The Legend City by Emir Bozkurthanoglu (10 ebook reader TXT) 📕

and opened the sunroof. The shooter in the car behind
also opened up the sunroof. Tucker quickly pulled the trigger as hard as he could and the gun nearly flew out of his hands. He looked at the shooter and saw that he was killed with a giant gash in his stomach caused by a sharp, yellow bullet. Tucker’s emotions were in a conflict now. There was joy because of him being alive and not shot, and unhappiness because of committing a murder.
Tucker thought that he would find Hamilton with a grin on his face when he looked back.
However, he had a common and boring expression with a mouth in a straight, horizontal line. As Tucker sat back in his seat, more shots were flying around the two dark colored cars. Hamilton pulled the submachine gun off Tucker’s hands and he opened the window. He quickly shot the second shooter without missing, who was also the driver. The driver’s corpse fell off the car and the 1,200 pound vehicle crashed into a wall along the vast and empty freeway.
Tucker turned on the radio. However, Worcester was the only one able to enjoy it, since
she was the only one there that spoke Portuguese, and the city’s main language was Portuguese. Her joyful expression turned sour after a minute and when Tucker asked, she translated what the radio said. There was an arrest warrant for three Americans, two men and one women. Hamilton was petrified and he nearly lost control of the car.
The car came near a bridge, however Hamilton turned and took a small, asphalt road
nearby. Tucker asked, “Why didn’t you just cross the bridge, it’s a shortcut according to this street map. Hamilton replied, “Those infected idiots inserted explosives below the bridge.” Hamilton soon saw a car losing control and the bridge exploding and collapsing when the car crossed it. He turned to Tucker and began bragging, “See, didn’t I tell you?!” Hamilton turned on the radio. The radio was telling the names and addresses of shelters for uninfected people across the city.
Hamilton drove 35 miles out of the city and he came to the airport. He parked the car at
an open parking space and the three got out. Hamilton said that the plane was dark-green with a Fleur-de-lis symbol on it. It did not take them long to find the plane. Hamilton did not come, because he had no tickets for himself to ride the plane. Hamilton quickly said, “Good-bye…” and left the airport with the car. When Worcester and Tucker climbed the stairs, the door opened and two infected policemen said, “Felicitations!”
One of the policemen reached to his phone and said, “We have two people here in the
Cidade de Costa Janeiro International Airport. There are arrest warrants for them, however we cannot find the third one.” The police dragged Tucker and Worcester into a dark room in the airport. The policemen asked them if they had any clue of where Hamilton went. The professors shook their heads. For twenty minutes, the police kept the two professors there.
Suddenly, Hamilton returned with five to six people from CCJPD (Cidade de Costa
Janeiro Police Department). The officers removed their guns and began shooting at the infected men. Hamilton told them that he quickly went for help. Worcester responded, “How did you know we would be in trouble?” Hamilton replied, “I could see a person with a yellow eye with a red spot in it, like the infected people.” Tucker became riled and yelled at Hamilton, “Why didn’t you tell us instead of leaving us here?!!” Hamilton replied, “I had to get backup. You wouldn’t be able to handle those officers by yourselves…”
Hamilton told them that his intentions were of taking them to another airport that was
more than 175 miles away from Cidade de Costa Janeiro. Hamilton said, “It’s the James Carl Duchy International Airport in Nuevo San Francisco. The city added many walls, checkpoints, and identification systems, so you’ll be safe.” The city of Nuevo San Francisco was partially destroyed during the massive earthquake and 10,000 people in the city had lost their lives. Hamilton also knew that 26,000 people in the city were shot and killed because they had the violent encephalitis infection. Cidade de Costa Janeiro and Nuevo San Francisco were the only two major cities in the entire island and they were on the opposite coasts.
The three had to stop in two gas stations for food and fuel. They had also passed through
the historic downtown districts of two small towns and neither of them had the encephalitis outbreak. After a three hour journey, the car finally entered the city limits. Tucker read the sign, “Welcome to Nuevo San Francisco! Population: 378,300.” Hamilton parked the car just behind the city limits. When Tucker and Worcester asked what happened, Hamilton said that they needed to take a bus, and leave the car there as a bait for the police officers from Cidade de Costa Janeiro.
Tucker replied, “I thought we were safe here!” Hamilton quickly responded, “We are! I
am just making sure that there is no way those policemen can get to us.” The city bus soon stopped there and the three got on. The bus brought them to the Duchy International Airport in twelve minutes. They waited ninety minutes for a plane to come in and they were allowed to board the plane. Worcester said, “At last!”
The plane’s destination was General R. F. Villalobos Int’l Airport in the city of
Chihuahua. It took nine hours for the plane to fly across the Pacific and land in Villalobos Airport. The pilot announced that they had just landed in the airport of Chihuahua, Mexico after nine hours of flying. Hamilton rented an SUV and the three left Chihuahua. Hamilton said that they were going to fly to San Antonio via El Paso when they cross the border into the United States.
