The Blue Team book one

By C N Petersen

Passengers on an airplane are abducted as the plane is hijacked and crashed in the desert in central Nevada. The passengers were reported as dead, having been killed in the plane crash. However, all passengers survived, being taken to a secret base and were used for scientific experiments. This book tells of the passengers trials and of the changes they go through.

• Language: English
• Publisher: C N Petersen
• Release date: Apr 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370667017

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The Blue Team Survives

Book One

A science fiction Novel

Written by

C N Petersen

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Copyright 2007

Published by C N Petersen

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CHAPTER 1

Ben walk quickly down the jet way, going along with the hurrying crowd that seemed anxious to be aboard the jetliner, He didn’t know what the rush was, all the seats were assigned and the plane wasn’t due to depart for another 25 minutes. But, people are always in a hurry and probably wanted to make sure they get their carry-on in the overheads.

He smiled to himself, knowing that he was just like that a year ago. He had always been in a hurry and not taking time, as they say, to smell the roses. That’s something he always did now. He always stopped to smell the roses every time he saw one. His wife loved roses, so this was one way he kept her memory with him.

He had been alone for just over a year now, and still had that deep empty feeling. It is hard to be alone after being one half of a couple for over 40 years. He did a lot of traveling now, but he still felt alone, even in a crowd. His wife had died, she was taken from him by a drunk driver, so he took the insurance and sold their house. He now lived in a small trailer in a nice park in Mesa, Arizona. He figured that his kids would get tired of him visiting all the time, but he had nothing to keep him at home now. He usually drove his little car around the country, but this time he was flying again. He had flown to Southern California to visit Disneyland, because that was his and his wife’s favorite thing to do, and then was flying to Salt Lake where one of his grandsons was going to pick him up at the airport. While he was in the area he had decided to visit the Queen Mary as he had never taken the time to do it before, so he was flying out of the Long Beach Airport this time.

Ben entered the plane and worked his way towards the rear of the aircraft, as he liked to ride in the back behind the wings. He liked flying and to watch the ground roll out thirty some thousand feet below him. He had never flown to Salt Lake from this airport before, so he was wondering what new things he was going to see.

He was going to hitch a ride back to Arizona with a cousin that was going that way in a couple of weeks.

As he reached his seat Ben found that he would be seated next to a young mother and her excited son. After stowing his carryon bag in the overhead and settling in his seat he turned to the young woman and introduced himself. Ben is an outgoing person whose motto is, ‘a stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet’.

Susan told him that she and her son Tim were on their way to Salt Lake City, where she was going to run in the Marathon. It seems, according to her, that one is held there every year. This would be the first time she would run in it though. After the race she, Tim and her parents would drive up to Idaho, where her parents lived. Tim was doing his part playing the part of a precocious five-year-old. He had never been on an airplane before and was as excited as if he were at a circus. Susan kept apologizing for him but Ben was enjoying the young lad’s actions, thinking that adults should let go and enjoy life that much.

Sergeant Mack Gordon was one of the last people to board the airplane. He noticed the two Air force officers sitting in the first row, just behind the bulkhead. He ignored them and didn’t salute, because he wasn’t in uniform. This mission required him to dress as a civilian. Mack went to his seat and stood, looking around, before he sat down. He had no carryon and was seated by the emergency exit window. He had requested that seat, supposedly for the leg room. The airline personnel had been happy to allow him to sit there because he looked like a person who would be able to help in case of an emergency and indeed he could. The sergeant was a highly trained Army Ranger. As Mack looked around the passenger compartment, he saw Sergeant Cooper was at his seat directly across the aisle from Mack as he was to man the other emergency window exit when the time came. The other two men on the team were in the last row of the plane both sitting in aisle seats so they could get to the back doors quickly. He knew all three of them well. They had been through a lot together, and had been a team for quite a while now and he knew he could depend on them all to do exactly what they had trained to do.

Mack took his time looking around the passenger compartment. In the row behind Cooper there were two businessmen that looked and acted like they had been drinking while waiting for the plane to arrive. He hoped they’d be able to walk when they landed. He was sizing up the people on board, looking as always for any problems. A couple of rows behind him sat three Catholic Nuns. He was sure at least one of them was. The younger two were wearing headdresses different than the older lady. He wasn’t sure what they would be called, but he thought novices sounded about right. Mack had never been one to seek out religion as he depended on and believed only in Mack.

His home life, as he was growing up was lived in fear. Fear of his father, fear of starving, and fear of the gangs that roamed his neighborhood. His mother had to sign for him to get into the Army, because of his young age. She was not only willing to do this, but was happy to do it. In his whole life, she was the only one that loved him. She wanted him out of the life they lived, as bad as he wanted out. He had helped her get away from his father and now she lived in a nice duplex he owned. Most of what he earned went to her comfort. His early fears, he learned, had made him strong. The nightmare of his childhood had prepared him for war and the hell that came with it. After scanning the passengers, he sat down, laid his head back closed his eyes and relaxed.

