PAX by Richard Dante - HTML preview

CHAPTER 22

A month after Warren‟s assassination, the FBI made their first arrests in the case.

The skin cell DNA and partial prints didn‟t match any FBI files and they were stumped until someone suggested trying the military files. It was Roger who remembered the animosity shown by the Pentagon Chiefs toward the PAX project during the first meeting, and wondered. The evidence found in the limousine matched two Marine captains who were taken into custody for questioning. They admitted nothing and were finally indicted for murder. But there was suspicion they were only carrying out orders.

One of their laptops was confiscated and examined. The hard drive had been totally erased. However, the FBI had recently developed a process whereby residual information could still be extracted from the disk. They found an e-mailed memo which led to an enormous scandal. The memo was from General Morton Saunders, the U.S.

Marines Chief of Staff to one of the officers involved. On a directive from the President of The United States, the general was arrested and interrogated. He refused to speak at first, until told the kidnappers were getting ready to talk. Finally, the general confessed to making a suggestion someone should eliminate Dr. Warren Peace before he destroyed their war machine. On this suggestion, the captains, being career men, planned and carried out the kidnapping and subsequent assassination.

The Marine General was asked if any other Chiefs were involved. He laughed and sneering, replied: “Those wimps? Huh! They talked about it, but I was the only one with the guts to go through with it. It takes a marine to do a man‟s job!” All three men were sentenced to life in prison and sent to the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth

In the meantime, assassin Alwar al-Awlaki was tried for his crime against Roger and Warren and sent to Guantanimo. The embezzling accountant, Emma Jones, was apprehended by the FBI. She returned most of the money, and received a minimum sentence.

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Roger and his new partner, Billy, worked with the air force as they prepared for the next hits on the United Nations list. Palestine was ripe for treatment, as it had been for over a half century. Arabs and Jews still either fought openly or conducted a constant cold war along the Gaza Strip. Areas if Africa further south were also being aimed at by the PAX bombers.

Next came North and South Korea. the Philippines and other areas which had been infiltrated by Al Qaeda or other terrorists. The PAX plant worked 24/7, turning out bombs and sending many to Hanscom AFB nearby. Though the residents could have complained about the noise each time a mission landed or took off, they smiled knowingly, inserted ear plugs and went about their business. The PAX rail spur was put into use and hundreds of bombs were shipped to the West Coast for transport to airfields in the Pacific.

As peace came to the war zones of the world, other governments wondered if PAX

would be beneficial to eliminate local violent crime and domestic violence. Cities in the U.S. led the way. First to make the move was Detroit, Michigan, notorious for inner city gangs and killings. This required a vote of the populace, and in an election, PAXation won by a narrow margin. As predicted, violent crime was nearly eliminated. Next came Washington DC, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Little Rock and many others. A fortunate coincidence was most violence was generated by drugs, and the anti drug ingredient in PAX squelched addiction. Though their were threats on Roger‟s life and the PAX plant, fortunately the drug cartel criminals responsible were pacified along with the rest of the populace and caused little trouble. Those who lost their jobs when war ended and the service men returned home--those not hired by the New Peace and Green Corps, were employed by PAX to operate new plants on the East and West coasts. Under Roger‟s direction they developed portable PAX release towers. Consulting Warren‟s existing wind maps, PAX teams deployed the telescoping devices in critical areas of the world.

They could be moved into position and reach high up into prevailing wind currents to spread PAX over vast areas. Once a site was treated, the PAX Towers were moved on to the next locale. And so it went for years, until the world was PAXified and pacified. .

Much of the past violence had been motivated by greed. However, PAX brought with it many positive side effects. The philosophies of big business changed. Now the rich and powerful became like the patriarchs and matriarchs of old. They used their wealth to build companies to employ the less fortunate or talented. Unlike the business world of the early twenty first century which laid off personnel to hike their profits, companies offered jobs to nearly everyone. The worlds economy was finally secure.

Most hoped these golden days would last. Still, if and when the world again got into trouble, the PAX organization was standing by to give it booster shot.

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