Across from Glendale Elementary Tommy Bradford was using the multi-band radio he has just received for his birthday to eavesdrop on air traffic control at Glendale Airport. Nine year old Tommy wanted to be a pilot when he grew up and was fascinated by the conversations between the approaching jets and air traffic control. He was searching for the frequency when one of the side bands got his attention.
“Thunder Team to Trojan Horse, Thunder Team to Trojan Horse come in.”
“Thunder this is Trojan, go.”
“We are at objective Alpha, initiating operation lasso.”
“Roger that Thunder, execute.”
Two large thumps came through the open mic, along with chanting and what sounded like the neighing of horses. Then came equine screams and bullet reports. All went quiet.
“Thunder this is Trojan, report status.”
“Trojan this is Thunder, targets have bolted the corral. Repeat, targets have bolted the corral. We have two human captives. Sending them back for questioning.”
“Thunder, this is Pony. How the hell could you be so damned incompetent?? I thought you were ex special forces!”
“I’m sorry sir. The donkey was here. He broke our magical containment like he did at our reception paddock.”
Silence crossed the airwaves for a good 30 seconds.
“Roger that Thunder, this is Trojan. Sanitize the location and proceed to target Beta.”
“Acknoledged. Moving to frequency 2.”
An explosion so loud it rattled Tommy’s windows detonated. He ran to the window and saw a small mushroom cloud billow into the sky a couple of miles away. The radio went silent. He searched the radio bands for a good hour but could not find the broadcasts again.
That night the news reported a horrible gas main explosion that leveled 4 houses. Twelve people presumed dead including the entire Perkins family. Authorities are investigating …..