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"Spam for Shortage"

By: J.A.F_Jess A. Fox

By Jessica A. FoxPublished 3 years ago 6 min read
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The story begins in the air cadet's gym of a small city. The daughter of a powerful air medical delivery man has always dreamed of his child serving in the war, and little did they know a different type of war was about to happen. The young lady's name is Jenna; she is 16 years old and is about to receive her pivots license for free from the cadets, as she pledged to remain in the forces. She trains hard and puts in long hours. She quickly becomes the leader of her group and has been honored with many colors; Upon arrival to the forces, she was given a number and told to remember it for her entire stay because, at this point, they're all numbers (6320). Jenna grew confused and asked what that meant. The male sergeant with a blank face said, "stand in line," and walked away. The groups are all divided, and they're all informed they'll fly to different countries worldwide as they're experiencing a severe shortage in the food industry. Crops are not growing the same because of pollution, and the animal population has decreased drastically because of the human population hunting for food and entertainment.

During a visit to one of the countries, Jenna meets a young lady named Zo. Zo said she heard of her visit through an email and wanted to assist in distribution, as her family owned a company familiar with spam during the crisis of the world wars. She says their company has an overload, due to minor distribution, due to the opposing challenger. Together Zo and the Air forces began to put some food back into homes within a couple of months. Zo's company became in high demand and, as a result, formed ties with all ground, water, and air forces. The situation is getting out of control worldwide, and Zo and the forces wanted more partnership in delivering food. Jenna's father ended up opening a food transportation airline that had the fastest airplanes in the world, which he has created with his best friend for the medical delivery company. Jenna's family also has close ties to the royal family and received their full support to allow her father and his best friend to develop more airplanes to distribute food worldwide. During a trip to a foreign country, Jenna comes across another family with large stocks of fruits and growing vegetables, as they could maintain them. However, their challengers went bankrupt therefore making another partnership for the distribution of food mandatory. The food distribution airline became even more successful.

The food shortage came to an end however brought forth a war amongst the communities. All families are provided with the amount the government felt was fit for that month for the entire family. Individuals within the community, therefore, turned to violence in the hopes of receiving additional material. As a result, the murder numbers have increased and the army had to stop helping with the delivery of food because the murders worldwide have gone out of control. The food crisis did not increase quickly; however, without the backing of all forces, less food started to arrive at the homes, increasing the crimes further. Jenna has grown outraged and was even more upset people did not respond to her cry for help. Eventually, Jenna catches a break. As she was stopping a man from burning down a building she is approached by a news anchor and is asked if she has anything she wants to say to the people; Jenna shouts "Yes," and she shoves the guy away:

"Spam, spam, spam, all in my junk mail, did I get your attention, here to talk another spam. So, check your emails because this is an important message that is coming out. We need some volunteers, so come and help the forces, please help us out. The forces we need you, can you travel or help in any country? Is Air, ground, and water delivery possible? We need you, and well pay the fuel. If you can help and you're ready, click that site below, and it's all possible. Now, if you want to question if I am legit, log onto this antivirus; five minutes free to listen to me quick. This war is legit, and it's because of food, that's it. We need you volunteers, please open your spam and shout a volunteer, I am," as she finishes up, a man grabs the anchor lady and attempts to light her on fire. Jenna rushes him to the ground, and the anchor lady runs.

Communities started to participate more in the food distribution, resulting in an increased flow of production and delivery, therefore bringing the food crisis back to the flow before the war caused by society. However, some people continued, resulting in the creation of an 'international shut up killer.' Many murder cases started to appear worldwide; however, the disruption has diminished. Society began to say the government is cleaning house so they can return to the norms of society; others say it's the start of something larger. The Royal family and the government are questioned about how they feel. They respond by providing their condolences to the family and saying that we continue to hope for a better and safer tomorrow. A whole year passes, and Zo and the other company have sold some of their assets to assist former challengers in getting back into the business. They hope by sharing they can further branch out their company, therefore, developing the economy. The food airline is still in usage, and it's mainly for foreign countries that cannot afford to purchase the foods returning as the prices are not affordable for everyone due to the shortage in employment.

Crime began to occur once more, but this time, the streets began to get filled with drugs; however, more job opportunities began to open. Most of the community was happy; however, some felt that the drugs were taking away from a society they were slowly building back to their original form. The government, however, sided with the majority, saying that the drugs need to be removed from the streets; however, further employment has become possible with the drug money. They add they're not for the drugs. Still, people should take advantage of the moment presented, therefore helping the economy, allowing for the needed equipment to take down the criminals, slowly bringing the economy back up. This corruption occurs for five years. The crime ends when the prime minister is caught aboard a ship containing tons of cocaine with coordinates to a plane with tons of party pills for the clubs. This bust occurred as they got into business with the medical and food airline company. An employee overheard the boss saying they wanted this corruption to end now and made a report. The entire ambush was recorded, and it put an end to the drugs on the streets. Well, at least that's what they thought: a masked young man appeared on the news channel, as he rushed an anchor live and said with a gun to her head, "from a food shortage to a war, to lost of economy, to the gain of economy, and the gain of enemies, may those who cut the hands that feed them prey today, as the purge will amerce today, and that's a promise okay," and he shots the anchor lady in the head.

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