The alarm clock beeped its usual tone, Jake Morrison in his middle twenties looked up and turned the alarm off. His forehead covered in sweat from last night's party at the Earth bar. He looked up to see that his room was messy from all the alcohol and friends around especially Marcus Rowan, the Englishman had helped him throughout his adult life after moving out of the orphanage for good. And then of course there's Jim Huntman, the lad from Montreal who befriended him at ESD training alongside Marcus himself, and finally there's Patricia Whitmore, the former first daughter and Jake's secret love interest, he couldn't remember anything last night other than too much beer and a laugh.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated, Jake groaned and slumped his hand on the phone and picked it up, it said "Emergency meeting by Director Levinson, don't be late!"
"We have to go to work, Levinson's just called an emergency meeting" he sleepily said to his friends, "Really?! Now? " Jim complained rubbing his eyes. Marcus nearly fell of the couch, groaning from the alcohol last night, as it had been after all a long night whilst Jim stood up to get dressed "What's so important Jake?" cried Lieutenant Rowan. Jake Morrison lazily got up and walked over to front door to get his shoes, "Emergency meeting by the director" he answered simply. The boys eyed at him suspiciously as if this were a joke, but Jakes hurried looks made it clear that this was an emergency "You can not be serious, David Levinson himself?!" Huntman nearly shouted, "Well we better get a move on" suggested Marcus, and of they went.
Their car they used was quite expensive for it's type mostly because it was outfitted with the latest tech, including holographic projectors and VR headsets for those who weren't driving, it was a long ride for humanity after the war of 96. Ever since President Whitmore gave his "Survival Day" speech the whole world seemed to follow in his footsteps. Reconstruction of the cities was rough and expensive during the post war years. The US government temporally moved to Columbus, Ohio whilst the UK government went to Manchester. There seemed to be a great depletion of people, money and recourses and it appeared that life wasn't going to return to normal. Food all over the world was rationed with children getting the most nourishment. There was also a death penalty for the simplest crimes such as theft. What used to be elementary schools, churches and shops were now converted to refugee camps, thankfully the Earth Space Defence was created to ensure a united front against a possible future enemy.