Code Blue, volume four

“Welcome back to KRIS 6 News, Corpus Christi. This evening we have a follow-up on the disappearance of reporter Ned Finlay near the Border Patrol Checkpoint in Sarita. We’ve had quite a response to the event out in the community, with a lot of religious fanatics prominently voicing their opinions. It appears they have been inspired by the utterances of the terrified Mexican that Ned tried to interview. All he could say, if you will recall, is ‘el Diablo, el Diablo.’ Which translated to English means ‘the Devil, the Devil.’ The religious fanatics have used this as justification to preach the Second Coming and we have an exclusive interview with one of them, who calls himself ‘Brother Salinger’, right now. Rick, over to you.”

“Thank you Maria, this is Rick Gomez with an exclusive interview. Bro. Salinger, first off, why do you call yourself Bro. Salinger?”

“Because we’re all brothers and sisters in the Lord, are we not?”

“So, why exactly are you claiming recent events are a sign that we are in the Second Coming?”

“The devil has been loosed and soon will come Armageddon.”

“But I thought Satan must be bound for 1000yrs and there will be no evil. Are you saying we’ve already seen that period? ”

“That period has ended with the recent cataclysm. The number must be taken figuratively, not literally. We have seen an epoch when millions of God’s children have accepted Christ in their heart and have been saved. One you have been saved, you can do no evil. The time for repentance is over! The time to gather at the mount of Har Megiddo and rally to your standard bearer is nigh! The final battle between good and evil is upon us, and when it’s over, Judgment Day! Jesus came the first time December 25, 1BC; he will return the second time December 25, AD2025! Mark my words!”

“That is in less than a week. Are you saying that the earth will be destroyed by the end of the year?!”

“The Lord Yeshua has declared it unto me in a night vision.”

“Maria, back to you.”

Code Blue, volume three

“We have an issue, sir”

“I don’t need any more issues, I need resolutions, lieutenant.”

“A reporter for a local news broadcast was at the wrong place at the right time and was covering it until the signal cut out.”

What’s the status of the reporter?”

“Missing, presumed dead, sir.”

“That is not the type of news I want to hear lieutenant! DOES ANYONE HAVE THE STATUS ON THE DEPLOYMENT TEAMS?!”

“We lost contact as they entered the active zone. We presume no data are going in and none are coming out.”

“We’ve even lost contact with the cleaners?!”

“Wait just a minute, sir; I think we’re picking up a transmission.”

“Put it on the loudspeaker. And I want it in real time.”

“But General Houston, we are mandated to follow Security Protocol Clandestine in all war zone communications…”

“I override it with Encryption Protocol Amazon.”

“Does such a protocol exist?”

“Of course it exists! I wouldn’t be implementing it if it didn’t. It reroutes the transmission through a secure direct line that is used for top secret communications of the most vital nature.”

“How is it initiated, sir?”

“Go over to the terminal and enter in the communication protocol field ‘Amazon’. Then when it asks for an encryption key, enter: SHOUS-078-TX.”

Code Blue, volume two

"Good evening and welcome to KRIS 6 news, Corpus Christi, I'm Maria Jimenez. Rick Gomez is unable to join us this evening, but a little later, we'll check on Ned Finlay in the field with an investigative piece on the cruel treatment of illegal aliens by the Border Patrol at the mid-valley checkpoints. But first, we're going to shoot it over to Eric Sanchez with the weather."

"Thank you Maria, and good evening Corpus. Today was another scorcher, with record breaking highs for the 15th day in a row. Today's high was a whopping 94. The highest record on value in the almanac is ten degrees less. And on another strange, record breaking note, at the same time of record breaking daily highs, we've been having record breaking nightly lows. This recent phenomenon has dumbfounded experts across the nation and it appears that its not just isolated to here in South Texas. Cities across the nation are reporting similar phenomenon. It appears it all started 15 days ago and meteorologists have no guess as to when the temperatures will stabilize. But if it doesn't happen soon, I doubt anyone will have a white Christmas this year. But for the immediate forecast, expect overnight lows across the valley to reach the upper twenties to low thirties, again, record breaking cold. However, the humidity level is unusually low as well, with a zero percent chance of rain. Tomorrow's high will be in the upper 90's and if things don't change, expect to hit the 100's by the end of the week. I wouldn't put away the summer clothes yet, folks. Maria, back to you."

