New Hope, New Life, New Earth
Prologue
"What's that sound?" Thomas Kincade Brannigan asked his wife.
"I think... no, it couldn't be. No one would be cheering down here," said Valerie. Suddenly, the roof of the motorway lifted off and light from above filled the darkness. "Look, children! Light!" The kittens mewed and hid their eyes beneath their paws, hiding. It was their first ever glimpse of sunlight, and it was brighter than they ever could have imagined.
"We've been down here for so long," whispered Brannigan, his eyes blurring over with tears of joy which he quickly brushed away; he needed to be able to see the road.
"But we never lost hope," said Valerie, laying her hand on her husband's shoulder. The sound of singing filled their ears and they both joined in as everybody who had been trapped on the motorway lifted their voices in a time old hymn. They gazed into each other's eyes for no more than a moment, but it was enough for them to know how wonderful, how happy and how blessed they both felt. Brannigan followed the cars in front of him, which were flying upwards and out of the dark, smoggy motorway and into fresh, clean air and bright, streaming sunlight.
"Everything is going to be alright now," he said happily to his family as they gazed down on the city of New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York (or New New York for short). "And it's all thanks to that Doctor," he added.
AN: Following chapters will be longer.