Hamilton drove on a road that nearly cut the entire state of Chihuahua in half. Couple
hours later, they entered the city of Ciudad Juarez, and Hamilton announced that they were about to enter the United States. Tucker and Worcester began searching for their passports and by the time they found them, Hamilton was already showing his papers. After a quick and thorough check, the soldier said, “Gracias, senor!” The soldier pointed at the border. The three passed the border and soon saw the four signs, “The United States”, “Texas - The Lone Star State”, “El Paso County Limits, and “Welcome to El Paso!”
Hamilton said, “Now, we are only going to stop for emergencies and we are going straight
to San Antonio.” Since the slogan of the rental car company Hamilton used was “Rent it here and drop it over there!” Hamilton could leave it at the airport of San Antonio and not worry about it. Tucker was headed for Los Angeles, CA, Worcester for New Orleans, LA, and Hamilton for Lexington, KY. The three professors informed their universities and their relatives and after three hours, they were at the airport of San Antonio, TX. Hamilton dropped the car off and they soon boarded their planes.
Two days later, Hamilton came back to his job in Lexington. He knocked on the door of
the president of the university. The president allowed him in and he began, “Although the end was a failure, most of the research was success, Hamilton. So, I must congratulate you!” Hamilton replied, “Why, thank you, Mr. Whiteletter. Did you know about the other two professors?” Whiteletter answered, “Yes, I did a thorough research of the two. Jack Tucker and Francine Worcester, right?”
Hamilton replied, “Yes, they are the ones. Well, we did the research, we diagnosed and
identified the disease. Now what, sir?” Whiteletter said, “We still have infected people down there. However, the U.S. government wants to prevent to disease from coming to mainland. If it does, a whole continental island might get infected and we might have to evacuate the Americas. Which means that you may have to go back there.” Hamilton asked, “We almost got infected and we nearly were arrested twice the first time we went there. I never want to go back to that dreaded metropolis again, or that island.” Whiteletter said, “Ten officers from the military will go with you. It will be more of a raid this time instead of research.” Hamilton replied, “What about Tucker and Worcester? It was their research, too.”
Whiteletter looked down and said, “I am afraid that will not happen. Tucker and
Worcester are each in a special clinic in California and Louisiana. We think they are also infected.” Hamilton nearly jumped out of his chair, “What?! They are infected?!” Whiteletter nodded and said, “If we cannot find a way to cure them, they will both be relocated to a mental hospital outside Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two great doctors are being sent to the clinics for another research. And, after the raid to Cidade de Costa Janeiro, you have to retire according to the government.” Hamilton replied, “I cannot believe any of these news, but I actually do want to retire soon. In a week, I will celebrate my 55th birthday.” Whiteletter replied, “If it is your birthday, then I can provide you two tickets after the raid to L.A. and New Orleans to see those professors in the hospital.”
Hamilton accepted the tickets and went home to prepared to re-visit Cidade de Costa
Janeiro. The next day, he appeared at a military airport in Jefferson County, Kentucky. One of the officers going with him said, “Welcome to Louisville, Mr. Hamilton! The helicopter is right over there.” Hamilton and the officer boarded a dark green helicopter with two propellers on top. The helicopter began ascending and finally left the airport behind. No one could hear each other because the helicopter’s propellers were too loud. After two hours, Hamilton looked down and saw the mighty Pacific ocean alive and well! He also saw three killer whales, one after another, swimming in the blue, translucent sea. He played multiple games on his cell phone to kill three hours.
Hamilton began to feel the helicopter descending and put away his cell phone. As soon as
the helicopter touched down on the asphalt, a system of martial law began in the city. The soldiers began patrolling the empty and windy streets of downtown Cidade de Costa Janeiro. El Nino was in effect and it was causing storms in the island. The storms were causing a wind tunnel effect which turned the fifteen mph winds to become twenty-five mph winds.
They searched the streets for one hour and became desperate because the district was
completely abandoned. The soldiers used the fifth floor of a skyscraper as a shelter. It was forty-five minutes past midnight and everyone in the building fell asleep. Hamilton left the room and guarded the building until 6:00 AM. The next day, to everyone’s surprise, there were only six soldiers. Hamilton quickly came up and asked what had happened. One said, “I can’t find those four. I hope they’re okay.” Hamilton told him to not to panic and the soldiers looked for them throughout the street.
Hamilton saw a little girl who was muddy, disheveled, and had bare feet. Hamilton
approached and asked the little girl her age. The girl said that she was eight years old. The girl also said that her name was “Katrina Baxter”. Hamilton looked at Katrina’s eyes and saw that she was also infected.
Hamilton took a small syringe out of his bag and took off the lid. The girl jerked away,
but Hamilton convinced her that she needed to get this shot to immunize her