"Thank you, Eric, now lets shoot it over to Ned in the field with a special report on the cruel treatment of aliens at checkpoints."

"Thank you Maria, but instead of that investigative piece, I have some breaking news that is happening as we speak. It appears that there has been some major seismic activity or other catastrophe in the area. But its been nearly impossible to discover the details due to conflicting eyewitness accounts and the unwillingness of anybody to go on camera. Some witnesses say that it was a major intensity earthquake while others claim to have seen something fall from the sky and that the impact is what caused the tremors. One witness, who refused to go on camera, appeared to be particularly traumatized by the event and could only repeat 'el diablo, el diablo'."

"Sorry to interrupt there Ned, but this is Eric in the weather center and the idea of an earthquake in the area struck me as odd. So I looked it up and I learned that in the entire history of seismic record-taking, there has only ever been 1 earthquake here in South Texas and that was back in 1997 in Alice, not to far from here. So this is a rare occurrence, whatever it is."

"Thank you Eric, I'm going to stay on location and bring you the latest developments in this matter. Hold on, something ... to happen. People ... starting to beco... frenzied..."

"Ned, it appears your audio feed is breaking up."

"...electromagnetic radiation...oh no!...never seen...what is...Run!..."

"Ned? Ned? Are with with us Ned? Ned, we've lost both audio and visual now. Is everything alright? Sorry folks, it appears we are experiencing some technical difficulties. As soon as we get this fixed we'll get back to Ned for an update. And now a word from our sponsor."

response to video comments and code blue update

so i'm glad that people enjoyed the video i posted and i wish to take some time to respond to some of the comments left. the skunk seen in one of the first scenes was a logo on the tail fin of the plane because it was manufactured by the Lockheed Skunkworks, which, according to this article, is the official alias for lockheed's advanced development programs. the skunk works was responsible for such aircraft as the sr-71, u-2, f-117, and f-22. the sr-71, although not fully stealth, was designed in such a way to reduce its radar signature. the two most well known stealth planes are the stealth fighter (f-117) and the stealth bomber (b-2) both of these planes have full stealth capablities, as well as the recent f-22 raptor. the use of sharp angles and/or smooth curves was to refract the radar signal in direction other than the one it came so as to reduce the size it appears on radar. fully stealth aircraft also have special skin that absorbs the radar and at the same time reduces it's heat signature to make it almost invisible. you can follow the link to learn more and see a list of all the aircraft that have been made or are under development that have stealth characteristics. the song is "learning to fly" by pink floyd.

about code blue. when i first conceived the dialogue, i had no intention of going any further with it. but chris' critique was so positive, plus the fact he said he was excited for the next installment, made me think that maybe i could carry it forward. so the last couple mornings at work i had been ruminating about the story and where it could go from there and i have taken lots of notes on ideas and plot lines i could follow so be excited for the next installment of code blue.

Code Blue

"Code Blue! Code Blue! We have a major situation on our hands. Dispatch 'Emergency Response Team Alpha', 'Strike Team Charlie', and 'Containment Team Omega'. Once they're done, send in The Cleaners to make sure there's no residual issues."

"Are you sure all this is necessary, sir?"

"I've never been so sure of anything in my life; not even proposing to my wife. If we don't get this under control, we could have a major global crisis on our hands."

"But, sir, the last time ERT Alpha, ST Charlie, and CT Omega were called in on the same mission was back in '67 for the Bucharest Event. And The Cleaners have never been called in for a live mission, they've only been in training. Are you sure they are ready?"

"What do you think they have been training for, Lieutenant? This is a hundred times worse than the Bucharest Event, or any other event we could have anticipated. This is exactly the type of situation that The Cleaners have been formed and training for. But the ERT, ST, and CT must mobilize immediately if we are to have any hope of handling this situation. Can you imagine the backlash if civilians were to catch wind of this?"

"I'd rather not, sir."