers. However with shortage of personnel having to be on vacation at the moment. "What's going on Lt, Raymonds?" Chief Sharkey had to asked the question with the officer having wires out from his board.
"We have an emergency it seems gentlemen. Some type of alien space craft or what ever it was has caused a stir throughout the entire western seaboard with a strange blimp sightings. The National Guard is on stand bye right now for any further trouble." He announced with biting his bottom lip.
"I wonder on whether the Seaview has been advised of the trouble?" Kowaksi said with running a hand through his crew cut hair.
"If this is the case we need to get back to Admiral Nelson's office and call the Seaview and let them know the situation here at the Institute and the entire West coast." Chief Sharkey made the statement with leaving the communications building and getting back into the jeep and to the main Institute complex for where Admiral Nelson's office is located.