Hey guys, this a new timeline I've been thinking about the last couple of weeks and I finally decided to go ahead with. Anyway's it's going to be a really short timeline, and for all my Out of the Blue fans don't fret, I will finish it...Most likely during the summer. This is just a fun, quick timeline that I hope is just as interesting to you to read, as for me to write it...
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Know Your Power
An Alternate History Timeline
Written By
Austin L. Ross
Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan…February 27th 2007; 9:45 AM
Motherfucker told me I can’t walk outside, I’m the goddamned Vice President of the United States…If only I didn’t have to get through all these fucking checkpoints to see some of the scenery or this little shitthole…
“Mr. Vice President, you need to slow down and watch your heart rate…there’s no need to rush.” The lone blonde haired, secret service agent said walking close to the 46th Vice President of the United States. Both men, clad in sharp black suits pushed through the double doors after leaving another security checkpoint.
“I’m fine; I just wanted to check out the market anyhow.” Cheney relied, with his lips curled in disgust at the design of northern entrance of the base. The former airport still looked like it did, when it was first built in ’76 as a way to get the planes and base out during the Soviet occupation. The United States retrofitted most of the base during Operation Enduring Freedom, but that was mostly in the troops barracks.
In fact, Five years after OFE began; Bagram has become the size of a small town, with traffic jams and many commercial shops selling goods such as clothes to food. The base itself is situated high up in the mountains and sees temperatures drop to −20 °F (−28.9 °C). Due to the height and snow storms commercial aircraft have difficulty landing there, and older aircraft often rely on very experienced crews in order to be able to land there. Luckily, the weather was actually pretty fair when Vice President Cheney landed a couple of days earlier to speak with President Karzai about problems coming out of Pakistan from across the border.
The Vice President and his ever-watchful Secret Service Agent Hank finally made it to one of the last of the security checkpoints that was outside the actual hangar portion of the Air Base. A morning breeze of thin Mountain air filled the Vice President’s nostrils as they noticed about six soldiers yelling at an Afghani man in an old rust bucket holding up traffic to try to get in the base. Intrigued, Vice President Cheney walked over to the vehicle to see what all the fuss was about.
“What’s going on here Soldier?” Cheney asked, as the five troops turned around, shocked to see their Vice President of the United States with them.
“He say’s his name is Mullah Abdul Radim, he doesn’t have any clearance, but he keeps saying that he needs to get in the base…were trying to get him to turn around.” The Soldier of Latino descent said to the Vice President.
The man inside the vehicle dressed and looked the same as many of the tribesmen of Bagram. All the soldiers were barking at the man in a mix of broken Dari and Pashtun, obvious that they weren’t sure what the man spoke. Horn’s from the other cars behind the man blared in the background, as that along with the curses by the soldiers was almost unbearable to the 66 year old man. From what the Vice President could tell, the Afghani had his hands up, away from the steering wheel, as the soldier repeatedly told him to either turn around or get out the car. After noticing the man in the black suit, with an American Flag on his lapel, the Afghani man smiled as he revealed a small detonation device between his teeth….
Motherfucker…