The cabins door closed and the jet way started drawing back from the plane. The flight attendants pulled out the demonstration oxygen mask and seat belts and started their safety announcement. Ben actually felt sorry for them. It seemed that no one paid the least attention to them. It was as if no one wanted to be reminded that something could possibly go wrong and if they ignored the attendants’ instructions, nothing bad would happen.

Ben watched out his window as the aircraft taxied out to the runway and took off, watching the buildings falling away from them. He turned and looked at Susan and wondered what it would be like to run a marathon. He had been a truck driver for most of his married life and was used to working over twelve hours a day. He had never had time to do much exercising and couldn’t remember the last time he had run a step. He certainly wasn’t in good shape and was more than a little overweight. Watching his weight was a main priority now though, and had he was proud that he had dropped a few pounds recently.

Susan was watching Tim and was amazed at how much he looked like his late father. When Bob had passed away he had left her in a very good financial state. He had died young, but had been a wizard with money. She missed him terribly but was trying to fill her life with activity, so Tim wouldn’t suffer from her hurt. She had him enrolled in a good pre-school so he could be involved in interacting and getting along with others. She felt he needed more in his life than just her influence. She was an active person, and made sure he had a lot of physical activity. She kept busy with her church and several civic charities, volunteering three days a week.

Ben asked Susan how she had become a runner, and if she had done it all her life?

No, after my husband died, I had to have something to do. I volunteered at several places, but I seemed to need more physical activity, so I started jogging. I kept going further and further until I was starting to run rather than jog. The pain seemed to take my mind off my loss. It was almost like a narcotic to me. I saw a notice where there was a five K fun run, being sponsored by my city, so I decided to enter. I came in third in the women’s division. The woman that came in first, kept after me to train with her, so I started, and ran a full marathon two months later. I placed ninth in it, and surprised everyone. A professional took over my training, and this next marathon is the first I will run, after getting professional help.

The flight had taken off from the Long Beach Airport right on time. When they had been in the air for about 15 minutes and were leaving the L. A. metro area, one of the Air Force officers stopped the flight attendant and reminded her that they had received permission to enter the flight deck to talk to the pilot. She picked up the phone and called the Captain and he told her that it would be okay for them to enter the cockpit now.

The two officers stood up, one looked back at Mack and nodded. They closed the door behind them, and it locked automatically. The Air Force officers talked to the Captain about how it was to work for an airline, and what the benefits and downsides it had. They indicated that they were both going to be getting out of the service soon and thought that being a commercial pilot would be a good move.

They talked and joked around for a few minutes and when the aircraft passed into Nevada airspace they both took out a small re-breather and a small spray bottle. The re-breathers went over their noses and each sprayed a fine mist in the faces of the pilot and co-pilot. Both the flight officers collapsed immediately. They were unbuckled and pulled from their seats just like in the many practice run-throughs they had done. The whole action took less than 10 seconds. That quickly, the two officers had taken control of the aircraft.

The radios were quickly disabled, but they left the transponder on. They needed flight control to know where the aircraft would be at all times. The men took a small GPS unit out and installed it with a suction cup to the front window. They then started a slight left turn and began a slow descent.

It didn’t take long for the flight controllers to notice the deviations and start calling. They got no response. They kept trying to raise the flight, but had no indication that their messages were getting through. Meanwhile the plane kept getting further and further off course. They then contacted the airlines to see if they could contact their flight. This took several minutes and the plane kept getting further and further off the flight plan and was steadily losing altitude. The airlines had no better luck contacting the airplane than the aircraft controllers had. By then, the plane was getting close to entering restricted airspace. The controllers then contacted the Air force to see if they could send up a plane to see if they could make contact and see if they could determine what had gone wrong.

Meanwhile the flight was getting lower and had now entered the military restricted airspace. The flight attendants had noticed something was wrong and had been trying to contact the flight deck. No one answered their calls, so as one was trying to get hold of the Captain the other two started getting the emergency landing procedures started. They used the intercom to advise the passengers that the aircraft was losing altitude and that each individual should read the emergency preparation card, as it seemed they would have enough time to do it. This time all the passengers hurried to do as the attendants requested. The attendants checked to make sure all the carts and equipment were stored properly and all loose items were taken care of.

Mack was quite impressed with the efficiency and coolness of the flight crew but then this is what they are trained for and why they’re on the plane, not to hand out drinks and get pillows.

The crew went through the plane checking everyone’s seatbelt, making sure it was latched and wouldn’t open when they tugged on it.

When everything was organized the lead flight attendant was nervously looking out the window, holding the microphone for the intercom. Mack called her over. Ma-am, why don’t you sit down and buckle up. I’ll tell you about thirty seconds before touchdown, so you can tell the people.

Meredith looked at him and thanked him, and gave him a sad smile.

The Air Force had no planes in Nevada that could be used to try to contact the flight, so they sent up F16s out of Luke A.F.B, in Arizona. Luke had planes ready, but even as they took off, the flight was almost out of air and